. >> pat collins reports on that too. it brought a sense of satisfaction to the victim's family. >> justice is served. he's now serving the time that he should be serving for the rest of his life. >> it took more than four years, but today at the prince georges county courthouse danielle brown says she got the justice she was looking for. danielle brown, the widow of well known music producer raymond scotty beats brown, gunned down in his mitchellville neighborhood back in october of 2006. killed by a guy who was trying to steal the wheels off his chrysler car. danielle brown says that day changed her life forever. >> it broke me. there would be months at a time where i wldn't even come out of the house. i would sleep all weekend, i would cry, i would wake up, have nightmares. it was unbelievable to me that somebody would take a life over a set of wheels and not give a second thought to it. >> reporter: the gunman, the killer, jamaal alexis sentenced today to 140 years in jail. linda brown is the victim's mother. >> he wa

pat collin has our story. >>> montgomery coun police believe that someone is targeting women. women getting off buses in the dark hours of the night. if you don't feel safe, captain paultarks has this advice for you. >> remember that the bus is still a very safe place to be. you can call the police about a concern, we will respond and address that. she can stay on the bus to the next stop where it might be a more populated area to get off the bus. >> reporter: police circulating the images of three men. potential suspects who may be linked to five sexassaults in the aspen hill/wheaton area. >> it is really disgusting. i'a winter and there is a man out there assaulting women. it make me unsafe. >> they say it all ban in june at a bus stop on aspen hill ro. a woman in her 20s gets off a bus. she is dragged into a sluded area. october 26th. sail thing. this time, in connecticut avenue and independence street. this time the victim, 30 years old. she gets off the bus, dragged into the woods and in the woods, sexually assaulted. november 20th. georgia and hewitt avenues. a 52-year-o

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pat collin join us with more on this. reporter: hi. you know, i don't think i could tell this story better than mark fisher wrote it. but it is a storyyou need to hear. so we're going to go ahead with it. he works for the "washington post." as he good man. a good writer, a good dad. last iday, he got an e-mail from his 15-year-old son. just one word. it said, help. and so mark fisher, erased home to see what was goi on. >> we were immediately ushered out of the house by the police who searched on the theory that th thief might still be ithe house. >> reporter: you see someone broke into mark fisher's home and stole his son's ipod, his son's computer, his sos computer. that thief even took his brand new winter coat. it was still inhe box. if that wasn't bad enugh, that burglar used mark fisher's son's computer to take a picture of herself holding the stoen money, wearing the stolen co, and he posted that picture on mark fisher's son's face book page. >> with a years in on his face and his fingers pointing to what he had gotten from our

and laterriginl pat collins is going to take us through his day dealing with this weher. that's coming up at abut 5:30. >>> meanile, president obama's tax cut compromise t a snag but it is expected to be a tempory setback. it easy passed the senate with bipartisan support. it faces much more intense opposition in the house. espeally among many liberal democrats. observe say today's hold-up does not mean theill wilnot ultimately pass but some emocrats wanted more time to voice their objections. democratic leaders say they expect a final vote tonight. > mayor elect vincent gray ended spelation wh he annound he would be pointing police chief kathy lanier to her job. and he wld na ellerbeas the fire chief. he is the fire chie in floda. he worked for the.c. police department for 27 years befe he left to go to lorida. many communitynd buness leaders have beenrging gray to repoint lanier. crime is downnd she has public approval. >> we had two very lenhy conversations. both mo than an hour. we both felt comfortablehis was a good fi >> the appntments need tobe approv by th council

i'm pat collins, news4, washington. >>> a vginia doctor is accused of molesting to of his patients. his name is mohamed hussein. police say he touched a 36-year-old woman inappropriately in september. inside his woodbridge virginia practice. he is also accused of kissing a 54-year-old patient in his fice inoctober. hussein was arrested on charges of sexual battery and assault. he's been released on his own recognizance and is set to go to court in january. >>> federal and local law enforcement officials said they took down a notorious mexican drug cartel that was trying gain a foothold in d.c. prosecutors say nine illegal -- very dangerous. the officers are extremely here oik in their ability to go out and do what they do to protect people in washington, d.c. >> eight people are now in custody in atlanta and north carolina. all will be brought to face the charges. >>> more, or some people who live in the historic anacostia neighbor demanded more police presence in soueast d.c. they did that today. they held a protest this morning on the corner of martin luther king jr. avenue and w

collins with more. >> reporter: i've got a lot of things for you. i got some car casualties. ugly snow residue. is that some snarky snow comments from the president of the united states. all of this today. the day after the storm. after the storm. car casualty count. it was just a little snow. but at walker towing, it led to this. glen royal. he gave us a tour ofome of the casualties. in the towing business, they have an expression for two-car accident. you called it -- >> a double banger. >> reporter and yesterday you had this you wialtima. >> it was a mess. a big mess. >> reporter: it is hard to believe the driver walked away from this one. this was a rollover. >> it happened -- a loss. >> reporter: after the storm, ugly snow residue. yeah, it's pretty when it lms down. but a day later, that snow that leaves some pretty ugly fingerprints. and you just can't stand to look at it. >> look at this. >> it looks terrible. >> you should be embarrassed to be driving a car like this. >> i am embarrassed. >> reporter: in crofton, th have this incredible see

got together with pat murphy in a matter of days we had more than 50 co-sponsors in the snaths and our republican colleagues, senator collins, senator murkowski and senator snow all said as this came closer that they were committed on the principle and they were not going to allow any procedural questions to stop them from voting for it. and then senator reid he really had the 60-plus votes he argued very strenuously to take this up and not wait until it. he got upset -- some people who are qu against "don't ask, don't tell requests were saying if you move it quickly maybe you're not going to get the votes. so all that came together in a remarkable show of bipartisan 1u7 port. -- support. >> four republicans said they will support it even next week. had you been lobbying the four? or are you surprised that maybe more didn't join on? >> i had been talking to a number of my colleagues. i knew that senator bona vitch was going to be with us. he made clear that once there was an opportunity for a stand-alone bill that he would support it. that didn't surprise me because he's been a real le

a friend of debra collins called authorities on tuesday to report she had not seen collins since november 24th. detectives believe she left for home about that date without a pat story without her personal belongings or car. she's 5 ft. 5 in. tall she has blue eyes and shoulder length gray brown hair. to year-old park girl was killed and her mother seriously injured when their car when they're hit by car. to public safety officers witnessed the crash on wednesday evening they rushed to the victims to the victim stayed the two were hit by an 18 year-old robert park woman. two salesmen were robbed by a group of masked men it's the latest heist of a traveling salesman. it happened wednesday evening foremast man struggled with the salesmen but were able to get away with three briefcases full of jewelry. similar robberies have occurred in burlingame and south san francisco. new details san francisco man admitted in court to threatening house speaker nancy pelosi has been sentenced to 21 months in prison. gregory pleaded guilty to one count of wanting to intimidate a member satcom course. he ma

got together with pat murphy in a matter of days we had more than 50 co-sponsors in the snaths and our republican colleagues, senator collins, senator murkowski and senator snow all said as this came closer that they were committed on the principle and they were not going to allow any procedural questions to stop them from voting for it. and then senator reid he really had the 60-plus votes he argued very strenuously to take this up and not wait until it. he got upset -- some people who are qu against "don't ask, don't tell requests were saying if you move it quickly maybe you're not going to get the votes. so all that came together in a remarkable show of bipartisan 1u7 port. -- support. >> four republicans said they will support it even next week. had you been lobbying the four? or are you surprised that maybe more didn't join on? >> i had been talking to a number of my colleagues. i knew that senator bona vitch was going to be with us. he made clear that once there was an opportunity for a stand-alone bill that he would support it. that didn't surprise me because he's been a real le