melanie alnwick is on that location gathering more information on the scene. one lane is getting by and because of the debris from the jack knifed semi-she's saying at least a dozen cars disabled pull over on the side of the road. big mess out there we're working on gathering more information. i would avoid the inner loop now or at least proceed with a lot of caution through the one on lane. inside of that montgomery country roadwork, silver hill between st. barnabus sutland parkway. and in alexandria 395 southbound lane closure near seminary road also because of act of construction zone. we're dealing with rain this morning as well. i advice using caution. back to you hol i and wisdom. >> bill gates weighs in on the apple fight against the fbi. >> plus learning more about the death of supreme court justice anthony scalia and preexisting conditions he had. 4:38 is the time now. we'll be right back. >> a vigil was held to honor the victims of the shooting rampage in michigan. 45-year-old jason dalton is charged with killing 6 people last weekend. he was working

melanie alnwick is on the road near mounts arie maryland. >> hi, we're definitely seeing a little more than you have down there. and it looks like air temperatures here remain consistent around 32 degrees and we're definitely seeing a lot of snow coming down here it's sticking to grassy areas and we've seep a little bit in some of the turn lanes but we can definitely hear the rock solt that's been put down at this points roads are -- and because it is hard to see. there's decent amount of snow coming down and we'll start heading to frederick proper as well and we'll check back in with you guys in a little bit and let you know what we find. back to you.

live in glenarden i'm melanie alnwick, "fox5 local news". >> thanks, mel, just in, washington county schools in western maryland are on a two hour delay this morning and that's in addition to frederick continuey schools in maryland. they're also on a two hour delay. coming up traffic stop caught on cam are and that's more news four why the driver says the officer was out of line and when police say he was just doing his job. >> team you're out there mostly below freezing and all locations at freezing and belo below. watch out for the slick spots. we'll warm up a little bit today. and hold on because really cold arctic air is going to settle in. will later on this weekend and into the weekend. we'll talk more about that specifics coming up full we'll talk more about that specifics coming up full forecast stay with us.

hel melanie alnwick live on the scene with the latest. good morning to you, mel. >> good morning, guys, we're learning a few more details at this point. not only do we have a scene at the dunkin' donuts dollar plus shop and little caesars near this shopping center new hampshire and randolph learning from montgomery county police there was another location a dunkin' donuts broken into 250 this morning cabin jaw mall tucker lane. this ins didn't dent happened here 3:07 they're not saying whether they believe they are connected or not. but certainly is coincidental to say the least. this is -- business owners here we talked to say certainly it's distressing for them. we talked to the owner of dollar plus shop. she just this was her first business and she's been in business for a few years. she had nothing stolen there. but we talked to the dunkin donuts and tells me two weeks ago her shop was broken into as well and get this, she said that in the last incident they came in and broke in through the backdoor and they actually cut the wires to

melanie alnwick joining us live victims. melanie alnwick joining us live with an update after the break. uplift your mood with hand-crafted layers of espresso, milk, and a caramel-flavored swirl. from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m., indulge in a medium hot or iced latte or macchiato for $1.99. america runs on dunkin'. ♪ ♪ ♪ oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-ooh, oh ♪ hearts are made for sharing. spread some sweetness with dunkin' donuts' cookie dough and brownie batter donuts. heart-shaped happiness too sweet not to share. america runs on dunkin'. >> back with disturbing details of a school volunteer in prince george county. deonta caraway is accuse of taping a dozen kids of sex acts. >> prince george county police say it was here glenard on municipal center at the woods elementary school and private holes where these kids in this community were victimized. 22-year-old deonta caraway stands charged with several counts of felony, child abuse and pornography and sexual abuse involving at least ten children. families of victims tell "fox5" car

melanie alnwick is live on the the scene. what can you tell us now? so obviously we're having awd yes issues with melanie's shot. what she was showing you inner loop there some cars had come across some debris, flattened tires. some of the least of the damage what she what saying. >> damaged gas tanks. >> big khuchkz of concrete eper loop to outer loop by coalsville road. >> it hit a median. >> yes, it appears to jack knifed and hit a median and fuel spill. hazmat is out there. there's gas that leaked they node to clear up and do you see on theest right-hand side of screen you're at a university of to georgia. >> let's go ahead and check with her once again. so what's it look like from your perspective? >> it's still woot a mess out here. as you can imagine hard to hea hear, too, we're seeing at least good news some state trooper vehicles here and highway assistant crews. heard what we wanted to show you. car after car after car here of people that are having problems anywhere ranging from flat tires, again, busted gas tanks and broken raid ilters and

. >> for that let's go outside.s o melanie alnwick is live inive montgomery county now with the latest. where are you, mel? goodmegood morning. >> reporter: good morning, yeah, we're in rockville and we're -- we're heading norbeckne road and you can see here it really. >> very good and it's been a a couple hours since there haverev been some road crews out on o the road and it looks likeooks l this is one of those they just haven't gotten to yet and what's happening is in isn addition to the fact thatac tha you've got the snow and it's it' that crystal kind of snow and it is very sling it's packed's p down you also have -- nowe -- n you're getting kind of likeik these chunky lane lines on o these roads which can make traveling a little bumpy.a the cars seem to be moving alle right. we haven't seen anyone really speeding like crazy, which is wh g people seem to be paying pay attention. i did just check all the a pavement temperatures for the sensors that they have around the state and pavement isan anywhere between like 19 degrees and 25 degrees, soo as we've said before, i mean, ma unl

governor terry mcauliffeno has declarer d a state of a stef emergency in virginia.gency in v melanie alnwick is live in liv great falls now with the latest. mel. >> reporter: good morning, guys. eafalls eat falls mclean seem to have the most at least l from what we can see so far this morning, this is just oneu location where we know thereon are wires down. w this is georgetown pike.ik we're at utter back store roadra it's closed between utter backer store road and springdale roadir for reports of wires down. d it's dark so we're having a hard time seeing -- i don't d know if -- when the sun comese up if we'll be able to see anyoe better. i really can't tell what'shat' going on in between this section.se must be significant for themgn to shut this major commuter com route down i think i'm seeing some telephone poles, someoles, wires starting to towards the middle of thee road, so possibly that's where h it's down.'s d there's lots of very large mature trees in this area asthia well. one other thing we just noticed, too, here on georgetown pike, for some f s reason fairfax county police were

melanie alnwick is live with the latest he in this this story, mel. >> good morning, guys, we do expect some sort of update this morning from prince george county police yesterday the entire xhabd staff along with state's attorney was out at the scene vowing that they would use every resource at their disposal to bring this case to justice. it was before 7:00 in the morning yesterday just before 7 when a 26-year-old that shante davis and 2-year-old daughter chloe were doing what they do on work days getting ready chloe was strapped in car seat. her mom was getting ready to take her to daycare maybes heard muvrled gun shot and nashante davis was down on the parking lot in the asphalt and called police. police came and arrived. nashante was unresponsive dead on the scene and 12-year-old chloe found in car seat suffering at least one gun shot wound they were able to take her to the hospital and unfortunately she did not surviv and it's just been heartbreaking to put in mildly crushing loss to the neighborhood and to nashante and chloe loved ones and fry or service last night. normally a bi

live in prince william county,wi i'm melanie alnwick, fox5lanie w local news. n >> mel, thanks. >>> we're going to continue tog follow this story all morning.ai at 7:00 bob barnard will berd w outside of the prince william w county courtroom in manassasourt and then at 8:30 the prince pri william county police chief will join us to talk aboutus this deadly shooting in woodbridge.odidge >> new this morning, maryland state police now investigatingei a crash in charles county as ans potential homicide.omic police say a crash wasay cra reported around 3:00 yesterday afternoon along hughesville bypass on route five near oldead leonardtown road.n roa now, troopers found an overturned motorcycle and its driver who was ejected fromctedf the motorcycle pronounced deadno at the scene. investigators say a forensic for examer discovered the victim vti was also shot.waalso s detectives are still workingll r to determine the exact cause of death. dea >> and in montgomery county, a bethesda community is mournings the loss of a local high school student and his a his parents.p

melanie alnwick is out there.utt what are you seeing are you see traffic-wise in addition ton ad the beltway backup? b >> reporter: hey, good h morning, erin. yeah, i got to tell you it did not take very long forong gridlock to set in on all ofnll those secondary roads.dary roa we were heading our way up 32 out the fatal accident thereentt earlier this morning when we whw heard about this one, turned, te around and it was really it rea trying to figure out by b looking at our traffic appsffics and trying to figure out which w way do we go because everyau side road we looked at quickly started to red line and back up. you can see right here we arere able to see just on the otherheo side of the beltway here, so s looks like we've pinpointedinpoe where exactly the location of of the tractor-trailer overturning is and then over here you can see this is beach drive. dr this is one of those pointse where people would try to makela a little cut through to getroug either over to connecticutonnecc avenue, old georgetown road, those areas and it is justt complete -- everyone on theone brakes t

of an overnight police involvednvd shooting in northeast.orthea >> let's get live to melanieo meni alnwick live on the scene with the very latest.es mel, what can you tell us. >> reporter: i can tell you i c d.c. police are giving us zeroe ar roll information.ro inf they're saying we're goingying have to wait to hear somethingom from the public informationio office. no telling how long that willhawi be. certainly we've got on they we've scene here. you can see the investigation still continuing.ontiin we are right here on clay on c terrace and the street intreet i front of us is 53rd. is 53r from what i could tell when wen first got here all throw theyow the did just pick up somek upom equipment, they were settingre set up some of the cameras rightight here on the very end of clay of terrace right as it approached approac 53rd but we're not really seeing any other -- any other evidence here that would pointe th us to exactly where it happened. i'm not sure why they pickedre w up those cameras and then tookhen them away. a all i can tell you is that is t they are in that investigativeve uni

sawhey anything suspicious to pleaseo give them a call.al live in fairfax county, i'mount, melanie alnwick, fox5 local news. >> montgomery county mothernthe who was the last person to best seen with her missing toddlersod is due back in court for a a mental health hearing. hring katherine hoggle who has a a history of paranoidand schizophrenia was declared notdt comment to stand trial back inai september. her children, four-year-old sara and three-year-old jacobdac were last seen more than a year ago while her care. care. >>> hoggle says they are safe but refuses to tell policel p where they are.where they begins for the maryland woman accused of killing her her three-year-old son whose body was found in a swing. swi. 24-year-old romechia simmons is facing manslaughter andslaugd child abuse charges.ild police say she pushed her son in the swing for two p days before he was found.was fou an autopsy revealed he diedhe de dehydration and low bodyanlow b temperature. if convicted she faces up to 45 years in prison.son. >> the michigan man accused off killing six people andeople and wounding to

r >> we have team coverage.overag gary with just how much snowuc s we can expect and erin, melanie alnwick and bob bob barnard keeping an eye on road conditions. good morning to you everyone, t i'm maureen umeh alongside ang wisdom martin and holly morris. so we have a lot of snow.ve a >> yeah, we do.eah, w d and despite that snow, many kids had planned on sleeping in today as many schools arels a already closed for president'ssi day but all closings andlosings delays scrolling at the bottom a of your screen just for your information, you there go.io that's how we get it started. sd >> it is. >> all right. let's talk about it. >> look, this is not going to gg dough down in the annals as a major snowstorm. >> annals.>> ann that's good. so, but what it is going to go down in is a tricky stormy sto that's going to bring us justt about every possiblee combination of winter weather w you can get, okay. o we're starting off with the w snow now. it's already accumulated in spots. winter storm warning is backng i out to the west and northwestern neighborhoods.ghbo the thinking here is that'st's wh

say they do face long lon recoveries ahead of them.fhe live in prince william county, u i'm melanie alnwick, fox5, f local news. >> coming up at 8:30 prince p william county's police chiefolc will join us live to talko talk about the woodbridge >> ♪ >> super tuesday is just one day away and that means it's down to the wire for t presidential can candidates. hillary clinton is reachingo n n out to virginia voters today t after decisive victory in victoy south carolina.ol she's going to be campaigninge in fairfax and norfolk.orfo meanwhile bernie sanders isrs is putting his defeat in southn carolina behind him. today alley rally hisally his supporters in minnesota andminne then on to massachusetts.chuset. >>> on the gop side marco gop rubio ramping up his rhetorichei saying he believes he canbe lockdown the nomination evenlio if he doesn't win a single singl super tuesday state.per he says he can still pick up u several delegates but donaldga trump still ahead in most ofte the 15 states and territoriesrio that vote this week. wk. yesterday he picked up an up a endorsement from alabamabama s

melanie alnwick is live with the latest there. melanie, good morning. >> good morning, prince george county police say that they will have some sort of update for the media sometime this morning. and which is why we're here live now at police headquarter headquarters. and as you mentioned yesterday and most working and getting daughter chloe ready to head off to daycare before nash an take would head to job a first year teacher teaching second grade brad bury heights elementary school last night and their murders senseless murders were mourn by community and church and what was ordinarily bible study at the simple community temple church in cheverly maryland became a prayer service for daughter chloe and family left utter le broken by loss. . >> no, i just don't know. i'm just going to miss her. . >> and and this happens in the community. . >> that was just before 7 a.m. tuesday when a witness heard several muffled gun shots followed by screaming and more gunshots again. she was found dead next to her car and 2-year-old chloe was

live in glenarden, i'm melanienn alnwick, fox5 local ews. >> ahead what kanye west said si about taylor swift in a new n song has a lot of people talking. first weather and traffic. gary. s morningnid out thi but not windy. the temperatures we have rightus now pretty much the way it feels out there. it's still sti single digits thal i-81 corridor.rr. martinsburg you're nine. dulles is 15. 15. snow will be flying in places pe evening. we'll deal with that plushapl sharply colder temperatures for the weekend.d. arctic invasion coming our way. full forecast, traffic, more, mr news, all that good stuff on stf the other side of the break. or macchiato for $1.99. america runs on dunkin'. ♪ oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-ooh, oh ♪ hearts are made for sharing. spread some sweetness with dunkin' donuts' cookie dough and brownie batter donuts. heart-shaped happiness too sweet not to share. america runs on dunkin'. >> ♪ >> welcome back on this fridayac morning. it's cold out there. roads have been pretreatedn reat through most of

live in princepr george's county, i'm melanie'mae alnwick, fox5 local news. n >> so disturbing.isturbin local leaders in princes in george's county are also speaking out on this case t cas vowing to do all they can toheca bring justice to the victimssttt and families and ensurens students throughout the county c are protected.tected >> that's a very sacred sac obligation to the children ofhie this community to protect commuy them, to t educate them, to do everything that we can to make sure that they have lives that t are productive.roductiv >> we're going to do we' everything in our power to make sure that this type of situation doesn't happen again. >> carraway's family is also expressing their heartacheir hee releasing a statement sayingg a in part we would like towe lik express our extreme shock and deepest sorrow over the actions of deonte c that have been reported overepte the last few days.the la d s a family who loves himoves h dearly we must stress that we do not condone the behaviors that has brought sadness to a community as whole. w >> in the dist

maryland and page countyage cou schools in virginia, they arehey both on two hour delays.el >> melanie alnwick is on thes on roads this morning. morng >> she's near brandywine.ndin how are the roads mel?ds m >> reporter: well, you know, what's funny i keep going into very different weather conditions.cond we just passed through a tough little squall and definitelyqu it was tricky to see, youal, you know, that kind of snow that's flying right at the windshieldthe winds and it gets very distracting.trti and then we just again camet agn into another one of thesenoer o little dry spots here but thenn looking at the radar we're we' heading down to route five ande making our way down to saint mary's county and southernoun parts of charles county and wend were not far away from where where that changeover line is onceeover i again. i can tell you we have seen s state highway and county crewsnt out here.t here. it's not a fun experience whene w you pass them 'cause they'rey' definitely spraying and salting there so be aware ofere that as well drivers if you'reversf out on the roads, they'redshe going

fox5's melanie alnwick is awick live in northwest with thenorthh latest on the investigation. mel. >> reporter: hey, goodepor morning, guys, yeah, 5400 block ofuy georgia avenue herevu and we can tell you that thishat happened saturday night.urda n it was 10:25.25 d.c. police say multiple gun shots were fired in the blockn e and so we don't know exactlywxa how many but we can tell you y that one of them went through th the window of a local business. it somehow graze add toddler. ar we don't know exactly wherect that toddler was grazed, a gze little boy. nonlife-threatening injuriese-th in that case and then out on out the sidewalk, d.c. police say pc an adult male was also struck sc by a bullet. bul they're saying nonlife-threatening wounds to in their words lower extremities which i can onlycan imagine would be a leg or a foot, but in their terms againga lower extremities.xt d.c. police say they're still actively investigating thistingt incident. looking around here trying toe n see if there are any sort ofor crime cameras, that sort of thing,. generally there are prettyy go

fox5's melanie alnwick is with this part of the story. friday was a day of elebration welcoming to two to w new officers to the princeherine william county police forcem co and now we have had a weekend of mourning as the prince pri william county policewill department and the family of and this young officer areer are planning her funeral. fun you can see all the flowers t f that have been brought here to r the western district station. we've seen them as you saw in yu the beginning of the show all over the county, flowers andrs also american flag and the marine corps flag rememberingemi officer ashley guindon'sui service as a marine corps reservist as well. wel throughout the weekend, it was a day of mourning.rn there was a procession forcessio officer ashley guindon becausene she had her first and last last duty saturday.atur she earned a master's degree in forensic science. chief hudson praised her fored r helping others. more of a community memorialemor service. officer guindon had only beennle on duty for an hour and a half when she

"fox5" melanie alnwick has more now. mel. >> well allison, you know this time yesterday morning nashante davis and 2-year-old daughter chloe were very much alive going about normal routine of morning getting ready to head out for day nashante was preparing to drop chloe to daycare and headed to her job at second grade teacher at brad bury hite almosty control and it was 7:00 in the morning she was fised with terrible violence. they heard several muffled gun shots and screamed and there were family members at home in the townhouse she lived at with her aunt and uncle. neighbors looked ow and sauna shante was shot and when responders arrived as she was unresponsive dead on the scene little chloe still strapped into her car sot suffering from one gunshot wound was rushed to the hospital but did not survive. this is really just something that is utterly crushed nashante's family and friends and neighborhood. last night at the church where they spent a lot of their time the community temple church in chef early maryland was a

live in palmer park, i'm melanim alnwick fox fox5 local news. new >> melanie, thank you very muchc tough story melanie has been b doing a great job coveringin heartbreaking news.ar >> tuck, i'm looking at thek, im 51 degrees i'm assuming we've we reached our peak for the day. te >> we'll hang around 50 today.od it won't be terribly cold but cb winds had pick up out of thed pi north and west.nortd w got rid of the fog.he f we get a little sunshine thisunn afternoon. a dry thursday.y. so it's mostly a fine forecastoc for us today. t 52 now in leonardtown. 51 in quantico.ntic there's a live look at your at y satellite/radar.satell clouds lingering for us but us we're done with the rain showero at least for the day today. t later tonight and tomorrow morning all of that rain you ses down in the carolinas will snean back up towards our region withw an area of low pressure ande parts of the region if you'reif south and east of town you mayny get some rain tonight. lower. eastern shore and it may end asa a brief period of snow as colder air mixing in.r

melanie alnwick is out there now. they start odd let cars to through and there's more that need to be towed and there's backupups continuing to form. 6:16 this morning and roads wet this morning. >> yeah, unfortunately i got to deal with both rain and traffic on north side of beltway. let's get to it. more rain and thunder today. yeah potential for thunderstorms in february. that does not happen often around here. that would be later this afternoon. waking one cloud cover light rain, drizzle out there continues. most of roadways are wet as steve mentioned and we're already seeing light rain we'll continue to deal with that over the next several hours. temperatures are not cold enough to support it. at least that's good news. all right. here's main system. we've been talking for the last 18 hours or so about severe weather across the south. that is trying to lift up generally in our maybe carolinas and maybe southeast virginia bulls eye of severe weather later today. double barrel low backsideed it's winter time. we'll

. >> "fox5" melanie alnwick is checking things out in frederick county. how is it looking mel i saw your snow man. >> yeah. >> you left him. >> that's all coye do out there i know i tried. and look hey look we got back on the road and wanted to head 75 south and i have to tell you it's really not very good out here. and some of these roads you can -- i don't know if you can see in our picture almost all the roads we've seen now have started to have a little bit of snow cover on them and we just now saw here on 75 going not opposite sgrex heading north one know truck in a way looks like they were trying to spread ice meltdown there and nothing to plow just yet. and it looks like we're approaching another one here if you can see it there on our left happened side. and so, but it is tricky driving as here and as i expected we get down fourth 75 into montgomery country because you need your lights and that causes a -- some difficulty when you try to drive and then again when these roads -- they're starting to become a white and covered with that snow. so, lit

. >> and "fox5" melanie alnwick checking out the road conditions in frederick. wow, flakes coming down there, mel. >> it is. see we told you we would find it right we never failed to deliver on when we're out on snow patrol. we're here this is route 75 right here and we're just about in the new market area. so as you know, we came up through montgomery village and then through de mask us and we saw what gary was talking about in terms of those little snow bursts and snow bands and then continued following up here on i 70 and then here to new market. but definitely you can see the stuff is beginning to stick and it's i got to say it's pretty good snow man and snowball snow. it definitely has a lot of moisture in it and it's clippinging together and so good things that these roads did get treated we can see and hear as we were driving the rock salt that was down there. so i would say yeah it's a dusting right now. we're still standing by waiting to see what frederick count question would do. they're supposed to make make an announced 5:00 this morning what they wo

. >> fox5's melanie alnwick isck i live in glenn arden with the the latest.test. mel? >> reporter: steve and alliso allison, dionne thai caraway way the director of the glenn ardend voices youth choir.outhho they practiced here friday frida nights at the glenn ardenlenn a municipal center and police sayc this is where some of the sex abuse with children occurred. also, happening at the aquatic t center in the community.ni at the woods elementary school l and also in private homes. is facing charges of felony,, child pornography and sexuall abuse involving they know of 10o children and possibly more. family of the victims tell us hu would play kick ball with kids at the again are a again woods apartments and encourage them te join the choir.in t one victim says it was afterft crack tis some of thattis me inappropriate behavior happenedp police say some of the children were video taped in the school h during the school day. d they're investigating at this point how caraway was able to bb alone with children in therein e school. sc some families are speaking toino fox5 ab

melanie alnwick is on the road near mounts arie maryland. >> hi, we're definitely seeing a little more than you have down there. and it looks like air temperatures here remain consistent around 32 degrees and we're definitely seeing a lot of snow coming down here it's sticking to grassy areas and we've seep a little bit in some of the turn lanes but we can definitely hear the rock solt that's been put down at this points roads are -- and because it is hard to see. there's decent amount of snow coming down and we'll start heading to frederick proper as well and we'll check back in with you guys in a little bit and let you know what we find. back to you. . >> for that remember you can track the latest on today's weather and get updates "fox5" weather team throughout the day and on fox5dc.com and twit ebb and also on our "fox5" d.c. weather app. . >> 4:33 is the time and prince george countsy this morning an elementary school accused of abusing students and 2 22-year-old deonta and sexual bus of minor and second degree sexual offense. they believe -- and they also believe it happened at a

melanie alnwick joins us live us l with the latest on this story.to mel. >> reporter: good morning.r: charging documents say that umdaron boswell-johnson was actually located by prince by prin george's county detectives on o that very day of the shootinghoot and that he did confess too killing his daughter and her mother.ther. boswell-johnson kept his head h hea bowed as he was escorted by police to jail and he did not respond to questions fromrom reporters. he told investigators that thehat morning of february 2nd he2ne drove to the home on palmere opalm drive to confront neshante nesha davis the mother of hisis two-year-old daughter chloe. c he approached at gun point and demanded that she drop her ongoing child supportg child su petition. a judge ruled in december thatt boswell was chloe's father andathean order him to pay $600 a month in child support. suppo yesterday the police chief andnd states attorney took no joy in j i announcing the arrest. >> tragic case of domestic violence. a father killing a child. chi as the father of a daughterte it's incomprehensible to me.ehble it's

. >> melanie alnwick has the latest. >> reporter: good morning,ter: steve and allison.llon it happened saturday nightury n abt 10:25. 1 witnesses say it sounded likeik a barrage of gunfire here in the 5400 block of georgia avenue. you can see if dave can zoome cz in on that a little bit some bis of the bullet holes thathe pierced the metal garage b dooro the security door that was down over this business heres hr which we believe is a hair salon. salon. inside was a young boy and his mother. we're told that that young boy was grazed by the bullet, thatla according to d.c. police. nonlife-threatening injuriesatii for that young boy, toddlerdl there.er on the street an adult maleal was also shot, also describing his injuries nonlife-threatening wounds toret the lower extremities.we police have not released any rey suspect information in thisinfo case. it is still a very activea very investigation. it will be pretty busy.l pre we've just learned that 2:15 2 this morning just a few blocks down this way on ingramn ira street, maybe about a 12 a minute walk from here d.c.e d.c police were ca

. >> fox5's melanie alnwick isck live in mount vernon with theer latest on this investigation. mel. >> reporter: good morning,r: yeah, this is a pretty busyy bus area here.ar we are right off of richmondichd highway route one in the mount m vernon sort of woodlawndlaw section. this is the woodlawn woodl apartments where police say whey this happened.this happene now, we know that fairfaxknow county police are working on trying to develop some sort off composite sketch of thee etch suspect. they're also looking to at some point give us morent givuse details about exactly how thisoi man got into the woman's apartment. it was 3 o'clock in the morning on saturday, the the middle of the night, aig, 51-year-old woman was asleepmasa when a man broke into her home. he threatened her, then sexually assaulted her and ran n off. now, she told police the suspect was hispanic, short in stature, about 25 years old yeao wearing a black jacket and carrying a black backpack.kpack. police say he seemed to know k t neighbors hope there's an arrest soon. >> it's a little terrifyingerin just to her

. >> melanie alnwick thiselanie a morning in great falls withn the latest on the conditions there. there. mel, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, guys. yeah, i think this is one ofof those areas where probably ably pretty strong cell cameg c through because there's lots's l of debris on the roads, sticks,t and branches and that sort ofor thing and you can see the roadoa is closed here. h we're at utter back store road. ro 's also closed at springvale so no getting through this t army we shot some video a vid little bit earlier. earlier. it's kind of hard to seeind because it's dark but obviously there's a very largetl tree came down from a privatete yard, down onto the wires and ws it is pulling the poles down toward the middle of the roadid as well.as w it doesn't look like they're th' actually touching the streettr or that anything has been broken or snapped but certainly a very precariousri situai they don't want anybody any driving underneath that.ing unra not sure whether this is going t to be a tough fixhi or a relatively simple fix for dominion virginia crews ason

live in glenarden, i'm melanie m alnwick, fox5 local news. n >> mel, thanks very much.than vr come on in tuck. 6:06 right now. now cold out there this morning. mog >> beginning to think this is a thing >> what. >> the dramatic walk down.matica >> they took my walk away. awa >> you have to set yourself apart.t. >> me time. >> from all the other peopleher who are just there when the camera consults on.lts o >> thank you allison. allison. >> that's right. that' >> do things your own way. yourw cold out there.. lots of layers. we are getting ready for our coldest weekend in quite someom time, probably since last february as -- we'll talk allk about it but notice those cold d temperatures.mper 11 this morning in martinsburg, 14 in frederick, f, 16 manassas, 17 in fredericksburg.rg. just a couple clouds outut there. here's the deal with deal today. we'll get clouds pretty quick. e we have a frontal system, the arctic boundary just out tojustt our west.ou see it out there into indianand and illinois.and iois. it will race into our regionio late this

live in arlington, i'm melanie'm alnwick, fox5 local news. ns. >> after several violent severao attacks on metro the transit tns system plans to do something sot to help stop them. >> fox5's annie yu is liveiv a metro's plans to help keep hp people safe. good morning, annie.ng annie. >> reporter: hey, goodepr: h morning, maureen and holly. h that's right.at's a lot of passengers will now see stepped up security onep those buses, trainpes and platform areas. as you mentioned in light ofn lo all the recent crimes and safety concerns over therns ov e years, metro has listening to t those concerns and responding. . just this week on wednesday wne during that storm, a 17-year-old girl leaving the potomac avenue metro stationrota was robbed by five attackers ats who used a stun gun on her. her they stole her money and leftt her barefoot in that inha torrential rainfall that weth had on wednesday and also andls earlier this week a man wasan slot on the green line trainther who was later found at the anacostia station platform. pla police did make an

melanie alnwick is live with the latest on the investigation the latest on the investigation. mel, what do we know this morning. . >> we know this morning we're expecting an update sometime today from prince jorming counselee police ed why. he had a good indication of who they were looking to for. they didn't want to give out too much information. i can tell you de shante davis was living with aunt and uncle in the townhouse palmer road for the washington and yesterday morning was doing what a lot of working moms do. getting up. taking care of her family and getting her daughter dressed and ready to go to daycare before she went off to her job. she was a first-year teacher at brideburg elementary school teaching second grade in prince george county. last night her family was mourning the loss of this bright young woman and her beautiful little girl. there's a normal bible study that the family attends at the community temple church in shevly maryland. last night that became impromptu memorial service and prayer. not just for na shante and chloe but family members left behind s

. >> melanie alnwick is on theln scene of this incident now with the latest.th t lat mel, what's going on? gng >> reporter: well, steve and sta allison, just a short time ago i was able to reach someone innn the public information officeat to get a little bit more information.in we're told that the subjectheub died at the hospital, a short as time ago.time ago. you can see a policee investigators back here on the scene.en this is right here as clay as ca terrace and where you seereou s those police cars that is 53rd and we're told what happenedat e is that apparently the officer came upon the subject and theyhe said made contact with thewh subject, attempted to stop s that person and then there wast some sort of an altercation.lte. a brief struggle. sug the subject did pull out a firearm and threatened the officer with it. the officer responded using usi his or her service weapon. wpo >>> the subject againth pronounced dead a short timeea ago and we're told a firearm,rm the subject's firearm was recovered at the scene.c this investigation has been going on now since 2 o'clock 2'c this

. >> melanie alnwick is roving r the roads in montgomeryroads county. mel in you, where are you andwh what does it look like rights now? >> reporter: we just took jus to shady grove road to muncasterca mill road. we're heading again from thism t gaithersburg area to thersbureae rockville area. we wanted to check on what wha erin was saying with the t report of a road closed,ad cse perhaps some wires down muncaster mill and sycamore. we'll check that out.at out we're checking the roads, too.o you can see this one here very r slow going. so, we're definitely seeing a, g you know, mixed bag of road conditions here. her in some places the main road, shady grove road looked like a lot of work was being done andnd that road, a lot of road crewsdc out there getting it down to dow black pavement and keeping it wet in some places as opposedesp to icing up again but here muncaster mill it is completely covered -- look - like maybe had one pass on it.t. can't really tell but justtus having to go extremely slowly so and be very, very careful.ul so, now let's go to

melanie alnwick joins us liveic at 5:00 withk a look at some se problems on area roads.aoa >> first though let's get aget quick check of the stockhe stock market before we head to break.ea asian stocks mixed thisocks morning while european stocksto opened higher.enedher. u.s. futures are down thisdn th morning.morn >> ♪ >> ♪ >> this is fox5 news morning.ori >> right now at 5:00, homes h torn apart cars flipped overpart and at least four people fou p killed after severe storms s with reports of tornadoes made e th

suspect who broke into a homente and then sexually assaulted assa mom fairfax county.ou >> fox5's melanie alnwick is live in the mount vernon areanon of fairfax county with thewi very latest on this story.his st melanie. >> reporter: good morning,r: g guys. yeah, so this apartment apart complex is just off of richmond highway. hig a lot of busy traffic goes by here.he fairfax county po

fox5 melanie alnwick on thewi t scene let's get over to erino e como with the latest on all of those backups.acku erin you've had a morning and so are have the drivers. drirs >> unfortunately everyonenfor heading out in montgomery county dealt with a traffic headache ha traffic on the inner loopfic getting by in three lanes. les still the outer loop remainsai shut down between connecticutnec avenue and wisconsin. inner loop jams even thoughn traffic moving from old o georgetown through this point an far as your backed up traffic on the outer loop, you are, ou a basically parked from newy parko hampshire all the way to that ta closure at connecticut wherectiw traffic is being detoured.etou i know there's been at least twa crashes in that backup frombacku georgia avenue on through.hr let's take a look right nw i want to show you some workhow around toss get around that.rout since the outer loop is closedso and we're dealing with jamup in both directions alternates fors you this morning however theyeve are moving very slow options for you inbound connecticut which it heavy from weller r

. >> fox5's melanie alnwicke live on that scene ian mount in vernon where the attack took place. place. mel. >> reporter: hi, good morning, yeah, this is a pretty busy section hteere ofof the mount vernon area, fairfaxax county.y we're sort of south of old o town in alexandria right offndro of route one. o this is the woodlawn apartments. and police are still trying to develop a composite sketchsike here of the suspect and getnd more information as to how he got into the woman's apartment.ap we do believe that this was a ground floor apartment here.menh it was the midd night, 3 a.m. saturday surda morning, a 51-year-old woman was asleep when a man broke m b into her home. herom he threatened her, then sexually assaulted her and ran off. she told police he isice i hispanic, short in stature,, about 25 years old wearing ang a black jacket and carrying a black backpack. bac police say that he did seem to be familiar with the area. t neighbors hope there's an arrest soon. >> feel a heart -- mew heart -- with her. that's awful. 'cause we never have thingsve t like that happen here.n >

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3 this morning in the 13,000 block of new hampshire avenue and that's where we find "fox5" melanie alnwick on the scene with the latest now, good morning. . >> good morning, yes, this is the coalsville center shopping plaza. a lot of people are very familiar with the dunkin donuts opt corner of new hampshire avenue. the good news is this morning going to stop them. and from doing their business today. so they at first thought perhaps they were not going to be able to on today and the owners told us they made some phone calls and they figure urdz out what they can do and yes, they are on for business. but you can see the damage here this morning than is no the only door along the shopping plaza that looks like this three different businesses were hit around 3:07 this morning and we also had the dollar plus store and little ceasars bees a. you can see these business owners cleaning up trying to do what they can to get back to commerce today. and we talked with beson alay of what is was like when she got the phone call from the alarm company 3:00 this morning. >> i don't know what was going o

a issued a warning for drivers and "fox5" melanie alnwick is live on mass avenue near west more land for more. tough time of year, mel. >> you just can't seem to escape a one commuting problem or another. and i know what you mean, you know where the potholes are and for some reason you forget until the last minute and there's that moment of papic that sets in as to whether you'll rattle your came or not here. we found a couple here at west moreland circle. they're all over the city. it's just become a real proble a says it's actually costing drivers 3 billion dollars a year in damage to their veingz. as if commuting in winter weather is not tense enough now drivers are forced to play this sick game of dodge the pothole with little success and a lot of frustration. city streets a lot of people are telling us are peppered with tire eating terrors. last winter d.c. filled 19,000 potholes aunt most since potholepalooza began and this year feels like another rough one. aaa mid atlantic says one in five drivers will hit a pothole so hard it will require a trip to the repair shop especially

they're work to go see if thoset are connected.conneed live in silver spring, melanieie alnwick, fox5 local news. >> melanie, thank you very muchh >>> also in the news thisthe morning parents of students whoo attend glasgow middle school ini fairfax county are just findingn out about sexual assault on a on schoolbus that happened back inn november.no. a search warrant has revealedd that two male students held dowd a girl for 10 to 12 minutesin while they touched her tou her inappropriately.propriately the students involved were wer immediately disciplined.ciin we now also know they've beenee charged with sexual battery.. >>> happening today, new detailt are expected to be revealed inea the prince george's county chili porn investigation.gaon >> the state' attorney along with us attorney prince george'n county police and the fbi all set to make announcement in thee investigation into deonte carraway.rray. fox5's bob barnard n green belt with more on this o t story. st bob? >> reporter: hey, allison and ad wisdom good morning to you.ornio this is an alarming case and iti appears the fed

do expect more act fromec the school system today.ystem ty let's fine out what is in storee melanie alnwick is at the princt george's county schoolych headquarters this morning. mel? >> reporter: good morning, morni guys. guys. yeah, prince george's countyin o schools is now set up a parent and student safety hotline where anyone in the school system is call to report suspicious orcios questionable behavior. bavio hang with us we'll give you that phone number in just a minute.e. now, yesterday out here during a press conference prince george'' county executives and schooll system executives real ly were r bit on the defensive as parents pressed them about wt school new and when. w prince george's county policeyo say there are now 11 confirmedrd victims. victim seven who were direct ly abusedd by carraway.wa parents want to know how did deonte consideraway get so muchc time alone with these childrenhi and how was he able to get themt to participate in his sick gam games. carraway did go through theid gg standard brac ground checks his job was to assist teachers withw their students.r student

. >> fox5's melanie alnwick iss ml roving the roads in montgomeryne county. county mel, how is it looking? looking? >> reporter: well, we left well, montgomery county and we came over here to prince georgesce gs county just to check howow things were going on thising side.de we hit the beltway and as wends were on the beltway, thingsay, were looking pretty good and i a was surprised at the number off cars that were on the roadswere and then we started to seeed t some problem suddenly transitioned to snowno pack when it was wet. saw a couple cars off the road there and if you can kind of look over to the left-handhe lef side of your screen here now,eew you're going to see those flashing lights. you can see a washington gasa sn truck and then a small black vehicle there that is also -- a that's another car that hast has skidded off of the ramp from rar the beltway onto 450 here in lanham. we're also -- we noticed whenede we rolled down the windows toint take a picture a very strong str smell of gas and that's why we w believe the washington gas wngto truck is t

fox5's melanie alnwick live in i manassas with more on this partr of the story. the s. mel?mel? >> reporter: good morning,r:d guys.guys. yeah, as you know, the businesss of policing continues here in hi prince william county despite the grief. there are counselors available.. there are chap lance availablee to the officers and their stafff of course, you can see the blacb draped police cruiser and the growing memorial of flowers and momentos left here out ifr of the western district stationn where officer ashley guindonui reported for her first and last day of duty saturday.y. sunday evening, bagpipes playedd at the prince william county complex.comp officer guindon had only only ol been on duty for an hour and aon half and two she and two other h officers one her training officer responded to crystal hamilton's call for help.el fellow officer and community members says despite her shortes time on the force she was nohe s less a part of them and deserver their respect. sunday morning, prince williamng county police officers held ae memorofial procession for then t young officer.

. >> fox5's melanie alnwick is i live in the mount vernon area of fairfax county with the latest s on this investigation.tigaon mel w does everything standveryh right now? >> reporter: the way it stands a they still are trying to develop this composite sketch. i just got off the phone with wt far fakes county police.y polic. they said they don't have a good timeline yet as far as when than 67 will be done, but when it is done, they will come out here h into the community and a distribute it try to get littlee bit more information.ormaon they're pretty sure, prettye,re confident that this woman didan not know the man who broke intoo her home on saturday night. nig it was 3:00 o'clock in the morning.rn so as you can imagine this womaw was asleep.s asleep. they was in her own home, andnd this man broke in to her apartment.ar threatened her, then sexually s she told police that the suspecs is an hispanic male short inn statue, about 25 years oldrs wearing a black jacket and carrying a black backpack.ac police say he does seem to betoe somewhat familiar with the area. certainly is somethin