the suspect in that case, joshua mebane had tied to waldorf. in that case mebane allegedly committed the crime with his 17- year-old girlfriend. >> we are all committed to safety. just know this. we are confident we have the guy. and he is in custody. >> reporter: mebane is now charged with first degree murder and attempted murder. he did not take anything allegedly from his victims here so investigators are trying to figure out his possible motive. live from la plata, andrea mccarren, 9news now. >> ugly case, glad it's closed. thank you. >>> today, some of the 300 janitors who say they haven't been paid for their work at walter reed medical center held a rally. their union filed a complaint against the contractor that hired them so that contractor says it hasn't been paid by the federal government and it can't by the workers. we spoke with one of the workers who is feeling the pinch. >> we are here. make sure that we stick together and we go together right? >> gabriel rivera is a loving father of three with one looming problem. >> i have here

detectives say the 17-year-old joshua mebane killed teresa bass. the teen is also suspected in the fatal shooting of a d.c. cab driver last week. now, d.c. police got a tip in the cab driver murder case from someone claiming joshua mebane lamingly shot and killed her while she was walking her dog on a trail with her husband in the hampshire neighborhood october 26th. her husband was also shot multiple time and survived with serious injuries. mebane lives in the same neighborhood with his parents. crime scene investigators searched the home this weekend and found a gun that was alongly used to kill teresa bass. >> it was ballistically checked for prints in prince george's county and ballistically it was a positive match with the shell casings and the ballistic rounds located at the crime scene. >> reporter: the teen was one of two 17-year-olds arrested last week for allegedly killing the d.c. taxi cab driver. they say he acted alone in the waldorf murder. detectives are trying to determine a motive. they say that mebane has hired a lawyer and won't

this is the 17-year-old suspect, joshua mebane. authorities say he's responsible for killing a 40- year-old woman out here and critically injuring her husband in nearby. but this teen is locked up in the district and 30 mis away from here, because d.c. police say he and his teen girlfriend are also the people behind another murder of a cab driver there. >> it's with a great deal of satisfaction that i announce that the charles county sheriff's office obtained an arrest warrant charging joshua terrell mebane, 17 years old in the murder of teresa bass and the critical wounding of her husband. >> reporter: the sheriff is talking about the night 40-year- old teresa bass was shot to death. her husband was also gunned down but survived. the couple had been walking the dog in their neighborhood. as it turns out, the 17-year- old suspect had been sitting behind bars in a washington, d.c. jail. he and his teen girlfriend are accused of shooting a cab driver to death there on november 7th. the cab was set on fire wi the driver's body inside.

charged in the case, joshua mebane. 17 years old. he lives just a few blocks away. >> i think it's appalling that, you know, somebody went out for a walk with their dog and their husband and they died. >> reporter: on the night of the walking trail murder, they say mebane gets on a social networking site and befriends a 17-year-old teenage girl in baltimore county. the two travel to washington and check into a motel on new york avenue. victim number two. according to court documents, they go to rob a cab driver. mebane shoots the cab driver in the head. the cab crashes and catches fire. they never got any money from that cab driver. they never gave him a chance. they say that teenage girl tells people about the murder. those people dial 911. case closed. investigators search mebane's home in charles county. there, they say they found a gun. but there's a lot more police work to be done. >> we want to know about his background, where he's been, could he be involved in other crimes, and most importantly, why he did this. >> reporter: t

joshua mebane is his name. he was arrested today for the murder of teresa bass who was killed while walking her dog with her husband. mebane is also accused of shooting and killing a d.c. cab driver in northeast last wednesday. we'll have a live report coming up at 5:00. >>> many people have a strategy for holiday shopping and it often includes a trip to the outlets. but is it really discounted? now what's worth buying and what's not. >> we hear the word outlet mall. most of us think discount. that's not always the case. kipli kiplinger's personal finance breaks it down. >> typically i'm looking for bargains on designer items. >> i love to get high end goods for a really cheap price. >> reporter: is the price you pay at the outlet really a deal? >> you should always do your research. >> reporter: andrea brown says first rule, don't presume you're always getting top quality merchandise. certain brands create inventory just for the outlet stores. >> which means they've never been for sale in the retail store. the

joshua mebane of arrested and charged with this one and also connection with the d.c. cabdriver murder. one thing that is still up setting in waldorf, we do not know the motive. the girlfriend and joshua both wanted to rob the d.c. cabdriver. that might not be the case. they cannot definitively say what the motive is. we're live from waldorf tonight. >> keep us posted. we turn to a story you will only see on 7 tonight. d.c. police are searching for a group of men. >> this group is wanted for crimes ranging from robbery to rape. jennifer is live in northeast tonight. >> this is extremely scary news. police stepping up their patrols in the targeted neighborhoods. they tell you these suspects are armed and dangerous. [no audio] there are four crimes that began right before midnight on friday. we did speak with one of the victims. [no audio] we are having some technical difficulties. that was an attempted robbery. that led into a robbery of a 27- year-old woman. that went to a double rate, double robbery of two women. the men moved to their fourth victim. they tried to kid

charged in the case, joshua mebane, 17 years old. he lives just a few blocks away. >> i just think it's appalling that, you know, somebody went out for a walk with their dog and their husband and they die. >> reporter: on the night of the walking trail murder, they say mebane gets on a social networking site and befriends a 17-year-old teenage girl in baltimore county. the two travel to washington and check into a motel on new york avenue. victim number two, according to court documents they go to rob a cab driver. mebane shoots the cab driver in the head. the cab crashes and catches fire. they never got any money from that cab driver. they never gave him a chance. they say that teenage girl tells people about the murder. those people dial 911. case closed. investigators search mebane's home in charles county. there, they say they found a gun, but there's a lot more police work to be done. >> we want to know about his background, where he's been, could he be involved in other crimes, and most importantly, why he did this. >> reporter

joshua mebane also shot and killed a cab driver last week in the district. the cab was found on fire with body inside. >> this was the day of brown.ing for kwame he faced to judges. -- two judges. sam ford is live at superior court with that story. has alreadywn served his jail time. spent six hours in the custody of u.s. marshals so the judge did say that he gave brown the required jail time. hear a free man about half an hour ago. in federal court, he told the has been embarrassed and publicly humiliated. brown rejected the u.s. sentence recommended of six days in jail and three years' probation. lawyer asked for no jail two years' probation. e decided to jail him hours and two years' probation. >> the judge felt as though he to impose the minimum of jail time and ordered issue a valid judgment. >> he also opposed six months of e arrest with an ankle bracelet and 480 hours of community service. sentencing. >> this afternoon, brown was prisoners. there he was sentenced for misdemeanor is handling of campaign funds. was aly added punishment $250 fine. >> kwa

the suspect in that case, joshua mebane had ties to waldorf. in that case, mebane allegedly committed the crime with his 17- year-old girlfriend. >> we are all committed to safety. just know this. we are confident we have the guy and he is in custody. >> reporter: he's charged with first degree murder and attempted murder. what investigators don't know is why. andrea mccarren, 9 news. >>> the scandal surrounding former cia director and general petraeus is getting deeper and that much tougher to follow tonight. now they're investigating general john allen, the top u.s. commander in afghanistan and investigators say allen exchanged thousands of e-mails with july kelley. she is the -- jill kelley. she is the woman who claims the biographer petraeus was having the affair with sent her threatening e-mails. capitol hill hearings on allen's promotion have been delayed. >> at the request of the secretary of defense the president put on hold general allen's nomination as supreme allied commander of europe. >> despite his resignation, they still want pet

the accused is joshua mebane . he lived with his parents in the same waldorf neighborhood as the cash -- as the couple earshot. >> he is only 17. >> neighbors are helping his family care for him. >> he has a lot of recovering to do. the neighborhood has surrounded .im >> charles county authorities said of gun found at his home the waldorf case. the motive in the cab driver murder was robbery. >> what would prompt a person to such a thing? >> i talked briefly with the mother. the family is happy there have .een charges in the end, it does not change that there for kids no longer have a mother. -- their four kids no longer have a mother. >> return to the growing scandal captivating the nation. that is david petraeus. have learned petraeus d.c..ss is in petraeus will have to answer to over his extramarital affair. she expects petraeus to testify. new clues into the e-mails the top u.s. commander afghanistan and tampa ey.ialite jill kell we're following every development. this is video of paula broadwell. dianne feinst

this is an interesting series of events that led to the arrest of joshua mebane. the question tonight is why? why did he do this alleged horrific act? gunning down these people. he is not a student. he is not employed. he lived in the area with his parents and authorities have traced that semiautomatic weapon to prince george's county but it was a tip from metropolitan police, an assist from them if you will when they were able to tie some forensic information from the murder of the cab driver for which mebane and his 17-year-old boyfriend were arrested -- girlfriend were arrested. tied back to this area. so once again tonight, 17-year- old joshua mebane of waldorf taken into custody at hiss parents' home. -- his parents' home. there's no motive, nothing was taken from the victims. i asked authorities tonight the reaction of the husband whose wife was murdered. they said he was understandably very emotional but very happy. >> all right, thank you. >>> more possible fallout tonight from the david petraeus sex scandal. >> revelations of the affair already cost him h

. >> police say that they did find a semi automatic weapon in the home of joshua mebane's parents in the hampshire neighborhood of waldorf. that gun was linked to some of the shell casings in the woods where the couple was shot. the gun has not been linked so far to anything in d.c. d.c. police conducting their own investigation and he remains in custody there. that is the latest in charles county. back to you. >> all right. >>> straight ahead on the news edge, trouble in paradise. >> the story is so bizarre and preposterous, it's hard to believe. >> an american software company found or the run in belize after his connection to a murder. >>> and still a controversial year but chick filet comes out on top as a favorite among customers, sue. >> and i don't know what is hearsay. the temperatures in the low 50s like the breeze today or the warmer days like yesterday. i will let you know what to expect tomorrow and when our next chance of rain is. coming up but it will be a cold night. scott, what is coming up in sports? >> another mom away from baseball awards and we're minuteas,way fro

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. >>> joshua mebane is in jail accuseded of killing and shooting a d.c. taxi driver last week. d.c. police say they got a tip that the teen was involved in another murder in waldorf. someone shot a couple walking their dog on a trial. teresa bass died from her injuries. friends are helping her husband terry bass recover from his injuries. >> my wife has been dressing his wounds, and we're just kind of pulling together as a community to heal. >> charles county detective say forensics tests show shell casings from the waldorf murder scene match a gun found in mebane's home. his girlfriend linda bury is also in jail on charges in the cab driver's death. >>> chaos in a quiet neighborhood. the accident being blamed for this fiery scene. >>> plus blocking out the sun. where people had the best view of this perfect solar eclipse. >>> pretty awesome here. check out this solar eclipse. the moon passed between the earth and the sun that cast a dark shadow over parts of australia for two minutes. some areas saw a rare solar eclipse that turned morning into night for a brief period. a lot of sc

it now turns out the parents of the suspect 17-year-old joshua mebane, live in the same neighborhood. we spoke with a woman who lives next-door to them. >> it's a tragedy for anybody involved, you know, for the victim and for their family, for the parents and, you know, just it's tragedy all the way around. >> reporter: on friday police searched the home and found a semiautomatic weapon. >> ballistically it was a positive match with the shell casings. >> reporter: the charles county sheriff's office first got the tip about mebane from d.c. police. he's currently in custody in the district along with being charged with a 17-year-old girl for the shooting of a cab driver wednesday in northeast. during that investigation officers received information that led them to believe mebane may be tied to the waldorf shooting that claimed the life of teresa bass. her husband is recovering and has been released from the hospital. police say it was a relief to let him know the suspect was behind bars. >> he was again very emotional and very happy that we caught mr. mebane. >> police are not releasi

joshua mebane is already in jail for a separate crime accused of shooting a d.c. cab driver to death in northeast last week. >>> former d.c. councilman kwame brown learned his fate from two judges. he will not be going to jail. he is back at his d.c. home after serving one day in federal custody. yesterday, a federal judge sentenced him to six months of home detention, two years probation and 480 hours of community service. brown needed guilty in june to campaign finance violations and to falsifying loan documents for his home and a boat. mark plotkin says some feel brown got off easy. >> there seems to be a feeling that he did get a pass, that he was treated differently and that people are really kind of stunned that what the u.s. attorney warranted to do at first was even a minimum of six days and he got even less. he paid no fine. the local d.c. superior court judge sentenced him to 30 days but that sentence was suspended. >> the federal judge in the case noted that brown did not use his elected office to make personal gains or defraud people he represented. >>

police say 17-year-old joshua mebane is now linked to the shooting death of theresa bass. she and her husband were walking on i apath between hampshire circle and westlake high school last month. the teen is already in jail on separate charges accused of shooting a d.c. cab driver to death last week. last week. >>> an up expected twist in the trial of the man accused of being the east coast rapist. aaron thomas was expected to plead guilty yesterday in a manassas courtroom but then suddenly decided not to. just a few days ago, he signed a plea deal after prosecutors agreed to drop gun charges against him. thomas also agreed in writing to admit his guild in the rape of two girls behind a dale city shopping mall. if convicted, he could face life in prison. >>> this morning, the car you'll drive to work could be on the recall list. coming up, details of a major recall announced today by toyota. >> also ahead, ready to rebuild. ocean city's mayor says a landmark hit hard by hurricane sandy will be back on its feet soon. time now is 6:12. we'll be back. >>> welcome back to fox

police first arrested joshua mebane in the shooting death of mohammed kadeer. then they got a tip that he shot a couple walking along a trail last month. teresa bass died from her injuries. neighbors are helping her husband jerry bass recover from his injuries. >> just dressing his wounds, and we're just kind of pulling together as a community to heal. >> charles county detectives say forensics tests show shell casings from the waldorf murder scene match a gun found in mebane's home. the teen's girlfriend linda bury is also in jail on murder charges in the cab driver's death. >>> attorneys are using self-defense as a motive to defend a bowie state university student on trial for murder. alexis simpson is accused of stabbing her roommate dominique frazier to death last year. the two were fighting over loud music. attorneys say their client was a victim of bullying. well before the fight, simpson requested a new roommate because she was afraid, but dorm managers denied that request. in court frazier's friends testify that simpson was the aggressor, but during cro

. >>> a teen already behind bars accused of murder is now facing another charge. 17-year-old joshua mebane is accused of killing teresa bass and critically injuring her husband jerry if waldorf last -- in waldorf last month. the couple was out walking their dog when mebane shot them with an automatic weapon. he was already in jail when investigators made the connection between two cases. he was arrested and his juvenile girlfriend and charged with murder of mohammad quadar. the driver was shot in the head and left beside his cab which was burning at the time. mebane is charringed as an -- charged as an adult. >>> a d.c. pain doctor says his patients are suffering. some he says have even committed suicide. >> psychiatrist dr. alen salerian is opposing to a decision banning him from prescribing medications. >> reporter: dr. salerian was stripped of his ability to prescribe these class two narcotics back in april but his problems started long before that when his office he says was burglarized. the pain doctor says a former employee into into his office, stole prescription pads, forged his si

investigators served a search warrant at 17-year-old joshua mebane's waldorf home after getting a tip from d.c. they say ballistics from a gun found at the house matched shell cases found on the trail where bass was murdered. mebane is in custody in the district right now charged with the murder of a cab driver last week. >> on friday at the detectives were continuing following leads, investigators got the call they were hoping for. a break in the case. while the information sounded good we knew that we had to build from the information and that is exactly what we did. ultimately, through forensic and other investigative measures, we linked joseph mebane to this case. >> shomari stone will have more in a half-hour. >>> a heads up for drivers in virginia. the new express lanes are set to open this weekend. news4's transportation reporter adam has more on the hot lane's work and reaction from drivers tonight. adam? >> reporter: well, jim, beltway traffic like you can see here in tyson's corner can get pretty rough. the question a lot of drivers are going to have to start asking themselv

police say they first arrested 17-year-old joshua mebane for the death of mohammed kadeer. police found his burning body inside a cab near gallaudet university in the district. then police say a tip linked mebane to the shooting of teresa bass in waldorf. she was shot to death while walking along a trail with her husband. the teen lived a half mile from the bass home. neighbors say the arrest offers some reassurance for their community. >> certainly relieved that there's been an apprehension in this case, that the community's been on edge. we have certainly felt our hearts go out to that family. >> charles county detectives say forensic tests showed shell casings from the waldorf murder scene matched a gun found in mebane's home. the teen's girlfriend, linda bury, is also in jail facing charges in the cab driver's death. >>> day two of testimony picks up in the murder trial for a bowie university student. alexis simpson is accused of stabbing her roommate dominique frazier to death last year. the two got into a fight over loud music in a dorm. in court frazier's friends tes