Ex-preschool director pleads guilty to child porn offense; Maryland Gov. Moore casts ballot early

Welcome Marylanders, hi, it's Tam. This stretch of beautiful weather in the D.C. region. continues. That's right. If you're heading out, though, bring that jacket. It's a little cooler. Meteorologist Mike Thomas joins us with how low temperatures will get this weekend. but still gorgeous, Mike. That's still great weather. And I mean, it's really in the morning. If you're waking up early, the kids got sports, say, Saturday or Sunday morning. You'll probably want the sweater or the heavier coat as temperatures could dip down into the 30s and lower 40s across the region tonight. But the afternoon should be very similar to what we had today. Sunshine, temperature 64 this afternoon at Reagan National. Dulles hit 64. BWI Thurgood Marshall up there just south of Baltimore hit 63 degrees. A few degrees below average, but yeah, we have been spoiled for much of this week. Hard to, I mean, it seems like so long ago, but back on the 14th, we hit 90 degrees here in D.C. We hit 80 that following Friday, and since that point, we have not really been close to the 80-degree mark here in D.C. We are now past the point where we typically see our final 80s of the year. That date is October 17th. So we may have done a 90 and an 80, and now we may be done with both of those as we continue our journey forward through the rest of October, which honestly does look quite pleasant here in Washington. Live look outside. It's a chilly night, but you see the flag not moving all that much there on that Rockville skycam, so things are still running pretty smooth. 53. Reagan National, Dulles, chilly, 46. BWI, Thurgood Marshall, 51 degrees right now. Not much happening on satellite and radar. It has been that way all week. And the good news for you at home, it's going to stay that way all weekend long as well. Forecast tonight brings us down to about 43 here in D.C. temperatures heading down to the 30s. We have frost advisories north of town. I'll show you where coming up in just a few minutes here tomorrow. High about 62, maybe a few degrees cooler than today. Sunday, back to about 65, and we have some 70s on that seven-day. We'll talk more about that coming up later in the show. Stick around. Mike, thank you. Tonight, a Northern Virginia family has filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Alexandria and two of its police officers after their son died in police custody. Fox 5's Sydney Persing just went through the lawsuit live tonight in Alexandria after speaking with that man's mother, Sydney. Well, Sondra Jones filed this lawsuit yesterday on what would have been her son's 34th birthday. You're about to hear from her and also see the body camera video leading up to his death. And I do want to warn you, it is disturbing. It's been more than a year since Alan Tucker II died in Alexandria police custody. Tonight, his mother says she's finally ready to break her silence after filing a federal lawsuit against the city and two officers involved. I thought they were gonna help him, take him, get him some help, not leave him in a car to die. Tucker was arrested for public intoxication August 15th, 2025. His mother's suit claims he was under the influence of drugs and hallucinated that his own family was among those who called police, thinking officers would get him help. In obvious distress, body camera video captures Tucker asking for police officers to take him to the hospital. He remained in the back of a cruiser for close to 45 minutes before officers discovered he'd become unresponsive. heartbreaking to hear somebody begging for help and you just ignore it. Tucker's cause of death was ruled cardiac arrest caused by an overdose, according to the suit. His mother believes had her son been given medical care. The Commonwealth's attorney previously ruled Tucker's death was accidental. No charges were filed against the officers involved. The civil lawsuit, though, alleges as a result of their failures, Allen was deprived of timely and necessary medical care, suffered mentally and physically, and died. I cry every day. I cry every day. Making matters worse, she said, when she received a box of her son's property, including his clothes and fingernail clippings. APD accidentally included the handcuffs and seat belt used on her son the day he died. I already knew that he died in a car. Then you're going to send me the seatbelts and handcuffs. It was traumatizing. It's just another case to them, but he's a loved one to us. The Alexandria City Council voted earlier this year to continue investigating his death. We reached out to both the city and police department for comment tonight. We have not yet heard back. Shireen Kenneth. A heartbreaking city. Thank you. There is growing concern tonight in an Arlington County neighborhood after shots were fired two nights in a row on the same block and so far no arrests. Wednesday's shooting along South Lowell Street left a man injured while seven cars and two homes were hit with bullets last night. This is very very traumatic and very shocking and just I mean two nights in a row come on now come on now two nights in a row. It was like a pop pop pop you know that it was loud that was a gunshot yeah anybody knows a gunshot when they hear one but yeah that was weird but then they said it was like right here, right here, which I live here. That's too close to my door. Police installed two new neighborhood cameras today. They say they'll also be stepping up patrol standing in Arlington County, newly released body camera video showing the moment police took down a knife-wielding man in an hours-long standoff. Sean Ball was shot and killed by police inside a 7-Eleven on Columbia Pike on May 8th. Police say they reportedly tried to negotiate with him and used tasers to get him to drop his knife. Police say the suspect had the knife raised and was moving toward officers. We want to warn you, the video is disturbing. The Commonwealth's attorney has asked the court to convene a special grand jury to investigate the shooting. Now for some other top stories that we're following for you tonight. A man sentenced to 17 years in prison for a shooting outside a Clarendon bar. Taha Zuhair shot the man along Wilson Boulevard in 2023, then took off to Spain, where he was later arrested. Police say that the shooting happened after an argument between the two men. The victim survived, but is now dealing with nerve damage. A D.C. man sentenced to 20 years in the shooting death of his girlfriend, Tawana Bazemore, shot Nyesha Walden Hatcher in the head in February inside an apartment on 16th Street Northwest. The suspect was captured in Connecticut and pled guilty in D.C. court in July. He faces another five years of probation when he gets out. The former head of an elite Northwest D.C. preschool has agreed to plead guilty to federal child pornography charges. James S. Carroll, the former director of the National Child Research Center, faces at least five years in prison after an undercover investigation on Discord. Authorities emphasize no school students or parents were involved. Sentencing is scheduled for March, after which Carroll will face deportation proceedings. A man is behind bars tonight facing sexual assault charges. Police say Amarique Batiste entered a massage spa on Presidential Lane in Manassas just before 5 p.m. yesterday and forced an employee into a room. He allegedly raped and strangled the woman before running away. The suspect is facing a number of charges and is being held without bond. New tonight, police in Prince George's County want your help finding burglary suspects who targeted multiple local businesses. And they released new images tonight. Fox 5's Shamari Stone has a look from Bowie. Tonight, the suspects are still on the loose and the Bowie Police Department is determined to find them. They targeted several businesses in this area, including Texas Roadhouse, shattering the front door right here, going through the glass, and then getting inside. Tonight, police want your help identifying them. Take a look at this surveillance image. Take a look at these burglary suspects dressed for a night of fright in dark clothes, masks. Despite Halloween being a week away, they're not trick-or-treaters, no. So detectives say these guys are wanted in connection to several burglaries on the 6900 block of Laurel Bowie Road and the 6000 block of Highbridge Road between around 3.30 a.m. to 4 a.m. this past Wednesday, driving the white Kia SUV as the getaway car. Once they finish the crime spree, the suspects are ghost, gone, without a trace, leaving people in the neighborhood wanting police to find them. these are small businesses and we thrive off of small small businesses we need them in the neighborhoods so why would someone do that and law enforcement needs to get on it it's disheartening to say the least why because we don't have that many restaurants as you said so we don't have that many out here so if the restaurant owners or the business feels unsafe to be here then there is potential for them to leave, and then what do we have? Like, we won't have anything else. And tonight, detectives hope to unmask the suspects behind these real-life scares. If you have any information, call the Bowie Police Department. I'm Shamari Stone. Back to you. Shamari, thank you. A fundraising campaign launched to restore a World War II monument damaged in the sledgehammer attack. The Marine Corps Heritage Foundation is now behind the effort. The limestone statue, which is at the Marine Corps base in Quantico, was vandalized on Wednesday. Officials say the damage will cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to repair. Miguel Soriano is in custody facing vandalism charges. Still no word on a motive. President Trump has ordered the Department of Justice to sue over an Alaska Senate race just days before the midterms. The lawsuit looks to block the certification of the race if Republican Dan Sullivan loses. The GOP claims the senator is losing votes since there's an independent candidate running who has the same name. They allege it's giving Democrat Mary Potola an unfair advantage. Democrats are accusing the president of causing chaos. I'm the one that said do it. They have two guys running named Dan Sullivan running. This is a whole systematic campaign to undermine the election so they can, on election night, contest it. And, you know, Lisa said this earlier, there's no precedent for the Department of Justice on challenging ballots. The Alaska ballot was finalized months ago. Maryland Governor Wes Moore cast his ballot today in Annapolis. Early voting kicked off yesterday in the state. Moore is running for re-election against Republican Dan Cox. All of the state's congressional House seats are also on the ballot. Along with multiple ballot questions, one could lead to congressional redistricting favoring Democrats.