breaking news. released the man under county suspicion in the disappearance of this travel companion. stay ino's 116-day is over.cell at least for now. he is expected to return to the united states. the whereabouts of robyn remains a mystery tonight. nearly fourdano's jail ended in tonight. way,vestigators have their be back soon, and for much longer. the gates of an rubin -- aruban jail pulled open. for a free brief moments, we giordano in the back seat. this time he was not a prisoner,

but a free man. spent more that than -- he spent more than 100 days behind bars, suspected of being involved in the death of this gardner.mpanion robyn this is not an image of justice but of justice delayed. this story believe that back in august, robyn was swept out to sea while the two snorkels. despite the fact that he has never been charged, prosecutors suspect.him the prime without a body or a clear that hea judge ruled detained whilee investigators search for evidence. >> it has been a fishing expedition. it is time for them to cut bait. >> shortly before his release, gardner's cousin issued a statement.

prosecutors hope to convince an row wednesdayin a to reverse the roller to giordano -- reverse the rules that freed gary giordano and the first place. you have shared your thoughts on the release of gary giordano on our facebook page. to share your thoughts, go facebook.com/wjlatv. nightline will have the latest, exclusive new video from aruba. is at 11:30. aftert rage at a complex

find.nts come home to damaged. they are demanding answers. we're live outside the apartment building. weeks, there have been real prepares going on at the pepper tree farm apartments. a worker admits to us that there problems. all the rain, it literally came crashing down. please families are without homes and the management company is nowhere to be found. the woman who lives here does not want to be identified. she says she went to the management company last week and something in her apartment was very wrong. >> before thanksgiving, i called them to let them know that my ceiling was wet. >> after days of leaking, she on this afternoon to this. caved in, gaping

holes. destroyed furniture. >> all of my route is down. -- roof is down. i did not talk to the manager. the residentsold leave and they had own place.ir and that they were going to cut the electricity. his girlfriend's apartment house buckets trying to catch water. the ceiling is getting ready to way in several places, including and her son's bedroom. abc 7told was not until notified this evening workers arrived to the problem. security guards asked us to leave. >> once they found out that phone calls had been made to you, some action started to

occur. that work continues tonight. we are off property, but we -- but the management back to us.not get do know that the residents, families, did get their hotel rooms paid for for the night. not by the management company, the construction company doing the work. and alerts at a maryland school after a female student told police she was by a malessaulted student. investigating the the allegations made arundel high school. they believe the incident took in a bathroom break homeistrator sent a letter with students to alert them about this situation. d.c. police arrested one man teenager in a recent of taxi cab robberies.

25-year-old henry wilson and 15-year-old robbed at least a pretax drivers. there a been 11 robberies and carjackings targeting cabdrivers just this month. we remain on storm watch tonight. from this afternoon and is gone,his evening big changes are in store. bob ryan is joining us with a at what we can expect. .> we are on cold watch look at live doppler right now. are still sprinkles out to the west. these are moving to the north. we have some strong winds coming south.e look at how much rain, about rain around the washington area. it was 66 degrees just before

10:00. winds gusted to 35 miles per hour. will berow, the winds down, but so will the temperatures. have some new details on saw on abc 7.rst accused east coast rapist returned to virginia. law enforcement escorted aaron thomas back to our region. he is accused of 17 attacks over a decade. police in prince william county this note mug shot tonight. to appear ind court tomorrow. forwardan cain moves campaign plans. hours after a new sex

scandal. event in southern michigan. after he is reassessing his campaign. just yesterday, an atlanta woman in a 13-yearged with herman cain. denied any sexual misconduct. which gingrich remains on the campaign trail. made several stops in south carolina. abouta brief statement cain's recent troubles. >> he is a personal friend. this must be a very painful period for him. i respect him to do what he thinks is best. >> newt gingrich had an extramarital affair while he was house speaker. has been married three times. d.c. councilman marion barry says he wants to serve the district for least four more years. 75-year-old has filed to run for a third consecutive term. he has represented ward 8 since

2005. for his role as d.c.'s mayor. conrad murray will face four ofrs in jail for the death jackson. them angeles judge gave maximum sentence this afternoon. was convicted of involuntary manslaughter three weeks ago announcing the present time, the judge has some joke -- judge has some choice words doctor. >> he violated the trust of the community, of his colleagues, of his patients. he has absolutely no sense of remorse. absolutely no sense of fault. is and remains dangerous. >> despite receiving the maximum sentence, he will serve a little than two years. that is due to overcrowding. the convicted doctor will be in isolation away from other prisoners. iphone4s isthe

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be remembered as white one. full ground zebra's is hanging outside theteps front door. it is not an african preserved. a quiet leesburg neighborhood quite the exotic visitors. >> i think i am seeing zebra's of the house.nt she took a turn for the awoke to thed she of for grazing in front yard. chaotic andlittle surprising. they're very beautiful. >> the two zebra's of romped animalan a mile from the when a maintenance worker left a gate open. despite zebra's exert -- demeanor -- >> they were not a concern as far as attacking anybody. >> the worry was the wild

animals roaming the roadways for three hours. >> surprise is a mild word. >> neighbors grabbed their cameras, quick to capture the captivating pictures. >> i have a friend who lives in africa right now. you did not even have to move could havearea, you in leesburg. >> sheriff's deputies and animal totrol officers were able on thenquilizers' thea's to get them back to petting zoo. have the entire photo gallery website, wjla.com. >> we want to remind you, you go to our website and we gallery right there. local iraq war veteran is battle tomorrow. faces the fairfax county

zoning board over a tree house. he built the tree house for his sons. is heartbreaking. i shudder to think of the having to unscrew boards, take it apart. grapin built this tree house at his home in falls church. spent thousands of dollars on permits and materials. the zoning board says of the tree house violates the zoning rules. have some new insight on from thean expect iphone5. sony has started shipping tv to apple for its latest devices. the do bigger screen is expected thinner with a higher resolution. is not commenting. it was a special night as washington's business community

own.ed their achievement invested five leaders into their washington business hall of fame. the 2011 lottery is divided huge landscapethe business in our region. look do it is, leon harris. of emcee inonor tonight's ceremony. has a special place in his junior achievement. isn on his day off, that was doing. that is the kind of guy he is. an interesting day. >> the warmest part in the morning, and then the rain. we had a pretty dry november. the rain was a little bit welcome. we are getting some colder air coming in. temperature outside right now, 49 degrees.

the average height is 44. at the average temperatures the east today. boston was in the mid-60's. to the south, look at 39 degrees. there was that area of rain through. you can do the splits in the atmosphere. of low pressure now moved to our north. behind it, the colder swept all the way to our south. toe is where you have to go see snow. in parts of alabama, believe it or not. is righthere that area now. it is a little bit unsettled weather down to the south. knoxville. fort wayne, ohio, the bringation continues to some moisture. you can see some rain over parts england.

what we have seen of the rain is gone. much are still some lingering even some snowflakes. overnight tonight, there are the clouds that will be in and out. of there still a few leftover rain showers. be rather cool and when you get up tomorrow. temperatures will be into the 40's. in town, 38, 39 degrees. a blustery day with average.res just about 32 degrees. -- 52 degrees. as we had an end to the weekend, sunshine with temperatures bit above average. not back into the 60's or 70's. december is right around the corner. sign of any snow coming our way. you can always keep posted on wjla.com.ge,

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