A once-prominent Tysons attorney is headed to prison for almost a decade after driving drunk and killing an Ashburn, Virginia, couple.

Mark Sgarlata, 53, pleaded guilty in August.

Friday, after an emotional hearing, Sgarlata was sentenced to 20 years on each count of involuntary manslaughter with all but four years on each count suspended. He was given 12 months on the driving under the influence charge.

Sgarlata was driving his BMW Oct. 6, 2013, when he plowed into Ricky and Leia Wrenn, who were on their Harley Davidson motorcycle, just blocks from their Ashburn home.

The Wrenns' son, Kyle, took the witness stand to provide a victim impact statement. He and several other Wrenn relatives urged the judge to deliver a sentence at the upper end of the 1-10 year range. They underscored the fact that Sgarlata had been arrested two years before for DUI, something they said should have served as a wake-up call.

"We can call it justice but at the end of the day my mom and dad are still gone," Kyle Wrenn said. "They were loved by so many people. Two individuals in the prime of their life were killed in an instant. It deserves the high end."

Tim Hale, who was one of the couple's best friends, said every morning when his text messages begin to buzz in, he still expects to see one from his friend Ricky. In his victim impact statement, he likened what Sgarlata did to murder.

"I view it no different than walking up and shooting someone for no reason. He just chose a different weapon," said Hale.

Ricky Wrenn's sister said every day since the accident has been a nightmare.

"What Mr. Sgarlata has lost is temporary. What we've lost is permanent," said Christi Wrenn.

Prosecutors also pushed for a longer sentence and they presented striking new evidence. They showed video taken from inside the squad car the night of the accident. It shows Sgarlata unable to stand on one foot or walk a straight line. His blood alcohol level was 0.23 at the scene of the accident on Ashburn Farm Parkway and 0.15 at the jail.

Prosecutors also played a recording of Sgarlata's conversation inside the police car as he was arrested. When the police car door is slammed shut, Sgarlata can be heard saying, "Oh my God, I'm dead. I messed up my life..." He later said to the officer, "My car is completely screwed up. What are they doing with that?" After that he asks, "Do you think those people are OK?"

It was the first time Wrenn family members had heard the post-accident conversation.

"It's appalling that the first thing you think about after killing two people is, How is my BMW?" said Kyle Wrenn. "That's just the selfishness of him."

But the packed courtroom was filled with many who went to support Sgarlata.

One of his closest friends and law partners, Chris Brasco, testified, telling the judge, "Mark is so much more than the tragic events of that evening. Mark is a wonderful man, giving and kind."

Sgarlata's ex-wife, Sandra Sgarlata, pleaded with the judge to give Sgarlata a work release sentence so he could see their teenage son.

"The burden he is carrying is unimaginable. That in and of itself is a lifetime sentence."

Just before the sentence was delivered, Sgarlata apologized to the victims' friends and family, telling the judge: "I made a terrible, terrible decision to drink and drive, but I'm not a terrible person."

While most of the Wrenns' family members hoped for an even longer sentence, Kyle Wrenn said one goal was accomplished.

"The number one thing was keeping Mark Sgarlata off the streets of northern Virginia," said Wrenn. "Keeping people like him from ever doing this to anyone again was my No. 1 priority."

Sgarlata has already begun serving his sentence. After he pleaded guilty in August, he turned himself in to the detention center.

He has lost his law license.

Congress has passed a bill that could potentially resolve the long-running church-state conflict featuring San Diego's Mount Soledad veterans memorial and cross.

The Senate passed the bill that sets defense policy by a vote of 89-11 on Friday. The legislation contains a provision from Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter Jr. that authorizes the defense secretary to essentially sell the land containing the veterans memorial and a 43-foot cross to the Mount Soledad Memorial Association Inc., a private group that already maintains the site.

The House passed the bill last week, so now it goes to President Barack Obama for his signature.

Federal courts have consistently ruled that the cross is an unconstitutional effort by the government to endorse a religion. A judge has ordered the cross's removal.

It's unclear whether Hunter's legislation will end the litigation, however. Before the federal government took possession of the land in 2006, the city of San Diego tried to sell it to the same private group on two occasions, but neither attempt passed muster in the courts because the judges found that the sales process aided a sectarian purpose in violation of the California Constitution.

"This is a significant development in the decades-long fight against efforts to dismantle the memorial," said Hunter, whose district covers an area east of the site. "The assumption remains that legal challenges will continue, but at least now, this one veterans memorial, which is an important piece of the San Diego community, can no longer be perceived as a government endorsement of religion."

Local attorney James McElroy represents Steve Trunk, an atheist and Vietnam Veteran who sued the federal government to get the cross removed. McElroy said he is ready to talk about what it would take to settle the case. Whether the lawsuit continues will depend upon negotiations between the federal government and the association now maintaining the memorial, he said.

The government's failure to sell the land at a reasonable value or to give up full control of the memorial and cross would be signals that the government is still violating the Constitution.

"I'm not saying a settlement can happen, but it's at least something worth talking about," McElroy said.

The federal government has owned the land since 2006, when Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter Sr., the current congressman's father, authored legislation transferring ownership from the city of San Diego. At the time, the city faced fines of $5,000 each day if it did not remove the cross.
 

L.L. Bean has just added a third shift at its factory in Brunswick, Maine, in an attempt to keep up with demand for its iconic boot.

Orders have quadrupled in the past few years as the boots have become more popular among a younger, more urban crowd.

The company says it saw the trend coming and tried to prepare, but orders outpaced projections. They expect to sell 450,000 pairs of boots in 2014.

People hoping to have the boots in time for Christmas are likely going to be disappointed. The boots are back ordered through February and even March.

"I've been told it's a good problem to have but I"m disappointed that customers not getting
what they want as quickly as they want," said Senior Manufacturing Manager Royce Haines.

Customers like, Mary Clifford, tried to order boots on line, but they were back ordered until January.

"I was very surprised this is what they are known for and at Christmas time you can't get them when you need them," said Clifford.

People who do have boots are trying to capitalize on the shortage and are selling them on Ebay at a much higher cost.

L.L. Bean says it has hired dozens of new boot makers, but it takes up to six months to train someone to make a boot.

The company has also spent a million dollars on new equipment to try and keep pace with demand.

Some customers are having luck at the retail stores. They have a separate inventory, and while sizes are limited, those stores have boots on the shelves.
 

The city's police union is asking Mayor de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito not to attend funerals of NYPD officers killed in the line of duty, saying the pair doesn't "support and respect" police.

A petition letter, shown below, was sent to the mayor's office Friday, the Patrolman's Benevolent Association confirmed.

The petition, titled “Don’t Insult My Sacrifice,” reads in part:

“Due to Mayor de Blasio and Speaker Mark-Viverito's consistent refusal to show police officers the support and respect they deserve, I believe that their attendance at the funeral of a fallen New York City police officer is an insult to that officer's memory and sacrifice.”

The PBA has criticized city lawmakers after some council members have come out against a recent grand jury decision not to indict an NYPD officer in the chokehold death of an unarmed man.

Earlier this week, council members said they would ask the city's new police watchdog to investigate how the NYPD tracks abuse complaints against officers. The city's Civilian Complaint Review Board will also create community outreach offices across the city so New Yorkers can file complaints about police conduct.

PBA President Pat Lynch has issued a statement lambasting the city council's decisions and calling their rhetoric "double talk."

"They praise police with words and then take actions that clearly demonstrate their true lack of support for the very people who protect them and make their communities safe," Lynch has said.

Meanwhile, spokesmen for the mayor and speaker criticized the PBA's petition, calling it divisive and incendiary.

“This is deeply disappointing,” says the joint statement from spokesmen Phil Walzak and Eric Koch. “Incendiary rhetoric like this serves only to divide the city, and New Yorkers reject these tactics. The mayor and the speaker both know better than to think this inappropriate stunt represents the views of the majority of police officers and their families.” 

The Philadelphia Police Department has spent nearly $700,000 on overtime for policing recent protests in the city related to the deaths of unarmed black men Michael Brown and Eric Garner.

In a two week span, the overtime tab to have officers shut down streets, blockade highway entrances and ensure safe demonstration by protesters has reached approximately $683,000, Philadelphia Police spokesman Lt. John Stanford tells NBC10.

The demonstrations began on the evening of Nov. 24 after a Missouri grand jury declined to indict former Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Brown, a unarmed black teenager. A little more than a week later, a grand jury in New York City declined to indict a New York Police officer in the chokehold death of Garner. The 43-year-old father was unarmed and the chokehold was caught on video.

Hundreds of people took part in the loud, but peaceful protests that included marches around Center City Philadelphia, North Philadelphia and die-in demonstrations inside 30th Street Station and outside Lincoln Financial Field. During the die-in protests, demonstrators lay down for 4 minutes and 30 seconds to represent the 4 hours and 30 minutes Brown’s body was on the ground after his death.

The protests, similar to ones held in cities across the United States, have questioned police treatment of African-Americans and sparked a national debate about race.

Philadelphia Police were out in force for these demonstrations. There were Civil Affairs officers, Strike Force officers, bicycle police and, at times, air support from the department’s helicopter fleet.

“Clearly, it’s a significant expenditure, but a necessary one to maintain public safety for all of those who are exercising their First Amendment rights and others who are impacted by demonstrations,” Mark McDonald, spokesman for Mayor Michael Nutter, said on Friday.

In the past, police have spent big bucks on overtime for both planned and unplanned events.

The department spent more than $1 million in overtime covering the Phillies World Series victory parade on Oct. 31, 2008. For the first five days of Occupy Philadelphia in 2011, the city spent $164,000 in officer overtime. An audit by City Controller Alan Butkovitz last year said the city spent nearly $64 million in police overtime overall in 2012.

The protest-related overtime bill will most likely grow before the end of the year.

The numbers were tabulated by the department at NBC10’s request. They account for police overtime worked for demonstrations through Sunday, Dec. 7, when demonstrators held a die-in outside the Philadelphia Eagles game. There have been at least two other protests since, including a die-in by medical students at the University of Pennsylvania and a march and demonstration at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Contact Vince Lattanzio at 610.668.5532, vince.lattanzio@nbcuni.com or follow @VinceLattanzio on Twitter.

The U.S. Probation Office recommended former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell spend at least a decade in prison for his corruption conviction.

In September, McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, were convicted for accepting more than $175,000 in gifts and loans.

The probation office suggested a range from 10 years and a month to 12 years and seven months.

Sentencing is set for January.

Thousands of D.C. residents are angry and confused after receiving what they thought were visitor parking passes for their neighborhoods for 2015.

But the passes they received already have expired. They were for 2014.

The city's Department of Transportation said about 3,900 got the mistaken passes over the past few weeks.

DDOT said it will mail out correct passes before the end of the year.

More than 22,000 residents got the correct passes. Anyone who registers for a pass by Dec. 15 will get it by Dec. 31.

In previous years, residents received passes without applying for them.

A plane landed safely at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport Friday evening after a bird strike.

The pilot of Southwest Airlines Flight 3118 from San Antonio declared an emergency and was met by emergency vehicles as a precaution upon landing without incident before 9 p.m. The plane was taken out of service for inspections.

Several people called 911 about a plane in distress around Gibson Island, according to the Anne Arundel County Fire Department, which sent units to BWI as requested.

Howard County police said one person was killed and five others injured in a late Friday night crash in Mount Airy.

Police said James Nicholas Dejordy, 26, of Clarksville, was killed when a pickup traveling along Shaffersville Road crashed. Five other people in the truck were transported to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore in stable condition.

Traffic enforcement investigators said the vehicle left the roadway, overturned and struck a tree. Traffic along Shaffersville Road between Shaffers Mill Road and Long Corner Road was closed until 4:30 a.m. Saturday.
 

The town of Westbrook, Connecticut, has filed an animal cruelty complaint against a woman whose horse was so weak and thin he had to be euthanized after falling into a pile of debris and struggling for 24 hours to get up.

According to the complaint filed Dec. 11 in Middletown Superior Court, animal control officers and veterinarians were called to the home of Kristin Calabrese and her husband Nick at 145 Green Meadow Drive in Westbrook on Nov. 30.

One of their horses, a 13-year-old Standardbred gelding named Killian, had wandered into a room full of junk and knocked over a paint can, falling to the floor. He never got back up.

Witnesses whose accounts are included in the complaint said the horse had apparently been lying there for a full day before the owners sought help. Officials said Killian was half his healthy weight.

“I have had many neglect cases over the years. This one was one of the worst,” one witness said in the complaint.

According to the witnesses, Killian’s stall was so full of manure he was able to climb over the rope keeping him in and ended up in a cluttered section of the garage, where he fell.

There was blood on the floor, and Killian was kicking his feet trying to get up. His body was covered with sores and he thirstily lapped at glasses of water the witnesses poured down his throat, according to the complaint.

“It was very sad to watch this horse try so hard to lift his head,” a witness said. “This horse was extremely dehydrated and was suffering.”

A vet who responded to the home said Killian was so weak he wouldn’t have the muscle mass to stay on his feet if they were able to get him up, so she opted for euthanasia.

Jeff Blaschke, owner of Connecticut Horse Cremation, said Killian's condition "just brought tears to [his] eyes."

An inspection of Killian’s stall revealed no food and water. Dust had collected on the bottom of his water bucket, and the one container of food in the barn was almost empty and had two dead mice at the bottom, according to the complaint.

“I noticed that the outdoor paddock was loaded with feces around the perimeter as well as twine used around hay bales everywhere,” one witness wrote. “This is dangerous as the horses can ingest the twine by accident and choke.”

The couple also had a pony in the barn, who was malnourished and full of parasites. According to the complaint, there was no food or water in her stall either and the floor was covered with excrement. Chloe, the pony, was taken into custody and brought to a rescue barn to be nursed back to health.

"It was a little rough for a while. I think they had been having a tough time with money and I think they were having issues, you know, getting the horses fed," explained neighbor Christa Diaz, who said she'd buy apples and carrots for the animals to eat. "I'd say at least a few years, I noticed the horses getting thinner and thinner."

Investigators checking the family home noticed a strong smell of ammonia and said the floor was littered with garbage. Two dogs and four cats living in the house seemed to be in good condition, but witnesses said they were worried about the safety of the couple’s 12-year-old daughter.

“I am concerned that if they neglected the horses so badly it may happen to the child,” one wrote in the complaint.

Kristin Calabrese has been charged with two counts of animal cruelty and has been issued a summons to appear in Middletown Superior Court on Dec. 18. She said she's been dealing with health problems but admitted that the situation got out of control. Calabrese said she will not own horses again.

"As an animal lover myself, it's tough, because, you know, animals sometimes have diseases which cause them not to gain weight and things like that," Diaz said. "So I was trying to give them the benefit of the doubt hoping that they could figure it out, because I have seen vets here and there."

Nick Calabrese has not been charged because the horses are in his wife’s name, but witnesses said he “knew what was going on in the stable with both horses and did nothing to help them.”

"It was really upsetting. It really was," said Blaschke. "It's one of those things, when I came home, I had problems sleeping from it."

A Southern California family is grateful to a woman who rescued their baby from a fiery wreck.

Early morning on Nov. 1, probation officer Maria Esparza was driving to work — a few minutes late — when she saw a car spin out on the freeway ahead of her.

The truck spun out of control and crashed into a wall and pole. The engine ignited and threatened to burn everything and everyone inside.

Esparza pulled the child out, while another passer-by helped pull out the driver.

"There is some primal instinct there," Esparza said. "You see a child cry and the adrenaline just shoots through the roof."

After pulling out baby Aaliyah, Esparza loaded the baby into her car and drove away to avoid explosions coming from the car's engine.

Almost six weeks later, Esparza still can't believe what happened.

The baby's family is grateful for her heroic actions.

"It was really early in the morning and a lot of people … don't do this much," said mother Sue Escalona. "They don't want to get hurt too, you know?"

Eighteen-month-old Aaliyah suffered a fractured skull and broken leg in the crash, but just got her cast off Friday and is recovering well.

Escalona said she thinks she would not be spending Christmas with her child were it not for Esparza's quick thinking.

"I really appreciate what you did," Escalona said to Esparza, adding that she's like family now. "Thank you."

A sailor who hadn't seen his children for more than 90 days in the last two years surprised his young sons while disguised as a knight at a dinner and show Friday night.

U.S. Navy Petty Officer Steve Hallock was at Medieval Times in Schaumburg, Illinois, clad in a knight's costume, and his young sons had no idea.

“I was very nervous,” Hallock, who was returning home from his second tour of duty in Afghanistan, told NBC 5. “I’m still shaking a little bit. To [be able to] spend time with my boys, I’ve been looking forward to this for a long time.”

Hallock's fatigues and his shoes were the only clues of his true identity. His two unsuspecting sons, Patrick, 9, and Seth, 5, were called from their seats, thinking they were becoming knights in front of the theater’s audience.

That is when Hallock removed his mask to the cheers of the crowd and the delighted surprise of his children.

Hallock remembered the day he had to tell his sons he was leaving for his second tour of duty.

“When I told these wonderful boys I was leaving, they were very upset,” Hallock said. “Skype is a wonderful thing.”

The crowd thanked Hallock for his 18 years of service in the U.S. Navy, and his family became emotional as they witnessed the surprise for the boys.

“I’m [almost] having trouble talking,” Hallock's father said. “I’m very proud of him.”

Now that Hallock is home, he's made some big plans with his sons. The next item on their agenda? Disney World!

A tornado ripped parts of rooftops from buildings and spewed debris in South Los Angeles on Friday as a powerful fall storm walloped the region, the National Weather Service confirmed.

The small EF0 tornado touched down about 9:20 a.m. It damaged an apartment complex roof, the roofs of two homes and a steel billboard, knocked down trees and blew out windows.

An EF0 tornado is the smallest type of tornado, with winds reaching 65 to 85 mph, said Eric Boldt of the NWS.

Video captured by a witness showed winds bending palm trees before a sudden surge of roof material and debris went flying into the air.

"I saw the palm trees swinging, and I wanted to know what it was really," said Jamie Mena, who recorded the tornado on his cellphone camera. "Nobody got hurt as far as I know."

South LA residents who felt the tornado said they got down onto the ground thinking they were in the middle of an earthquake.

"All of the sudden I heard something rumbling, and one of my neighbors was here and she said, 'The trash can is flying, we're having a tornado,'" Marleen Benefield said. "I said, 'No, not in Cali, we don't do that!"

One man saw the roof of his own home come apart.

"I watched my roof of this house flip and go to the next street," Chris McCall said. "Don't try to outrun it. You can't."

The twister blew through streets from South Vermont and West Gage avenues to 57th and Figueroa streets, according to the NWS.

"I was out on the front porch, I got soaking wet," said Rose Beard, who was praying inside when a tornado forced a tree to topple onto her home. "I thought it was ironic, I just said 'Oh Lord, wash me,' and then boom! I just got drenched."

"Things were flying everywhere," Beard said. "As the day has progressed I'm more and more grateful the tree didn't fall on me. It's the most amazing thing I've ever seen."

Boldt said at least two waterspouts were seen off the Southern California coast.

"That's consistent with what we see for (waterspouts)," Boldt said. "Some of those move onshore once in a while and cause a small tornado on land."

The whirling wind comes on a day when rains soaked SoCal, sending mudslides into Ventura County neighborhoods and burying homes under piles of rocks.

Michelle Valles contributed to this report.

Fairfax County police said a man was shot and killed early Saturday morning behind a Falls Church lounge.

Police identified the victim as Darnell Rashard Ford, 20, of Capital Heights, Maryland. Detectives said his body was found behind the Safari Lounge in the 5800 block of Columbia Pike.

Investigators said several celebrations were taking place at the lounge, and police believe someone has vital information about the shooting. They do not believe this is a random crime.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Crime Solvers. Tipsters may submit a tip electronically by visiting http://www.fairfaxcrimesolvers.org or text a tip by texting TIP187 plus your message to CRIMES(274637)** or by calling 1-866-411-TIPS(8477). You may also call the Fairfax County Police Department at (703) 691-2131.
 

While officials continue to warn that a few days of rain won't end California's drought, one local utility was celebrating how much water they collected from Friday's heavy rain.

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Works tweeted the "sunny news" Saturday that it captured 1.8 billion gallons of stormwater, enough to supply 44,000 people for a year.

The county's tweets were a bright spot during the storm, which drenched parts of the area with 5 inches of rain -- at first 390 million gallons were collected at an intake center in Pacoima, they tweeted Friday morning, then 1 billion https://twitter.com/LAPublicWorks/status/543447263775707137.

• Tornado Rips Rooftops, Downs Trees in Los Angeles

We finally have more water stored behind San Dimas Dam Reservoir! #LARain #LACountyPublicWorks pic.twitter.com/sPidcKfdjE

— LA Co Public Works (@LAPublicWorks) December 12, 2014

Dams and water storage basins were used to capture excess water, according to the often-updated Twitter account. 

But it wasn't all drought savings they were reporting. For example, the Department's Twitter account explained as the rain fell that 30,000 cubic yards of debris clogged Lake Hughes Road near Castaic Lake, which wasn't expected to reopen until Wednesday.

Experts warn that California's historic drought will need a lot more rain to replenish depleted aquifers and restore mountain snow packs.

"We're still in a deep drought, and the rains provide a great opportunity to conserve water that we can use later," said Marty Adams, deputy assistant general manager of the water system for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.

Just because the #LArain stops doesn't mean we do. Flood Control crews hard at work dewatering Beatty debris basin. pic.twitter.com/FllhXAoaCo

— LA Co Public Works (@LAPublicWorks) December 13, 2014

Plano police say Enrique Gutierrez Arochi, 24, has been charged with aggravated kidnapping in the case of missing woman Christina Morris.

Plano police detectives executed an arrest warrant Saturday just before 8 a.m. at Arochi's home in Allen.

Arochi was later transferred to the Collin County jail and booked on a $1 million bond.

Investigators said the arrest comes after the results of DNA testing earlier in the investigation.

Police said they are still unaware of Morris' location, and their search continues.

Morris was last seen Aug. 30 walking into a parking garage near The Shops at Legacy in Plano.

Surveillance footage from the parking garage showed a man later identified as Arochi accompanying her into the garage.

His vehicle is later seen driving out of the garage, but there was no sign of Morris. Arochi, in a previous interview with NBC 5, said he didn't see where Morris went and had nothing to do with her disappearance.

If you spend just a few minutes with Orey Green-Jalal, you’ll quickly learn what his favorite thing is.

“I like basketball,” said Orey, who has developmental disabilities.

The 28-year-old from Arlington, Texas, is a Special Olympics athlete who spends much of his time shooting baskets in his driveway.

“All day,” said Teresa Green, Orey’s mother. “You have to make him stop to take a drink of water or come inside.”

That’s why he was devastated when he came home a few weeks ago and his hoop was gone. A thief stole it while he and his family were out.

“He was hurt,” said Green. “He wanted the person to go to jail.”

Orey later saw Arlington Police Officer Natalia Kuehling at a community meeting and told her what had happened. She says the conversation they had was heartbreaking.

“He seems like such a nice, nice guy,” said Kuehling. “And I just don’t understand why somebody would do that.”

She wanted to help him, so she called a faith-based group the department works with called the Arlington Clergy and Police Partnership.

Members of the group say Orey’s story got to them. They decided to use the money they’d been saving for a Christmas party to instead buy a new basketball hoop for him.

“I think that was really the goal – to be a blessing to him,” said Pastor Renee Hornbuckle, an ACAPP board member. “Just to let him know that somebody cared.”

Members of ACAPP and several police officers surprised Orey by delivering the hoop to his house and assembling it.

“The look on his face and the joy in his eye – it was priceless,” said Charles Richardson, ACAPP Board President.

They also poured a cement base for the hoop and filled the pole with cement to make sure it won’t be stolen again.

Green says she’s overwhelmed by their kindness and still can’t believe this happened. A very appreciative Orey is glad it did.

“I like it,” said Orey.
 

Police said a 12-year-old boy was shot after a suspect fired into a house in northwest Washington Saturday night.

Metropolitan police said several shots were fired into a house in the 4600 block of 9th Street, Northwest. A 12-year-old boy in house was struck in the leg by a bullet.

He was taken to the hospital. His injury does not appear to be life threatening.

Police are asking for anyone with information to contact authorities at 202-727-9099 or text 50411.
 

Divers recovered the body of a missing 20-year-old woman from a car submerged in a Long Beach, California, drainage channel early Sunday morning, police said.

Ashlee Armond, of Long Beach, is believed to have driven her car into the Los Cerriots Channel accidentally. Her green Honda was spotted late Saturday night in the channel, which leads to Alamitos Bay, said a statement from the Long Beach Police Department.

Armond was pronounced dead at the scene after being taken out of the submerged car by Long Beach Fire Department divers, the statement said.

Family reported Armond missing since just after midnight Saturday, when she left a friend's house near the drainage channel in East Long Beach, police said.

When Armond didn't return home by Saturday morning, her family reported her missing. Detectives believe she was driving down a dead-end street leading to the channel and didn't stop at the end of the road, the statement said. They called the incident accidental.

Armond had never gone missing before, police said, calling her "very dependable."

Mourners were expected to attend a candlelight vigil for Armond near where she was found, at 5th Street and Silvera Avenue at 7 p.m. Sunday.

Detectives are asking anyone who witnessed the collision to call them at 562-570-7132.

Prince George’s County police are searching for a driver who fled after an accident in Hyattsville early Sunday.

Police said two cars collided on Riggs Road near Ruatan Street around 4 a.m. Investigators believe speed to be a factor in the crash.

One car contained a driver and three passengers. Police said the driver fled the scene while one of the passengers was transported to the hospital in critical condition.

The second car contained two adults and one child. Those people had minor injuries.

Police said this is a hit and run investigation. The road in the accident area is still closed.