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15th, 50°. Hi, I'm Hilary Howard. I'm Sean Anderson, our top local story this hour is an update on D.C.'s troubled 9-1-1 call center and your safety whenever you're in the city and you may need a first responder. Lawmakers are sharing that last year, D.C. 9-1-1 call takers dispatched 34 ambulances to the wrong address. So far this year they've sent 36 paramedic teams to the wrong place. As part of her confirmation hearing, the acting director of the dispatch center explained why our story from WTO is making clarity. Mayor muriel Bowser's pick to run the office of unified communications, it's acting director Heather McGowan testified the increased number of ambulances sent to the wrong address is due to dispatchers feeling more comfortable in reporting their mistakes. So when morale is better and people know that maybe they're not going to get fired for the first time that they chose the wrong quadrant of the city. I think it's a heck of a lot easier for somebody to say, I made a mistake and I need help. The gaffin says there are two people checking the dispatch addresses and says she'll share with the public safety committee each time her office sends help to the wrong place. New this evening, the latest in the search for former Maryland top 8 Roy McGrath, who never showed up to his corruption trial at the start of the week. FBI agents raided McGrath's Florida home today. This two days after he failed to appear in Baltimore federal court. McGrath's wife, Laura bruner, was home during that raid. Those in charge say she is cooperating. This week, the U.S. Marshals declared McGrath a wanted fugitive and put out wanted posters of him for a short while McGrath was former governor Larry Hogan's chief of staff, he is accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the