trauma. city police are treating this as a very, very serious accident. the only other thing we can add is that there is a school bus that is involved in this somehow. we don't know if it was a witness or if they hit the brakes too hard to try to avoid an accident. >> thank you, roy. police college horrific crime, but thanks to dna evidence, -- police call it a terrific crime, but thanks to dna evidence, as a convicted rapist is behind bars tonight. lowell melser joins us live with more on our big story. >> police are describing this as an unthinkable sort of crime. a 61-year-old man accused of grabbing a 13-year-old girl, dragging her into a role home, raping her, beating her up, and then basically leaving her there

for dead. tonight, police tell us thanks to dna evidence, they were able to solve this case rather quickly. >> there is really no other way to describe the individual that and other animal. >> baltimore police pleased to have an alleged child rapist off the street, but still bothered by the circumstances surrounding the rest of 61- rolled alan wright sr.. police say he kidnapped a 13- year-old female victim as she was walking in the 1800 block of north caroline street and then dragged her into unit 825, which was vacant. >> she was forced into an abandoned row home. she felt for the first four into the basement. the suspect then came in and viciously attacked and sexually assaulted her, and then later fled on foot. >> according to the police report, the victim, who had been raped multiple times, had to stack multiple pieces of wood up

to climb out of the unit, before going -- before going home and calling police. it was given priority status because of the nature of the crime. the dna matched alvin wright. >> his dna profile within the database from a prior conviction. we took the evidence from the scene and put it into the data base, and it matched up. >> wright was arrested without incident on november 23. word traveled fast about the rest. >> i am happy that they caught him. he needed it. that was my friend that he did that too. she was my best friend. now she doesn't come outside anymore. >> wright is facing 10 counts

including first and second- degree rape, first and second- degree assault and kidnapping. if convicted, he faces up to life in prison and is currently being held without bond. lowell melser, wbal-tv 11 news. >> meanwhile, authorities in baltimore city say there has been another case of a police impersonation and tonight the want everyone in the southeast district to be alert. the cases are happening between 10:00 at night and to block in the morning in the patterson park area of the city. police say the imposters or not actually wearing uniforms but telling victims they are with law enforcement. >> the individuals are dressed in plain clothes. they have badges around their necks and are identifying themselves as baltimore police. they are approaching their victims at gunpoint and robbing them of cash and currency. >> police say they are looking for a dark colored as you be

without a valid license plate and are urging anyone who has seen anything suspicious to call 911. -- a dark colored suv. >> a trial is underway for a top aide of former governor bob ehrlich. he is accused of trying to keep african-american voters at home during the governor's race of 2010. jayne miller wrote a story on election night and she is following the case live from the metro courthouse -- jayne miller broke the story. >> the jury was seated just within the past half hour, mostly women, almost evenly split between black and white. took awhile to get the panel together because the cases so well known. he hopes to convince jurors his involvement in the gubernatorial race was political, but not criminal. he is accused of teaming up with political consultant he gillian henson to carry out a scheme to suppress the black vote, a

traditionally reliable group for democrats. the alleged scheme includes more than 100,000 robocalls that told voters that the november election in 2010 was over before the polls sexual closed. eckstrom potential and jurors were called in today -- read for the polls actually closed. -- before the polls actually closed. >> if you get a jury that is not biased, based on information received from you guys, the press, people who have not formulated an opinion. >> only a couple of potential jurors said they received the robocalls. the case has a political who's who on the witness list. call bob ehrlich himself may be called to testify. congressman elijah cummings may not want to, but the code ruled today he may be obliged to appear.

>> it seems to me that it had to be a very influential or important person to have a congressman do this. how would they know? to be able to respond so quickly. >> co-defendant junius henson's cry was postponed earlier this month and is now set for trial was-henson's postponed earlier this month. >> a judge has ordered the release of a maryland man who has been detained for three months in condition with -- in connection with the disappearance of a frederick woman. he has been jailed since august gets, but is scheduled to be released tomorrow due to lack of evidence connecting him to rob garner's the disappearance. prosecutors are trying to find

his release, but the aruba appeals court will not even hear the case until wednesday, which is they 18 hours after the giordanos scheduled release. >> crusade flames broke out just before 9:00 a.m. in the 1400 block of argyle avenue. we are told an elderly couple suffered serious burns and were transferred to the burn unit at johns hopkins bayview. there is no word on what caused the fire. >> police say that right in the middle of serving an arrest warrant, they discovered something unexpected. 9 pounds of marijuana and thousands of dollars in cash. officers arrived at the home of cathedral street when they discovered elements of -- evidence of drug distribution going on inside the home. one person is now in custody and police put the street value of the marijuana at $25,000. more verbal sparring tonight over confrontation involving frank conaway and a blocker.

this recent war of words was not waged by conaway or the blogger .rr >> they are saying what happened was no coincidence. they called it an ongoing campaign against the conaway family. adam meister maintains he is trying to hold public officials accountable. he says what happened near the conaway home was not planned. >> we are demanding that this be treated seriously. >> outside the middle courthouse, supporters of frank conaway gave their opinion about a confrontation between conaway blogger adam meister. they are demanding -- they are demanding that the attorney general looking into the calls as terroristic in nature. >> adam meister says he was running on liberty heights avenue earlier this month when he went past, frank conaway.

they sparred verbally about blogs meister has written, including his longstanding claim that conaway's daughter, linda conaway, did not live here. she sued meister for $21 million and then later dropped the lawsuit. >> we are yelling back and forth, and he is getting closer and closer. we are no longer in front of his house, and he lunges at me. >> adam meister paid a visit to my property and started making threats against me and my family. i resented it and told him that i did. >> two police officers saw the confrontation, and allegations arose about conaway allegedly brandishing a gun. >> how i could have taken care of him otherwise. >> meister said he did not see a gun. conaway supporters say it is no coincidence that meister was

near his home. >> the friends of frank conaway are here to say we were not there during the incident, but we find adam meister is conduct suspect. >> when asked if supporters were familiar with freeman speech and freedom of the press. he said "i have never been on frank conaway is properly in my life." >> frank conaway was unavailable for comment today. the baltimore city state's attorney has referred the issue involving conaway and meister to an outside prosecutor. barry simms, wbal-tv 11 news. >> unusually mild weather pattern continuing here as we head toward the end of november, but there are changes on the way. enjoy these temperatures what you can. mid to upper 60's in the area,

after peaking near 70. temperatures running just about 20 degrees above normal for this time of year. just to the south and west, there is a big storm swirling. we have a lot of rain and unbelievably, some snow in parts of the deep south. temperatures in western tennessee down toward memphis only in the mid-30's. the storm will be rolling through the mid atlantic and bring as a some rejiggering some moderate rain tomorrow. -- bring us some moderate rain tomorrow. the forecast is coming up in just a few minutes. >> war i and local news tonight for fans of wbal -- more unpleasant news for fans of ron smith. >> basically the curtain is coming down right now. >> when we come back, more on ron's announcement he will no longer be able to do his morning talk show. >> coming up and medical alert,

aching knees then joins me keep you from being as active as you want. we'll find out how to keep your joints help the. >> a call for shoppers to put down the mouse and shot local. i am lisa robinson. that story is coming up. [ male announcer ] are you paying more and more for cable

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>> it's the end of an error for baltimore talk radio. to date on smith retired from his longtime program -- today ron smith retired from his longtime program. he had been diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer. it was hoping to still be on the radio several times a week, but said that is now not possible. >> the decision was made by me to stop appearing on the radio show. i am retiring. a basically can no longer do it. i am getting weaker every day and it is time to pull the plug. >> ron has hosted the ron smith show on wbal a.m. for 26 years. before that he was part of our tv news family, working as a reporter and was my co-anchor for a number of years. you can seen him messages of support on our website,

wbaltv.com. >> as we get older, many of us get more aches and pains in our joint. your knees and shoulders and hips. what can we do to make sure our joint last as long as they can? date -- 50-year-old jacqueline has been active her entire note life. in 1990, she was the second oldest woman to go to paris island marine training. she admits she has been rough on her body. >> i was pretty active in school. in my 20s, i worked out quite a bit. in my late 20's, i decided i wanted to join the corps, and i did that. >> jacqueline has two anterior hip replacements to show for it. one in june of last year, the other just six weeks ago. >> when i spoke to my doctor and

told her the difficulty i was having and the pain levels i was having, i wanted to get it done. i am and to young to be walking round like a 90-year-old. >> the doctor says it is important to stay active, but moderation is key. >> i tell my patients to not be to discourage. you will have aches and pains, and your body does take longer to recover. it is so important for the quality of your bones and muscles and tendons, and also for your weight. >> she says being overweight is a factor in a joint problems. >> if you don't address those issues, it is hard to solve the problem. >> doctor littleton also recommends omega 3 fish oil and supplements. i asked her if all -- of walking is better than running. >> it is. running is more pressure on your joints.

>> any pain? >> no. >> you look great. >> i cannot begin to tell you the difference in the pain, how you feel, the quality of life when you get something like this fixed. >> dr. littleton says in addition to staying active, posture and balance are not emphasized enough. doing yoga and getting your core muscles and back muscles strong is important for your joints as well. according to a new report, many kids don't have the shots that are required to have to attend public school. in eight states, more than one in 20 kindergartners or skipping vaccination. the analysis suggests parents are trying to get back seen prevention for their kids. another new study shows that

babies too young to get the chicken pox vaccine can be protected from the pirates in june from the virus if older children around them have the shots -- babies can be protected from the virus if older children around them have the shots. in 1995, infants were four times more likely to die from the disease. cases in children at younger than 12 months have declined by 90% since then. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> we are certainly ending the month of november on a warm note. this is the ninth straight day with temperatures above normal here in baltimore. we have not hit any records in this warm spell. the record highs were up in the low to mid-70's. just a little below those records. the high of 69 today felt 4 degrees short of the record high 73 set in 1990.

the month is ever an almost 3.5 degrees warmer than normal. that is an unusually warm november. the lows this morning or in the 40's and vicki's. the normal high is only 51. -- in the 40's and 50's. it is going to change a little bit. we may finish up november with cooler temperatures coming in. it looks like december will start a little on the chilly side, but for now it is mile. south into anne arundel county and a cross over to the day, temperatures in the low to mid- 60's. 68 in salt very right now -- 68 in southbury right now. frostburg in the mid-50s right now. there is a storm looking to the south and west and the cloud cover associated with that will result in some fog. as the clouds and fog increased, temperatures will hold on the mild side. 50-57 for lows tonight.

we are above normal highs for our nighttime lows. we are in a strange weather pattern. the cold air on the other side of the storm is producing some snow in western tennessee, perhaps even in parts of northern mississippi and alabama tonight as the storm rose three. temperatures over here in western tennessee -- as the storm rolls through. this whole system is going to track through the mid-atlantic and bring with that the clouds, rain, and eventually some of the cooler air that will filter into our region as well. there are clouds making its way through mississippi and western north carolina. the rain will mix with or changeover to some wet snow, what we get into some heavy or moderate rain coming for central maryland tomorrow afternoon. as the storm lives to the northeast, the cool air comes in. snow showers are likely up and down the appalachian mountains.

it will be breezier and much chillier for the last day of november. then we move into december with clearing skies and chilly temperatures. get set for the changes which will feature rain, heavy at times, tomorrow. the heaviest looks to be lunchtime in the middle part of the day. 59-64, but not as warm as it has been the past few days. a small craft advisory on the bay tomorrow. there will be a 3 foot shop on the open waters of the bay. rain tomorrow changing this note tomorrow night in western maryland. a rain-no mixed on wednesday with ties only in the 30's. 63 and breeks the. '60s for height, but only 50's on wednesday -- 60's and breezy. only about 50 on wednesday. sunny skies, but cool on the first day of december, thursday.

then the dry, cool weather should last right into the upcoming weekend. >> still ahead, the investigation into the sex abuse allegations against penn state former coach football jerry sandusky takes another turn tonight. syracuse university move late sunday night to fire the assistant basketball coach. a look at the new evidence of child sex abuse that is stacking up against him. >> i am rob roblin. my story is coming up.

>> a chair tit-for-tat risk children founded by jerry -- a charity founded for risky children bounded by it. sandusky. there could be another accuser against sandusky who has come forward. he said he may have possibly

been insulted by the former assistant coach. the letter seems to be viewed from a man incarcerated and oklahoma. the team with the u.s. department of education arrived at the state college today as part of a federal probe into the university. meanwhile, a similar child sex abuse scandal has rocked syracuse university. the allegations concern former ku basketball coach bernie fine. >> a 10-rolle course recording of his wife emerged in which she is talking about -- a 10-year- old recording of his life emerge in which she is talking about the abuse. >> an alleged third victim came forward accusing him of sexual abuse. the coach had already been placed on administrative leave following allegations from two stepbrothers. the head basketball coach called the new allegations disturbing

and deeply troubling. a marked contrast to previous statements supporting fine you are correct the brothers' claim they were sexually abused by fine war than 20 years ago. >> he started trying to touch me and things like that. frankly, i don't remember if i thought that was supposed to happen. i know i did not want it to happen. >> also on sunday, just two days after the fbi search is on for more than six hours, a phone call reportedly recorded by the victim in which his wife lori singer to acknowledge the abuse. >> and know everything that went on with him. he has issues and he trusted somebody he should not have trusted. >> now a third alleged victim, 23-year-old zack thomaselli

claims he was molested in 1982. >> this could continue. >> he faces sexual assault charges in maine involving a 14- year-old boy. he pleaded not guilty to those charges. coach fine has called all the allegations against him " patently false." there are questions here at syracuse now about what university officials knew, and when. >> there is an element to both of these stories, that what happens in vegas days in vegas. you see how powerful these institutions are. >> institutions now facing the fallout of scandals in the very programs that build their prominence pierre >> -- that built their prominence.

>> european debt crisis has threatened to further slow the u.s. recovery. >> they are demanding a european leaders make tough decisions to deal with the crisis. the super committee's failure proves we don't have our act together, either. >> i am lisa robinsosa

>> live, local, late-breaking. you are watching wbal-tv 11 news at 5:00 in hd with dennis cobol,, hamilton --, dan stovall, donna hamilton, tom tasselmyer.

>> holiday shopping is in full swing. this past weekend kick things off with a busy black friday weekend. reports are pointing to a strong start for the holiday shopping season. now another chance to get a jumpstart on your holiday shopping. >> today is cyber money -- cyber monday. lisa robinson shows why they are saying enough with shopping on the internet. >> shopping local this holiday season will give the economy the boost it needs by bringing in revenue and increasing employment. that is the word to consumers in the state. >> the message for all marylanders is, if you want to help get the economy back on track, get up, leave that computer, get off the internet track you are on, and come down

to these wonderful stories. >> it shows the newly venerated -- newly renovated mall. the mall is glad to have the publicity. >> we have $87 million worth of improvements here. we are showing the neighborhood and the state, this is the place to come and shop. >> one manager says he is grateful for the push and says consumers will appreciate the personal touch they get in stores. >> it is different over the internet. it is not personal. shoppingcold experience. this is more what the holiday is. it is getting out and getting involved in the crowd. >> people who shop here are encouraging others to come and see what their local retailers have to offer a.

>> it is a nice place to shop. they need for people to come out here. >> i think it is important because i like to support my community. >> we have millions in tax revenue -- we lose millions in tax revenue from people purchasing over the internet. >> lisa robinson, wbal-tv 11 news. >> here is a look at some of all our other top stories at this hour. we are falling breaking news from southwest baltimore where a five-vehicle crash has several people injured and some nearby roads shutdown. capt. roy taylor is live over the scene. what is the latest from there? >> this is what the accident scene looks like. the 600 block of west patapsco avenue still remains shut down both east and west down. we have video to show you what it looked like earlier. the accident occurred are around 4:00 this afternoon. it appeared that a vehicle that

was traveling eastbound patapsco avenue ended up losing control and going airborne, hitting a vehicle that was going westbound. there were as many as five men the units on the scene. at least two of them went to shock trauma. a school bus was somehow involved in the accident and had three children of special needs on the bus. we don't believe that they were seriously injured. we can tell you that their parents are down here on their way to the scene to pick up the children as city police investigate this tragic accident. >> the trial is now underway in the case against a top aide to former governor bob ehrlich. he is on call for his alleged role in trying to keep african- american voters at home during the 2010 governor's race by using robocalls to thousands of voters, basically saying the election was in the bag. eckstrom potential jurors were called to jury duty today.

a man has been charged with the kidnapping and rape of a 13- year-old baltimore girl last month. alvin wright to was linked to the crime through dna evidence. the girl was walking to a friend's house on october 17 on north carolina straight -- north caroline street when police say wright pulled her into an abandoned home and attacked her. there are a series of kidnappings and robberies in montgomery county all targeting older men. all three cases begin at the west will wheaton shopping center in the middle of the day, forcing victims to take money out of the atm's. the 77-year-old victim was attacked by a man with a box cutter. the man was ordered into his car and driven to a bank machine. police say the man was cut and beaten during the kidnapping. the do not have a sense -- description of the suspect. >> a frostburg state university

student has been indicted on a first-degree murder charge in the fatal stabbing of another student. the indictment of the 23-year- old was announced on monday. an allegheny county grand jury issued the indictment charging her with murdering courtney mccoy. she told police that someone else stabbed mccoy. her initial appearance in court is set for december 20. president obama warned today of failure by europe to contain its worsening debt crisis could cost american jobs. steve handelsman has the story tonight from washington. concern that europe's debt crisis could drag down the american economy, president obama urged the president of the european council and european commission to take bold action right now. >> europe is having difficulties and is much more

difficult for us to create good jobs here at home, because we send so many of our products and services to europe. >> europe's debt crisis is an economic cancer is spreading through greece facing default, to portugal, ireland, and not italy, france, germany. the situation in the euro area is rapidly deteriorating and the contagion is spreading. >> without a huge european spending cuts, tax hikes, and bailout, not only -- u.s. banks could lose billions. u.s. markets, too. a repeat of 2008. >> the worst case scenario is we have the eurozone collapse, the european banking system seizes up with untold consequences on the global financial sectors. >> but u.s. lawmakers are not leading by example. the super committee last week failed to make the kind of debt reduction deal we demand the europeans make.

>> it does remind all of us that we need to take the type of action on the top of things we can control. >> that was the obama message to the europeans today. >> the president made clear he will not ask u.s. taxpayers to kegan any help. steve handelsman, wbal tv 11 news. >> 24 hours after authorities said a deadline for occupy protesters to move their camp and in philadelphia, it is a stalemate. >> tonight, the question remains, what now? that is just ahead as we cover the nation. >> i am jane miller live at the mitchell courthouse. the jury is now in place

x a historic day in egypt. the first election since hosni mubarak was forced out. relatively peaceful, despite concerns there would be widespread violence. today marks the start of a political process in egypt. demonstrators are organizing a protest against the elections.

they are board causing it because they don't believe the egyptian military can be trusted to oversee a process -- they are boycotting it. >> they are not getting married or in dealing with the occupied movement. there is a deadline to move that has already passed. the city ordered demonstrators to remove their campsite at city hall by 5:00 p.m. sunday, but through the overnight hours and into monday morning, dozens of tents remained. police and occupy protesters are standing their ground in los angeles. hundreds of protesters remained in the park in front of city hall after the deadline for them to move had passed. police in riot gear stood by and what several streets when park -- protesters started interfering with traffic. they said they want to give them every our virginity to leave peacefully and will not discuss any tactical time line.

>> and new survey says tabla and smart phone owners will shot using the devices. beware, hackers are out there waiting. what you need to a boy, ahead in consumer alert. >> if you drive a chevy bold, you may want to look at this. -- if you drive a chevy volt. >> a children's book was written by baltimore county native, but she is not even out of high school yet. her story is coming up. >> rain and some snow dusted the south and west, and that chilly, wet weather is moving in this direction. the forecast is coming up. 64 at the airport, 65 downtown.

>> here is a look and what were working on for 11 news at 6:00.

the second non -- second man involved in those election day robocalls went on trial today. he is accused of campaign violations in that case. jayne miller is live at the courthouse and she will check in. police made an arrest after the violent attack and rape of a 13- year-old girl. find out how they were able to track down the suspect. will have these stories and more

>> anna denisch has always loved

creative things. >> she could just come up with creative ideas from a very young age. it was just something we knew we needed to feed and give her the room to be as creative a she wanted to be. >> and it worked. at just 17 years old, this perry hall high school senior is a published author. her book, jack the clown, was published in july. >> i sent in an unfinished manuscript of an awful lot had started writing, and i told them i had other children's books that were ready. they asked to see one, and i showed it to them. that thought it was a really good idea, so they decided to get it published. >> since then, she has done two book signings and has watched her heard quirk go up on amazon.com.

she has become a published author before graduating high school. >> i was a little afraid if it would really become a reality for her. she is very courageous and she goes after what she wants. >> she hopes to publish more books in this series and eventually become a novelist. for now, she is celebrating achieving this part of her dream. >> i feel kind of like it is unreel, you know? it is like it is expected to happen and you dream about it, and it actually happened. >> anna plans to go to college in the fall. she wants to major in creative writing. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> war unseasonably warm temperatures on the almanac to date -- more unseasonably warm

temperatures. the normal high is 51. 61 for the high temperature -- temperature today, above normal for the end of november in baltimore. tomorrow, not too bad, but then things are going to change a little bit for the first part of december. if you like the warm weather and fall, enjoy it now. we have not set any record highs yet. 73 was a record for today. it was 69 degrees, and the record high set been up in the low to mid-70's. we have been just short of the record high for the day. the record low for today was 15 degrees. right now we are in a warm weather pattern. 65 in frederick county, 64 in randallstown. harford county is 65, down to the south around bethesda and college park, all in the mid to upper-60's at this hour.

it is 65 in baltimore, 64 at bwi marshall. out in the mountains they are waiting for species into key can, but right now is go to war for that. -- they are waiting for a ski season to keep an. eventually colder air will come in and changeover to snow. that will take about 24 hours or so. lausanne the 50's tonight. that is where i should be for this time of year. unseasonably mild in the mid atlantic, it is lot colder just to our west. just above freezing across the great lakes and even down to the south. cover 30's this evening, down in parts of northern alabama. they are only in the 30's and 40's. it is in those locations where the storm is beginning to generate a little bit of snow in western tennessee.

will first get rain and then some of the cold air. it looks like the snow will be left behind in amounts to predict off to our west. the rain should clear out tomorrow night and we should get a good deal of sunshine for the rest of the week. the snow in the mountains is an indication of a much colder air that will be following the system as it makes its way into the mid atlantic and we head for the first part of december. rain tomorrow some --, some of it -- rain tomorrow, some of it could be heavy. 63 tomorrow, but barely hitting 50 on wednesday. low 50's with some sunshine on the first day of december, thursday. partly cloudy skies friday, cool and dry into the upcoming weekend. >> general motors is offering lower cars to v it chevyolt owners. -- foreignloaner car -- the

general motors is offering loaner cars to chevy volt owners. almost all of the advertisements you see today are for cyber monday. even after today's great deals, the big theme for on-line shopping this holiday season is mobile. here is a warning for you, hackers are watching and waiting. the experts say protect yourself, starting with a password that stays away from familiar names and street addresses. you should be leery of e-mails that claim to have found that hard to find a gift. >> there are infinitely more opportunities for bad guys to break into your e-mail or your phone book and take advantage of all the things that hackers can do when they own one of your gadgets. >> security experts say all online shoppers need to be aware of online coupon scams, and even

free holiday screen savers can be loaded with more than just holiday cheer. they can be loaded with mel where -- malware. >> why new hampshire's largest newspaper is rejecting front runner mitt romney. details on that coming at new at 6:00. >> i am rob roblin. >> i am rob roblin. looking for names for a s

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names for parks and our community? >> it does not look like much now, but one day this 32-acre cornfield will become a community park. as the westminster area grows, so does the need for more recreational facilities. carroll county purchased this land and they plan to turn it into a park. >> our sports programs have been growing, and this property became available about a year and a half ago. we recently made the purchase and will be looking to develop it into a new community park for westminster prick accusal the county will pick a name for a new park. this time, they are doing something different --, a new community park. usually the county will pick a name for the park. >> we thought this was a good way to invite the community to participate.

raises some awareness about the fact that the park is happening, and also we want to get some good, creative names suggested by the public. >> area residents think it is a great idea. >> a place for kids to feel free and exercise and just enjoy time as a family together. >> i think it is great, wonderful, right across the street. >> i think that would be fabulous. it is always nice for the community to have an area for the kids to play and moms to relax, and have a nice outfit for the kids energy. >> the name will be paid by the end of february and the park will be finished in about a year and a half. >> we have received four or five that have come in so far. we are trying to keep a tight lid on it because we don't want to inhibit any one's creativity. >> it will not tell me the name, even if i keep asking? >> no, we would like you to come back in march when we make the announcement.

>> if you live in carroll county and have a great idea for a name for that park, go to our website, wbaltv.com, and submit the name. here is a look at what is coming of new at 6:00. >> i am jane miller live at the mitchell courthouse. opening statements now set to begin in the case involving robocalls and a top aide to bob ehrlich. >> five weeks after a 13-year- old girl is rate, please make an arrest, thanks to dna evidence. i am lowell melser and i will have a live report. >> live, local, late-breaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news at 6:00. >> good evening, everyone. our big story tonight at 6:00, a jury is now set to your the first of two cases related to those notorious robocalls on election night in 2010. >> a former aide to governor bob ehrlich is accused in a scheme to help -- to keep african- american voters at home. american voters at home. jayne miller