years is the average term for big city police commissioners. he is at that mark. appointed in 2007 by sheila dixon. he will leave august 1. he is best known for his candid language, often referring to criminals as knuckleheads and describing "bad guys with guns." he had to deal with a bad news about the department. there is a still developing investigation that centers on a key homicide detective and how that detective manage to get other officers involved in a row of investigation. that investigation has brought complaints of assault and home invasion. >> it is a burden that distracts the police department from its mission. obviously, you have issues involving confidence, whether

the public has confidence in the police officers and department to do its job but it is a big distraction when you have these types of issues that are being dealt with or that keep coming up repeatedly over time. quex in a statement, stephanie rawlings like called him a great public servant. he has been with a department 31 years. in national search will be done for his replacement. his retirement comes on heels of other departures of key staffers. >> the bill we would shut down for a couple of hours because of an accident. we were over the scene where a tractor-trailer overturned, spilling its load of lumber and pipes. they're trying to figure out what caused the truck to overturn. a reminder, to avoid hitting

the jfx. there are more tonight. it will back to life-over -- i- 83. it will stay closed for 68 weeks. >> tonight story shocking ravens fans and the entire team. it has been confirmed that terrell suggs partially toward his achilles tendon. we have details. >> charles suggs -- terrell suggs' injury. they gambled that courtney work.w would

>> you cannot get caught up in i have to replace. his football intelligence is enough. because he was in a system of alabama with nick sabin, mitigation gap will not be as great. >> getting past the first month of rehab from surgery is a key. infection has derailed the recovery time in more than anything else. if particles are followed through, he should be ok. >> the re-irruption rate is not 0. if you -- that risk of re- rupter is there. hard workce and

will be the key. >> he sees a specialist next week and will no more at that time. better now than august when he would have had no chance to play in 2012. >> one is guilty, the other set free. this after a jury delivers a split verdict in the trial of two brothers who were accused of beating a black teenager while on neighborhood watch duty. avi werdesheim was found not guilty. >> they kept their conduccompose during the verdict. there was enough to conduct -- convict eli. >> i am relieved about avi, and

we are devastated over eli's result . we are sure that justice will triumph in the end. >> we are happy his brother was acquitted. we're happy that eli was acquitted of one of the three counts and we look forward to continuing the advocacy for eli. >> attorneys reacted to the decision to find avi guilty on all counts. claims were add in support -- by groups in support of the victim that the incident was racially motivated because the defendants are jewish. >> we knew there were guilty parties involved and we were willing to let the system act as

it must. we believe in the system and it showed itself or the incredible today. the judge did a great job making the decision based on the evidence she was presented with. >> they were accused of assaulting a teen and holding him while on neighborhood watch. theli took the stand, saying it begacame a misunderstanding . eli testified the teen was scared and charged at him and tried to hit him with a board, using his self-defense schools the liver and -- he learned in the israeli army. he blocked of the board and cut the back of a teen's head. he>> when i thought about all te

evidence that came out during the trial, i assumed this would be the verdict. we are quite pleased. >> the victim refused to testify. he slumped on the witness stand and mumbled his answers. finally standing up and yelling through tears that he did not want to testify and wanted the charges dropped. family attorney tells 11 news that the family is dropping its civil suit it took out against the brothers. sentencing is scheduled for june 27 at 1:00 p.m. will live outside of the mitchell courthouse, wbal tv 11 news. >> the maryland general assembly is preparing for a general session to rework the state spending plan and chip away at the perpetual deficit. many are demanding the state live within its means. lawmakers from all -- rely on a special committee to tell them how much they carthe budget canw

each year. we have details. >> an economist details why she believes maryland's budget would be one-third of its current size if face a relied on state guidelines. she charges the spending affordability committee operates like is the spending target than a cat. the state's budget balancing process began with a gaping hole. george mason university economist eileen norcroft has figured out why. >> they have overseen the growth of a structural deficit. >> the committee has 17 legislative and tw civiliano members. -- two civilian members.

t chargehe is that the committee ignored its own rules. >> in some years there would set the criteria for growth and one that amount did not fit with what they wanted to spend, they found another way to justify it. capital gains will be robust this year, or this is the growth in the business cycle. >> he pored over 30 years of reports sac submitted since its inception. in 2010, the committee admitted the process was not working. the combination of huge mid-year spending reductions, massive general assistance, and extensive reliance on one time supports makes it impossible to clearly establish a basis for calculating element without arbitrary judgment about what should be in or out. >> they are frustrated with this growing structural deficit. they know they need another process, another approach to spending discipline in the state.

>> officers disagree. >> is working because it gives you a barrier to go against. it is an appropriate tool. that is the guidelines for where your budget needs to be. >> she points out that the committee operates more like a spending target than a spending cap. only in the past couple of years and has stepped to 0.7 or level funding but never cut. its recommendations cover 66% of the state budget. it does not consider federal funds or capital expenditures or the transportation trust fund and she questions that decisions tied to gaming revenue. she believes the committee should be replaced with a tax and expenditure limit model used by 28 other states which limit spending to the sum of population growth and inflation. >> it works in conjunction with other rules. our supermajority requirements

for tax increases. >> schultze of the model of the state of colorado as an example that could work. cities could also benefit from adopting a strict mathematical rules to limit spending based on the increase of population and inflation. >> an interesting story. >> remembering a fall. >> remember engler's who died in the line of duty. >> it affects more than the ravens defense. mar-ere's lots of warm, like air moving this way. it is 75

>> in howard county, police officers who lost their lives in the line of duty were honored. shaft hunter was to the list of fallen heroes. >> it meant remembering our son who made the ultimate sacrifice, as well as remembering all those who have fallen and have given their all. >> this is national police week and tomorrow there will be the fallen heroes samari. -- tomorrow.

ceremony. >> very hot in the western part of the state. tomorrow will feel more like summer rather than spring as temperatures begin to rise. that where the warm areas. the storms are feeding on that. the potential is there to pick up some strong to severe sunde thunderstorms. those systems out west will drift east and blossom in our area. check out the almanac. 76 at bwi marshall. below -- the low was above normal. some big storms rolling through last night. lots of lightning and heavy downpours. an inch of rain in the suburbs

and a couple of drops out of town. that is the way it goes this time of year. scattered, isolated activity. the pollen count was lower today. 53. there was some wheat pollen to factor in. that may be the new phase of allergies that folks will have to deal with. the wheat pollen is starting to show up. -- weed and is starting to show up. 67 around the bay. we were looking at 85 to 90. that is where the storms are blossoming, drifting south and east and weakening. by morning, we will have some cloud cover but it will stay mild tonight. a light southeast breeze at 5 miles an hour. 2 p.m. is at 8:0 88 degrees, all that moving

north and east. this warm front will make its way past as and pushes up through new england. you can see the storms that are popping up along this front end this front that is dropping in to the warm and muggy air over the great lakes. there have been some severe thunderstorms, watches, and warnings. this is a prime area for strong storms as well as parts of the mid atlantic around baltimore. a slight risk of severe thunderstorms to our afternoon and evening. that line of showers and storms by five or six tomorrow and that pushes out the bus as we get into the weekend. the activity gets farther south. maybe a slight chance, 20% chance of a shower saturday morning. the rest of the weekend is looking nice including saturday afternoon and all they sunday as well. 84 to degrees tomorrow. sunshine and wind getting temperatures up to summer levels. keep an eye out for a

thunderstorm. the wind will be light on the bay but some strong storms could cross the bay later in the afternoon. storms in the western maryland mountains. eastern shore locations look like temperatures will stay above normal with scattered showers and thunderstorms as well into friday afternoon. by friday, saturday afternoon, the skies are clearing and by sunday, cooler and less humid. monday with a high of 73. another front tuesday into wednesday of next week. >> devastating. the achilles' tendon injury suffered by terrell suggs has that level of impact on the ravens. he could miss all of next season and it will impact more than just the linebacker position. they have had to replace jarret johnson. the ravens are next week -- will

learn next week the extent of the injury. regardless of direction, his injury means others have to step in. a rookie replace the player of the year. -- cannot replace the player of the year. instead of relying on the offense, the ravens will likely have to rely on a more robust passing game on offense and higher scoring potential from their offense to extend their string of four straight trips to the playoffs. travel day for the orioles. they carry some serious momentum with them after an eye opening series in yankee stadium. they give up three runs in three games in new york. a sensational last night. a career high equalling nine strikeouts.

the in started to look for real and it has the owes seven games -- the o's and games. the capitals have to bounce back from an emotionally and physically exhausting loss in triple overtime last night. what makes the matter worse as they had a chance to win it. overshot wide of the mark. he will hit this, hits postthe said. -- hit the post instead. ending a 4. hour day5. -- ending a 4.5 our game.

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all that will be moving east and with it, comes the showers and storms that are popping up in that warm and muggy air across the mountains. we could pick up a light shower here for a rumble of thunder in the western suburbs. another round of storms as we had 87. still warm on saturday. the range should be gone by early in the morning. most of the weekend looks nice. comfortable on sunday, a high of 75. scattered showers on tuesday and wednesday. >> more on terrell suggs at 11. >> good night. >> good night.