last year. >> now jeff barnd and karen parks rejoin us with the "late edition". . >> devastating. they could have killed my son. >> police accused. the shocking allegations from a baltimore teenager. >> damage from violent weather. where the storms hit hardest. >> and the driving force behind a plan to bring baseball back to children in baltimore city. >> live in high definition, from wbff tv in baltimore, this is fox 45 news "late edition". >> hello again i am jeff barnd. >> and i am karen parks. >> several baltimore city police officers are under investigation tonight accused in the hit-and-run of a teenager in west baltimore. >> happened tuesday night. about 9:00, near the curb in mosher and pennsylvania avenue. 17-year-old dee john rydell son said three police officers in a unmarked car intentionally slammed the vehicle into the dirt bike.

the officers slowed down, and looked to see if he was off the bike and kept going, said the witnesses. >> i am angry about the situation. because it is devastating. they could have killed my son. what about that? he is a child. no child deserves that. >> to me that was the most egregious conduct i can imagine from a officer of the law. >> commissioner like that, that holds professional integrity at the highest level. so we will complete our expression if there is wrongdoing on the path of the police department. we will fix it. and if there isn't we will address that too. >> johnson suffered injuries to the right hand and foot. and bruces and abrasions to his body. the officers are not facing any criminal charges at this hour. >> police investigate whether a man found dead in harford county was a hit-and-run vic. found this morning at the 715 overpass. police will not release the name until family is notified. anyone with information meanwhile can contact the

aberdeen police department at (410)272-2121. >> one man is dead after a overnight shooting in southwest baltimore. it happened around 1:00 this morning. in the 500 block of east lynn avenue. police say a 39-year-old man was shot in the head. so far, no arrests. >> baltimore city police arrested a suspect in the murder of 16-year-old jerrod reed, he was gunned down on july 19. tonight police arrested brandon brown. police are looking into whether brown was the gunman at the cookout shooting this past weekend. 12 people were shot in that incident. no one died. >> we're teaming up with the baltimore city police tonight tracking down suspects in our fugitive files. joy lepola joins us live with the team of detectives at the warrant apprehension task force headquarters in north baltimore. joy? >> all right. thank you karen. well, over the past couple of weeks, here in the city of baltimore, we have seen so much violence. well here is your opportunity to pick up the phone and help clean up the streets of baltimore.

lieutenant john weldel with the warrant apprehension task force is joining me to talk a little bit about the importance of getting the community involved in getting some of these people locked up. >> absolutely. the community's help is the single most important thing that we do, in capturing these individuals. every minute that these people are on the street, the potential for harm to the community is great. we need to be able to get these people as quickly as possible. and the people in the community who see them every day, are our best source of information. so that we can take them off the streets and make the community safe. >> all right. thank you lieutenant. quickly here is the number. 410-637-8970. lets take a look at tonight's fugitives. we have 17-year-old maurice brown, he is wanted for murder. murder that happened on may 8. he killed a man. in early may. now brown is 5'5, he weighs

115 pounds. and we have 27-year-old elijah jones wanted for attempted murder. jones is 5'5, and weighs 177 pounds. and take a good look at this man. we are also hoping to track him down. cavan jefferson, known on the streets as flip and fats. also it is important to point out that brown, he is often known as reese or reesee to his friends. pick up the phone. it is a safeway to call and get involved and clean up the streets of baltimore. the number is 410-637-8970. there are cash rewards available. no personal information is going to be asked. we will be here until 1130 tonight. after that you can call crime stoppers, at 1-866-7-lockup. and you can always go to our website, foxbaltimore.com, and click on fugitive files. i am joy lepola. , reporting live at the warrant apprehension task force tonight fox 45 news "late edition". >> hopefully we get somebody joy. thanks for the good work.

>> who will pay the mounting legal fees of mayor sheila dixon? that question still has no clear answer tonight. the mayor was reindicted on charges of theft and perjury but no law that said city officials can be reimbursed for legal fees if acquitted. experts say the mayor has the option of seeking reimbursement from the board of estimates. >> if you are found not guilty or they drop charges you get reimbursed. politically that doesn't sell quite as as well in times, when we are in terrible economic times and we have a smaller number of dollars to go around anyway. >> mayor sheila dixon is set to stand trial in september. but given the new charges, that trial could be postponed until later on in the fall. >> it is a life sentence for the man found guilty of a fatal shooting at the windsor in baltimore county. lewis determined the fate yesterday. jury convicted him in the murder of tavon chambers. chambers was shot and killed in

the parking lot at the windsor enduring a botched robbery back in july of 2007. a second man was also wounded in the shooting. >> and a 16-year-old boy will spend 18 months behind bars for taking part in a massive breakout from a state juvenile detention center. the frederick county states attorney's office said mcclellen pleaded guilty to first degree escape. in return, prosecutors dropped 16 other charges against the teen. all related to the may 27ed breakout from the victor cullen building. 14 juveniles were involved, in which six workers were hurt. >> that pilot in last week's deadly helicopter crash was warned apparently about severe weather before taking off. the n.t.s.b. released the information today. apparently 23-year-old jeffrey 94 dis told about fog, wind and lightning before leaving hagerstown regional airport. still no word on the cause of the crash. along i-70. all four people on board, you will recall, died in the crash.

>> rain showers hit maryland and brought plenty of damage with them. talk of a possible tornado. touching down in carroll county. myranda stephens has latest. >> i am here off constellation way. where you can see folks are cleaning up from today's powerful storms. to give you an idea. over here, it is part of a roof that went flying from across the street, and landed in this yard. and unfortunately, it was not the only flying object in today's storm. >> the storm rolled through the neighborhood just before 3:00 today. the winds were so strong they up rooted dozens of large trees and even tore off the entire roof of one home. neighbors believe the taj was the work of a tornado. but local officials say they cannot confirm that just yet. >> national weather service will send a crew to determine by the amount of damage that has occurred whether it was actually indeed a tornado or considered maybe a micro burst. >> only one minor injury in this

storm. a woman hurt her wrist while trying to shut the garage door. if this was an actual tornado it would not be the first. a tornado ripped through a neighborhood just about 5 miles from here, back in 1996. >> in finksburg, myranda stephens, fox 45 news "late edition". >> a storm damage was not limited necessarily to carroll county. this was the scene in west baltimore tonight after storms knocked down a tree, in druid hill park. partially blocking the street for hours. >> any more rough weather coming our way tonight? >> i don't know. i told you i am about to melt. >> yeah. >> meteorologist jessica starr is here with the first look at the sky watch forecast. >> i saw that in a movie once. you saw a person melt? >> i don't know. but most of the severe weather moving away. but confirmation there was a tornado today in frederick county today. with estimated miles per hour of 100 miles per hours. so keep investigating that as

the one also in carroll county for tomorrow. we will see when the national weather service goes out there and investigates the damage to see if that one, carroll county, was also a confirmed tornado for tomorrow. sky watch hd regional radar. welcoming the quiet weather. dry sweep across most of the state of maryland. as you can see most of the severe weather is moving out to the atlantic ocean. and your next day planner, headed for a dry day tomorrow. but hot and humid day for the first day of august for tomorrow. 6 a.m., 67 degrees. 82 degrees. partly cloudy skies. and there are more storms in the potential for more severe weather in our forecast. i will tell you when it could move in coming up in a few minutes. . >> the economy has done measurably better than we had thought. >> an optimistic outlook for the president of the united states. but not everybody agrees. why some lawmakers say we should not celebrate latest numbers

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. >> presidential obama said new numbers out today make him cautiously optimistic about the direction of the economy. but do his critics agree? jennifer davis has more. >> the president said new economic numbers show the recession gripping the nation is easing. >> the gdp revealed in the last few months, the economy has done measurably better than we had thought. >> the gdp or gross domestic product measures the total value of all goods and services produced within the u.s. considered the best barometer of the country's economic health. and although it fell by 1 percent in the second quarter that is less than expected. >> democrats cheered the numbers. saying there are a direct result of the $787 billion economic stimulus program they passed. >> all of those facts show the democrats were right.

and republicans didn't see the value apparently. in the recovery and reinvestment act. >> but g.o.p. argue the policies are doing more harm than good. >> this country will not grow itself out of recession. on the backs of the american people through higher taxes. government takeovers and bailouts. >> other critics point out that gdp has fallen four quarters for the first time since 1947 and consumer spending fell 1.2 percent in the second quarter after a slight rise the quarter before. >> the trend is for these numbers to be revised downwards. so we should not be popping any champagne corks any time soon. >> president said he won't consider it a full economic recovery until the nation's job situation improves. we are slated to find out where the unemployment rate stands next week when the next monthly jobs report comes out. in washington, jennifer davis, fox news. >> congress rushes to pump more cash into the federal cash-for-clunkers program. as it runs out of funding less

than one week after beginning. under the program, eligible buyers can get a $4500 rebate from the federal government. just for trading in an old gas guzzler for more fuel efficient vehicle. she hee nissan had 40 people trading in clunkers. >> it is helping a lot of people and certainly getting cars off the road that really should not be on the road because for both environmental reasons and safety reasons. >> the house voted today to rush another $2 billion into the program. the senate is expected to take action some time next week. >> now that brings us to the question of the day? do you agree with congress putting more money into the cash-for-clunkers program? at last check 33 percent say yes. 67 percent say no. now here is one of the responses. we got no name with this response. but it makes a lot of sense. to many people. taxpayers already own 60 percent of gm. so i would like to collect my free gm car. good luck on that. >> to read more responses, go to

foxbaltimore.com and click on question of the day. >> will the weekend be a total washout karen? what do you think? what are your predictions? >> i am not going to advertisement leave that to meteorologist jessica starr with her sky watch forecast. jes? >> hi karen. we had pretty active weather out there today. but the good news is that we will have a dry sunny day tomorrow. for saturday. but then we have the potential for more severe weather on sunday. but on sky watch hd regional radar, dry sweep right now. but confirmed tornado today in frederick county. winds of 100 miles per hour and still investigating the damage that is in carroll county to see if that was actually a tornado as well. let you know tomorrow on fox 45 news at 10:00 tomorrow. but on doppler radar, most of the active weather is moving out into the atlantic ocean. bigger picture. all associated with a cold front and strong embedded thunderstorms in the cold front that moved through our area. fired up the showers and storms around 2:00 today. in the afternoon hours. we had a lot of damaging winds

and heavy rain showers out there as well as lightning strikes. for the daytime today. and all of that activity is moving out to the atlantic ocean. and taking a live look at the inner harbour. quiet weather overnight tonight. that's what we will welcome for the daytime for tomorrow. for saturday. for the first day of august. 74 degrees out there. at the inner harbour. partly cloudy skies. and winds are currently calm. but the humidity unfortunately is going to stay on the high side. 93 percent humidity right now. and it will continue to stay pretty high out there. state rainfall totals today. we had over an inch of rain reported at the inner harbour, and half an inch reported at wilmington. so a lot of rainfall in a short amount of time with the line of showers and storms that moved through our area. state temperatures right now in the mid 70s. 74 in baltimore. and 73 in dover. and 73 in hagerstown. and temperatures are going to drop only into the upper 60s. so it is going to be a little bit on the muggy and uncomfortable side, with the temperatures only dropping down to right around 67, to

68 degrees. on the future scan model. we have the cold front. that fired up all the showers and storms for today. and that's moving out to the atlantic ocean. weak high pressure is building in. so tomorrow, 9 a.m., waking up. a lot of sunshine. hazy sunshine for tomorrow. for the daytime for saturday. so most of the day, for tomorrow, we will be dry until 5:00. and then there is a secondary cold front. and that's the one that we are watching. because this could produce severe weather again for the afternoon hours on sunday. by 1:00, you could see a line of showers and storms could be developing in the afternoon hours. and lingering into 6:00, as the secondary cold front will be moving in here. future scan, will be on the warm side tomorrow. temperatures climbing to right around 90 degrees. above 90 degrees on the future scan model. 93 in baltimore. 90 degrees forecasting in cockeysville. beach cast tomorrow. partly cloudy skies. isolated thunderstorms in the vicinity. and temperatures in the mid 80s. so not too bad at the beach for this weekend. tomorrow, at the inner harbour, 89 degrees with hot and humid conditions.

and winds out of the west at five to 15 miles per hour. and the five-day forecast for the first week of august, well, things will stay on the unsettled side. 89 for tomorrow. 87 both sunday and monday. and potential for the severe weather in the heat of the day. topping off at 90. and 89 wednesday. with a chance for thunderstorms in the afternoon. but there is some dry weather in the forecast. i will have that coming up in the seven day in a few minutes. . >> get this. you probably have seen a rooster but how about one in court. mr. clucky celebrity rooster evicted from his miami beach home because of a zoning. the owner is crying foul because he wants his water bottle drinking bicycle riding pet to stay. >> he may be an outlaw but no criminal. >> the owner said he has letters in support of the rooster but the neighbors say they want him out. >> from literary ledge to like

size replica of mark twain unveiled at the house and museum in connecticut. 150-pound figure is complete with twain's familiar bow tie and mustache. according to this sign, you better watch out for zombie stripers in portland oregon. before you go running to escape the undead, you should know that the traffic signs were highjacked by computer hackers. the zombie message has been switched off. >> do you know what this baby creature is? it is an aardvark that is rarely found in captivity. this baby was born at the omaha sue that has two adult aardvarks and weighs over 5 pounds. patrice harris, fox 45 news "late edition". . >> the ravens are hurting at the

. >> the ravens wrapped up the first full squad workout today. in front of an excite crowd of over 11,000 fans. after shakeing off the rust. guys put on a show for the fans and all eyes on the battle for wide receiver. with the future of mason up in the air. ravens have a battle for the ravens number one wideout. clayton is the favored. but young guys are making it interesting. including justin harper that the ravens drafted in 2008. offensive coordinator cam cameron said he likes the group of guys he has in place now. but it is too early to tell who will come out on top. >> the thing that everybody is talking about, obviously, is wide receiver position. and i am excited to see how it plays out. i am. i feel the same way about derrick as everybody else does. so i don't think we need to revisit that. with that being said we have a lot of talent and young guys that have to make the same strides and in the second year

that mcclain did last year. >> to baseball, o's remain quiet at the trade deadline, one day after sending sherrill to the dodgers. tonight they were looking to increase the winning streak to three games as they welcomed the red sox to camden yards. top of the third. boston up. and ortez at the plate. and one day after reports came out that he tested positive for steroids in 2003, what does he do, he goes yard. two-run shot. his 15th. gutherie aleague leading 24th home run given up. sox lead. and bottom of the third. o's down 3-1. reimold hit the high fly ball to right. it clears the score board. just barely. for the two run homer. and now it was reviewed but the home run was upheld. reimold's 10th. game tied at three. and bottom of the sixth. o's trail. huff sitting on 199 career home runs. he drills it deep to center. that one leaves in a hurry. huff's 12th home run this year.

his first since july 3. 200 of his career. o's take a lead. and later in the inning. luke scott, gives that pitch a hide ride to center. elsbury going back on t leaps and makes an incredible catch. watch again as ellsbury robs scott of a home run. keeping it at 5-4 game. and catch is huge, because in the top of the seventh. youkilis up with one on, takes gutherie out for his 18th home run. gutherie surrendered three home runs in the game. boston up 6-5 and go on to win by that final. >> hernandez is on the mound tomorrow night for the birds. back to you. >> thanks so much. >> cal ripken's charity extends the reach. planning to build several new ball parks in baltimore. the foundation swing for the future campaign is pouring $6 million into the project. that will bring five youth facilities to underprivileged communities. now that includes one at the old memorial stadium site.

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. >> well this week we all saw the most beer summit ever. >> president obama sat down with professor gates and sergeant crowley but there were two other people that needed a beer summit. >> we are here again. >> boo. boo. boo. >> the young man is 33-year-old ben ca nop candidate for mayor in toledo. the heckler is maxwell austin. austin said someone from his campaign trampled his flower bed before the news conference started and that's what set him off. so the television station in toledo thought they should get-together for a beer summit.

and they did, and both said the meeting was productive. >> isn't that nice. >> so sweet. since jeff is nearby maybe we should have a beer summit during the bad weather. >> don't want anything to come to a -- >> crowd he skies for the first day of august and continue with the humid conditions. for not only tomorrow but through the weekend and for the first part of the work week as well. isolated thunderstorms, both sunday and monday. potential for severe weather again sunday afternoon. we stay on the unsettled side for tuesday and wednesday. officially drying out, with temperatures in the mid to upper 80s. both thursday and friday. with partly cloudy skies. and by next friday. that's the look at the seven-day forecast. jeff and karen, back to you. >> all right jessica thank

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