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armed... dandeeous... and on the loose.the search continues at this hour for the man who bound and kidnapped cal ripken's mother. mother.it's a story we first brought you yesterday when the missing person's report came out.megan gilliland has been covering this case from the beginning.. and is here with the latest twists and turns. good morning patrice,it was at this royal farms... that a stranger spotted violet ripken and her kidnapper... and thought it looked suspicious... when he saw her tied up. up.10:30:39 i guess the guy asked and he said she suffers from alzeheimers so i have her tied up to calm her down but the guy didn't buy it. it.she had been missing for 12 hours before anyone realized she was in trouble.she was bound and abducted at gun point in her own car.amid an

intesive search... ripken was quietly dropped off by her kidnapper on the secluded street where she lives in abderdeen.no randsom note... no anything.in fact she told police she doesn't think the suspect even knew was cal's mom. 10:26:24 shes shock up of course10:23:54 it was a bad 24 hours for everydoby...10:26:38 i hope they get hat guy you know i think he has another agenda he is still around somep. someplayce. the susepct is believed to be a white man in his late 30's to early 40's with glasses... he was last seen wearing a light colored shirt and camouflage pants.he is believed to be armed and dangerous. at this hour... local police... and the fbi... are searching for him. if you have any information call police right away.i'm megan gilliland, fox45 morning news. the ripken family released a statement that reads in part..."this has been a very trying time for our family, but we're garteful and relieved that mom is back with us safe and healthy. we want to thank everyone for their

tremondous support..." the kidnapping of ripken's mother sent shockwaves through the area. area. especially in aberdeen where cal ripken's aberdeen iron-birds were playing a home game last night. the people we talked to at the game expressed shock and sympathy for violet and the ripken family. ...once in awhile awhile the ripkens have lived in aberdeen for more than 50 years. be the first to know about breaking news by signing up for fox45's "news on the go." text w-b-f-f to 4-5-2-0-3... to sign up for text alerts ... or go to fox baltimore dot com and click on "mobile" on the

upper right hand corner of the . screen.you can also download the fox45 app on your smartphone.go to your app store and enter w-b-f-f to download it. anne arundel county schools are dealing with a financial loss today... after copper wiring is stolen from several of its schools. schools.anne arundel county schools say five of its schools had 20 thousand dollars worth of copper wiring stolen this month.the wiring was taken from stadium lights at north county, old mill and broadneck high schools. it was also stolen from portable classrooms at shipley's choice.. and high point elementary schools. maneka monk, anne arundel county schools: "we have to replace it. that's funds out of our pocket to replace it so that our facilities are running the way they're supposed to. they're intended for our community, for our students, for young people and for this to happen is very unfo" unfortunate."all of the thefts are believed to have happened this month.police do have some surveillance video, but would not release it. one gunamn could be responsible for ... four armed robberies...outside a-t-m's in the catonsville area.police

are warning customers to be on full alert. alert.the latest robbery happened at the m & t bank at the ingle-side shopping center.police say there have been four armed robberies at a-t-m's in the catonsville area.in all cases the armed gunman wore a mask, and it happened on weekends late at night. (pernell mcfadden)"the most sensible thing is just to give it to em.. i wouldnt like to be robbed at gun point"( timothy kuchar)"do you think that some of that might have to do with the economy.. when the economy gets tougher people have less money and theyre willing to.. theyre hung" hungrier"no was has been hurt, but police fear the gunman's becoming bolder and his actions may escalate. the latest infrastructure problem in the city is a huge sinkhole and gas line break in east baltimore. we were there yesterday afternoon as it closed streets, and forced businesses to close near johns hopkins hospital. and joel d. smith is live there now to see how it looks today. good morning joel. d. d.

(ad lib) we're here at.óóóóóóóóóóóó smell in the air.. óóóóóóó yesterday this closed 4 city bl. blocks. that was from e. monument to milton street and more than a dozen businesses. ááá look how big that hole is... ááá you could really smell the 3 odor of gas , because the 15 foot sinkhole broke that gas line.the department of public works says this sinkhole was caused by a storm drain culvert...that acted like a washing machine...underneath the road, swirling tons of water and trash. the culvert was installed in 1930. it's another in a long line of infrastructure troubles in recent weeks. "i wouldn't be surprised if nothing happened, baltimore city streets, all of them are messed up!" up!""bge... happening again." again." 3

3 the city is looking at many older water mains in the city now, trying to stay ahead of the next problem.this is the second long-term road closure because of infrastructure issues. remember a water main broke last week downtown, closing light street. they will be opening up the sidewalks tomorrow morning...but when it comes to this actual street...the department of public works says it could be awhile...we're talking weeks or even longer. live in east baltimore, joel d. smith, fox 45 morning news. 3

a judge is suspending katherine jackson's role... as guardian to michael jackson's children.the development comes after their family feud became very public. stories emerged that mrs. jackson had been reported missing from her california home. her attorney says... she was held against her will.t-j jackson... the 34- year old son of michael's brother tito... is now the children's temporary guardian. we're seeing for the first time... the terrifying video of a 2006 attack by an orca against its trainer at seaworld. it was released as part of a lawsuit filed by the federal government... citing seaworld for unsafe practices. before we show you this video... we want to warn you it's graphic. graphic.you can see the 5- thousand pound killer whale... biting the foot of trainer

kenneth peters... and pulling him underwater.almost 20 seconds later... peters is brought back up to the surface áaliveá... but out of breath. several tense minutes go by... and peters' foot is ástillá in the whale's mouth. he doesn't try to struggle... hoping to calm the whale. but instead of letting go... the whale seems to play with him... dunking him and swirling him around. finally... the whale let's him go... and peters swims for his life out of the pool.peters suffered minor injuries... and returned to work shortly after the incident.he remains a trainer at seaworld to this day. you may want to shut off the t-v and computer when you go to bed. too much light while you sleep... could lead to depr. depression.that's according to a new study out of ohii state university... which examined the effect it had on female hamsters.the hamsters' depression symptoms went away once they returned to a schedule with 8 full hours of total darkness a day. enjoy today...because the heat

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on his girlfriend.. girlfriend.. i like my women to look nice and honestly, i'm kind of picky 58 the new way many of them are finding love... next in your cover story. ((bump out)) ((break 2)) 3

they say money can't buy love...but don't tell that to more than one million subscribes of the online dating site "seeking

arrangement dot com." in this morning's cover story... myranda stephens shows us how the site is helping thousands of women in search of a sugar d. daddy. nats of will @ 20:00 how are you? doing good! how are you? doing good. how are you doing? 04 he's a single man... with a few good moves. nats of will @ 16:54 not crowded dance so we have a lot of obstacles here you know 56 but this springfield, virginia divorcee... named "will" ...says what he'd really like is a ápermanentá dance partner. 32:29 ideally, yeah. i'd like to get into something more of a relationship if i met the right person 34 the 45-year-old attorney is stepping out of the box to find love.he's a member of the dating web site... seekingarrangement--dot-com... which claims to match single, attractive women known as "sugar babies" ... with so- called "sugar daddies." 37:52 take 'em out shopping and things. i like my women to look nice and honestly, i'm kind of picky 58 will says he joined seeking-arrangement-dot- com about a year ago... after trying traditional dating sites like match-dot-com. he says he wasn't really comfortable with the sugar daddy label at first ... but

then realized...it was a great fit.3406 i like to date young women anyhow. whether i'm meeting them on the site or out at a dance or anywhere else. i find myself in a position of providing for them and taking them out 17 and will's just one of many in our area.according to brandon wade... c-e-o and founder of seekingarrangment-dot-com... the d-c-baltimore area ranks 6th in the country with the most sugar daddies. 3239 dc sugar daddies have specific characteristics. they're a little bit older they're about 42 years old as opposed to 39. he makes about 230 thousand dollars he's worth about 4.3 million dollars 51 and he spends roughly four thousand dollars a month on his sugar addiction 56but there's another interesting fact about d-c sugar daddies that may be alarming. according to wade - about 48-percent ... nearly half... are married. 33:23 there's a lot of reasons. i think perhaps people need to be married to be taken seriously because it's more of a poltically um, politically strong environment. and so a

lot of these guys are in the marriage even though they shouldn't be 38wade -who at 41- recently married a 26-year-old woman - says he doesn't condone cheating..but says his site is no different than other dating web sites where both men and women often lie about their marital status. actually, he says his site has ácreatedá a lot of marriages. 3726 i realize that these sugar babies a lot of them are just normal girls who have high standards but you know what when they fall in love that's all that counts money doesn't matter to them anymore 37 nats of music @ 46:43 "feeling good. feeling good. all the money in the world, and i'm feeling good." 50 nats of will looking around @ 16:22 as for will... he's still searching for gold... and weeding out the gold-diggers. 3604 nowadays, i sort of know what to look for. i know some of the warning signs 08 all in hopes of finding the one... be it through a dating site... or on the dance floor. 40:24 all the better! i'd hate to say it, but i'd have to cancel my subscription to the site. but we'll wait and see 31 nats of

song ending?? @ 4819 áááorááá 2747 alright that's good, thank you that's fun 50 in college park, myranda stephens, fox45 news at ten. in case you're wondering... the site does have a place for sugar ámamasá. but wade says they make up less than one percent. today's the day! day!veterans... reported to ravens training camp yesterday... ready for practice.you'll hear from ray rice... next in sports. ((break 3)) [ male announcer ] millions of dollars for new schools and teachers... thousands of new good paying jobs...

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