this is wjz-tv, wjz-hd and wjz.com, baltimore. from the city to the counties to your neighborhood, now is complete coverage. it's wjz, maryland's news station. inside the jury room, for the first time, we hear from the people who convicted a lacrosse player from maryland who murdered his girlfriend. >> i wish none of it ever happened. >> why this case made jurors so emotional. >> hello everybody. i'm denise koch. in the murder trial, he listened to three weeks of gut wrenching testimony about the death of yardly love and then with the nation, they convicted

him. insight from one juror they're confident they made the right decision. >> after listening to both sides, he feels at peace with the verdict he helped render. >> i was completely -- like, you couldn't open it at all. >> he described the picture of her battered face. the worst part was seeing the autopsy photo. >> i see what's going to be there. i never knew yearly love, but i got to know her best friends, her family, i got to see parts of her life in photographs. >> love, who grew up in baltimore county, grand larceny. >> we all did not think it was premeditated. we don't think he went over there with the purpose of

killing yardly love. i feel for him. it must be painful, but there's responsibility for what happened. and i wish it didn't happen. >> the jury recommends he spend 26 years behind bars. >> when we came out with our verdict, we'll find -- we're not afraid to look at george and look at him, and i think that's because i was confident that what we did was right. >> in recommending a sentence, jurors did believe george hughly would be a threat to society in the future because of his excessive drinking. back to you. >> thank you. do not contact the love family or hughly himself. several firefighters heard

on the job. something went wrong and seven members of the department suffered injuries, most of them serious. you can see a huge number of emergency vehicles on that strait. we'll bring you more information on this developing story as we get it. the nightmare unfolded just days ago. a case of road rage that included a bloody stabbing, a crash, and a frightening brawl. now the man who is stabbed is facing charging and a story to eyewitness news. michael has the exclusive. >> reporter: the frightening road rage attack stunned those who watched it on the highway. that stabbing was a local football coach, jeffrey. police just released this picture of him. his new wife watched everything

unfold at exclusively told wjz about the terrifying experience. she asked us not to show her face. >> i did not expect anything like this to happen on my wedding day. the road rage issue, you've got to be careful. >> reporter: she'd gotten married just hours before and at a stoplight where a man became irritated and cops say violent. investigators believe he was upset they got out and switched seats. >> just all the laughter taking place in that truck to have it turn so fast, so quickly, and see so much rage at the time is an adrenaline thing. >> reporter: on the advice of her lawyer, she go into detail on the exact events, but he stabbed her husband and the two men started fighting.

initially did not charge but after consulting with witnesses and the state's attorney, they arrested him for first and second degree assault. the arrest surprised and devastated her. she has this statement from her husband. we will get through this. pray for him and the family. >> reporter: she said her children watched the attack happen and still living in fear. >> do you know what it's like that your children's heads won't be the same because of what they saw. >> reporter: police say the investigation is far from closed. >> be happy. be joyful. you're here. tomorrow, you could be gone. everything could happen in a split second. >> reporter: and change lives forever. wjz eyewitness news. >> he turned himself into police last night.

causes chaos at a mall. huge crowds stormed this morning to get their hands on the new nike sneakers. each pair costs $220. the store called off the sale because it was so intense. police are trying to prevent a similar situation in baltimore. the shoes go on sale tomorrow. we found more than a dozen police cars tonight to make sure things stay calm. storms blow through parts of the maryland today leaving behind a big mess. there's damage in cambridge. there are no reports of injuries. it's known as the storms stick around for the weekend in the first weather forecast. an alarming smell in harper county, as many people living there worry about the 9-1-1 calls come in about natural

gas. meghan mccorkell has the source of the smell. >> reporter: it's hard to believe, but it came from two states away, but it was strong enough to have dozens of people calling for help right here in maryland. something strange in the air in harper county. >> i smelled it in my backyard. if you had a pond and water. >> i smelled it what i thought was natural gas. >> reporter: that foul odor frightening for some. >> somebody can light a match or lighter. makes you nervous. >> reporter: nearly 40 9-1-1 calls came from all over the county. >> it was one right after the other. i think first went around 5:30 and until 8:30. >> reporter: with the cause still unknown, there's an emergency operation, finally the source discovered in new jersey. a broken pipe at an oil

refinery caused a spill and the smell travelerred. so health officials say it's not dangerous. air importanting monitoring should indicate it's safe. >> there's no real strong concentration in any one area. >> reporter: a robo-call was sent to calm residents. >> "at this time, there's no gas leak source in harper county." >> reporter: harper county now breathing easier with the mystery solved. the officials say the leak has been cleared up. reporting live, meghan mccorkell, wjz eyewitness news. >> thank you, meghan. they were also reported in cecil county and delaware. two u.s. senators recently met with castro. they're trying to convince cast toe to release allen gross.

he's been bringing equipment to the community. they don't expect gross to be released anytime soon. a shake-up at the top of a maryland university. the president of umuc is removed and school officials won't say why. adam may goes looking for answers. >> welcome to the university of maryland, university college. >> reporter: susan is considered a national leader in higher education. since 2006, she's been president at umuc. the school is claimed to be the fastest growing virtual campus. >> we have 94,000 students. >> reporter: given that success, a statement from the university shocked higher education circles. a spokesman writes that susan wald ridge will be leave for an

amount of time. she was placed on leave, but the school wouldn't say why. wjz also reached out to people and repeatedly told no comment. one person said, i'm not talking about that. >> people talk a lot about giving back. >> reporter: seen in this video, don orr kin was the only member to speak briefly with wjz bisphenol. he said he had limited information about aldridge's departure, but they're well equipped. aldridge made around $300,000 a year according to records. and they already have an interim president. adam may, wjz eyewitness news. >> we also tried to contact professors and they had no comments: thousands of students dancing the night away at the 10th annual tigerthon for the

johns hopkins children's center. they've already beat their goal. like they need an excuse to dance. it will run until 6:00 tomorrow morning. so if you wonder where your students r there they are. >> clearly no experience required. >> a lot of fun. >> it's going to be moving. coming up, caught in the cross fire. what people did to avoid the bullets. it does seem a little csi. it's funny. >> the extreme measure to see who is not cleaning up after their dogs. it appears on national tv, but baltimore back on the map. i'll tell you how the pink flamingo rose from the controversy. a windy start to the week. i'll have the complete forecast coming up next. ♪

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it's 45 degrees and breezy in central maryland. your first weather forecast is coming up. 30-mile-per-hour winds fuel a devastating fire in jackson, tennessee. it destroyed a 100-year-old building once home to the baptist church. suffered minor damage there. firefighters say no one was

injured. the cause of the blaze is under investigation. ends in a dramatic fashion at a crowded gas station. >> whoa, whoa, whoa. >> police shot the suspected carjacker after they say he pointed a gun at people in the store. the owner of the gas station found himself with the bulleting replying and sat next to his car and was able to get away. a former rutgers student used a webcam to spy on him having sex with another man. clemente later jumped off the george washington bridge. she only saw two men kissing. the lawyer repeatedly stressed his client was only 18 years old. robbie faces three crimes including a hate crime and could be sentenced to 10 years

in prison. refuses to let michael jackson out on bail. he could be dangerous if he practiced medicine. jackson died of a powerful an esthetic and was given the maximum four year sentence. dna testing to solve a canine problem. the owners want to snow which residents aren't picking up after their dogs. they will have the dna put on file to match anything left behind. they think the new procedure is a bit extreme to fine for not picking up after their pets will be $200. well, a baltimore hungerversy. national attention as a kitchen nightmare. kai jackson shows us about the hung trademark. kai? >> reporter: going on national tv was the last thing she

wanted to do and perhaps the best thing she could have done. it's all cafe on gordon ramsey's nightmares shown inside the restaurant. the show throws up a heaping helping of a way to improve the restaurant while stirring up a pot of controversy. >> i don't like this gordon ramsey. >> reporter: the issue of food was practically on the back burner. ramsey's focus was on owner d denise to trademark the name. >> it was a bad business decision. >> reporter: critics called it self-serving. >> she trademarked a cultural icon. >> reporter: as gut wrenching

as it was, she, her staff, and cafe are better for having been on prime time tv. in hindsight, in the kitchen, it was in the area of public relations. she essentially gave up the hun trademark. >> i think it's an opportunity for us to the the reeds. like opening up a brand new restaurant. >> reporter: this year, cafe hun is 12 years old. back to you. >> thank you, the film spent a week on the restaurant. well, it's time to check in with bob to see if there's anything different about our weather. bob? >> pretty breezy. at one point, wind gusts up to 48 miles per hour briefly around 9:00. few spots were over 50. they've calmed down quite a bit. take a look at temperatures.

breezy but not like earlier. barometer shooting back up to 45 degrees. makes you feel like around 38 or 39. it's a lot cooler than it was. oakland, and cumberland. 39. winds clearing out. 42 westminster. 54. that was actually after midnight and 45, that's our current temperature. way above normal. 47 is the average high. 28 the average. record is 79 and 2 back in 1873. right now, winds are 25, 25, 22. 12 up in cumberland. strongest wind gusts now are 33, 35. still breezy out, but we're not looking at damaging winds at this point. and the advisory will be lifted at midnight tonight for the entire region as you can see. now, to our south there's a lot of thunderstorm activity caused

the carolinas, virginia, and southern areas with wicked storms. that's all off to the east. you can see the clearing skies. there's lake effect snow and western p.a. as well. that will continue into later tonight. we'll have sunshine for most of the day and it warms up right after that. the day temp around 42 degrees. so tonight, clear for the most part. just a few clouds. windy, 39 by morning. a little chilly. 50 degrees, most of the day in the upper 40s. the next five days, cooler on sunday. really normal sunshine. 46, 29. warming up on monday to 58. 53 and then shower activity. high of 54. have a nice weekend.

denise? >> thanks. basketball highlights ,,,,,,

mark is here with our sports. >> looking good tonight. they certainly were. the final night of february means to post basketball college tournament. the college teams walking to their conference tournament. brenda fired up at her turf. ranked number six in the nation taking on north carolina on comcast center. maryland on target, first half. bombs away from the outside. they hit six of seven from beyond the yard to open up a big lead on the tar heels and ends up in 84-64 blowout. maryland improves to 24-4. men's action, loyola coach

jimmy in new jersey. can you tell he worked for gary williams? final minutes down by one. puts on top with an acrobatic shot. rider gets a chance to take the lead. he will take the shot. loyola loses. 83-79. high school hoops mount st. joe's against mount carmel. cameron williams to the rim. st. joe's in the catholic lead with it 25th win of the season. ravens. they are committed to playing next season. reed spoke with jim harbaugh who is preparing for 2012 his eleventh season. he has fought neck and shoulder

injuries. wjz orioles spring training report. brian roberts easing his way back into action after missing most of the past two seasons with concussion symptoms. he said he's making daily progress and being monitored daily by doctors. that's a touchy one. >> thank you, mark. coming up, cashing in on the linsanity. >> we've got the new product with the sudden sensation on ,,,

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