officer indicted. a baltimore county cop charged with manslaughter in the death of a thinger. >> it was a murder, though. make no mistake about it. >> tonight, the teen's family says it was not enough. a grand jury answers a call with a mother's call, for charges in the death of heritage son, but the off-duty baltimore county officer accused in the case is out from behind bars tonight, and the teen's family is outraged. wjz is live. megan mccorcah has more on the controversial charges. >> reporter: the officer was

released on his own recognizance. the charges are what the family call a slap in the face. >> 10 years. that's how ng officer james leboard could spend behind bars, now charged in manslaughter and involuntary manslaughter death of christopher brown. brown's family wanted a murder charge. >> to rush something alock, to quiet up everybody, and to say, let's give them something. >> reporter: officer laboard is accused of chasing brown. during an altercation, brown was asphyxiated and died. >> you pulled hill out of the bushes and strangled him to the death, and that's the kind of charges you'll bring against him? >> reporter: this case was said to have been treated like any other. >> the fact that he was an off- duty police officer had no

bearing on the time it took to evaluate the evidence and move this case forward. >> it's a tragic day for everyone involved. >> reporter: the chief says he promised a thorough invest images, which resulted in the charges. >> police officers are not above the law. they're empowered to enforce. >> reporter: civil rights leaders aren't buying it. >> had i done that, john q. public, i would have been arrested. >> reporter: they're organizing a march for justice for christopher brown. >> reporter: brown's family is calling for an external investigation. an attorney for the officer refused to comment on the case. reporting live, megan mccorcal, wjz news. >> the officer has been suspended without pay. a developing story tonight. the head of baltimore's police training position about rumly

resigns. -- abruptly resigns. a source with the baltimore sun says the acting police commissioner wanted to go in a different direction. l.a. waltershine was sentenced to 30 days in prison for the beating of a teen. he claims he acted in self- defense when he assaulted 15- year-old coryalsby in 2010. one man headed to prison, barry landau. he was caught red-handed stealing priceless documents. he was sentenced to 70 years in federal prison. we have more on the disgraced historian's fate. >> reporter: 64-year-old barry landau said nothing as he was

sent to prison for 7 years in the theft of rare historic documents written by abraham lincoln, carl marx, fdr, and others. >> he was a con artist. he would gain people's trust and steal their property. >> reporter: landau and his accomplice were arrest in the july of 2011 after worker at the maryland historical society spotted them trying to steal documents. landau would distract his toians, while landau would steal the documents. the documents recovered from landau's home were valued at well over $1 million. >> what they did is terrible. it's our national patrimony they took. >> reporter: dozens turned out for the snning of a man they call -- >> a -- senator sentencing of a

-- for the sentencing of a man they call -- >> a thief and a liar. landau's accomplice has already pleat guilty but has not been sentence. a home is consumed by flames, and pay parentally the family inside d no idea their house was on fire. you can see parts of the home are destroyed. neighbors and firefighters alerted the people inside. everyone was able to get out safely. muff more serious fires are forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate their colorado homes. a massive wildfire isn't letting up. it's now threatening the u.s. air force academy. we have the latest conditions for wjz from colorado spring. >> reporter: in the hills around colorado springs, the winds are winning, fanned by gust up to 60 miles per hour, a huge wildfire spreading quickly, consuming everything in its fact. >> wind is a big factor in how

we view this fire. it's one of the reasons it's so did delaware to fight. >> reporter: more than 32,000 people were force toad advantageuate as the fire continues to reduce everything to ash. scott dave's son roger was killed in iraq in 2005. he was in danger to lose his home. police ordered him to leave, and he did, pausing only to take his flag on the lawn. >> i want to make sure i take that down along with the marine and other flags that go with that. >> reporter: the flames are threatening buildings on the u.s. air force academy's campus. >> we are facing a potentially devastating disaster right here. >> reporter: this fire is one of several burning across colorado. president obama is scheduled to

meet with fire officials and see conditions for himself on friday. unless the weather cooperates, those conditions will likely be worse. in colorado springs, colorado, randal pinkston, wjz news. >> the red cross has opened 5 shelters to accommodate the newest round of evacuees. in baltimore, a water bill hike takes effect tomorrow. the board ofs approved a 9% increase, meaning the average family of 4 will pay about $100 more than they do now. it will finance $1 billion in repairs and upgrades for baltimore's century-old water system. two of the most popular local beaches are named among the cleanest in the nation. mo'nique has more on the -- monique has more on what it means. >> reporter: the beaches both received 5-star ratings, and

many people are hoping that means more tourism. >> reporter: ocean city beach goers should be happy to know they're dipping their toes in some of the cleanest coastal waters in america. >> we were there last time. the beaches were clean, water was great. >> reporter: according to the latest water survey report, they were each one of only 13 beaches to receive a 5-star rating. the report took into account water samples and health violations from around 3,000 beaches. >> that's what our reputation is staked on. we are happy to get the recognition, and we hope the people will consider that when they are vacationing. >> reporter: the assessment looked at 30 states, and overall maryland came in 11th place, while delaware's took the very top spot.

>> i'm glad it made the list. >> reporter: although ocean city has received recognition in the past, many locals hope these new rankings do more to beef up the beach's reputation. >> a lot of people take for granted that we have such clean beaches here and they want to go south or to the west. it's a good thing. i pe that it will bring a lot more tourism. >> reporter: and according to that report, the state with the worst beaches was louisiana. >> thanks, monique. this year, maryland beaches jumped 5 spots from last year's ranking, where they came in 16th. adam jones serves up free lunch to end child hunger. the popular star handed out sandwiches, juice, and raisins at a city rec center. jones says he too was in a free

lunch program as a boy. if you want to get to know adam jones a little better, we take you beyond the ballpark tomorrow. coming you, fireworks light up the sky. -- coming up, fireworks light up the sky, but this display was not planned. the dangerous mistake that caused it. and the business air update to the -- bizarre update to a cannibalism case in florida. and a man so fed up by speed cameras, he pulls up a slingshot and fires away. >> it's such a money grab. >> now he's in big trouble. and i'll have your forecast coming up next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

it's 73 degrees and clear in central beyond right now. the completeforecast is coming up, but first -- a big fire breaks out at a palette company in dallas. it took firefighters hours to bring it under control. no injuries were reported. the cause is under investigation. the toxicology results are

released for the florida man who was kill bid police while chewing another man's face. the medical examiner says marijuana was the only drug found in the system of rudy eugene. it was speculated that he was high on the drug called bath salts. a man in west virginia is being charged for this accidental fireworks display. investigators say a faulty education tension cord ignited a fireworks stand. no ones hurt, but a nearby building was damaged. the owner of the the stand is charged with selling illegal trier new yorkworks. he says more than $50,000 worth of merchandise sploatded in the night sky. a man says he was fed inwith a speed camera and

didn't realize he could get in this much trouble. >> reporter: a speed camera vehicle attacked by a sling shoat and mash les on tuesday. -- marbles on tuesday. >> i was having a bad day. i had gotten two tickets from this thing before in the past month, and i had not gotten a speeding ticket for almost 20 year. i had had enough. it's just such a money grab. i mean, i didn't know anyone was in the van. >> reporter: the operator wasn't hurt and confronted his slingshot shooter on frederick road and then called police. bruce may now faces charges of second degree salt, destruction of property, and reckless endangerment. police take it very serious. >> it's our third incident this month, and in one of the incident, rocks were thrown, breaking the back window and striking one of the operators.

>> hindsight's 20/20 and you got nine your temper. >> reporter: bruce says he already apologized to the speedcam operator. >> a lot of people are frustrated with this camera, but they would disagree with what you did. >> it was a very stupid thing to do, andly pay for it, at lot more than $40. >> reporter: those charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in jail. bruce is worried he might be made an example of. police don't have a suspect in the other two incidents. a baby chimpanzee is killed by an adult male of the troop. this mobile phone video was taken shortly before the infant chimp was attacked in front of hundreds of visitors. zoo coopers found no signs of agretionz among the males, but this is apparently a common occurrence in the wild. the food and drug

administration has approved the first new prescription diet drug in a decade. novique act on the area of the brain that controls appetite and metabolism. it was previously rejected because of concerns it could cause heart damage. it has only been aced for obese adults that have one medical issue such as diabetes or high cholesterol. some people have created ready to eat cookie dough. you can't bake it, you just eat it. the creation will satisfy your sweet tooth without waiting around for the cookies to bake. interesting. >> i don't know why, i was never into that. i like cookies to be crisp. but the problem is my daughter and my wife don't like them

crisp. >> i don't blame you. let's move right along. our weather has been crisp, but it will get very mushy. 73 now. it's about 6, 7 degrees warmer than last night. 57-degree due point, 57% humidity. barometer at 29.90 inches. right now, it's 67 and pleasant in the mountains, which is a good place to be the next four or five days. 77 in d.c. there were a few upper 60s showing up. it was 90 and 509 for today, and it's dry, very high. the record, 100 in 2010. tomorrow, a southerly and southwesterly wind will bring in warmer air beginning

tomorrow, and that will continue for the next four to five days. i'll show you why. this is what's left of debby in the atlantic ocean moving away. in the east, a cloud mass to the north of us, actually atronnal boundary. a couple of showers might be in the renal. temperatures -- that would be a way to cool things down. much of the area in the's will get very hot. for the time being, very humid. that front will get closetous on friday. we stay just in this heat and humidity to the north of us. it may be a little bit cooler. we're talking 80s versus mid to upper 90s. some spots in virginia and the carolinas could get up to over 100 degrees. for our region, friday afternoon into the nighttime hours, an excessive heat watch.

temperatures in the upper 90s with heat distinctions around 100 to 105. it will get tough. southwest, we're at 5 to 10 knots. tonight, very clear. 62 overnight. tomorrow, wearable than today. a little more humid. just a bit. but it comes back big-time saturday, sunday, and monday. and yes, a risk of a scattered shower or thunder shower cooling down somewhat on monday, only 90. check in with scott on the eyewitness morning news beginning at 5:30. coming up, it's ,,,,,,,,,,,,

mark is here with our sports report. >> the play of the or qloals has not matched the beautiful weather. buck show -- orioles has not matched the beautiful weather. buck show alter -- showalter has said that the birds have been giving up a loft runs to go with their weak offense. here's a home run to put l.a. on top 1-0 right away. this would be a rough night for os pitchers. os hitters haven't been scoring runs, so doesn't this figure? this is a home run hit, but it doesn't count, because mike crouch stole it. a rookie centerfielder gets it. so a 400 foot drive is an out,

and then trout's batting and he hits the ball 4 feet and a run scores. everything goes the angels' way. the os lose 13-1, so they drop 2 straight to l.a. the birds have lost 6 of their last 8 games. the struggling cleveland indians are in town tomorrow for a 4-game series. you can see the if ially here on sunday, masn on wjz. the indians were swept 3- straight by the yankees, but the indians knocked out petit. literally. petit will be out 6 weeks with a broken ankle. baltimore swimmer michael phelps continues his drive towards his fourth an final olympic games, already with the most medals in history, he

wants to punish with even more, and fellow american ryan lofty could be phelps' toughest competition. swimming side by side at the olympic trials, lofty and phelps facing off in the finals of the 200 meter freestyle. phelps will reach the wall first, winning by 5 one- hundredths of a second. phelps finished second to lofty on the 400 im on saturday. he is a busy man this week. and we hope the os can get busy scor,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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