i'm v kirks c carter. >> and i'm denise koch. we begin with weather coverage. >> let go to bob turk. >> look at the radar just to the east of our region. earlier don't, we had very heavy rains with and we still have a flash flood warning for much of baltimore county and the city. right now, it's off to the east of the city. heavy activity toward earlville and just east of the bay there. another batch across northeastern maryland. it's moving off today. for the rest of tonight, maybe a few more showers.

there's still a watch in effect for hartford, pg county until 1 a.m. the flash flood warning for the city took effect until 2 a.m. we will see more storms into the weekend. i'll have the forecast in a few minutes. a manhunt is on for the gunman who kidnapped cal ripkin's mother and held hers to damage for nearly 26 hours. police need your help to find out who he is and we he abducted vi rbi companionship. >> reporter: police have released this flier and w surveillance picture of man they say aa ducted vi ripkin. >> reporter: this is the man police say kidnapped vi ripkin at gun point. a surveillance camera captured these immaterialenings. >> he was wearing a long white shirt, blue jean, had a hat on.

>> reporter: the suspect tied up ripkin and forced her into the backseat of her silver lean con town car. he then drove her around central maryland. someone spotted ripkin and her ab tucker and called police, but it wasn't until wednesday morn ripkin was found, still tied up. the kidnapper left her inside her car, steps from her home. business owners are putting up fliers of the suspect, hoping somebody recognizes him. >> it's a good picture of him. i think he'll be caught. >> hopefully we catch this guy, because he's trouble. >> reporter: mrs. ripkin is a staple at cames here. >> it shows you how the world is now. >> reporter: mrs. ripkin's abduction had fan on edge before tonight's game.

now police say they need the public's help to find this gunman and put him behind bars. >> reporter: police say the surveillance images come from a credible lead in this case. no ran some was ever request an they still don't have a motive. >> and again, this is the man police want. if you recognize this man, call aberdine police. they are offered $2,000 for a tip leading to a conviction. we are getting a first look at messages jerry sandusky sent to his victims. >> i was wondering if you would like to go to a penn state game this sad saturday. let me no no know if you're entreated, and give me call. italk tow later. thanks. love you. >> two terns say sandusky left

those voice mails for the victim previously known as victim number 2. the victim's attorney says they plan to file a sighful suit against penn state. son dusky remains behind bars, awaiting sentencing. a baltimore county man is out from behind bars on bail after allegedly having sex with a teen, and he is also accuse of knowingly spreading hiv. >> reporter: eyewitness news spoke with an attorney who gives his opinion about this case. >> reporter: police say 36-year- old steven pottels connected with a 13-year-old boy back in february. police say they met using a mobile phone application called grinder. >> they agreed to meet for the purposes of sexual activity. he has been charged for that interaction. >> reporter: pottel described

himself as 30 year old. investigators say he met with the 13-year-old tboi and drove to an area with the two had sex. according to court documents, pottels charged with having sex with a minor, knowingly soliciting a ply for, and knowingly trance mitting hiv to another person. >> the parents were unaware of the sexual contact e between their son and this man. >> i think you need expert medical testimony. >> reporter: attorney byron warden believes the hiv charge could be difficult for prosecutors to prove. the charge of knowingly transmitting hiv carries a $2500 fine. >> the burden will be on the state to prove that he traps

ferred hiv and that he did so knowingly. >> reporter: byron also says federal hippa laws could be an issue in this case. a trial date of october 11 has been set. back to you. >> thank you, kai. wjd contacted pottels's lawyer tonight, who says there's no evidence his client has hiv. parking lots of east monument street remain closed right now after a sink hole opened up in the middle of the road. tonight, michelle richie looks at the problems. >> reporter: it's a familiar sound and problem onball mother city streets. in several days, the city has had two major issues with its aging infrastructure tearing you the asphalt. >> this is a challenge. >> reporter: a water main break

less than two weeks ago, and yesterday, a sink hole ening into a storm drain. >> we're sending a drew in to do an inspection of the large storm drain. >> reporter: the city says it's taking the necessary measures to fine and fix the problem. so far, crews have sent in a camera to look for any problems. >> it will give us an indication of what needs to be done in order to make a correction. >> reporter: but some say the correction will be another temporary fix for a permanent problem. >> they need a better system. all this money they're making, i don't see how they can't come one something better. >> reporter: if the damage is to the 120-inch drain, it could be a while before street opens again. in baltimore, michelle richie, wjz news. >> on average, there are two to three water main breaks per day

in the city. the producal summer heat proves deadly, and another code red eat alert is confirm for tomorrow. the city also confirms 8 more heat-related deaths in the county. maryland has had 31 heat-letted deaths so far this year. a number of those death os curd during the widespread power outages during last month's devastating storm. governor o'malley set a deadline for state energy advisors to create a plan to improve maryland's electrical system. >> reporter: the damage caused by the recent derecho storm rivaled that of a hurricane. trees crushed cars and took out countless electrical lines. norman mills' neighborhood was part of the customers left powerless for days.

>> every time we get a major storm, this area goes out. >> reporter: the problem led the governor to issue an executive order, giving state energy leaders 60 days to come up with an improved energy plan. >> one of the best ways we can make our grid more resilient is to strengthen our grid. >> reporter: a group of government agencies is looking into the cost and how to pay for improving infrastructure. bge's president and ceo told wjz the utility already has 65% of its system underground. >> we still have 95 hurkt miles of overheadlines. if rewe replaced 200 mime of them a year, that's a 50-year project. >> reporter: res deeps are hoping for any progress. >> just give me an idea that you're working on the problem.

>> after 60 days, the team will send its written recommendations to the governor. same changes could take effect immediately. maryland's largest slot casino opens. maryland live added 500 new slots and electronic table games. construction has started on a ram's head bar, prime rib iran, and shop live store for those who watt to watch instead of gam larrable. coming up, pup byes pilfered. a man goes to extreme lengths to take home a puppy pomeranian. >> two firefighters are hospitalized after an apartment cogoes up in flames. >> robbed by a mob. it's happening more and more in maryland. i'll show you surveillance camera video of one of the latest incidents in baltimore. >> storms overnight and perhaps more tomorrow.

i'm bob turk with and i'll have your complete forecast coming up next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

it is 37 centuries with showers right now first, lightning is believed to have stated this 6-alarm fire at an apartment building in brooklyn. -ups of redents were evacuated from the #-story structure.

firefighters fought it for over 3 hours. two dozen were taken to the hoapt, mostly for heat exhaustion. we are learning more about the traveling medical technician charged with causing an outbreak of help teats c. he worked at several whos, including four here in maryland. his former employer said he was found unresponsive at work and tested to for cocaine. he's accuse of stealing drugs from new hampshire and contaminating syringes used on patients. a major crackdown by federal agents focusing on synthetic drugs called bath salts. police confiscated 5,000 pact ets of synthetic drugs. the drugs are made from legal

chemicals and mimic the effects of main and lsd. president obama banned more than two dozen of the substances used. flash mob robbery. we're getting a look at the video of a large mob that swarmed a downtown baltimore 7- 11. this crime trend is growing and it is dangerous. >> reporter: on may 23, at this 7-11, groups of teens walk to the back of a store for a free slurpee giviveaway. when store employees realized what was happening, they blocked the doors. but the kids physically struggled to get out and appeared to hit the store manager, who then sings back. after the brief altercation, many kids dash out the door. witnesses saw it all. >> they really started hitting that guy. he couldn't keep getting beat on, so he let them out.

>> reporter: the attorney general opted not to pursue dharnlgs in this case. >> reporter: what happened here is not an isolated indent. it's happening more and more across maryland, and it's a real concern for launch. >> reporter: mobs of teens have eluded several stores banish -- have looted several storm like this one, stealing hundreds of dollars bort of merchandise. >> i don't think any place is immune from flash problemming. >> reporter: laws and police must adjust to deal with this new trend. >> devastating consequences can occur for men bystanders or for small businesses who find themselves victimized, because 20, 30, 50, or 100 people walk into the establish. the. >> reporter: a bill like this failed to pass last time. >> police say some of those

people seen on surveillance video were students in uniform from a high school in northeast baltimore. a recent robbery at a pet store in new york. money wasn't the target, it have palm my. the sure violence vails video shows a man prying open a cage and then putting a small dog in his pant and leaving the store. the owner fears the dog has been sold. the puppy is worth over $100,000. people in a south miami neighborhood were afraid to leave their homes because of what was lurking outside. it was a 10-foot crocodile that crawled out from a nearby canal. the 250-pound animal was videotaped walking across several lawns. a trapper caught the croc before it hurt anyone. the crocodile was transferred back to its usual home. >> he was say, leave me alone opinion. >> there are not that many congress dial. there are mor alligator in

florida. >> yes, but there are a lot of crocs too. we have thunderstorms moving into queen anne's county. it's cleared the baltimore region and continuing to move out across the region towards the east, towards delaware. that's affecting the delaware area and south jersey over the next hour or two. some heavy rain there. in the city within we still have the flood warning in the city officially until 2, although we have had no reports of floodings. some areas did pick up as a much as two inches of rain. looks like tomorrow we may see a repeat performance once again of more strong tomorrows. it was 74 for a little while. northeast winds at 5. 85, hasn't rained there, but it

will probably, a little bit on. >> 89 to patch river. it rained gently and we were in the 70s and 60s to the west. rock call, i'm not sure why you're at 85. you did get rain. kent isle at 82. we did get light showers south of the city. the bulk of it, cairo, pallet mother, and happenner county, off to the east now. westminster down to 73. the winds are all over the place. tomorrow, more of a west wind which could dry things out. this front that's coming through the region night into tomorrow will stall out. the risk of mr shower activity and some more thunderstorms tomorrow will be in with eat and humidity tonight. right now, most of it's pass the renal. again, a chance of more shower

and thunderstorm activity. some could be locally strong to severe again tomorrow. late saturday, i think some dry air moves many. even though there's a risk of some shower on sad, most of it will be done by the afternoon on saturday. that's the bay temp now, stuck at 80 degrees. pretty warm. for tonight, shower and thorms ending eventually, 74, maybe a morning shower and then an afternoon threat for thunderstorm, which could be strong. temperatures in the mid-90s. just about where they were today. 92 and a few showers left on saturday beginning to dry up. 90, 90, and 90 for sunday, monday, and tuesday, but not all that humid. coming up, the rains are faced with an early crisis in training camp in the. >> a starting player mysteriously absent and there are questions about his future. mark ,,,,

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a little drama for the rhs. >> if you're going to have is, have them early so you can figure them owl out. brian mckinney didn't show one and coach john harbaugh isn't sure why. the rains worked without him, who's expected to be the starting left tackle. harbaugh was quick tone course michael ward. but mckinney is a mystery for now. he's been dealing with weight issues and faces a multimillion dollar lawsuit regarding money he was loan. his absence a s a concern. >> he's a good player, and we need to get him here and running the plays and getting ready for the season, get him in football shape and make our

decisions from there. >> and an absence on the defensive line, a starting took l missed the work rout due to a hamstring strain. what's been missing for the orioles lately is run production. they lost three straight games and scored just one run in each of host defeats. chris davis decided to fake peaters with into his own hands tonight. he sicking handedly lifted the oz autopsy, driving in 4 run. the fourth was this towering home run. in his previous at-bat, e brought in 3 runs with a double. chris tillman was the starter and winning pitcher. see the weekend games here on wjz saturday fight and sunday afternoon. the os and as, masn on wjz. check out the -- check out the media mob in london today, getting the

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