to those places. >> reporter: county councilman darryl jones is placing cameras at malls such as anne arundel mills and large big box shopping centers would help deter crime. so far this year eight people have been robbed in the parking lots at anne arundel mills, and with slots cameras would be a necessity. >> anne arundel mills is the site, security and cameras would be an issue. >> reporter: there are some stores in the county that do have cameras outside there. the giant has cameras there. but most of the stores on this end don't have anything. but they also have to remember that the cameras in front of the giant are more about loss prevention, and won't protect you if you get up in the parking lot. and for a lot of shoppers, cameras would definitely make them feel a bit more at's. fireworks you're in a public place, you're doing public things. so i don't feel like that it's invading my privacy. if it were my house, it's another thing. but being out here in a public place, i think it's a good thing. >> reporter: others liked the idea, but not if it's abused. they don't want cameras to be

used for gathering information on shoppers. but would having cameras really keep you from being a victim. >> i don't know if it would prevent anything. if something were to happen, it would be some footage of an act. of crime, i guess. that would be about it. i don't know that it would necessarily prevent anything. >> reporter: councilman jones says he'll continue to study baltimore county's law and propose his own version some time this fall. in severna park, roosevelt leftwich, abc 2 news. >> and roosevelt tells us several of the large malls in anne arundel county offered no comment about the proposal. tonight baltimore police want to find the man responsible for robbing the bank of america on north charles street near east lexington. that's downtown. it all happened around 11 this morning. police say the dye pack and the bag of money did explode, and they were able to recover all the stolen cash but, they weren't able to nab that robber. new at 5:30 tonight, federal prosecutors have dropped charges against former

washington, d.c. mayor marion berry. u.s. park police arrested berry saturday on charges he was stalking his ex-girlfriend, donna rice whitehoff. he says they were on the way to a 4th of july celebration when the ex-girlfriend decided she didn't want to go. the 73-year-old says he should not have been arrested, and that it has caused great pain to his family and to the community. now a look at tonight's top stories. baltimore's police found the man who forced the evacuation of william paca elementary school this morning. police cover discovered the man we're told hiding underneath the sink. he had run after he discovered there was a warrant out for him. a baltimore county soccer coach is accused of trying to have sex with an underaged girl. charles friedel was arrested at the royal pharmacy store in essex during an undercover sting tuesday. police say the victim was a sister of a girl friedel coaches from the greater

baltimore soccer club. friedel also coaches at our lady of mount carmel in essex where he is a parishioner. the girl's father contacted police after friedel allegedly sent inappropriate text messages and nude pictures of himself to the girl. friedel is free tonight on band. fans in nashville are lining toupee their last respects to former nfl star steve mcnair before tonight's memorial service. mcnair, as you know, was shot and killed last week by his 20- year-old girlfriend who then killed herself. in a few hours, lt field will be open to the public. a video tribute will be shown to fans, and they will be able to write messages in a book for the mcnair family. now to a developing story, and one that is quite disturbing from chicago. a gruesome graveyard plot has been unearthed. now four people are behind bars, facing serious charges. abc 2 news nicole collins has the details on the crime authorities say involved hundreds of bodies. >> this is my brother herbert

michael ray. he was buried here saturday, august 20, 1983. and this is where he is supposed to be at, and he is not there. >> reporter: a shock for brenda ray at the scene of a macabre and sinister discovery. authorities in cook county, illinois say the manager of fir oaks cemetery and grave diggers unearthed more than 300 grave sites, resold the plots and pocketed the cash. >> they're not human to me. >> reporter: the investigation began six weeks ago in the semi- taken owners reported financial irregularities. in that time, authorities have made grisly discoveries. bodies buried on top of each other, grave stones tossed aside, and body parts scattered half hasly. >> i came across bones that were clear they were parts of skulls and parts of legs or arms. >> reporter: fbi teams are working with local and state authorities to map out the graveyard and analyze evidence. meanwhile, families wish for answers. >> i have 23 family members out here. i have grate sites that haven't been used, headstones that are

missing. this is ridiculous. this is sacred ground. >> reporter: burr oak is an historic african american graveyard. lynching victim emmet till is buried here. he was a child whose murder was a key event in the civil rights movement. till's cousin says he is shocked this could happen. >> we thought it was regulated by the state, and there were certain things they couldn't do. but apparently that's not true. >> reporter: in washington, nicole collins, abc 2 news. >> alleged grave robbers are charged with dismembering a human body, and they face up to 30 years in prison. across the area right now, temperatures, live data from our storm center weather net. only available here on abc 2. right now at bel air elementary school, 79 degrees. winters mill up in westminster 78. 80 at glenwood middle school. and perry hall middle school at 79 degrees. look at the low humidity. here is your forecast for the next couple of hours. irritabling about partly cloudy skies, mild temperatures. we'll stay right around 80 degrees for the next couple hours, but then cool off overnight with the mostly clear

sky. what about showers for the weekend? should you be making your plans now, or what? we'll tell you all about that, coming up. >> thanks, norm. tonight prisoners around the nation have a few extra cellmates. still ahead, how u.s. marshals pulled off a nationwide dragnet that busted thousands of felons. and stick around to learn how you can help police cut crime this your backyard. that story and more, coming up.

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and good news from wall street. stocks ended up today. dow jones up 5. nasdaq up 5.38. and the s&p 500 up 3.12. maryland-based guitar maker paul reed smith is slashing 30 jobs and cutting back its workweek to four days. the company is apparently ending its nightly manufacturing operations. despite the economic times, the company has indeed finished an expansion to their building. the maryland department of business and economic development helped to finance that project. and no sale today for the historic ambassador theater in west baltimore. owners say no one came close to the dollar figure they were hoping for today. the ambassador on liberty heights avenue was built in

1935. it stopped operating as a movie heater in the late' 60s. later it became a cosmetology, then a church. right now we're told there are no plans for another option. cops and robbers, cowboys and indians. an eastern shore tradition is turning 50 years old. tonight the son of the creator of frontier town shares his favorite memories. first comes love, then comes an engagement ring, then comes a boatload of stress. a website to help make your trip down the aisle a little less bumpy. no doubt about it. we are all trying to save some money right now. so if you haven't done it yet, check out our financial survival guide on abc2news.com. there is no content on there every single day. here is what you're going to find today. cheap ways to help curb appeal. four quick ways to update the look out your home without spending a fortune.

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tonight, thousands of future criminals are off the streets after a nationwide dragnet last month by local, state, and federal officials. abc's lindsey davis reports that operation faulk brings birds of a feather together behinds bars. >> willie conway, a convicted sexual predator and member of an illinois street gang is off the street. so is joseph christian fontana. he was wanted in santa rosa county, florida for rape of a minor, child pornography, and 25 counts of sexual molestation. >> police, open the door.

>> open the door or we're going to take it down. >> reporter: across the country, a silent war. a crackdown on crime as federal marshals join forces again with state and local law enforcements to target career criminals. >> in fact, those arrested in this operation had a combined criminal history of more than 138,000 prior arrests. >> police! >> reporter: the marshalls have been conducting operation faulk since 2005, but this is the biggest operation to date. more than 35,000 fugitives were rounded up in the month of june alone. >> i believe it could be called the largest law enforcement operation ever conducted in our history. >> police! >> reporter: the goal is to reduce crime by taking the so- called worst of the worst off the street. nationwide, the operation scored 433 people wanted for murder, 900 gang members, and more than 2300 sex offenders. >> some were found hiding under beds. some cowered in closets. and still others tried to make

a run for it out the backdoor. only to be caught anyway. >> reporter: as the recession continues, police say there are indications that the violence could spike. the people that they're targeting are almost always repeat offenders, and increasingly ruthless. lindsey davis, abc 2 news, new york. and we can tell you that we just learned 446 felony fugitives were arrested in d.c. and right here in maryland. and as abc 2 news has launched a new effort to keep you in the know when it comes to crime in your neighborhood, here is abc 2 news brian kuebler with this week's crime checker. >> reporter: abc 2 is working to keep your community safe. each week, we're highlighting some of the most dangerous criminals in your neighborhood, hoping to bring them to justice. this week we focus on two bold robberies in anne arundel county. the first one happened june 25th at the 7-eleven on donaldson avenue and severn. two men walk in at 3:15 in

the morning. one of them shot the clerk with a pellet gun. if you recognize the men, call police. detectives are also looking for a man who robbed a dunkin' doughnuts on defense highway on crofton. the masked man walked in around 10:30 monday. no one was hurt but, crimestoppers is offering a $2,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in this case. now don't forget. you can see any of our reports by heading over to abc2news.com/crimechecker. if you have any information about any of the crimes to report on, please call your local police department. brian kuebler, abc 2 news. maryland's comptroller is holding millions in cash, and it belongs to you. comptroller peter franchot is taking his unclaimed property program to the web. the ad is designed to let marylanders know about the millions of dollars in unclaimed property his department is holding. the cash and property comes from banks, insurance company, and safe deposit boxes and is handed over to the state when

the owners simply can't be found. then the comptroller's office is tasked with tracking down the people it belongs, to and there are tens of thousands of marylanders in the database. >> you can put in a dozen names. i guarantee you you put a dozen names in, you're going to find a match. >> the agency has more than 780,000 people in its database, with nearly $800 million in assets. to see if your name is on the list, log onto our website at abc2news.com. you click on links on the right side of the home page. now the forecast certified baltimore's most accurate. here is chief meteorologist norm lewis and maryland's most powerful doppler radar. >> take a look at that, norm. that, unbelievable, is actually hail. the cleanup after a huge hailstorm rolled through kansas. golf ball-sized, even baseball-

sized hail, damaged vehicles is knocked out windows, punched holes in gutters, and pounded roofs. and i'm sure, probably scared a lot of folks. >> i've got a question for you. you probably don't know this. what is the largest hailstone that has ever been found. >> you got me. i don't know. >> 14.7 pounds. >> wow! >> that's a chunk of ice falling out of the sky. >> where was that found? >> i don't know. but i'll find out for you. >> okay. all right. >> let's take a look outside right now. your shot from harbor cam overlooking the light street pavilion. 81 degrees, 34% humidity. wind continues variable at 5 miles an hour. pressure falling 30.14. temperatures outside right now 74 in dover. 79 in york. hagerstown 80 degrees. downtown baltimore at 81. and 77 in ocean city. taking a look at the atlantic, nothing going on. nice quiet tropics. just wanted to show you that we're keeping an eye on it for you. as far as what going on throughout the day today, you can see some showers moving off

the carolina coastline. can't see it real good? we'll give you a closer look at it there is the shower and thunderstorm activity that came through the carolinas. but more showers are right here in the ohio valley. right along the mountains. they are heading down towards the carolinas. will not bother us in baltimore. as a matter of fact, our weather remains on the nice side. nothing on the radar. around the baltimore, washington area. but there are a few showers down to the south that continue to move towards the south and east, not really affecting us at all. on the eastern shore, a few light showers down here just off of the black water area. they could see some shower activity down there. but here in baltimore. temperature-wise, in reisterstown, 78 degrees. 80 in edgemere. towson 76 degrees. over in aberdeen right now, 78. as far as our forecast for tonight, a few clouds that we've got around right now are going to dissipate as the sun goes down. we're going do have a nice clear evening during the day today. lots of sunshine on tap. things are looking good. by saturday, an approaching frontal system will give us a chance for showers and thunderstorms moving into the

region. here is your forecast for the overnight period. mostly clear, showers to the south. 63 for the low. tomorrow during the day, partly cloudy with a high of 82. below normal temperatures. the extended outlook for the next couple days, on saturday, there is a chance that we could see an evening shower or thunderstorm. then on sunday, partly cloudy skies coming back into the region. monday and tuesday looking pretty good. with, again, below normal temperatures. and then wednesday and thursday, a chance for showers and thunderstorms. and don't forget, you can always go tower website, to abc2news.com. check out our interactive radar. when you click on the weather tab, that's what you get right there. and tell what you what we're going to go. take a look at tornado ally. what it's going to do is load up a map of what is going on across the united states, and where the tornadoes and severe weather is breaking out. see a little car down there? i guess near the panhandle of florida. if you click on that, you actually get to see live streaming data coming into the weather center. now yesterday we gave you a 2- degree guarantee for today of

80 degrees. and i want to introduce you to somebody. michelle, come on over here. this is our new intern. michelle has been working with us. she is from towson. you helped develop the 2-degree guarantee for yesterday for today of 80 degrees, right? >> right. >> so far our temperature is what? >> 81 degrees. >> so we're hanging in there, right? >> yes! >> we'll see if you're right at 6:00. we'll be back in a little bit with more on the weather. >> great job, guys. a wedding we know is a heartwarming experience, but a nerve-racking one too. so how can you make that trip down the aisle a lot smoother? abc's tanya rivero has some advice in the click. >> reporter: getting married this summer? or are you recently engaged and not sure where to begin? the not.com is a one-stop shop site for all things wedding related. first, register for free. then you can create a website that allows you to keep track of your budget and post your registries, all in one place. the knot has useful links where

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hamilton will finally make his way home. today the harbor seal was returned to the atlantic ocean from a beach near bethany in delaware. hamilton was found in late february on a bermuda beach strangled in a fishing net. the national aquarium marine rescue program here in baltimore was called in to help and had the seal shipped up in march. before his release today, hamilton was fitted with a satellite tag so you can track him while he finds his way home. to see where he is right now, go to our website, abc2news.com, and click on the links section. ocean city brings plenty of entertainment to many families. today one family is celebrating 50 years of childhood memories. frontier town was the invention

of bill patton and bill tasey to design the park and create its theme displace. the park brings to life the true western cowboy feeling that kids love, even do this day. howard adler's son, ron adler, current owner of adler display has fond memories of the park from when he was a kid. >> when you walk through gates, there is a main street. it looks like in movies the old western theme, the bank, the barbershop, and the soda shop. and of course the saloon at the end. >> the park centerpiece, there it is, a cowboy riding high on his trust city stallion still remains at the center of the park as a reminder of its everlasting history. the "american idol" finalists are heading to baltimore. when and where you can see them perform on abc 2 news at 6, which starts right now. >> now abc 2 news at 6. >> a long-time soccer coach is accused of trying to have sex with a 14-year-old girl.

good evening. i'm marybeth harass den. police say the coach also sent sexually explicit text messages and nude pictures of himself. as abc 2 news linda so reports, police believe there could be more victims. >> reporter: 32-year-old charles friedel, who goes by chuck, has coached kids soccer for a long time. he coaches the under 11 girls league for the greater baltimore soccer club. he is also a volunteer coach at our lady of mount carmel in essex. those who know the married man and father of two say he was a nice guy. that's why news of his arrest is catching many by surprise. police say friedel solicited sex from a 14-year-old girl. >> well, i'm very shocked, especially because i have a 14- year-old daughter. so it's just horrifies me to know that, you know, somebody in our neighborhood right down the street, you know, is involved in such an awful thing. >> reporter: no one came to the door at his home on huntingfields road on middle rive