end of west poe as the company but the family of the teenager killed said they waited nearly a week to find out any details. brian kuebler has the latest. 19-year-old andrew mccoy's parents said he lived for the day. but on the night of october 3rd he would lose his life. the car he was riding in was in a head-on collision here at the 2010 of west poe as the company and poe tee streets in south baltimore. la could i, a passengers, was thrown from the car and kill. he was a, he was a beautiful person, he was a -- he was always happy and he made everyone around him happy and he was loved by a lot of people. >> reporter: not just by his family but friend. mccoy was an avid skateboarder and at a skateboard park near his home a niege sprayed in the middle. a life of 19 years, mccoy

touched many, not deserving his parents say of an accident investigation that took nearly a week before they would learn even basic details. >> we have been told it would take probably several weeks to do the entire investigation and we certainly understand that. but having almost no details for nearly a week was very figure for us not to be able to know anything. >> it was several days before the shares would even learn an off-duty annapolis police officer was driving the other car. they have also yet to receive their son's personal effects like his wallet or cell phone, a delay baltimore city police regret. >> it was simply just a perfect storm of miscommunication and, again, there was no malice towards the family or any attempt to cover anything up or hide anything. >> reporter: at the time city police were dealing with a traffic fatality of one of their own, officers james fowler. and asked mta police to handle mccoy's accident. the investigation has since been turned back over to city police.

a transfer authorities say caused a delay in even some of the most basic facts surrounding mccoy's death. the only thing we have seen in the news was he was an unidentified passenger. we didn't want his memory to be as an unidentified passenger. we wanted people to know there was a human being behind that handle. >> reporter: with a family waiting to see how their son died and who, if anyone, is at fault. in glen burnie, brian kuebler, abc 2 news. police say it will take a few weeks to complete their investigation into exactly what happened that night. the annapolis police officer has been placed on desk duty until ha report is written. well crimes against university of maryland students in recent months have been in the form of armed robberies off campus but a pair of sexual assaults within the last week came in one of the busiest places on the campus, the stamp student union, a graduate student identified as adon martinez cruz ran his hand

under a girl's skirt in the food court. she identified the suspect and they arrested him on the same floor. >> the stamp is a heavily populated area, 55 to 60,000 people on campus during the day, they come from all over the world. so an individual who has an opportunity and wants to take that opportunity may in fact do so. >> now over the weekend a second student stepped forward and said she was a victim of a similar assault at stamp on the same afternoon. it was another weekend of violence in baltimore city, all, and in all police say 5 men died in separate shootings, two of which could be related. the spokesman says the first victim was a 22-year-old man who died saturday after being shot in the head in park side. a second man was hot found shot in the head in the oakland shaw community and died in the hospital. and a 46-year-old man died after being shot inside a home. on sunday officers found a 33- year-old man shot several times who later died in the hospital at west baltimore.

a 51-year-old man was killed. police say there are leads in all these places. >> we can put a police car in every driveway in this city but if nobody talks to detectives we're only gonna get so far and we don't have crystal balls yet. >> anyone with any information on this string of shootings is asked to call baltimore's city police. a university of maryland professor plans to review baltimore's arrest under a settlement as part of the department's effort to distance it from zero tolerance policies following citizen complaints, criminologist charles well ford says he is waiting for final approval to begin the 3 year review to determine if police are complying with the settlement. the a.c.l.u. and the naacp filed a complaint on behalf of 14 people. in june the city settled the case agreeing to pay $871,000 to re-train officers and issue some new policies. tonight we know the name of a woman who fell down an elevator shaft, baltimore city police say 43-year-old tracy baird and two others had been walking inside the vacant

billing thursday night when she fell. an autopsy found baird's death was accidental. a two car collision in howard county that killed one man and left another in critical condition is being investigated tonight. 19-year-old kyle hank inof rockville was killed when his honda civic hit a toyota camry head on on route 12929 near columbia. the driver of the car is being treated at shock trauma. a preliminary investigation shows he was the driver at fault. police need your help to find this man right here. he is the primary suspect for two bank robberies at the same bank in two weeks. he robbed the madison square federal savings bank in fallston september 30th, then he came back saturday, but this time employees recognized him and locked the doors to the bank lobby. pointed a handgun at employees and fled towards the fallston shopping center.

>> 1-866-7-lockup is the number to call. well the gorgeous weather started on friday and it continued into saturday-sunday even today columbus day. a gorgeous day, sunshine, still out there, but it's all going to come to an end because we do have a chance for thunderstorms. but in the meantime temperature into baltimore coming in at 21 degrees so we're starting to cool things down. washington culpepper, winchester, hagerstown, 81, cooled down a lot. getting a few showers trying to move into that area. easton at 81 degrees, false bury at 82 degrees. we can sigh that we are dry as of now but as you head down into virginia you are seeing a cluster of thunderstorms now just to the west of fredericksburg, we can get some of that showers, thunderstorms moving in as we go to the evening time frame as well. the temperature this evening coming in around 74 degrees, again can't rule out that slight chance for a shower, i'll talk more about that and give you your seven-day

forecast coming up. rosy? >> for the first time since 2006, former governor bob ehrlich faced a man who unseated governor martin o'malley. they wasted no time to try to get your vote. the two met with the crowd clearly in '0mallee's favor including congressman elijah cummings, baltimore county executive jim smith, all of who whom support o'malley.er lick's camp is calling foul saying they asked for a non-partisan debate. he saider lick is in a fantasy world. he engaged in class warfare since a 2007 special session that resulted in a $1.4 billion in tax increases.er lick and o'malley had a second 2008 today in lincecum. they have at least two more public debates scheduled including two more at the washington post this thursday. stephanie rollins blake paid a visit to the white house. she joined president obama and other city and state leaders from across the country to discuss improving the nation's aging infrastructure.

the president says that our crumbling infrastructure costs american lives and it should not take another collapsing bring or levy to spring us into action. he is looking for a $50 billion investment to help put people back to work. in tonight's pup happen watch it is costing more money to fill up at the tank. a spike in crude oil prices pushed gas prices up nationally according to aaa. here in baltimore they rose about 9 cents in the last week. we're now pagan average of $2.74 for a gallon of regular unleaded. here is a guy saving lots of money on gas. they are the founders of bike free, an organization that raises money to give the pair left charm city to ride cross- country in june to raise money for the children and their families, they are expected to ride into san diego sometime tonight and then hold a big fundraiser tomorrow. if you want to see how they spent some of their time log onto bike freedom, bike free.org i should say. and check out some photos they

posted all along their journey. weather it is a medical, credit, or big-ticket item debt is debt and the quicker you pay it off the better you are. coming up we'll have information on how that will help you a void some debt. scammers who claim they can help you. >> well we made it up to 84 degrees for today and a forecast of 82 degrees yesterday so we do have a winner for today, that is kevin gillespie of fredericksburg. coming back after the break i'll have your seven-day forecast. i'll talk about rain chances and is a some cooled down temperatures as well. a wonderful day outside right now. abc 2 works for the community. a proud partner with the national aquarium, baltimore.

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jobs over seas. i think we need tax breaks to send kids to college. so i worked for a $2,500 tax credit to help pay for college. fought to get pell grants expanded and insisted that college loans go directly to kids instead of through banks. i'm barbara mikulski. i approve this message. because it's not about the next election, it's about the next generation. right? yeah!!! debt settlement companies are one of the highest compliant again raytors with the better business bureau but that may change thanks to new regulations that are changing

the way those companies operate. in the scam alert. joce sister man is breaking down the new rules so you don't get taken for a ride. >> if you've got serious debt their claims sound like a dream. some settlement companies promise to pear down the dollar amount you owe to half as much or more. but you can't believe the hype. >> reporter: debt settlement i'm going to classify as a buyer beware. >> reporter: that's because many companies macexaggerateed claims and don't tell you all the steps you'll be taking in your quest for debt relief. >> you go into debt with a preconceived notion that you are going to have significant savings. and there is no guarantee. >> reporter: still, that won't stop some bad operators from making them. new rules from the federal trade commission mean a crackdown on shady debt settlement companies. starting october 27th the agency will require them to point out risks. they'll also have to stop misrepresenting the relief they

can provide. and the biggest change, these companies can no longer change hefty up front fees which the bbc has seen run as high as thousands of dollars. >> they do deserve payment, of course, they do a lot of work. but they are not going to be able to collect that payment until after the debt is settled. >> that's big protection for consumers like one marylander who paid nearly $4,000 in up front fees to a california company but got no relief. her dreams of draining her debt turning into the nightmare of more loft money. joce sister man, nbc news. a new highlight involves dedicated accounts so instead of paying debt to the settlement fund your payments will go into a third party account you control. go to the scam alerted section. now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. you know, it is nice so late in october to see people

out in short sleeves because we'll show you a harbor cam picture in a minute that show you for the first time. >> what i love about it it was columbus day weekend, started friday, just great. what did you do for the weekend? was it awesome. >> actually my columning messed up, i had to stay inside and work on the kitchen sink. >> you got out a little bit. >> just a little bit. i'm not a plumber, trust me. >> we're still dealing with sunshine, we do have some changes in the forecast. this is what rosy talked about, beautiful picture, federal hill, the kids playing, dogs walking, at the park, a wonderful day to get out to the park. maybe you had a picnic for the day as well. those topped out at 84 degrees. right now 78 degrees, that humidity at 52%, the wind are calm, they were out of the west a little bit earlier at 71 miles per hour today, the barometer 29.76 and holding steady as of now. now check out some of our weather bug sites now because we're looking at the

temperatures still into the 70s, they are going to start to drop off as we go into time. but 79 degrees in hanover, buoy in 72 degrees, 76 in manchester, middletown at 71, germantown 77, more of the same into rock vial. we look back towards the east here, 77 into hickory, north east into 74, chester town 75, gerina 76, still holding onto 80 into denton and easton, department temperature there around 78 trees. elsewhere we're looking across the state, different states, we're looking into temperatures 83 degrees, still a bit on the warm side there. 80 into dulles right now, 78 into baltimore, easton 81, dover 71, heading up to philly this evening, 78 degrees at lennox city. 7 the, and ocean city coming in right around 74 degrees. so you can see where these temperatures are headed. if we get a shower or thunderstorm in here those are gonna shoot down very quickly and there is a chance for that. so we're looking at maryland's most powerful radar as of now.

we are dry. the things looking pretty good, heading into virginia you can see a little shower, trying to move off to the west of fredericksburg as of now. the reason why, we have disturbances riding along the stationary boundary, to the north of us, but some of that action could drop down into our area as we drop down once again. also into tomorrow. so futurecast, basically showing what is going on and we do have the chance for showers, thunderstorms possible, i'm gonna say scattered in nature tour as we go through tonight into tomorrow. high pressure builds in on wednesday, we'll be seeing plenty of sunshine in the forecast once again, if you don't like tomorrow wait for wednesday. that temperature of 58 mostly cloudy, showers, thunderstorms possible, temperatures 77 as we take it neighborhood by neighborhood. check it out. mt. vernon, 76 degrees for tomorrow, 77 with the chance for some showers at fell's point and we'll see more of the same as we slide over into bel air and also into perryville.

77 and 76 then by tomorrow night that temperature will be 50, mostly cloudy, we try to dry things out. we like to see that. that will give way to plenty of sunshine as we go into wednesday. thursday is going to be our rain day. we'll cool down, around 61 degrees, another chance of showers on friday. but by the weekend we rebound nicely with plenty of thundershowers in the forecast. rosy. a small town in big sky country is rocked by the death of a toddler. now his baby-sitter faces murder charges, no one ever saw this coming. plus a stunning case of animal hoarding, dozens of cats jammed into a car, why the owners of those cats need to face punishment. as long as high schools have played football there have been home comings. but the long tradition of crowns people homecoming king and queen is changed.

how high schools are reviewing their american hearts. >> this was the scene near austin, texas. [ applause ] >> reporter: john case wheeled his daughter casey to the 50- yard line where she was crowned homecoming queen. >> she won in a landslide. to me, i was on the field with her, and i saw, i kept whispering to her, gracey, i'm so proud of you. >> she was just 2 years old when she was diagnosed with leukaemia, during chemotherapy she suffered brain damage and, today, cannot speak. but homecoming night she didn't need to. >> she starts clapping, she gets it. right grey see. >> reporter: and it's that smile that won over her classmates. the smile her mother says she thanks god for everyday. >> her smile is a gift because she was not supposed live. >> but grey see needed a king

and, to her classmate dared free monthly. born with downs syndrome he was crowned homecoming king sha same night. >> they called his name, he jumped up, threw his hands in the air and waved and took off running. >> reporter: across the country similar fairy failings have played out. special needs students recognized by redefining loyalty. >> sharyn alfonsi, abc 2 news, new york. for stem cell donor program, families all cross the world are getting a second chance at life. one family knows all about them. archbishop edwin o'brien joined play son shaver to celebrate their first public umbilical cord program. he was diagnosed with malignant infan tile osteoporosis. mason is a happy, healthy, baby

today. >> our doctor went through an mdp to get him matched with a cord, they came back with three perfect blood core matches and selected which one was the best match of the three. >> uh-huh. >> after they chose which cord they were gonna use we were admitted into ai endorsement upon the hospital in delaware and went through our high-does chemotherapy treatment and had this transplant. >> this program is considered a medical breakthrough since umbilical cord blood contains adult, gotten bree i don't knowic stem cells, which can be used to treat blood disorders. starting next month, women giving birth at mercy medical center will be able to donate their baby's umbilical cord blood free for anyone around the world to use. well if you have been wanted agriculture brand shank spanking new ipad now is your time to get one for free. all you have to do is like us.

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inherits a billion-dollar surplus, low unemployment. o'malley signs the biggest tax hike in maryland history. raids chesapeake bay fund to cover spending. gives raises to top aides. business climate ranks 45th worst in the nation. now 200,000 jobs lost. o'malley covers up jobs report that proved maryland's economy stalled. if re-elected, o'malley will raise taxes again. whether he does, is up to you.

abc 2 news is brought to you by aaa. use it for all its worth. >> strength in the dollar did little to slow commodities down today as the index finished the day higher. the dow is up 3 points , is s and p both up. not much gain there at all. >> the weather -- >> the weather. >> yes, looks good for today. we do have a chance for showers, thunderstorms late they are evening, but the best chance is going to come here as we go into thursday. the weather looks wonderful once again, then the weekend looks good. lots of sunshine in the forecast for us. so get out there and try to enjoy it as we go into wednesday. it is likely that rain will be in here. >> a little cooler this week.

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