the after hours drop box. it happened in annapolis at two dealerships west of west boulevard. roosevelt leftwich joins us with more. >> reporter: kelly, even police say it's unusual that the cars were stolen this way, and it's something that could happen anywhere. the thieves managed to get into an after hours lock box at two different dealerships getting the keys and taking off with the cars. it really does make you wonder how they were able to pull this off on sunday a thief was able to get into a narrow drop box opening and get two sets of keys at this toyota place in annapolis. they were able the do the same with the audi service drop box and make off with a keys for an audi left for repairs. it's something police say can't say it's happened much before. >> it's the percent time we've had so many happen at once we had three against from sunday to monday morning. it's a quick pattern developed quickly. we have had it in the past but

not to this extent. >> reporter: representatives from both dealerships declined to comment but police say they are working with the dealerships to improve securities. dozens of people are placing cars keys at dealerships all over the area for reappears. >> it's such a common thing to do no one could think someone could get into these boxes to steal a car. >> it's one of awareness no matter where you are people have to be very cautious as to what they are doing. dropping their keys off their car should alter look around be sure nobody's watching them if they are not to do it. simplest way systems not always the most convenient way is to drop your car off during the day and hand the keys over to management then you run in risk of having your car stolen. >> reporter: police still haven't figured out exactly how the keys were taken out of the box but they are working with the dealers involved to make sure lock boxes are locked uptighter and the the parking lots have better lighting. thanks rosie. 17 computers award to a northeast baltimore school through a grant have all been

stolen. last week someone broke into the purpose and potential christian arts academy and took the computers. the children are left with fewer tools to learn with. tonight police say they are exploring every angle to learn who did this. >> we are looking at the possibility it could be somebody with inside knowledge of the schools, inside nog that niece computers were fairly new a new acquisition by the school. all of that is being investigated by detectives. >> and this is the second bulk theft in the area but police don't believe the two are connected. two people are dead after fire sweeps through a glen burnie auto repair shop it happened this morning at the auto repair shop in the 300 block of arundel corporation road. when the fire units arrived flames were shooting through the roof. it took crews an hour to get it under control. two people were unaccounted for and were later found inside the building their bodies have been

taken to the state medical examiner's office for identification. it was a busy morning at high school. they spended to the school after two students got into a fight. resource officers tried to break it up. police were called and had to use pepper spray to separate the teenagers. several students were taken to the hospital for treatment for the pepper spray. getting a jump start in advance of veteran's day. today baltimore county hosted an annual commemoration ceremony in honor of our troops. abc2 news jeff hager hag more on this very special tribute. >> reporter: the to takes could a center for the orthopedist show choir provided the patriotic tunes but as the wars dragon even some of the veterans themselves have to wonder at times if their service is out of sight and out of mind.

>> we get to places we get used to not changes to where they forget about the terrorism and what goes on in the world. really people don't want to know about all what's happening in other countries because they feel they don't compact them. >> reporter: brig. gen. jim adkins of the maryland national guard has personally overseen wave after wave of deployment. >> we've had two deployment ceremonies soldiers going to iraq afghanistan and kuwait. sunday meeting with more troops going to africa drill wells to provide water for the population. >> reporter: since 2005 baltimore county executive jim smith has insisted upon setting aside time to honor veterans past and present the day before the national holiday. >> we owe them this day, but we owe them so much more. they deserve the support of a grateful community that is

determined they get a chance to realize the american dream, that they have given up so much to defend. >> reporter: smith even commissioned patriot plaza between the owned courthouse and circuit court in towson to salute each branch of the armed services. this is the first time it has been used to commemorate veteran's day a day we set aside to honor brave men and women who defend our freedom every day. >> i can tell you the families that have deployed soldiers and airmen that's never lost on them and lost on me as i watch the families say good-bye to their loved one. i think they have the toughest job back at home, and one thing i would ask is to support those families that are left behind. >> reporter: in towson jeff hager abc2 news. right now 5,000 misdemeanors are serving in iraq and afghanistan. so far 119 men and women from our state have sacrificed their

lives this those wars. one of those soldiers is sergeant john burner of baltimore he died while serving his fourth tour oversees it wasn't a quality death his family believes he died pause the military didn't help him with the common medical diagnosis. >> reporter: sergeant john burner was not a soldier who backed away from his duties he served four tours overseas. his family is fighting the military asking questions because they think more should have been done to prevent his death. sergeant burner was given a full military funeral at arlington a few weeks ago he died in iraq in september not on the battlefield but under military medical care from a condition his family says should have been recognized and treated. tonight at 11:00 we'll hear from burner's widow and his parents as they try to piece together what happened in their soldier's final hours. >> i don't know if it's a

policy or if it's just negligence by several people, but it definitely abandonment. he was totally abandoned and left to die alone pretty much. >> tonight at 11:00 we'll explain what ultimately cost burner his life and how many times he was seen by military medical staff in the days leading up to his death. we'll also hear exclusively from burner's widow as she describes the last conversation she had with john just moments before he collapsed on the other end of the computer. joce sterman abc2 news investigators. on the weather front today great looking fall weather once again sunshine, 60s, well into the 60s in fact across much of the state that a look at the numbers right now well past sunset which was at 4:56 p.m. 61 degrees right now still downtown. we're still in the mid 50s from annapolis to cambridge and d. c. almost at 60 as well. clear skies above right now.

if you look well to the right part of your screen there's a few clouds offshore that's part of a larger storm system that's hundreds of miles out. looking ahead to your veteran's day forecast as we pay our respects, upper 50s by noon tomorrow and we're above 60 degrees into the afternoon. so a fantastic looking veteran's day forecast 2010. how long does this terrific fall weather hold up? we'll talk about your weekend coming up. all right thanks a lot wyatt. the latest now on a crash in howard county this morning, two people died after a car traveling west on route 175 crossed the median and ran head- on into a caravan. that's when an suv truck struck the caravan causing debris to hit a passing toyota corolla. 22-year-old matthew miranda and 35-year-old of columbia died in that accident. her an today was not wearing a seatbelt another victim is

being treated at shock trauma. the driver of the toyota was not hurt. tonight we have a sketch of the man police believe raped a woman in anne arundel counties. take a look at this picture. investigators say the man followed the woman as she returned from taking out the trash monday night. the victim says he showed her a gun and raped her monday evening in the 8100 block of scenic meadow drive in laurel. if you think you know who this person is in this sketch you're urged to call the sex offense squad (410)222-3750. a change in how jurors in maryland decide cases involving sex abuse. maryland's court of appeals ruled jurors don't have to agree on the specific acts committed in order to find the defendant guilty. jurors must only agree that abuse was committed by the defendant. this decision means the 2007 conviction of david christine 0 stands. he was convicted on two counts of child sex abuse in baltimore

county. his lawyers objected because the judge did not instruct jurors on the specific acts committed by the defendant. a giant atm that shows how one baltimore county delegate describes theft from some of maryland's inmates. i state audit found corrections employees recognizely took money from inmate accounts. correction officials have already made changes and fired five employees. the audit has been referred to the attorney general's office for further investigation. and another audit uncovers information about people you share the road with more than 1300 drivers may be driving with a suspended or revoked license. the head of the nba says it's a software problem 1300 cases are being reviewed manually. other issues have been addressed including secure driver information in the nba database from thieves. they are willing to put their lives on the line for country even if they are not citizens until today. we're going to take you to a very special ceremony that military members are calling

part of the proudest day of their lives. it's all in the tie. we're going to check out some of the designs done by patients at johns hopkins children's center. happy to help out johns hopkins support them. also 64 the high today out at bwi we forecast 62 finally nailing that 2-degree guarantee it's been tough this week. melanie videos you're our 2- degree winner we'll be back with veteran's day coming up. st: could switching to geico really save you fifteen percent

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. tenmenn and women received their u. s. citizenship today in a special ceremony naturalization ceremony aboard the uss constellation. the group currently serves in the u. s. military and they all said this was the proudest day of their lives. on this over of veteran's day we are paying tribute to the brave men and women who served and still serve in their armed forces. today on our facebook page we asked you to send a photo of your loved one who served our country. erika sent in this photo of colonel dean dickey father of 7 children served in wwii. he was recently added to the chemical corps hall of fame he's now buried in arlington cemetery and his wife is buried right by his side. send us your pictures of the veterans in your life tell us all about them on our w m ar facebook fan page we'll salute your loved ones on the air or

attach a photo send it to pix at abc2news.com. during our 5:00 newscast tomorrow wyatt is going to be live serving it up at the applebee's east point mall he's going to be serving meals to veterans at the restaurant and we'll bring you live reports throughout the newscast. he will not be cooking just serving the meals. a new study finds that african-american homebuyers and buyers in some low income neighborhoods actually pay a higher fha loan rate. in 2008 homebuyers in low income neighborhoods were three times more like than buyers in upper class neighborhoods to receive a high cost fha mortgage. african americans and latinos were twice as likely as whites to get a high cost loan when buying a house with an fha mortgage. communities united and greater baltimore urban league are calling for an investigation. >> it is essential that hud investigate the causes for these discrepancies and take

whatever steps are needed to fix them. with increase in fha loans it's more important than ever to make sure these disparities be investigated. >> the urban league also wants to meet with local banks to help them with this issue. happy tie you're wearing. >> home on hoard for the johns hopkins children's center to wear of of their ties. waverly phillips out of baltimore he's someone that's had to use johns hopkins children's center proud to wear his tie. there's multiple designs. >> you can buy them at joseph a. banks. >> joseph a. banks. chilly night on the way but we're going to warm up nicely for veteran's day. that's looking great. the weekend looks good too i'm

telling you this pattern. >> you're serving up meals tomorrow. >> applebee's i'm out there to help honor our fellow veterans whatever the guys want an gals too. chilly night in the city. right now not all that chilly. 59 tonight not bad for november. winds northwest at 3. let's show you the day mount airy beautiful looking day all sunshine if you'll watch closely you'll see a thin wisp of cloud cover come by that that was it. towson couple high thin clouds not much winds to shake the trees not much foliage either. chesapeake beach see a few clouds toward sunset roll in. all courtesy of a storm system offshore that hasn't played too much of a factor. upper 50s today, right now rather but earlier today we

soared into the low to mid-60s. inner harbor 63, airport 64 today. d. c. 64. you were a little cooler on the eastern shore upper 50s georgetown to dover to cambridge let's she an early look at our veteran's day forecast. 61 katon'sville 62 with a lot of sun tomorrow. 60 or so tomorrow. port deposit maybe upper 50s but most spots will make 60. eldersburg will hit 60. satellite radar trend nice and clear right now. just a very clear pattern. you don't see this much prolonged clear weather very often in november, but we're getting it and we'll certainly take it and run. >> big storm system still spinning off the coast. but well offshore. so we're just getting a little bit of cloud cover on the outer edge of this thing, and very little wind from it as well.

high pressure keeps sliding further east so that will control our weather again tomorrow. more sunshine sinking air very little cloud cover when you have giant area of high pressure around like that. we look for nothing coming out of the west storm offshore will keep pushing further south maybe spin just a few high thin clouds toward ocean city. i don't think we'll see any clouds in the baltimore area tomorrow. more blue skies through the day on friday. so this is a really calm, dry and terrific weather trend as we go into this second full weekend of november. 38 tonight, mostly clear, chilly late. not too bad right now. it looks like 60 or so for veteran's day. our spots will get 62, 63 degrees a nice looking day tomorrow night 36 overnight. so it gets chilly late tomorrow night for veteran's day. let's take a look at your 7-day forecast. here things working out pretty well as we go into the weekend

looking at low to mid-60s each day plenty of sun next chance of rain monday into tuesday. >> thanks wyatt. coming up tonight at 11:00 if you're a big coupon shopper you might notice some delays in the check out aisle next time you go to target. find out why the store is going to be taking the extra time to make sure you get the savings you deserve. as we've been saying all day tomorrow is veteran's day and plenty of businesses will show their appreciation for our troops with freebies and discounts. those stories and much more coming up tonight at 11:00. . some of the most talented and creative kids in the baltimore area tonight they want you to see their necktie creations wyatt's wearing one of them. for johns hopkins children's center patients walk the walk to show off their designs patients are asked to draw one of their favorite things and submit it for a chance to be a miracle tie designer. we spoke to some of the kids to

learn what the inspiration was behind their design. >> i like teaching and help other people learn math because math is a hard subject. so i try to say all right well it's certainly more simple to others who learn math. >> the ties are for sale 100% of the money raised goes to research and patient care at johns hopkins. if you'd hike to tie into a miracle you can get your very own tie at any joseph a. banks store. let's check out how that drive home is moving tonight. show you a live shot. who at this. it is not moving. 695 liberty road better have some patience if you're waiting for somebody to get home. look at all the toyota's for sale.

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. want to show you that camera from 695 liberty road. three outer loops are closed. >> we have good weather at least if the traffic is not cooperating we're still near 60 degrees. weather night sites mid to upper 50s it's a very pleasant evening veteran's day forecast outstanding as we claim to 60 late in the afternoon. chilly start but warm up nicely through the day. >> we're looking forward to see you serving it up at

applebee's. >> your neighborhood bar and grill. >> that's it for abc2 news at 6:00 thanks for joining us. we're back tonight at 11:00. when i see people trying to sell and old camry, it makes me want to show 'em a new ford fusion. i can't help myself. i'm kinda ready to move up to get to the next level. fusion... yeah, i like it. ...i should probably brag about this a little bit. the projected resale value can't be beat by camry. 33 miles per gallon on the highway. wow. the sync system... gps correct. phone. yes. i love it. get our best deals. 0% financing and, as a holiday bonus, we'll give you $1500 to use toward your first three payments. holly has something she'd like to say. bye, camry.