holding a vigil to keep the murder of fellish a in the public eye in hopes it gets solved soon. that vigil is scheduled to start here at 7:00 in northwest baltimore. we'll have more coming up at 11:00. we're live in northwest baltimore brian kuebler abc2 news. if you're looking for more information about phylicia barns or any other stories that made headlines head to our best of 2011 page. you can find it in our featured stories section on the home page of abc2news.com we've got everything covered from the most powerful pictures of the year to the local stories that you've been talking about all year long. baltimore police need your help right now. they are trying to identify he a man they want to talk to to question in connection with a triple shooting. let's show you the spree here. police say before 1:00 in the morning back on december 9th, officers found a man who had been shot several times in the 1800 block of maryland avenue. he was taken to a nearby hospital and shortly after two other men with gunshot wounds

walked into another hospital. miss believe the three are connected. they are looking for the man in this surveillance video. take a look now. if you recognize this man, police ask you to call homicide detectives right now at (410)396-2100. baltimore county police officer is at shock trauma after his vehicle was hit by a tractor- trailer on the about it wail. baltimore county police he was driving on the inner loop of the beltway providence road when a tracker trailer crashed into him sends his cars across the lanes of traffic. two people in the tractor- trailer were not injured but two women inside a black jeep they were taken to the hospital but not critically injured. last check the officer was listed in stable condition. the cause of the crash is still under investigation. just after 7:30 this morning firefighters got a call for a house fire here in the 800 block of west lombard. the home was differeded to what fire investigators believe are

3 apartments but one had people living there. they were not inside when firefighters got this. >> when we got here smoke was coming out of the first floor front. the firefighters went inside and found a fire in the first floor front that they extinguished and while they were searching for occupants they found a second fire and then a third fire in separate rooms. and at that point we knew it was suspicious. >> so all three fires were put out and fire investigators got to work trying to figure out if the fires were set on purpose no injuries were reported. the cause of course is under investigation. police in westminster need your help to find five young men who think believe attacked another man who was walking through a park on christmas over. the man told officers he was walking in bell grove square at around 6:45 when he was knocked to the ground and held down by five young men. police are also asking anyone who has information about this attack to call (410)848-3918.

a 500-dollar reward is being offered. a pasadena man is recovering after he said he was attacked and pepper sprayed at a brooklyn park bus stop last night. he told police he was waiting for a bus richie highway ham months lane when three men approached him and asked him if he had drugs he told them no and they assaulted him of pepper sprayed him and took his clothe, cell phone and money. and they even took his shoes before leaving. officers searched the area but they didn't find anyone matching the men's descriptions. new report from the pentagon is casting a negative line-item veto on our country's three major military schools. according to the defense department annual report the number of sexual assaults in schools is up. there were 675 reports of sexual assaults at all three schools including the naval academy. in the previous year there were only 41. in a statement the usna says the naval academy is in overall compliance regarding prevention

of sexual harassment and assault. weather wise today it was all about the wind and the windchill factor especially as we go past sunset feeling like 28 baltimore 28 easton low 20s almost feeling like teens now out in hagerstown way. wind gusting still high up around 20 to 25 in salisbury but these gusts at one point today were well above 30 miles per hour. and again, skies remaining clear so there was some sun earlier today but now that sun is down getting frigid in the 20s. a climb back to the mid 40s tomorrow with sunshine and less wind thank goodness we'll talk about things change into your new year's day coming up. should you wear something off the shoulder or wear a big big under armor coat. if you had your own weather app ipad in your hands you would know that. that way you can check the 7- day forecast including live speaker active radar any time you want. go to abc2news.com/weather right now to find a link to the

app. you can download it on your iphone or your ipad. you know at one time frederick had more restaurants per capita than any other city in america. now it's the number of bikes and skateboards. abc2 news roosevelt l is back from frederick with this story. >> reporter: frederick has one of the top five skate parks on the east coast. that said the city doesn't like it when the boards come out of the park on the city street. there are steep fines for kids to pay and for many they are hoping the city will stop sending kids to court and think about other options. skate boarders are known for their daring, the jumps, the spins, pop into an alley to grind down a rail and yes the families. but there are some there that most skaters won't take riding down market street anywhere downtown or outside of the skate park. >> downtown frederick they give you a 200-dollar fine. you can still skate down there

but it's not worth it. >> reporter: actually the finest a hundred bucks for getting caught in downtown it's very expensive. especially if you're just a little kid. >> i skate on the street sometimes not even on the sidewalks just get in trouble a lot. so i always come here. >> did the could be ever talk to you say you got to get off the sidewalk? >> uh-hum. >> reporter: those who risk it and get caught have to go to court and lately district court has been frank on the you in per of kids to face a judge and pay fines. the city is trying to figure out another way to deal with the problem instead of tying up the courts if you're under 18 they he want to take your board bike or skates if you want it back you have to pay the fine. skateboards and b mx bikes can damage property and a kid flying down a narrow sidewalk can collide with folks who are out for a strom. with only one big park in the area on the far north end of town that costs $4 a pop. it's difficult to find a place to skate. at the area's biggest board

shop folks would like to see more opportunity for recreation than fines. most people would like to see a better compromise. >> some of what i've seen in other areas is that they don't make it a fine unless you're actually doing a trick or destroying property. so lots of people use skateboards as a most of transportation all four wheels are on the ground then it's not an issue it's just like a bike. >> i spoke with mayor randy mcclement late this afternoon. he says the new policy is just in the talking phase. he says the city is partnering with local groups to try to develop another skate park in the city closer to downtown. meantime skaters and bikers point out that the fines for skateboarding are twice as much as fines for red light and speed cameras and cars violating both are potentially more dangerous than a kid on a skateboard. roosevelt leftwich abc2 news. why are we so concerned about poultry manure. state senator roger man 0 environment maryland stood outside m and t bank stadium to make a point they say manure

run off in the chesapeake bay is happening at an alarming rate. >> we took this lot across from the stadium to illustrate the immense quantity of manure we're talking about. we did a relatively conservative estimate how much poultry manure is created in maryland each year. we found that there's enough to make a pile across the entire ravens football stadium that's twice the height of the actual stadium itself. >> the release of the study was timed to coincide with the department of agricultureal stronger rules. the holidays have come and gone all that's left are the boxes and wrapping on the curb. if you put that stuff out before the trash pick up you could be tipping off thieves. local police are warning all of us to keep our boxes off the current as long as possible because doing it early could be privateing your big haul. >> santa wasn't that nice to me in terms of big electronics. for some of my daughter's stuff it's probably good to think

about what i'm putting out there. >> police say you should take the labels off all the boxes you get and fold the ones with the big ticket items inside the other ones so they are out of sight. this year lots of big bang customers stood up and said no to new fees but the victory was short lived. the banks have got some new fees up their sleeves, but we've got some new tips too. how you can avoid them. and we told you all about the new year's eve party plan for the inner harbor. tonight a look at what annapolis has planned to try to up stage the other parties. all right jamie weather wise it was windy out and it never felt quite this warm but we did hit 47 out at b wi earlier today. windchill was colder. we forecast guaranteed you 43. 4 degrees off the winner. give it another shot tomorrow. the big question right now we've got snow showers across the northeast north of our state. are there any changes in sight as we go toward your new year's

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. one of the big financial stories of the year was the plan debit card thieves. many complained and decided to cancel the plan. now they are looking for ways to recoup transaction fee losses. here's a look how you can avoid bank fees. >> reporter: earlier this year many major banks announced they would charge us for using their debit cards. that had us threatening to close our accounts and take our business to places that didn't

charge us fees. the banks listened and quickly scrapped those plans, but now they are looking at other ways to recoup those fees including ready he for this, penalties for not maintaining a minimum balance. >> i see overdraft charges is a problem for people of all income brackets for not maintaining enough cash in their bank account. so boosting your cash reserves may help you avoid these fees which i see among the steepest. >> reporter: the best way to keep tabs on new fees from your bank is to thoroughly read your statements. >> it's important to be reviewing your bank statements or any literature you're receiving in your bank so you can see notification ahead of time and change your habits or change your bank. >> reporter: some banks charge a fee to send you a statement in your mail. set up an alert that will notify you if you're close to going below your minimum bam. look for a new financial institution if you're not happy with your bank. >> you want to first discuss

whatever institution you're looking at switching to what you can do to avoid feescredit banks may have either lower fees or reduced requirement in the balances. >> reporter: once you've found a new bank remember to keep your old account open for a few weeks. it's important that all your transactions have cleared before you close it down. >> for more tips on avoiding banking fees or picking a new bank head to our web site abc2news.com click on the angie's list link under the lifestyle tab. >> it's a clear night but man that winds is how long outs there still. take a look at the american flag here on federal hill. you talk about the nag whipping in the winds out there jamie. man, that will parts hair and then some. 36 right now out at the airport. feeling much colder than that. those winds steady at 12 but gusting quite a bit higher

still. obviously more than 12 miles per hour there. sunshine the story throughout most of the day. that took the edge off a little bit from an otherwise blustery winter like day no question of that. but again it was a mix of sun and clouds and you can really see the affect of the winds shaking our camera. as we look at maryland's most powerful radar, crystal clear in terms of any precipitation, but those winds still something that we're going to continue to have to deal with through the rest of the evening. no question. temperatures much cold tore the west 23 in oakland below freezing at 30 hagerstown beach 40 still with the winds it doesn't feel mild anywhere in state right now. those winds are steady all northwesterly pulling in that colder canadian air and you feel it as you step outside right now. we're steady he at 16 in easton and closer to 15 in baltimore. gusts at the top of the hour were around 20 to 28. earlier today those dust were

quite a bit higher. let's take a look at some peak wind gusts columbia 37 we gifted to near 40 in rock haul and galena 36. gusting to near 40 in georgetown. mount airy you gusted up to 34 earlier today. windchill as we speak is still very chilly he. feeling like 20s and low 30s. this is just captured with one time frame of wind. so if you're out and gust up a little higher the windchill can quickly drop into the teens. by the way extremely dry. so you probably need to maybe run the humidifier and use some lip balm it's going to be ex- streamly dry and blustery. we could see upper 40s south of the city. woods lawn on down through anne arundel and howard counties. temperatures will push into the upper 40s. snow showers right now showing up in western pennsylvania. our friends up there have that. back here just partly cloudy skies and again, a quick moving

weather pattern but one that's not bringing in any real new storm features. we do still continue to deal with the blustery conditions. here's the source of that. why so windy today? well, our rainmaker offshore in new england, area of low pressure. high pressure settled down over the southeast basically trying to blow itself into that low pressure. so that pressure gradient and those high winds funneling between the two areas because you've got clockwise winds around the high. counter clockwise around the low end up with double barreled northwesterly winds flow. that's why things are so chilly out there today. future trend showing basically some enhance had clouds cover through the day tomorrow. there will be a few more lake affect snow showers well to our north. into friday another disturbance passing to our north. could it clip us with a previous shower? it's possible but rights now just look for some extra clouds on friday. the better chance for a shower holding off until after the weekend and in the new year. 25 less windy tonight temps

going frigid your thursday forecast 45 or so b wi. thursday night a little milder with increasing clouds 32. and your 7-day forecast, this is the way you want to vote in the year and start the new one as temperatures moderate we're back in the low 5s. i think we'll see some decent sun through the weekend. pretty good night for new year's eve festivities and sunday looks like some sunshine and maybe mid 50s for the first day of january jail. >> you're the only meteorologist in town that tells us to moisturize and lip balm. that's good. >> you don't want to dry out you know. >> you're right. are you going to be in iowa for new year's eve? i know you like caucuses. >> i'm going to be right here. i'm kind of a political junkie but i'm staying right here. >> well fur not heading to the inner harbor for the big night this year officials in annapolis are hoping you will consider spending new year's eve with them. they have live music activities for your kids and then they

have a fireworks display. two of them. the first one goes off at 7:30 that's for the kids who might not make it up to midnight then at midnight a seconds fireworks show kicks off right there in nap miss. nd along with your new year's eve planning be smart. state police want to remind everyone to have a designated driver or plan to stay over if you are drinking. according to state miss there were 4 alcohol related deaths in our state last new year's eve. this year they will be out there on the highways and they are going to have several dui checkpoints set up throughout the state. hurt. and some sad news to report here in baltimore. poll okay johnny's has decided they are going to serve their last meal this coming saturday instead of closing earlier. the restaurant has two other locations they are all known for polish sausages and the works. and they have been serving them up in lexington market for 43 years. the market location is the one that will be closing down on saturday. although the super bowl future

is still uncertain one is for sure. many of the ravens are heads todd the pro bowl. that bowl 7 ravens were voted in this year raw lewis and have more than 20 pro bowl invites under their belt. fan favorites like ray rice marshall beyond today picked up invite well deserved his five year nfl career has been great. hopefully they will be heading for indianapolis. they have to get past the bengals and cincinnati after several home games this season that would be blacked out for cincinnati fans. the bengals improved marketing this week they have sold out with the face-off with the ravens this coming sunday. here's a look what's coming up abc2 news at 11:00. waits for a good sale to buy a through digital camera with the new year comes price hikes. abc2 is working for you revealing the popular items that will cost you a little bit more in 2012. plus moms unite mothers in

several states brought their babies to target stores for national nurse in. hear from the woman who has experienced nationwide protest. those stories and more. must wyatt's forecast join us tonight for a be 2 news at 11:00.

. many retailers and businesses are ending this year on a high note netflix is ending the year with fewer satisfied subscribers. the video service as plunged in the rankings. this year netflix hiked prices and failed in an attempt to spin off its dvd by mail service. too bad. >> i like the red box is kind of convenient right there you don't have to wait for the mail. >> yeah. me too. >> hey man, which difficult enough today for you? >> yes. >> even your hair was moving around a little bit. right. >> that's right. >> windy conditions out there still jamie breezy gusting hire steady 10 to 12. that makes us feel like 20s low 20s. so yeah, do what you can to stay indoors and stay warm. things we use up tomorrow we'll be back in the 40s get rid of the winds. >> we'll be back at 11:00. diane sawyer is next to tell you the world news right here on abc. have a great night.