meteorologist wyatt everhart. i thy game wise, practice wise, our line of showers out there from baltimore south, parts of anne arundel through pg county and the eastern shore. some embedded showers and embedded lightning. they came through with minimal fan fare, garden variety. it has been to our west all afternoon and continues to be there tonight. a severe thunderstorm watch for parts of northern virginia. for the rest of the evening warm, 70s going to 60s. we'll talk more about your outlook into the weekend coming up. tonight a harford county preacher is behind bars charged with a child sex offense. his congregation had no idea he

was a convicted child molester. >> reporter: they know him as the mile mannered preacher. had they searched his name, they might have known of his criminal past. >> they're neighbors, yet denny workman knows very little about the church next door except for the obvious. >> reporter: apparently members of the congregation they didn't know of the secret of frank small. it appeared no one bothered to check but small appears on the maryland sex ral registry. he gave a young girl a ride home from church and proceeded to grope her and offered to perform oral sex on her. small was prohibited from having unsupervised contact with any child under the age of 18.

the reacher is 7 -- preacher is 73 years old. >> he told us some stories about his past. he said he found god or god found him. what you're telling me, jesus, lover. man, i can't believe that. >> reporter: that wasn't the of the abuse. that same night small approached the same girl from behind at an evening service and grabbed her buttock. >> you think you're okay sending your kids to church or cress shon school. somebody had to know something. >> reporter: small listed his address at west pulaski highway but church members say he made the drive there every wednesday and sunday. if you have information about potential victims you're asked

to call 410-683-6349. more trouble looms for a trrm baltimore city cop accused of killing his neighbors. charles richter is charged in the murder of mark xander but he has another serious legal battle to deal with. joce sterman has more. >> reporter: richter's trial is supposed to start in five days but he's got more trouble on the horizon. he now faces child pornography charges. charles richter is known to most as pete and is accused of shooting his neighbor mark xander to death last year. the trial on the assault charges start on monday. the charges were filed by the state based on evidence they found in richter's house during

the murder investigation. richter is well known in queen anne's' county. he ran twice for sheriff and lost. joce sterman, abc 2 news. >> the father of the boy who didn'tal -- accidentally shot himself has been charged. state police say shawn ice woke up to find her son had a chest wound. according to police the boy had been playing with his dad's handgun. we have a guilty plea for a georgia woman accused of injecting illegal silicone into the butts of her baltimore customers. kimberly smedley was injecting

super glue. she admitted going over the injections between 2003 and 2011. the silicone was not fda approved. a local exotic dancer paid smedley for injections on four occasions. silicone has been found in that woman's lungs. more than a dozen dogs found wandering around baltimore county need a loving home. they found 18 dogs. 10 were found in a box and the others wandering around halethorpe. they range from a german shepherd to a yorkie poo. the animal shelter say it's rare to see this many animals want consider iting around. >> it's extremely rare.

so we have no idea, no clue. it may be a breeder who for whatever reason could no longer sell these animals. >> the county animal shelter said two border collies and yorkie poos are available for pay dopings. if you'd like to adopt one here's the number to call. what would you do if the man in cell of the airplane lost control of his mind. a pilot had to be pinned down and an off duty pelt -- pilot took over. what in the air is going on? >> reporter: this cell phone video obtained by cnn shows

clayton osbon suffering a breakdown. he firsts inned the -- first noticed the wild ranting. it was 9:53 central team when did time -- time when the copilot noticed him acting erratically. >> we're going to need authorities and medical assistance. >> several men, many on route to a convention in las vegas met osbon. >> the longest flight to vegas i've ever had, 13 hours, unbelievable. >> reporter: this morning another disturbance. a woman had to be row strained after allege -- restrained after

allegedly attacking crew members and spitting on them as for osbon many are surprised there's no psychological screening for pilots. >> we're all aware of everybody else and sometimes maybe this needs to be reaffirmed that people need to be careful about when they see something erratic. >> osbon is recovering at a texas hospital and is likely to be released later this week. >> listen, we've all heard this before. gas prices still going on. the average for a gallon of regular is $3.91. we're working for you to help you save money on gas. head over to our website. you can click on the traffic tab. right now if you want the

cheapest in the state you have to go to mar del a spring. there's the shell selling gas for $3.74. have you noticed fewer email clogging your inboxes? it's good news for those who hate spa. one in four emails are filtered out. where do they go? some blocked and some are filtered out. so check your spam filters. well, nice job last night but try again. no one had the nerves to hit the megamillions jackpot. the next drawing will be friday night. all right. a ride home with friends nearly ended her life a local woman's message to all of us in honor of brain injury awareness month. listening to her story could

save your life. >> for one of the stars it was their last, who was the first to be cut and which stars can really cut a rug. >> they do it every year, a look at a very messy crunch today.

we continue top dance -- to dance. who went home. george pennachio has all the details for us. >> martina and toney. tennis legend martina navratilova and her partner tony dovolani. in week one the judges used words like refined, but when martina danced the jive with a noticeable misstep and got the

lowest score she landed at the bottom and viewer votes weren't enough to save her. >> in tennis you miss a shot hanted come back for the -- and come back for the next point. there go as months of hard work. >> this was in the easy for martina. she gave it everything she had. i feel in some ways, the audience got to see the hard work. >> reporter: tony says he is devastated by the e limb narks's -- elimination. >> i'm shocked actually, probably the first time ever that i'm surprised. i did not expect this. i thought the audience would stand behind her. >> i took a challenge. i put myself on the line.

first one voted off. i'm glad that i did it. i learned to dance. i will continue to dance. >> reporter: the remaining 11 teams are back for monday night. george pennachio reporting. how's this for a brunch date. look who showed up at two-alarm lexington market. they ate 10 cases of apples, 25 cases of bananas and watermelon. >> we lost elephants. we take the day, come down. >> it also featured a live band.

all right. things getting a little more quiet. there are some showers and storms but on the eastern shore we cleared out. south of the i-66 corridor coming into washington, areas of southern maryland still getting a decent down pour moving into tobacco company, just an isolated shower or two left for central maryland. winds are southwest at eight and bear metric pressure holding steady for the moment. winds will be picking up. i wanted to show you this. there's that line of storms in mt. airy and clearing quickly. there's a thin line. the conditions at the surface didn't support true weather.

yes, lightning is always a danger and you see things clear out. again, we're already back in business with relatively clear weather in baltimore and most of the surrounding areas. wepts from the south continuing to funnel in some very warm mild air, gusting now to near 30 in western maryland. we'll get cooler hair into the day tomorrow -- air into the day tomorrow. the high temperatures likely to not get past the low 60s tomorrow but on the whole we look for some improved weather into the day tomorrow and even into friday. far row line. you can see it here, narrow frontal boundary just enough to produce scattered thunderstorms here and more severe type weather in west virginia, northern virginia but this was pretty far away from us. the overall friend north of that front obviously, some clear weather moving. the warm air will get pushed out

of here but will be relatively mild tomorrow. as we look at the moisture map crop want these dew point numbers to be north of 55, even to 60 to get a true severe weather event. dew point stuck at 50, so really didn't have the conditions for severe weather. the conditions will continue to clear out tonight into the day on thursday, just a mix of sun and clouds, gorgeous weather. we begin to cloud up. there will be the threat for a few showers as we go into the first half of the weekend. partly cloudy, mild, breezy. tomorrow 62. mostly sunny, windy and mild and i did want to show you the picture tomorrow night as pictures begin to drop again. it's not bad but it will be chilly tomorrow night. the outlook as we look ahead, bottom line is pretty mild decent weather.

saturday it does appear we could get another round of showers. log on. you can track maryland's most powerle radar on our website, even on our app. >> this is like the bible for inside the business, right? it says order these apps. that's the cover story. all right. we flip it open and we find out that twitter is mentioned, pinterest is mentioned. hulu is mentioned when you flip it over. wmar in baltimore started live streaming and has a sleek look. wmartv right there. that's very good. >> weave been telling everyone. it's a good app. >> so go get your apps right

there. hey, some elementary school students are trying their hands at writing. they have published their very own books. sherrie johnson is learning how the authors are making a big difference. >> reporter: here in east baltimore students are working on a writing assignment. these assignments led to students publishing their own books. it's part of the young author's project. >> i think every mode of many people are important. reluctant to write. it's a wonderful way to share what you're thinking and feeling. >> reporter: hope academy is a men industry. this is the first year the students have published a book and they're excited about it. >> having something i wrote

being published makes me feel great. and one day i would like everybody else to see my book. >> that makes me feel coned of great know -- kind of great knowing i'm an author and seeing my book in the library and kids reading it and enjoying it. >> reporter: administrators say this project is important for students because this pulls together reading and oral communication. teachers encourage students to express themselves through writing and it's working. >> i want them to be able to read well,ñr express themselves orally and in writing and to appreciate the works of other people. >> reporter: here's how the program works. for cor -- kindergarten to second graders, there's a class. >> i wrote about my 10 years of

life, and i drew some pictures because i'm an artist and i like to draw and i tell about my life, how i came through school, how i -- >> reporter: some students aren't quite sure if they want to become an author but for now it's a hands on learning tool. in east baltimore, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >> scholastics publish them. what a great program that is. we have promising news to tell you about in the fight against cancer. how a certain antibiotic can slow the growth of cancer tumors. we've heard how drinking red wine clan do good for your hart. what in you've already suffered a heart attack.

the extra benefits of drinking.

researchers from stanford found that a certain antibiotic can grow slow the -- can slow the growth of tumors. now it can block the protein helping the body destroy the cancer cells. they found the process worked on all kinds of cancers. now they have to figure out if it's safe for humans. we've been hearing about the drinking of alcohol that it may lower our risk for a heart attack but how does it affect those who already had a heart attack. a man who survived a heart attack who drink in mod operation may die from other

diseases. the reason light to moderate drinking may raise good cholesterol. the american heart association warns drinking more than two drinks a day increases the risk for blood pressure, and stroke. a mom hop wants you to learn from her life. they didn't leave green eggs behind. the latest on the search for the statue of the lorax. they were told they could get their favorite on a vegan diet, but some customers are upset about the strange ingredient they never knew was being used.

girl: i want to tell you about my friend. his name is ben. ben learned about a homeless boy who had an infected tooth, and the boy died. that made ben really sad. he wrote a law so every kid can see a dentist. we have special dental van that goes from school to school. he even helps make sure we learn how to brush our teeth. he's my friend, ben. i hope he's your friend, too. i'm ben cardin, and i approved this message.