a lawsuit claiming the city isn't doing enough. debbie mullen said she's dodging hazards in her backyard but the problem is next door. >> be careful. there are nails. >> nails falling from a house that's been unoccupied for seven years. they fall on to her property. >> my son gets flat tires. >> reporter: even her dog stepped on a nea. the city said it's not safe. it's at the corner of moravia and minnesota. the complaints will not speed up the legal process. the city has a massive problem. there are 16,000 vacant homes. 75% are privately owned so the department of housing has to follow a legal route.

the city wants to demolish the nuisance behind mullen's home. the court agreed but the owner is holding up the process. >> we've taken a couple of different passes. each time we are meeting with considerable resistance from the own are. >> the city said it has spent $2,000 cutting grass and boarding up windows. she said the smell becomes unbearable. the vacant home is the biggest stumbling block as she tries to sell her home. >> once they look out back, this section, nobody wants to lock at anything, and i don't blame them. >> debbie mullens isn't the only one with frustrations. there are other homes and another 14,000 lots. the program has targeted 1,000 homes so famplet as you can see, the process doesn't move fast.

do you own a home next to a vacant or foreclosed house. we're working with you. first, keep in touch with the inspections office on the particular property that's causing the problems. second familiarize yourself with it and how to adopt a vacant lot. last but not least, take back your block and get involved. >> there are some incentives if you're interested in renovating vacant property. this $5,000 loan will help you with downpayment and closing costs. the loan is made available for city plea owes and officers no a plan crash has killed a pilot shortly after 10 this morning. the plane crashed at the carroll

county regional airport. tonight baltimore city police are investigating a crash in downtown baltimore. the crash happened at 4:00 this morning at west mulberry and cathedral. firefighters used the jaws of life to rescue three people. no word on the victim's condition tonight. the suspicious death of a baby has been ruled a homicide. police have charged a mother's boyfriend in connection with the death. jeff hague are as more. >> reporter: the suspect, 22-year-old charmel thomas has committeed violent crimes but the latest one involves a defenseless infant. wednesday morning paramedics responded to a 911 call where they discovered a 1-year-old baby girl in cardiac arrest. she later died and detectives turnedder that attention to

thomas. >> he revealed at some pont he did pick her up and shake her. detectives did cbsnews/new york times pollable bruises on the child. >> reporter: according to court documents, thomas face charges of assaulting a police officer in march who was trying to break up a party in east baltimore. during that incident another office are had to tase the suspect before he could be taken no custody. thomas face as series of new charges including assault and second-degree murder. jeff hager, abc2 news. tonight we note name of the off duty police officer involved in a fight with teenager which resulted in that teen's depghts-- death. 17-year-old christopher recount's death was homicide by asphyxiation. the office are heard a loud noise at his door and started

chasing some teen the. during the fight the 17-year-old lost consciousness. brown doid at the hospital. >> i justuváau)u$ it. that's what one of the accusers said of the abuse he suffered at the hands of former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky. the man testified he was sexual assaulted in sandusky's home. he said his screams why unanswered in what he believes was a soundproof pacement. sandusky plans to put their witnesses on the stand as early as monday no late this morning police discovered the body of dr. timothy jordan. his friends were concerned about changes in his behavior over the past few months. >> reporter: authorities have found the body of d timothy jordan dead from aself-inflicte. jordan was a one time army medic

who was trained with the u.s. forces. he had recently lost more than 70 pounds, grown a beard and begun to act withdrawn. >> very intelligent and quiet reserved individual. >> reporter: police expanded their search for jordan nationwide but had few clues as to where he moat be -- might be hiding out. police say they tracked down jordan's four cars and searched the home in the ritzy dated community. they hoped to track the 49-year-old person of interest and feared he may have slipped over the border to canada. the couple had had a rocky relationship. >> he said if you -- she said if anything happened, you know what happened. >> reporter: police have not say where he may have gotten the

suspected murder weapon. t.j. winick, new york. had a beautiful day and plenty of sunshine. a few fair weather clouds from the northeast. good stuff. warming us up to seasonable levels but nothing over the top. 82 downtown. 75 in dover. 77 in wen chester, have -- winchester, virginia. we stay mild. we stay breezy. we'll talk about how things will change slightly toward your sunday and when we really heat up. summertime fun means fun in the sun but it can also mean a risky season with family hitting the pool. nearly 400 children drawn in pools and spas each year.

more than 5,000 others are treated for injuries. make sure your pool area has a self-closing gate. don't let anyone swim unsupervised. keep life jackets and flotation devices nearby. and keep an eye on anyone swimming in the pool. he's the guy who's beth all odds, running a race thatçó sees almost impossible. >> con artists ripping off seniors. we're putting you on alert and the warning signs that could save your wallet. >> sailabration has brought in ships. we will have more when abc2 news returns.

now to a story that proves you don't have to be the strongest, fastest or fittest to win a race. you can cross the finish line far ahead of others without even rung. >> reporter: when these pictures were taken, he was already a miracle. he wasn't supposed to make this past two weeks. he was born with a rare genetic disorder and a short life expect tan -- expectancy. ray was an ore fafnlt george and his wife adopted him. when george thinks about sitting with his son, now a grown man, words are hard to come by. >> it's amazing. >> reporter: amazing but challenging. >> rain can't bathe himself. ray can't toilet himself.

rain cannot transfer from one situation to the next like off his bed to his chair or to a toilet. he has to have help. >> reporter: ray weighs 90 pounds. i don't have the muscle tone. weak physically but in spirit ray is mighty. >> i don't see myself in a wheelchair. >> reporter: not only does ray not define himself with his disability, he actually cease himself as a return. that seems impossible, but he's on his way. >> i'm excited. i'm pumped up. >> reporter: this is ray's day in towson and ray has been training for it. this is all thanks to athletes serving athletes, an

organization that pairs challenged athletes with volunteers who help them participate so he can enjoy the thrill of the race. >> for some reason nature dave them the short and of the straw, so we put them on the raise track. >> reporter: they run with ray. >> racing with ray, doing everything with ray just brings things up a notch. ray is all personality. >> hey, how are you doing. >> it skis us moving and laughing. he's got a fantastic sense of humor. he doesn't stop talking. >> reporter: that talking gtses them going at the start of the race and carries them mile after mile. >> everyone out there thinks ray needs us. what they don't know is how much

we need him. >> reporter: ray is first to cross the finish line and too tired to celebrate. he can barely speak. >> how was it? >> awesome. >> reporter: despite the exhaustion, everyone knows they'll be training for their next adventure. >> i want to do a triathlon. i want to see if i can do it, you know, just have fun. >> reporter: those who know him are not surprised to see that. >> he will reach farther than he can. he will try to go beyond his ability, but, yet, always with the attitude of, hey, i don't make it, he'll try it the next time. that's right. >> reporter: this is a photo of ray right now, an unstoppable guy with so much support behind

him. >> team no excuses is hoping to run the baltimore marathon with ray. they train every saturday and you're welcome to joan them. they're always looking for more volunteers. all right. great story. there the temperature doesn't get much better than this in mid-june. it could be a lot hotter. for now we're enjoying life. 79 degrees. the humidity is low. are you kidding me? this is the way we like to roll in june. sailabration. you pick the ship. look at all the people on the harbor watch. annapolis today, a gorgeous day for sailing under a blue sky. kent island, our view from the bay view marina, it is a crystal

clear bleach. as we take high atop the plaza. the radar is clear. we have no concerns there. rain wise, the next chance will be toward the middle of next woke, a dry stretch of weather which is perfect timing. upper 70s now. an easterly flow. it gives us a little bit of a cooling effect even if the air temperature is 82. it feels cooler almost like if you've been on the west coast, san diego, l.a. it puts enough marine cooling in the hair to make things feel a little more cooler. that's what we have right now. that steady wind out of the east is also stacking up the water on the eastern shore. coast advisories are up until 10 a.m. saturday morning. high tide action. let's get you into a look at the

satellite pictures. a couple of fair weather clouds. no real big weather makers anywhere in the eastern u.s. it is quiet. high pressure in control, big high pressure bubble. that will keep the weather looking all week. near shower activity toward memphis. a disturbance out to the west. at most this may send clouds our way come sunday evening. here's a look at the trend. we have passing cloud cover through the day tomorrow, another great looking day. if you're headed to fort mchenry, things look good. from saturday into sunday it looks like much more of the same. overnight tonight down to 58, mostly clear, mild, even cool overnight. your two-degree guarantee 82, mostly sunny. and into the neat tomorrow 60s with a few clouds, quite mild

overnight. broken record. it's like when the record breaks and a song you know and you like, rosie, you keep playing it. i will say this, there is a big surge, big ridge of heat headed in toward the middle part of next week. that will probably hold into next weekend, so this is a good time to be down in the city, not so much toward the end of next week. >> you couldn't have ordered a better sailabration. >> the 1812 gods must be smiling on us. last week we told you about several bear sightings. one caused school delays in jacksonville. a bear has been spotted north of the conowingo dam. they are usually spotted in june or july. do not approach a bare because it could eat you. we're walking our way to

father's day weekend. a new study gives you more reason to be thankful for your pop. >> and it's a skin cancer that may have a deadly ending. who is the most affected and what you can do to track the warning signs.

father's day is just two days away. a new study reveals another reason we have to be grateful for having a dad in your lie. the study follows more than 300 families and found that children learnt endurance needed. these are dads that passed on

warmth and granted children just enough freedom, just enough to say thanks on father's day. doctors at the american academy of dermatology want to get the word out about melanoma can car. if it's caught early enough 99% are curable. to watch for the signs, remember a, b, c, d, e. >> the first one is asymmetry. if you can take a lesion and cut it in half and the two don't match, that's a warning. the second is irregular border. the diameters. moles bigger than aen sill eraser is a factor and e for evolving or changing. >> if they don't catch it until

it's advanced, 58% of the pel will die from it. why are commute became a little more manageable with the reveal of the first traffic diamond. we're putting you on alert of a growing problem. seniors are losing their money to con artists, and we're used to them serving our country. how the sailors are offering their service on a smaller scale. these stories and more coming up at 5:30.

getting you up to the minute, a suspicious death of a baby has been ruled a homicide. police have charged the mother's boyfriend, charmel thomas with the infant's death.

thomas has recent creams and now faces assault, child abuse resulting in death and second-degree murder. police are investigating a deadly plane crash in west minister. the pilot was the only up with onboard. this happened at the carroll county airport this morning. he was one mile away from the airport when he reported mechanical issues. he died shortly after. according to the state highway administration, this diamond will shine and take away some of the traffic woes as folks get to the arundel mills area. >> live probably about eight miles and it took me two hours to reach it. >> it was awful. >> reporter: that was the story on opening night on maryland's newest casino at arundel mills. well, relief is on the way.

it's called the diverging diamond interchange. >> and when you come off the ramp you stay to the left instead of going to the right. a signal crosses you back over to the right hand side. >> reporter: you don't need to know all that. all you have to do is get on the interchange and the road lights will guide you. it started out west and is in six places now. tom brigman worked on this project. >> it looks confusing once you stamplet once you get the lines down it blends. the flow of traffic gets in easier. >> reporter: this is the first one in maryland. drivers are ready for this. >> but right now, this place is terrible. that's why i'm up here this early in the morning. >> reporter: this is an ent change that brings in traffic. the design is supposed to handle more traffic and -- >> it's