across the board we are quiet, big area of high pressure to our south. as we were showing the pictures out of the caribbean and points south of florida, they're watching that and so are we. this is hurricane sandy churning on top of jamaica. they are right under the center of it. a category one hurricane and converting to a coastal storm. beyond saturday is where the wild card; this wild range. we'll talk about how the seven-day shapes up. 500 swabs of dna led to charges guess a teenager charged with murdering 10-year-old

jessica ridgeway. >> reporter: it's the break in the jessica ridgeway murder case, the 10-year-old's family has been waiting for. >> we have made an arrest in the murder of the jessica ridgeway case. austin fig is in our custody. >> reporter: he was arrested at this home on cetner lake. not far from where her bot di was found -- body was found. >> we're all worn out. everybody in the family is worn to a frazzle. >> reporter: jessica's family watched for three weeks as they searched nearby fields and parks. detectives say it was a phone call that led them to fig. they impounded this vehicle. >> we hope and pray this arrest gives them some sort of closure. >> reporter: a jogger told police a man grabbed her from

behind but she escaped. this clue, a small wooden cross was found. in the past detectives thought this belonged to jessica's killer but didn't reveal any new details about the cross today. >> charges will be filed within the next couple of days and we start a different process. >> reporter: police say this is the beginning in a long road of seeking justice for jessica. a 5-year-old girl from missouri kidnapped is safe. she was found for her home in poplar bluff. jeffrey dean shelton was arrested. in 1990 he was convicted for the kidnapping and rape of a girl in

texas. police say the boys tried to get the girls to go into the woods. when they refused, the boys pulled them into the area. the four boys exposed themselves and touched themselves inappropriately. the boys are between the ages of 13 and 15. it happened at catonsville. it was in the a school event. >> internet cafes are charged with running an illegal gambling operation. >> customers were betting big on it. roosevelt leftwich was the first to break it. >> reporter: today was senior citizen day at the cafe. if you got there before 10, it was a free breakfast buffet. now it's being served out of the trunk of a car in a parking lot.

>> they had games, about 20 games and all other places. i just enjoyed myself there. that's why i left my money. >> reporter: county police raided 10 internet cafes, three in wood lawn, liberty roll, click and spin on woodlawn drive and wireless cafe number two. one in towson. hot spots on gasp -- goucher and 8 sweepstakes on beacon road. the north point road and three in whitemarsh. big dog's calling cards on kingwood avenue and perhaps the largest place, hidden treasures on philadelphia roa

this is the place that patrons call the taj mahal. >> they create the environment for the seniors and allow people to come in after work, folks who are retired, spend a few. you don't lose any unless you want to. some of these folks are regular. >> reporter: officers seized hundreds of computers, office equipment and cash. it culminates years of investigations it. worked this way. patrons would go inside and buy minutes on the computer and go to internet websites. if hit the jackpot, they could cash out. this man worked in the hot spots and said it was an internet cafe and nothing more, that the county even licensed them. >> they got all the licenses,

permits. we went to the county and asked for what permits did we need and got them and this happened. >> so far, in charges have been filed. the case is still under investigation. if you think you've seen an increase in gambling, you might be right. we have more on this federal crackdown. >> reporter: in 2006 president obama signed the unlawful gambling enforcement act. despite this law and act, the law was never enforced. no one was prosecuted federally during the last two years of the bush administration or the first two years of the obama administration. the first arrest didn't happen until april 2011. that's when the founders of poker stars were arrested. they tried to circumvent the act by setting up fake companies that would accept money from players but on paper these payments were for goods like

golf balls or jewelry. however, those products never did exist. the cases were resolved this summer. the owners, forfeiting3 billion in as sets in exchange for the charges to be dropped. brian kuebler, abc2 news. >> when news breaks, all you have to do is head to abc2 news.com/mobile to download. two people were abducted at gun point and robbed in one of baltimore's wealthiest neighborhoods. now the search is on to find the person responsible. city police said she was headed to a car when three men grabbed her. >> they approached her at gun point. they ordered her into the vehicle and drove her to an atm in the neighborhood where she withdrew an undisclosed amount

of currency. >> about 10 minutes letter a 19-year-old was riding his bike when hit by a car. they robbed him, too. both victims were released unharmed. police say the three men were driving a silver four-door dodge stratus. if you spot the vehicle matching the description, police are asking that you give them a call right away. a huge crime spree has ended with the arrest of tiff teenagers. >> they targeted more than 100 victims and did more than 20,000 worth of damage. jeff hanger has more on what broke the case. >> reporter: russell halterman is charged with stopping the two months of mayhem with a two-month investigation. the teens inside were acting suspiciously. later he spotted the same car racing out of that neighborhood and stopped it for speeding when reports came in of shattered

windshield as few blocks away. dispatchers add advised the officer that a car fitting the same description had been seen leaving several neighborhoods where dozens of victims had reported vandalism. >> carroll county sheriff's office received reports on almost weekly basis on more than 56 residents where vehicles had been damaged, tires slashed, unlocked vehicles entered and more than $5,000 worth of republican are ti removed through the end of september. the five prang in age from 15 to 16 and are all north carroll high school stawlsd. all told they're charged with damaging 129 cars including more than 50 in a single night. the state fire marshal is expected to bring additional charges since a mol love cocktail was found in one of the cars.

now a star ri ot of atlanta. a church volunteer is shot and killed inside a megacoach. police are searching for a former church employee. it happened at world changers church international. the suspect, 5-year-old floyd palmer, was a former maintenance manager. investigators say the suspect just walked in and started shooting. weir getting new information about last month's deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in leb ya. the white house, state department, fbi, they were all informed a militant islamic group claimed credit two hours after it began. it raises confusion on the part of the obama administration to determine the nay clur of the attack and this who planned it. a white house spokesman said it was just one peels of evidence that came in after the attack. gambling companies are spending big bucks to get you to

vet on expanded gambling. so far companies have spent $50 million campaigning for and against it. that's more than the 2012 maryland's raise, previously the most expensesive race in the -- expensive race in the history. >> and this is a slap in the face. find out why a massage par already wants to slap you silly to make you more beautiful. >> we talked to the man who cracked jfk's state of the art security system. we'll find out how he did it coming up.

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they are making the recommendation. this is only the second vaccine experts recommend during pregnancy. the other, of course, is the flu shot. giving if to moms is meant to protect newborns who are too young to get the shot. it's a relax to the resurgence of cases we've heard about. you want the child to do the best in school. they need to get enough slope at night. how do you tell if they're getting the rest they need? a simple way is to pay attention to see how they're sleeping on the weekend. >> what your child does on the weekend and the common answer is of course he's in the getting up until 9, 10, 11, 12, sometimes after lunch. that tells you there is a sleep debt that has been incurred during the working week that is paid off during the weekend. >> or they're sleeping in because they don't have to go to school. the key to getting them back on

track is to have a regular bed team routine. just make sure they get to bed a little earlier. if you want to stay mentally sharp as you age, you better get moving. in a new study seniors filled out their hobbies. three years later they filled out mre's. those who got more exercise had larger brains than those who didn't work out. the brains get smaller as we age, which may play a role in memory loss. just head to abc 2 news.com/health. would you pay someone to slap in the face? what if they promised to make you look younger or hotter. a woman in san francisco charges

$350 for face slapping sessions. there's no medical proof it can improve your appearance but doctors say it can help your circulation and temporarily give you a rosier complexion. would you try this? log on to our facebook page and tell us how ridiculous you think that is. that's called boxing. >> that's what they call stupid. my mom put it on me, middle school, i'm telling you. 78 degrees, comfortable humidity. we're in a niece, nice -- nice, nice stretch of october weather. show you some weather in motion. wool a talk about that storm in a second. take a look at baltimore today,

sunshine, fall foilage. by the way, no matter what happens, we will get wind, some rain. if you love the fall foilage, new is the time to go for that country drive. got some good fall color in the susquehanna river, cecil county, harford county. gorgeous weather and laurel. look at that fall color. gorgeous sites around the state. however, again, these leaves will probably be coming off the trees with the wind we'll get. between now and saturday go check it out if you haven't already. temperatures in the upper 70s. 60s to the west. 67 in ocean city. wider per spcttive, very little weather locally, a couple showers north of us, northern pennsylvania. that was it. quiet pattern. one thing we noticed, of course, a bigger warm air surge that helped get us up into the low 80s across much of central

maryland. a very unseasonably warm pattern. low to mid-70s as the warmest air retreats. i think we'll be more in the 70-degree range as opposed to the 80s. also, weather for neuromaining clear and sunny, tonight crystal clear conditions. we look to remain clear as we go into the middle part of the day following that. then a lot of showers by friday night. that line is the leading edge of cooler hair that will march in and interact with this coastal storm and make for an interesting couple days into the early part of next week. right now all quiet. take a look to the north and west. this is component one. cold air building. you can actually make out that trough of cold air, this leading edge. this is in the montana region, in the northern plain states

looking toward the dakotas, snow coming down in south dakota. the other factor, the bigger factor wil be the moisture, the cold coming in. the moisture obviously robust with a category one hurricane pounding jamaica, winds 80 miles an hour with sandy, sandy well south of our area but getting closer as she crosses cuba. watch this track. this is saturday morning at 2:00. we will have it right off cape hatteras, up to cape cod with a lot of wind and big surf coming into maryland. now we're seeing more of a tilt in a push toward at least new jersey, new york. the worst of the weather will be the north side. we'll see what happens, but keeping a close sigh on the situation. 54. tomorrow 74 with sun and clouds, not as warm but a great october day. the next three days you're

looking great, maybe a saturday night showers, phelps point, baltimore. then we move into our nor'easter days. this will be a slow moving system with winds picking up. the rain coming up on sunday. things go downhill into monday, probably into the new york, new england area and into tuesday and wednesday things will slowly improve toward halloween wednesday. the area, if this does come in, the area north of it, north like cape cod, boston, will really get slammed. this will be power outages. we want to stay on the south side. >> let me show you what's upment halloween may not be until next week but you can start the celebration early. hollow marine. we got a sneak preview of the

festivities including underwater pumpkin carving. you can bring the kids out, right? >> we're having a great weekend at hallow marine. not only can you see our dive team carving pumpkins under water but we'll have special activities with our dolphins, special animal encounters, creepy and crawly animals and learn more about them. >> it will be from 10:00 in the morning until 2 on saturday and sunday. the aquarium is encouraging everybody to come out in costume. >> that takes skills. it's hard to do it out of water. >> the old joke. >> why don't you do that. >> carving underwater. i'm no good carving on land. all right.

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they knew exactly what they were doing. this is surveillance video from a jewelry heist in georgia. they smashed into the store, grabbed jewelry and took them and minute the owner said the thieves used a manhole cover to break through the doors. thieves wanted the cash out of this atm in california, so they took the whole thing.

surveillance shows the man breaking in tie as tow attached to a vehicle outside and they yairchgd the machine right out of the store leaving behind a mess. police said this crime obviously was planned out. >> it doesn't appear it was at the whim but they decided to go in there. they knew what they wanted and they wanted that atm machine. >> the owner is also out $5,000 that he paid for the machine and paid thousands for the repairs. we're used to seeing this birds on the design are table at thanksgiving but not wandering around our neighborhood. more than 100 turkeys have invaded town. some neighbors started feeding the birds and now they won't go away. city officials said they may have to start trapping the turkeys and moving them to a

different location. coming up, it was the security breach at one of the nation's airports. >> now they want to know how he was able to do it before anybody noticed. texting while driving, we know is against the law, but today some area teens were allowed to try it out to prevent crashes in the future. it was once one of the dirtiest places along the inner harbor. now it is nice and clean. we go to masonville cove tonight.