face. why the dog's owner is going unpunished. >> and a mobile and controversial ad makes the way through downtown. why it has so many people worked up. >> and the big music festival. that could very well make a to your this region. >> live in high definition, from wbff tv in baltimore, this is fox 45 news "late edition". >> hello again, i am jeff barnd. a baltimore county woman is bitten in the face by a neighbor's dog. we have learned the animal control board is doing nothing to the dog or the owner. 1600 block of miami road in towson. a neighbor was helping with snow removal on the block back in february when a neighbor approach with the dog. of the he. he was on the leash. and fasol did not feel threatened so she approached the dog. >> i did nothing provoking. it was a gingerly approach.

no aggression. typical "hi puppy" kind of thing and the dog snapped. >> the dog jumped up and bit her in the face. tearing away flesh. initially animal control officer deemed the dog dangerous. which means it could have been put to death. and the owner appealed and the decision was reversed and said it was an unfortunate incident. >> a man carrying women spotted at camden yards last sunday, offended families. stripper mobile belongs to the hustler club, travels around the country with a pex see glass box and inside strippers pole dancing. city officials say while no laws were broken. van was not inappropriate. >> trying to promote our business and we got pulled over while in the course of doing it. >> it comes down to businesses using common sense. i mean, you know, baltimore is a great city. we're not las vegas. we're not atlantic city. we are baltimore. and it is a family town. people come to the harbor.

see the orioles and ravens and spend the day. i think businesses have to use common sense. >> the stripper mobile was pulled over twice for not wearing seatbelts, which is tough when you are on a pole. and blocking traffic. managers say it will be back in baltimore but they don't have a specified date as of yet. >> police arrest a foster parent for child sex abuse. jerry bartlett is a pastor, and police say the young male victim was sodomized at least six advertisements police are urging anyone with any information whatsoever about any case concerning bartlee to call them at (410)778-0490. >> howard county police arrest more than two dozen people on prostitution charges. two operations resulted in 27 arrests. police say men were caught on route one near whiskey bottom road in laurel. >> we have been out in that area, with female officers, in plain clothes. >> there to see if men approached them and offered them

money for sex and in many cases that's what happened. >> police are asking for your help to fight prostitution, if you have tips for police call the number on the screen. 410313 stop. >> police make an arrest in the murder of a 72-year-old security guard in waverly. 18 gerald teens charged in the death of beaumont he was gunned down inside of a restaurant in the 2900 block of greenmount avenue april 8. >> attorneys for lamont davis ask for a new trial today. last week, davis was found guilty of attempted murder for shooting a 5-year-old girl and another teen. attorneys for davis have complaints against prosecutors saying davis had a lacks defense. >> baltimore city police are looking for two men viciously attaining a carry out customer waiting for his order. store video captured the ounwarranted attack and robbery. happened in the 3200 block of west north avenue. the victim suffered severe head

trauma and returned to an area hospital for treatment. if you have any information whatsoever, about this case, call 1-866-7-lockup. >> some area store owners are none too happy with a plan tax beverage of 4 cents. it was standing room only at the public hearing on the measure. to impose the tax. the owner of my cousin's place in highlandtown said it would put him out of business. at times, things got have i heated. >> without new revenue, city faces the prospect of closing seven fire companies, laying off sworn police officers. >> i cannot believe they don't have a backup plan. there are other resources out there. >> if i lose that million dollars, i am country i am toast. 80 years, gone. >> no word or when city lawmakers will vote on this proposal. >> struggling with allergies this spring? watch what you eat according to experts. you should avoid spicy foods for

instance. foods with high salt content. and fast-food. they can all make your allergies worse. instead, try mediterranean diet. yogurt for a snack. and pick low calorie foods, high in omega 3s. major music festival could make a return to our region. rumors circulating tonight that hf festival will return to merriweather post pavilion. and in the lineup, third eye blind. fuel, better than israel. and billy idol. festival has been on hiatus since 2006. >> some residents in baltimore county will be without water temporarily this month. repairs need to be made to a 12-inch watermain valve along black river neck road. crews will need to shut off water beginning at 9:00 friday, april 30 to saturday may 1, around noon. now you can see a map of the areas affected by this outage. just go to our website foxbaltimore.com/news links. >> beautiful day today. but rain could be on the way.

again. for the weekend. here is vytas reid with a look at the forecast. what will happen this weekend,, vytas? >> starting out with sunshine to kick off the weekend tomorrow. and then the rain moves in mid afternoon saturday. and saturday night to sunday with thunderstorms. and right now, the remaining little sprinkles out there are sitting over eastern portions of baltimore county to harford county. right around whitemarsh area. and we will see that move off to the east. near aberdine. but light. not really much activity at all. in fact, the big picture here shows a few drops remaining in the state. the zooming this out. you can see not a lot of activity. this is the remaining portion of a weak cold front pushing through. but it is a very weak cold front and it will dissipate as we go through the overnight. making way for a nice day tomorrow. looking at 63 degrees in baltimore. 63 in d.c. 62 in hagerstown. we will see the temperatures get into the bigger -- upper 60s, excuse me, as we go into the latter half of the day.

your weekend outlook coming in a bit. >> big news in glen burnie a police-involved shooting. happened an hour ago. at elveton road. and suspect was shot by officers no word on the condition. >> and several students at the college of notre dame are tackling the issue ever domestic abuse. in baltimore city the number of people killed because of domestic violence, more than tripled from 2008 to nine. that's one reason some students march order campus this afternoon. in maryland, last year alone, 75 people were murdered, as a result of domestic violence. >> i really hope that people that have been assaulted, or abused, they will speak out. and they will tell their story. and they won't be ashamed what have happened to them. they understand there is a large community of us that have been through the same thing. and that it is okay. they are not alone. >> grove came up with the idea of the walking clothes line on

her own. >> now when it comes to news happening in your community. you can see it, shoot it, send it. you can upload photos and videos to our website, just go to foxbaltimore.com and click on the see it, shoot it, send it icon. >> now, this just in seconds ago. the first round of the nfl draft has wrapped up this evening. ravens made no pick tonight. instead trading their first round draft pick to denver. officials at the owings mills complex talking about decision now. lets listen in. >> okay guys. young ladies. as you see, we traded first time in history of the franchise. that we have traded out of the first round. but, you know, i started -- there were three teams that had multiple second round picks. it was the broncos, the buccaneers and patriots. i have had dialogue with those teams going back, maybe, two weeks.

and had some serious conversations with denver on yesterday, they made me an initial offer. early this morning. and as the draft unfolded, they kept increasing the offer. and as we started to look at the board, and understanding where our football team is right now, and having the opportunity to get the extra picks, because if you look at it now, each pick that we gave to arizona, we have improved on those picks, in those rounds. and now, we have seven picks, in this draft. and we have always felt that this was a draft that could be very beneficial to us if we could have multiple picks and now we have them. >> we are a team that historically is built through

the draft. and we knew back in september this would be a strong and it has proven to be a strong draft. and we wanted more picks. and our scouts and coaches are excited. we see tomorrow as a tremendous opportunity for this organization to get better. there will be uneasiness as we see some of the early players come off the board. but great opportunities for us to get better and we're excited about that. >> >> you know, as it is standing right now. that also was so -- offer was so good, if they don't get picked in front of us, we would have made the trade. >> ozzie -- >> and to add to that. we had a chance to move up to that spot, that dallas moved up to get bryant and we decided against it.

>> what happened after the deal was made? did that floor you with tebow being picked right there in your spot. >> i was on the phone with denver, you and normally we say we will make the pick. tell me what player. and he said yes. he said no, i have to call the player. and he said just hang on the phone, and you know, i will get back to you. and by that time, we saw tim tebow with the phone, you know, so we knew it. and, you know, there was some rumors swirling, that they had some sincere interest in tebow. and, you know, that's why they made the trade and gave us the picks. that they gave us. was to get up to get him. >> you heard from director of player personnel for the ravens and ozzie newsome, general manager for the ravens. talking about the fact that they

will pass tonight. they have seven picks now on the draft. that's what they wished for. so three will be coming tomorrow. so it should be exciting to see what happens at radio city music hall in new york city tomorrow. and kristen berset will have the latest on the ongoing of what is happening in new york city regarding the ravens tomorrow on fox 45 news at 5:30. >> swarms of locusts buzzing australian farmers, how it will affect this year's crops. >> violent crime in mexico and along the u..

>> despite president obama's promise not to raise taxes on the middle class. there is talk in washington d.c. about enacting a federal sales tax. of course it is called the value added tax and added to the state sales tax. president obama said the first priority is to reduce spending. but is not ruling out a federal sales tax. >> that is something that has worked for some countries. it is something that would be novel. for the united states. and before, you know, i start to say this makes sense or that makes sense, i want to get a better picture of what our options are. >> national debt is standing at almost $13 trillion, and many economists agree current spending is unsustainable. >> that brings us to the question of the day, we asked if you supported a federal sales

tax on to pay down the d most said no. on facebook, kim writes, no, i did not help to make the debt. why should i help to pay for it. >> and former illinois governor blagojevich. wants to subpoena president obama but he pled not guilty to charges of trying to sell the senate seat vacated by obama when he was elected to president. he was interviewed buy last week, and the defense said mr. obama has direct knowledge of this case. >> maryland lawmaker could soon undergo a state investigation. maryland's board of elections wants the state prosecutor to examine campaign reports of senator currie. state officials say currie failed to properly explain how he spent $50,000 in campaign funds. public officials are not allowed to use campaign funds. to pay for personal expenditures. >> it is one of the biggest no,

nos. you cannot use it for any sort of, you know, paying your mortgage, or those types of expenditures. that are outside of the political realm. >> meantime, federal investigators are probing the ties to a grocery store chain where he served as a consultant. >> rain clouds on the weekend. check back with vytas reid, he always has a positive outlook on things. when times like this occur. >> tomorrow, kicking off the weekend. more sunshine. and it should be a beautiful start. to the weekend, with the sunshine on friday. with the temperatures going up nicely. in fact,. looking at skycam. no activity going on downtown baltimore. spotty showers in the region. but for the most part. not everybody getting to see rain. some folks got to see a few downpours. but it looks like most of the activity now pushed offtiest. and 56 degrees, and winds calm. and we have breaks in the clouds out there. and humidity levels sitting at 64 percent. and our pressure is dropping as

this frontal boundary continues to move through the area. it is a weak cold front that breaks up as it pushes over the state. our almanac page showed a high of 73 degrees. earlier this afternoon. normally we should be at 67. so the temperatures above normal. we will be back in the range of the upper 60s tomorrow. and right now currently downtown. sitting in the lower 60s. 63 in d.c. 62 in hagerstown. over on the eastern shore. upper 50s. and temperatures warming through the mid-morning, and afternoon. as we have the help of the sunshine out there. and cooler temperatures across the border in pennsylvania. in the 50s. down to the southwest, down to charleston. 59. and pittsburg at 52. and here is what it looks like on the bigger picture. weak frontal boundary pushes through the state. few remaining remnants of the showers there as the front falls apart. leaving clear skies back to the northwest. few clouds moving along a frontal boundary. and down to the southwest of us. warm front down there. and that is going to take time to go here. high pressure will be blocking the moisture to the north over

the great lakes. so as the front falls apart clearing tomorrow. plenty of sunshine. showers held to the southwest of us over the tennessee valley. as this high pressure keeps that moisture down to the southwest. this will slowly move our direction as an area of low pressure heads our way saturday. so saturday a probably showers around 3:00. and then the heavier rain with this low, will start to move up oust tennessee valley going into late saturday night. sunday we could get thunderstorms. with drenching rain on the end of the weekend. so tonight looking at 53 degrees. with clouds breaking. the showers ending. tomorrow plenty of sunshine. 69 degrees. and then your five-day forecast. shows the temperatures at 64 on saturday with a chance of showers later in the afternoon. overnight saturday night. sunday thunderstorms possible with the low pushing through. lingering through sunday night to monday. then the rain starts to leave us by tuesday of next week. then things change for us, with the forecast. jeff?

>> it is biblical. swarms of locust buzzing australian farmers. you can see them doing damage in whales. destroyed thousands of acres of wheat and barley in this region. one farmer lost 25,000,000 carrots, never knew locusts like them. government officials are warning locusts could harm the fall agriculture. >> in mexico city, cartel is captured. he is believed to be behind a spike in violence near the capital. he and 14 others were arrested after a shoot-out wednesday. he is wanted in the u.s. the state department said he is overseen deals involving crystal meth and other related drugs. >> a disaster in the gulf of mexico as we speak. oil rig bursess into flames. tonight, we're learning the entire rig has sunk. the fire started on tuesday. more than a dozen workers were hurt. 11 others missing. crews are searching by air and

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>> baseball player takes a leap of faith. sea turtles set free and elderly i-pad fan. the latest video and stories that will have you talking. patrice harris said get this. >> a fordham university baseball player makes a leap of faith in the 8th inning of a game. get this. sophomore brian was trying to get home plate but was blocked by the catcher. he said his first thought was to jump. so he leapt clean over the catcher and touched plate. play helped fordham to win and turned him into a internet sensation. >> a turtle set swimming off the florida coast wednesday. the aquarium rehabilitated the sea turtles. 17-pounder was found in february, missing most of one of the flippers, given stitchers. and the others were weak and

about 4 inches long when found on florida's beachs. biologists say it is important to return the endangered creatures to the wild. >> 99-year-old virginia campbell may be one of the oldest fans of apple's i-pad. daughter gave hurt device as a gift as soon as it was released. campbell suffers from glaucoma. >> opened the world, for that owe bro that i could not -- i could barely see to read. >> thanks to the bright screen she has read two books and gotten back into writing pea poetry. this is the first computer that she has ever owned. >> patrice harris fox 45 news "late edition". >> we are looking at breaks in the clud

>> here is what is going on. seven-day forecast. plenty of sunshine on friday. 69 kicking off the week. saturday looks like sun and clouds gathering. and few showers working in. thunderstorms saturday night to sunday. we will get thunderstorm activity. then monday lingers around. and tuesday and wednesday we dry up. with the temperatures back in the 60s. back to you jeff. >> vytas i am empathize with you, flood director shaw runs a tight ship. >> be in charge of your own

forecast. i-radar is available at foxbaltimore.com. use the tools to track storms down to your neighborhood. go to foxbaltimore.com/i-radar. >> is it okay to say good night now shaw? that's it for the "late edition". thank you for joining us. i am jeff barnd. see you tomorrow night. until then take care. real time closed captioning provided by u.s. captioning