police say james haywood stabbed andrew fisher on pikeswood drive sunday night. fisher drove himself to the hospital where he later died. haywood is being held without bam tonight. >>> the judge in the child section abuse case against former assistant coach jerry sandusky has denied the defense' request for more information on when and where the crimes occurred. sandusky's attorney said he will file a motion to dismiss the charges. his trial is expected to begin in mid-may. >> the best football players in the nfl are here for the ed block award. it honors courage on and off the field. abc2 news cheryl conner is live at martin west with more on what makes this young man so special. >> reporter: i can tell you this is the 34th annual ed block courage award. you can see people. are starting to gather here. that's because matthew costello will be here. he is the son of our jamie costello. he will be honored along with 30 players. it was back in 2009 he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. he was in middle school at the time at the top of his game in baseball, football a

police say 54-year-old james haywood stabbed 28-year-old andrew fisher at a house in randallstown. fisher drove to northwest hospital on his own but died several hours later. haywood was arrested and charged with murder last night. he is being held at the baltimore county detention center. >> police say haywood used a sword-like weapon in the attack. >>> serious charges have dropped against a maryland schoolteacher and athletics coach. mary joins us now with the latest. >> reporter: 47-year-old scott spear was accused of having sex with a student. but a snag in maryland law cleared him of those charges. >> reporter: the middle schoolteacher and high school coach in montgomery county, no longer face sex abuse charges. >> this never happened. i committed no crime. >> reporter: but police say scott spear had sex with a 16- year-old female student from wor chester, montgomery high school. but those charges are now dropped because of a loophole in maryland state law. spear was only a part-time employee at the high school, and under state law, school personnel can only be charged with ha

. >>> police are releasing more information about a murder in baltimore county. 54-year-old james haywood is charged with killing his girlfriend's son. detectives say haywood used a sword-like weapon to stab andrew fisher to death inside a home on wind sor mill. haywood is being held without bail on a charge of first- degree murder. the motive is still unclear. desire. >>> a man will spend decades in jail for shooting a 10-year-old boy. >> reporter: a judge sentenced defon cante into life in prison for injuring a child during an attack in east baltimore. cante was trying to shat another man in the 1100 block in north lakewood avenue in august 2010. but he missed his intended target and wounded 10-year-old tevian who was sitting northeastern. tevian was treated at johns hopkins and released. at trial, the jury convicted him of attempted murder and assault. >> all but 55 years of his sentence are suspended. >>> infamous westborough baptist church pickets outside of glen burnie high school. but the real for story is the counter protestors. mike schuh is there and has more on how it is affect