jayne miller, wbal-tv 11 news. >> a dogfighting bust in northwest baltimore. police say $8 for rescue last night. they got a tip about a dog fighting in rebel to get a search warrant for that location. johnnie taylor has been charged with eight counts of animal cruelty, dog fighting, and drug possession. ruled competent to stand trial. that decision on the student accused of planning a campus rampage. he was in court today, saying he feels much better after being taken to hospital for psychiatric evaluation. authorities say he posted messages online saying he planned an attack to kill enough people to make national news. >> the president of umbc in the pages of time magazine, being named one of the 100 most influential people in the world. lowell melser has more on the story. >> he was not available for interview for this story, but we did talk to a number of students and faculty today and they say this honor could not have gone to a more hard working person. to say he is a big man on campus is an understatement. he is named to the list of 100 most influential

let us go to our lead investigative reporter jayne miller live at the scene. a disturbing story, to say the least. >> certainly, to say the least. i just got off the phone with social services official. this incident is already under review. officials say there are metal detectors. the question is, how was the suspect in this case, the baby girl's mother, able to get a knife inside? let's start of the good news -- the baby girl is expected to survive. she was stabbed multiple times as, police say, her mother was meeting with a social worker. it happened inside the social services office. the placement of unit, i am told, on biddle bstreet in east baltimore. >> visiting with the social worker at this location. at some point the mother became i rates, pulled out a long kitchen knife and began stabbing the baby. we do have the mother in custody. she is being questioned. we have to check on her mental stability as well. >> social workers often have to have very difficult conversations with parents regarding their children. it is not known at this point. a matter s

jayne miller has the details. but short of the death penalty, the sentence dante parish handed today was the most severe he could get, life with no chance of parole. he murdered 15-year-old jason matheisen in 2009. the boy was stopped in the closet of an upstairs bedroom. pillowcase had been jammed in his mouth, his throat was cut, and he had been sexually assaulted. >> i am very grateful that he will not be able to hurt anybody else. >> jason was a good student who wanted to go into medicine. prosecutors said jason had to shuffle from one home to another because he was gay. in court today, jason's mother took exception. i son was never homeless, she said in a statement. the statement was read by another family member. >> jason was always welcome in his mother's home. she never put him out because of his sexuality. she knows in her heart, jason knows, and his family knows. >> dante parish said nothing in court today. the judge cited a scottish prayer. he called him a danger to his friends, society, and even his en

jayne miller has details. >> 13-year-old monae turnage suffered a fatal gunshot on march 3 when the gun police say two teenage boys were playing with went off inside the home of one of them in east baltimore. the boys are charged as juveniles with involuntary manslaughter. a police officer identified as john ward has been suspended and is under investigation because the gun that was used was found in his car. we learn police are seeking 21- year-old martinez armstrong, distinctive because of a tattoo on his neck that says a "kill or be killed." he lived in the home where the shooting happened. a warrant was issued for him today when he failed to appear in court on a drug case. prosecutors won him picked up and held without bail. as the consequence, his lawyer said, because prosecutors believe the gun used in the shooting ducks monae turnage was his. -- the gun used in the shooting of monae turnage was his. >> one thing i know is, they did not manufacture that weapon. they didn't have a steel mill in the basement. they did not manufacture the bullets to put into the gun. it was not telep

. -- jayne miller is like. >> jury selection is underway in this case as whiskey. in december, paul schurick was convicted in this case. julius henson was hired by the body early campaign in 2010 to come up with a strategy for the african-american vote. robocalls suggested call the election was over before it -- before the polls i shall close. -- before the polls actually closed. henson he disagreed with the text of the calls, but he did not make that decision. >> i think the jurors and the judge will find that the call was made -- it was not my decision. >> his lawyer says he intends to argue the case is as much about politics as anything else. prosecutors are trying to limit how much incense lawyers can say about the political context -- background of the cagse how much henson's lawyers can say about occur case. the trawls expected to last about eight days. jayne miller, wbal-tv 11 news. >> one of the star basketball players facing charges to not talking -- is facing charges tonight. howard was apparently not involved directly in the fight, but investigators say

jayne miller has more on the changes and joins us live from the newsroom with more. convexity employees enjoy benefits, but now they will cost more. as it stands, they pay 20% of their premium for health insurance, no deductible, and they are charged no co-pay. these benefits are almost unheard of. they've got to start paying an annual deductible of $250.10% of the medical bill. even with generous benefits, a city employee health as well below average. city officials want to encourage employees to focus on prevention. the rising cost of benefits is increasingly crowning out other city services. jayne miller, wbal-tv 11 news. >> at lillian all lowry will start as the state's new top educator replacing ongoing superintended nancy grass snake. her resonate goes back long before that. you can look at her credentials on our web site, wbaltv.com. find out what education officials say our greatest strength. >> sunny skies and dry weather. things will change, but right now right across the area but it's a couple i would be around the 60's. running around 70 degrees. you do s

jayne miller, wbal-tv 11 news. >> with rain levels 5 inches below normal, they're concerned we could have more brush fires. sheldon dutes is live with this story. >> like most of the counties in our viewing area, anne arundel is very dry. the vegetation out here is very brown and dry. these are pictures from a recent four-alarm fire in edgewater. anne arundel county fire investigators are trying to figure out what sparked the fire but said dry weather conditions could have played a role. acres upon acres of land have burned in recent brushfires like this fire in carper county. this fire chief says current conditions are creating "the perfect recipe" 4 brush fires. >> there is a lot of dead vegetation left over from the springtime and just all the components have come together and they are really right for brush fires. >> according to 11 news meteorologist 8 memory, rain levels are 5 inches below normal. >> we would need a big, soaking storm to catch up. we have rent chances, but nothing to really make this a drought-ending rain. >> officials have not iued any water restrictions, but

jayne miller has the story. >> this flyer called attention to the case of the daughter of daniel nicholson. she had been reported missing on friday. because of the circumstances, she had an argument with her dad, and her age, 15, she was considered a run away. when daniel nicholson is the baltimore city detective. he is now suspended for allegedly authorizing an unauthorized and intense attempt to track down his daughter. among the allegations, nicholson used his police powers to force his way into northeast baltimore apartment sunday night, believing that is where his daughter's boyfriend was paying. someone inside department filed a complaint of the assault. an incident report was written but it has been flat by internal affairs and was unavailable for public review. the flier itself is part of the investigation. it was done as a favor to dick wilson, we are told, and not as routine procedure. -- as a favor to nicholson. we have learned the use of the department's technology unit to track down the locations of the boyfriend cellphone. there may also have been issues of overtime. only dan

jayne miller has the story. >> those are not grasses on the other side of the fans blowing in the breeze. they are peacock feathers. at dusk, that peacock ascends to the roof and fans them out. and then comes this. >> what i really want to talk about is the peacocks on the roof. lisa mcnair and her family owned petey and other peacocks. >> harford county laws say i can put anything in my heart i want but a chicken. -- anything in my yard i want but a chicken. >> it is only during the breeding season. >> one neighbor who chose not to be identified per cent sleeping is the issue. >> at first it was pretty, and it was really neat, and i took pictures. but i get up at 5:00 a.m., so it is cannot pretty anymore. >> he starts calling to let everybody know that this is his territory. there are other animals in the neighborhood. >> limited by county law to 5 per property. it is hard to tell, but we counted eight birds altogether. those under 6 months old or not affected by the limit. >> i do not want him out of this yard. >> there he goes. >> last evening we watched as the owners try to keep him

jayne miller joins us live with that story. >> quality of life issues comes in all shapes and sizes, even species. >> those are not grass is

jayne miller for stan stovall -- wbal-tv 11 news. >> she could be removed from the george zimmerman case. >> today's move was purely precautionary. it is like in the first in what are sure to be dozens of legal questions and maneuvers in the case. george zimmerman is in an isolated cell at the seminole county justice center. we know he will stay there for at least another week. his attorney requested a bond hearing next friday, fully aware of the tension that surrounds the case. >> it will be difficult for him to walk down the street. i do not want him in jail because of that. i want him safe. i need him available to me. >> available to help craft his defense against the second- degree murder charge in the shooting death of trayvon martin, a strategy that is sure to include the controversial standard ground self-defense law. >> that is his only defense in the case. we are going to have a hearing where the sounder ground -- with the standard groundball will be asserted on behalf of george zimmerman. >> there is an opportunity for the judge to look at the case and say he finds the defense

jayne miller is live in the newsroom with the details. >> this new development centers on a key question in the death of the girl who was shot to death accidentally. the guy and that was used, who is responsible for that being in the house and accessible to the teenage boys charged in her death? >> the 13-year-old suffered a fatal gunshot on march 3 when the gun police say two teenage boys were playing with went off inside the home of one of them. the boys are charged as juveniles with involuntary manslaughter. a police officer identified by sources as john ward is suspended and under investigation because sources said the gun that was used was found in his car. now we have learned police are seeking 21-year-old cortines armstrong. he is the half-brother of the 13-year-old suspected shooter. he lived in the home where the shooting happened. a warrant was issued for him today when he failed to appear in court on a drug case. prosecutors want to pick up and held without bail. as the consequence, his lawyer said, because prosecutors believe the gun used in the shooting was his. in an interv

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