>> maryland state police arrested 2 chainz last night for marijuana possession and paraphernalia possessioney took him to the station and booked him and posed for a photo with this guy and the cops have a grin from ear to ear. >> but according to 2 chainz's twitter page, the cops were totally out of line. >> damn police f'ing with the n word. locked me up and wanted pictures. shaking my head. >> they're not supposed to do it. it's a bad perception. cops hate this. >> why would they take the photo and have 2 chainz post it on his twitter page? this doesn't add up. >> how did 2 chainz get the picture? it seems like it's off of 2 chainz's camera or he said to the cops, can i take a picture with you, here's my cell phone. >> so 2 chainz might be lying? that makes more sense unless these guys are big 2 chainz fans. >> no offense. the guys in the photo don't look like 2 chainz fans. >> that's because you're racist. let's just call the cops. they'll tell us what happened, right? >> the cops told us, we can confirm that a picture was taken but we cannot confirm who initiated that at this time. >> h

maryland state police arrested and charged amanda miller at north carper high school. the alleged victim is a 15-year- old boy. he claimed the two were having sexual relations since december of last year. miller is out of jail after posting $50 -- $50,000 bond. >> we are seeing sunshine break out, temperatures warming up close to 50 degrees. that is what we're reporting at the airport. the wind coming out the west at 70 miles per hour. it will stay that way through the early afternoon. 54 downtown, in the upper 40's in the northwest suburbs. expecting temperatures in the low to mid 50's. increasing clouds tonight as the track the next farm system. those details are coming up in the next forecast. >> it is that tuesday but the weather does not appear in -- appeared to be cooperating in new orleans. gras was oneuper of the most electrifying carnival season of all time. >> good afternoon, from bourbon street, where revelers are getting ready for what will be a full day and night of celebrating fat tuesday. the forecast has been a bit of an issue. there is some rain brough

>> maryland state police arrested 2 chainz last night for marijuana possession and paraphernalia possessioney took him to the station and booked him and posed for a photo with this guy and the cops have a grin from ear to ear. >> but according to 2 chainz's twitter page, the cops were totally out of line. >> damn police f'ing with the n word. locked me up and wanted pictures. shaking my head. >> they're not supposed to do it. it's a bad perception. cops hate this. >> why would they take the photo and have 2 chainz post it on his twitter page? this doesn't add up. >> how did 2 chainz get the picture? it seems like it's off of 2 chainz's camera or he said to the cops, can i take a picture with you, here's my cell phone. >> so 2 chainz might be lying? that makes more sense unless these guys are big 2 chainz fans. >> no offense. the guys in the photo don't look like 2 chainz fans. >> that's because you're racist. let's just call the cops. they'll tell us what happened, right? >> the cops told us, we can confirm that a picture was taken but we cannot confirm who initiated that at this time. >> h

arrest. you can see the massive police response. >> on the ground we have maryland state police, we've got the baltimore city police, baltimore sheriff. >> reporter: the suv left a massive hole right here in the side of this building a city building inspector had to be called in to make sure the structure is stable. bennett faces armed robbery and assault charges. that stabbing victim is expected to be okay. wjz eyewitness news. >>> thank you very much. no police officers were injured in this chase. >>> almost two weeks since a teenager was fatally stabbed after a fight at the ravens victory parade. no arrests as the 15-year-old is laid to rest. >> reporter: these still pictures from a baltimore city police camera on the corner of howard and fayette caught the final moments of live for the 15-year-old. >> it was unnecessary. he got stabbed. >> reporter: the person in purple is the primary suspect in his murder. >> what we know is that it is an isolated incident the victims knew their attackers we believe this stemmed from a dispute. >> reporter: the funeral brought broken hearts. family and do

we've learned that maryland state police did make an arrest near baltimore city about a half hour after police got the original 911 call. >>> new information tonight surrounding the baltimore city police department and its training academy. >> the department originally suspended training operations indefinitely after a trainee was shot in the head on tuesday. abc 2 news brian kuebler is here and it sounds like that suspension isn't going to last much longer. >> a police spokesperson said that limited training will resume next week. anthony says firearm practices will be moved to the end of the curriculum. this as the maryland police in training commission audits the department's procedures. commissioner batts made that request immediately after this week's tragic shooting. members of the commission spent several hours at police headquarters yesterday. they're trying to answer the same question we've been asking, why was there a weapon with live ammunition at a are training exercise. normally trainees and are instructors will sign over their firearm and live ammunition in exchange they g

state should be allowed to take the dna of every person who comes in for a driver's license. >> warrantless, suspicionless searches are unconstitutional. >> in maryland, you actually have to be arrested for a serious offense for police to swab your cheek. federal rules and the rules in many other states are more sweeping, speed on the gw parkway, police could arrest you and swab your cheek and dive deep into your dna profile. >> we believe that fingerprinting is really fund mentally different because of the profound information contained in an individual's dna. >> it is another issue that pits sophisticated technology against our personal privacy. and the supreme court is still wrestling with the right balance. bruce leshan, wusa9. >> and expect the ruling on this one in june. it is a cold, rainy night out there tonight. but topper says we are still heading from winter to spring. the forecast comes your way up next. also, going the distance. one young man's journey to a new job and how a chance encounter brought him a new beginn >>> it's not a nice fit for men nor beast. >> it's really not. we didn't get the snow the midwest got, but we got rain, we got high winds. restrictions on the bay. we have power outages in p

state should be allowed to take the dna of every person who comes in for a driver's license. >> suspicionless searches are unconstitutional. >> in maryland, you have to be arrested for a serious offense for police to swab your cheek. federal rules and the rules in many other states are more sweeping. speed on the gw parkway, police could arrest you, and swab your cheek and dive deep into your dna profile. >> we believe that fingerprinting is really fund mentally different because of the profound information contained in an individual's dna. >> it is another issue that pit sophisticated technology against our personal privacy. and the supreme court is still wrestling with the right balance. bruce leshan, wusa9. >> now we should see a decision by sometime in june and with chief justice, john roberts, tough questions for both sides, he may once again have the deciding vote. >> with three days, there are no signs the white house and congress are working towards a deal. president obama traveled to a shipyard in new port news, virginia, where he says workers would have to be furloughed if $46 billion is taken out of the defense department's budget. republicans say you should stop leaving washington a

. >>> grammy-nominated rapper two chains is arrested on maryland's eastern shore on drug charges. state police say the rapper was charged with possession of marijuana and paraphernalia, following a traffic stop on his way to perform at the university of maryland eastern shore. two chains, whose real name is taheed epips, tweeted this picture saying, lock me up then wanted pictures. two chains was released with a citation. >>> prosecutors charged olympian oscar pistorious with premeditated murder of his model girlfriend. the man who once inspired the world could spend the rest of his life in prison. >> oscar pistorious held his head in his hand and sobbed as prosecutors accused him of killing his girlfriend. he is charged with killing model reeva steenkam. prosecutors say he shot his girlfriend in the early morning hours of valentine's day, in a possible domestic dispute. family members issued a statement, insisting the world famous sprinter is not guilty of murder. they wrote, oscar pistorius has made history as an olympic and paralympic sportsman. he would like to send his deepest sympathies

justices will hear arguments from maryland officials who want police to be allowed to take dna samples from people who have been arrested but not convicted. twenty-eight states and the federal government already do this type of sampling. privacy advocates claim this is unconstitutional. the justices will make a final decision in the case later this year. >>> also in this morning's top stories, hundreds of concerned parents and residents in prince george's county are coming together calling for an end to violence they say is killing their children. a meeting was hosted by radio one last night calling it a state of emergency. it comes after six prince george's county school students have been murdered since the beginning of the school year. community leaders say they are ready to work with parents to create a safer environment. >>> we've got a quick school closing to tell you about. it is in garrett county, maryland where the schools are closed today due to the weather. so we just want to pass that along to you. making headline, a growing scandal involving an ingredient and some groceries. >> the impact only seen overseas so far. now, one major retailer is wor

overnight, maryland state police set up dui checkpoints. we just got the results. they arrested we haven't heard from police in other counties. super bowl sunday is one of the deadliest nights of the year for drunk driving according to mothers against drunk driving. >>> you might not have needed to watch the fame to figure out who won. that's because signs pointed to a ravens win before the first snap. shartia brantley is live with more. >> good morning, eun. the baltimore ravens took care of business on the field last night. was their super bowl win pre-ordained? maybe if you believe the super bowl economic indicators. the wall street journal says going back to 1977 the teams whose home state had the lower unemployment rate has won 67% of the time. maryland's unemployment rate 6.6% versus 9.8% for california. the home of the san francisco 49ers. and recent years unemployment predictor performed better than las vegas. since 2000, team with the lower unemployment rate has won 11 of 14 contests. meanwhile, mcdonald's is adding the first new entree to the happy meal in a decade. fi

. >> now, maryland state police are offering a $2,000 reward for information that helps lead to an arrest a johns hopkins doctor is dead tonight, amid an investigation into disturbing behavior involving patients. mary is live in the newsroom with the latest on the case. >> reporter: police were investigating 53-year-old dr. nikita levy, for secretly photographing patients with personal camera equipment. dr. levy's body was found here in his baltimore county home. it happened earlier today. he lived in a house, up this road in towson. the doctor, who is a gynecologist, was fired from the hospital earlier this month, after another employee alerted security to his actions. wjz just received a statement from johns hopkins hospital. it reads in part, any invasion of patient privacy is intolerable. dr. levy's behavior violates johns hopkins code of conduct and privacy policies and is against everything we stand for. it goes on to say that they are working closely with police in assisting them any way possible. >> police say it appears levy committed suicide. >>> changes in leadership. there is

. >> maryland state police say police were offering a $2,000 reward for information that helps lead to an arrest>>> weerm, following a-- wjz, following a developing story. a johns hopkins doctor, under investigation by city police, is dead. denise has details in the newsroom for us. >> reporter: 54-year-old nikita levy's body was found at his home in towson. police tell us the former johns hopkins gynecologist was under investigation for secretly recording patients. according to police, earlier this month, levy was fired by hopkins, when another employee reported the allegations to hopkins security staff. in a statement, they say levy had been photographing patients with personal photo and video equipment. a spokesperson for hopkins says baltimore county police have told her that levy killed himself. back to you, mary. >> reporter: thank you. dr. levy's name and information has been taken off the johns hopkins community physicians website. >> reporter: a shakeup in the police department. there's a new person in charge of training. it follows the devastating incident, where a trainee was shot in

arrested. but i'm here now. >> 2 chainz also appeared on the grammy awards show on sunday, february 10th. maryland state police are conducting an investigation into who initiated the picture of troopers posing with 2 chainz. >> he was gracious enough to pose with the troopers who busted him. >> he was cited for having marijuana and drug paraphernalia, he was released and faces a year in jail and a $1,000 fine. kai jackson, wjz eyewitness news. >> thank you. just in case you are not funilwhere with 2 chains. he was nominated for best rap song, album and at this year's awards. >> good advice. >>> another piece of advised to. >> uh-huh. >> take an umbrella. >> you need one early on. you will. if you are out and about yesterday evening you probably saw the rain and then the snow. that's pretty much the same scenario today. the same system is moving through. gray skies pushing across the region. it will be with us through the afternoon. right now, 36 degrees. 34 is the opportunity. 19 degrees right now in oakland. the temperatures are not budged above freezing in cumberland and hagerstown this morning. winds are pr

state police continue to investigate the shooting. >>> well, police on the eastern shore say dozens of people may have witnessed the fatal stabbing of a university of maryland student. but so far, no arrests in the case. and now, police hope security camera footage helps crack that case. wjz stays on the story. derek valcourt is live with more on what that footage reveals. derek? >> reporter: well, the video does not show the murder itself. but it's what else you ask see in that video that has police interested. >> reporter: the murder happened just out of camera range of this surveillance video. it was snowing around 9:00 saturday night. look closely. you can see a group of at least three people walking by. car after car drives by as well. someone walks by, carrying an umbrella. state police are asking, what have if anything, did these people see? >> these are potential witnesses we need to speak to. >> reporter: detectives are trying to track down more people who might have seen the three young men who stabbed 21- year-old edmond st. claire to death in the middle of this main road that runs right through the university of maryland eastern shore. the campus was bustling with students and

justices will hear arguments from maryland officials who want police to be allowed to take dna samples from people who have been arrested but not convicted. twenty-eight stateshe federal government do this type of sampling. privacy advocates claim this is unconstitutional. the justices will make a final decision in the case later this year. >>> science fiction is becoming a real medical miracle at cornell university. professor larry bonisar and his students developed a 3-d printing method to make a precisely modeled replacement ear. the lab uses a form of ink but their ink is alive. the gel used in printing the ears has living cells in it. it can be directly implanted into a patient or even grown in an incubator until it gets implanted. >> the reason that an ear is a really good demonstration of this kind of technology is because it has a very complicated shape, that it has kind of complicated mechanics as well. your ear is remarkably durable and flexible but still stiff enough to hold its shape. >> the professor says 3-d biomedical printing is still being evaluated but could move into the mainstream very quickly. isn't that bizarre? the ink is alie. too muc

. >>> maryland state police launched an internal investigation all because of a picture taken after a popular rapper was arrestedtroopers posed for the picture with rapper 2chainz after he was arrested on drug charges on the eastern shore last night. the rapper whose name is tauheed epps posted this picture on instagram. the van he was riding in was pulled over for speeding. officers smelled marijuana and found trace amounts in a backpack. 2chainz was given a citation and released. >>> the legacy of jesse jackson jr. continues to unravel. federal prosecutors charged the former representative with fraud and conspiracy and claim he misused campaign money for personal expenses to the tune of $750,000. audrey barnes here with the story. i hear he's even buying cashmere capes. >> yeah. mink ones, too. not only is jesse jackson jr. facing charges, but so is his wife sandy and both are pleading guilty to the charges which could place the former congressman behind bars for years. prosecutors say jesse jackson jr. and his wife is an were involved in an elaborate -- sandy were involved in an elaborate scheme to use campai

. >>> today, maryland officials want approval for police to take dna samples from people arrested for crime. 28 states. but privacy advocates and others say it's unconstriewcial to take dna from someone who has not been convicted of a crime without a apparent. the justices will make the decision later this year. >>> looking into secret recordings, made by hopkins ob/gyn. dr. nikita levy was fired and later his body was found. they say levy used a pen camera to make some of the recordings and computer recordings were found at his home. police say levy left a suicide note, apologizing to his wife. >>> a military judge refuses to discharges against an army private accused of sending classified documents to wikileaks. lawyers argue their client was denied a speedy trial. he's been detained for nearly three years. manning faces 22 charges, including aiding the enemy, which carries a maximum life sentence. his trial is scheduled to start in june. >>> the hospital ship comfort no longer calls baltimore home. alex demetrick reports, after a 25-year relationship, the navy decided to move on. >> reporter: long

maryland with an undergraduate degree from morgan state. he had been suffering from mental illness and had been on medication. a harford county teacher is out on bail, charged with having sex with a student. police arrested a 35-year-old amanda miller after a 15-year- old boy reported that he and miller had been engaging in sexual activity since december. miller is on administrative leave. if convicted, she faces up to 37 years in prison. baltimore city school board has decided to close one of its charter schools. tuesday night, the board decided to close baltimore civic house middle and high school at the end of the 2013-2014 school year. the decision was made to not renew the contracts of two others. it is not clear what is next for the students and staff of those schools. the board tabled the decision on closing the baltimore taliban element high school. andres alonso recommended closing all four schools, -- baltimore palin development high school id andres alonso recommended closing all four schools, citing poor performance. >> increase in chances of rain this afternoon. we have seen a couple of sprinkles popup in the baltimore metro area. but the real precipitation is still further west in west virg

state of maryland. >> she was the ceo of the howard county economic development authority. >> the supreme court is expected to hear oral arguments listed the maryland asked whether police can collected dna samples from people under arrest. in the past, maryland require people convicted of serious crimes to provide dna samples but in 2009, the law changed so that people only arrested on certain violent crimes have to provide dna samples. the samples were then compared against the database of dna evidence from crime scenes of on assault cases. those samples have led to 43 convictions. the ap reports 29 of those convictions could happen without the change in maryland law. those suspects dna with the been collected under the old lot of they had been convicted. some attorneys argue that is not all and that taking dna is vital to solving crimes. >> the white house is painting a grim picture of unprotected national parks as a result of the automatic spending cuts due to begin march 1. >> $85 billion of costs are set to kick in but the white house and lawmakers are still deadlocked. >> with washington in panic mode again, some in this town say this is just another manufactured crisis. from countdown clocks to hashtag headlines

. >> suarez: a man was arrested, the police swabbed his cheek for d.n.a., and connected him to another crime. but did the police cross a line? the state of maryland argued in court today against alonzo jay king, jr., in a case about the fourth amendment to the constitution, that bars unreasonable search and seizure. marcia coyle of the "national law journal" was in the courtroomhis morning for the arguments, and joins us now. they take their suspect. they give him a cheek swab as required by maryland law. submit that to a federal database. how does it end up in front of the supreme court? >> well, mr. king was ultimately convicted of the crime that that swab revealed. a six-year-old unsolved rape crime. he was indicted, convicted. he initially at trial moved to suppress the evidence of the first swab because he said it violated the frth amendment. the trial court didn't agree. but maryland's highest court did agree with him and reversed. it was maryland then that brought the case to the supreme court. >> suarez: they didn't have a warrant to take the d.n.a. >> right. suarez: and they didn't consider him a suspect in that six-year-old rape. those

supreme court hears awrmtsds -- arguments from maryland officials who want approval for police to take dna samples from people arrested for a crime. 28 states in the federal government already collect dna from people arrested for various crimes. privacy advocates and others say, though, it is unconstitutional. the justices will make a final decision in the case later this year. >>> the maryland senate debates new gun regulations. and the arguments are already getting heated. political reporter pat warren explains, the governor's firearms safety act is raising constitutional questions. >> the sandy hook school massacre in newtown, connecticut, has maryland looking at licensing and fingerprinting people who want to own guns. >> people in this body. but we said, we want you to show id to vote. we're crazy. oh, my gosh. it's terrible. people can't do it. now we're saying for a constitutional right, they have to get fingerprinted and licensed. >> reporter: shots fired in this you tube video illustrate what the governor's gun policy legislation proposes to restrict. a ban on all assault weapons. a magazine capacity limited to 10 rounds. and licen

state police to complete its investigation. >>> a u.s. congressional delegation is in cuba now, working to free jailed u.s. contractor allen gross. the maryland man was arrested in december 2009 for setting up illegal internet connections as part of a u.s. democracy building program. the 62-year-old was sentenced to 15 years in prison in december 2011. they arrived in havana yesterday, on a two-day fact- finding mission that includes mission leaders and an expected meeting with gross. >>> police are investigating one of the biggest diamond heists in recent memory. in just minutes, millions of dollars in diamonds were stolen from a plane that was getting ready for takeoff. >> reporter: security at brussels international airport is increased, with concrete barriers now in place, around the fence, after a massive diamond heist. investigators say eight masked gunmen, dressed like police officers, broke through the fence monday night and drove two cars onto the tarmac. the men told -- stole an estimated $50 million worth of diamonds from the cargo hold of a plane scheduled to fly to switzerland. >> the operation at the airport has taken exactly three minutes. so t

arrests have been made in the arlington case we also told you about. >>> a pedestrian struck and killed overnight in bowie. now maryland state police say around 12:40 a.m., it was a 40- year-old walking in the middle of the road on crane highway when he was hit by a car. the driver of that car stopped at a nearby gas station. >>> president obama's pick to be the next head of the c.i.a. is headed to capitol hill for confirmation hearings. john brennan is expected to face some tough questions regarding america's policy for drone attacks. a justice department memo was leaked to the press this week which spelled out the administration's claim for when it would -- [indiscernible] -- to kill americans working with al qaeda even without a trial. some in congress say they want to question brennan about the policy because he's considered the architect of america's drone program. >>> the vote on chuck hagel's nomination to be secretary of defense is postponed. the senate armed services committee put it off after republicans demanded more information from the nominee on speeches he had made plus who had paid him for those speeches. there's al

states and the federal government already allow. this the high court heard arguments today in the case of a man's 2009 arrest for assault in maryland. policewabbed his cheek for genetic material. then ran it through a federal data base. turned out to match evidence from an unsolved rape of a woman six years earlier. a court eventually sentenced that man to life in prison for that rape, but the maryland court of appeals later threw out othe conviction on constitutional grounds. shannon bream live in washington. how significant is today's d.n.a. case? >> well, shepard, today just alito called it potentially the most important criminal procedure case before the supreme court in decades. this case was out of maryland where alonzo king was arrested for assault back in 2009. that day, a d.n.a. swab was taken from his cheek ultimately linked him to that unsolved rape and he was convicted that conviction was thrown out. the appeals court said that swab was illegal search and seizure in violation of the fourth amendment. today a number of the justices expressed concerns about the privacy implications of taking d.n.a. from someone who has been arres

maryland. prosecutors used dna to convict a man of rape. the state's high court overturned that conviction, saying police didn't have the authority to take a sample after he was arrested. the supreme court will likely rule in this case later this year. >>> and right now, the army private accused of sending a mountain of classified documents to website wikileaks is back in court. four-day hearing is expected to focus on two issues. first, bradley manning's request for all charges to be dismissed. his attorney says manning has not received a speedy trial. prosecutors say the complexity of the case has led to the delays. and second, the court could consider manning's offer to plead guilty to 10 of the 22 counts against him. >>> you can weigh in today on whether those signs along the roadways in fairfax county should become history. the county is holding a public hearing on a proposal to remove signs from median strips and intersecs. it's illegal to put signs along many portions of roads owned by vdot. the agency, though, does not have the manpower to remove the signs itself. today's hearing begins at 4:00 this afternoon in the auditorium at the county government center.