i really want then banned in anne arundel county county. >> the put bull that attacked the animals has been put down by the anne arundel county animal control. >> ocean city beach patrol is credited with saving a young boy's life after a sand tunnel collapsed on him. when crews arrived on the scene, the 11-year-old was not breathing and did not have a pulse. it happened on the beach near 37th street. he was given c.p.r. and eventually resuscitated. lifeguards say the boy was taking in the ambulance. he is now recovering at a.i. dupont children's hospital in delaware. >> several alumni from towson catholic are suing the parish keeping to keep the school open. the parish is accused of breaking its contract with students who already paid television for the coming year. officials say the proper is enrollment and not money. >> we are first hoping for a reversal of the decision so that we in the community will have time to rally support for the school and fix the troubles that they had mentioned. >> when you're talking about a high school having 163 kids when program atically the target numb

county and anne arundel county. the storms have moved to the eastern shore. while they were moving across anne arundel county, the national weather service issued a tornado warning, which is now canceled out. but we still got a severe thunderstorm watch in effect for the eastern shore, and more storms are popping up and heading towards the baltimore area. here is your forecast for the next couple of hours. cloudy, some shows

anne arundel mills. >> i think they need to do something. obviously people are apprehensive about coming down here now, because of what's gone on. >> it is that type of reaction from shoppers that convinced anne arundel county councilman daryl jones something needs to be done. >> and anne arundel county in general, there is a perception there is a public safety issue going on in the mauls. >> he is working on legislation requiring all large shopping areas to install security cameras. even though many already do. >> this will regulate the number of cameras required for the area malls t also regulates that they keep the tapes. >> so we have a vast array of tools that we use to keep our shoppers and employees safe. we have security services. we offer escorts to shoppers if they would like them. direct access to security from the pay phones in the mall. we do lots of things. >> while that is true, councilman jones and many others are wondering if it is enough. last month a woman was attacked by teenagers while walking to her car. and she is not the only one. mall officials know the numbers. so far in 2009, eight people have been confronted in mall parking lots and robbed. but they don't think this is a sign tha

several crimes outside of one mall in anne arundel county prompts the county to take action. >> anne arundel county councilman daryl jones' bill woman date security cameras outside of large scale malls. jones decided something needed to be done after several attacks outside of anne arundel mills. eight robbed in the parking lot alone this year. >> i think they need to do something, obviously, people are apprehensive about coming down here now because of what has gone on. >> a proposal to bring slots to anne arundel mills also has many worried that many people in the area could lead to even bigger crime numbers. >> the same things that make it attractive from a merchant or business perspective, is the same thing on the crime prevention side present issues. >> baltimore county adopted a similar camera law in 2005. after the fatal shooting of a teacher outside of the towson towne center. >> a woodlawn man accused of pushing his sister out of a moving vehicle will not be tried for attempted murder. today prosecutors dropped the attempted murder charges. against 35-year-old hall. hall will

of kris jones' mother clears the way for a civil lawsuit to be filed against the anne arundel county school district within the next three years. that brings us to the question of the day. should anne arundel county schools be held responsible in the death of kris jones? so far, 33 percent say yes. and 67 percent say no. laurie from abingdon writes, yes, because the school promises to protect them from being bullied. but betty writes, apparently the problem was not at school but in the neighborhood. why not seau the crofton police? we will have more responses coming up on the "late edition" at 11:00. >> this teaching, baltimore county council banned flyers. bans businesses from leaving unsolicited flyers at homes and apartments. the bill would also prevent bars from leaving flyers on windshields. the bill sponsor said this is a public safety issue. >> you know, because if somebody is on vacation, or they have a home for sale for a long time, and the flyers are put there, nobody is pulling them out of the fence, you know, a criminal can say nobody is living here or somebody is on vaca

more than 17,000 are in anne arundel county. about 7,000 in baltimore county. carroll county has 1500 outages. and more than 8,000 people in harford county are without power. >>> elvis left the building, if only briefly this afternoon, to protest city hall. the nacho mama bar and elvis lounge in kenton is fighting an ordinance that prohibits placing their landmark elvis statue on the sidewalk. abc 2 news brian kuebler shows us how bar owners, patrons, and elvis himself picketed city hall. ♪ warren through a party >> reporter: as the city of memphis, tennessee prepares to memorialize the death of elvis for the 32nd year, a bar on the east side of baltimore, maryland is fighting to keep him alive. >> so he is a fixture for this bar? >> she our golden arches. mcdonald's has the golden arches. we have the wooden elvis. ♪ >> reporter: elvis has stood outside nacho mama's bar and elvis lounge for 16 years. 16 years an integral part of this neighborhood flare until the city inspector told the bar owner he was impeding pedestrians and in violation of a city code. and s

more than 17,000 in anne arundel county. about 8,000 in baltimore county without power. and carroll county has more than 1500 outages. more than 8,000 people in harford county also without power. >>> and the folks at sinai hospital tell us emergency power has kicked in there. they're operating as normally as they can under the circumstances. >>> and a maryland energy administration is developing a plan to help ensure reliable, affordable and clean renewble energy for marylanders. the administration held a meeting today in annapolis. the ten-year comprehensive plan will profile the state's energy supply and identify crucial energy issues facing maryland. >> we're trying to look ahead to the next decade. what are energy challenges going to be. how do we position maryland to be better situated to address them. >> this is the first of several meetings that the maryland energy administration will be hosting on this subject. >>> thousand of people got their raven jerseys and showed their purple pride as the full team took to the field pour the first time this evening. training

. >> reporter: the chase started in baltimore county and ended in anne arundel county. police said they tried to stop the man for driving without tags. they said he took off. because it was a minor traffic offense, police did not chase the man. instead, they followed him with the county police helicopter. the man dangerously weaved in and out of traffic at speeds of more than 100 miles an hour. all came to an end at 4:30, here in rivero beach and anne arundel county. the man jumped off. police tried to find him but were not able to locate him. a short time ago, police removed the bike from the neighborhood. >> thank you, kai. no one was hurt in the incident. >>> talking trash. baltimore city's new garbage and recycling program is in effect. but many city residents aren't happy with the plan. eyewitness news is live in north baltimore, weijia jiang has more on the controversial new plan. >> reporter: vic, you could certainly say a lot of people in baltimore are talking trash about the new trash program. they say to them, it means dealing with twice as much garbage every

. >> and slots in anne arundel county. how the county executive is getting involved tonight. >> live in high definition, from wbff tv in baltimore, this is fox 45 news "late edition". >> hello again, i am jeff barnd. >> and i am jennifer gilbert. second teenager has died, one day after he and another teen were found on the light rail tracks near the lutherville station. >> identified as connor peterson and kyle wankmiller 17. mta said the two were spotted lying on tracks 3:15 p.m. sunday. officials don't yet know how the victims died. but one passenger claims the teens were struck by a train. >> i would say that they were laying on the tracks, i would say, a little over an hour, sure. it is very feasible for me to believe that they were there for a good hour. from the time 2:15 hit initially to the 3:15 train, and the people actually realizing that they had hit children. >> mta officials say there is no obvious evidence that the teens were hit by a train. but they confirm one of the train cars sustained some sort of impact

. >> anne arundel county police need are your help tonight finding a burglary suspect. is man is committing several burglaries to businesses throughout anne arundel county. police say anyone with any information whatsoever about this case, or the suspect, is asked to call police immediately. >> new video tonight showing a metro train operator apparently sleeping at the controls. "youtube" video shows the man with his head down for a long time as the train is moving. a 14-year-old passenger said he recorded the video last month while riding the green line in maryland. metro officials of course are investigating. >> well today the maryland transit administration decides to come down hard on its employees. adopting a zero tolerance policy for cell phone use and texting on the job. any operator caught in the act will be fired, even on the first offense. the dc metro system changed its policy a few hours before the mta did the same thing. >> new information tonight about the death of two boys, on the light rail tracks in lutherville. police met with transportation experts tod

. >>> police in anne arundel county are searching for suspects in a home invasion. authorities say it happened yesterday afternoon in the 1300 block of grayswood road in odenton. the victim, a 19-year-old man, told investigators he was outside smoking when he was approached by two men who forced him back into his residence and stole various items before taking off. >>> and police need your help tonight, trying to identified a suspect. authorities say this person has committed several burglaries at businesses in anne arundel county. if you have any information, you're asked to call the eastern district at 410-222- 6145. >>> tonight baltimore police are trying to find the person who robbed a downtown bank. it happened around 11 thank morning at the bank of america on north charles street near east lexing son. authority says the dye pack in the bag exploded, and officers were able to get all the stolen money back. but they were not able to get their suspect. >>> an anne arundel county lawmaker wants to require large malls and shopping centers to install security camera

we may have rain in the baltimore area and anne arundel county getting it. can see over the last six hours we've actually got this resurgence of energy trying to come back through i-95, so dc through anne arundel county and maybe clipping up towards glen burnie into the south side of the city. eastern shore getting it. on maryland's most powerful doppler radar, we have the lightning strikes in a couple of -- we'll show that you in a couple of minutes. lisbon had 3/4-inch hail yesterday. they are down to 67. in churchville, almost that much. temperatures basically ranging from upper 60s to low 70s. this morning rain and storms south side of the city, south and to the eastern shore, will regenerate more showers and storms mainly after 3:00 p.m. today, our two-degree guarantee 87. >>> our first check of the roads. here's kim. >> as we check around the area only one accident to let you know about, that is 70 eastbound heading out towards route 32, single-vehicle crash there. but we have trees down around the area, especially in howard county, woodbine, morgan st

. >>> anne arundel county police find the body of a woman inside a freezer. and tonight, they still don't know why it was there. denise is in the newsroom with the bizarre star. >> the discovery was made on furnace branch road. investigators found doris lee cook inside a freezer at the country club apartments where she lived with her two daughters. they believed she had been dead for several weeks. the woman's grandson found her body and called police. he says his grandmother was bedridden and suffered many medical problems before her death. >>> the state's attorney's plan to toughen laws on the disposal of bodies. >>> scare at the courthouse downtown. the building was evacuated because of carbon monoxide. it was coming from a forklift inside the building's garage. several people were treated at the scene. the building reopened for the afternoon. >>> new relief may be in sight for bge customers. jessica kartalija explains the just-announced initiative, why it will cost you money. >> reporter: bge wants to install 2 million of these. they're called smart meter

this is sort of between rivera beach and orchard beach and anne arundel county. off fort smallwood road. motorcyclists eventually bailed off and began stripping off his clothes as he ran northbound into this anne arundel county neighborhood. now, police were able to call anne arundel county police to the scene at the area where they had the suspect pinned down, in between these houses. at this point, they have not been able to locate the suspect which was driving this motorcycle. they, however, do have the motorcycle in custody at this point. they are talking with neighbors who were pointing, literally pointing to the aviation unit officers and the helicopter, the direction of where the suspect is. apparently, he is familiar with this area. because basically, he has vanished at this point. but anne arundel county police, numerous officers are down here at rivera beach area, conducting a search for the suspect. and they will continue to try to locate him for a serious traffic violations at this point. back to you on tv hill. >> thank you very much, captain mike per

anne arundel county, a vehicle fire coming in at jeffrey road. watch for possible lane close yours and delays associated with that. not a lot of delays as far as volume goes but we may find some around the roseville area. speed sensors look going at this hour. watch for the closure between mount royal and howard in advance of artscape as those preparations continue through the weekend. a live view of 95 at the ft. mchenry. toward us is southbound traffic. look going at the toll plaza and tunnel. no problems at the harbor tunnel. a nice ride so far on the west side as volume builds ever so slightly. stan, over to you. >> thank you. taking a look at some of our top stories, police in florida made three arrests now in connection with the slaying of a couple. two suspects were arrested while the father of one of those suspects is being charged with evidence tampering in the case. surveillance footage from cameras at the home helped police make the arrest. so far they have not been able to release a possible motive. they leave behind 16 children, 12 o

>>> a bizarre and gruesome story out of anne arundel county involving a dead grandmother and a freezer. police discovered an elderly woman in the freezer of her home earlier today. >> reporter: well, delia, police are calling this case bizarre. they say the 83-year-old woman was placed in the freezer by family members and they have no idea how long she was in there. a call came in shortly after 6:00 p.m. yesterday from a family member not living inside the home. detectives say the victim, 83- year-old doris lea cooke lived with several family members in the bottom apartment of this complex located on furnace branch road in glen burnie. she was placed in the freezer by family members and was deceased for several weeks. they are not sure what caused her death just that she was bedridden, possibly several years. >> now, through the investigation they interviewed several family members who actually told them that the female had been deceased for several weeks and they placed her in the freezer and she was suffering from various ailments and conditions. >> reporter: now, police are ruling t

a major wake-up call for crofton in anne arundel county. here is preview of what you will see tonight on eyewitness news. police say gang members cornered christopher on his bike. they beat him and he died trying to get away. >> if they see something that is going on in the neighborhood, don't just drive by because you will be late for your nail appointment. stop and get involved because you can save somebody's life. >> reporter: a month before the deadly attack, christopher's parents pulled him out of anne arundel high school, fearing he was in a dispute between two rival gangs that he did not belong to. >> reporter: did you know your son was in danger and that he was being bullied at the school? >> that is why we pulled him from the school. his administrators told us his life was in danger. >> you can watch my report tonight at 11:00. >>> still ahead on eyewitness news at noon, as you take another look outside, please stick around, your complete first warning forecast just two and a half minutes away. >>> welcome back, everybody. here is

a former anne arundel county police officer is in jail tonight. he was sentenced for a fatal accident involving alcohol. he was accused of leaving the scene of the accident. barry simms is live in harford county with details. >> dayne hall will serve 18 months behind bars. prosecutors wanted seven years and so did the family of the man killed in the crash. >> this has been a devastating, horrible thing for the family. >> it was january of this year when 28-year-old antonio martinez died in a wreck on i-95 in harford county. he and two passengers were on their way to a construction job in delaware. in april, 29-year-old former anne arundel county police officer dayne hall pleaded guilty to next homicide and failure to stop and remain at the scene of an accident resulting in death. prosecutors wanted a seven-year sentence. they asked what is the value of a life? >> i just think the responsibilities that come along with being a police officer and leaving the scene of the accident and someone being killed in the accident was worth more than 18 months.

. >> and an anne arundel county police officer sentenced in a deadly d.u.i. crash. how long will he spend behind bars? >> a councilmember arrested for drunk driving. and it isn't the first time. >> 11 -- "11 news saturday morning" starts now. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] >> good morning. i'm lisa robinson. >> and first we want to take a look outside with jim nichols who is in for john collins. >> a little rain, but we're getting a nice breeze, and that's coming on a saturday, so you can't get any better than that. humidity will be on the way up, as well as temperatures. let's look at the radar picture. a few scattered radar pictures, and thunderstorms out to the west toward indiana. we won't have to worry about that for today. we are looking for clear skies today. let's take a quick look at temperatures across the region. we are sitting at six degrees. 70 downtown baltimore. 73 in ocean city. nice start to the day. 60's will be for the rest of this morning. on the satellite, not a whole lot of cloud cover to be seen. we are expecting a fe

as far as other accidents, just one in anne arundel county. technology drive at national business parkway. and watch for some art scape closures already in place downtown. mount royal, westlandville, preston, olger -- oliver and cathedral. some on 95 as well as the top side of the beltway. there's a live look at the top side. you're looking at a 10-minute drive on the inner loop between charles and harford, with an average speed of 30 miles an hour. this traffic report is brought to you by pennsylvania convention and visitors bureau. go to lancaster county.com. back over to you. >>> baseball star, educator, family man and friend. that is how former negro league star burt simmons is being remembered today. ron matz reports on the final tribute to a baltimore sports legend. >> you're good enough to play in the negro league, good enough to play in the major league. >> reporter: burt simmons loved telling students. >> we love burt simmons. burt simmons was a hero of ours. he was the last of the baltimore eli giants. >> reporter: today, this hero w

. >>> anne arundel county police shot a man who threatened an officer a chair last night. it started when a woman was treated for injuries at the anne arundel medical center. police later went to her arnold home to check on her condition, and that's when the woman's husband became angry, told the officers to leave, and then attacked them. the officers used pepper spray and a taser gun on the man, but he continued to fight. >> at one point during the assault, the subject picked up a dining room chair, a wood 10 dining room chair, raised it up over an officer who was on the floor beneath him. he was about to strike the officer wit. the other officer who was there, fearing for that officer's safety, thought that he was in eminent danger, fired his duty weapon. >> the unidentified man is at shock trauma with serious but nonlife-threatening injuries. >>> you might have seen police searching baltimore's inner harbor this afternoon. they were looking for a body. a person is reportedly missing after a boat party on the canton waterfront last night. but other partygoers aren't certa

calvert county and anne arundel county. those cells have now dissipated. moving further to the east. there around st. mary's county, earlier that one cell possibly producing some hail. but further east of the area. here is the one cell i'm watching now because it is moving east-northeastward and into areas around orange county and perhaps southwestern spotsylvania county in the next few minutes. it could possibly, possibly, turn into some real rough weather here with possible rotation. we have wis out of the southwest and at the surface and winds out of the west alot of. a day with the possibility of location around the area. meanwhile, take a look at the high winds. norfolk, virginia, 54 miles per hour. half inch of rain there. temperature is 72. over a third of an inch of rain and huntingtown, maryland. with winds there just at 13 miles per hour. so for the next couple of hours here, up until at least about 8:00, 9:00 p.m., we could see high winds. and possible rotation still with some of the cells that come through here. today we stayed socked in with th

this week we focus on two bold robberies in anne arundel county. first one happened june 25th at the 7-eleven on donaldson avenue and severn. two men walk in at 3:15 in the morning. one of them shot the clerk with a pellet gun. if you recognize the men, call police. detectives are also looking for a man who robbed a dunkin' doughnuts on defense highway on crofton. the masked man walked in around 10:30 monday. no one was hurt but, crimestoppers is offering a $2,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in this case. now don't forget. you can see any of our reports by heading over to abc2news.com/crimechecker. if you have any information about any of the crimes to report on, please call your local police department. brian kuebler, abc 2 news. >>> maryland's comptroller is holding millions in cash, and it belongs to you. comptroller peter franchot is taking his unclaimed property program to the web. the ad is designed to let marylanders know about the millions of dollars in unclaimed property his department is holding. the cash and property come

it is headed towards southern anne arundel county. oakland and zeile area. the another cluster further north through montgomery county. gaithersburg, this one, too, with lightning. at the game if you are headed, 7:05, we have a makeup game against the cardinals. scattered thunderstorms and 79 degrees. you will need the rain gear. we should be dry by tomorrow morning. and starting to clear out skies tomorrow partly sunny and up to a high of 86 degrees. still a chance possibility of scattered thunderstorms. right now at the beaches, not looking too bad. sunday we may pick up more storms late in the day. jim, pat? >> thanks, veronica. >>> coming up on "news4 at 4:00," who is getting in trouble for what they knew about michael jackson's death? new details today about the man claiming to be his seek remember son. >>> he is a fixture on the streets of new york city. wait until you hear what the naked cowboy is planning to do now. when morning comes in the middle of the night... rooster crow. ...it affects your entire day. sleep, try 2-layer ambien cr. the first lay

. >>> a disturbing discovery in anne arundel county. a body was pulled from the water in a marina. the police say the body was found in shipwrights harbor marina, this is yesterday afternoon. the victim, a 62-year-old white male, what we know so far but right now his name is not released because his next of kin hasn't been released. an autopsy will be performed to determine cause of death. >>> and police in anne arundel county, they are also awaiting the results of an autopsy as they investigate the death of an elderly woman whose body was found in a freezer. family members say the 83-year-old woman, doris lea cooke, had been bed-ridden for years. relatives told police when the woman died in her home in glen burnie several weeks ago they put the body in the freezer. police reportedly got a tip from another relative. >>> the archdiocese of baltimore plans to shut down towson catholic high school but current and former students refused to give up without a fight. students, parents, alumni held a rally yesterday outside of the church of the immaculate conception. the archdiocese says

the leading edge will be hitting portions of anne arundel county and looks line kent island as we go through the next hour. baltimore dry for the time being but the moisture from the south trying to roll up in our direction. around the region, a muggy start, 67 degrees and haze in the air at westminster. 70 in glen burnie and you're currently dry. but we have that 60% chance of developing some shower or thunderstorm today through this afternoon. our two-degree guarantee gets us to 82. so keep the umbrella handy. this will be the wettest day and the best chance of rain throughout the week. >>> 6:00, here's kim. >> thank you. good morning. we do have a crash to tell you about in harford county. that is going to be route 152 at singer road. that crash is actually taking out the traffic signals. it could take you a few minutes to get around that. that earlier crash in the city, woodland avenue and reisterstown road has been cleared but the crash in bel air, press prospect mill road and wentworth drive remains on scene. halethorpe, southwestern boulevard and washington boulevard, a crash

>>> the commute looks good as you make your way out of anne arundel county on 97 northbound as you head towards the beltway. however, in baltimore county we're still dealing with some traffic lights out at varied intersections. the first one is in catonsville, baltimore national pike at ingleside avenue. we've got another one in reisterstown, franklin boulevard at church road. in cockeysville west padonia road at broad avenue, the traffic lights not working. treat them as four-way stops. the earlier crash in pasadena cleared, jumpers hole road at route 2, no problems there. this is 95 southbound approaching the whitemarsh boulevard area. we have some building volume early in the morning but no delays to let you know about at this time. back to you. >>> there's a bit of slowdown at traffic court in phoenix yesterday. >> 3,800 people were ordered to show up at the same time. hundreds of people lined up early outside of the justice center and that line literally wrapped around the building. so the next time you go to the dmv and there's a line be thankful there are not literally hundreds o

police in anne arundel county are working to confirm the identity of a body pulled from a marina in the town of deale. police say the body was found in shipwrights harbor marina, off herring bay road. the victim is 62 years old, a white man, they are still trying to notify family. an autopsy is pending the man's death. >>> an fbi profiler concluded two unusual double murders in the largo area not connected. both crimes happened on mondays, within a half mile of one another. police have no suspects in either of these cases. >>> now to some people who have a lot of energy. the soon-to-be former towson high school -- students refusing to give up. >> reporter: brittney gordon reports. >> reporter: supporters of towson catholic came out to the corner of bosley and joppa with a mission. they do not want the archdiocese to close down their school. current students can't believe this is happening. >> i can't believe we have to look for a new school instead of looking for colleges at this point. i couldn't believe it. i thought it was a joke. >> reporter: with enrollment down like never before a

a hate crime in anne arundel county has police working overtime. roosevelt leftwich is working this story. >>> are lawmakers nearing a compromise on health care reform? we've got the latest from washington. >>> and a frightening story involving an apparent case of product tampering. the dangerous drugs found in a candy popular with children. norm is all over the forecast, and it's all ahead on anson 2 news at 5:30. see you then. >>> to iowa where a race car driver is recovering after crashing his car. check this out. two cars collided on the track at the knoxville raceway. one car burst into flames. firefighters pulled the driver from the burning car. the firefighters had minor burns. the driver also had some burns to his face and legs, but we're told he is out of the hospital tonight and doing well. >>> what goes up must come down. the boat goes airborne during a race in washington over the weekend, and starts flipping. amazingly, the driver of the boat wasn't seriously hurt. >>> and the traffic jam at a court in phoenix. that's because 3600 peopl

. >>> another attack at a popular bike trail has police on anne arundel county on alert. jessica kartalija reports police have a strong mention for everyone using the trail. >> reporter: a popular place for hiking and biking turns into a crime scene again friday night when two people walking the bna trail are attacked. >> they were approached from behind by the subject. he demanded money from them and valuables. they refused to give him anything. >> reporter: the suspect struck the male victim in the face. then took off on foot. heading south object the trail near cat tail pass sang, and white -- passage and whites road. >> a blackmail in his teens, 5' 6 or 7. wearing a black shirt and black hat. >> reporter: this latest attack comes months after another robbery on the same trail. >> next thing i know, look out my window and the fire department is here, the police are here and somebody is laying on the bench right here, and then they took him away in the ambulance. >> reporter: the 20-year-old victim was beaten unconscious and taken to shock trauma for a head injury. poli

. >> reporter: i am mary bubala in crofton, ann arundel county. a place you would think is free of the influence of gangs. but all that changed with the death of a 14-year-old. that story just ahead on eyewitness news . >>> 222 and a half past 6:00. gang violence. it is killing our kids. signs live. mary bubala investigates the problem. good morning once again, mary. >> good morning, again, don and everybody. suburban communities across our nation are reporting real trouble with gangs or wannabe gangs, and in crofton in anne arundel county, they know the pain that gangs with inflict all too much. >> i need someone here now. >> reporter: chaos strikes in a suburban neighborhood. >> not as safe as people think it is. >> reporter: christopher jones lay lifeless, beaten to death not far from his crofton home. >> it shouldn't happen. it should just not happen. >> reporter: gang members cornered christopher on his bike. they beat him as he died trying to get away. >> we thought we did everything right. >> reporter: a month before the deadly attack, chri

. >> reporter: anne arundel county police block off the streets and block the view to bystanders, keeping the grisly scene of the morning murder behind a curtain. >> about quarter to 7, i hear a bang, bang, bang. so i was thinking it was fire crackers. >> reporter: instead, police say it was gunfire, shots claim the life of a man witnesses say was brought down as he walked through this wooded path at the rainbow view apartments. >> a male person lying on the ground. >> reporter: nearly seven hours later, it still hasn't been moved as police continue to process the scene and search for evidence. >> they're going to continue to interview witnesses, and the scene is being processed. and the investigation is very active. >> reporter: and it was that police activity that surprised people who live here. >> you get up in the morning and come outside, and you see all this. you know, it's a shock to the whole community. >> reporter: a community left with many questions following the shooting. police have not identified the victim, and say they have no suspects or motive in the case. but folks here

and anne arundel county. and then on to the eastern shore. and then this one little thunderstorm is making its way on towards our region. the heaviest activity is up in pennsylvania, and right on the pennsylvania-maryland line. but we do have showers in our neighborhood now. here is what is going on. the larger picture. we're seeing shower and thunderstorm activity pull towards the north and east. we're seeing a few scattered showers back here. but look at these breaks in the overcast back here. that's the weather that we'll see during the day on thursday, which means that we'll see some sunshine. a lot more sunshine than we saw during the day today. and also, a slim chance for a shower. but quite frankly, i think we're going to go precipitation- free, or mostly precipitation- free during the day on thursday. but on friday, another whack of moisture heads in our direction with more heavy shower and even severe thunderstorm activity. now watch this system as it makes its way on towards from west to east. as it gets in close to the regions, com

. >> reporter: even more stunning, the shop is just two doors down from an anne arundel county police substation where officers come and go throughout the day and night. some of the hatred seems directed at the asian shop owner neighbors too and promises there will be more to come. brown says she's not flinching. >> i'm still looking but i'm not going to leave. i'm not going to stop doing what i've been doing, you know. this is my life. more to come. for me, that means the best is yet to come. >> reporter: brown estimate it is could take her a couple months to get back up and running. that's two months without the money she needs to feed her family. >> thank you. >>> another big story, alexandria's police chief arrested, charged with driving drunk. arlington county police seder der ya police chief david -- say alexandria police chief david baker crashed his car into another car at the entrance ramp of 66 at north fairfax drive. chief baker blew a .19, that is more than twice the legal limit. today city officials in alexandria announced chief baker has been placed on administrative lea

anne arundel county exclusive john leopold said the state has balanced the budget in recent years by taking money from the counties. >> transportation trust fund. program open space. waterway improvement fund. all special funds rated by the state to help out the budget. so the counties have paid their fair share. >> nancy grasmick said shifting the burden of funding pensions should not come at the expense of students. >> it is the local jurisdiction is paying a high percentage of that, will that then be reducing the educational services for children? >> next week, governor o'malley is expected to recommend massive cuts to reduce a $700 million budget deficit. but he is luke warm about forcing the counties to begin picking up the tab for teacher's pensions. >> i have not been in favor of that, in the past. and i nonetheless have a duty and obligation to remain open to my colleagues in the legislature, because they are elected officials too and look at the same numbers and same budget. >> meantime, a commission of state lawmakers will soon begin tackling the thorny question of how to pa

when an inmate escape, they become the responsibility of the anne arundel county police. in his letter today, hsaid there appeared to be no notification of the community that an escape had occurred. he is asking the mayor to implement a residential alert system, similar to the one that the county has in place. >> i think its irresponsible that there was not a sophisticated notification system in plac >> reporter: chair woman told fox 5 she feared for her officer's safety. these pictures show broken windows, doors and walls. she called conditions inside out of control. now, leopold spoke with the maryland congressional legislation about drafting legislation that would force the district to comply with the plin mum security standards required under maryland law. the mayor's office was contacted but didn't respond to the latest level. >> we will stay on top of that one. thank you. >>> the investigation into the deadly metro crash is causing more commuter troubles on the red line. metro is warning riders delays could last another ten days. trains are traveling at slower speed

most of them in baltimore and anne arundel county. >> well it was another hot muggy july day. will we have more of the same tomorrow? chief meteorologist vytas reid is here to look at the forecast. >> another hot and humid day out there today. but the difference is probably see more thunderstorm activity in the potential for some strong storms as we see a system pushing in from the west. go right to the hd radar. scanning the skies. no activity out there right now. quiet conditions. southwest you can see the thunderstorms moving in. over parts of kentucky, and in to southern west virginia. that makes the way in by mid-morning, afternoon tomorrow. and fire up as we see the daily shooting. look at the heating down south. lots of activity to work with. and we have a front moving over the midwest. that will be converging with the system. so the storm prediction center included parts of maryland and baltimore in a slight risk category for strong weather. we saw temperatures in the upper 80s. highs today lower 90s. that's what it felt like with the hot temperatures coming up from th

maryland natural resources police have been out on the water all day in anne arundel county. melinda roeder has more tonight. >> wind surf. have fun, on the bay. >> it is a popular spot for recreational boaters, but the water here is known to be rough at times. >> in this particular area, the south river, the waves are 3 to 4 feet. >> that was the case sunday afternoon. >> yesterday it was very choppy. you could see the waves out there. >> still those that live near mayo beach park, were stunned to learn about this tragedy. 39-year-old clinton wallace of baltimore, is the seventh person in maryland to drown this boating season. it happened, police say, after he jumped out of the boat and went for a short swim. about a mile and a half offshore. but he quickly grew tired. friends still inside the boat, tried to help. >> they tried throwing life jackets to the individual. and do the high winds and rough seas, life jackets never made it to him. >> once he went under water, wallace never resurfaced. monday police continued the search for his body. >> we are using side scan sonar,

stormy activity in southern anne arundel county. rockville and western portions of dc getting good storms through the next couple of hours. overnight tonight looking at the showers and thunderstorms. tomorrow morning probably sunshine for the morning commute. then a slight chance for a stray shower. but it looks like we will see a decent weekend with sunshine. i will talk about that coming up in the seven-day forecast. >> thank you, vytas. you can be in charge of your own personalized forecast. i-radar is available at foxbaltimore.com. use the interactive tools to track coming storms right down to your street. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on i-radar. >> well, excitement is brewing in baltimore as anxious soccer fans get ready for the big match up. and all of those people, and all of that traffic. karen parks live at m&t bank stadium with more on the traffic concerns tonight. karen? >> well, jennifer, they are expecting thousands tomorrow. but with the excitement started today. >> this is my first international game. >> it is a m

. >> reporter: in anne arund anne arundel county, the state wants to work with lawmakers to change the law, regarding the disposal of the dead. >> they pointed to one case wjz covered in august of 1999. >> it involved marshall. authorities say he buried her there months before. under the law, he could not be charge would. >> why didn't you come to me? he said he was so afraid, he didn't want to go to anyone. >> police say their investigation is active. >> right now, the family is trying to figure out what is going on and just pull together and figure everything out. >> reporter: anne arundel county police are asking that anyone with knowledge of miss cook's case contact them right away. reporting live from the medical examiner's office, mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> police say miss cook was bedridden and suffered from many medical problems. >>> the bodies of four girls found in a home in washington, d.c. >> that's right, vic. the trial is under way for the mother accused of killing those four children. their bodies were found inside banita jacks' home in 2008. police say she h

. >> anne arundel county, baltimore city, baltimore county, carol, harford, and howard. >> there are no excuses. if one school can do it, all the schools can do it. >> since he took the top job in baltimore city, student test scores have continued to go up. that is why the district offered the employees a cookout. there is a good chance of baltimore city's school board will do a bit more for the ceo. according to his employment contract, he is entitled to a performance bonus. >> i can't talk about that. that is for the board to decide. i have a contract. for me, it is about the kids doing better. that is the bottom line. if the kids don't improve, i am out of a job. >> the school board can go even further. i can give him an annual performance bonus up to $12,000 for demonstrated efficiencies within the school system. the appreciation does not have to stop there. the board can give its ceo and annual performance bonus of up to $6,000 for creative programs that enhance statewide reform within the school system. when you do the math, he could receive as much as $30,000 a year in perform

i'm studying the legislation to pat terpattern this after that d bring it here to anne arundel countyhat do you think is working there or have you seen success from them? >> in the communication we have seen from baltimore county, they have had success. they cannot attribute it directly to the video cameras in dealing with the parking lot and incidents that occur there. they have had a reduction from 100 some incidents, to 84 or so. it's not a direct link but it's a contributing factor for the decrease of indense inincidentse mall. >> reporter: it things go well, this could move quickly. maybe they could have the legislation done in the fall. that would mean roughly less than 10 of these large shopping areas could have the security cameras in place. they would have to have them in place based on legislation. live outside anne arundel mills this morning. i'm joel d smith. >>> still ahead, it's art in a whole new light. we will have a preview of wartscape in our hometown hot spot. >>> you need to know about a major trouble. a car fire completely blocks one of the tunnels in the southbou

. >> anne arundel county police shoot a man threatening to hit an officer with a chair. officials from anne arundel medical center asked police to go to the man in the 1000 block of deep creek road to check on the condition of his wife, she had been treated at the hospital recently. 50-year-old man became belligerent and told officers to leave. and raised a chair over the heads to hit one of the officers. >> during that assault officers employed pepper spray to subdue him and a taser to subdue him. he was able to continue to fight. >> man was taken to shock trauma with serious injuries and expected to survive. he is facing several charges. >> autopsy results in the body of an elderly woman found in a freezer in anne arundel county will hopefully reveal more about her death. police were called to 83-year-old doris cook's glen burnie apartment friday night. she had been bedridden following a heart attack several years ago. >> she was a good woman. i mean, you could not ask for a better person. she would do anything for anybody. >> police say cook died several weeks before,

anne arundel county police remain on the scene, conducting their investigation.ou on tv hill. >> thank you very much, captain mike perry, sky eye chopper 13. >>> north carolina terrorist. seven men are arrested for an alleged terror plot abroad. >>> find out what list this local college landed on in princeton's annual review. >>> i'm tim williams in for bob turk in the first warning weather center. putting the finishing touches on your five-day forecast. coming up. >>> first, here's today's report from wall street. we'll be right back. have you heard about miralax? it's a different kind of laxative that's kindto your body. miralax relieves constipation with no bloating... no cramping... and now...no prescription. announcer: restore your body's natural rhythm withmiralax. >>> taking a look at one storm that is moving across the southern edge of the viewing area. we're looking at first warning live doppler radar, showing you that from this lowest edge, to the northern most portion of this storm, around fort mchenry and canton. this storm system is moving very slowl

. >>> a shocking find in ann arundel county the body of a woman was found stuffed in a freezer.he medical examiner reports they are trying to determine if there is any foul play involved. >> reporter: the body is here. her grandson said calling police was the right thing to do. investigators found 83-year-old doris lea cooke inside a freezer at the country club apartments where she lived with her two daughters. they believe she was dead for several weeks. her grandson said why he called authorities when he found out. >> the person was no longer living. i'm not going to cover up anything. >> reporter: the cause of death has not been determined. the state medical examiner has miss cook's body. >> nobody knows what actually happened. we won't know for a while. >> reporter: her grandson would not say why he believed other family members put the body in the freezer. his grandmother was bedridden and suffered from many medical problems before her death. >> unfortunately time caught up to her and it will catch up to everybody at one point in time. she just -- she is in a better place i

we held off the rain most of the afternoon with the exception of places from anne arundel county to the eastern shore with some really rough weather during the afternoon hours. we had our rain in baltimore north side last night. again, clear to partly cloudy setup. definitely feeling the warm pinching of the humidity and we'll fire up more showers and storms. again, there's one particular computer model indicating the better chance into the mountains but we may have an isolated shower this afternoon. can't rule it out with the heat and humidity. looks like some of the energy could reach us overnights. we may increase our chance of rain tonight through tomorrow morning. and then throughout the day tomorrow good chance of some rain so maybe a slow ride getting to the beaches but we should improve a little over the weekend. the general setup -- we have ourselves our two-degree guaranteed high temperatures of 89. we'll call it sunny to partly sunny. then increase the clouds with an isolated shower this afternoon. it will be humid, feel like the lower 90s. the chance of showers and storms he

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. >> anne arundel county police say they need your help finding the man responsible for a burglary at an odenton gas station. it occurred last wednesday. the suspect caused extensive damage to the business. if you have any information on who this man is or where he may be, called metro crime stoppers, the number on your screen. you may be eligible for a $2,000 reward. for motorcycle enthusiasts, baltimore county police say it is hunting season for thieves. a warning for motorcycle and minivan owners. melissa carlson has more. >> motorcycles and minivans, you may think the two vehicles have nothing in common. but for thieves, those two vehicles are a perfect combination. this woman said she woke up last week to find that the only thing left of her husband's motorcycle was its cover. >> which saw other people with motorcycles around out here so we did not expect anything to happen to it. it was parked right out front of our door so we did not think anybody would be brave enough to take it. >> you can see marks on the ground where thieves dragged the bike. a spokesperson explains that in

getting some showers, slowly drifting toward anne arundel county likely over the next hour or so. e, dorchester county, they're getting a little bit of a shower near cambridge. elsewhere on the radar, we don't have any other precipitation except up here in kent county. that's drifting off to north as well. all around the area it's a rather mild, not too muggy morning. upper 60s in fairfax, montgomery, prince george's counties. near 70 in washington, mid-60s in frederick, loudoun county. near 60 in the shenandoah valley. eastern shore's steamy, though, very humid there. they have had some showers overnight. out of the mountains in the mid 506s where they're off to a partly cloudy start there. these morning clouds will slowly drift to the north and east so we've got to get some sunshine going in the next couple of hours. we may have some thundershowers later on today, the mid-atlantic states, perhaps in new england, some flight delays there as well as south florida, the gulf coast. out in new mexico, central plains and the upper midwes but elsewhere should notave any travel problemsn

arundel mills about the upcoming legislation. did not want to discuss the issue. >>> right now baltimore county the law with the only one that requires surveillance video in the parking lots. >>> gruesome discovery in anne a woman's body found stuffed in a freezer. wjz spoke to the family member that called police. mike hellgren with the latest for us. >> unfolded at the scene about 24 hours ago when police responded. the grandson of the 83 years old woman found in the freezer tells us he does not want to spec lite why she was placed there. >> paste --anne arundel police found the body in a freezer. >> i won't go into detail bus that would be disrespectful to my grandmother passing away. i was called and informed by my aunt and came over to check the situation out. once i found out what was going on, then contacted anne arundel authorities. >> reporter: investigators say that ms. cook had been in the freezer for several weeks. her grandson tells wjz she lived in the apartment with her two daughters. >> don't know buy and i'm not going to make a false statement, because that's ignorance on my part. you know, they are still looking into it and to find out what happened. >> reporter: at this point, again n