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attorney outside federal court after 22-year-old antonio martinez pleads guilty to attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction. according to the plea agreement , martinez began talking more and more about attacking military targets in the u.s. and actually tried to recruit fellow muslims at a mosque he was attending. a confidential source contacted the fbi agents when he thought of as going too far. with this lead that broke the case wide open. >> from their initial cooperation, we were able to roll our resources in and mitigate this thread. >> in november of 2010, the confidential source and an undercover fbi agent met and devised a plan to blow up the armed forces career center which idea.timately martinez's martinez was presented with a vehicle armed with what he thought was a bomb and taught how to use it. he admitted his intent to blow up the career center and then carried out his plan. >> he parked the vehicle in front of the building then went to a vantage point with a confidential source to see the effect of what would happen when he actually activated the bomb. he did not d

. >> here is what people are talking about today, antonio martinez changed his plea to guilty as part of a deal. wjz is live at the courthouse, mike hellgren has the details. good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon. this is a man who said he wanted to wage jihad against the u.s. government. earlier this month he had pleaded not guilty, but just hours ag that all changed. antonio martinez spent weeks before making the decision to change his plea to guilty, admitting he attempted to use a weapon of mass destruction to blow up the recruitment center in 2010. the plot the government derailed with the help of an informant, who noticed alarming posts on his facebook page. >> i think the work the fbi did in this case is as good as it gets, it documented his intent, he intented to kill people and do damage and admitted that today. >> he went ahead and armed the bomb, drove the car, parked it in front of the building then went to a vantage point to see what would happen. >> the government claims martinez said it was his dream to wage a holy war against the united states. his plea agreement

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antonio martínez de 22 años fue arrestado en diciembre de 2010, después de que agentes dijeran que intentó un agente encubierto se hizo pasar por un vendedor de armas. martínez podría pasar 25 años tras las rejas y su sentencia está programada para abril. - los robos de cobre continúan en la región. pensó que alguien había caído en su techo, la policía dice que desde noviembre los ladrones han cometido más de 20 robos en viatela, potomac y propio. las autoridades dicen que la reventa de cobre que pagar y esto ha motivado el aumento de robos. en la mayoría de los casos se ha visto una camioneta y los sospechosos dicen trabajar para una empresa de canaletas. - esta mañana una escuela primaria fue evacuada luego de que ocho estudiantes y un maestro se quejaron de que sus ojos estaban irritados. los bomberos dijeron que un problema eléctrico en la escuela fue la causa de la irritación. las autoridades investigan el incidente y nadie tuvo que ser hospitalizado. - la policía de prince george's investiga el descubrimiento de un cuerpo en un pozo en funk washington. la policía dijo que un ciudadan

attorney outside federal court after a 22-year- old benjamin antonio martinez, a k a muhammed hussain, pleaded guilty to attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. he began talking more and more about attacking military targets in the u.s. and actually tried to recruit fellow muslims at a mosque he was attending. a confidential source contacted fbi agents when he thought it was going too far. it was this lead that broke the case right open. >> from their initial cooperation, we were able to roll our resources in and mitigate this threat. >> on november 16th, 2010, a confidential source and an undercover fbi agent who posed as the sources afghani brother met and planned to blow up the recruiting center. on december 8th, martinez was presented with a vehicle armed with what he thought was a bomb, and taught how to use it. he then admitted on tape his intent of blowing up the career center and then carried out his plan. >> he drove the car, parked the vehicle in front of the building, then went to a vantage point with the confidential source to see the effect of what would happen wh

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./ antonio martinez who began using the name muhammad hussain after he converted to islam faces a possiblefederal agents say it was the muslim community who alerted them of the potential threat. for months, martinez attempted hhm carry out the attack. the target became u-s soldiers. 12::9;38 we had recorded evidence in the defendantssown words that demonstarted his intent to carry out a hostile attack that he intended in fact to kill people he intended to do damage and he admitted that today :48 unaware hat federal agents pere on to him... martinez attempted to detonatt the car bomb. his arrest followed. &pmartinez is scheduled to be sentenced in april. joy lepola fox 45 news at 5:30. an update to a story you saw first on fox...an elkton middle school student .... is charged with unching his autistic classmate n the face...and it was all caught on camera. camera.11-year-old andrew simpson is now charged with disorderly conduct and second degree assault. he's the boo in ttis youtube video ... seen punching the utistic student. but simpsoo says he was acting out of self-defense ... because t

a suspected terrorist plead guilty in federal court. 22-year-old antonio martinez pled guilty to attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction. he was accused of scheming to attack an armed forces recruiting station in december 2010. he was arrested after he attempted to detonate what he believed to be explosives in a parked vehicle at the recruiting station he will be sentenced april 16. at a police officer in cecil county pleads guilty to hit and run what drinking and driving in november. officer david vogel entered the plea on wednesday. offials say the 11-year veteran crossed the center line and struck a truck and his personal suv before driving away. no one was hurt, and a vocal has been suspended with pay since the incident. a man is in police custody after a a meeting troopers on a chase through maryland and delaware. maryland state police say that a trooper stopped the man on i-95 near perryville, but he took off, traveling the interstate at speeds of over 100 mi. per hour until he reached delaware. police say he cites what another vehicle. when he came back to maryland, he attempt

mike was at the courthouse as antonio martinez confessed to the crime. >> reporter: antonio martinez signed his plea agreement with the name he took after recently converting to islam, mohammed hussein he dropped his defense the government tried to e illegally trap him and pleaded guilty to a chilling plan to detonate a bomb inside an suv parked at a military yes recruiting center in baltimore county. >>> he did push the device given to him and realized it was not working and within seconds placed under arrest. >> reporter: an informant tipped off the fbi after reading radical posts on his facebook page. secretly recorded conversations exposed his anger the government. he said they will be killed until they stop raging war against islam we won't stop until they kill us or lock us up. >>> i would like to acknowledge the muslim community reaching out to us to help identify the threat early on. >> reporter: i wanted comments from you guys about the plea. >> his lawyers were not talking at a previous court hearing his mom said this. >> it is entrapment. >> reporter: this were no family m

the government says antonio martinez tried to wage holy war against the u.s.eads guilty to an attempted bombing in federal court. wjz is live. mike hellgren has details on the scheme and how long the suspect could spend behind bars. mike? >> reporter: well, mary, the plea agreement calls for 25 years, but it's all at the discretion of the judge. the plan involves setting off explosives in catonsville.

antonio martinez entered a guilty plea in federal court today. an undercover investigation revealed he tried to detonate when he thought was a car bomb outside of the armed forces career center back in november of 2010. >> he on to the bomb on his own after it was proof that -- presented to him by the undercover. he went to advantage. with a confidential source so he could see the effect of what would happen when he activated the bomb with the device provided to him. he did not do that until after he was informed that there were at least seven soldiers in the building. >> prosecutors have requested he be sentenced to 25 years in prison. the pasadena teen admitted to a killing inside of a 7-eleven. three other teams are charged in that case. their trials are set for sometime later this year. tonight some baltimore. children received in an indirect -- valuable lesson by a navy seal. kai reed was there. she joins us with more on the event. >> it was more about focusing on the skills needed to be successful in life. on most days, the boys and girls c

antonio martinez testpleaded guilty today. he was caught in an fbi sting. he is said to be sentenced on april 6. it is the latest problem causing a major oil and -- major mess for metro riders as a cracked rail outside the 10 baton station -- of sun's -- outside the tenleytown station lead to frustration. >> metro crews got here at 9:30 a.m. this morning, currently replacing 40 feet of ralph. metro is simple-tracking. at one point, the train was so crowded it shut down the entire red line. with a makeshift sign, and louder voices -- >> move to the center of the car as quickly as possible. >> they knew this. they did not maintain the system. we have problems. >> this time it is a cracked rail on the red line, forcing trains at the tenleytown station to run on one track. >> right now i'm very embarrassed because i have been interviewed today. i should go right now to take a boss. >> not only single-tracking, but the cars are moving slowly. this train set for 20 minutes. >> i got on the train, and there was a broken train in front of it. i have to get a cab to

cargos terroristas...esto ocurrio en baltimo y nuestra companera claudia uceda nos trae los antonio martinezle por intentar detonar un coche bomba afuera de este centro de reclutamiento militar en maryland... y se une a una lista corta de hispanos acusados de terrorismo.... rosa benavidez/inmigrante preocupada " estamos viendo que los hispanos estamos siendo discriminados. que un hispano se convierta en terrorista, nos afecta." el fiscal federal que vio el caso dice que el joven estadounidense de 22 anos de origen nicaraguense queria matar a soldados que recibian instruccion militar.... ... agentes encubiertos del fbi le hicieron pensar que eran terroristas y le proporcionar on los materiales para la bomba... rob rosenstein/fiscal federal "martinez estaciono el vehiculo que penso tenia la bomba - al frente del centro - y apreto un boton para hacerlo detonar..." matinez se convirtio en musulman en el 2010.el fbi investigo sus mensajes en facebook sobre sus creencias. documentos de la corte muestra que el queria mandar el mensaje de " quienes se enlisten en la armada, seran asesinados. martine

. >>> antonio martinez, accused of trying to detonate a phony car bomb will be in federal court. martinez is scheduled for rearraignment wednesday. documents detailing under cover sting that caught him trying to detonate the bomb unknowingly supplied by the fbi, outside of an armed forces recruiting center. martinez pled not guilty to the charges. >>> after a year of searching, police caught the man who terrorized women in virginia. johnny is accused of cutting the rear ends of 13 women as they shopped last year. he was arrested in peru. officials are working to bring him to the u.s. now. >>> huge billboard came tumbling down in new york city. up next, what officials are saying caused it to fall and the damage that resulted. a memorial is going to be corrected. why this has drawn criticism over the omission of one word. amazing story. we will tell you about it on dr. martin luther king day. you are watching good morning maryland, back in just a bit. ♪ [ gasp ] [ mom ] my husband -- he thinks it's a 3-sheeter. i say 1-sheeter. bounty can clean the mess with less. [ female announce

antonio martinez is expected to enter a new plea at 9:00. the 22-year-old originally pleaded not guilty. court documents detail a sting by the fbi that allegedly caught martinez trying to detonate a fake car bomb in 2010 at a catonsville recruiting center. >>> new ration over the murder -- ration over the murder of a lawsuit from laurel. steven mcdaniel appeared in a central georgia courtroom yesterday, accused of killing his former neighbor and classmate lauren giddings last summer. she had just graduated from mercer university law school and had been out that night celebrating with friends. prosecutors say they are going for the death penalty. giddings' boyfriend, friends and several family members sat in the courtroom dressed in pink yesterday. >> we don't want to say anything that would be misunderstood as thinking he is guilty. we want a fair trial for him too. we want the person who killed lauren to come to justice, whoever that might be. >> mcdaniel's lawyers are challenging the makeup of the grand jury which indicted him. mcdaniel wi

the 22-year-old antonio martinez raised the subject of attacking military target was an fbi agent in october 2010. he spoke about his anger toward america and felled muslims were being unfairly targeted in november of 2010 he tried to set off what was a fake bomb. if the court takes the plea deal he will be sentenced to 25 years in prison. >>> today john's hopkins revealed it's two new patient towers this are high. they will be more patient focus, featuring a basketball court for kids and sleep over couches for family members. all five-years of construction the -- the towers will officially open on april the 29th. two towers would put a large portion of the campus. >>> let's looka your money. the number of people filing for unemployment is up. 377,000 people filed for first time jobless benefits last week. it comes after we saw a big drop earlier this movement economists say the slight bump isn't necessarily a bad sign for the market but they expect to see claims go up after they drop so significantly the week before. the overall trend continues to show that the job market is improvi

today a man accused of plotting to bomb a military recruiting senter will go before a judge antonio martinez is expected to enterer's guilty plea in the case and be rearraigned today and said he was innocent and applauding to blow -- of plotting to blow up a recruiter center. he was charged with attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction. >>> this morning police in howard county are searching for people who lived in a town home where 40 dead animals were discovered. for a live report on where we are with the investigation, let's go over to lenda so. >> reporter: -- linda so worse whoa -- >> reporter: howard county police are looking for the people who lived there. nabs say they haven't seen the woman who rented the town home for a week. they say she lived there with her husband and her boyfriend and a child. the home is in the glen shire town complex in the 9600 block of lambth court. inside police found 40 dead animals, 21 all around the home, birds, rabbits and a beginy pig and hermet crab. 19 more birds, cats rabbits and snake in the freezer. two cats and a lizard and a gerbil were the

an fbi sting caught antonio martinez in 2010. agents provided the phoney car bomb and arrested martinez trying to detonate the device outside the armed forces recruiting center in baltimore county. martinez will be sentenced in april. >>> 12,000 people packed penn state's basketball arena today to remember former football coach joe paterno. the public memorial wraps up three days of remembrance ceremonies on campus. paterno's wife, children and other family members attended the service. paterno who was 85 years old died of lung cancer sunday. >>> up next stunning video of an ex-marine who fired shots at the pentagon and other military at its. >>> you might have to pay more to download a song off itunes if maryland's governor gets his way. check out some of the other stories on the rundown. the news edge will be right back. >> this is fox 5 news edge at 11:00.  >>> a plea deal today for the man who fired shots at pentagon and other area military installations. 23-year-old yonathan melaku, a former marine c

antonio martinez will enterer's guilty plea and rearraigned today. he was charged with attempted murder of federal officers and attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. martinez pleaded innocent to the charges originally. >>> continuing coverage this morning of and an malhoarding case out of howard county. linda so is here with the latest on the investigation as we are looking for the people who lived in the town house. linda, this is bizarre. >> reporter: in the last hour we spoke with howard county police. they say they are looking for the people who lived there. neighbors say they haven't seen the woman who rented the town home for week. she lived there with her husband, boyfriend and a child. home is is in the glenshire town complex in the 9600 block of lambth court a property manager smelled something and called 911. inside police found 40 dead animals, 21 all around the home, and bird, rabbits and goney pig and hermit crab and in the freezer 19 more birds, cats and rabbits and a snake. the only survivors were two cats, a lizard and a ger

antonio martinez changed his plea to guilty in federal court. he tried to detonate what he thought was a car bomb outside the armed forces career center. >> he went an armed the bomb on his own. he drove the car and parked the vehicle in front of the building so he could see the effect of what happened when he activated the bomb. he did not do that until after he was informed that the war of least seven soldiers in the building. >> prosecutors have requested he be sentenced to 25 years in prison. >> he pleaded guilty to murdering another person in november. three other teenagers are charged in that case. >> the same sex marriage debate gets underway in annapolis. the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender committee received a show of support. nadia ramdass joins as worthy lgbt convention continues. >> ben jealous talked about his transgendered brother and talked about that this was close to its heart and he said it was time to end this stimdiscrimination and violence everywhere. others say it was a coincidence that the conference was held in mar

antonio martinez delivered the police on thursday. prosecutors claim an investigation revealed he tried to detonate what he thought was a car bomb back in november of 2010. >> he armed the bomb on his own and he drove the car and parked the vehicle in front of the building. he wanted to see what happened when deactivated the bomb with the device that was provided to him. he did not do that until he was informed that there were at least seven soldiers in the building. >> prosecutors are asking he be sense to 25 years in prison. a teenager pleads guilty. he admitted to killing one person in august of 2010. he pleaded guilty to murdering another in november of that same year. three other teenagers are charged in the case. their trials are set for later this year. >> kids from the park heights boys and girls club received a visit from a navy seal who came to tease them a lesson about being successful in life. he told the students circumstances don't have to determine their future or the kind of people they are. the speech resonated with t

antonio martinez pleaded not guilty for a federal charges of attempted murder. he tried to detonate a phony car bomb. a motion to dismiss the charges against him was denied last month. >> as the 2012 general assembly session gets underway, a new public opinion poll shows what voters think of the top issues. kim dacey joins us live with more on that poll. >> the information comes from a gonzales research and marketing poll conducted earlier this month. they surveyed more than 800 voters across the state of maryland over the phone. that breaks down into 56% democrats, 30% republicans, and 13% registered independents. among those voters, president obama's approval rating rose to 55% with 41% expressing disapproval. that is close to where he was his first year in office. the increase is attributed mostly to democrats and independents. that shows the president's approval rating bouncing back from where it was in september, 2011, at only 49%. the poll shows maryland governor martin o'malley's approval rating holding steady at 53%, with 40% disapproval. that's about th

military recruiting office near baltimore is scheduled to appear in court today. 22-year-old antonio martinezuse of a weapon of mass destruction. he was arrested in december 2010 after a sting operation in which she tried to detonate a phony bomb. prosecutors say that the confessed to that plot. --reararrangeigned. >> a man walked into foote elementary school yesterday while class is one session. he demanded money from the school secretary, implying that he had a weapon. he left without getting anything. the school was placed on lockdown after the incident. a new study could reignite a major debate over public education in the district. the washington post reports a new study recommends that the city turned around or close more than three dozen traditional public schools in its poorest neighborhoods. the report also recommends that the city expand the number of high-performance charter schools. 5:39 is the time. we want to look at traffic and weather as we do every 10 minutes. >> was going on out there? >> there's a little rain, not all that much. more widespread rain will be coming tonight a

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. >>> a military man thought -- and antonio martinez. the agents provided a phony car bomb as he tried to detonate the device outside of the armed forces recruiting center in baltimore county. martinez will be sentenced in april. >>> emotional letters from the center of the women and while the victim asked for justice, the family pleaded with the judge not to send her to prison the rest of the life and he was convicted of killing murray. and that outlined how he was vertly beaten and norwood told police that they had been attacked by robbers. norwood will be sentenced on friday. in letters to the judge, the family acknowledged the loss that he suffered and asked for mercy. the father wrote i know britney is a good person and doll everything to make amends to what happened. this afternoon, we received the victim impact statements from jana murray's parents and they asked for life without parole for norwood. the mother said that the grease is like a lightning strike that is powerful and intense, we live with it daily. and this individual m

antonio martinez is charged with attempted murder. he was arrested in 2010 after the fbi says he thought he was detonating explosives in a, pa parked car outside the center. he could face life in prison. >>> a man pleads guilty to traffic inning snapping turtles, michael johnson bought common snapping turtles for their meat from individuals in various states and finally from a couple of undercover police officers. he faces up to a year in prison. >>> tens of thousands of penn state fans and others are expected to attend a public memorial service for joe paterno today. thousands lined the streets yesterday as his casket was driven through state college pennsylvania. his family held a private funeral. the long time coach died sunday from lung cancer. he was 85 years old. >>> the leader of the baltimore archdiocese is now weeks away from becoming a cardinal. as mary bubala reports this morning, yesterday marked the first public appearance of edwin o'brien here since this announcement. >> reporter: fresh in from rome edwin o'brien held a

antonio martinez tried to detonate the bomb. turns out it was a fake given to him by the fbi. he will be sentenced the april. >>> as a matter of fact connie, this outfit was worn by my great, great-grandmother when she fought on san juan hill. >> the actor known for playing juan epstein on "welcome back, kotter" has died. he also worked on broadway and won an emmy for his work. >>> the 2012 washington auto show opens todayat the d.c. convention center. in a recent study by "consumer reports," 65% say safety is among the top three priorities. >> to give us a little safety lesson we go back live to the convention center and joined there by mike hernandez an engineer with toyota. mr. hernandez, thank you for joining us and i know you're proud of the safety features you have in this year's toyota model. tell us about it. >> well, thank you. what we have here is toyota's driving safety simulator and what this simulator is demonstrating as kate will point out is the difference between driving with and driving without the star safety system. the star safety system includes features s

. >>> sentencing is set for april for antonio martinez. he pleaded guilty yesterday to trying to set off a phoney car bomb outside the armed forces recruiting center in cattensville. a sting operation caught martinez in 2010. >>> two prince george's county delegates have introduced legislation to close a senate loophole that allows convicted felons to stay in office until they go to prison. case in point, leslie johnson. after she worked out a plea deal last year, she wanted to stay on the council until she was sentenced. eventually johnson did resign her seat after public outcry. >>> one day after telling congress that arlington national cemetery lost $12 million, officials now say the money has been accounted for. they told a senate hearing wednesday the funds were missing on wednesday. in a statement released yesterday, arlington officials said the figure was based on a report released in september and that the money has since been found. >>> the pentagon is laying out its plan to cut $295 billion out of its budget over the next five ye

junior dice estar listo para la pelea del 4 de febrero ante marco antonio "el veneno" rubio.tambien declaro que no le tiene miedo a sergio martinez mucho.. bueno, corrobaremos esas declaraciones a continuacion. reptimos, esa pelea sera el proximo 4 de febrero en san antonio texas. bueno y esta noche en nuestra segunda entrega tendremos el resultado de los wizars se enfrentan a los rockets de houston. ojala les vaya bie, ademas otras notas deportivas. muchas gracias asi es sigo aqui en el autoshow y les cuento que es una gran alternativa para disfrutar el fin de semana... el autoshow estará disponible hasta el 5 de febrero y por cierto mañana estaré aquí nuevamente con las unichicas de 2 a 4 para realizar la audición a quienes se incribieron en nuestro concurso reportero por un día... para continuar quiero contarles de un conmovedor libro... se llama poemas para mi ángel... sin duda una gran iniciativa... y bueno hoy es virrnes de estrenos asi que veamos que hay en la gran pantalls... quedese con nosotros que al volver, le diremos quien provoco un retraso en un avion al atrincherarse en la cabina.. detalles al regresar... un pasaj

antonio is charged with attempted murder and use of a weapon of mass destruction. if convicted martinezs student can thank his classmates after they helped to rescue him. the students were on a group trip when his leg got stuck in a cave. he spent almost 5 hours trapped underground before the students and rescuers were able to free him. ravens defensive coordinator chuck pagano is the new head coach of the colts. he will be introduced later today. he started with the ramps in 2008 was their defensive coordinator this past season. stay with wjz 13, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,