ne arundel malls. >>> mourn air mcnair. gering to remember steve mcnair one week after the shocking murder. >> i'm adam may and that's what people are talking about tonight. he was an inspiration to many and remembered today for his accomplishments not the tragic ending of his life. steve mcnair laid to rest in his home state of mississippi. ♪ [ music ] ♪ . >> reporter: steve mcnair's funeral at the university of southern mississippi drew more than 5,000, family members, friends, fans and teammates including baltimore raven ray lewis. >> and meeting steve mcnair through competition, i became a friend. i find myself in awe when i speak about a man like steve mcnair. i find myself in awe and honor being here to speak where it all started from. >> reporter: police determined mcnair was shot to death in his sleep by the 4th of july with a woman he was having an affair with sahel kazemi. her family held a small service in florida. >> when they drop the casket, it was pretty tough. >> kazemi and mcnair dated for six months and fr

a loved one found her remains in anne arundel.he officials of the medical examiner's office are working to determine her cause of date and that is where mike hellgren is. >> reporter: her body is here and her grandson says calling police was the right thing to do but he wanted to withhold judgment until police completed their investigation. investigation found 8 3-year- old doris lee cook inside after freezer at the country club apartments where she lived with her two daughters. they believe she had been dead for several weeks. the grandson called authorities when he found her. >> the person was no longer living and that was the right thing to do. >> reporter: the cause of death has not yet been determined. the state medical examiner has ms. cook's body. >> nobody knows what happened and we won't know until the autopsy. >> the grandson would not say why he believe that maybe family members put her body in the freezer. >> unfortunately time caught up to her and it will catch up to everybody at one point in time. she is in a better

. >>> 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

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 instead be facing second-degree-assault charges for the june incident. along the beltway. police say hall pushed his sister out of the car. and onto the highway. apparently after an argument. the

putting the brakes on summer fun at one anne arundel county beach.eason health officials are warning swimmers to stay out of the water. >> and taking a closer look at supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor. >> headed for a decent weekend for saturday and sunday. for tomorrow, 85 degrees. for a high temperature. most of the day should be dry. but the clouds will be increasing with the slight chance for a shower and or thunderstorm late in the afternoon and evening hours. on sunday, high of 86 degrees w morning clouds and rain showers. and then clearing up, and the day should be dry. 84 degrees. behind the cold front. stay dry and warm again. 84 degrees on monday. 83 degrees on tuesday. and 84 degrees on wednesday. and then close to 90 degrees by thursday. and 86 degrees by friday. so all and all not too bad. this july has been unseasonably cool. back to us guys. >> thanks alot jessica. >> well, the o's have three games left before the all star break. can they end the first half on a good note? >> and also we cannot use the next 12 minutes, 11 1/2 minut

. >> 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

what do you have at arundel mills?> we are back for our 17th year in a row, at arundel mills searching for baltimore's most photogenic baby. this is a part of america's most photogenic baby. the winner in baltimore competes for america's most photogenic baby and that baby gets a modeling contract. the winner last year was from baltimore and was on the inside of "newsweek" magazine and got milk ads. our babies do go on. anyway, we're at arundel mills mall, photographers will be there this thursday through sunday. >> what is the largest crowd you've ever seen there? >> one year we had over 500. that was a big one though >> nobody was crying? >> i was. >> what are we supposed to wear? how do we get them dolled up and ready to go? >> first, i want to say it's for infants through age 5, even though we say babies i want to make sure it's infant through age 5. we have four different categories, most precious, most comical, most beautiful and most fashionable. what happens is you bring your kids to arundel mills for the photo

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

tonight an anne arundel county woman is devastated after a vicious attack. authorities say a neighborhood pit bull wandered onto or property and attacked her farm animals. one animal was killed. rob roblin has details. >> it was early sunday morning when wendy came to feed her animals here at the rescue ranch. what she found was heartbreaking. >> i looked in between the barn there and saw her in the pit bull's mouth. her body actually was being flung like a rag doll. it was something that looked like a movie. i couldn't believe it. >> she has been rescuing animals for years. she takes in farm animals that have been neglected or abused and makes them part of her family. sunday's attack killed one of her animals and injured 15 others. >> people had her -- her face was swollen to about double the size. she's got at least 50 bites on her face and neck. there is one on her side. this is chloe. it was her mother buckwheat that was brutally attacked and her throat crushed by the pit bull. now she's an orphan. she has no mommy. and she cries for her mommy every nigh

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 vacation. >> flyers would be required to include a phone number people could call to stop delivery. violators face fines up for $1000 for repeat offenses. >> governor o'malley

live outside anne arundel mills this morning.h. >>> 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 southbound direction. i will tell you about the >>> join thousands of people for a weekend of music and art. wartsscape is taking over charm city. ed strader with wartsscape is live with all of the details. >> good morning, patrice. it's an honor to be on the station. >> let me ask you, this is organized by wham city as a collective. >> it's an artists that started 7 or eight years ago with the idea of setting up shop and spreading the word of our particular vision of the universe which happens to be a little more odd than most folks, as you saw in the last segment. >> you're going to perform for us this of around? >> yes, i have a song called air show that is going to be coming out a single. >> this performance is one of people can experience as they come out this weekend. >>

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

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

. >> 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

this area if you haven't noticed since you've been standing here, it's mult psatye icl.y : eranne arundel county police say it happened very early saturday morning. it's not just the graffiti but the thieves stole computers and salon equipment. then destroyed the rest by dousing it with fuel. >> they actually put gasoline and poured it in here. so if you turn this o you don't know what's going to happen. that's my money. that's my bred and butter. that's -- bread and butter. that's my bill money. >> reporter: she says this is the first trouble she's had in the two years she's been here. long-time residents like carol boid are -- carol boyd are stunned. >> i've never seen or heard anything like that. it definitely seems to me like it's racial which, you know, i think is ignorant. >> 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. >>

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 certain if the person fell in the water or left to go somewhere else. the person's name h

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

. >> 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

. >> anne arundel county police need are your help tonight finding a burglary suspect.his 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 to

. >>> in anne arundel county, police found marijuana inside a jiffy lube in severn. police found the drugs during a search and seizure warrant yesterday. the business in the 2600 block of annapolis road. police arrested mckenzie web as part of a month-long investigation into the business. detectives seized two large bags, a digital scale and other paraphernalia. the marijuana taken had a street value of more than $3,000. detectives also found a small amount of suspected marijuana inside webb's car. if you have any more information about this crime, you're asked to call metro crimestoppers. the number is 1-866-7-lock-up. >>> tonight a group of students from maryland and washington, d.c. are back home after a pretty scary ordeal overseas. some of the children came down with the h1n1, or the swine flu. when the local group of student arrived in china, one of them tested positive for the flu. the students were quarantined for ten days. 17-year-old jeremy peck texted his parents that he was in the hospital under watch for possible signs of the swine flu. >> i know you're

. >>> 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

we may have rain in the baltimore area and anne arundel county getting it.u 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 s

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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 pe

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

anne arundel police searched area for the shooter. and even put two nearby schools on lockdown. but the person got away. >>. >> initially i wake up and hear gunshots coming off. there was four, pop, pop, pop, and then a small, one or 22nd delay and three others. >> the victim has since been identified as 28-year-old lamont gordon jr.. >> police make an arrest in the murder of a woman in fell's point. police say 22-year-old donta mccray was caught on surveillance camera. he is charged now with murdering 48-year-old josephine lou to you ski. shot and killed tuesday in the 500 block of south register street. >> it is believed that 83-year-old glen burnie woman that body was found in the freezer last week, died of natural causes. and prosecutors say her relatives do not anything illegal but putting her body in the freezer. john rydell has more tonight. >> it was really hard all the way around. because everybody loved her so much. >> patrick hoover reflects on the death of his grandmother. she died after a lengthy illness. but two of the daughters never reported her death to authorit

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,

. >> 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

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 going green when you read your heads to an arundel county to check out farm stand food. >> what cani get for you? >> half a dozen. >> reporter: reggie's produce stand sits on the main road to a popular destination for boaters. who pull over and fill up on his sweet corn, ripe tomatoes and perfumed melons. there is no better cantaloupe than here. >> for years we sto and get the fresh vegetables. >> reporter: and it is fresh. his farm is right across the street. his family has been farming here for generations, since the first nutwell arrived in colonial days. >> he was a servant on the ship sailing up the chesapeake bay. he got close enough to see shore and he swam for shore. >> reporter: he has farmed since he was a boy. it's not the easiest work, but he loves it. >> i like plowing the ground in the spring. i like planting the stuff. like tending to it, trying to keep weeds and grass out of it, trying to keep it growing good. i like coming out to meet people. >> reporter: his stand has a steady stream of customers, loading up. >> i think it's fresh. and i like to support the local c

. >>> recent jail breaks have prompted anne arundel officials. >> over the weekend. six offenders escaped. another teen got loose last month. today, anne arundel executive, offered to notify neighbors about any security breach. an e-alert system. and an angry letter he sent. earlier this week. tomorrow, he plans to tour the detention center. when we come back. new details about a fallen quarterback. police conclude that steve mcnair's girlfriend was the one to shoot him. >> 14-year-old leads officers on a high-speed chase. >> congress holds the microscope to bottled water -- do you know what you are drinking? >> bob, nice night. >> wonderfulch wonderful night. hot weather to talk about. just not here yet. what have you got? >> coming up in sports. the.c. united star. at rfk. the nationals, catch a case of the drops. sex symbol, brings her star power to >>> a high-speed chase in michigan, ended with a surprise. they followed a stolen suv. the chase reached speeds of more than 100 miles an hour before the tahoe hit an embankment, went airborne and crashed last week. th

meanwhile, police arrested a man they say was carrying a loaded pistol at anne arundel mall. barns was rested saturday. -- arrested saturday. police were called to the scene after a security guard spotted barns spraypainting his own car. during the investigation a county police officer says barns made threats saying he should just kill everyone. police say a search of bearn as backpack turned up a loaded gun and marijuana, also a loaded shotgun inside his car. >> a year after the government scientist killed himself while under investigation for the anthrax mailings, the justice department says it could soon close the case. according to the associated press several law enforcement officials say the department had planned to close the case last week. government lawyers needed more time to review evidence. it was the fall of 2001 when the anthrax spores killed five people and sickened 17 others. the white supremacist accused of shooting and killing a security guard at the holocaust museum is expected to face a judge this week. earlier this month the attorney for 89-year old jame

. >> reporter: in anne arundel rle county -- they want to work together. >> they point to one case wjz covered in august of 1999. it involved little zaira marshall. her father led police to a grave. authorities say he buried her there months before, after she suffered a seizure and died. under the law, he could not be charged. >> why didn't you come to me? he said he was so afraid. he didn't want to go to anyone. >> reporter: in the freezer case, the woman's grandson said he doesn't want to speculate on why they placed her body is there. >> right now, the family is trying to pull together and figure everything out. >> reporter: police say ms. cook was bed ridden and suffered from many medical problems. reporting live, mike hellgren. >>> anne arundel county police are asking anyone with information about cook's case to contact them. >>> updating the breaking news. right now, baltimore city police are investigating a homicide. it's on east 30th street in the alameda. that's where an adult male was shot in the head. there are no suspects or motives at this time. >>> no more delays. a judg

at anne arundel community college in glen burnie.me back, justin will let you know how the rest of the week looks. >>> good morning, maryland. i'm megan pringle. tuesday, july 7th, just before 6:00. here are the top stories we're working on. los angeles braces for a huge crowd at today's public memorial for michael jackson. >>> a wrong-way crash overnight in north baltimore. some say it really was an accident waiting to happen. >>> a baltimore community comes together following the shooting of a 5-year-old girl. these stories and much more coming up. >>> right now let's go to justin berk with a check of the percent forecast. >> good morning. after a beautiful day yesterday we show off this morning in pretty fine shape. we had clouds overnight that dispursed and virtual clear start as we check it

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 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

. >> police in anne arundel county are looking for a person that broke into a salon and spray painted racist graffiti inside. it happened early saturday morning at the heavenly hand salon in brooklyn park. a witness saw somebody break the front glass window and called police. a computer, salon supplies and a tattoo gun were stolen. and a flammable liquid was poured all over the salon. anyone that saw something is asked to call metro crime stoppers at 866 7-lockup. >> a virginia man is arrested for bringing a loaded gun to a arundel mills mall. timothy barnes arrested after police saw him spray painting a car in the parking lot saturday. police say barnes started to make threats. and went to reach into his backpack. he had a han gun in the back and loaded shotgun in the car. capitol heights man pleads guilty to beating and robbing a elderly man after a brutal attack out of a church on christmas eve. 29-year-old shannon washington pleaded guilty today to attempted murder, assault and robbery in the attack on wayne williams. washington was sentenced to 28 years in prison, with all but 20

. >> 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,

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

we'll tell you what you need to know. >> we'll have the latest on the bizarre story from anne arundel county. the body of an elderly woman found in a freezer. >> and the confirmation process begins this morning for supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor. these stories and more coming up this morning. >>> first, a check of the forecast. >> here he is with maryland's most powerful doppler radar. justin berk. >> good to have you back. >> thank you. >> good morning to you. we've got a few clouds trying to slip through the area now. we're trying to get the sun up here. parkville middle school, 65 degrees. we go downtown baltimore, you can see the clouds slipping off into the distance at 72. now check out the rest of the area. towson 57. 57 ellicott city. even back towards frederick. yet by the way it's 67 in edgemere. 65 in rock hall. big spread across the region this morning. we're going to go generally throughout the 60s to near 70 as we start off the morning hours, we're generally looking for sunny to partly cloudy skies today into the afternoon. our two-degree guarantee 85. let's see wh

anne arundel has 18,000 outages and harford, 7200 outages and 37,000 are without power. wjz-13 is always on. go to wjz.com for instant updates on the forecast and live doppler forecast. go to wjz.com. >>> and it's been a long success and that's a problem. and the cash for clunkers has car buyers rushing to dealerships and the program could be out of money. mike hellgren has more. >> reporter: well, we have time to take advantage of this and so many are taking their clunkers into the dealerships like this, they're a victim of their own success and you have through this weekend at least to get the rebait. >> reporter: sky high chopper 13 is over the port of baltimore where the supply of new cars stacked up. the cash for clunker's program has been the bright spot. boosting the car sales along with the economy faster than most expected. >> ' ere glad -- we're glad to have a new car. >> reporter: the funding ran out in a week. the house passed a bill for $2 billion extra and it needs the senate approval that won't happen until monday. >> if the consumer has aer coo, they shou

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

one down to the south there around anne arundel county. and as well as prince george's county and calvert county. let's go back to the radar here. you can see those -- cells moved off to the east and northeast out over the water. anwhile, there's been more cells up across western portions of our area. around allegany county, maryland, morgan county and west virginia and washington county and maryland. so there we are for those that are to the east out over the open water now. and dissipating. mane while, the ones that were -- we were watching up to western maryland have moved up into pennsylvania but there is another area that we are watching along i-64, charlottesville. this moving northeastward could be hitting areas of western orange county and spotsylvania. and we are not out woods by any means. i think there is a possible bill of more tornado warnings through the afternoon and evening here. so this is the one area we are watching. let's take a look at chopper 4 now up over the bay bridge. chopper 4 up live now. you can see as we look

police in anne arundel county say there have been at least 10 car break-ins thursday alone in severna park and arnold. here's a look at the two men police are calling suspects in the crimes. they say the men either broke out the windows or gointo unlocked cars and sold gps units, cell phones, chargers, credit cards which they use. so if you have any information call metro crime stoppers at 1-866-7-lockup. >>> a new study suggests that texting while driving increases the risk of a crash. much more than previous studies have found. researchers at virginia tech say drivers who text take their eyes off the road longer than they do when talking or listening on cell phones. also, when drivers of heavy trucks text their collision risk was 23 times greater than when not texting. >>> baltimore city developing a citywide strats gee to reduce -- strategy to reduce teen pregnancy. according to officials the rate of teen births was 66.4 per 1,000 in 2007, almost double the state rate in maryland. to get to the bottom of the statistics a brainstorming session was held to come up with some ideas. >>

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 la

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. >>> 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

and in anne arundel county, that's rivera beach area, arundel road at maine avenue, a crash on the scene there. this is 95 southbound, making your way towards whitemarsh boulevard and the 695/895 split. we have a little increased volume but no trace to let you -- delays to let you know about at this time. back to you. >> thank you. >>> feeling a little old? like maybe it's too late to start something new in life or try something new? before you think that check out this new story. i want to introduce you to irma sagazi. from idaho. she loves being on the water. she doesn't let age get in her way of anything she wants to do. in fact, at 100 years old, irma considers herself a living example of the benefits that come from staying active. incredible enough but get this, irma didn't take up kayaking until she have 89 -- until she was 89. >> i started and i said i feel just like a swan. it was so beautiful. >> she's the cutest thing in the world. this is also really cool -- if you're wondering what she's up to now, she's just learning how to play the piano. >> wow. that's great for her, huh?