. >> the feds are looking for a man that robbed dozens of restaurants including several in the baltimorr. fdi said thhs man is responsibll for 38 armed robbeeies in the states of maryland, delaware, a and virginia. crimes began n february of 2009 and include arundel, bbatimore and howard counties. $10,000 is offered for information leading to a conviction. >> and state police have arrested four people that they believe are part of a theft ring stealing heating and air conditioning units. police say the thieves have bee3 operating in carroll county since spring. ú%king entire units worth thousands of dollars from iivestigators believe he ú%spects were taking copper and otherrmetaas from the equipment. and then reselling t to scrap yards. >> east baltimorr neighborhood fights back tonight with a community clean up against drug activity which was taking over a playground. several area church members and community leaders were part of %-run down park on aiken andll lafayette avenuee neighbors say people routinely volunteerssare hopeful tteer for the children. >> going to bring n cameras, bri

baltimorr, karennparks,,fox 44 news at 5:30. >>> a new poll gives governor o'malley a double digit lead ooer reeublican challengee bob more than 1400 adults surveyed by the "washington post" favored o'malley over ehrlich 2-41%. this is a big change from several recent polls that showed the two in a dead heat. but when it comes to the state's budget more people think hrlich is beeter qqalified. 43% of likely voters support bbb ehrlich with the budggt compared to 40% more martin o'malley. new poll numbers todaa. >> i do think the public after the primaryyhas been taking stock of the fact that maryland is weathering this downturn better than other states and we're starting to see some job creation for the first tiie in many years in our state. >> that poll is so far out of whack period. >> reporter: and that brings us to our question of the day, who will you vote for in the race %-go to foxbaltimore.com and let us now what you think. you can also sound off on3 facebook. you can send us a tweet at fox baltimore. you can text us, enter fox 45 a for o'malley, fox 45 b for3 earller or fox 45 c

be a part of the weether kid program, just have a teacher,ú nomination to 2,000 west 41st street, baltimorrrologist steve tig is here with a look at our weather -- steve fertii is here with a look at our weather foggy forecast. p>> as patrice indicated there's plenty of fog out there. so be careful. we will hear from lauren cooke in a minuue about the roadway which may be affected by the fog. pretty mild as we starr out this morning showiig plenty oo clouds..3 there's the low level moisture and the fog. winds are calm, with 91% relative humidity, ew point is at 69 so the hummdity is with uú once agaii for another day befooe we see improvement in that regard. prettyywarm all over. 68 all over and 71 in hagerstown. ú%kland at 68 degrees and we go3 the warm air once again coming up ffom the south and west tooay and that will brrng temperature3 near record high emperaturrs of 95 degrees would be the record, but we willlthink about -- well, we will see if we can get that close. -e will be a few degreessbelow that.3 there's that chaage. then we see aachange coming our way. a cold front comes thro

of the fire is still under investigationn >>> for the second time in months, the coach for theú baltimorrvenn is facing drunk driving chargess assistant offensive coach ranny monthlier wa!olar was pulled ovr speeding. he was impaired and charge with seeeral violations including dui. last ffbruary he was charged with dui and charged wwth negligent driving in carroll county. he acquitted oo those charges last onth. help to findda missing teenager thissmorniig. %-for 17 years old rosa torres, she was last seen on wood borne avenue in north baltimore on sunday night. officers say that toores had threatened suicide. ú%e has relatives in montgomery counny and may be on her way there. anyyne with information is asked %-unit. the missing perssn's >>> a bolt more wooan is arrested in the beat -- a -altimore woman ii rafted in the beating death of her aunt. she is facing charges including first-degree murdee. mitchell beaten to death.ciliaú thhy belief simmons beat her with the club, the deeice used to will be lock a car.3 %-told a dispatcher he hurt her aunt. >> when police arrived, the aunt was s

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what gregg bernstein could accomplish if he is named baltimorr's top prosecutorr >>> i'm joel d smith 45 morning news. it's still too clooe to call. p> the votes that still need to be counted

. >> and a baltimorr grand jury indicted germane holly monday on murder and hate crime charges. the august death of martin reese, police say holly fatal tat tail beet him with a wooden enstake, holly he hates hispanics after he was arressed. >> nine service members are killed at a helicopter crash in3 southern fghanistan.3 it happened today in sabull province. taliban claims it shot it down. but nato officialsssay there was no reports of hostile file fire at the present time of the crash.3 it is the worst crash since 2006 for coalition forces. >> meantime a vote on the defense bill thaa includes "don't ask, don't tell" falls short on capitol hill. republicans blocked the bill that included $725 billion in defense spending and pay raises for the ttoops. many democrats hope enator -ollins of the state of maine would be the 60th deciding vote. ú%e was not. other republicans argued the military needs to finish its own survey on "don't ask, don't tell" so they can weigh-in on on this particular policy. >> iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad, spoke at the united nations summit today

we do have a new accident to tell you about n downtown baltimorr involving a bus.abled car. cleared on southbound 95 at caton avenuee we have deallng with delays up in the whitemarsh area. here is a live look and you will notice the southbound lanes arr going to be slow. you're looking at a 7-minute ride from whitemarsh to the get way. unfortunately we're dealing with quite a bit of congestion on 795 to 83. you're ooking at a 23-minute ride with an average speed off3 23 miles per hour. %-average spreed of 53 miles per hour. patrice and megan, aak to you. >>> it is one of the most talked aboottraces this primaryú election. the city state attorney race is %-jessaay against gregggbernsten and it's heating up to be a heated race until the very end. gregg bernstein is the underddg in this race, facing jessamy a 15 year incumbent of that position. he has come on strong winning big enforcements, ike tte baltimore sun, the city pollic union and billy murphy. jessamy was appointed back 921995 by the city circuit court judges. ú%ters returned her to office three times after

rradd arennt great..3 bbltimore, otholes like ttese are a reason why baltimore group has rrnked he baltimorree. take a look at the pictures obtained by fox 45. it shows the renovated city oofice of former public works director david scott. taxpayers were billed moreethan the luxuryyoffice includes a stone wall,,hardwood floors and a zebra ruu. he was forre you hhd out of city government this summer. has replaced scoot's carved gllss desk with a more practicaa ooe. year is just days from today and there's a rally around the ravens. we are joined with friends thhs morning. you. thanks for being heee. we are going to talk you first and talk about whaa this rally is all about? >> the rally is about getting the party home opener and we're looking forward to that. we got a big ralll down at harbor place, a lot of give a ways, we got a rice aad todd keith autograph, and a lot of local businesses are helping us outt ith food. so we think it's going to the biggest and best waa!! best ralo far. >> i'm assuming this is goong tt >> because it's downtown 12 to 2:00. ww thinn it's going to be a huge crowd.

. >>> the ravens finally made their way back to baltimorr thiú weekend marking their home opener withwns. anquan boldin hhd a great game innhis first regular season appearance at m&t stadium. hh caught a oe flacco pass for the first 4 and in the second the ravens number 1 receiver in the ravens end zone. it's theesecond touch down forú and an "10! anquan boldin brougs 3rd touch down. and flacco came back from throwinn ffur picks to the bengals to thrower thhee picks and no iiterceetions.ú the ravens win their first game >>> as a cardinal, you know, the crowddwas the same way but to be a part of it itts unnelievable. it'' second to none. to go out and have a performance like that. >>> anquan boldin came up withú big lays for us. tough win against a really good team. i hought the crowd was tremendous and we move on to pittsburgh. >>> the avens can't home for long. they have anooher tough road ggae ahead of them this weekend. they will facc the steelers in %-kickoff is scheduled for 1:00. now it's a monday morning, but it always seems a little easier waking up after a ravens win. they go

you can gooto our website at foxbaltimore.com and tell us what ou think, oo send us a tweet at fox baltimorr the latest on the ace ffr ggvernor go tooour website.3 foxxbaltimore.com nd cllck on the news features section. p>> are the buses to blame for poor attendance in baltimore to wipe out. a new program startiig toddy is the first step. joel d smith is live at heritage high school herr texting could3 be a solution to transportation troobles. -ood morning, joel. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. it's aal bout texxing, 30802. you text it innand hit ride. it brings up a wholl nnw array of quustions. going, wheee the problems aree and a way to communicate what the issuee might be. iigot britney here. school. she rides the bus. if you were going to rate your -xperience onnthe bus, what would you say. >> and i would say from 1 too10, abbot a 7 or 6, because some the buses drive past us, some of the buses are out of service. you know, different things loo thaa.3 >> reporter: it could be what are you experiencing, how is it going. okay, minor problems. excellent. ú%ances are there to look at th

fox 45 morning neww. ú%ene of a triple ssooting in south baltimorr.happened just before streee and stroll place. officees say two men were shot shot in the hips. all three are in serious conditions. but they re xpected to survive. %-homicide detectives were on te baltimmre. shooting in east woman were shot at homewood avenue at east preston street. there's no word on a suspect in either shooting. >>> the first persso to go on triil in theemurder for hire plot that ended in the death f a towson gas station owner is found guilty. nnw prosecutors are preparing to try the victim's wife who thee say lured him to his death. coil was convicced of killing william porter back in march as he opened his gas in towson. at tte time theepolice believed ii was an attempted robbery, but now it's believed to be part of ú% elabbrrte lot. %-in porter's murder including s wife karla who has been charged with or kes traying th or orchee thingg >> he was the individual ho put kara porrer in contact wiih the gunman..3 >> this is a woman who was doing everything short of put

%-what you think or sound off on facebooo of he send us a tweet at fox baltimorr or ext your %-for yesperatures cool down, youu energy bill is going to heet up. %-money, especially in the intr oo our energy bills. >>> the home energy investments worth making. >>> and raffic is really starting to pick up on theú northwess side of the beltway here aa old court road. iiwill haae more onnthh delays and our weather >>> meteorologist steve fertig is here with a very cute raaier. >> he is looking too dapper. ú%-ids look better than i do.hhr it happens. you are 7 years old and you're -n the second -- what great again? ú% second grrae. >> second grade, where? >> at ellmentary mmddle.3 p> and we wanttto say to whh tooay before we get startee. >> my mother, miss cooper and my friend phillip. >> okay. are you ready to do this thiig? >> yes. tell them what is going on at the inner harbor. >> right now winds are -- >> temperatures. >> the temperature is 66 degrees. >> good. >> yeah.ght partly cloudy. >> wind is. >> it's calm wind.3 >> caam wind. >> and the humidiiy 75%. >> yep, great. >> ann pressur