brian kuebler and charley crowson. are you ready?>> live all morning. >>> students headed back to california school where a former student opened fire days ago. who accompanied them and why they returned. >>> new drug warning for you this morning, what you need to clear out of your medicine cabinet and the different names it's sold under. >>> it's friday morning, good morning maryland. i'm charley crowson. we are live in baltimore, getting ready for opening day. here at camden yards, since 1992, it's a special day. i'm joined live with brian kuebler, going to be live throughout the day. not just baseball, it's a mi

charley crowson and brian kuebler are live with the details of what you need to know. one thing i want to know, is it sold out or can we still get tickets? >> reporter: tickets are still available. get them early. this will likely be a sellout for opening day. >> reporter: it's a special day. it should be a national holiday. >> reporter: for me, it is. i don't know about you. to top it off for the holiday, good food. joining us now is josh. chef here at camden yards. you are going to show us a few things that you have, new on the menu. we've heard about it. people have been talking about it. show it to us. >> we have the geno's burger, with a crab cake stuffed in the middle. i think it's going to be a really good addition for the yard. a tuscan chicken sausage. we have a low sodium. >> reporter: this looks amazing. >> reporter: we have the camden yard dog and it's got mac and cheese on crab meat. >> reporter: some ideas and creations things is -- some are out. there did you come up with these on your own? >> reporter: in tandem with genos, we were training and testing

abc2 news brian kuebler reports. the punch landed in this video may have landed parsons with a million dollar bai. his attorney argued that number down to half on account parsons doesn't have a record, didn't have a weapon and turned himself. still high, a number fueled by the intense emotional reaction. >> hysteria is ruling the day. >> how do you defend your client's actions? >> well, from the mormon point of view you don't. from a legal point of view they charged him with robbery. what we have is him on camera hitting someone. >> reporter: brown said parsons punched the victim. it was others who robbed him. a misdemeanor, not worth the bail typically reserved for violent offenders. even at the reduced bail parsons will probably not post that either. with this case continuing to develop and police continuing to search for other suspects, brown said it could be sometime before he can reduce it further. >> there are more individuals that we're looking for. now that we have identified one of them it will lead to other

brian kuebler has the latest. >> reporter: the campus is doing what it can. announcing a vigil. university newspapers rarely print such headlines, but this issue of the towerlight was tucked under a few arms of the students. >> it's really some bemplet everybody is walking around with their heads down. people are wondering the details of the situation. everybody is upset about it. >> reporter: it's knowing the tragic ends without a clue of the needs. 27-year-old timothy coyer active in greek life and iraq war veteran was found dmed his towson apartment. the coroner said he died of cardiac arrest. coyer's body was found 12 hours after junior ryan bailey, also active in greek life, he was a victim of a hit and run at washington and newark road early saturday morning. police have little to go on in this case as well. >> we want to hear from someone who may have witnessed the accident, anyone who was driving the vehicle or know where the vehicle is. >> reporter: hoping that a tip can provide more details, any details. they're looking for quote a boxy style older model car that is ei

brian kuebler tells us nearly a year later their families are eagerly awaiting their day in court oar oar time, they say, can heal, but for courtney's family, birthdays and anniversaries are still held in meme -- memorial. >> police and prosecutors say it us a because of this man, riewp ben dunn. dunn was driving under the flins down mlk when he hit courtney and emerald last june throwing them 40 feet, killing them instantly. he will enter court with two counts of manslaughter, reckless driving and a dui. seeing dunn in court tomorrow will be a caldron of pain, confusion and pointed emotion. >> i don't know what my reaction will be. it will be so hard seeing the guy who took my sister away. it will be mind blowing to see him. i've seen his picture and i'm sitting there looking at him thinking this is the person who killed my sister. it will be hard. >> difficult emotion, families of both victims will have to keep in check throughout the trial, one in which the state hopes to feature the testimony of dunn's girlfriend kendra miles. miles was charged as an accessory to the hit and run i

brian kuebler was the first to break this news story and has been following the developments closely.hanges today for the suspect, michael. >> reporter: michael johnson was denied bail at his hearings that state started to lay out the case against him. finally a look inside the state's case against 28-year- old michael johnson. felecia barns died from asphyxia and they believe johnson did it. he was the last to see her alive. neighbors witnessed him struggling to carry out a 32- gallon bin, investigators say was big enough to fit a woman of felecia's size. she is reported missing by he

brian kuebler took a look at it. >> reporter: they got their first tip of the flea market in the fall of 2009. today a swarm of agents still will the facility on lockdown last it began to sort through a missive counterfeit bu. stacks of bus and moving trucks stand by to haul off the evidence, fake goods include dummy products from the nfl, north face, lewis vitton, even apple. this is a detrimental plaque market. >> this is a multibillion dollar industry. it takes away american jobs and it robs americans of their ingenuity. these companies spend a lot of money developing these products. >> reporter: likewise, the feds isn't a lot of time investigating this market. undercover agents worked to buy several products, most of them fake, all of them with cash. federal agents will remain on this scene for days sifting through the counterfeit goods trying to identify the criminal organization responsible for trafficking all the products. according to the affidavit, the man who managed this property lives here in pasadena. while it appeared someone was home, no one came to the door when we kno

brian kuebler, some people say it was last week. >> not last night. it was great watching vince call the dodger game last night. opening day, holiday starts now, today. we are in an empty ballpark. >> reporter: describe your feeling when you came in this morning. you were like a little kid on christmas. >> to walk out and be in camden yards with nobody else but you guys, it's like a kid in the candy store. with the improvements, it's an incredible sight. >> reporter: let's go back a year ago, the last time we were in camden yards, you were here, the last game of the season, called the greatest single night in major league baseball, red sox in town. >> documentaries called 162 in the incredible night of baseball of the most incredible memory in my life that i've ever had. by the sign there, over the wall, that game was rain delayed and went on for hours on end. it pushed the finale back to this game where it unfolded in to this like one thing after the next to make it the most amazing out of baseball. it was an incredible night here in camden yards. >>

in downtown baltimore, brian kuebler, abc2news. >> dr.ollack sits on baltimore city's new transportation safety task force created by the mayor. she says distracted pedestrians are definitely an issue she plans to raise. >> tomorrow at 11:00 we're introducing you to bridges. we're going to show you how she picks up the phone and saves big. the things you can learn from her about the companies who send you a bill every night. another story that works for you as your bottom line tomorrow night on abc2news at 11:00. >>> no one should ever have this much fun cleaning house. >> we're going to take you to belair where you won't see any dust bunnies, cobwebs. you'll see for yourself. >> find out how an 83-year-old woman didn't let evil invade her soul. >> did she swallow her words? did she swallow the cat? what made her think the worst about her cough? you won't believe what she coughed up. >> all new tonight. a three-year-old was walk ing the dog when a thief ran up and snatched her necklace. what does she do? hit him with a walker. some are ca

i'm brian kuebler. that story straight ahead. >> you'll hear from the family. they always had their suspicions and what they're saying, 16 months after she disappeared. >> a 6-year-old is at hopkins tonight after getting hit by a dirt bike. you heard about the arrest on abc2news.com. last night an arrest was finally made in the murder of fish -- of phylicia barnes, the north carolina teenager who disappeared here in baltimore in 2010. >> reporter: according to a baltimore city grand jury, this was phylicia's sister's boyfriend of nearly a decade, a manet barnes' family knew to love, trust and consider one of their own. 28-year-old michael maurice johnson was arrested yesterday by a baltimore city grand jury for the murder of teenager phylicia barnes. he was arrested last night without incident and is currently sitting inside the baltimore city detention center, a day her family has been praying on for 16 months. >> every day i get up and this is what i think about, this day right here when someone is finally brought to justice for the murder of phylicia. >> rep

brian kuebler, abc2 news. >> thanks. >>> phylicia's disappearance prompted a series of searches as their family held out hope that she would surface. even with the discovery of the body last april, police had hoped to track down the killer. we spoke to phylicia's father. jeff? >> reporter: russell barnes said he knows it will take time before justice is served in his daughter's killer but he is elated at the news. he said at times he felt he was being scrutinized. but michael johnson's arrest confirm as suspicion. they couldn't understand why he wouldn't help out when all were volunteering to search her whereabouts. >> michael johnson, we feel that, you know, he did not help us do anything with looking like phylicia and it seemed bizarre and just -- >> reporter: police interviewed johnson eight times since phylicia's disappearance. if the family know was finally led to his arrest, they are not making this publish. >> the phylicia barnes' case was one of the highest profile cases in maryland history. phylicia's law is to bring more resources to immediately search for children of all ages

that's where we finds charley crowson and brian kuebler, live with the bird. >> reporter: orioles bird. look at this. orioles bird is joining us this morning. this is the warmest person or mascot in orioles park right now. how are you doing, this morning? he has been hitting the gym, show it. give me hulk hogan. brian, you got a request for bird. >> i got a favor. we have our section, we are season ticketholders, right? sunday season ticketholders. section 82, row 6. i want you to come by at least twice this season, can you do that for us? >> reporter: 20 years you've been in the ballpark, how is it going? >> reporter: they've built a new perch for you, right? will you be going out there? that's the new picnic area. we are talking to a mute. we are live. >> this is for the 20th anniversary. you were talking about the deck above the hitter's eye. one of things we were told, first come, first serve. they change it as the season goes. >> i haven't been up there yet, i could imagine it's a better view than it was. i've been hearing a lot about the new foods this year. this geno's burger is

brian kuebler, abc2 news. >>> fire officials believe victims from a fire died from carbon monoxide poisoning. the three addition hall victims were found by firefighters. they say the level of carbon monoxide found in the home was extraordinarily high. >>> a 27-year-old woman is dead tonight. the woman had trauma to her body and died later it the hospital. officers were called to northeast baltimore in the 5400 block of hill born avenue yesterday afternoon. her death is being investigated as a homicide. >>> attorneys for two brothers accused of beating an african-american teenager may withdraw a motion to move the trial. eli and avi werdesheim were patrolling an orthodox jewish neighborhood in baltimore when the alleged attack occurred in 2010. they submit the motion because of the national attention in the trayvon martin case. at a hearing this morning they told the judge they may opt for bench trial instead. prosecutors are argue the brothers pulled up next to the 15-year-old boy, got out, approached him and threw him to the ground. one brother is also accused of hitting him in the head wit

brian kuebler joins us live from police headquarters with the latest. >> reporter: a grand jury said sister's boyfriend killed phylicia barnes, a man this family has known for up to a deck cai.d yesterday afternoon a baltimore city grand jury handed up the indictment for first-degree murder saying it was 28-year-old michael maurice johnson who killed phylicia barns in 2010. >> mr. job son was arrested and taken into custody last evening and is currently incarcerated at the baltimore city detention center. >> reporter: and that right there is just about all the attorney would say on the matter. many questions went

as brian kuebler explains to us. parsons' attorney believes the bail is over the top. >> reporter: the video went viral. it is disturbing and degraigd and happened in the heart of downtown baltimore. but defense attorney warren brown said it fueled the million dollar bail for his client. parsons is shown punchings and knocking ot the victim but said his role stopped there. it was the other people in the video who robbed and strengthed the victim. he said the bail for his client is set too high. >> a million dollar bear, come on. it's salacious. it's ridiculous. this is a 20-year-old with no record, never had handcuffs on himself, who surrendered himself the very same day it was told there was a warrant. >> reporter: bail is still at a half a million dollars. parsons will stay in jail until his next hearing in may. coming up we'll get a look at the suspects of the others. the police are looking for. >>> two boys face arson charges for a fire that damaged a dundalk church last week. police say the 12 and 13-year-olds g

brian kuebler, abc2 news. >>> the maryland general assembly has reached its people day and looks like will dealen the state's budget won't come until the final hour, if even then. don harrison has more. >> reporter: for many of us it's human nature to wait until the last minute to get things done. this year legislators are pushing the limits. there still is not an agreement on the state busmght some say the casino bill allowing table games in pg county are holding up the issue. this has michael bush frustrated. >> if the budget in maryland goes down and the senators are more concerned about the obsession of gaming than school construction, school funding, hospitals, higher education, then let them wear that when they go homeland tell their constituents. >> reporter: mike miller says the house plan doesn't raise enough money this year. >> their plan is to raise $150 million. so rather than come back last year and do the same thing over again, let's set tell now. >> reporter: some issues dit get solved, the -- did get solved, and that is the sewage or flush tax. another one is the offsh

brian kuebler joins us with more on how this happened and the fate of the child. >> reporter: we wantll you up front the child is expected to survive and is at the hospital. the mother is being questioned by both police and mental health officials. police say the mother of an 8-month-old baby girl pulled ut a kitchen knife and

brian kuebler joins us live with more. >> the teenagers were killed when police say it was ruben dunn who hit them on mlk and kept going. it was the same argument put on by prosecutors this week but didn't stick with the baltimore city jury who acquitted dunn. the state relied on the testimony of dunn's girlfriend who pleaded guilty to her part in the accident. in exchange for her testimony against dunn. it didn't work. charges were dropped including vehicular manslaughter. it's not the verdict the families of the teens wanted to hear. they were hoping dunn would get the maximum, instead he walked free. families are distraught at this news, we spoke to them a few minutes ago, we will have more reaction at 6 and 11. >>> a store does not have a drive through window, at least it didn't used to. don harrison explains what happened here. >> reporter: this window is being fixed at the royal farms store on joppa road in parkville. the window is broken, because of this, police say an elderly man drove his car over the curb, in to the store, people in the dry cleaning store next door, heard th

live in downtown baltimore, brian kuebler, abc2 news. >>> thank you. abc2 news broke the story on the website and sent out a news alert, we are updating the story as details become available. check abc2news.com and head to our home page slide show, you will find a link to all the coverage of the case. >>> this week's 9th attack on a 8-month-old baby prompted the state to finalize safety rules for social services offices. >> the mother allegedly turning on her baby with a knife prompted to push to better protect clients and workers in volatile visits with their children. they watched her grow up here just off of the alameda, neighbors say thomas, the mother charged in the multiple stabbing of he own baby must have snapped. she was there to say she did not like the living conditions where her baby was. a as parent that's enough to make you snap. if you are feeling like the people aren't responding to help you, it's just, you know, something that makes you like nobody is listening or helping. >> reporter: the state is reacting to the stabbing as well. hum

charley crowson and brian kuebler, they are life at the yard this morning, with all the details on what you can expect. >> reporter: how is it going? >> good. >> reporter: it is cold out here at camden yards this morning. >> reporter: it's getting colder as the morning goes on, which is weird. hopefully 60, right? >> reporter: 60s for today. this is one of the newest members of staff for the baltimore orioles this guy, ryan wagner, you might recognize him, from major league baseball's fan cave. >> i don't know how you do this every morning, this is early for me. >> reporter: you beat out a ton of people for the job to be the pa announcer, 26 years old. you realize you have the coolest job in baltimore. >> you mentioned 26 years old. it's down hill from here. i peaked at 26. i can believe i got this job. i don't think it's sunk in today. i'm blessed. >> reporter: in all business when live tv can make a reporter nervous, does this make you nervous today? >> toth anniversary. >> keep piling on the pressure. it will make me nervous. >> there are nerves there, i've done crazy things in front

brian kuebler was the first to break news in the case. he is live outside of the courthouse in baltimore with the latest in our continuing coverage of the story. >> reporter: there will be no jail for johnson as the judge feels he is a flight risk. we got our fist look at the case against johnson. he spoke to his brother about fleeing the country.

they are known as what people are calling wal-mart moms and brian kuebler find out how big the influences. that story runs tonight at 11 on abc2. >>> >>> the charm city circulateor is in route and expected to be arriving at fort mchad beenry. a congressman and the mayor will be holding a news conference happening this morning to gib more details about the bus route. they are going to be joined by former senator paul sarbinesch it's set for the front gate atfort mchenry at 10. >>> five things to head out before heading out. the accused shooter in the university out in california that happened that rampage page is due in court. he is charged with murdering 7 people, three were injured during the shooting. >>> today is the first meeting for an official task force on florida's controversial stand your ground law. the group is charged with looking into the current law and possibly proposing new ones addressing self-defense and public safety. the task force was formed after the shooting death of trayvon martin. >>> a new app is unveiled today that will let you send complaints of racial or reli