so clinton mccracken faces charges in connection with those plants. he is not expected to be charged in connection with his girlfriend's death. police really think that that was an overdose. however, they say he's probably going to have to talk with the federal drug enforcement administration about those imported prescription drugs from the file pines -- in the philippines. >>> police are concerned about who is running around with a couple of these. baltimore county police say the world war ii era pineapple grenades were taken during a recent burglary. several guns were taken from a home as well. police aren't releasing too much information about the break-in itself, only saying it was a home in the monkton area but their biggest concern right now is the grenades. >> we don't know whether they are live or not so they pose a great potential danger and could cause serious injury or death. >> if you have any information about the grenades taken in that burglary, you are urged to call baltimore county police at (410)307-2020. >>> the off-duty baltimore ci

clinton mccracken told girlfriend dr. john were planning on shooting up bupe sunday night. they ordered the drugs from the philippines online. >> the drugs would come in stuffed animals. the couple was using the drugs. she overdosed. >> they are using it in a dangerous way by injecting it. >> this is an expert at the hospital. he says thatoverdoses of the drug are rare. -- he says bet overdoses are rare, but they used it in a dangerous way. it is like playing russian roulette because there is no quality control. it is becoming a growing problem internet and you never know what drug charges. mccracken ordered it on an online pharmacy in thebut then there are addicts out an abusive situation. >> police say they found 35 marijuana plants and other drugs accident. dr. mccracken has been released answer his door. state's once an autopsy is completed on his girlfriend. a man was detained in june after trying to smuggle marijuana in a car in a port near san diego. allegedly running a sex trafficking organization. meade plus three other men apartment as a headquarters for a sex tra

. >> reporter: 33-year-old clinton mccracken, a canadian research doctor at the university of maryland is at the center of a federal investigation, after police find large amounts of imported drugs inside his dover street home. the very drugs police say killed his 29-year-old girlfriend, carrie john, also a doctor at the maryland school of medicine. >> the boyfriend was taken to the homicide unit and interviewed. information was learned that the victim and her boyfriend had been purchasing recreational drugs and they had been using them. >> reporter: police say john overdosed on norphine. a drug typically used to help recovering heroin addicts. charging documents reveal over the past two to three day -- years, the doctors purchased drugs online. police say they were smuggled from overseas. >> shocking to me. this is a very hard-working neighborhood. and some of the students and community members. and we all work together to keep this a nice part of the city. >> reporter: according to this statement, dr. john had been with the school of medicine since 2006. mccracken, for the past three

clinton mccracken was arrested after his live-in girlfriend the died of an apparent drug overdose. 29-her old doctor carrie john injected herself with a deadly dose of a drug used to treat heroin addiction. >> these were two pharmacists that had been involved in some type of drug operation inside their home. >> it was an marijuana growing operation which describe how the couple met huge cartons of marijuana on every floor of the home. police say they found other drugs inside the residence, which mccracken allegedly admitted he bought from an online pharmacy from the philippines along with this fatal dose. >> they would -- the drugs were hidden in stuffed animals. >> the dna is likely to get involved. mccracken was already on the radar of u.s. customs agents for shipping in illegal drugs in a fedex packages. he had yet to be charged in connection with the overdose death. >> under maryland law, the state's attorney's office cannot proceed with any criminal charges until the medical examiner has ruled the death of homicide. >> the autopsy and toxicology reports are pending. they may have

clinton mccracken arrested on felony drug charges. his girlfriend dr. carrie john dead from a overdose after injecting it. mccracken ordered it on an online pharmacy in the philippines. >> the couple was taking these drugs and she overdosed. >> they were using it in a way that was extremely dangerous which was to inject it. a substance abuse expert says that this drug has been used for the past 10 years to help get addicts off of heroin. it can easily be abused if it is smashed into a powder and snorted or liquefied and injected. >> it is los -- less harmful to the body than methadone. but then there are addicts out there that take it and turn into an abusive situation. >> police say dr. mccracken got his drugs over the internet which is like playing russian roulette. there is no quality control. >> you can buy hundreds of drugs over the internet from countries all over the world, and you kept no idea if it is the real thing. >> alisa say they found 35 mayor ran up -- marijuana plants at their home -- police say they found 35 marijuana plants and other

on monday clinton mccracken called 911, said his girlfriend overdosed. she was pronounced dead a short time later. he told police johns had injected the solution on her own. >> if you're not a heroin addict and you inject that you can overdose really quickly as we saw with this woman. >> police believe mccracken ordered the drugs on-line from a pharmacy in the philippines. police found 25 marijuana plants in the home as well. mccracken now faces charges in connection with the plants. >>> at 5:03. a 23-year-old soldier living at fort meade is one of four people now charged in a sex trafficking ring. craig cory was arrested yesterday. three others arrested also out in ohio. prosecutors say a millersville apartment where cory once lived was the ring's headquarters. they allegedly used the internet to solicit women for prostitution as well as advertising sexual services. >>> 5:03. today, baltimore city is going to take a whole new look. we're just over two weeks away from maryland's susan g. komen race for the cure. sherrie johnson has more on what is being

clinton mccracken told investigators his girlfriend had trouble breathing after she injected herself with a narcotic called bupe, a commonly used supstute to help treat heroin addicts. he told police he got the drug from an on-line pharmacy in the philippines. police searched his home and found about three dozen marijuana plants along with other drugs and paraphernalia. at this point he's not been charged in his girlfriend's death. >>> midshipmen at the u.s. naval academy in annapolis with flu-like symptoms are being quarantined in an effort to stop the spread of swine flu. 170 midshipmen have been isolated this fall but have only about been seven confirmed cases of the virus. right now 30 brigade midshipmen are being isolated in bancroft hall dormitory. >>> the nation's top health officials told lawmakers today that vaccines against the swine flu are on their way to the public. and they added that indications of their effectiveness are encouraging. here's viviana hurtado. >> reporter: with hand sanitizer at the table the obama administration's top doctors updated lawmakers on the h1

on monday clinton mccracken called 911 and said his girlfriend had overdosed and was pronounced dead a short time later. mccracken told police johns had injected a solution of a drug used to treat heroin addicts. >> if you're not a heroin addict and you use it and i inject it you can overdose really quickly as we saw with this woman. >> police believe mccracken ordered the drugs on-line from a pharmacy in the philippines. investigators found more than 25 marijuana plants in that home as well. mccracken now faces drug charges in connection with the plans. he's free on bail and has not been charged in connection with his girlfriend's death because police believe it was an overdose. >>> a robbery of explosive proportions. baltimore county police are looking for two world war ii era grenades stolen from a home in monkton last week. police warn they could be very dangerous because they don't know if the grenades are active or not. if you have information, call 410-307-2020, baltimore county police >>> we have an off-duty police officer's condition getting a little worse after being shot d

police say clinton mccracken told investigators his girlfriend had trouble breathing after she injected herself with a narcotic, a commonly used substitute to help treat heroin addicts. according to charging documents he told police he got the drug from an on-line pharmacy in the philippines. they were sents to their home packed in stuffed animals. >> these on-line pharmacies in china, in the philippines, these unregulated pharmacies that people can get drugs from, they are obviously a tremendous public safety risk. people who aren't trained in the potent medications, people ship them to the house. a lot of the times the drugs you take are not actually the drugs you ordered >> police searched mccracken's home, found three dozen marijuana plants, other drug paraphernalia. at this time he's not been charringed in johns' death. >>> people want your help tracking down this man, wanted for questioning in a rape that happened on the 20th in the 47,000 block of homer avenue. anyone who could help identify and find that man is asked to call the department's sex offense unit at 410-396-2076. >>>

on monday clinton mccracken called 911 and said his girlfriend had overdosed.e died a short time later. mccracken told police that johns had injected a drug used to help heroin addicts get through withdrawal. but it's dangerous when abused by nonaddicts. >> if you're not a heroin addict and you use it and inject it you can overdose really quickly as we saw here with this woman. >> police believe mccracken ordered the drugs on-line from a pharmacy in the philippines. investigator found more than 25 marijuana plants in that home as well. he faces drug charges in connection with those plants. he's free on bail. he's not charged in connection with his girlfriend's death. >>> it's a robbery of explosive proportions. baltimore county police are looking for two world war ii era grenades stolen from a home in monkton last week. police warn they can be very dangerous because they don't know if the grenades are active. so if you have any information about this baltimore county police want to hear from you, 1-866-7-lockup. >>> 6:50. in maryland tomorrow you can no longer

clinton mccracken arrested on drug charges. >> they have been involved in some type of drug operation inside of their home. there were over 25 plants of marijuana found. in addition, the victim overdosed by illegal drugs that she obtained through on line pharmacy from the philippines. >> mccracken told police he had ordered drugs several times for recreation use. dr. john had been studying the neurology logical effect dopamine has on drug users and schizophrenics. >> mother gets 50 years for killing her 3-year-old daughter. 43-year-old victoria sparrow, apologized for poisoning her daughter lacey with prescription drugs. but also blamed her ex husband saying his behavior and actions forced her to kill their daughter. the prosecution said she should spend the rest of her life behind bars. >> we have breaking news tonight out of east baltimore. a man sho shot in the face. happened less than an hour ago on brentwood avenue and police on the scene. victim taken to hopkins trauma. no word on the condition. >> increasing concern here in maryland tonight. eight people have died from the h1n1

>>under arrest is 33-year-old clinton mccracken. the couple had been buying drugs online from overseas the police say. >>there is outrage tonight over what did not happen at a local hospital yesterday. some are saying a woman died because of it. an elderly woman sat in the er at the center for more than six hours while she complained of chest pains. shortly after she was finally called to be seen she went into cardiac arrest and died. the woman waited in agony from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. one said. >>somebody messed up somewhere. i believe that lady would still be here if somebody just came out to care and to check. she had chest pains from 9:00 until 5. you don't see her? that was somebody's mother. >>you may know of the united medical center by the old name the greater southeast community hospital. in a statement the hospital expresses its deepest sympathies and says the death is under investigation. upon initial review of the medical records it does not appear that any actions taken by the hospital could have prevented that patient's de

clinton mccracken did similar research and is facing drug charges.olice say he got the drug from an online pharmacy in the philippines. >> throughout the investigation we learned these are two pharmacists that work in the university of maryland. they had been involved in some type of drug operation inside their home. >> charging documents say the couple ran a marijuana-growing operation out of their baltimore home. mccracken is now free on bail. >>> the first batch of the swine flu vaccine has now been shipped out. those vaccines are on the way to doctor's offices and clinics around the country and should be available next week. that's two weeks ahead of schedule. federal health officials say 250 million doses of the vaccine will be available, enough to cover everyone who wants it. at-risk groups like pregnant women and care givers will be given first priority. >>> not even october and one major retailer is already getting ready for the holidays. cnbc's mary thompson joins us live with more on the story. good morning to you. >> good morning to you. i

clinton mccrack ken shortly after the death. >> drugs came in stuffed animals, the couple was taking these drugs and she overdosed. >> mccrackensuspects they received a bad batch of the drug typically used to treat heroin addicts. >> maybe it was. a juiced up batch. you know that was stronger. we don't know. but it is an openiate drug and when it is not used properly, you will get high, and when it is not used properly, you can overdose. >> mccracken told police he stopped short of injecting the drug. after his 29-year-old girlfriend started to have trouble breathing. >> a lot of the times the drugs you take are not actually the drugs you ordered. >> but it was more than pills. john and mccracken were dabbleing in. >> police found more than two dozen marijjana plants inside of this house. they aaso discovered a sophisticated hydro pong growing system. but what is most surprising to friends of mccrack and he did john is the fact that these two neuro scientists were well affair of the affects that drugs can have on the body and mind. >> fox 45 news talked with a professor who taught the two, while they were at wake forest. he de