county prosecutors confirm a report in the capital gazette that novak worked as a butcher in the crofton giant, that he rigged up a camera to his uniform and was taking pictures of women's chests as they leaned over to pick out meat. >> that's disgusting. it's what our world is coming to and you can't even go to the grocery store anymore. >> really unsettling because i know that i go and buy meat all the time, probably do the exact same thing, a little scary, a little nerve wracking. >> it's something you just absolutely never think about when you're purchasing meat or anything else. >> reporter: novak was caught in december of last year in his crofton neighborhood after police answered a call for a burglary. prosecutors say he had been a prolific peeping tom videotaping more than 200 women over a six year period. one of his victims was just 17 years old. investigators found more than 2,200 video clips of women undressing. they say he had even broken into homes to videotape and stole victims' underwear. prosecutors say he would spend hours watching his subjects, once even standing on a r

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and just to the north of crofton and odenton, shadyside and sa veterana park, you'll see that storm too. there are more storms gaining in intensi intensity, all have very heavy rain associated with them. once again, i do think from this storm, we're going to see the biggest impact be the potential for flooding across the region. we'll continue to keep you updated. ladies? >> thank you, doug. >>> when news4 at 4:00 continues this afternoon, hair-smoothing products are once again under scrutiny. this time by lawmakers. >>> and we camp out with harry potter fans as they wait in line to watch the premier. >>> plus, nbc announces a new star to team up with jessica si >>> nbc has tapped trend sitter, nicole richie to serve as celebrity mentor for a new reality show. it's called "fashion star." this competition will search for america's next popular fashion brand. viewers will instantly be able to purchase contestants brands the next week. jessica simpson will appear as a celebrity mentor and mega model elle mcpherson as host and producer. >>> harry potter appeared at the series' last film. >>

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. >> gl a crofton man accused of breaking into women's homes and videotaping them as they change clothesexpecteded to plead guilty today. charles know -- expecked to -- expected to plead guilty today. charles novak was arrested. they searched his home and found evidence linking hem to other burglaries including the theft of girl's underwear. he faces several charges including burglary and peepingtom. >>> this morning police in carroll county are searching for a man accused of kidnapping an 8-year-old boy. police say the man first assaulted his girlfriend and her 2-year-old baby outside the sykesville home before turning his attention towards the woman's son. officers are oking for michael terrell. neighbors say he has a long history of domabuse and he was seen driving a brown 1996 oldsmobile four-door sedan. >>> you pay $5 to get in but don't assume lifeguards on duty at sandy point state park will be there. after a 6-year-old saquan kennedy drowned, we learned lifeguards were not on duty at the time. the boy and his family were swimming on the 4th of july at 8 a.m. when he drowned. life

look out there to see what's going on, 50 at i-97, no problems to report 97 north bound from crofton up to baltimore. that's the westbound traffic coming towards the screen and the camera. no problems. nothing in your way. fort mchenry tunnel, roadwork in the two left lanes of the tunnel. probability until 5 a.m. 395 northbound still has the left lane closed. megan. >> thanks. >>> 4:32 right now. it's a big weekend to go out and have fun and obviously eat a lot of good food. a lot of us like crabs and it's going to be the 4th of july of course. and so with the crabs also comes the beer. abc2 news linda so is live this morning to tell us why we will pay more for drinks starting today. right, linda? >> reporter: yeah, well, the sales tax for alcohol is taking effect today. it's a 3% increase and it means three cents on the dollar. the good news is some places are not going to be passing on that tax to its customers like here at conrad in parkville. we have an early visitor. it's going to be a huge weekend for crabs. but first the alcohol tax. you were saying it's 3% increase but you wo

and unfortunately strong position of our european partners is that ukraine cannot be a member of crofton tyranny and if it was to her refrigerator so that's why we have to and we do search and. formula that can allow us to be close partners presently and to be good to fracture for part of the russia russia and other fun and economic sphere but not become a full scale member experts say it is impossible to tell whether such a formula would be found but many stressed that the demand for most ukrainian goods and produce would definitely be higher in the russian market that in the e.u. room of the european market is huge but it has very high standards and is heavily regulated it's really difficult to work there even for some european producers ukraine would struggle to fit in the market in the customs union a smaller because goods produced by ukraine will be in high demand there while key of this carefully balancing between the east and the west for jury to have ukrainians say that despite european pastures being seemingly greener russia is after all closer to them and not only geopoliticall

of women he secretly recorded was innocenced to 10 years in prison. 35-year-old charles novak of crofton was convicted on burglary and other charges. novak was arrested in december of a woman told police she found a man sitting in a car in her garage. officers found novak with a camera filled with nude videos of women. novak's attorney says his client is obsessive-compulsive and wants to get help. >>> sarah, prince george's county is shelling out more than $4 million for violating labor laws. it is going to teachers who were recruited from other countries and the "washington post" reports 161 of the teachers will lose their jobs this summer when their visas expire and hundreds of more terminations are likely over the next few years. this is all because prince george's county were supposed to pay visa fees. >>> election officials say enough signatures were turned in to stop the dream law and force a statewide referendum. the law lets illegal immigrants pay in-state tuition discounts at state colleges. opponents of the measure say the public should be able to weigh in on that law. >>> the

videos of women he secretly recorded was sentenced to 10 years in prison. 35-year-old charles novak of crofton was convicted on burglary and other charges. he must also register as a sex offender. he was arrested in december after a woman told police she found a man sitting in a car in her garage. officers found novak with a camera filled with nude videos of women. >>> coming up next, you have probably had a boss that was just well, bad. >> oh, yeah. >> just a bad boss. >> oh, yeah. this weekend, "horrible bosses" could draw in big crowds at the box office. movie reviewer kevin mccarthy joins us next after the break.  >>> welcome back. the new dark comedy "horrible bosses" is anything but horrible according to movie reviewer kevin mccarthy with 106.7 the fan. hi. >> hi, i can honestly say i've never, ever had the thought of killing my boss. everyone's had negative thoughts about the bosses, but not to this extreme though. i love my bosses, i really do. everything is cool. >> there are all kinds of things that people would think about. if i would walk in there and say that? but this is even wo

buoy, crofton. d.c., you folks in anne arundel county. and a severe thunderstorm warning. that will be in effect until probably the next 35 to 45 minutes. that activity still moving. i'm pretty confident by about 7:00. most of the activity will be just east of the baltimore and washington area. now, there are still lots of advisories in effect. and warnings. tim has a look at those updates. >> well, bob, as you mentioned, a lot of storms rolling through and the national weather service has issued a severe thunderstorm watch in effect. and flash flood watches in effect for the entire wjz viewing area, except for areas from washington county west. and what you're seeing here, highlighted here, all of these light greens, these are flash flood warnings. the flash flood is happening in all of the areas from harford county to carroll, and down towards montgomery and howard. also down toward severna park and down toward anne arundel county. and over toward howard. and we also have severe thunderstorm warnings in effect down toward calvert county. and also anne arundel county, aff

a further zoom along 50 towards the midton area and crofton, starting to see that area go south.as we go further south, look at marlton, rosariville seeing very heavy rain there along pinefield right through waldorf and saint charles, along 301. and if you follow that line south, you get toward garden states, cedar grove, mt. air seeing some of that heavy rain into portion the charles county and moving toward the east over towards northern portions of st. mary's county. so we'll continue to watch these storms make their way through the area. now, earlier storms did produce 2 to 3 inches of rain in parts of maryland. that's why we had that flash need warning in effect including montgomery county, howard county, anne arundel county, prince george's county and even toward the southeast portion of the district seeing that flash flood warning until 7:15. the rest of us under a flash flood watch through the night tonight. or at least through the early portions of the night. temperatures have been cooled down by the rain. temperature right now around 75 degrees. with just some light rai

crofton, upper marlboro. that's where they have a severe thunderstorm warning in effect.u can see, west of the region, for this whole line of activity, gone down to virginia, pretty much to southwest of washington. west of us, there's no precipitation showing. now looks like the bulk of this will be to the east. i think we'll be pretty much in the clear. from washington south, particularly lower eastern shore. and western shore here. still dealing with the activity, to probably 9:00 or 10:00 at night. the heaviest stuff is just moving to the east of the region. temperature-wise, we dropped the rain activity at the airport. by the way, the airport only picked up 10/100ths of know inch. -- of an inch. that's going to go in the books. jacksonville county, almost 4 inches of rain in that storm last night. 73 now. west winds at 10. barometer still falling. 68, oakland. still 90 in easton. sunshine and much hotter temperatures down there. and even pretty severe storms. 88, patuxent. high dew point. a lot of moisture. 70s, kept where the rain hasn't hit yet. still around the 80-

. >> a crofton man had just pleaded guilty to 10 charges after he was caught with videotapes of naked women. police arrested 35-year-old charles novak in december, when a weapon caught him sitting inside a car in her garage. officers searched the area and found him with a video camera, and several videos showed him changing clothes. novak was sentenced to the maximum of 47 years, with all but 10 years suspended. he also received five years' probation, and he must register as a sex offender. >> all right, denise, thank you. wjz was in court. we'll have reaction to the plea and sentencing all new tonight at 6:00. >>> tonight, baltimore's mayoral race is set, minus one popular pick who dropped out at the last minute. pat warren has more on what to expect in the coming weeks. >> hi, kai. hello, everybody. councilman stokes has dropped out of the election to run for his own council seat. but that still leaves six people in the running for mayor. and six is a lot for voters to velt. -- vet. >> reporter: mayor stephanie rawlings-blake wins an endorsement today. >> we don't always agree. but

. >>> a judge sentenced 25-year- old charles novak of crofton on burglary. he was arrested when he found a man sitting in a car in her garage. officers found novak with a camera with 2000 photos of women. >>> falls church police are investigating a business accused of selling k-2 space. they seized 1700 pacts of the marijuana. on march 23rd, it became illegal to possess, sell, or 'tis put sipt thick pot in virginia. >>> mixed emotions on whether the dulles rail should be built above or below ground. the latest on the project straight ahead. >> are we in the united states prepared for a pig cyber attack? that's what lawmakers want to know. who they say is their biggest threat, coming up. >>> and as we head to the break, we have a live look outside. it's a mixed bag out there. we might get some rain later. the latest from tucker and julie coming up next.  >>> welcome back. it's 7:15. prince george's county public schools will have to pay millions of dollars to the labor department as part of a settlement involving teachers from other countries. the s