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delia goncalves joins us now to explain. >> reporter: marybeth, because this has created such a buzz, even nationally, baltimore city police are covering all the bases, even distributing this accident report, which they don't normally do. in it we learned more about last night's crash and the fallout from michael phelps. a local crash that made national headlines when we discover the driver behind the wheel of this crunched up escalade was olympic hometown hero michael phelps. >> he had nothing to do with the cause of the accident. >> reporter: police say phelps was heading home from penn station when his suv slammed into a honda accord investigators say ran a red light, an account verified bay witness. >> she was not aware at the time of the accident that the accident involved michael phelps. >> reporter: the female driver of the honda was taken to shock trauma for neck and back pain while police questioned phelps on the scene, paying close attention to his behavior. >> were his eyes glossy? was his speech slurred, did he smell like alcohol. >> reporter: although phelps did admit to

delia goncalves is live with the latest. delia? >> reporter: it all started here at the intersection of lexington and mlk, about six blocks before you get over to calhoun. police were in the area conducting routine surveillance when they tell us a scan of the tag on the suspect vehicle revealed that it was stolen. the torn and twisted wreckage of what used to be a nissan sentra. a woman behind the wheel was killed. >> it's sad. >> and the driver of a stolen honda accord smashed into their vehicle. >> just stupid. >> reporter: we're told the stolen car was westbound on lexington. the victim's vehicle was southbound on calhoun. police aren't speculating how fast that stolen car was traveling when it blew through the four-way stop. but the force of the impact gives you some idea. a bumper and headlights literally ripped away from the suspect's vehicle. investigators say the speeding honda t-boned the speeding car on the driver's side as she was crossing on north calhoun. both vehicles ended up far from where the crash actually happene

that's where we find delia goncalves to tell us what happened, and what the family is saying. delia? >> reporter: tonight police are telling us the driver of the truck was driving south on maryland avenue when he made this right on west lafayette, striking jack yates. investigators believe his body may have been dragged. tonight his family is asking for your help to find this driver. on maryland avenue, less than a mile from his home. >> it hasn't been the same since. >> he was your life, yes, he was. >> reporter: 67-year-old jack yates was killed while riding his bicycle. >> i said please be careful out there. you know there is a bunch of nuts out there. >> reporter: ellen's husband of 39 years was heading to the university of baltimore where he was pursuing is his third masters degree in youth counseling. >> i kept calling and calling, and it kept going to voice mail. and by 4 and 5 i was getting frantic. >> reporter: relatives say he was a safe rider. he even had mirrors on his helmet. , i really want to know what happen and bring to it closure. >> reporter: police say the a

in towson, delia goncalves, abc 2 news. >> we'll have a crew there tonight, and tonight's town hall meet willing also be moderated. senator cardin tells us despite the rumors, they are not screening questions beforehand. >>> on the heels of these town hall meetings, some more chaotic than others, president obama will go to new hampshire this week where he will host a town hall meeting of his own, hoping to wipe out any of the rumors. abc 2 news at 5:30. coming up, hear about the new website that hopes to clear up the president's plan. >>> nationwide vaccine testing for the h1n1 virus got underway today at the university of maryland medical center. researchers started with 67 adults. abc 2 news kelly swoope is there. she joins us with details. kel? >> reporter: marybeth, they had to actually turn people away. today they began vaccinating healthy adults, 18 to 64 years old. and the data they collect will be closely monitored and analyzed. >> it's a viral infection of the upper representstary track. >> reporter: the doctor arms volunteers with the basics of the h1n1 vaccine. participants ta

in finksburg, delia goncalves, abc 2 news. >> we're told the national weather service will send crews to the neighborhood. they'll determine if the community was hit by a tornado or severe wind. frederick county also saw damage from the severe storms. they took down trees and ripped the roofs off of several homes. residents also say the patio furniture was blown into other neighbors yards. luckily no injuries were reported. bge tells us there are just 10,000 marylanders without power. a far cry from the 50,000 that were without power earlier today. here are the latest numbers. harford county is reporting the most outages. baltimore county has nearly three thousand people in the dark. and anne arundel nearly 1500, and howard and carroll county where the roofs were ripped off, bge is reporting under one thousand outages. >>> more disappointing news tonight for constellation energy. the company has faced outrage over higher than normal bills. then a controversial deal with a french power company. and now comes word earnings at a local community dropped nearly 85%. today constellation ann

delia goncalves talked to the pastor, who remains committed to the community. >> we said we were going to tolerate certain things. >> reporter: since moving into southwest baltimore 14 years ago, reverend st. george cross has tolerated drug addicts and discarded crack pipes. he as even helped clean them up, but this, by far, the worst. >> i'm concerned about the people who would do this. i'm concerned about the future of baltimore. >> reporter: graffiti marks the sacred building. the culprit even tried breaking into the church, damaging the backdoor and tearing through the screen. the reverend believes the vandalism is linked to an upcoming funeral future a murder victim. >> it just makes me want more and more to preach about the goodness of god. >> reporter: as you can see, the backyard of the church is fully fenced in. but the reverend believes the culprits got in the backyard through this huge, gaping hole that neighbors made several years ago. police are unsure if the tag, ggk and train belong to the gang, but two blocks away, a black bandanna hangs from a makeshift memorial for da

delia goncalves is live at the light rail to explain the next step. delia? >> reporter: the family's attorney tells us he is planning to file a civil lawsuit against mta for negligence on the part of its train conductors. police are calling it an unfortunate accident that killed two 17-year-olds. >> the operator says he didn't see him. we don't have any evidence that suggests otherwise. >> they are disappointed. >> reporter: the families of conner peterson and kyle wankmiller declined comment, but a lawyer for the families says it still come downs to a light rail conductor having eight seconds to save two lives. >> if he had been watching what he was doing, these trains can be stopped in 200 feet. and he would have been able to stop the train. >> reporter: on july 5th, the soon to be stepbrothers were walking on light rail tracks when a southbound train passed them by. >> a conductor saw them and beeped the horn and is required to phone headquarters and phone other conductors and notify them there are children on the tracks. they didn't do that. >> reporter:

delia goncalves spoke with his neighbors and has their reaction and has it live from central booking. >> reporter: calvin lockner is locked up behind bars, held without bail. she charged with attempted murder as well as that hate crime. as for the victims' neighbors, it's what we have learned about the suspect himself that has turned their shock into anger and disgust. >> they're cowards. in my book, they're cowards. >> reporter: max streeter is house sitting in this neighborhood. but he knows james privett. the quiet 76-year-old man is now the victim of what investigators are calling a hate crime. police say 28-year-old calvin lockner beat privett early tuesday morning here at form armistead park, the south end of the francis scott key bridge. they had been fishing, a routine for the two retirees. >> they'll be leaving when it's about to get dark. i say why do you go so late? this is the best time. and they've been doing that for years. >> reporter: according to charging documents, lockner and two other white men attacked privett, who was black, while yelling the "n" word. we also ha

delia goncalves, abc 2 news. >> thanks. >>> is the government blowing the h1n1 virus out of proportion next, why one local doctor says it won't be nearly as bad as you're being led to believe. that is if you're taking the right precautions. >>> plus, r&b star chris brown gets probation for assaulting rihanna. what you're saying about it, next. >>> and the 2-degree guarantee for today was 88 degrees. we missed it by 1 degree. the official high at bwi stayed at 85. we'll have our complete forecast, and also a look at what could be tropical storm danny, coming up. come on in. you're invited to the chevy open house. where getting a new vehicle is easy. because the price on the tag is the price you pay on remaining '08 and '09 models. you'll find low, straightforward pricing. it's simple. now get an 2009 chevy silverado half-ton for under $18,000 after all offers. go to chevy.com/openhouse for more details. >>> latest developments now on the death of michael jackson. while the pop star's death has been ruled a homicide, there are still no criminal charges filed. but many feel it's just a ma

in west baltimore, delia goncalves, abc 2 news. >>> the fbi has joined the investigation into a baltimoreounty couple accused of sexual assaulting children and using them for porn. john nicklas and shannon honea were arrested last week after police found video evidence of child pornography in their middle river home. nicklas' ex-wife confirmed last night to abc 2 news that the man has one son and two young sisters. police are looking into whether those children or any other relatives railroad victimized. according to court documents, the assaults happened in both the couple's home and in an atlanta hotel room. but police also think the pair taped children at a third location out of state. and that has the fbi joining in on the investigation. >> when you got people who have become film producers in a very gross world, it's going to extend not just say here in baltimore county, it's going to extend out really to the rest of the world. >> one other update on the case during a bail review, the judge decided to pull the bond available for shannon honea, so she is being held without bail. if th

delia goncalves joins us now to tell us one area family's story. >> reporter: the family says the ark, an organization that works with the developmentally disabled has been their lifeline as they struggle to keep their family healthy, happy, and together. the gaps have four lively little ones arc challenge in themselves. but the two oldest, 9-year-old jessica and 8-year-old johnny are both living with autism. dad has been unemployed five months now. >> sometimes we don't have much to do, any income to buy things. so they're there to help us. >> reporter: for several years the family has received help from the ark of howard county. security to keep jessica out of trouble. >> she got out of very easily and escaped and went to the neighborhood playground which is good because we found her fast. but we had no idea where she was at the time. if she was just in front of a car, anything could happen to her. >> what families really need to stay out of crisis. >> reporter: the program offs $300,000 a year. but the ark is facing a crisis of its own. it's being cut by $1 million. the reduction a

delia goncalves is live outside police headquarters to tell us more about the suspect's violent past. delia? >> reporter: marybeth, police are telling us tonight that 28- year-old calvin lockner is on a state sex offender registry for first-degree rape back in 2000. he was also arrested we're told three months ago for allegedly beating up his wife for, quote, associating with african americans. police say this man, 28-year- old calvin lockner was so full of racial hatred, he beat a 76- year-old black man. he even told police he does not like african americans. >> based on his statements that he said during the interview, investigated this as a hate crime. and apparently it was three white people on an african american is concerning. it's troubling that i have to sit here and talk this kind of crap. >> reporter: police say lockner and two other white men in their mid to late 20satacked the elderly man with a baseball bat or stick early this morning. the victim and his wife were fishing here at fort armistead park at the south end of the francis scott bridge. >> i never had no problem.

delia goncalves picked best reporter, and we want to thank you for naming us the best morning anchor the magazine. a portion of the proceeds from last night go right to the family tree organization, which is working to prevent child abuse. >>> somebody could become an instant millionaire tonight. it's not too late for to you join in the megamillions jackpot now up to $207 million. you still have time to buy your ticket. the drawing is tonight. if they pull your numbers tonight, you could choose an annual pay outfor the next 26 years or choose the ash option of $130 million. so get out there and buy up your ticket. >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist susan shrack. things are looking hot and steamy for us once again. we're looking at a daytime high of 89 degrees. showers and storms moving in this afternoon and on into this evening. some of those storms could produce heavy downpours. >>> looking over the n seven days, the front moves through finally sunday and monday. cooler and dryer then the heat kicks back into the forecast adds we head into the middle part of next week. here's a che

for now live with breaking news, delia goncalves, abc 2 news. >> thank you, delia. >>> prisoners can commit crimes from prison with cell phones. but those phones may soon go silent. a senate committee has approved a plan that would stop inmates by jamming their cell phone signals. maryland senator barbara mikulski sponsors the bill and is battling for a full senate vote, despite a broken ankle. brian kuebler reports. >> when we said goodbye to the cash, i now have this boot. >> reporter: senator barbara mikulski jokes that the boot she has to rehab her broken ankle will come in handy to kick butt in the senate. one of her bills is to jam cell phones in prisons. >> we want to jam the criminals. so they're going to jam the cell phones they have out there organizing more violence. >> reporter: governor martin o'malley pushed for the legislation following the high profile maryland case involving carl lackl. this past spring, a federal jury convicted patrick byers of ordering the hit on carl lackl from his cell phone in his prison cell. a crime that does not come as a shock to correctiona

abc 2 news delia goncalves joins us live from the scene with the latest. delia?porter: marybeth, this is just a remarkable scene. many neighbors have come out the witness the wreckage themselves. let's get right to video, right away so, you can see for yourself the crash, as you mentioned, happened at the intersection of lexington and calhoun. a woman who was driving this car was t-boned in that intersection. her car you can see destroyed, and thrown towards a tree. that woman sadly we're told has died from her injuries at shock trauma. the suspect's stolen car is mangled as well. he is in serious condition at an ea

abc 2 news delia goncalves will have a live report on abc 2 news at 6. >>> at a time when many teenagers are preparing to return to the classroom, a 15- year-old edge wide boy is locked up in a jail cell after allegedly trying to murder his stepfather. tonight abc 2 news jeff hager has more on what may have sparked the latest incident of violence against a parent. >> instant photos, hamming it up with his sister, 15-year-old stan smith, junior looks like your average teen, not a kid capable of an adult-sized crime, attempted murder. >> i've known him for eight years. he is not the type of person. >> reporter: smith's friend jessica says stan may have stopped one day last month when he pick upped a baseball bat, approached his stepfather when he was working on the lawn, and proceeded to strike at least twice, breaking lonnie's hand in the process. >> he was transported to upper chesapeake by ambulance. and the step-son was arrested at this point. >> reporter: initially arrested on juvenile charges and released, smith is now being charged as an adult with first- degree attempted murder. sh

delia goncalves joins us now with the latest. delia?rter: marybeth, this news makes it more likely that jackson's personal physician made mai be held criminally responsible for the king of pop's death. according to the coroner, jackson was given a deadly dose of drugs just hours before he died at home on june 25th. a search warrant affidavit revealed a powerful anesthetic propofol and two kinds of sedatives were in the singer's system. dr. conrad murray was with jackson when he died and has been the target of a manslaughter investigation headed by the l.a. police. detectives there raided the doctor's houston offices and storage unit last month. now according to the warrant, dr. murray had been treating jackson for insomnia with sedatives for about six weeks in an effort to wean him off stronger

megan pringle and i were named best morning anchor team by the magazine and delia goncalves was picked as best reporter. steve jeffy, the publishingisher explains why he looks forward to this every year. >> you don't get a chance to get them under one roof. it's always nice to hear people say it is the best party every year. >> a portion of the proceeds went to prevent child abuse and neglect. i think they are still going at it. >>> when it comes to rest rooms, baltimore's tremont hotel comes in at number two in the nation. for number ones and number twos because it was selected for its beautiful imported marble, chandeliers, hand carved wood work. tens of thousands of votes were cast. we have number one coming in from branson, missouri. keep it going. just let it go. oh, that's so nice. >>> if you love chills and thrills, king's dominion has the ride for you. we'll show you the latest addition to the theme park. >>> stem cells are helping bring old friends back together again. >>> and a live look outside. 78 dee degrees. i think you know aleen gabey's coming up with the dog of the day

delia goncalves has more on what happened and what the boy's mother is doing about it. >> i feel thats is definitely a case of abuse. >> reporter: alicia is beside herself after a week and a half, her 9-year-old son ian is finally healing from a bite on his back that sent him to the hospital. >> you can still see the marks. >> reporter: the bite inflicted by a 17-year-old lifeguard trusted to take care of children. >> he apparently bit through the shirt, and it was starting to scab over in some places. it was very raw and red. >> reporter: she says her son complained he was being bullied during day camp at the aquatic center. she talked to camp counselors who reassured her this was no problem until days later. >> they said i want to let you know there was an incident. >> reporter: baltimore's department of recreation and parks is investigating the incident and admits the lifeguard, who is still working with kids, did bite the child but only after the child bit him first. >> i don't care if he jumped up and down on your foot. you are 17, almost a grown man. >> reporter: garalnic says i

delia goncalves, abc 2 news. >> and we'll bring you the latest on the investigation into mack's death tonight at 11. and when we're not on the air you always log on the our website, abc2news.com for up-to- the-minute information. >>> students return to class at a number of public schools in maryland today. yet questions remain over how parents will protect them against the h1n1 virus. the trial continues but there at this point there is no available vac for the swine flu. how the state is preparing for worst. >> reporter: on the very day that many maryland students are returning to school, the state announced a 7th death tied to the h1n1 virus in a d.c. suburb. parents are growing anxious over the lack of information on how they're supposed to protect their children. >> absolutely nothing about it. that's why i'm waiting until school starts to find out about it. >> i don't know if they're going to do vaccines in the school or having all the children go to the local health department. >> reporter: trials on children began last week, but the timetable for producing mass doses of the vac

abc 2 news delia goncalves has a look. ,. >> aggh, me matey!rter: it seemed like a scene out of the pirates of the caribbean as young jack sparrow prepared to set sail around the inner harbor. >> what do you think they're going the do? >> i don't know. >> reporter: most of these kids are suffering from terrible diseases. this pirate adventure was planned by the casey cares foundation, known for the unique parties and vacations they provide to critically ill children and their family. >> it's an awesome opportunity to have over 100 children and family members out on the boat, enjoying summer like it should be, even though they are suffering from a critical illness. >> reporter: more than 100 children and their families took part, which included sailing around the inner harbor, or discovering treasure and dousing enemies with water cannons on the pirate ship. just an opportunity to escape from the hospital bed. >> really exciting to be able to get out. because you're just so used to getting cooped up and not really getting out at all. >> one, two

our delia goncalves taking us to restaurants around baltimore to see which ones were feeding us the cheaperersion of the fish we thought we were ordering. now we're heading to the grocery store and the fish market. john matarese helps explain the difference between a monk fish, tuna, or tilapia, so you don't waste your money. >> reporter: when you buy fish from the glass cooler in the supermarket, or order it in a restaurant, are you sure you're really getting the fish you asked for? some new reports say in many cases, you're not. what if that 7-dollar a pound fresh atlantic fish was really imported from a chinese fish farm for a fraction of the price? two new reports in the south florida sun sentinel and the toronto star say it's becoming commonplace. one study at new york city's sushi restaurants found white tuna was often inexpensive tilapia. red snapper was often cheap cod, and some monk fish was chinese puffer. my advice, do you have a taste for pricey fish, ask the staff at a fish market what it should look like cooked and uncooked. >>> and from the doesn't that stink file, continued

delia goncalves went back to her neighborhood and says reaction ranges from disbelief to distress.lergy members and community activists gathered at the scene of sunday's deadly shooting just a few blocks from where a friend and fellow activist was shot in her own home. >> it was kind of a wake-up call for all of us who are active in the community. >> reporter: kathy mcclain with safe street cherry hill says community members were doing outreach in the hills around 9 last night, moments before the shooting. >> it's tough, because she has been a community activist for a long, long time and gives everything to the community, everything. takes money out of her pocket to buy snacks at a rec center that has been closed for three years. >> reporter: and as shirley foulks tells friends on the phone, she has more work to do. the 59-year-old had just returned home last night from collecting school supplies. when she sat down to watch tv, a bullet blew through her window frame, pierced through a sofa, and landed in her left breast. >> as i said now, dismiss a little fear. it can happen again.

delia goncalves tells us what that man's ex-wife has to say. >> i come home and i find a news crew here. it draws a lot of attention. >> reporter: attention that christine finds embarrassing, to say the least. christine doesn't want us to use her last name or show her face is the ex-wife of 34-year- old john nicklas. in fact, she still lives with him and his 26-year-old fiancee shannon honea. police say the couple sexual abused and videotaped children as young as 2 years old. in many cases, in their middle river home. , i had no idea it was going on. i mean supposedly they have a lot of evidence. but i'm having a hard time believing that it would be something he would actually do. because i've known him for a listening time too. >> reporter: we have learned the couple are both emts with transcare. a spokesperson tells us they were fired after not reporting to work last week. that's when police arrested the couple. >> that they came, must have got the search warrant and came back and took everything. they had a lot of stuff that they had in bags. >> reporter: along with dvds and video, d

this is the best of party and abc 2 news reporter delia goncalves was picked best reporter.aw jonathan ogden there, and the band was up on top. i saw this man, a portion of the proceeds from the bash goes from the family tree. that is a great organization working to prevent child abuse and neglect. the next issue of "baltimore" magazine will be about the baltimore sun. it's not what it used to be. its 172-year history is now clouding up. and senior editor evan is here with a piece called "stop the presses." i don't think we can go in tight enough, but you see the eagle, evan. tell me about the eagle and the sun on the cover here. >> they replicated the sun logo, and the eagle is crying. the ship is sinking. the whole logo is altered to make it -- >> yeah, yeah. the sun's holding the computer. that's what it's about, isn't it? >> yeah. >> listen, somebody had to do this story and you did it. are you surprised at the access that you got inside? >> it was a story we felt was very important for the city. it's such an institution. we felt somebody needed to do a prehencive story