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road in ellicott city.is woman won't forget. >> i said i've been a nervous wreck ever since. >> she came home to find a truck in her driveway. she thought it was the telephone company and was confronted by vollmerhausen, who threw her jewelry at her and sped off. >> he cut sideways and you see what he did to the fence. he destroyed the chain link. >> she said vollmerhausen took off with the family jewelry box. with her family hair looms, including her parents' wedding rings. >> he walked right by the electronics. he was after the jewelry. >> investigators link vollmerhausen to three more december burglaries in howard county where he's accused of stealing watches and jewelry. vollmerhausen pled guilty to first degree burglary in carroll county earlier this month. his four-year sentence was suspended and he was placed on probation when he committed another crime. >> that judge will get a letter from me. he shouldn't have been out. >> vollmerhausen is held without bond at the howard county detention center. we

we are in ellicott city, nadia ramdass, wbal-tv 11 news. >> time right now, 9:08, 35 degrees at b.w.i. many accidents and fatalities occur around new year's eve. how to stay safe and sober while enjoying cell bration. are you attending a new year's eve party? a fashion sure to catch everyone's attention. >> you have a few days to make a difference on 2012 taxes. i'll explain coming up. >> and for those of you planning to go out for new year's eve, we'll look at the forecast coming up. ...so as you can see, geico's customer satisfaction is at 97%. mmmm tasty. and cut! very good. people are always asking me how we make these geico adverts. so we're taking you behind the scenes. this coffee cup, for example, is computer animated. it's not real. geico's customer satisfaction is quite real though. this computer-animated coffee tastes dreadful. geico. 15 minutes could save you 15 % or more on car insurance. someone get me a latte will ya, please? >> now, your 11 insta-weather plus forecast with meteorologist ava marie. >> we are taking a look at the radar right now and lake-effect snow show

ellicott city further south temperatures struggling to get to the upper 40s. a nice look sunset in ellicott city. temperatures now mid to upper 30s for the most part. most of the area, not quite that warm and 43 not exactly warm. a variable south breeze. just a little bit of a wind chill factor, feeling like the mid-30s. how about neighborhood by neighborhood tomorrow. first off into the city where we always know that the better weather is in the central part of the state sometimes. that's what we look forward to tomorrow, again, back in the 40s. across the region, some scattered cloud cover, significant cloud cover out to the west where the weather is becoming more active. we'll see things become more active. scattered showers through pennsylvania. that stays west of us. we have a cluster of showers likely to develop off the coast. some of this could edge off the chess is a peefnlgt the -- chesapeake. the pattern looks more active. we may stay dry. saturday looks relatively quiet. we look for warmer air to edge in here saturday. the big question is will it ho

to drive with howard county police have arrested an ellicott city man in connection with a spring ofrities say 28-year-old kenneth vollmerhausen is suspected in a burglary on december 21. a woman found his truck outside her home in the 2600 block of melba road in ellicott city. >> he sped out, cut sideways there, and you can see what he did to the fence. >> the victim says he made off with several family heirlooms and detectives have linked him to three other burglary that is took place in ellicott city and columbia this month. he's now held without bond at the howard county detention >> starting off with clouds today, we should see more clearing into the afternoon. winds picking up behind the storm system, yesterday, northwest 15 to 20 miles per hour, gusting to 35. that will take a toll on the temperatures, highs only in the upper 30's to low 40's, it will feel cold with the wind chill. across the state, mountains in the 20's and 30's with flurries in place. flurries with lake-effect snow showers in southern pennsylvania. mostly dry on new year's eve even into the nighttime hours,

thick in ellicott city. there's some snow on the grass.in bel air a little tough to see with that winter weather but the rain clears our camera lens. 37 at the airport. temperatures five degrees above freezing there. north and west is where we have temperatures close to freezing. winds picking up, steady from the northeast. they will be wrapping to the north and northwest overnight and gusting. we had gust of 41 in easton. that brings down the wind chill factor. it's not fit for man or beast out there. right now temperatures at that freezing mark, york to fredericks, right into carroll county, so there's still slick road concerns, especially to the north and west of baltimore, south and east not so much. we see the setup, large system. here's the center coming into our state. we won't see some snowy wet showers but for the most part we expect this to be more of a wind and rain effect. but an ugly scenario, tomorrow with clearing, the winds will stay up, whipping around. you see the cold air to the north that the will funnel. temperatures w

in howard county, police say they cracked a string of burglaries that hit home to columbia and ellicott city tonight. one of the alleged victims says she is living in constant fear since the crime. nadia? >> the alleged victim is concerned the man she accused as a burglar will be on the streets again. this woman who asked us to conceal her identity for fear of retaliation lives in fear after coming face-to-face with a burglary at her howard county house. >> he knows where i live. he knows what i look like. >> police arrested a 28-year-old and charged him with multiple counts of burglary and theft. the man was arrested in connection to a robbery at his home in the 2600 block of melbourne road. >> i said i have been nervous ever since. >> she said she came home to find a truck in her driveway. she thought it was the telephone company, since crime rarely happens in this community. she was confronted by the man who threw her jewelry at her, apologize, and drove off. >> he spat out, cut sideways there. you could see what he did to the fence. >> she says he did take off with the jewelry box, but t

we'll see more of the same as we go into ellicott city. 36-degrees there and in frederick we're at 37 degrees. and the temperatures will stay chilly as we go into the afternoon. this is the planner as 8:00 rolls around cold and showers. 49 degrees. by this evening the temperature is coming in at 48 degrees a chilly rain will be on tap for today. let's get a check of traffic. >> we're off to a cold start. we have several accidents in baltimore county. a crash right on york road. and problems will persist where we are dealing with an accident on philadelphia road if you are traveling on 95. traffic is starting to pick up from route 43 down to the beltway. as far as 695 is concerned. thiss is what it looks like at hartford road. everything is moving along. no problems up to towson. this is what the corner looks like. and green spring. traffic is starting to pick up on the outer loop as you make the drive to liberty road. you are looking at a 13 minute ride from 795 to 95. that's a look at your time saver traffic. over to you. >> and we're 15 minutes from away from 7:00. it was over the i

they are below average this morning in ellicott city coming in at 29 degrees. reisterstown 30. we're at 30 degrees in rock hall and havre de grace coming in at 30 degrees as well. bundle up throughout the day and you will stay that way into the afternoon. we have high pressure in place. but that will begin to slide off towards the east. and once it does, well, we'll start to have a few more clouds moving in here. so that southerly flow is going to make it a little bit more mild as we go into the evening time frame. but still will believe cold just won't be as cold as it was this morning. now we have the chance for some rain showers into tomorrow as well to work their way in here. we'll be more change in the forecast for us. for today though, no type of rain. just mostly sunny skies and cold temperatures. the cold will persist even through tonight. with more cloud cover. by tomorrow that temperature coming in at 50 with showers possible. and the seven day forecast looks like this, as mild weather will move back into the picture look hat the 60s as we head into saturday. let's ge

look at the 20s from ellicott city 29 degrees. the winds out of the northwest at about 5 miles an hour. this will persist throughout the day. we won't be as windy as we were yesterday. that's some good news especially on that northwesterly breeze. we would really be feeling that windchill today. but that's not going to be the case. maryland's most powerful radar is dry right now. yes we have some cold temperatures but we will get lots of sunshine in here. the only caveat with that is that that sunshine really in the going to warm the temperatures -- not going to warm the temperatures up even as we go into the afternoon. here's how you plan accordingly. at 8:00 the temperature at 33 degrees and still very cold. brisk by lunchtime. yesterday the day before that, the day before that, you were able to eat the lunch outdoors. not so much today. let's get a check now of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. >>> good morning lynette. i'm missing that warm weather. well, we have some trouble in glen burnie right now.

we are at 48 degrees in monrovia. 49 in ellicott city and 49 in reisterstown. the temperatures are well above average. take the coat but not the biggest one. look at temperatures as we go into lunchtime today. 57 degrees. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook good morning. >> >> reporter: -- >> reporter: good morning. fog is an issue again this morning. take it slow and use the low beams. traveling in howard county, no delays at all here on interstate 70 but it will be nice and clear from columbia pike all the way over to 695. here's a live look at the beltway right now at old court road. traffic is moving right along only 7 minutes right now to travel the outer loop from 795 down to 70. and as we check in and look at the other abc2 timesaver traffic drive times the beltway nice andclear from parkville to towson and traveling on 95 in white marsh foggy conditions in that area but four minutes southbound from route 43 down to the beltway. megan and charley over to you. >>> people living. >> newtown connecticut are trying to pick up the pieces o

and electronics are a taste of some of the must-have items this holiday shopping season and this ellicott city target store was bustling saturday with shoppers determined to make holiday purchases within reason. >> they'll save us a lot of money. >> with the looming fiscal cliff, linda and mike martzen are changing holiday shopping habits this year, relying on coupon and shopping less in case the cliff goes over in the beginning of the year. they're not alone. >> buying more practical, stuff people want. >> trying to save more and buy less in case taxes do go up. >> experts say the fiscal cliff could play grinch to the u.s. economy during the holiday shopping season. in a recent survey, the national retail federation found about 2/3 of shoppers said the fiscal cliff and other economic concerns would affect their holiday spending. the fiscal cliff will result in tax increases and federal spenng cuts. >> both parties are kind of, hey, i'm going to do my thing, you're going to do your thing, nobody seems to want to give in. >> many shoppers agree, as tax paying citizens, one of the top things on

in late august, a horrific train derailment in ellicott city killed two teenagers as the redheaded to college. the first day of school in baltimore county turned into a day of violence when a 16-year- old student robert gladden fired a shotgun in the cafeteria. the shot hit daniel borowy, a student with down syndrome. daniel was released and robert gladden was arrested. art modell passed away in september. he was 87. it was an exciting call for orioles fans at the team made their first playoff run in 15 years, and they were so close to the american league championship when they fell to the yankees in the final game of their series. the last few days of october, superstorm sandy pounded the east coast. ocean city was the hardest hit in our area. the 2012 election is one for the history books. president barack obama won a second term as president, and here in maryland, an historic day for same sex marriage. starting january 1, those couples can legally wedd. we go into 2013 much as we started 2012, hoping for a super bowl. >> the world did not end on december 21, so it looks like we all

montgomery county, gaithersburg, mount airy, ellicott city, all around 36 to 37 degrees. manassas, warrenton, falls church, too, in the upper 30s right now. take a look at storm team 4 radar. we've got moisture coming in from the northwest and moisture coming up from the south, all helping to produce some moisture around here for tomorrow morning. so we're expecting a few light showers and sprinkles early at 5:00, 6:00, 7:00 a.m. but probably over with at around 11:00 a.m. and then for saturday, looks like we would have rain early saturday with that weather front just to the north of us. right now, it looks as though that front will stay up to the north. so saturday now looking dry. but with clouds around. and some morning fog. maybe even some late day sunshine. then we'll see showers return on sunday. here's a look at the forecast. increasing clouds, cool, 35 to 39 degrees for your evening. tomorrow morning, a few sprinkles. you'll just need the small umbrella for tomorrow morning to get by. not too bad at 30 to 36 degrees. over the maryland line, though, in the high spo

but look what we have in ellicott city. temperatures coming in at 49 degrees.he rest of today. more showers in the forecast with the temperature coming in at 65 degrees. let's check the traffic with lauren cook good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this fog leading to a very hectic commute. take it slow and turn on low beams. we have crash in glen burnie along westbound lanes of route 100 at 97 and another crash on 695 on outer loop at 702. checking in at parkville notice the beltway extremely jammed speeds at 33 miles per hour on the outer loop at harford road and notice the foggy conditions persisting making the push up towards towson. the west side of 695, a 16 minute delay on the outer loop from 795 down to 70. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver track now back to new york for good morning america. [ male announcer ] this commercial is not about getting fios; it's about getting fios. that moment after you finally got it, that you actually get it. when you can see blades of artificial grass in their full glory, you get it. or the first time you download

we do have a crash in ellicott city on little pawtuxent parkway.95, here's a live look outside, liberty road, no delays whatsoever. as we head up to hunt valley, this is what 83 looks like, also going to be clear from schann road down to 92. megan and charley. >>> our time is up. "the doctors" is next. >> we want to remind you to join us tomorrow for "good morning maryland." have a great day. mommy! i went potty! that's great, honey.... where? for life's bleachable moments. it's about getting fios. that moment after you finally got it that you actually get it. when you see the difference 100% fiber optics makes, and you say "woah we are not on cable anymore." when online videos aren't herky jerky, you get it. or when a movie downloads in two minutes, you get it. last chance to get fios for just $79.99 a month for two years with a two-year agreement. plus $300 back. go to got2getfios.com today for america's fastest, most reliable internet -- call the verizon center verizon fios. for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v.

a beautiful sunrise this morning but also temperature coming in at 29 degrees in ellicott city. about 5. as we go throughout the day, wondering if it's going to get any better or any warmer? not so much. we're going to stay right around 44 degrees this temperature is below average. but we do have a warmup in the forecast. as with go into the weekend -- we go into the weekend. let's get a check now of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. >>> good morning lynette. well we have a water main break in catonsville it's shut down maiden choice lane at tanglewood road. stick with 695 or beech field avenue instead. we have a crash on the beltway on the outer loop at 457 hall listened ferry -- at hol lands ferry road. it's going to take you an extra eight minutes to travel the outer loop from 95 all the way up to 83. and here's what 83 looks like up in hunt valley. actually you will want to expect congestion traveling southbound frompy done yea road down to the beltway. megan and charlie, over to you. >>> we are out of time. more news, weather and traffic coming up i