joel d. ssith is live downtown with the mayor's office is already disputing. good morning joel d. p. patrice, labor day weekend, this was one of the straightaways in the inaugural baltimore grand prix... the course was lined with &pfans, and it lookee great on tv. but how many fans were really here, and hhw much did they spend? that result is fast becoming a ontroversy here in the city. the &ppacked. promoters had predicted the race would bring 70-mmllion dollars innspending to altimore. but economists from umbc say the real nuuber is closerrto 20 goers....questioning them about what they're spending and where they're from. it's small sample size, but the results show a larre majority of the ans were already from maryland. (2:15:33) "the bottom line of new spending that would not have occurred without the event is in the ballpark of ten-million dolllrs..." the maaors offfce is calliig thii survey, more thorough analysis...when the city releasee iis own report later this month. it might deal more with hotel 3 noneehelesss last week, - inddyar called the baltimor

in medfield, joel d. ssith, fox 45 morning ews. 3 3 a social securityy administration worker is recovering this mmrning... after beinggshot... in broad ddylight... in woodlawn. woodlawn.it happened yysttrday &pafteenoon... n wwlden circl. c-workers say the mannwas on cl. his lunch break aad coold have been walkinggto his home nnarby.but on the way... police say someoneeshot him during a robbery attempttthe victim wassable to walk to parallel drivee where he collapsed near the sooial the shooting prompted police to temporrrily put the office on lockdoon becauss the gunman was still on theeloose. (mr. davis/neighboo) "i go morning, you know. so, i guess i'm goinn to haveeto knoo, it's messed up man.. and po close to home." home.. the vvctim is listed in good condition at sinai balltiore county police are searching for a ar theif in palethorpe. 19 vehicles have been targeted in the last six weekssand now... they're urging drivers to take precauti. hit two neighborhoods... and they seem to prefer certain types of c

joel d. ssith is live in that neighborhood this morning with more on what's being done by the community to help police fight back. 3 charges are pending against a driver who sttuck and killed a teenager aad then ddove off. off.it happened monnay mmrning along highway 2-76.the victim ... was skateboarding with a friend... when it happened.his friend gave pooice a description offthe vehicle... which they later found a couple miles away in port deposit.detectives questionee the driver... ut say t's still unclear if he knew that he'd hit the teenager. <"police also receeved information that the 16 year old may have been.... was an &pintent by the driver."> driver."> they ádo notá believe drugs... alcohol or speed were factors in the crash.stiil... the victim's family hopes the driver will be prosecuted. police are hoping to complete a maryland woman is facing police say... he took her - friend's aby.tiara williams was arrested thursday afternoon in ssitland. authorities say the 23 year old abducted her

joel d. ssith is live there now with ore on the attack, using bleach. good morning joel d. good morning megan, this place was actually closed for a couple hours saaurday because of this incident, andd investigators say the pttack was the esult offan onnoing dispute between the &psuspect and the victim.... th victimms boyfriend is the father of the ssspect's child. vo rollcue: this attack was perl peesonal here ii that suspect, 33 year old theresa jefferson. police say just before eleven o'clock saturdayy morning jefferson followed this woman, now dating her ex, into the stooe and attacked &pher with bleach and pine-soll started figgting... and the two 28-year-old victii had to be taken to the hossital for bleach thrown in her yes. but because of the melee ... transporred ffr injuries - most customers sunday were in disbelief this happened right inside thh unfortunately, say seeing confrontations nowadays s common. -3 kenny wiggington3958 as far as releasing a hemical agent on ppl that's a little extreme, butti tell you, &pthat's the neighboohood, i've seen fights and argume

live at the inner harbor, joel d. ssith, fox 45 morning news. 3 the search continues for the person wwo raped a 13-year old girl in east baltimore. investigators say the victim street near ashlanddavenue... at about 9 o'clock mmnday night... when a man grabbed her and dragged her into a vacant row home. detectives say he beat and pexually ssaulted the girl... befooe he took off. the victim managed to run to a neighbor for help. (ms. whiting//eighbor) i just held her.. she just looked like she was just stunned out of her life, like froze. yoo see what i'm saying, like real angry, that this really happened to me.." me.." investigatoos are working with aavague description of the suspecc... thhy've released thhs composite sketch. he's described as a black man.. with a mustache. he was wearing dark clothing... innluding a black skull cap. if you have ann information abouttttis case... contact authorities. ttstimony continues today... in the federal bribery trial of ssate senator ulysses defense attorneys say currie didn't unders