. >> reporter: steven pitkaren was walking down the street when john wagner and merit robbed him.tober wagner was sentenced to life plus two years in exchange for merit's testimony against him she only faced conspiracy and robbery charges. >> in as much as she was a willing participate, she got the sentence that she deserved. >> reporter: but neighbors in charles village felt she deserved more. >> i said it was a little ridiculous. they were in it together so they should get the same sentence it seems like. >> i thought they would be in it together. you know both were responsible. >> reporter: in court merit admitted she is just as guilty as john wagner but she is not a cold-blooded person. the judge though didn't buy it. after merit's 15 year, the judge says she will be watching for any probation violation to impose the full 15 years suspended sentence. andrea fujihi, eyewitness news. >>> merit will be eligible for parol after 7.5 years. >>> attorneys for the man accused of killing yeardley love will be allowed to access her medical records. they argue it was a mix of alcohol and

she testified against her accomplice john wagner. he was sentenced to life. >>> a judge has ordered yeardley love's medical records to be handed over to the attorneys representing george huguely. they want to prove she died of something else rather than blunt force trauma to the head. the attorney is also arguing about pretrial publicity. they want jurors to fill out a questionnaire and be questioned individually. the judge also said no to cameras in the courtroom. >>> the latest in baltimore county, investigators have determined what caused a three alarm fire at this pizza shot. they said the fire at didi's was accidental. it caused several hundred thousand in damage. >>> some are walking through the perry hall neighborhood. firefighters will be visiting condo units to answer any kind of safety questions and handing out safety information to keep people safe. the fire started in the ceiling and quickly spread. 17 people, including two children were displaced. we're told nobody was hurt. >>> weather wise, things have been oh, so quie

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an attorney for john wagner file the appeal but the court -- he insists he and no part in the murder last summer. his former girlfriend testified against him in the case. president obama is headed home to washington after what he called a successful trip to asia. in his address, the president said the trip helped cement trade deals that will support 130,000 jobs. president obama added those skills could increase u.s. exports by up to $39 billion by 2014. he is expected at the white house sometime tomorrow morning. now to libya or the son of muammar gaddafi is in the hands of fighters. sources say they captured him overnight after a month after his father was killed. more tonight from istanbul, turkey. >> rebels say they have finally caught saif, the son of muammar gaddafi. he had been hiding in the desert traveling with bedouins. he was in a convoy when he was surrounded by a rebel unit. he surrendered. he had a few thousand dollars with him and was wearing a traditional clothing for been to cover his face. the rebels put him on a plane and flew him to the mountainous town. when it a

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the attorney for john wagner has filed an appeal of his clients first-degree murder case last week. although it is unclear what the grounds for the appeal were, at his sentencing, wagner insisted he was not the man who killed stephen pitcairn last summer. wagner was sentenced to life plus 20 years. >> we started off the day with fog and areas of drizzle. now as we get into the new our, a lot of clouds in the sky. although showers are moving back into the western part of the state. currently, cloudy. temperature at 56. winds 12 miles per hour. over the afternoon, isolated showers around baltimore. over night, the showers become much more likely. temperatures will stay mostly in the '50s. we will be talking about whether or not we will see rain into tomorrow. >> thank you. the search is on for an inmate who was mistakenly released from jail in prince george's county authorities say frederick scott was in custody for the murder of a washington, d.c., man back in march but and he was arrested in las vegas and extradited to maryland. police say scott was being held without bond, but a cl

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she agreed to testify against the man you see there john wagner who was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison for killing pitcairn. >>> charlottesville virginiajudge order yeardley love's medical records be turned over to the attorneys of georgehuguelyp his lawyers want to prove love died from something else other than a blunt force trauma to the head. they are arguing about pretrial publicity and want jurors to fill out a questionnaire and be questioned individually. >>> news time 5:06. and you think it would be harmless. but research suggest otherwise. what a study found out about acetominophen and asthma and your child. >>> and is it unconstitutional a young says yes but this -- judge says yes, but this fight is all over will you see graphic pictures on cigarette packs. you are watching "good morning maryland" on this tuesday, november 8th. thanks for starting your day with us. [ sue ] wow! i've been so looking forward to this. when my asthma symptoms returned, my doctor prescribed dulera to help prevent them. [ male announcer ] dulera is for patients 12 and older whose asth

john wagner was found guilty of the crime last month and he was sentenced to life in prison. pitcairn a research tech at johns hopkins was stabbed to death during an apparent robbery last year. >>> the yeardley love medical records will be turned over to the attorneys of george huguely. his lawyers want to prove she died of something other than blunt force trauma to the head. his attorneys are arguing about pretrial publicity feeling it will make it difficult to select an impartial jury. it is set to begin in february. >>> this morning the school community in baltimore polytech institute is remembering a former student killed in frostburg. courtney mccoy was stabbed death when she was a sophomore. a senior is charged with the stabbing and before heading to frostburg she graduated from poly. yesterday, stewed hasn't moment of silence -- students what moment of silence and a moment of joy a chance to remember the spirit of courtney mccoy. >> i appreciate the laughter because she was the happy person around friends. and she would appreciated that. i don't think she wants anybody

john wagner were convicted of robbbng and then stabbing pitcairn to death ii charles village last year.waaner was sentenced to life in prison last month. "for the family of stephen pitcarin this marks the end of a terriile ordeal and we hope closure"merritt accepted a plea deal, which cleared her of murder. today baltimore city residents will cast their votes for the next mayorrand city council. council. incumbant mayor stephhnne rawlings blake is favored to win today's election.democrats outnumber but there are a few write-in candidates ffo city council that could shake things p. polls open at 7 this morning... ann close at 8. turnout is expected to be light. stay with fox45 for complete election results.we will have live coverage of the race for mayor...and we will have results of áeverrá race in the city updated on thh ticker at the bottom of the ssreen. superstar chef gordon ramsey his hht fox show, kitchen of - nightmares in baltimore. kitchen that needed the on. - makeover, but the owner instead.. joel d. smith is live at the restaurant nnw to show us how one word changed everything. go

a jury convicted levelva merritt and john wagner last summer. levelva merritt was convicted on it robbery charge. detectives say wagner confessed to the crime. >> erode block in the fight to put graphic warnings on cigarette packs. >> occupy wall street protesters are bracing themselves for the cold. >> this is the beltway at old court road. an accident on the j.f.x. >> welcome back. 48 degrees downtown. ofthere is a little bit fog out there this morning. this will turn out to be a nice day. 39 at the airport. 32 degrees in frederick. mostly sunny skies after some fog in the morning. sunshine will push the temperatures into the upper 60's this afternoon. enjoy it if you can. seven-day forecast coming up in just a few minutes. >> it desperate search under way for a missing boy in washington state. he was last seen on sunday morning after his mother reportedly left her in hiser car. she says when they return, the boy was gone. the search has been focused around the mother's home. when it was three months old, his parents left him in a vehicle and

he is on his 3rd deployment and specialist john wagner and ja nin sent this one of her father and heis a national guard veteran and you can find it on our slide show. if you want to send us send it to picks on abc2news.com or you can put them on our facebook page. >>> and we stay generally dry for this veteran's day 2011, passing clouds and a couple of rain drops. and that is it. take a look at the winds, we have seen gusts up around 25 and pushing 30 and steady winds from the west now at around 14 miles per hour and the wind chill factor making it feel like 40 degrees, for the rest of the veteran's day evening looking at temperatures dropping through the 40s into the low 40s brisk and windy and temperatures will fall quickly and we have more straight ahead. >>> thanks. two weeks after an abc2news showed you how the social security numbers of dead americans end up on public websites, a u.s. senator makes a plan to have them pulled. we told you about the master file that lifts your name and social security number after you die. it is maintained by the feds and sometimes it is put on t

. >> reporter: john wagner and merit robbed him. wagner then stabbed petkaren and merit robbed him.obbery charges. >> in as much as she was a willing participant, she got the sentence she deserved. >> it seems a little ridiculous, they were in it together, they should get the same sentence it seems like. >> i was told they would be in it together. i was told both were responsible. >> reporter: merit says she is just as guilty as wagner but she is not a cold-blooded person. the judge though didn't buy it. after merit's 15 years the judge said she'll be watching for any probation violation to impose the full 15 years suspended sentence. andrea fujihi, eyewitness news. >>> well velva merit will be eligible for parol after 7-1/2 years. >>> a woman days after a helicopter crash. >> reporter: hariette was visiting new york city from england. she was one of five people on board a helicopter that plunged into the water last night. dickerson's daughter and friend also died. her husband survived aid long with the pilot -- survived along with the pilot. the pilot reported problems right before

paul street july 2010 when john wagner and merit robbed him merit stabbed him and merit -- wagner stabbed him and merit punched him. merit waswagner was sentenced to life plus 20 years. >> she got the sentence she deserved. >> neighbors where he was killed say she deserved more. >> i thought it was a little ridiculous they were in it together, so, they should get the same sentence it seems like >> i thought they would be in it together, you know, i was told both were responsible. >> in court, merit admitted she is just as guilty as wagner but not a cold hearted person the judge though, didn't buy it. >> after merit's 15 years the judge said she will be watching for any probation violations, to impose the full 15 years suspended sentence. wjz eyewitness news. >>> merit will be eligible for parole after 7.5 years. >>> a judge is blocking a federal requirement forces tobacco companies to put graphic images on cigarette packages, live in the newsroom with the latest. >> u.s. district judge ruled that it is likely that the cigarette makers will succeed in a lawsuit claiming the images violate

. >> the man convicted in the deadly robbery, john wagner, filed an appeal. he insists he had no part in the murder of steven pitcairn last november. his girlfriend testified against him in that case. she was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to robbery charges. >> as news of his capture spread , tripoli and other libyan cities were seeing gunfire. >> rebels in libya say today they finally caught the son of muammar gaddafi, the 39-year-old. he had been hiding in the desert apparently hiding with bed withins -- beoins. he surrenered without firing a shot. he had only a few thousand dollars with him. he was wearing traditional clothing, including an elaborate turban that covered his face. the rebels flew him to a mountainous down. when that plane arrived, it was surrounded by a mob. some people very angry. they wanted to kill him on the spot. very similar to the way that his father, muammar gaddafi, was killed by rebels. the rebels however formed a human chain around him. they say he will be treated as a prisoner of war. he will likely be tr

an attorney for john wagner filed the appeals last week.er insists he had no part in the murder of the 23-year-old man named steven pitcairn. last year his girlfriend testified against wal wagner in the case. she was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges. >> baltimore firefighters out checking for working smoke detectors. they went door-to-door. the neighborhood sweep comes a week after a deadly fire in southwest baltimore that killed a mother and her adult son. if you live in the city and need a smoke detector you are encouraged to called 311 to have one insfalled for free. >> we are seeing clouds pass in from the west ahead of our next storm system. mostly dry at least earlier on. you can see the showers back into ohio and west virginia. this will eventually head our way. but for the forecast today, a chance for showers in western maryland. so i think that holds offer in baltimore until later on. there may be a couple sprink sprinkles later on, but mostly looking for dry conditions. 66 in southern maryland. a hi

the attorney for john walinger in has -- john wagner has filed an appeal. at his sentencing, wagner insisted he was not the man who killed last summer. for that crime, wagner was sentenced to life plus 20 years. police in prince george's county are looking for a man who was mistakenly released from jail. authorities say frederick scott was taken into custody in may for the murder of a washington, d.c., man back in march. according to police, scott was arrested in las vegas on a first degree murder warrant and then extradited to prince george's county. police say he was being held without bond, but a clerical error recently allowed him to post bond and be release anyone with information is asked to contact prince george's county police. >> after last weekend's loss to seattle left a lot of ravens' fans confidence shaken, yesterday's very big game against the bengals went a long way to restoring t. the ravens' passing attack information full force when joe flacco connected with anquan boldin and torrey smith for a couple of t.d. passes. ray rice found his way

the man convicted of killing a johns hopkins researcher says he is innocent. innocent.john wagnerling his case.his girlfriend lavelva merritt was handed a 15-year sentenceefor her role in the killing. people living in a souuh baltimore neighborrooddsay they're still reliving the horror oo last weekend's fire...thatttooo the lives of a mother and son. janice park tells &pus...today.... neighbors opened up their homes to the baltimore city fire departtenn. department. people living in this south baltimore neighborhood... will be he first ones to tell &pyou...ttey normally don't welcome police or firemen into their homes.toddy...that all changed: "safety, cause people down the street got killed in the fire, and i don't wanna go up ike that"last weekend...after wavinn for help...donna and ernie rrtter were unable to essape the fire that consumed their home.down each block on south fulton...someone hhs a horrible memory from that day...they're still unable to e: erase:"the gentlemen as yelling help me help me...but it was too late" late""i seen here in the window, nd it really bothered

wagner moved on. marrying the actress jill st. john in 1990. they're still married today.the hit series "heart to heart" and took a supporting role in the austin powers movies. now, these latest claims that lana wood related to cnn. >> i don't think she fell. i don't know if she was pushed. i don't know if there was altercation and it happened accidentally. but she shouldn't have died. >> reporter: wagner released a statement saying he supports this new investigation. he also suggested he believes this is about the boat captain trying to get attention. and to profit from the 30th anniversary of wood's death. now, bianna and dan, legal experts say, after all this time, it would be incredibly difficult to prove a case against wagner. >> the 30th anniversary is coming i believe on the 29th. we also learned that christopher walken has retained an attorney himself. he was starring in a movie with natalie at the time. >> we'll hear so much more about this. >> thank you, bazi. we appreciate it. nice to have you on the show. >> welcome to abc news. >> thank you. >>> we're going to

john hopkins researcher will spend years in prison. she was charged and sentenced for her role. two were convicted last summer. wagner was sentenced to life in prison. we are learning more about a stabbing death over the weekend. one person is being held without bond, shanee liggins, who denied stabbing korthneigh mccoy, who was stabbed while trying to break up a fight at an off- campus party. >> she was not a rowdy person. she just wanted everyone to calm down and come together. >> this was the set off campus death of a frostburg student in less than two years. police have not identified the victim of a man's body that was discovered last night. no word on exactly how he died, but police say they have not ruled out foul play. it has been three years since a marine was shot to death, and there is still no answers. our 11 news reporter joins us with the mother's pleas for the killer to come forward. >> she will visit her son's grave on the anniversary of his murder and the yearly reminder of just how much she has lost and how badly she wants answers. >> i do not know if i can describe how much i miss him. i miss him l

johns hopkins researcher is appealing that condition. an attorney filed that appeal with the maryland court of special appeals. wagner insists he had no part in the murder of stephen pitcairn. lavela merit testified against merit in the case. she was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to robbery charges. >> the nitnney lions have given penn state something to smile about for the first time in two weeks after the scandal. jay gray has more. >> for the first time in two weeks the people of happy valley have something to cheer about. a win against rival ohio state and the nitney lions first win in decades without joe paterno. >> they will keep fighting, you keep fighting, and everything is going to be great. we're all going to come through with flying colors. >> joe paterno battled what he called a treatable form of lung cancer the same day the ncaa launched its own investigation into the child sex abuse scandal. >> we are all concerned about the young children involve in this. they have to get to the bottom of it. >> part of that effort could include f.b.i. agents and federal prosecutors. nbc news ha

wagner has the story. reporter: in his opening statement last week state's attorney john mccarthy nerve mentioned the motive. it -- never mentioned the motive behind the attack it was the state's theory jayna murray venezuelaned brittany norwood but never -- murray confronted brittany norwood. it's said this is hearsay and cannot be admitted into evidence. the state said the conversation took place the night of the murder. when the jury took their seats the state called to the stand dr. william vosburgh, a blood spatter expert and direct on every the state crime platform the doctor told the court from the blood pattern he found in the bam room where murray's body was found she was -- back room murray's body was found she was hit standing up and then hit in a crouched or kneeling position and then hit further on the ground. when asked why there was no blood on the bottom of murray's shoes dr. vosburgh said murray fell where she was hit and never got up again. when asked about the blood found in the bathroom where brittany norwood was found, dr. vosburgh said there was too much blood to have come from norwood

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wagner has more. >> reporter: the word danger was tossed around numerous times inside courtroom 29 with the sixth floor here. what the judge and prosecutors want to sudden john hinkley a danger to himself or others? no, in fact, they called the one-assassin a low risk. but prosecutors -- although john hinkley was found not guilty by reason of insanity, where's still treated like a prisoner. the u.s. marshals escort him in and out of a holding cell and he's guarded at all times. john hinkley appeared to be listening carefully as his attorneyel to the judge that his client is a fundamentally descent person whose mental illness is in remission. there is no recent view of hinkley, what you see is recorded years ago. barry levine said that john hinkley made countless excursions into the city over the years, numerous trips to williamsburg and there is no record of violence. prosecutors say john hinkley continues to lie and seated a recent trip to where the secret service secretly watched him go into a book store. he first pretended to buy a tech tote a movie and went into the book store where he looked at books on ronald reagan and presidential assassins. when he

wagner, thank you. >>> they say the third time is the charm. not for the redskins, even with john beck. the team got the same results all losses. sports director dave feldman is live from redskins park. i imagine the mood is not too happy out there? >> reporter: mike shanahan is getting tired of the press conditions. today, he painted himself a little bit of a pickle. they asked him if he minded rebuilding and he said we're not really rebuilding and earlier he'd when i told kyle to come here, i told him it would be a rebuilding process and today, he's had again -- he said we're not rebuilding and the rookies that are playing, they're not as good as the vets and that is hurting us. yesterday, they got hurt, too, in the win-loss column and lost to the 49ers in a game that was not that close. france was controlling the game for most of the afternoon. late sib quarter, the redskins trailed 6-0 and back to the rookie and he is stripped and fumbles. whitner recovers one of three turnovers. al, smith with the tight-end bruce miller for a 30-yard touchdown. the 49ers took a 13-0 lead. the redsk

wagner and wopping arguing. >> yelling, things being thrown about and then the fighting went back to the back of the boat and then it was quiet. >> reporter: l.a. county detective johnina says that and other lights were enough to reopen the case. >> this new information is substantial enough for us to want to take another look at the case. >> reporter: he wouldn't go into detail but he did answer one question. is robert wagner a suspect? >> no. >> reporter: the relationship between wagner and wood was always tabloid fodder. they'd married each other twice at the height of their careers. >> well, young lady, what's your name? >> susan walker, what's yours? >> reporter: wood came to fame as a child sweetheart in "miracle on 34th street." ♪ i feel pretty, oh so pretty... >> reporter: she went on to play alongside hollywood legends earning three oscar nods. but it was on the set of "brainstorm" where she became friends with a actor christopher walken. he was also on the boat that night. in a 2009 autobiography, wagner said he and walken had gotten into an argument on deck. he was so mad, he wrote, he smashed a wine bottle. but he told cbs "sunday morning" rumors about h

john north, abc news, hollywood. >> iconic. >> history. >> it is very strange. l.a. police will have a news conference. they asked robert wagner toad the reporters in l.a. he did not. there have been questi question. on the boat with christopher walkin. >> murder mystery. we'll be back with more >>> welcome back, everybody. time to take a look back. sights and sound that made headlines this week. the ever-growing scandal at penn state. >> the uproar of the occupy wall street movement. who could forget the final farewell of a tv legend. all part of the friday rewind. >> i have done some of those things. i have horsed around with kids. i have showered after workouts. i have hugged them. and i have -- i have touched their legs without intent of sexual contact. >> it sickened me that he would be on tv trying to downplay, and he is just, i think he made himself look more guilty. >> the first amendment protects speech. it does not protect the use of tents and sleeping bags to take over a public space. >> we go to berkeley. you know there is occupies all over the world now. >> the last debate, saturday night really affected a lot of

john avalon. we've got a fresh investigation into the investigation of natalie wood. the los angeles county sheriff's department reopened the case today. wood was married to robert wagnerhe likes of james dean and warren beatty. she was found drowned off the coast of california. she was boating with her husband. her death was ruled an accident. it was written good-bye natalie, good-bye splendor who was on board the night wood died. they're both with us tonight. thanks so much to both of you. let me start with you, you turned over information to the sheriff just a couple of months ago. was it new or was it information from the book, which i understand was published two years ago? >> it was information from the book. and information that i had le n learned along the course of writing the book. there was nothing, really, new with the information. but what i think made the difference was that because i had sent the department a book after the book was published. but i condensed it. i compressed it. i put it into bullet form with the crucial and critical information standing out. and i think reading it and the information in that format made a difference because they saw ev