accused of killing his former neighbor and classmate lauren giddings last summer. she just graduated from mercer university law school and had been celebrating with friends. prosecutors say they are going through the death penalty. several family members were dressed in pink in the courtroom yesterday. >>> mcdaniel's lawyers are challenging that ruling. >>> a former frederick sheriff's deputy is not liable for the man he shot to death can a stun gun. the ruling says the officer used only enough force to protect himself. the parents of the victim are seeking $100 million for the incident in november of 2007. >>> today's mayor's prayer breakfast in ocean city will feature a speaker whose comments put him in the national spotlight on more than one occasion. the retirement lieutenant general believes islam is a totalitarian way of life, not a religionin. he also says muslims shouldn't be granted first amendment rights. a group from washington, people for the american way says boykin should be allowed to speak but calling for ocean city officials to boycott the event. t

he's charged with killing lauren giddings. she was last seen in georgia on june 25th. five days later, police found her torso, wrapped in a plastic bag, in a garbage bin near her apartment. prosecutors planned to notify mcdaniel today that he faces the death penalty if convicted in giddings' murder. >> lauren giddings grew up in laurel, prince george's county. >>> a wild end to a spree. police say a man fleed in a getaway car crash and died. >> reporter: burglary suspect who crashed and died. aaron mccoy, jr., has a lengthy record, especially for his age. he had just turned 20. he had been found guilty of a large theft and eluding police. >> what a crash. >> reporter: police say a brazen burglary spree ended yesterday with this tangled mess of cars along the road. investigators say they spotted the getaway car wanted in a series of burglaries in northern baltimore county and tried to pull it over, but the driver took off, only slowing momentarily, so one of the men inside could jump out. minutes later, that driver, 21- year-old aaron nathaniel mccoy, jr., crashed and d

in a central georgia courtroom yesterday, accused of killing his former neighbor and classmate lauren giddings last summer. she had just graduated from mercer university law school and had been out that night celebrating with friends. prosecutors say they are going for the death penalty. giddings' boyfriend, friends and several family members sat in the courtroom dressed in pink yesterday. >> we don't want to say anything that would be misunderstood as thinking he is guilty. we want a fair trial for him too. we want the person who killed lauren to come to justice, whoever that might be. >> mcdaniel's lawyers are challenging the makeup of the grand jury which indicted him. mcdaniel will be back in court for arraignment february 7th. >>> today in harford county we'll be hearing more about a new program to cut down on repeat offenders. the harford county sheriff says despite a recent renovation project the county might need a new detention center in five years because more than half of the people arrested in harford county are back at the detention center again in less than three years. many of t

. >> the man charged with murdering lauren giddings had a court date today. steven mcdaniel is accused of killing the law school graduate, and dismembering her body and placing it in a trash bin at her apartment building. today, prosecutors notified the judge that if they get a conviction, they will speak the death penalty for mcdaniels. >>> a funeral was held today for joe paterno. they gathered for the service. thousands of others had a chance to pay their respects during a two-day public viewing that ended this morning. and thousands are expected there tomorrow for a final memorial that will be held at the campus basketball arena. >> a bizarre selection by a would be robber in port washington today. the man entered the elementary school in oxen hill and tried to rob the front office. happened around 2:30. students were still in school, but something scared that thief and he ran off without any money. >> and it's ridiculous. somebody in there who has the money. >> you worried about pedophiles and you worry about the robber, the rapist, and then you have to

lauren giddings just graduated from mercer university law school when she disappeared. five days later police found her body wrapped in plastic in a garbage bin beside her apartment. steven mcdaniel is charged in the case. new reaction at 6:45. >>> a former frederick county sheriffs' deputies is not liable for a man's death after he was shocked with a stun gun. the jury ruling says the officer used only enough force to protect himself. the parents of jerrold gray are seeking $100 million for the incident in november of 2007. >>> a german man known for masquerading as a rockefeller will stand trial for murder. christian gerhardt's bail was set at $27,000. he's accused of killing a man who rented him a los angeles cottage in the 1980s. he was also convicted of kidnapping his own daughter. they were found several years after it happened. >>> the harford county sheriff says disde spite a recent renovation project the county might need a new detention center in as little as five years because the recidivism rate is more than 60%. in other words more than half the people arre