joy lepola fox 45 news aa 5.. 3 3 news at 5.joy lepola fox 45 news at 5. ,3 the murder rate in baltimore city.... now 5-percent higher than at this time last year. murders.that's compaaed to med - 2011... where theee were 162 pomicides by this time. in maryland....gun deaths are more coomon than deadly caa craahes.that's aacorddng to the violence poliiy center... which analyzed federal dataa.n 2210.. gun deaths ii maryland, dc and virginia ootpaced motor pechile deaths... about 15 hundred to 12 hundred. in maryland alone, ttere were 538 firearm deaths... 306 of those were homicides. that mooor vehicle deaths. crashes stiil outnumbered gun deaths by a difference of almost 4 thousand. reaction... to that... preliminaryy.. audit... &p of... baltimore's... school system. oversight.john rydell with abbut tte findings.... in his waste watch report...john... this is "only"...a "preliminary" reeort.the "ffnal" audit...is expected... to beereleased"...tomorroowbut starting...to "weigh inn...on thoseallegations. the stateeaudit...un- cove

joy lepola fox police... investigate... 3... other... overnight shootings in balittore. 33 abouu... 11 laat night.../ police... were called to... east... preston... nearr.. north den where ... aa...- head...// two... on... st... victor street... in brooklyn.../ the... other... mondawmin. .../ - bbth... victims... were shot in the chest.... and... hospitalized...//.no arrests... have... beee pade ... i any of the shootings. ... car crash... howard county... and backssup traffic for several hours. hours. ttese are... photos from the scene.../ abouut.. 6 o'clockk mmadow-ridge .. - road... in elkridge...//a... tractor-trailee... &p police... leftt.. hen speeding car... ccrshed... into the truck...//. 3---men ... in...side he car... died... pt he sccne. / the ... trrcc driver wasn't hurt. another town hall meeting in our studios tonight.the issue.... same-sex mmrriage marriagejjenifer gilbert s live in studio b wwtt a preview oo our debate ovee ballot question 6. - the samm sex marriige referendum will be the focuss of a fox45 toon hall tooig

is identified by the sttte as being persistently dangerous. 1:42:40 i guess 45 news at ten.joy lepola foxsouuces tell fox455.. that thee're ggttingg.. and in most coming up... footing the biill.. for a lawsuit against a countt executiie. executive.thh uge amount taxpayers have shelled out ffr leopold. 3 bth - bigotrywe're familiar but sometimms it's thh subtle forms in which the damage iss far worrs.the flooida board of education has set goals for public schools students to reachhachievement llvels in reading and math. they've set diffeernt accievement levels for ethnicities. for example, by p018, 90 peecent of asians and 88 peecent of whites are expected to be a reading at grade level. but it's nly 81 and 744percent for hispanics is tte soft bigotryyof low is exppctations. the bigoted point of view is blacks and so we should expect less of them. it's deeply offensive. suutle. in the very tiiht ns..- sherrod brown has engaged in gutter poliiics. he's been running an attack ad since auuust tying ccallenger josh mannel tt payday money lendees. payddy money lenders. that's a really obscure t

by having another officer sign off on his lepola fox 45 news at en. a... woman... is shot and killed....in... northwest baltimore....overnngh/ happened around 10 p-m... on... fair-lawn avenue... &p near... reisterstown road...///.police .. say... she wassshot in the head.. / and... no other details are available. police... havv now released pew surreillance video... of... ... bar fight... that ...has left... one man dead..../// it... happened ...last month... at the crossroads ... station bar.../ neer... pratt street...///. ake... p a... close look... mann... pplls ouut.. what - looks likee.. a gun.... as... eople... begin... scatteriig about....//the... man... than... fired shots... striking... 20-yyard--ld... claaence ross... in the head....// policc... peleased photos... of... 2 men... they believe... pre... connected to the shooting. question 7 ... is.... sparking a lot of controversy in maryland. today.../ economist... anir--ban... basu... held a briefing in east study... of... questiin 7.../ effort to expand commercial gaming in maryland. .../// basu's study

fox 45... investigation.../ investigation.../ at issue, is baatimoreeschools are going unreported to city police. police. crime and justice reporterrjoy lepola is live at school headquarttrsswith these latest developmentssin a storyy we brroght you first on fox. &p following ourrrrpprts and now concerns expressed by teachers.... the mayoo has vowed to sit down withhschool oversees the baltimore city public school system. as our investiiatiin has -&un crimes are being handlld in-house rather thhn reported to baatimore cityypolice. in the past nine months.... schooo police wrote twiceeas many in-house referrals than a weapon was recoverd. ore than 150 assaults also went here's what the mayor and former police commissioner hadd toosay regarding the roublingg trend and threat to ssfety. ((wipe-sot)) (mayor) 11:29:23 our teaahers work too hard and make oo any sacrificee to ensure fuuure of our communiiy dessrve to work in a safe envvronment. :35butt bite (norris) 12:21:26 if you have peads to a dannerous ou're - atmosphere first off it tells the kids who are perprating the crimessthaa weee nott serious about this because were not even going to te

joy lepola fox 45 news at 5:00. poliie are continuing to investigate a deadly shooting that happened in east baltimore. it happened around 3 o'clock sunday morning. a 28-year-old man was shot in the head near north beenord avenue nd mcelderly street. police believe the victim was arguing itt two other men who were seen drrving a stationn wagon with tinted windows. anyone wwth information should call pplice. p 17-year-old has been charged with attempted 1st-degree murder after a shooting outside security squareemmll.. rickey freeman is accused of firing at least onn round in the parking lot of the mmll hit.today there is still no &wo or his identity. more violence in a schoolthis sttbbing in a baliimore city high school. school..aul gessler is live in northeast ballimore with new information.. 3 it ook baalimore county pirefighhers about an hour to control this morning.the fire prrke out aroond 8-15 at a home on bellona avenue near north charles street...and firrfighter fell through the a floor and into the basement

joy lepola fox 45 news at 5:00. maryland.... now... has... áeightá deaah..../// while... ///- health officcals.... eep tabs... on... the outbreak, ...// some... product... liabilitt attorneys ... tell us... they've... already been contacted... by people... who've... been exposed...///. the... linked... to... a... tainted baach of steroids.../ made... in massachusetts..../ the... company... recalled tte steroid... thattwas states. "it wwuld be a products liabilityytaking in general negligence principaas of a general breakdown in the sterility process in the manufacturing of ttis steroid. " " right now, ... hundreds of marylanders... who were given... the tainted ppoduct... are being teeted ffr meningitis. 3 sesame street... or ...wall s? street????? its the question many critcs are sayyng about president uses big bird to mock mitt romney for proposing cuts tt pbs funding.... karrn parks joins us and pays......political criticss aren't the only onessspeaking out.... the obama for ammrica tv released an ad sarcassicclly linning the giaat

jjy lepola fox 45 news at 5:000 5:00. 3 &p3 3 today is baltimorr's neww police commissioner's first áofficiiláon the jjb. job.anthony batts appeared at city hall for his confirmation hearing lass week council gave theii final apprrval.batts has been on the job since lass montt. he assthe mayor's choice to replace fred bealefeld who retired in august after 30 years at the baltimore police department.batts is the former chief of police for oakland, california. phe deaah of a maryllnd teen hasssparkkd an investigatton into the 'monster' energy drink company. working... this tory... 3 for... several dayy.../// &to.. the... f-d-a... is now involved.paul-- we told you about this lawsuit yesterday.a 4- ear- old drinking two cans of monster energy.turns out she had a heart ccndition.now, the f-d-a the energy drrnk is now inkedd- to at least five other deaths. i spokeewitt the mothhr of anais fournier-- thee14- ear- old victim-- y phone yesterday.shee assed us off to hhr lawyyr. she, and he girlls ather... filed wrongful deatt lawwuut in california court last wwek. doesn'ttproperly warn rgy consumers.t

ay it was during that timeethe teens say they were ssxually assaulted. in baltimoreecounty joy lepola fox 45 news at 5 the... death ...of a man.... ho died... in... police custody.. / is... now... ruled a homicide...///. the... medical examiner... officiaaly released... anthonyyanderson's... autopsy rrport today.... anderson... died ...aftee a confrontation with police... in... ast baltimore... septembbr 21....// according... to....the autopsy report.../ he... died... from... blunt-force iijury...//. he... suffered... from... broken ribs... and... a... ruptured spleen../ . suggesting... he... maa have... been kicked... or slammed to the ground...//. intially,... olice say... they caught anderson... that he choked... on drugs. ...// but... witnesses saa... officers... beat... the... 46-year-old mann.. to... death... in... a... vvcant lot... at... eaat biidle street.../ and montford avenne. (mr.johnson/witness) "the police ggabbed him from behind, spinned around and slammed him on the ground and didn't know at thht time he was dead, buu he wasn't mvoing, he wasn't doong anythin" pnything."

joy lepola fox 45 news late eddtion. police... have now released of... a... bar fight... - that ...left... ooe man dead..../// 3 it... happened ...last ponth... at the crrssroads ... station ar.../ near... soutt pulaski street...///..taae... a... close look... you... pulls out... what looks .- like... a gun.... as... people... begin... scatterrng about....//the... man.... than... fired shott... striking... 22-yeard-oldd.. clarence ross... in the head....// and now police arr askinn or your help. 3"detectives re hoping that individual detectives want to bb able to indentify him even may not know where he lives information at all it may help them dentify him." him."police... released photos... of....2 men... they believe... are... connected to the shoottng. the... numbers ...from the... deadly... meennggtis outbreak.../ are... climbing fast../ . tonighh,.../ the... cdc reportt ... there... arr... more than... 105... cases confirmmd..../ ann... seven deaths. .../ in... maryllnd... there... are... five cases../ and... one death. the... zion ... ambulatory center.

joy lepola fox 455news at 5:00. ray llwis... and lardarius webb.. outtfor the season.venss head coach john harbaugh making that announcement today. both were hurt in the win against the dallas powboys yesttrday. that leads us to our question of the day... ravens make it to the super boww without ray lewis and lardarius webb? &p debbie writes on ouu ffcebook paae... "i hooessly thiik ww defense players, but it takes a lot more thhn two playerssto win a gamm!!!" have much faith... he says tt "the ravens were not going to make it to theesuper bowl with them healthy. so there is no wwa they are going tt do t now" nnw." go... to... fox-baltimore dot com what you think.../. sound... - off... thru... facebook.../. send... us... aatweet.. at foxbaatimorr.../. ttxt.... ...45-203..../ enter... - fox45a for fox45b ffr no. - 3 tracking meninnitis...the nationwidd concern extends further into maryland ann what the c-d-c is saying today. sociallsecurity paymentss.. going up tomorrow. how much more will be arriing in monthly checks. 3 3--aablib weather tz-- rain nats natsthe skies...

joy lepola fox 45 news at 5:00 maryland is ssepping up efforts to fight domestic viole. violence.sevvral non-proffts were honored this morning with a 50 thousand dollar grant from verizon. it was aa emotional morning as survivors shhrrd their stories of abuus.... and the places they turned for help.congressman will go towarr critical money - ressorces....that could help save lives. "but also i thank yyu, for creating a bridgee oh god, for creeting a bridge. a bridge that so that somebody whh is perraps dying and suffering can just have somm way to get from one point to another- that and,,that place to o - that somebody to talk to." to."the grant will be divided includiig the ouse of ruth, the kennedy foundation, and the maryland network against domestic violeece. investigattrs are trying to determine the causeeof a 3-alarm fireethis morning in fells point. myranda stephens... strraming live.... near... wheee it happened.../ with... more ...on the mess .../ it... caused for coomuters. ad lib... 3 3 3 p3 the fire broke out around 5:30 ttis morning inside a three-story liqu

today's bail review so johns' defense could gather regarding this alleged the mayor joy lepola fox 45 3 the mayor responds to cootrrversy over the death of a man in police custody. &pafter he was arrested last week in east baatimore. thee &ppedical examiner ruled anderson's death a homicide...the result of bbunt force tramma wwunds, including broken ribs and a ruptured spleenn oday theemayor pesponded to connerns from anderson's family his death is another xample of ongoing prrblems with police brutality 6:49:32"therr is going to bb zerr tolerance for abuse, we expect every eecounter between the commuuity and the police to be respectful." ressectful." police say they are still federal agents worked with harford couuty police to shut down a angeroos drug gang that haa ties to dealees along two dozen arrests come after a covert wire tapping investigaaion.. kathleen. kathleen. -as live lead-"here in the edgewood village neighborhood these siggs are pooping upp everywhhre residdnts here tell drugs the gangs and the violence so theyyare moving jusstmade a major they have - bust..involving

in the state - will last a lifetime.16:21:49 and the rest willlbe for later. garret county joy lepola fox5 news at ten. sandy... packkd... moree than... wind and rain.../ . spawningga blizzard... that's blanketing parts... of... west virggnia...///. five &pinches... of snow ...has fallen... in parts of ...the state o far.../ and... he forecast... calls for... uu to... hree feet... &pby wwdnesday...///. bulldozees... are doing... their best... to clear roads... of snoww...and downnd prees...///. some areas... are so treacherous,.../ &p big rigs... and... emergency vehicles... have... been forced... people... are withouttpower. - a... similar scene ...in north caaolina../.. sandy... brought snow... to the appropriately... named toon... lines... aad... snapped trees... under the weight.... of the winter blanket...///. nooth carolina... is foot of snow.more than... a - &pat least 80 homes are destroyed after a massive fire york.this the scene lastt fiie set off a chain ectricaa - &preaction.... sparking a 6 plarm fire during the hurricane. nearly two hundred firefighters battled to bring it u

.10:12:41 happy it's over ust not the expprience that's for surein r northeast baatimore city joy lepola foxews at 5:00. the... execctive "prisoners aid association".... saas.../ the... ... when... it cut roblem - funding....// state police are taking new stepsstowards helling the citizens of maryland. marrllad. governor martin o'maaleyywas there when the agency revealed tte first of augusta westland "a-w 139" was &pon display at state police headquarters in middle river. it'll replace the more than 20-year-old helicopters officcals were using before. the new units will allow state patients...aide in search and enforcement anddhomeland security. the new helicopters also hhve some unique designs. "the maryland state flag thats painted....represrent eternal ttuth about out state." state."each helicopter cost bout 6-milliin-dollars. tonight, law eeforrement &pprofessionals from all over the country arr in bbltimore county for the battle of the badges basketball tournnment. year and is designed to raise to law enforcement officers. p his year the event is police ergeant gwen parish, the first af

to report inciient and really speak out so they can have a safe commuuity in east baltimore joy lepola foxr... to the dawsonn... pled guilty... toothee rimes....crimes.... ddr given a life ssntence without the possibility of parole. pnext on fox45 news at ten... controversial plans for education...the state planning to sst goaas... based on race ""ox, chase!" in bowie... how a 4 year old e boy escaped... and the reason exppets believeethe annmal has prbies. 3 it's... been... more than... a... month.... sincee.. the attack... in benghazii../ ambassaaor... chrissssevvns... and... 3--ooher... a/ americans.../// leaving... manyy ppeple... looking for... answers..../// thh.... a lot of heat... for... the situation.../ - this... week.../ secretary of statee--/ hillary clinton -- / responsible,...// and... shh's... doong everything... to... bring the culprits... to justi/ justice.../ clintoo says: "well, i'm responsible for he state departmeet -- for theemore than 60,000 people around the world. the ecisions about security assests are made by critics... say... clintonns... falling on her sword...

department. police say it was puringgthat time the teens say they were sexually assaulted. joy lepola foxen. besides... bothh departments ...suspendinn junior firefighter's prooram... has bben disbanded. it... was... a... morning...//ttkeea look at this vvdeo...you can see the muddy water... ushing down theehill......and flooding the faa end of the rrad 3 and when it comes to news in your neighbbrhood... see it.. shoot it.. send it. and videoo tt our website. o to foxbaltimore dot com and it, send it iion. you can also send photos directly from your cell phone to "pics aa foxbaltimore dot com." 33 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 later on fox45 news t tena problem with some seats on 2 aiiplanes... but next...phones... ...in &pccty hall.wwat a new report.. reveals about posssble cover story...after the break -3 oh, please don't call me "pumpkin." no, that's white chocolate and pumpkin. oh. pumpkin. ha ha! you've never tasted pumpkin like this. try new pumpkin white chocolate or pumpkin mocha coffees and lattes today. a closer look toonghttatt about the city of baltimore - and its efforts to build a new p

in bbltimore city joy lepola fox 45 news at ten. besides... ticketing ...the car, .../ the...... mpounded .../ and....ssld it!!! the ... 600---dollars... went fines..../ thee.. parkinn ticket... was áánotáá covered. 33 the... important gamm... tomorrow ttmorrow...and mayor stephaaie &prawling blake wants to ake sure nee york... know's who is seriesto win the series she will be holding a rally at city hall...tomorrow morning &pat 10 30....to cheer the o's to victory another late fiiish for the orioles ast night but they got he job donee. bbating tte yankees 3-2 to even the series at one game. game.morgan... adsit.../ &p from... the... big apple... preview.../ of... what to expect ... from... game thhee ...night... morgan. 3 33 3 3 "the math ssyou have to win 3 or lose 3, so i think you'd but, it'' one win closer to ut 3 winning three. you know we pgt through texas knowing we had to win 11 games and hard."n out winning three, is &p while baltimore is gettiig ready for the biggest game of phe year... 16 yearssago today we were cursing the namm of a &p12-year old boy. jeffrey maie

-o lepola fox - since this is now a legal baltimore city school system says she can't comment on the. big ust... of a drug operation... in... harford county countythese... are... just... sooeeof the things... police recovered...///.cash... andd.. 680--housand dollars... ii... drugs....///the... bust... led to... 1 arrests.../ ...and... shut down... a... gang.../known... as... the... ""orlds most dangeeous"... gang../.that... operated... in a reisterstown man is charged with kidnapping his roomate... who's also his oworker at the company. poliie say jjstin gorham overpayinggfor a load of scrap metal by 2 thousand dollars... and demanded he ppy him baak. phen the victim rreused, police say gorham pulled a gun &pann toll him toocall his brother for the cash. cash.the brother agreed to meet them at a gas station, waiting when the men arrived. gorham is being held at the baltimorr county detentionn center. the victim was 3-alarm fire in fellsspoint. a it happened around 5:30 this morning at a liquor store on fleet street near broadway. pire officials fought the fiiee from the outtide beca

he faces at least 5 years in prison for his role in this drug conspiracy.joy lepola fox 45 nees at tens.tte maaoo... and... city poliiitor.../.ámayá... e sued...// over... very... large... pater bblls...// baltimore's... circuit... coort clerk.... today..// stewart... s... someone.... who... home....///she.... wound-up ... clossng.. her urtissbay tavern....// because... of... "sky- high"".. water bills. today'' economy, a water bill that's $300 higher than normal can ffnancially ut a very bbg burden on their fammly." familyy" fraak conaway, baltimore circuit court clerk: 00.15 "i'm ffling it for he eoplee who have been taken advantage of, some wwo you have lost their homes homes mayor... stephanie raweeings blake... says... the ity... hired neww workers,,.../ upgraded softwaae .../ added... more phone lines... to improoe service. anne rundel county executive john leepold is making a promise tonight. tooight. he's pledging to reimburse the county for legal fees if a ruling goes aaainst pim in a civil case.a former county employee is suing leopold claiming e fired her pfter she complaine