lowell melser, wbal-tv 11 news. >> looking forward to it.ple friday frenzy continues in baltimore and in new orleans. >> more traffic and weather as we look at the crowd forming at the inner harbor.

i am lowell melser, wbal tv-11 news. >> thank you some much. today was are relaxed and happy gathering of ravens team managers and coaches at a press conference. they covered a lot of things including joe flacco's contract negotiations. gerry sandusky was there. i guess they have reason to be satisfied? >> that silver bands lombardi trophy puts everyone in a good move. he says that he would gladly take this problem every year. he will get to work soon on a long-term deal for joe flacco. last summer he turned down a deal. this time around, he has a lot more bargaining power and it will benefit the ravens for salary cap management to get a long-term deal done with flacco. ozzie newsom has the track record and the confidence to go into this game of let's make a deal. >> we have ray rice, suggs. i have a very good owner who understands the business. he understands the importance of certain positions. i am optimistic. which tag will we use? we don't know. we will be prepared for either scenario. >> ed reed has the highest salary among quarterbacks.

lowell melser, wbal-tv 11 news. >> the record theater is soon to be no more. the owners have decided to convert the space. >> it will soon be this base of a new nightclub in towson. rob roblin will explain why the owners are making the switch. >> the owners say it is quite simple. times are changing, and they are changing with the times. the theater has been in that family since the 1950's. at first it was a movie theater, but since the 1990's it has been a music venue here in towson, a favored place for many to see a concert. >> i had the opportunity to see some acts there and i did not have to drive so far. >> they have decided to remodel the theater and turn it into a nightclub. he said they could not compete with the bigger venues. >> we knew it was going to happen. it was just a matter of time. it is like the walmart syndrome. we would throw out bids that were huge, and the bigger venues just come over the top and out trump you. >> some folks think the change was because of an incident that happened in the fall, when a crowd got out of control. brian says

lowell melser has the latest for us. >> city police tell us more than 300 people have contacted investigators about dr. levy. yesterday we told you this as lawyers are continuing to mount cases against johns hopkins hospital. we are hearing from more victims to tell us that what makes it so hurtful is that they feel betrayed by person they thought was a good doctor. >> it is shocking to think that anything like this is happening. >> this former patient who did not want to be identified has been seeing dr. levy for more than 20 years, and says he met played a major role in saving her sister's life. >> he basically saved her life. that is all she could think about is how much he saved her life. >> she also says while she was given this note from hopkins days after his firing, she did not find out why until she started seeing it on the news. >> it is even more devastating. >> according to sources close to the case, dr. levy committed suicide by suffocating himself after wrapping a plastic bag around his head and filling it with helium. police say he left a note near where his body was found in h

live downtown, lowell melser, wbal-tv 11 news. >> stupid bore found shot to death in baltimore city. authorities were called to my appeal your street just before midnight to find a man -- to montpelier st. there is no word on a motive or suspects. anyone with information it should call the baltimore city homicide unit. more details are emerging from investigation into the death of two people found inside a burning car in west baltimore. police identified the victim as 33-year-old alicia stricklen and 34-year-old taewon tuck. initially was reported that they died as a result of smoke inhalation and possible burns from the fire. tonight there is no word on a suspect or possible motive. >> the 15-year-old who admitted to opening fire at perry hall high school, injuring another student on the first day of school, is headed to prison. robert gladden jr. largest a this afternoon. barry simms is live in towson with that story. >> a full sentence is life in prison for first-degree attempted murder, but the judge has decided to suspend all but 35 years of that sentence, making it a 35-year se

. >> lowell melser error has been talking with some of the victims. he is live at city police headquarters with the latest. i would imagine these women are stunned over what has happened to we >> they certainly are, and very upset. city police tell us that more than 300 people now have contacted them about dr. levy. we are hearing from more victims who tell me what is so hurtful about all this is that they were betrayed by someone that they thought was a good doctor. >> if i would speak with him, i would say, how could you? you are a doctor. you are supposed to help people. >> or jessica wims and hundreds of other patients of hopkins gynecologist dr. mickey levy, the past week has rider a whirlwind of emotions. >> how you try someone in that type of position with your body, with your life? for 11 years, and not honestly know who they are. >> according to sources close to the case, dr. levy suffocated himself after wrapping a plastic bag around his head in filling it with helium. police say he left a note near where his body was found in his baltimore

lowell melser as live downtown. that is a lot of jobs and a lot of money. >> we thought we would pick a spot here in baltimore city. we are standing in front of baltimore city police headquarters to serve as an example of what you were talking about there. according to the white house, if those automatic spending cuts stuckey ken, law enforcement agencies around the state like those here in baltimore city stand to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars that would go toward crime prevention. it is just the tip of the iceberg in cuts around the state. >> are federal team for this region is united in our efforts to avoid the hardship of sequestration. next u.s. senator ben cardin holds a town hall style meeting monday with employees at the social security administration headquarters in woodlawn. most are in danger of possibly being furloughed and were hoping for good news from the senator. >> we have had some assurances we will probably not have of furlough. >> according to the white house, congress -- if congress does

live in federal help, lowell melser turkoman wbal-tv 11 news. >> here is a look at some of the other top news. police are looking for a suspect after a home invasion and robbery in baltimore friday night. sure is going to her apartment on homelands south when a man demanded money and pushed his way inside her home. he took the woman's purse and items from a second victim inside the apartment. nearly one week after a police trainee was shot during a training exercise in owings mills, they have named a new department of the education and training section. major joseph smith was appointed today and he will be officially introduced to recruit training instructors tomorrow when limited operations are expected to resume. he replaces maj russell put on administrative suspension while investigation is ongoing. crime solvers is offering a reward of up to $2,000 for information leading to an arrest in the murder of a university of maryland eastern shore student. edmond st. clair, his brother, and another man came across three people walking out in the streets. they began fighting and he was st

i'm lowell melser certification, the the v.a. 11 news. >> great to >> our watercooler question -- wehe next hour. >> 5:51, 25 degrees at the airport very still to come, in of that memorable performances on and off the field. first, the weather and traffic. graman not too much volume. we picked of the report of the disabled vehicle 95 northbound caton avenue. eastbound 50 of the debris from a fleet activity with possible lane closures and cecil county -- and were busy road work southbound 95 at 222 and fire activity at concorde at perryville. 895, no problems north and d.unthaboun village of the little chilly side. certainly nothing unusual for the time of year. 22 in randallstown. the fourth half from a mixture of sun and clouds making into low to mid 30 -- a chance of light snow early tonight. we will talk about that and check the seven day when we come back. >> after a week of preparation, and parties, this afternoon, the action moved inside. a poignant start. students from sandy hook elementary sending -- singing and then a powerful rendition of the national anthem by alicia keys,

lowell melser in, they have a better idea of who they are looking for? >> yes, they do. that is because of the security cameras. they were able to get a pretty good look at the suspect. he is described as an african- american male. he was wearing a purple t-shirt and a white hat. the 15-year-old victim deontae smith new his attacker. -- knew his attacker. cheering along the street as the ravens parade got underway. but three blocks off the parade route to come up 15-year-old deontae smith was fighting for his life after he and two other teenagers were stabbed. >> after interviewing witnesses, looking at the totality of dome, we were able to confirm that the victims were down here for the ravens celebration. >> police say the attack, which occurred in front of a mcdonalds, was caught on one of the city security cameras. >> it shows the attack. it does not show it in clarity. it does show the attack. we pulled up the best images we could to give to your guys. >> police pulled these three images. the suspect is wearing a purple long sleeved shirt and a white hat. police hav

i'm lowell melser certification, wbal. >> ravens fans will not have to wait long to show their pride. in fact, they will not have to wait at all. the first shirts, hats, sweat shirts, they have arrived already on store shelves. this was the scene at dicks sporting goods -- this is right after the game. minutes after the clock ticked down to zero. they could not wait to get our hands on the latest ravens super bowl champion here. >> what a great game. gave everybody in baltimore heart failure. the delay and then to come back and when it. go ravens. a long time coming. >> coming off of a high. we were up, down, up and down to the final seconds. >> many stores are opening early this morning so fans can get their gear before they head into work. >> the one guy was saying it was so tight it almost gave me a heart attack. i was thinking about the harbaughs -- coming right down to the last. >> talk about heart failure. >> paramedics. >> it's got to be difficult for them to see him lose but john win. what do you say? >> would love to be a fly on the wall. congratulations to the ravens. 25 deg

lowell melser join us now from annapolis with the very latest. quite she beat out 15 other republican candidates, some with a lot of political experience last night here in anne arundel county. nobody really knows who she is. who is laura newman? >> the name is unknown to me. >> the the more you of all? >> a little bit considering what has happened in the past. >> last time they elected a new can executive. >> the one no one knows anything about. -- last night, the elected a new county executive. she was sworn in this morning replacing the disgraced former executive john leopold. >> my mission is one of excellence. we have more to offer the state of maryland. >> her out story is interesting. she never graduated college or high school but later earned her ged and convinced loyola to admit her to the mba program. she also told the council that she was a rape victim. before accepting her new job, she had been the ceo of the howard county economic authority. the howard county executive, but a democrat, appointed her. >> i encouraged her to do what sh

lowell melser has more on that. >> 200,000 people are expected to show up. with that many people coming, up skimmers are licking their chops. there are fake merchandise and even fake tickets. but the record crowd expected for the superbowl, federal officials say saddam artists will be out in full force and nothing is off limits. >> my personal favorite is this counterfeit superbowl ring from superablexliv -- supeer bowl xliv. here, someone has gone out and actually counterfeit the ring. >> baker jerseys, baseball hats, t-shirts. they are heavily counterfeited. they showed 11 news these two ravens web sites. the one on the right is real. the one on the left is fake. >> there is nothing baltimore or ravens about it. >> we've of the affairs and asked if they're more aware about the targeting. >> we're not buying it in there, but on the streets? i would be concerned. >> another popular fake item, a ticket to the game and there is nothing a fan can do as they are turned away. >> it is horribly sad for people who bring their whole family down. they get scams and t

lowell melser will have more on the story tonight on 11 news at 5:00 and at 6:00. >> deceptively quiet day today, but there are two weather disturbances, one in the great lakes, the other in the gulf coast region. it is the gulf coast one that will give us fits if it becomes a nor'easter. by friday morning -- by saturday morning, it will be near boston. who gets all of the action out of this thing? the two of these systems combine, but the moisture is coming from the south. new england, especially the boston area, eastern massachusetts, will be in the bull's-eye. they are talking about the potential for a historic storm for them, with 18 to 24 inches of snow possible up there. we will be on the fringes, but that will cause questions, weather-wise, for us, especially during the rush hour. >> meantime, new at noon, state police are trying to figure out what caused a tractor-trailer accident that shutdown i-95 northbound four hours this morning. here is the shot of the traffic, around 8:00 a.m. two trucks are jackknifed on the highway. two passenger vehicles were also involved. one person

lowell melser will offer an update tonight at 5:00. a severn man whose son ingested illegally purchased methadone has been cleared of child abuse charges. paul brooks left to the medication in his car, where his 5-year-old son was able to grab it. the judge did find brooks guilty of nine other charges, including reckless endangerment. the 11 news at noon team has uncovered information on a police-involved shooting from last spring. the attorney's office says it will not file charges against fred murry. he reportedly shot a man through the windshield of his patrol car. the man came at him with a knife, and that is when the officer fired five shots through the windshield, wounding the other man. . the attorney's office found that he acted in self-defense. in a separate case being monitored by the i-team, we've learned that the case against 15-year-old shooter robert gladden jr. will remain in adult court. attorney for the teenager wanted to move the case to juvenile court but the judge denied the motion. gladden faces charges including a

lowell melser talk to one of the patients over the ordeal could he which he had to say tonight at 5:00 and 6:00 -- hear what she had to say tonight at 5:00 and 6:00. state officials confirm that city police department did not have permission to use an owings mills facility for police training. that is where the university of maryland police trainee was shot and critically wounded by an instructor during a training exercise. that instructor made on medical leave this afternoon anthony batts calls the incident a major procedural breakdown. in the "session 2013 report," a senate committee is expected to vote on a bill today to finish it though the death penalty. the bill would be one step closer to passage. gov. martin o'malley urged the committee added house and senate to support his efforts to take the death penalty off the books. maryland currently has five prisoners on death row. >> kind of a blustery day to day. like yesterday. enough sunshine to keep us happy. the winds are aggravating that, and there is a big storm in the central part of the country, at least it could be for them.

lowell melser joins us live with the latest. >> the upper put forward by both the business and residential community here in federal hill has been in the works for quite some time. now that the funding is in place, it has become a reality. various members of federal hill thinking greener broke ground to plant a new tree in front of the tech center on monday. it is all part of a green project in the south baltimore neighborhood that the mayor hopes will set an example for other neighborhoods. >> it's a unique, historic neighborhood, so this is kind of project with the community and residents of working together in partnership, that is how we will get baltimore growing. >> it is a cooperative effort between the residential and business communities coming together with a common goal of cleaning up in bettering the neighborhood. >> the fact we're able to get all the businesses, the associations, and the neighborhood association together for something that contribute to the betterment of the entire neighborhood, something we can all share in is a win-win. >> there are three phases which include

live in the newsroom, lowell melser, wbal-tv 11 news. >> motion denied for the. hall high-school shooter who was looking have his case moved to juvenile court. he will be charged as an adult. i read is live in towns and with the latest. -- kai reed is live in towson. >> a judge ruled public safety would be best served if gladden remained in adult court. he brought in a gun to perry hall high and opened fire on the first day of school. the offered 15-year-old robert gladden, jr., a plea deal but he denied it. he made his own closing statement. he said taking a shot gun to school was the dumbest and stupidest decision he had ever made in his life. he claimed it is trying to kill himself and that he was sorry. he wanted the case moved to the juvenile system. he said, "i want help. you're the only person who can give me that chance." he said if he was sent to prison it would be like a death sentence where he would get raped and killed. the shooting and seriously wounded a special needs students. daniel was shot in the back. the assistant state attorney argued his act

outside the superdome, lowell melser, wbal-tv 11 news. >> going to be exciting. 6:28.ay soon be in luck if you find it difficult to drive 55. a push to put the pedal to the metal. >> we have some closures in anne arundel county. >> we are getting ready for the biggest purple friday of them all >> you're watching wbal-tv 11. live, local, late-breaking. this is 11 news today at 6:00 a.m. >> good morning. welcome back to 11 news today. aldwell.ah cal >> i am stan stovall. happy purple friday. >> with had some flurries but no accumulation. 30 degrees around mill river with a light north northwest wind. the snow will be moving out of the picture. we will see some sign this afternoon. >> we have some problem spots at anne arundel county. route 50 at davidsonville road, a closure. there was flooding from a couple of days ago. 55 near liberty road. there could be some snow but both loops are moving just fine. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> testimony resumes in the murder trial for michael johnson. prosecutors tried to show johnson considered fleeing the country aft

killing her 2-year-old daughter and tossing her body into a dumpster. 11 news saturday morning lowell melser has more. >> a shocking crime out of annapolis as police say 25-year-old chelsea booth admitted to killing her 2-year-old daughter cassidy booth. according to charging documents, booth told the police the child's father had placed what she called a muslim curse on her and that cassidy was possessed by an evil spirit. the documents go on to say some time around february 4 or 5 booth murdered her daughter by laying on top of her until she stopped breathing and showed me to signs of life and then wrapped her in a blanket and put her body in a dumpster located within her apartment complex and the police were able to locate it. the body had been loaded an rail car bound for an outof town landfill. as far as booth's criminal record booth was found guilty of marijuana possession and then found guilty of resisting arrest and failure to obey police then in 2009 she was found guilty of theft and second-degree assault on the police officer. as far as the little girl's father he told police he ha

lowell melser, wbal-tv 11 news. of >> that's just terrible. it brought the superbowl to a screeching halt. >> tonight, we know what is to blame for the infamous power outage at the game and it had nothing to do with beyonce. >> do you think you will leave baltimore? >> questions circulating on joe flacco's future with the ravens. more on that plus is response to the retirement of ray lewis. >> i am tim tooten. how students in one of the charter schools are trying to make their case. )w >> from beyonce to cyber terrorism, there has been a lot of speculation on what caused the power outage at the super bowl. the power company is taking the blame. they say the 34-minute blackout was caused by faulty device that had been installed to prevent a power outage. it is called a relay and it is supposed to protect power in and out of the stadium. meanwhile, the lights are on right before super bowl mvp joe flacco on the set of "live with kelly and michael." he also answered some questions about what is next for next season. how will they do with the depa

lowell melser join us live with more on the story. >> newman, like the 15 other republican candidates last night had only about five minutes to convince the council that she was the right woman for the job, and she did, beating out some big names and people with a lot more political experience. she has no political experience, but there she was friday morning. laura newman being sworn in l.a. for the new anne arundel county executive saying she is ready for the challenge. >> my mission is for excellence. we have more resources than any county in the state of maryland. clucks her story is an interesting one. she never graduated college or high school but later earned her ged and convince loyola to admit her into the mba program. she told the council thursday evening that she was a rape victim. before accepting her new job, she had been the ceo of the howard county economic development authority. the democrat who appointed her proudly watched her swearing in. >> she is really focused on innovation and driving and jobs the howard county. no one understands economic development like she d