megan gilliland is live from the courthouse in towson with more on whatttook so loog. long.gooddmorning guys,officer laboard turned himselffin pesterday... he walked into the courthouse here for his walked back out.he was en released on his own recognizanc. recognizance.but he was puspended without ay as the case continues..he nine year veteran... is facing one count pf manslaughter and one coont of invvluntary manslaughter inn the eath of randallstown teenn.. christopher brown. investigators say... the 17 year ld and other teens were throwing rocks when one damaged laboards door.the off duty officer chased affer brown for several blocks.when he caught up with the teen... they struggled... brown became unconscious and later died. (3:21)in this case thh evidence shows that a moment during this altercation officcr laboard stepped beyond (37:11)we need toofind out did you have your weapon on you... did you identify yyurself as a police officer and at beast if all you ere aamend with was your cell phone why didnt you call 991 and ensure at a bare minimum some tye of record

megan gilliland is here with more oo why they're so upset. good morning ggys,last night was the kickoff nationwide... for freedom. altiiore... for -3 the basilica.from now through the next two weeks... catholics willltake part in prayer... study and polittcal action all in response to a new ffderal health care based hospitals and schools to provide birth control and other ontraceptives. the mandatt is slated to go iito effect next august.but many caaholiis says it threatens you must do this orrthattthat contradicts your teaching, we're ordering you to do this , they're violltiig religious freedoom32 32nats of other protestors protestorssutside the mass... there were demonstrators stance. buttthere are other's who say itts really wrong. coming up next half hour... the agenda some believe the church is pushinn.i'm megan gilliland, ox45 morning news. a father and son reeain behind barssthis morning... morning... chhrged in the accidental shooting of a babysitter in baltimore county. jemal stancilland his 18-year-old son, kkvin... were arrested t

are suspended without paa.live in towson, i'm megan gilliland, fox45 morning news.mbee of a jewish community watch group convicted of attackkng a black teenager, two years ago...recieves no jail time... just probation.and the charges his record.uallyybe wiped from - record. a judge ssntenced eli weedesheim to a three-year suspended senteece with supervised probation. in may, werdesheim was convicted of assault and false imprisonment... both misdemeanors. the judge also ordered werdesheim to write several essays about diversity in the city. 22:54:48 i'm happy that the &pjudge considered everyyhing and fashioned a sentence she thought was right. i'm happy he's gonna receive some culturrl diversity because i think at the bass of this is all the ccltural diversity piece that he needs to be more educated on 55:01((take sot)) 22:58:54 she told him do what i'm asking you to do and come back and i'll consider &pprobation before judgment and i'm rral optimistic she'd do what if he upholds his end. end. after 18 monnhs, the judge says she mmy be willing tt modify werdeshiem's

megan gilliland is here wiih more on why hey're so upset. good morning guys,last night was the kickoff nationwide... and here in baltimore... for what's being called fort-night foo freedom.at the basilica downnoww... it was a packed hou. house...naas of processional processionalcatholics took part in ppayer... sttdy and pplitical action all in response tt a new federal controllann otter vide birth contraccptivvss the mandate s slated to go into effect next august.but many catholics say it won't happen without a fiiht. parbara 318 we're doing everything spiiitual we an to make an impression on people who don't understand this issue. who thhnk it's a woman's choice, no big deal s p big deal it's huge 30 kurt 7:04 what we're doing ii highlighting xactly whaa pbama care and the hhs mandate is alla out 10 the fortnight of freedom will end julyyfourrh... when will ring bells... as a sign of solidarrty. but the church says it's not just catholics who should be upset.cominggup neet half hour... how they belive the mandate violates our first amendmen

i'm megan gilliland, fox45 morning news.and ssudent charged with posting an internet threat... is scheduleddto be in court today. today.alexander ong is accused of posting a threat... claiming he planned to shoot and kill as many peopleeas possible on campus.police &parrested hhm.. unarmed.. in his dorm.song was an honor student from howard county studying engineering. garr giordano...tte man -suspe of a frederick woman... is demanding the insurance money he took outton her behalf. americann xpress... foo 3- poiit- 5 illlon dollars.... under a policy purchasedd before he and robyn gardner took a summer trip tt aruba. presumed dead, and american express should pay the full compaay says when someone is presumed dead... a claim is ánotá evaluated until a full year after the inciient. it' s been ... less ttaa 10 months since she &pdisappeared.... giordano claims gardner drowned while the two wereesnorkeling. the so-called "hot dog hookerr on onday... ccthy scalia showed up for her under her clothes... and ikini - carrring a pack

thh direction he usually leans and what that ould mean for the ruling.i'm megan gilliland, fox45 morning news. 3& some reeidents in kent island cculd be allowed back into their homes this morning...after dozens of them were forced to evacuate because of a 7-alarm brush fire. fire.the flames broke out around 6 o'clock,,sunday morninn... and charred 35-acces of ry brush.smoke could be seen from old timber farm road... off romancoke road.a helicopter dumped water onto the flames ... as crews used bulldozers to cut a path into the woods just to get close.fire crews say fiieworks could have layed a part in 18:42 therr evidently as some fireworks in this area last nightt. e have not been abbe to correlate the fireworks with the fire we don't know if that's how it started buu it's certainly a possibility 53é 53éby late evening ... crews had the fire 100-percennt were evacuated from their nts homes...but officials say therr was no damage or thick smoke in theearea... - order in place for health - concerns... but hhpe to lift it by today. police need your help finding the person who shot ann kill

counting heir blessings that some of them made it out.still nn word on what caused this fire.i'm megan gilliland,, fox45 morning newss a carroll cconty man is robbed by a coupll... after he met them to sell an ái- phoneá. phoneá.it haapened sunday man and woman were armed... e one with a hammer nd one with throat of the victim.the the - robbers took the ái- phone and &pcash....together worth more than a thousand dollars..he victim wasn't hurt. leaks disslosing classifiee national security information were a hot topic on the sunday talk shows.as peterrdoocy explains....the white house is calling the story a cs ... - distraction rom the importtnn . issues. president obama did not de-classify any information phat eventually leaked out accooding to white house seniir adviser david plouffe.. but plouffe declined to say whether or not his boss, tte plouffe said instead o et .. - theetwo u-s attornnys handpicked by he justice departtent do their job. plluffe says, ""he attorneyy general spoke to us. two uuited states attorneyy will pook under every rook hhre. this ought to beeinvestigated as thoroughly

megan gilliland is hhre with more on the foot chase that led to the deadly encounter. good morninn patrice,ttis is 17-year old christopher brown. he died during an altercation &pwith annoff duty officce on on starbrook road. theeofficer... says he heard a loud bang outside his home and found his front door damaged. he then aw... three to four young men... run away. so... he took off after them.several blocks away... he caught up witthbrown... hidinggin ome bushes.a fight bboke out... and at some ppint brown felll unconscious.hh died juut a short time later at a nearby hhspital. (aunt) "we have peace with where christopher is noww,we know as christians that he is in heaven but we don't have peace about what happened and we woo't have peace until we answers because he's dead." - according to the medical examiner... brown dieddof asphyxiation. so far no ccarges have been piled.bbt, the nine year administrative eave while the investigation continues.i'm meggn gilliland, fox45 morning lawyers or convicted murderer george huguely are askiig for a change of venue in a wrongfu

coming up next half hour.i'm megan gilliland, fox45 morning news.ings us to our question of the day:do you thinn the affordabll health care act is unconstitutional?we'll take your calls later this hoor. one man ii dead... after a shooting in downtown baltimore. and this morning....police are on the lookout for a vehicle that fled the scene.the o'clock, last night on central avenue.the mmn wws found shot in the headdseveralltimes... he was aken to johns hopkins ... where he later died.police are searching for a black lexus... that was seen leaving the scene of the crime. oneeman is shht... and five others are stabbed outsiie a &prestaurant in gaittersburg early unday mmrning. montgomery county policeesay about 100 people were fightingg in the parking lot of the ánew red rock cafeá during a árapper karaoke ightá.. police think the fight staated outside.so far, police have e not identified any suspects. we ust got off the phone with queen anne'sscounty fire officials about and hour ago... ann they say ssme kent island residents are still not pllowed ba

megan gilliland is here withh some ways to stay coolland pood morning,if you're nnt pnto feeling hot hot hot... you're going to head indoors... for some relief.the problem... that relief ácaná cost you quite a bit of money. money.even just a few days of this heat... can make a notiicable difference in your bbll.b-g-e says thess extreme temps areegging to cause your cooling equipment to ruu longer and use more go blasting that a-c... we've got another tip for you this mo. morning.and it's eass...simply close your blinds... close your curtains... anything to block those u-v rays from ppnetrating in... and heaaing up your hooe like an oven. "oh i just pull the curtains" "it's incredibly hot, almost suffocating, this earrl, t makes me worry what august will be liik""central ac is a plus haha" haha" whether you havv central a-c or a window unit...we've got another tip for you o keep those units running efficiently... how you can save money on the coooing equipment you already have in your ome... coming up next half hour.i'm megan gilllland, fox45 morning nees. so what do you do if you hav

that could have up next haaf hour.i'm megan gilliland, ox45 morning news. 3 city leaders are investigating a picture... that appears to show a city worker... sleeping oo the job. job. (16:53:48) "he should not be sitting in a truck downhiil with the motor running." councilman jim kraft brought he picture to city hall , monday night. it was taken by a resident in patterson park . city &le employed by the department of transpprtation and are still investigating. (16:58:42) "we o not tolerate nor do we accept catnaps especially not in city city carrthats like having oo a ciiy uniform." uniform." according to counnilmannkraft, the worker was parked in the city truck for 20-25 minutes. an historic malpractice case... for the sttte of maryland. a waverly couple with a special needs child sues johns hopkins... and is pwarded 55-million dollars. this is enzo martinez... who's almost two and a hhlf... but still functions like a neurological injuriis... nd perebral palsy. his pprenns blame the hospital. the mother sayy she arrived by ambulance for an emergency c- section but the operation did not ta

and it doesn't require going to the hardware store.i'm megan gilliland, fox455morning news. the search continues this morning ... for the suspects involved ii the shooting of a 15-year-old boy...innhoward cou. county. a man walking to his mailbox... old frederick road in night. he was shot n the head... and is noo in critical, but stable condition at shock trauma. police are not identifying the tten, but do say he's a baltimore pounty resident. resident. police are now offering a 2-thousand reward. anyone ith nformation should call 410-3133stop. the man accuseddof killing 66 pleaded not guilty in court wednesday. michael johnson apppared in court undee heavy pecurity.... just feet away 5:22:24 it sent a lot of fear we believe he needs to be at and w'll let justice prevail :30 :334423 s far as i'm seeing at this juncture and there is more evidence to come but the dots in any shape, form or fashion suggesting ichhel johnson is responnible for this woman's untimely demise 441 4:31police and prosecutors believe johnson killed barnes within city limits and thenn tried to over it

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piece scene unfooded.tly how this 3&we''l bring you more as t's rellased.live innrandallstown, megan gilliland, fox45 morning news. 3 3 charges have ánotá been filed yet... in the suspiciius death of an infant in downtown baltimore.it'' a story yooure seeing first on fox. fox.paramedics were called to a home on north stricker streee, wednesday morniig... found the one year old.... in cardiac arrest and nconcious. thhyyalso say... the child had bruises on her body. doctors pronounced her deed at an area hospital. paramedics say, whhn they &presponded, the mother was not (mr. man) "he know what happened and thht's the bottom line. ain't othiig suspicious about it. if he don't know what happened, then it's suspicious. other than that, you already know what happened."(mms turner/neighbor) "i don't want to jump to aay conclusiins because i don't know the parents or anything, but i mean, suspicioos death?" death?" police say they're paiting on the autopsy report to learn the exact cause of death before filing any charges. 3 in this morning's waste watch report...the mayor is in the hot eaa... as the

coming up next half hour.i'm megan gilliland, fox45 mmrninn news. one man is dead after a shhoting in downtown baltimore... and this morning... poliie are on the lookoot for a vehicle that flee the scene.the shooting happened aroundd8 o'clock, last night on central avenue. the man as found shot in the head several times... he was &ptaken to johns opkins ... where he later diid.police are searching for a black exus... that was seen leaving the scene of the crime. ooe man is shot... and ive restaurant in gaithersburg a - say about 100 peopleewere e - fighting in the parking lot of the ánew red rock cafeá during a árapper karaoke ightá. police think the fight started restaurant... and thennspilled outside.so farr police haae noo identified any suspeccs. a laurel marine becomes maryland's 6th service member to ie in combat thii year. year.theedepartment of defense announced the deeth of 21-year- old ... eugene mills the third , sunday morning.he served two tours of uty... fireffght ... in afghanistan. he was a graduate of atholton high school in cclummi

coming up next half hour.i'm megan gilliland, fox45 morning some newly released 9-1-1 calls... give us an insideelook at what the first a massive fire broke out in n fells point. fire officials describe last and abannoned bbilding... as e the largest they've seen in 5 years.thee5-alarr fire caused 1-and a half million dollars in damage.investigators have spent the past few days in what they call "dangerous andd compromising conditions"... to fiiure out what ssarted it all. this morning... we'reehearrng the 9-1-1 calls that wenttout thattday. "hello...yes, ma'am thii is 911... i saw fire and black smoke coming out of the window" ((take sot))"you can see the smmke i think it's ccming from the inside of the alley way"((take sot))"and it was right awaa went like...and we saw the fiie and the flames and the smoke coming out of the window" window"a building inspector is expected to evaluate the situation... and decide whhther the building should be condemned. a frantic 9-1-1 call made by rodnny king's fiaacee is released.cynthia kelley made the call after finding him at the bottom of

we'll have much more on hat part of the i'm megan gilliland, fox45 morning neww. it's our uty toohold elected officials accountable.you can do hat by joining our foo45 waste watch.if you have a story about government waste... call our hotline... 410-662-1456.you can also go to our website fox baltimorr pot com and click on waste watch. gary giordano...the man &psuspected in the disappearanc offa frederick woman... is demanding the insurance mmney he took out on her behalf. behalf.giordano is suing americannexpress... for - point- 5 mmllion dollars.... pnder a policy purchased before he and robyn gardner ttok a summer rip to arrba. giordano says gardner is presumed dead, and ameriian express should pay the full death benefit. the comppny says when someone is ii' s beenn... less than 10 months since shee claims gardner drowned while the two wwre snorkeling. one of the people involed in a "murder for hire" plot in towson... will spend the rest of his life in jailseamus coyle was sentenced for his role in the murder of "william porter".porterrwas shot to death at the

give them a calll &pi'm megan gilliland, fox45 morning news.still trying to who killed a 17-year-old during an altercatton ... is ju. justifiee.chriitopper brown was killed tuesday night... in randallstown... during a fight witt an off-duty police officer.the officer chhsed he noticed damage to his front door... and saw brown and others running from his yard. brown became unconscious during the struggle with the officer.... and later died of asphyxiation. brown's best friend says... brown and thh neighborhood ringing und at homes. and throwing rocks - "we were talking. he asked mee if i want to go outside and i said, nah, i had to go study um, and he just weet on with the boys that was outside." outside."brown's funeral is colonial baptist ccurch. a viewing will be held the dayy befoor. 3&authorittes are awaiting auuopsy and toxicology results... after rodney king was found dead in his swimming . pool.king... ho was 47 yyars old... bbeame a symbol of police brutality... after l- to death more than 20 years im - ago.as andrew spencer explains...

m megan gilliland, fox45 morning news. several baltimore county students are being punished...aking a racist drawing involving president obama. obaaa. we've censored his piccure hat several studentt drew of president obama at paatern tech high school.the picture shows three nooses hanging from the rafters of a building.. a burning cross... and their are two racial name.the principal suspended s several students for the drawing. and residdnts who live nearby are calling what happened ... disturbing. (rogers/former student) "kind of i guess, the way that the soccetyyis kind of desensitized to foul langgage and even just, i guess, the message, the hatred."((take sot))((nowden/resident) "this is the melting pot countrr.. and i fyou can't get along know, go live in another coontry. that's what it's about, love your brother." brother." no charges will be fiied.. the incident is nott considered a hate crime. &pthe school principal says the teenaggrs made a bad decision.. coupled with a lack &pof supervision by a teacher. 33 the city's inspector general has launched a preliminary inves

it's a life or death issue.i'm megan gilliland, fox45 morning news. city's budget heats up.re - up.duringglast night's city council meetingg.. students showing their support for ann amendment to tte mayor's money for rec centerssand summerrjobs..bt while the stuuents weee outside... pnside.. the council voted insteaddgave preliminary and 3 approval to the mayor's original budget plan.thaa lan includes cuts to some youth services. vote no."ooligation.... to 3 no." "i don't look at it as a win &pfor the mayor.... i look at i as a oss foo the city of balti" baltimore."a final vote on the mayor's buddee is set for monday. 3 deal on its phone system...or wasting millioos of dollars? dollars?it's a question that pits the mayor against the comptroller.melinda roeder investigatess... how much the city may have oveerpaid for the equipment. equupment. this week... the city was cclled out... onnit's dealings with a company called thhn 200-thousand dollaass monthll ffr outssde workso over control of the city's ake phone service... she purchased 80 new hhgh-tech t

&pi'm megan gilliland, fox45 morning news. justified.christopher brown r - was killed tuesday night... in randallstoonn.. urinhth an of officer.the offiier chased he noticed damage to his ront door... and saa brown and others running from his yard. during the struggle with the officer.... aad laterr died of asphyxiation. brown's best frieed says... brown and other boyy ere going around the doorbells and throwinn rock at homes. "we were talking. he asked me ii i waat to go outside and i said, nah, i had to go study um, and he ust went on with the boys that was outside." outside.""rown'ssfuneral is set for saturday at 10-am at colonial baptist churrh. a viewing willlbe held the day before. some repubbicans are calling for presideet obama's executive order on illegal iimi. new policy would allow about a million illegal immigganns ...under the age of 30 to allowing them tt staa in the country.democrats believe this is an important step fooward... the order oversttps hii bounds... and even abuses his &ppower.... by implemeeting new

megan gilliland is live from the courthouse in towson with more on tte indictment and why long.good morning guys,,fficer labbard... a nine year veteran... walked into this courthouseeyesterday for his baillhharing... facing some verr serious charges. charges.one count of manslaughter and one count of involuntary manslaughtee in the ddath of randallstown investigators say... the 17 year old and other teens were throwing rocks at laboarrs door... when they damaged it. the oof duty officer chased aftee brown for everal blocks. when he caught up with he teen... they struggled... brown became unconssioussaad later died.but... brown's mothhr believes the state is withholding evidence. &p(30:58)im more pissed a thh fact that i do believe thee are just going to kibble and bits ussto death.(31:42) this was definittey what i thought they were going to do rush something along to quiet up everything and to say letts give em something. something. ccarges to be filed.the rrtiny 3 state's attorney says the timing of the indictment was based purely on the completion of the investigation. &plaboard as relea

the child was noo hurt.i'm megan gilliland, fox45 morning news. in baltimore county..police are investigating thee &pdiscoveey of a dead body.the person was found around 6 o' clock last night on the mopec circle in overlea.no word on how they diid... and police are still trying to iientify p((pat))) sentencing hearrngs begin today for the owner of a robocall company. p julius henson was ccnvicted for conspiracy for the 2010 robocalls aimedd at keeping black voters from the polls. ordered henson to pay one million dollars to the state.. hennon's company uuiversal elections nd an employee rhonda russell must pay thee amages. sad news thii morning... frommthe local sports sceee. scene. ess than month after championship victoryy... thhyy- &pare mourning tte death of ne of their playyrs. we've received word of the death freshman attackmen.... adam pomper.reports say he pied yesterday... near his &pparents , issued a stateeent that reads in part... part..."as a coach and father, my heart goes out dam's family and ffiends, as we arr deeply saddenee to le

when the ssnnence is continuing coverage.i'm megan gilliland, fox45 morning news. first on fox...run-in with baltiiore county police.family members say .... the offiiers went too far. far. the family of 199year old devontay nichols is accusing baltimore county police of brutaly beating the teenager tuesday morning. police say nichols became combative as they tried to arrest him for domestic violence. as officers struggled with nichols.... they say he began reaching for something under some clothes. that prompted police to hit nichols in the arm with their flashlight. but the officer says he missed and accidentally struck nichols in the head. the family says... they beleive officers used excessive force and they now fear... nichols is going to die. (girlfriend) 21:18:33 i just don't want my kids to llse their fathee it'' not fair didn't do anything wrong.:47 butt bite up here like this from a ying - police officer beating im with a lashlight in his head and he may be on his death bed 9 :09 police took nichols to g-b-mmccwhereehis condition deteriorated. at this point, it is questio

what the supreme court ddcides ---for better oo worse obamacare will be with ussfor years.i'm megan gillilandihting in afghanistan protecting our soldier is finally being the baltiiore oriolee honored p-f-c timothy hall. he's a purppe heart recippent who lost both his legs in a mortar attack in aaghanistan in 20- afternoon with the oos and experrence charm city... 3"its been good we've been out sight seeing baltimore we went on a speed boat with the all of ii its an amazing trip." trrp."hhll was awarded a freee weekend stay at the renaissanceeharborplace hotel. 3 the t-s-a wants mmre paa dolllrs..... we'll show you why many taxpayers are asking...ssy what...? "i really feel bad about what i did. i wish i would hhd never done those things." things." apologies from the kids who bullied the school &bu reactiin tonight? ann later in our cover ptory... a camp for those victims scarred by sexual abuse.how sexual predators manipulate their victims. 3 &p a frightening scene on a illinois hiigway where a ccr bursts into fllmes. take a look t the scene on inteestate 94 in chicago today. policeesay a ca

megan gilliland explains... coosuuer reports ...goes to ...great lennths ... to...answer ... just in time... for... summer 3 ((meg on cam))"everybody loves for ginaahegarty's catering an company. sot: ginn hegarty) "it just reminds you of your childhood and it just reeinds you of being together, and parties and fun."(v/o)giia's company cooks on gas grills. consumer reports has tested nearly a hundred gas grills. &pthey range in price from 100 dollars all the way up to 25- need toofactor in plentt of foods to see how well each of - cooked to assess if flare-up is a problem. (sot: dan diclerico)"to see how evenly a grill cooks at lower temperatures, testers grill salmon steaks as well as those foods can easily dry out if grill gets too hot." (v/o) and then there are tests that involve no food at all. these therrmcouples measure how evenly a grill distributes heat across the surface of the grates.a thermal image like this shows even heating across the grill. but thissone - not so much. several high-priced grills ere top performers, plenty to reeommend ttat cost a lot l

megan gilliland, fox45 news at ten. nevermind the olympic torch... your shins... at ten... ...and coming up in just 5 breaking news in southeeat baattmore. where the victims of a triple shooting were and octomom's nee job...the revealing way she's going to try to support her large family. it sounds like aagame playing...but.. in the u-k .. , some consiier this event... more important ..than the games.residents ... in the english countryside.. call it...

talking with he officer together exactly how this - scene unfoldedd pe'll bring you more as it's megan gillilandning - &pnews. 3 3 & a 22-year-old owingssmills maa is found shot to death.... inside a car miles from his home. detectives found the body of miguiel bailey in a car at this apartment complex in overleaa he had been shot multiple times in the torso. neighboos stood by and watched as the invvstigation unfolded. 1:06 it was lights and police tape i ddn't know that was it they wwuldn't ettus get any closer ... they had about 3 or 4 aaartment buildings blocked off they wouldn't even let the people &pgee in 1:11 1:18 bailly's parents ere also there... and told us off camera.... that their son was a good person and they didn'' know of anyone who disliked him. marylann's highest court says &pthe dream act... can be put t a state wide vote. the law gives illegal immigrants in-state tuiiion. a petition drive put the issue on november's ballot. but supporters of the law say it shouldn'' be up for a vote ... ecauue it's a budget matter that can't be challenged. but the court disagreed... clearing

the child was pot hurt.i'm megan gilliland, fox45 morning news. 3 president obama added more than a millione afternoon in baltiiore. baltimore. he greeted fundrrisers... the largest at the inner harbor hyatt where supporttrs paid as much as ten- ttousand dollars a ticket. the ppesident spoke for 35- minutes where he told the crowd that the upcoming campaiin will be a lot closer and a lot uglier than the last one. (22:53:42) "if people ask whats this campaign about? its still aboot hope and change and ordinary people who belieee that we cannmake a difference in the life of this country. i still believe that." that." phe president left baltimore to attend ttree more funndaisers in philadelphia laat night. 3see all of our storiis about the race for the white house onn ur wwbsite...go to fox- baltimore dot com... and click on the vote 20-12 icon in the news features section. presiddnt obama wasn't the maryland yesterday. anne romney, wife of republican presiddntial candidate mitt romney... appeared at a fundraiser near b-w-i thurgood marshall airport. former governor bob ehrlich... the chairman

afternoon.megan gilliland is here with more on what he could be facing. good morning megan. good morning guys,werdesheim knowing he could bb facing up - to ten years in prison for assaulting a black teenager. but we're being told now... seeking any jail time at all. pn act they're asking foo a 3-year suspended sentence... probation and community service. meantime, werdesheim's attorney is expected to ass for a new trial todayythis comes after werdesheim was convicted in may of second degree assault on the teenager and false iiprisonment.the teen told police... werdeshhim hit him ii the head and shouted... quote... you don't belonn around here.werdesheim tessified he acted in elf &pdefense. 15:44:37 i thought he was credible i believed him. p5:43:20 he is very upset and dd disappointedin the end... the beeieves the teen was scared after being followed by the watch group... and that werdesheim relied on his military training to take the teen down.werdeeheim's 22-year old brother... avi... who was there that day... was aquitttd. ffom the begiining... this case has drawn compari

now fortunately, in this most not hurt.i'm megan gilliland, fox44 morning news. 3&the caase of that 5-alarm fir in fells point is still under investigation this morning morning the flames broke out monday... and the smoke filled the skyline. the fire raged out of control for nearly tww hhurs. there were only minor injuries ... and today, the clean up continues. so does the criticism from the firefighters nion .. which is worried about the houses.g closure of three fire - (kevin cartwright)"so we had actually our pprtners.. firefighters..from surrounding jurisdictions come in and fill in at our fire stations sooif we should get any medical calls or fire calls.. they had and rrsources.. to be able o respond.. along with some of ourrfire companies." companies."firefiihters from anne arundel, baltimore and howard counties helped with puuting the fire out. residents are being warned this week... o keep an eye out for black bears.just of sighting in harforddports county.and on saturday... black bear was spotted several times near aberdeen and bbl air. air.just last week... 2 bear sightings