michael dimattei and erin steffy tenants of david weeks. dimattei sister said the couple met in rehab. and they arrested dimattei and steffy was nowhere to be had and then dimattei's sister crossed her path. >> i knew my brother did not do this. and i would have searched high and low for her day-in and day-out. for him to be charged with first-degree murder is shocking. to tell you the truth. shocking. >> dimattei's sister saw staff fee at an intersection and chased her down and penned her until police could arrive. apparently david weeks was planning to evirginia tech the two. >> city police suspend a commander. the major was stripped of police powers and ordered home without -- with pay. he has commanded the southeastern district since 2007. and has been a member of the police force since 1991. police are not comment king except to say that it is not a criminal matter. >> according to the baltimore sun the prosecutor in the phoenix case, that is the dog abuse case, claims the twin suspects have gang ties. the 17-years-old are charged as j

. >> the renters michael dimattei and his girlfriend, erin steffy are charged with first degree murder. an autopsy says he died from multiple injuries. >>> 6:32 now. more cutbacks due to the state and at this budget crunch. it could hurt the seniors citizens now because of the financial issues the harford senior center in northeast baltimore is set to close down at the end of the month. mayor sheila dixon says she's looking into what she can do to help. >> actually the cuts came from the state and so we are -- i'm in the process of assessing the harford center, senior center as we speak. and so i, at this point, i can't say whether or not we can bail out the center as a result of cuts that came from the state but i want to look at figuring out a way to keep them open. >> the city could close at the end of next month. we're told it costs about $157,000 to run the center, a year. $97,000 is paid for by the city. the rest is picked up by volunteers of america. but the organization decided last week to end its partnership. if the center does close we're told seniors can go to the senior ce

michael and his girlfriend had been renting a room from weeks for years. but the relationship with their landlord became strained and there was talk of eviction. >> he wanted them to leave. >> in an exclusive interview, dimattei's sister told fox 45 news michael and erin met in rehab. >> she has a hold on him. >> a hold family could never break despite their best efforts. >> i know he did not do it. he is innocent. >> while police arrested dimattei shortly after the murder, they were still looking for steffy. >> it is here at the corner of pulaski and conklin that dimattei's sister caught up with erin television fee, fearing she would getaway took matters into her own hands. tackling and pen approximateing and keeping her on the ground until police came. charging documents on show the day police found his body weeks was planning to file eviction papers. now his two tenants are facing murder charges. >> for him to be charged with, you know, first-degree murder is just shocking. to tell you the truth. shocking. >> in rows dale, joy lepola fox 45 news at 10:00. >> dimattei is back in court later in the month for the preliminary hearing. >> starting today several new laws go into effect in maryland. include tougher