reporting live, mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> thank you. the indictments officers have ba pended without pay. >>> a harford county sheriff is charged with a crash. it started when a driver hit the cruiser of deputy christopher bales. he confronted the man and got caught up in the doors as it took off. he fired one shot at the driver and is charged with wreckless engagement. >>> authorities say a search turned up evidence of ricin at a studio connected with the man who sent the letters. james dutschke was arrested over the weekend. traces of the poison were found in items in the trash outside that studio. ricin is made from caster beans and he bought them online last year. >>> the food and drug administration announces it's lowering the age to buy a morning after pill without a prescription. anyone over 15 will be able to purchase one step over the counter. danielle nottingham has the latest for wjz. >> girls as young as 15 will be able to buy plan b over the counter. until now anyone under 17 needed a prescription to buy the morning after p

here is mike hellgren. >> in his first public comments the governor called the federal indictment detailing how a vie rent gang corrupted officers at the baltimore city detention center and ran the facility ugly and shocking. >> i share the public's revolution at these allegations and we have a zero tolerance policy towards corruption of any kind. >> the feds say tavon white, a leader of the black guerrilla family gang, impregnated four officers as he ran a criminal empire with their help, smuggling drugs and using illegal cell phones to connect to the outside world. the indictment slammed security, noting minimal screenings where checks on officers inadequate and no effective punishment for breaking regulations. the governor stands behind his leadership, including the secretary of public safety. >> i told him, make sure you coordinate fully and give the fbi and the u.s. attorney everything and anything they need from us. >> correctional officers hit back with their union claiming staff was cut to the bone and lacked proper training. >> there needs to be a thorough examination out every lev

investigator mike hellgren is following the latest developments. >> reporter: officers who spent years in maryland's correctional system called for more staffing in the wake of a scandal, involving the baltimore city detention center, where federal prosecutors say inmate tavon white ran the black guerrilla family gang, and impregnated four officers, corrupting them to smuggle drugs and run a criminal empire, and using illisis cell phones -- ilisit cell phones to connect with the outside world. >> don't have the eyes to observe inmate behavior, you're going to see things like this happen. >> reporter: yesterday, in his first comments on the indictment, the governor expressed confidence in his top leadership and said he was given no timetable on the investigation. >> i have a federal investigation, involving this many partners and going after a network like this, is not like, you know, getting a cheeseburger at the mcdonald's drive-through window. these things do take time. >> reporter: the mayor said she wanted to speak to the governor over the phone expressing her concerns. we'll have