he made off with more than a dozen bottles of percocet and oxycodone. baltimore police believe the same man is responsible for a string of pharmacy robberies since january -- the two at the mount vernon store . another on the 1100 block of light street on january 31, and the harlem gardens pharmacy on edmonson avenue on march 15 and may 19. the robber has been seen wearing all black with a baseball cap and a fleece mask over his face. pharmacists across the city are hoping police catch this guy, and soon. >> it is going to have a detrimental effect on the community if he is not caught because people are going to be afraid to stock certain medications. >> several pharmacists have come together and are offering a $5000 reward for information. if you know anything, you can contact baltimore city police at 410-396-2240. reporting live, kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. three teenagers are being held without bond, accused of trying to set fire to a home. alexander lare, crystal kalinowski, and christopher lester are facing more than 30 charges includ

roberts, with starting to take oxycodone or take pills. it goes from prescription pills because they are too expensive for them and go to heroin because heroin is cheaper and start shooting it. once you start to shoot heroin your body needs that. they are hooked and they are going to have an issue the rest of their lives. at the beginning of this show we said either you're going to end up dead or in jail most times. >> that's true. the problem is that there's a lot of drugs out there. not all them -- in fact, i don't bee so min the gateway theoryut i do believe one gateway drug is the painkiller, prescription painkillers. they are oate bad drugs. you don't use a prescription and use them there in case you need them. our kids are getting them and you're corct. they want more and try it again. her building a dependency and a tolerance for the opiate based drug but when they find they can i don't heroin and it's much cheaper. 10 dollars a bag. here in chicago a kid can drive into the west side of chicago and buy a bag of heroin for $10 and th

the adaa says a number of teens seeking treatment for oxycodone scrup ped -- jumped 7 #% from 2008 to 2010. use of other pain killers increased by 35% and expercent say the -- ex-- experts say the problem is the drugs are so easy to find a mother started the heroin action coalition to raise awareness about teen drug abuse. >>> united health care will announce today it will hire 335 people in the baltimore area. according to the baltimore sun the jobs will support the acquisition of the excell health division providing medicare health plans. the united health care acquired the company in february. governor o'malley will be at today's announcement which is scheduled for 2:45. >>> it's 5:46 and for the first time the number of millionaires in asia has topped the number in north america. the report says the asian pacific region has homes right now to 3.37 millionaires that was last year. that's up almost 2% from the year before. now the number of millionaires in north america comes in at a close second at 3.35. >>> the fbi looking for suspects who made off with the two million dollar ruby

reporter: according to state datate number of teens for -- data the number of teens for treatment for oxycodone is dropped. and according to the maryland alcohol and drug abuse administration, those drugs are easy to find and they are more likely to be abused. lisa low's son saharawin addict and she spent the last three years trying to get him in rehab and she founded the heroin action colation a. group trying to raise awareness about teen drug abuse. numbers shows most teens will relapse once after rehab. that's why she wants more funding for long-term care. >> we are here consumers of what we have in maryland and we are here to tell you ait doesn't work as well. >> numbers show in 2010 thousands of maryland teens needed treatment for drugs. but didn't receive it. linda so, abc2 news. >>> today is the last scheduled meeting for a work group look whether or not to expand gambling. governor will call a spes session next month if -- special session next month if lawmakers can reach a consensus. the group is weighing in on whether a casino should be allowed in prince george's county. >>> a move be

it's not like in florida with oxycodone, it is hydrocodone that is the problem there. we have got many investigations, successful investigations, and we have arrested and prosecuted some very egregious doctors. let me say that the doctors that are affiliated and operating these pill mills and working within the pill mills, there is no -- you are not practicing medicine and you are not giving examinations to patients and these pill mills are open for pill distribution. those are the fashions and those are the clinics that we have targeted using our intelligence and under cover investigations and we have been very successful in the houston area. >> time with the gentle woman has expired. >> thank you for your courtesy. could i put a question on the record to be answered in writing, please? >> yes. that will be taken dare of with the ucs i am ready to propound. thank you for coming. we look forward to seeing you come back here. you might look forward to seeing us again. might not. thank you for your testimony today. i think it has been helpful to all of the members. witho

more than a dozen bottles of percocet and oxycodone. >> i said, do not shoot. people say your life flashes before you. >> baltimore police believe the same man is responsible for a string of robberies since january. the mount vernon store and another store on light street and the harlem guards pharmacy on edmondson avenue and on march 15 and may 19. the robber has been seen wearing all black with a baseball cap and a fleece mask over his face. he has the habit of apologizing for it taking off with the pills. >> the last time he was here he said, love you all. this time i heard, i'm sorry i'm sorry. then he was leaving. >> several forces have come together and are offering a $5,000 reward for affirmation. if you know anything, you can contact baltimore police at 410- 396-2240. reporting live, kim dacey, wbal- tv 11 news. >> thank you. state police will and a long- term agreement with a firearms manufacturer. the decision to switch follows a report by the i-team last fall. there were problems with the berretta during training including failure for the magazine to

roberts, starting to take oxycodone and pills and goes from prescription pills because they become too expensive for them and they go to heroin. heroin is cheaper and they start shooting it. your body needs that high. they are hooked and they are going to have an issue for the rest of their lives. at the beginning of this show, you end up dead or in jail most times. >> that's true. the problem is that there is a lot of drugs out there. not all are gateway. i don't believe in the gateway theory, but is the pain killer, prescription pain killers. they are opiate-based. kids can get those in most medicine cabinets. mom and dad. you get a prescription and you don't use them all. our kids are getting them and you are correct. they go out and they want more. they try it again. they are building a dependencey and a tolerance for the opiate-based drug. when they find they can use heroin and it's cheaper. $10 a bag. here in chicago, a kid can drive into the city of chicago and buy a bag of heroin for $10 and when they see them coming, they will offer them a jab. ten bags for 100 and give them a

the course of a single year responsible for describing prescribing more than 2.1 million doses of oxycodonet same time, one doctor, a single doctor prescribed more than 640,000 doses of oxy. rusty payne is the national spokesman for the d.e.a. these are pills not only going to addicts directly but traffickers pills up not just florida but where the problem is ground zero. they are selling them on the street for huge profits. >> now, one of the most troubling aspects of this case is that the alleged ringleader 32-year-old lewis stoffer is a firefighter. yes a firefighter from pompano beach. the d.e.a. says he wielded his hero status in such a way he could gain influence. he studied affidavits from previous d.e.a. cases to learn from them so he could instruct doctors how to give their clinics the appearance of legitimacy. >> john roberts, thanks very much. at least nine people dead after a series of bonds demolished suburban homes. that tops our news as we go around the world in 80 "around 0 seconds." iraq, police say the explosions in southern baghdad targeted the home of a local tribal lead

she's trained to find all the different forms of cocaine, meth, heroin and oxycodone. >> are you guyswith dogs? >> yeah, it's okay. >> she's going to be off her leash and i'm going to let her do her thing. >> she's a big puppy. >> i think a lot of this job is going to be presence, just the inmates knowing that this dog is here and that we will be out looking for the drugs. i think we will deter it a good bit. >> whether directly or indirectly, drugs have led to the incarceration of many of the inmates at the county jail. >> my drug of choice is crack. >> i've been charged with two robberies. one is an armed robbery, first-degree and another one is a strong arm, attempted robbery, second-degree. i have no recollections whatsoever of doing these crimes. all i remember is leaving a crack house, waking up in a field. that's it. >> stephen caponi's troubles dentd there. in jail, he was extorting other inmates he says were child molesters. he would threaten them with violence if they didn't put money on his books. so that he could buy snacks from the jail canteen. >> for one, it was $40 a w

a tablet of oxycodone now fetches as much as $80. that has created, though, an ironic problem.e addicts who can no longer afford to buy prescription drugs on the street are turning back to traditional illicit drugs like heroin to get their fix because, jenna, it's actually cheaper now. jenna: wow. the economy behind it. you said seven people that die a day from this? >> reporter: seven people in the state of florida that die every day. more in the united states in total from prescription drug abuse than cocaine and heroin combined. those are shocking, shocking statistics. jenna: really gives us some perspective today. john, thank you for that exclusive report and look for us very much. >> reporter: thanks, jenna. gregg: a violent mugger targeting a woman's purse, and the victim fights back. >>> plus, every day americans have a lot to say about the supreme court's upcoming decision on health care. where they stand and what they hope will happen. [ male announcer ] feeling like a shadow of your former self? c'mon, michael! get in the game! [ male announcer ] don't have the hops f

and it's not like in florida with oxycodone, it is hydrocodone that is the problem there.they have got many investigations, successful investigations, and we have, we have arrested and prosecuted some very egregious doctors. and let me say that the doctors that are affiliated in operating these pill mill's, working within these pill mill's, there is no, they're not practicing medicine. they are not giving examinations to patients. these pill mills are just open for field distribution. and those are the physician, those are the clinics that we have targeted using our intelligence, using undercover investigations. and we've been very successful in the houston area. >> the time of the gentlewoman has expired. >> mr. chairman, let me thank you for your courtesy. but i put a question on the record to be answered in writing, please? >> yes. and that will be taken care of with aucs i'm about ready to profound. thank you, ms. linhart, for coming. we look forward to seeing you come back here. you might look forward to seeing us again. might not. but thank you for your testimony tod