he says the robber came in saturday night, tried on a tux, and then tried to rob thompson. an ecstasy officer, thompson fought back, and lomax made off with nothing. but if he did come back, which was his m.o., thompson made no bones about being prepared. >> if he want the money, boom, okay. and that's going to be it for him. if i couldn't get to it, i was going to hit him -- i was -- >> reporter: it didn't have to come to that. lomax was stopped and arrested with only a broken limb rather than missing ones. in baltimore, brian kuebler, abc 2 news. >> and brian tells us lomax is still recovering from that broken arm when he is released from the hospital, he will be charged with 17 counts of robbery. >>> and now for a look at tonight's top stories. the state board of public works has aroved $454 million in budget cuts. they include 205 layoffs, cuts to state agencies, and 210 million in reduction to local governments there is also a furlough plan that is expected to save an estimated $75 million. >>> crews are still working on the downtown baltimore gas line that triggered a

he said the robber came into his store saturday night, tried on a tux and tried to rob thompson. officer, thompson fought back and lomax made off with nothing. he left. but if he came back, which was his mo, thompson was prepared. >> that would be it for him. if i couldn't get to it i would hit him with -- i was mad. >> reporter: it didn't have to come to that. lomax was stopped and arrested with only a broken limb rather than missing ones. in baltimore, brian cubler for "good morning maryland." >> lomax still recovering from the broken arm. once out of the hospital he'll be charged with 17 counts of robbery. >>> harford county schools opened this morning. some start first grade, some start middle school and high school. but abc2 news sherrie johnson is live to talk about the new boss that starts today as well. >> good morning. it's the first day of school, it's so exciting and students here at bel air high school will have a treat this morning. the new superintendent, dr. robert tomback will board the bus and ride it on this first day of the school with the students. you may reme

he said the robber came in saturday night, tried on a tux and tried to rob thompson. an ex-city officer thompson fought back, mark lomax made off with nothing but if he did come back, which was his m.o. he made no bones about being prepared. >> that's going to be it for him. ok. if i couldn't get to it i was going to hit him with a -- i was going to -- i was mad. >> reporter: it didn't have to come to that. mark lomax was stopped and arrested with only a broken limb rather than missing ones. in baltimore, brian cubler, abc2 news. >> mark lomax is still recovering from the broken arm. when he's released from the hospital he will be charged with 17 counts of robbery. >>> police want to know who this man is. this is the sketch that they have come up with. some indecent exposure in a catonsville neighborhood has women there on high alert. let's take a closer look. he's targeting unsuspecting women. he has a distinctive mole on the left side of his face and the most recent incident happened at an apartment complex on sunshine place. police say the man climbed through a wind

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