ron ron matz is live with more on this. >> reporter: lawmakers are autoraged after the audit. the employees routinely steal money from the inmates. at least five have already been fired and some employees had easy access to blank checks and the signature plates needed to sign them. tens of thousands of dollars were found to be missing. and one state delegate says that the prison workers were treating the money like an atm. mr. >> and construction officials are instituting several reforms to keep it from happening again. >> state house leaders aring looing at -- are looking at finances. a group of analysts will brief them on the deficit and the estimates are having the next year and there's more than a billion dollars in the red much to do with the recession. >>> and it's been a cruise to forget for more than 3000 passengers off the coast of mexico on the carnival. it's being towed to san diego and it will take a few days. here's the latest. >> reporter: carnival splendor is on the move, baalism a tug boat began towing the ship overnight and it's not expected to reach san diego

ron matz is live with the latest. good afternoon, ron. >>> well, hi, don. the federal police officer who shot the dog last year will appear in court later on today. the 32-year-old says he shot the dog known as bear bear after he attacked his dog, bear bear was off of his leash, but the owners say he was friendly and the officer overreacted and the shooting sparked out rage among laters. they gathered to hold a vigil for the dog. >> he's charged with animal cruelty and firing his gun too near homes. he faces fines. >>> and now, the story of dogs abused. the police are trying to find out who's behind a dog fighting ring. they found six abused pit bulls in a home and another dog was found dead and some have bite marks on their faces and broken and filed down teeth. the police are persons of interest and no arrests have been made. >>> the court officials have postponed hearings for an officer caught in the same probe that lead into the indictment of jack johnson and his wife. the agents accused them in taking part of a scam involving local liquor stores. >>> i

and ron matz has more on what people are saying. good afternoon, ron. >> reporter: the ravens won by 24. believe it or not it was not that easy. let's go to the ravens. a fast start. joe flakyo finds. it j. touchdown ravens they take a -- tj touchdown ravens. defense takes over straight plays. intercepting brian saint pierre. ed reid on the lateral all the way for the touchdown. ravens win it and improve their record to 7 and 3. and the fan camera. do you think they are positioned for a run deep into the playoffs. if they win they add on to the momentum. that should carry them. >> if were you watching, we know we're strong enough to make it to the playoffs. yes. i think they're ready. >> i'm rooting for the ravens. keep going. >> they need a few more pieces but i think they're close. they are coming together. >> it was a kind of game you dream about. they're making a run for the playoffs. >> they are back home on sunday against the surprisingly tough buccaneers. bucs 7-3. we're still whacko for flakyo. >> we are. we better explain your formality this a

ron matz has the latest on a number of indictments. good afternoon, ron. >> reporter: several police officers are charged with taking part in a multimillion dollars scam. agents arrested jack johnson and his wife on friday saying they were attempting to destroy evidence that he had taken bribes. nine others, including three police officers, are charged with a scam to sell cigarettes without paying the taxes. officials say the scam involves a howard county couple who owns several stores. two of those are now suspended without pay and a third officer is charged with selling cocaine. the latest arrests are rinked to the johnson -- linked to the johnson probe but they will not say how. >> the indictments demand forfeiture of several homes. we'll have more coming up at 5:00, and 6:00. >>> closing arguments in the trial of chandra levy. the immigrant accused of murdering the intern did not take the stand. and it created a sensation when she was linked with a congressman. >>> another soldier from maryland is being remembered today after making the ultimate sacri

ron's story was a broadcast that bulldog and i and mary bubala were doing after a raven's game. we'll bring you in ron matz and he picks up the story from there. don and marty, happy purple friday and it's a good story. all about these t-shirts and the story behind them and how to get them, it's all for a good cause, we'll tell you about it when the eyewitness news morning edition rolls on. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> talk about a bay effect, you can see it here. temperatures in the 30s inland and westminster, bel air and columbia. and kent island and annapolis -- let me explain the bay effect. it's like a space heater and the reverse in the summer. it's cooler than the land around and that's why you go near the water. we're seeing the winter time bay effect. and it's going to get warm early in the week and cool down, not cold down. and sunny, 52 degrees is the high this day. tonight, we'll call it clear skies and moonlit and 33 is the overnight low and sunshine tomorrow and kicking it up to 58 degrees and down to 53 sunday. and 61 and 65 to 70 on tuesday. en and we're back ting the 50s for it'sing the. >>> will you be creeping along in the commute, here's sharon. >>> not yet, we don't have delays and we'll hope it stay that is way, usually on fridays, the delays come later. just one accident working at this point in the southbound lanes there. and up above the posted speed limits. there's a live look outside and definitely, more volume and we could have delays soon and at this point, it's all at full speed. there's a live look at the westside of the beltway and there's a look at 40 and no issues on 83 and the traffic report is brought to you by your toyota dealer. . >>> all right, let me show you the genesis of our story. i love doing football talk. it's one of the highlights of my day. this right here, it's a picture of bulldog, mary and myself on game day at the set location. bulldog's watching and someone's in the red zone and my friend lisa took a picture of mary and i before we went on the air. so, let's bring in ron and we'll continue the story. a nice woman comes up and says, can i show you a t-shirt we've come up with. we said yeah, we would love to see it. it has raven red eyes on it and it says don't be a jerk. it involved something that happens every game day. ron, take it away from here. >>> good morning, happy purple friday. if you go to the raven's games, it's about fan behavior and during the message, the fans chime in and they say -- don't be a jerk! >> and now, we have t-shirts and a benefit on sunday. here's renee basil. >> and how are you? >>> great. >> how did you come up with this idea. my brother, john and i and my sister were at the game and we heard the don't be a jerk and we put it on a shirt. >> and you did. this sunday, you're doing something nice. >> if you purchase and shirt and wear it at the field house, 25% of the purchases will go to meals on wheels. that's a great idea. come on down and if you can't make it out, visit us on creative cotton.com. and here's mary kathryn