is charged with raping, beating and burning his girlfriend's 21 month old daughter. 23-year-old ryan gifford arrested sunday. happened saturday night after he was apparently drink. the child was currently in intensive care at johns hopkins. >> woman charged with arson in northwest baltimore that left three hurt, on the 3900 block of liberty heights avenue wednesday. court documents indicate 19-year-old brittany garcia set fire to an apartment after fighting with her ex-boyfriend. one firefighter hurt is in stable condition tonight. >> eight firefighters are injured when two fire trucks suddenly collide on the way to a house fire in west baltimore. it happened in north fulton and edmondson avenue after noon today. trucks headed to the 1200 block of mosher street. several people in the area heard the crash. >> when i came outside, i saw the fire truck on the curb, and saw the gentleman driving the other truck jump out and lay on the grounds. >> hurry up and ran up here. two fire trucks collided. i was glad everything is all right out here, man. >> the firefighters injuries were not life threat

ryan gifford arrested sunday. happened saturday night after he was drinking. child is in intensive care at johns hopkins. >> a baltimore police detective will be forced to quit his job. mark lunsford pled guilty to stealing money and items from the police department. and then lying about it. as part of the deal, lunsford will forfeit 46000 and then resign. he could face up to a decade behind bars, sentencing is set for some time in june. >> a university of maryland student is now suing the pg county police force. it happened last month after the terps win over duke. john mckenna one of 28 arrested but his attorney said this video shows three officers beating his client. he claims it was unprovoke. police chief suspended all police officers involved and students are reacting to the video. >> that's how -- girls were hit from behind with a batons like the standard riot push with the baton. >> bring in the horses and seeing the attacks. it is bad for the image of maryland. >> two students that were arrested are suing police. county prosecutors are investigating t

ryan gifford raped, beat, and burned the child while her mother was sleeping nearby. night. now the biological father is trying to get custody. gifford is behind bars. >>> a maryland toddler is missing in florida. florida police are on the look out for 3-year-old nathaniel span from aberdeen. the little boy went missing after his mother was arrested for using counterfeit money. she says that she gave her son to her friend, eleanor black and gifford scott but they haven't been seen since. >>> according to the department of natural resources officials say the crab population is up 60% thanks in large part working with virginia to conserve the female crabs in the bay. >> what we saw this year is that those that increased number of adults produced a very healthy spawn. so we had a really good reproduction, a lot of young crabs and still a lot of adult crabs for highest population we have seen in over a decade. >> yet some the men working the waterways every day say they aren't seeing the same results. >> joel d smith is live in churchton this morning with more on that par

. >> reporter: ryan chad gifford stands accused of a vile crime. police say he severely abused a 21-month-old girl inside his home. charging documents reveal the baby's mother panicked and screamed, finding gifford naked in the bathroom with the helpless girl. the baby was bloody. later, doctors at carroll medical center reported the girl was bruised with signs she was sexually violated. >> i was shocked. especially with somebody i know. she just doesn't want to trust anybody anymore. >> reporter: cara knows both the baby's mother and gifford. >> i never would have thought he would do something like that. he seemed like a normal boy. he had some problems with the law and all that. but i wouldn't think that he would do something to a child. >> reporter: the abuse charges have touched off a ward of wards and custody battle between the baby's mother and father. both sides spoke to wjz today. >> reporter: the child's stepgrandfather who has custody now calls the crime heinous, but he says the child's mother loves her baby and has always done an excelle

. >> reporter: ryan chad gifford stands accused of a vile crime. police say he severely abused a 21-month-old inside his home. charging documents revealed the baby's mother panicked and screamed, finding gifford naked in the bathroom with the helpless girl. the baby was bloody. later, doctors at carroll medical center, reported that the girl was bruised and frail, with signs she was sexually violated. >> i was shocked. i wouldn't take a picture of somebody doing that. especially someone i know. i was just totally in awe. she just didn't trust anyone. >> reporter: tara moore knows both the baby's mother and gifford. >> i never would have thought he would have doning in like that. -- done something like that. he had some problems with the law and all. but i wouldn't think he would have done something to a child. >> reporter: the abuse charges touched off a war of words and a custody battle between the baby's mother and father. both sides spoke to wjz today. >> reporter: the child's stepgrandfather who has custody right now, calls the crime heinous. b