sends it will not for violating her probation when she took part of a robbery and the murder of stephen pitcairn. she was serving probation and drug charges at the time he was murdered. >> 51 degrees on tv hill. demand is expected to hear his fate -- a man is expected to hear his fate. [ dog barking ] mom! breakfast? in this house? in the morning i can use all the help i can get. that's why i love nutella, a delicious hazelnut spread that's perfect on multigrain toast and even whole-wheat waffles. it's a quick and easy way to give my family a breakfast they'll want to eat. and nutella is made with simple, quality ingredients, like hazelnuts, skim milk and a hint of cocoa. they love the taste and i feel good that they're ready to tackle the day. ♪ nutella. breakfast never tasted this good. welcome back to 11 news today. 5:09, 51 degrees downtown at the inner harbor. we're seeing mild temperatures across the state. we have a storm system approaching from the west. this is bringing heavy snow to parts of colorado and kansas and moving into nebraska. we're on the warm side of it and we're seeing a c

>>> in crime news this morning, the woman involved in the murder of johns hopkins researcher stephen pitcairn will spend more time in prison for violating probation. lavelva merritt will spend 20 years in prison. she was on probation when she took part in a robbery and murderer in july of last year. last month, she was sentenced to 30 years in prison with 15 years suspended for her part in that robbery. >>> and a dad is behind bars in harford county charged with setting his children's hair on fire. stephen kenneth helgason was arrested. kids came into the salon burned and three siblings admitted they were burned by a makeshift torch. >> it's very strange. it's not clear but it does notappear this was an issue of discipline or excess discipline or anything like that now. this is -- these allegations are he very unusual and that's one of the main reasons we asked for a high bond. >> it's alleged you used cans of aerosol deodorant and a lighter to scorch his children as many as 100 times. children are placed in the care of social services. >>> news around the nation this morning, a prisoner and

charles village are still reeling from several events, including the high-profile killing of stephen pitcairn. >> we really have to look at our neighborhood and see how we can better partner with northern districts and some of the other districts that border our boundaries so we can make sure residents are safe. >> i am deeply troubled by it. i have a young son, my wife. it's trouble some. >> i'm lowell melzer, wbal-tv 11 news. >> the charles village community benefits district will hold a regular meeting next tuesday to talk about the crime. in the meantime, police are asking anyone with information to call homicide at 410-396-41 00. >> an anne arundel teacher out on bond. authorities say jeffrey sears had numerous encounters with students between 2006 and this year. he had been an assistant j.v. boys basketball coach since 2006. >> firefighters responded to the claiborne place apartments before 11:00 friday morning. we're told a ceiling fan in a bathroom on the 10th floor fell and started burning. no one was hurt and the cause of that fire is under investigation. $5,000 in damage reported.

is because he violated the terms of his probation from a separate assault case, had he killed stephen pitcairn in july 2010. the additional time will be tacked on to wagner's life sentence. >>> a soldier charged with leaking national security secrets appears in a maryland military court for a critical hearing. mike hellgren has an inside look at the wikileaks scandal. mike? >> reporter: mary, the eyes of the world are on maryland. this article 32 hearing today is the equivalent of a grand jury hearing, trying to determine whether there's enough evidence to move forward with the 22 charges against private bradley manning. manning's civilian attorney wanted the whole thing dropped. the presiding officer refused to do that. >> you reached brad manning and my deployment phone number. please leave a message or call me back later. >> reporter: army private bradley manning spilled thousands of u.s. government secrets to wikileaks and now faces the wrath of the federal government. outside his pretrial hearing, supporters said he's no traitor. >> bradley manning is my hero, for bringing the troops to t

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