i'm going to the horseshoe. >> i'm damn near platinum clear at the casino, got a rewards card. >> oh, watch out. about $5200 i won and $12,000 in losses. >> but it's not gambling at the casino that landed him in jail. >> they say i allegedly robbed somebody coming out the casino. i don't know what they are talking about. >> he's accused of following a casino customer to his car and robbing him of his winnings, $1800. he's pled not guilty and awaiting trial. following his arrest he was linked to an unsolved home invasion bringing his total charge count to 16, including five counts of aggravated robbery and four counts of felonious assault. he has pled not guilty to the new charges as well. >> getting locked up so many times, you get sick and tired of being sick and tired and tired of going the same way. you're going to get the same results. so i know what the bad life going to do. i know what the worst -- what the street life is going to get me. it's going to get me dead or in jail. let me see how this good life -- gonna do. let me see what me trying to do it right going to do, give go

bear was killed someplace else and then dumped in the park perform. >>> new at 11, maryland's largest casino took a hit with the opening of the new horseshoe casino in baltimore. new numbers out today show the horseshoe made $22 million in september. maryland live made more than double that, but its revenue was down 10% compared to september of the laf year. maryland live had been making steady gains and this was the first drop in monthly revenue. >>> olympic champion michael phelps will not be competing for six months. he was suspended today following his dui arrest last week. he was also forced to withdraw from the next year's world championships. his blood-alcohol level was nearly double the legal limit in maryland when he was pulled over near the ft. mchenry tunnel. phelps says he's entering a treatment program. >>> only on news 4 tonight, the grandmother of two missing toddlers is speaking out. she wants to find her grandchildren. she also wants to address mental illness and the impact it's had on her family. >> doreen, she says she's not spoken to her daughter kathryn since she was arrested. kathryn doesn't want to speak to her. if s

he was at the horseshoe casino. so -- and he's small, lost weight. nothing like the pictures. >> if outrageous claims were his only issue, he would probably spend less time in segregation, the housing unit where problematic inmates are confined their cells for 23 hours a day and enjoy few if any privileges. >> inmate schmidt does not care about being locked up. it's obvious that it does not mean anything to him, the longer he's in his cell. so he's definitely a harder inmate to deal with, because lockup doesn't work. >> schmidt is currently back in segregation for taking his cleaning duties in another housing unit to an unacceptable level. >> schmidt was sweeping around here with his broom and everything like that, and i had to talk to an inmate around the corner. i came back and seen him pull wires, telephone wires, out of the wall. i said, what are you doing? he told me that there was a bomb in the telephone and that he was defusing the bomb. >> schmidt, are you ready? >> he is charged with a 219, which is major disruptive conduct. >> while schmidt

the records to cover up those delays. >>> maryland's casinos generated more than $82 million in revenue last month according to the maryland lottery and gaming control agency. the horseshoeore took in $22 million. >>> it should be a very merry shopping season for retailers that is if the latest predictions are correct. >> the national retail federation expects sales to increase about 4% during november and december. that's a percentage point higher than last year. but they caution shoppers will still be on the lookout for discounts. >> as we always are. >>> 6:33. wusa9 and dc jobs want to get you hired. the community builders incorporated is hiring a development project manager. it is a full-time position, no experience required. if you'd like to find out more, go to wusa9.com/dcjobs. >>> congratulations to our fan of the day. he's lynn cianflocco of the district. she says i listen to channel 9news every morning to get me going. >> she wins two tickets to see john mellencamp. if you'd like to win tickets too, go to our facebook page. fill out the entire form. in the last section copy and paste the link to your facebook picture. no photo, no entry. we'll be right back. la

accordin court documents, phelps admitted to having three or four drinks at the horseshoe casino beforewas stopped. police say phelps was going 85 miles per hour and swerving through the fort mchenry tunnel a juror may be leaking informn in the police shootit killed michael brown pap tweet claimed that grand ju have not seen enough evidence to justify arrestg dar wilson, the officer who shot the armed black man in ferguson, missouri, back in august. unarmed. a friend serving on the jury proceedings there. the post has since been delated. prosecuts are investigating whethee is misconduct here. brown's shooting sparked days of protest in ferguson. > a texas girl who vanished 12 years ago has been found alive in mexico. police say in 2002, sabrina allen's motr kidnapped her and o mexico. for more than a decade, the two have been on the run changing their names several time. pot up with them south of mexico city. sabrina was brought back to the states yesterday. greg allen never stopped hoping he would see his daughter again. >> -- if i can give a hug. she -- she's in pretty bad shape is my

according court documents, phelps admitted to having three or four drinks at the horseshoe casino beforetopped on i-95 early tuesday morning. police say he was going 85 miles an hour in the fort mchenry tunnel. phelps says he is deeply sorry. >>> the maryland teenager seriously hurt outside of six flags america had been ban pd from the park. according to six flag, the 15-year-old indefinitely banned from the park back in july. it not clear what he was doing there on saturday when a fight started. the boy's family says a group of strangers beat him up outside the gates. they plan to hold a vigil for him tomorrow outside the park. the 15-year-old is still in a medically induced coma. >> we're learning about a murder/suici carolyn mattingly's home police were there an hour before she was killed on tuesday. andrew rocca slashed her tires and crashed his car on purpose killing himself, while police respondsed to the crash, firefigh were putting out a fire at mattingly's home on great elm drive. they found her body inside the garage. at saying what killed her. only that they believe rocca was

along i-95 in baltimore, and according to several online reports, phel had been gambling at the new horseshoe casino. phelps has apologized on twitter for letting down his fans. > up in baltimore tonight, fans are hoping tonight starts the ore series. o's face off against the detrt tigers. it's happeni in a few minutes. >> carol maloney at camden yards where the o's are happy to be back in the postseason. >> hey, guys. this is a long time coming. the orioles get the playoff party started tonight. it's jt the second playoff appe for the birds. since 1997. this year, however, home field . that means camden yards cooking up some oriole magic. it's legendary and finally here. of coue the way they talk about it, it gives me chills, thin about what's going to take place out there. i keep sayin it, but i'm m looking forward to it. i'm anxious. i am -- been waiting the whole year for this moment and we are ready. between the lines, that's where w comfortable. once t gam starts and the bell rings, that's where we're comfore a a team and unit. might have some extra feelings befo the game, a little more nervou

the county. >>> maryland live casino's new competition is hurting their profits. new numbers show the horseshoebaltimore made $22 million in september while maryland live made more than double that. its revenue is down nearly 10% compared to september of last year. the state's largest casino had been making steady gapes since opening in 2012. this is the first time it saw a drop in monthly revenue. >>> cleaning up the chesapeake bay makes sense for the environment and the area's bottom line. a new study says the region would reap an additional $22.5 billion a year under the epa's plan to clean up the watershed. they plan to reduce pollution by 60% by 2017. farmers in certain states say it's too costly. maryland, virginia and the district are in support of the cleanup. >>> all right. stay with us, "news4 today" continues right now at 5:00 a.m. >>> a live look from beltsville this morning at the scene of a water main break. we'll tell you how this will affect your morning commute. >>> and it was do or die. so they did. the nats live to play another day in the playoff. what a thrilling game. it wa

maryland's biggest casino is also seeing their first drop in revenue since opening. maryland live can blame its new competition the horseshoe in baltimore that made $22 million in september. which was its first full month of operation. maryland live made more than double that but its revenue was down nearly 10% compared to september of last year. >>> you won't have to wait long to see the red skins play again. the team will go for its first win since mid-september this sunday. they lost to the seahawks last night 27-17. even though the referees took three seattle touchdowns away for penalties. tyler columbus was hurt in the game. the linebacker also briefly left with an injury but he should be able to play on sunday. >>> okay. so better faring than last time but still a tough loss, considering the seahawks made all the penalties. i thought we might pull it out, but tough. very tough to be a red skins fan. >>> new this morning, touchscreens and buttons that allow you to talk to your car, but is that making you distracted on the road? we have results from the new report. >>> and it will be damp out there heading out on the ro