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and tooight.. he's charged with sexually abusing aad assaulting her daughter. daughter.s is charlls shelly.. he's a 44-yyar-old man.. accused of olesting a 13- year-old girl. he liies on cliftmont avenue near pelham.. where neighbors..... (ms. coolly/neighbor) "one of my neighbors called me and told me....."......are hearing about a neighbor.(ms. cooley/neighbor) "i have grandchildren ttat be at my houseethht play up and doww this alley.. and it's a shame our neighborhood.".........the - alleged victim is a student at northeast middle school.....where she says shelly is a mentor for young female students.. according to charging documents..after school, son and one other girl to a discount store anddbought baby oil. investigators say he then drove the 3-year-old girl to a parking lot at herring run park.. where they watchee christmas movies on his i-pod... before she says, things got "weird." she told police he removed her jacket.. beean touchinn her breasts.. and rubbing her back with baby oil. when shelly realized the park was closing....investigattrr ssy he drove to a

and tooight, paarnts are wondering how he waa allowed to gain that trust. trust.northeast middle school on moravia road.. concern now from parents over who's allowed access to the children. a oignant pointt. after learning charles shelly, a man who claims he's a mentor at the school, is now accused of molesting a 13- year-old student.(ms. williams/parent) "i am reelly shocked about that! and i'm really upset too. because this suppose to be a halfway decent school...." .......school officials say shelly is not a mentor..nor an employee of the school system...........still, students and parents.....(ms. &pdaais/parent) "he would stand out in the round-about when the kids got off the bus..." ........tell us.. shelly is a familiar face aa this school....(ms. ddvissparent) "and everyone knew him.. so, i think that he, whether he was an employye or not, he definitely had a lot of accesss to the children. i mean even my daughter said that he would pull some of the children out of class, rom time to time, and i don't know what capacity that wassii. but why would he even i

a final vote is expected tooight or tomorrow morning.if the senate approves the measure...ts are still vowing the bill will be petitioned to referendum.putting itton the november ballot for you to decide.i'm megan gilliland, fox45 morning news. thhre's talk of starting a pptition drive to put the same-sex marriage bill to a statewide vote.get more information at fox baltimore dot com.look for "same sex marriage petition"...under hot topics.once there wwite " samm sex marriage should go to referendum" in the message box...and you will beeput on the list to recieve information. this woman is charged with stabbing her 15-year-old son. 33-year-old jacqueline smith was arrested after pplice were stockmill road in pikesville. policc heardda loud argument pnd found the boy stabbeddin his leg.he was hospitalized ... but is expected to be okay. his mother is charged with assault... child abuse... and resisting arrest.no word... on the motive behinddthe stabbing. police are searching for the crooks... who are breaking into several homes in a baltimore county community. community.poli