. >> reporter: the suspect a 38- year-old vernon jackson was taken in to custody. catching him was part of an ongoing investigation. >> once we were on scene the suspect was taken in to custody without incident. we took about $938, along with 27 punter pounds of marijuana. >> reporter: minutes later officers went inside, police say a woman at the door was cooperative and let them execute a search warrant. >> appears that once the entry was made inside at a certain point weapon discharged from one of the task force officers baltimore and discharged and struck one of the officers from baltimore city. >> reporter: the city officer was hit in the arm and taken to the hospital. he is expected to be okay. a neighbor saw this happened. >> everybody rushed over to him and they wanted to check on him. he was screaming a bit. >> reporter: police are investigating but right now it looks like the shooting was accidental. the suspect's home address is listed on cedar lane. tonight there is no word on why he was in odenton. >> makes me uncomfortable. >> reporter: the unnamed cou

his name is vernon jackson. when they picked him up, they were carrying 2700 pounds of pot and $900 in cash. live in odenton, joce sterman. >> we have baltimorenty, baltimore city and anne arundel. >>> we have more information in the penn state sex abuse case of sandusky. an attorney of the victim said the former coach needs to stop victimizing the people with his words. psu assistant coach jerry sandusky showered with the boy in the locker room even though sandusky was never charged, it left a mark on the young man who feels he's being victimized again. jerry sandusky is continuing to talk. he's facing 40 counts of child sexual abuse. in an interview with the "new york times" sandusky maintained his innocence saying his reported horsing around was not of a sexual nature. the attorney for one of the victims said by denying it, it's continuing to victimize the children. >> we're calling on sandusky's lawyer to stop this. stop this effort to manipulate. while he's trying to manipulate public, prospective jurors, h

the reason they came is because a 38-year-old man named vernon jackson from columbia, he was holding 2700 pounds of pot and more than $900 in cash. live in odenton, joce sterman, abc2 news. >> thousands of old meters are being replaced which will take the guesswork out of the billing process. abc2's don harrison has the details. >> reporter: today began the installation of 12,000 now water meters. they were put inside of homes. they were designed to make reading meters accurate. 40 years ago they worked fine. 40 years later, not so bad. >> they bypassed that old automatic interior meter. >> reporter: the new meters will be retrofitted with a radio transmitter, so a person no longer has to come out to read them. it will make things easier if the meters are covered up by snow or an object. >> it saves a lot of headaches. >> reporter: he has owned his house for 25 years and rents it down. his tenants would complain. now the guesswork will be removed. >> it's really a good thing. it's moving up with the times, with the computerized system. >> it's going to be an exact bill. then they can

vernon jackson was taken into custody outside the home. police seized 27 pounds of marijuana and another,000 dollars cash. officers went inside and that's when the shooting started. >> it appears once the intruders were inside the residents at a certain point a weapon discharged from one of the task force officeers from baltimore county that discharged striking one of the officers on the task force from baltimore city. >> police are investigating but county police say it locks like the shooting was probably -- looks like the shooting was probably accidental. >>> a fire caused damage to the side of a house. leon alexander junior sent in the video. authorities say the fire started yesterday afternoon on calvert road in north eat. no word on the cause or theextent of the damages. >>> deliberations resume in the case of paul schurick the one time aid of paul ehrlich on trial trying to keep democratic voteers from going to the polls. this is audio of the robo call he is accused of leaving assuring voters democrat martin o'malley had won the 201

a county baltimore officer's gun discharged and it hit the officers. 38-year-old vernon jackson was taken into custody outside the home. police seized 27 pounds of suspected marijuana. and another 1,000 dollars in cash. officers went inside and that's when the shooting happened. the city officials is expected to survive. it appears to be the result of a accidental firing. >>> the search will continue for 35-year-old charles duckett who disappeared on friday while work on a managed deer hunt in montgomery county. >>> and today mayor stephanie rawlings-blake will make it official at the inauguration and there's pomp and circumstance surrounding this a little special. corinne redman joins with us more on what's in store for the mayor today. corinne. >> reporter: well, charley, this is the mayor's first time being sworn in for her full term as mayor. city hall behind me is fully decorated for today's inauguration ceremony. there's draping and bleachers are out and the stage is set and city hall is preparing to have a great inauguration this morning. now this is the second oath of office for t

the suspect, 38-year-old vernon jackson. police recovered marijuana and $900 in cash from the home. kai reed, wbal-tv 11 news. >> a florida man is behind bars tonight after officials say he impersonated a baltimore city police officer. investigators say thomas barbour approach to home wearing a police windbreaker. he revealed a gun which -- during a struggle between bartlett and the victim. there is no word on how he obtained that windbreaker. investigators are looking into the stabbing at the occupy encampment in downtown baltimore. 23-year-old deseret nicholson was arrested after deputies say she kicked a female in the stomach and then stabbed her on her arm and thigh. it happened just after midnight monday. investigators believe a dispute over a cat is what led to the violence. the search continues for a middle river man who has been missing out since friday. investigators say 35-year-old charles duckett disappeared at the triadelphia reservoir. so far crews have found no signs of him. investigators say the three alarms are the displaced nearly 100 people in northwest baltimore w

the officer was assisting in the arrest of vernon jackson. what a gun discharged by mistake. >> it is a quiet neighborhood. it is a great neighborhood for families. i'm devastated that something like this could go one right here. >> the injured officer was hit in the arm. money and recover t 2 marijuana from the home. this person is behind bars after being caught impersonating a baltimore city police officer. the tories say he revealed a gun which went off during a struggle. no word on how we obtained that city police windbreaker. >> and arrest in a stabbing in downtown baltimore. police arrested desiree nicholson after they said she picked a woman in the stomach and then stabbed her in the arm and thigh. investigators believe a dispute over a cat prompted the violence. police say charles duckett was last seen at the triadelphia reservoir. seven searching the reservoir but so far no sign of him. >> a fire in northwest baltimore was ruled accidental. an unattended tea pot caused the fire. firefighters were on the scene friday night and they sa