the search is on for the killer of a transgendered person shot in his home. home.lance johnson lived in this rowhome on north eutaw place near whitelock street.... a 40-year-old man.. known to his neighbors as traceysomeone shot and killed johnson at about 1-30 in the

morning july 5. bullets missed two other people in the home. policc have a sketch of the suspect.. (lt. col. green) "the police department and the community must work together in order to bring this individual off the street. he's killed someon, he's a threat, he's a danger." danger." police believe the suspect met johnson outside his home that morning.. and may have been involved in a sexual transaction.anyone with information should call police he's... infamous ...for being suspected... of... killing his... traveling companion... in aruba.../ then... allowed... to go free....///janice... park... says...// once... again.../ gary giordano ...will avoid... prosecution... for... a crime... he,,, was... accused of .../ in annapolis. janice? jeff,you may remember back in may...gary giordano was allegedly caught having sex in his s-u-v near the maryland state house.today, that indecent exposure charge has been dropped. police say they found giordano and carol ann bock... lying down and partially covered by a blanket.his trial was set for next week, but today prosecutors dropped the

charge. that's because in order to be guilty of indecent exposure... the law says you have to be naked "willfully" or "intentionally" in public. all of this comes just a few days after robyn gardner's family in frederick held a vvgil... to commemorate one year since her disappearance. piordano was held for four months in aruba...but authorities never charged him: "it's extremely frustrating, you think what if this happened, what if that happened, you just weigh out everything, it's very difficult" to this day...robyn gardner's body has not been found. giordano says she was swept out to sea.janice park fox45 news at 5:30. an emotional day for baseball legend cal ripken junior as the hall of famer opens up about the abduction of his mother. mother.crime and justice reporter joy lepola explains ripken wants the man responsible to pay. earlier this week... police

released the surveillance video of the man they say abducted vi ripken. there are billboards with his image and description. description. and, today, cal ripken junior... reluctantly went before television cameras in hopes it might help police... find the man who kidnapped his mother. vi ripken... disappeared last week from her home in aberdeen. police say she was tied up and driven around by this man. which surveillance cameras caught entering this walmart in glen burnie where he used one of ripken's credit cards. 6:58:38 it was very emotional i think we were all thinking the worse possible things during the course of time when not knowing hwat the reason was and we still really don't know the reason for it:50 it:50 and ripken says that's the one thing he'd ask this guy is why. as for how vi ripken is doing at this point...cal says she's still a little shaky but she's been out and about... getting her hair done and even attending her grandchildren's baseball games. joy lepola fox 45 news at 5:30.

you can see the entire press conference online... go to fox baltimore dot com slash raw news. investigators... are...trying to... figure out ... what ... caused a fire... at... a... denny's restaurant... in... harford coun. county. this.... photo... was sent... to us ... from ... andrew doyle....///flames... shot... thru... the roof... around 10-30... this morning,.../ when... firefighters... arrived... at the restaurant ... on... edgewood road....// the... building was evacuated,.../ no... one... was injured. when news hits your it.. send it.. upload photos and videos to foxbaltimore dot com. click on. the sse it shoot it, send it icon. also send photos from your cell to "pics at foxbaltimore dot com." baltimore ácatholic charitiesá is warning about a scam on craig's list. the agency says scammers using the charity's name have been soliciting donations. catholic charities says it does not contact anyone or request credit card information over the phone. we checked this

afternoon and found that the ad has been pulled from craig's list. but if you think you may have been a victim you can call the attorney general's office at 410-528-8662. 3 it's a story you saw first on fox. identity thieves impersonating taxpayers and stealing their refunds. jeff abell joinssus now........ to explain why a new report says the problem is actually getting worse. 3 all it takes is a stolen social security number, and a thief can pose as a taxpayer, file a bogus return on their behalf.... and collect the fraudulent refund that comes their way. and not until there was an audit of the i-r-s....did the agency know how much money its losing. tonight, that report from the inspector general reveals that the i-r-s has paid five- billion dollars in fraudulent refunds.... and the number of victims has nearly doubled in the past three years. in an interview earlier this year, a baltimore tax expert

claimed the scheme was so easy and so lucrative....that criminals are switching career paths to take advantage of it. 08:28:57"i think it's better than drug dealing,. i think you can make money off of this with less riik than drug dealers"08:29:21"there's no way to match the stuff up, and you just steal all the money you want" the inspector general insists the i-r-s must do more to investigate fraud and is calling on congress to take action before billions more go out the door. jeff abell, fox 45, news at 5:30. amtrak's... in... trouble...// after... losing... 833...-million dollars... over... the past... decade...// wasteful... spending ...and... lack of oversight... in... food... and drinks... are... to blame...///. passengers ... pay... 9-50... for a cheeseburger - / but... it... costs taxpayers... 16 dollars...//. a... pepsi... sells for... 2-bucks...// taxpayers,.... pay... 3-40...// amtrak's... supposed... to be operating... on

a... "break even" basis. join... our waste watch. if... you see government waste.. call... our hotline.. 410-662-1456. or... go to fox-baltimore dot com. 3 first on fox tonight.. maryland's top accountant: tells us gambling is ánotá making money for the state. during next weeks special session, the governor is pushing for approval to expand gambling... promising profits of 100 million dollars. however, state comptroller peter franchot says gambling has cost maryland... 70 million dollars. (peter franchot)" i've sent taxpayers money to the of the - reimburse them for their slot machines.. we've only gotten back 200 million!" million!" the special session begins next thursday. a... controversial... boy scout... policy... prompts.../ one... life-long ... maryland... member... / to... make a ...difficult decision...///.

he... decided... to... turn in.... an honor... / that... took years... to achieve...//. suzanne... kennedy ... of... the now áformerá... eagle scout. 3 this was one of the happiest days of steven colella's life. since he was 5 five he wanted to be an eagle scout. but now as a gay man, he has made the difficult decision to give back a medal he worked most of his life for. "if this organization no longer represents something thaa i believe it then i can't be a part of it." the boy scouts of america recently reaffirmed its policy to ban openly gay members. that decision prompted this 23 year old frederick resident to relinquish his status as an eagle scout. "the card that i sent back is something that i carry around in my wallet every day...and it's a symbol and it doesn't have any material value but its a huge part of who i am." more than a half dozen eagle scouts nationwide in cities like jacksonville, bangor, and minneapolis have turned in their medals. colella told the scouts last week. "it saddens

me that every day there is the possibility that someone is being told you aren't good enough for this organization. you can't be a part of it." the boy scouts of america released this statement about the medals being returned, saying: while a majority of our membership agrees with our policy, no single policy will accommodate the many diverse views among our membership or society. colella wants his decision to help others... "my hope is that it can influence a new ideology for thh inspire other people to stand up for what they believe in." only... five-percent ...of all... boy scouts... achieve... the... status of eagle scout...///. how are the roads looking tonig? tonight?carrie peirce has our traffic edge report. report. mapfiber- 83 at shawan mdot- 695 at belairmdot- 95 at 195map

a... former chicago... cop ... on... trial... for... the murder of his wife.... the prosecution's key testimony now being tossed out. 3 3 "you know what, its history, we only get to watch it every four years." years." banned from watching the olympics.... / why a lawmaker is blocking employees from viewing the games. 3//karen// //karen//steven tyler bashes american idol..... what he's saying about his stint on the show... and the two reasons he stuck around for as long as he did.

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or your money back. day four... in... the... drew peterson murder trial.../ peterson's... charged ...with murdering... his... 3--rd... wife,.../ kathleen savio...//.the ... judge... threw--out... testimony... suggesting... peterson ...tried to intimidate... one of savio's friends... by... leaving a bblllt... on his driveway...//.prosecutors ... also... tried to put... savio's divorce lawyer ... on... the stand... /but... the judge... said... the divorce... was... settled... and... cooldn't... be used... as a motive... for the killing...//. peterson's... also... being investigated... in... the 2007 disappearance ... of... fourth wife,.../ stacy.../// the... army psychiatrist... accused ...in... a...

crazed... shooting spree... at fort hood .../ is... áagainá... held.. .in... contempt of court....//last week,.../ a... judge... said... nidal hasan... could only appear in court ... if... he shaved his beard.../, which ...violates... army regulations...//hasan's... attorneys say ...he's expressing... his... muslim faith...//. hasan... was fined... another thousand dollars ... today.../// and... watched ...the rest of the hearing ... from.. .a... closed-circuit tv...// he's... charged with... 13 counts... of... premeditated murder .../ 32... counts ...of... áattemptedá... premeditated murder..../// if... convicted... / he... could face ...the death penalty. lots... of... people... are... watching the olympics -/ but... apparently ... some... at... city hall... in los angeles- watched.../ a... little too... much...//.city hall... employees... have been using... a-lot ...of... "band-width"... to watch ...the olympics... live... online...///.the... demands ...on the network ... slowed it down ...so much .../ that... one... city councilwoman ... tried... to block... the olympics.../ from... computers..../// "block the site, so our employees could no longer view the olympics on city time using city resources." resources.""you know what, its history, we only get to watch it every four years so we should be able to watch it

like on lunch and our breaks." breaks." internet traffic... on the citys computer system... is... now back to normal .../ after spiking... 20 percent. 3 3 3 in tonight's lowdown... michael jackson's mother is now being reinstated... as guardian of his 3 children. at a hearing thursday... a los angeles coort judge said it's clear the children are well-cared-for by their grandmother, katherine jackson. the judge also approved a plan to add their cousin t-j jackson as co- guardian. just recently... t-j was awarded temporary guardianship after katherine jackson had been out of communication with the children for several days. steven tyler is speaking out on his experience judging "american idol" .. and he's not saying the nicest things. in a new interview with rolling stone he said he loved the paycheck he earned, and sitting next to jennifer lopez -- but that ultimately idol was not his "cup of tea." he was on the show for two

years.. and says he as just doing it to pass the time while his band aerosmith went through a feud.tyler made the announcement last month that he would not return to idol this fall. jennifer lopez left, too -- her replacement is mariah carey. meanwhile... snoop dogg is expressing his interest in joining the judge's table... after hearing about the millions being made on the show.the 40-year old rapper... who now goes by "snoop lion"... says he was quote - "born again" during a visit to jamaica in february... which he says is the reason for his name change. snoop... who's known for his colorful language... says he would be mindful of his tone. 3 a 6 year old armed with a gun.... where police found this shocking photo... .and the reason his father is now behind bars. 3 --adblib weather tz--

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two males caught with weapons and drugs...but what they found in one of the men's cell phones was even more disturbingg disturbing. take a look... at.. this... screensaver photo ... of... a... six-year-old child... pointing a gun... while riding in the back of a car...///. police say... the child... is the son... of... one of the suspects..../ . and... the gun appears to be... one of the weapons ... they seized... from the house... aloog ...with an ...assault rifle,.../ thousands of rounds of ammo... and... a stash of drugs....//police... notified chhld protective services. 3 3 a beautiful day.... and more hot weather on the way. let's check in with meterologist emily gracey to see when we'll cool off. 3 cool off. see when we'll emily pracey to meterologist let's check in with meterologist emily gracey to see when we'll cool off. 3//karen//

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because it's not up to the special interests, hey everyone welcome to sports unlimited.i'm morgan adsit live in owings mills.where big moves were made today....the ravens are one step closer to getting two starters back from injury and full speed. defensive tackle haloti ngata. and left tackle bryant mckinnie. both players passed their conditioning test.ngata... who's recovering from a hamstring injury did not practice today.and hasn't all camp..mckinnie did participate in full pads.he's been out with a back injury from a fall at home.mckinnie did not report to camp the first week.... and was fined 30- thousand dollars each day missed. .both guys first camp action of the season... john harbaugh said health-wise they're fine, now its just a matter of catching up to speed on the field and getting into football shape,,,both mckinnie and ngata will be limited on 2 more practices and harbaugh said mckinnie will join the left tackle competition with michael oher...

the ravens have 6 more days until their first preseason game at atlanta.that game will help paint a more accurate picture of john harbaugh's team in his 5th season..and it's going to take until the season opener...to truly show what the ravens have to offer in 20-12..we can look at last year... undefeated at home... a-f-c north title... a 3 point loss in the a-f-c title game to new england...buttnone of that matters... each training camp offers a clean slate. "as somebody once wrote, you know, that we were defending afc north champions. no, we're just afc north champions, we don't have to defend anything. when you defend something, that means you can lose it. as far as i know, we will always be 2011 afc north champions. you know what, you're not a defending super bowl champion, you're just a super bowl champion. you defend your life, you defend your family, you defend your country, you don't defend stuff in football. so everybody starts new every year." in his last individual olympic event... michael phelps takes gold.phelps won the 100 meter

butterfly.it's his 21st career medal... 17th gold.... both records.he has one more relay event tomorrow..live in owings mills i'm ma for su. it's... not... uncommon ... to... see... an umpire ... eject... a... baseball player...//. or... a manager. ...// but... stadium d-j?

that's what happened in daytona beach, when the umpire apparently didn't like the song selection. selection.((music: three blind mice... oq: just got tossed)) tossed))the dj was tossed out of the game for playing áthree blind miceá when the umpire began arguing with one of the managers over a call... derek dye is an intern who rotates positions at jackie robinson ball park. he says he played the song because it was listed in the system for ábad callsá. 56-1:02"when you think of ejection's, you think you're charging the mound, you're corking our bat or something. i played 3 blind mice and that's how i got ejected." ejected."dye says the crowd rallied behind him and boo-ed the umpire.he says this is only the second time a d-j has been ejected from a game. 3 that's all for fox45 news at 5:30."family

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