>> thanks, rosie. stay tuned with abc2news.com for the latest developments on this story. this deadly crash comes days after an off duty city detective is 9c÷zkilled in cant brian stevenson died when sean james threw a piece of concrete that struck him in the head. investigators say detective stevenson was killed because of a dispute over a parking space. a viewing 2ífor stevenson is t saturday at the ron green funeral home from 5:00 until 8:00 p.m. the funeral service is monday at 11:00 a.m. at the new antioch baptist > reporter: in an isolated country çf'çsetting dotted with dense woods witsing sunflowers and horses wandering in the fields. they have learned of new threats in their community. >> assault rifles and grenade neighborhood. no way. >> reporter: when undercover narcotics investigators busted through the door of this home on durham road. that's what they say they found. and they arrested three épeop including 34 year-old brittany white seen here donning some of the very weapons that were seized. >> i believe that the weapons that were in the house were my son's fathers. >> reporter: kim williams u,)j once engaged to white's brother who subsequently died in a motorcycle accident. >> i've known for years she's been on crystal meth and i kept ventually people would get caught up. but she's for many, many years she's lived the kind of life she used to be a stripper. she's had sugar daddies for years that's how she provides for had he ever self jd the way she does. >> reporter: investigators believe white her boyfriend and another man living in the house were all part of a distribution ring responsible for crystal in recent months. lieutenant dunbar says the reemergence of the highly addictive drug prompted agents to move quickly. >> a lot of times we did u>the where there were children involved. this particular case involved children too. plus other people that live there. it's highly volatile, it is explosive. >> reporter: white and her live in policees bp of drug charges. police say their investigation is far from over. >> the number she has hurt in her life, and it's time that it finally ends. i'm glad it's çz!ñhappening i h they give her everything she deserves. >> reporter: in hartford county jeff hager abc 2 news. a judge has set bail for all three suspects and white and her boyfriend 34-year-old daniel vera gas have already been set free. joshua miller remains behind bar charged with manufacturing meth. new information about a man accusedpq0xof attacking his wife with a hammer. court documents show anthony fell own he violated a protective order by sending cards and letters to his wife and children. he is charged % o÷with first de murder for allegedly attacking his wife with a hammer back in march. he has pleaded not criminally responsible. two baltimore schools were on lockdown today as police search for a q,rñman believed t armed. officers were responding to a report of domestic violence. the lockdown of both general john stricker middle school and our lady of hope has since been lifted. >> police hrare still searchin the area for that suspect tonight. a glen verde middle school student is recovering after he was assaulted. the boy was washing his face 8(% the locker room when another student put him in a headlock. the victim fell on the floor and hit his face. he was taken to the hospital for treatment. school has reached out to parents to keep them informed. we'll continue to &zn&so. it appears that this time investigation is still ongoing as i said, but it looks at this time like it was simply an irresponsible act on the part of the student that had terrible consequences. 8th grader has been charged with second degree assault in the attack. the incident remains under investigation tonight. >> well now the latest on u that proposed slot casino at a run dell mills mall. a slim majority support the casino. they want np it 48 t 8% for undecided the margin of error is 3.5%. the casino would be the state's largest. and slots at a rendell k6&çlls mall is a hot button issue. they i]are throwing their supp behind the cordish company. don harrison explains why. >> reporter: a coalition of anne arundel county business owners met to show the casino operation at arundel mills mall. they have businesses in a ann county they think if slots are passed it would send a message to other businesses. if county and as a business community support the cordish company we would be sending an awful message to other businesses contemplating doing businesses in 1t,ñthe state of maryland and in anne arundel county. >> reporter: some business owners think this is the right time for slots to come to the county. >> if question a doesn't pass hs arundel county. >> this is an amazing coalition. >> reporter: david cordish the chairman for the cordish company says he will rely on local ownership to be involved with the -/hcasino. he believes the local owners have more at stake to do a good job. >> they as owners obviously care about anne arundel county. their businesses bgaare here. their homes are here. >> reporter: election night within two weeks away along with governor's race and congressional race, question is it should be one of the more interesting subjects election night. both parties will be sitting results. in millersville i'm don harrison for abc 2 news. the group called stop ÷really campaigning hard against the casino at arundel mills mall it's concerned about the impact it could have on the community. >v bringing in a lot of cash more than $2 million during its first four days. that's according to the maryland lottery. the hollywood casino ujopened september 27th three days ahead of schedule. it has 1500 slot machines more than $1 million will go to fund education. penn national gauge who runs well, in democracy 2010 president obama started a four- today. he is hitting california and washington where barbara boxer and patty murray are locked in tight razees the democrats can't afford to lose. stump to save senate majority leader harry reid's job. it shows the gop well ahead. former president bill clinton mj,)s& be here in baltimore to support governor martin o'malley. in 2006 clinton stumped for o'malley during a tv ad. you can latest news and all the local and national candidates in our democracy 2010 section. all you have to do is log on to the news tab of abc2news.com and click on the political tab. another day of changing weather across maryland. we actually thought we might see a little more sun today. that really didn't work out. saw a little more rain. maryland powerful radar you can see the showers crossing southern maryland south of baltimore. anne arundel got more of the rain as opposed to areas mrsvno telephone city. that certainly constituted a change. still some rain in southern maryland back flu cambridge into the lower eastern shore. clouds beginning to clear from west to east. we will see éña little bit of sunshine in here as we go towards sunset. we're in the upper 50s. cooling into the 50s the rest of this evening. most of the shower activity is going to be >2well east of baltimore watching showers toward the lower eastern shore. into the day tomorrow we'll probably see a mix of sun and some other things too. i'll have all of it for you coming up. >> thanks a í3azlot wyatt. in tonight's consumer alert important recall for parents. graco is recalling about 2 million strollers because of risk of strangulation and trapping. there have about been four reports of infants strangulationy?that occurred between 2003 and 2005. the strollers and travel systems were sold between november 2000 and december 2007. database is a huge success. how the tool has helped to slow crime not only in the county but also across the state. keeping your teens safe on the road getting çóthe right car is critical. what to look for before you buy that new car for your new driver. and if rising gas prices have you on edge, this f/dçcar be for you. a closer look at the vehicle that runs for months without a fill up. bob ehrlich is desperate, and he'll say anything to get elected. negative attacks the media have repeatedly called "dishonest" and "total malarkey." and why can't we trust bob ehrlich? because he raised taxes and fees by $3 billion then denied it... because he says he's for us, but made $2.5 million at a special interest lobbying firm. and ehrlich says he'll cut education again if elected governor. bob ehrlich-- a career politician we really can't trust. . >> this is a scary thing for parents to think about when it's time for your teen to hit the road getting that right car is critical. news linda so has five tips for choosing the best car for your new driver. >> reporter: getting your first set of wheels is exciting for any teen, but for parents there are several things to keep in mind car. first, size matters. >> when looking at vehicles you want to find something with a low center of gravity, something not too large, not too high up so you sort fksof to avoid suvs if at all possible because they can be a little complicated for a young inexperienced driver. >> reporter: second, check the safety features. >> you want to make sure 'ttha the vehicle has driver and front passenger airbags, adjustable shoulder straps, and if at all possible anti-lock brakes as well as traction >> reporter: third choose a model your teen is familiar request it can help keep them safer on the road. >> the risk of being involved in a crash increase by 25% if you're driving a car you're unfamiliar with. teen's first car is not the time to splurge on glitz and glamour. >> sports cars, things like that that are a little flashy tends to make teens want to drive a csrplittle bit faster i runs the rick of increationing your insurance premium. stay conservative and focus on safety features and not what looks good. >> reporter: fifth keep #k ability in mind. >> take in mind cost of insurance maintenance miles per gallon. >> reporter: five tips to help you pick out the right car ú your teen driver. >> if that high price of gasoline has you worried this may be the car for you. an entrepreneur in virginia has developed a vehicle that runs for months >> reporter: it's light chief designer ron mathis can push the vehicle with his thumb. but even more amazing is the fact that tmthis car will run 100 miles on just one gallon of gas. >> it would be a hundred miles per gallon if we ran on gasoline. we actually ran on e-85 but the =ç content as one gallon of gasoline. >> reporter: the edison 2 very light car the is this year's winner of the automotive x %q%=99 sleek aerodynamic design allows it to move at a pretty good clip down the highway. >> it will run 120. it cruises very happily at 85. iñ this is only a prototype, so there are few amend 'tis or creature comforts. those will be built into other versions of the car, but only luxurious as buick or cadillac. >> reporter: nor is it likely to have power windows or power driven accessories that add ufuel efficiency in cars. >> you can't be lazy and stay fit. it doesn't work like that. >> reporter: instead it works like this. the car's lightweight steel gear enables the designers to make the rest of the car even lighter. >> you see the big fancy heavy brakes in fancy cars driving around our brakes are a stop the car 30 feet shorter than the 2010ss camaro. >> reporter: what point will american car buyers be willing to trade luxury for efficiency. >> when the gas is $5 a gallon 5ygoing to seem like a really good idea. >> the edison 2 just won a 5 million-dollar prize in the automotive ; but is it bad weather. >> it ñ$#will be interesting t see. wet roads, snowy roads. actually kelly interesting, the outlook we will have more rain next week we're actually going to warming up a little bit back closer to 7. >> trade xloff. >> it's kind of an easing into fall thing we got going right now. ale take that. >> all right. let's take a look at maryland as radar right now. still some rain é here, cambridge back through vienna and south into salisbury here. dorchester county picking up some rain here. cambridge back through church creek maybe a %/ rain falling there. as we take a little wider perspective there is a little bit of rain down toward calvert cliffs and lexington park. most of this is confined well off to baltimore. interesting today we had more rain in the d. c. area and annapolis getting some rain where is yesterday most of that rain actually fell from little bit differently on the weather front. take a look at old glory federal hill little bit of breeze blowing right now temperatures running cool 57 degrees. that's we just could not get out of the upper 50s in many places thanks to the cloud cover. park 56 right now. take a look to wwrq) green virginia we had dense fog we were dealing with this morning across the mid atlantic this is how thick some of that fog can get. beautiful fall color breaking out in the mountains. but again there was quite a 0"v of fog to deal with. we had it here in baltimore as well. skies stayed gray and hazy all day long. very little sunshine and that did hold down temperatures. right now 57 aj in easton 59 in hagerstown. little closer view here 60 was the high today downtown where we had a little more warmth, but most spots really pto get out of the mid -- cambridge never got past 55 today. so this was unseasonably cool by 5 to 8 degrees. satellite radar pushing that rain off to the east áa8ñnow. actually the entire pattern will begin to shift here. the main area of disturbed weather that's plagued us the last two days that's pushing out. but in its place tomorrow we'll see clear 9&4skies, but also disturbance to the north brewing here in the great lakes. see that rain up there. the lower part of that thing looks like it may come down and bring us some additional clouds tomorrow afternoon, and even some hit and miss showers slim chances but they will be there. brieflily sun year early tomorrow in michigan possible that same disturbance could kick a few showers our way tomorrow. future forecast clear tonight clear early tomorrow then see the clouds spill in out of the north. maybe that will contain just a 2ku+er or two but then the sunshine comes on big time toward the end of the week. 41 tonight. tomorrow two degree guarantee 62. i think we're going to get there. early sunshine. then tomorrow 40, partly cloudy, 7-day forecast the outlook here for some sunshine, drier weather and temperatures pushing near 70 to a ravens sunday and even kelly. >> thanks a lot wyatt. skin cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer in the u. s. but one of the most treatable. why doctors say the key ééñis early detection and why women may have a head start. plus virginia thomas wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas is demanding an who ogy from the woman sj accused her husband of sexual harassment nearly two decades ago. the unsolicited phone call coming your way 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own died. officer tommy portz was killed when his cruiser hit a parked fire truck. the crash happened after 10:00 @ñfill more street near franklin. they received a call about a person lying in the median street. when truck arrived they didn't find anyone. james clack from the baltimore >> the engine company arrived on scene could not find a patient. did note a film crew near the location, stopped on )v>the freeway to inquire if