We are heartbroken to announce that Judith Ann Bell ("Judie") passed away unexpectedly but peacefully at her home Thursday, November 2, 2023, with her beloved dog Olivia by her side.
good morning. it s thursday, june 10th. you re taking a live look out over the inner harbor. people are still waking up and getting ready to start this thursday morning as we get closer to the weekend. good morning, i m patrice harris. let s get a check of our forecast as we do head into this thursday, closer to the weekend. meteorologist steve fertig is here. good morning. good morning, to you. a little damp yesterday, showers moving through and cooler now. we see a transition with much better conditions. we see it this morning. and we do have fog as a result of rain and reduced visibility. the majority of the day is going to turn out nice. once we get past a foggy start, we look forward to mostly clear skies, and we saw a couple of showers to the south moving off to the east, though. they will move out of here, maybe a little drizzle south of annapolis, and we will continue to watch as the shower activity moves off and out of here and makes way for the nice day to follow. 70 degrees in baltimore and the same for d.c., 68 in hagerstown and 71 in salisbury and we should be seeing temperatures climbing to about 87 degrees for the high today and then dropping back to about, well, 60 degrees overnight tonight with mainly clear skies. now here is candace dold with a lack at the traffic edge. candace. reporter: thanks, steve. and good morning. we re checking in on the beltway for you this morning and so far no problems to report, 95 up toward 83 in the green, 11 minutes at 54 miles per hour. and the same speed with only an 8 minute clip at 83 up to 795. taking it from 795 to 95, a normal ride 11 minutes at 54 miles per hour. that s a look at the morning travels, patrice, back over to you. 502 clock on fox 45:02 fox . baltimore police responding to an assault get more than they bargained for. they found that the home where the assault took place belongs to a cult leader. they got a call and found a woman inside suffering from unknown injuries. for the next 13 hours, s.w.a.t. team members surrounded the home not sure if the suspect was still inside. meanwhile investigators found that the home was owned by abraham cohenn that runs a nonprofit organizations in wisconsin that is believed to be a cult. they made an entrance to the far side house to the basement to the lower level which was very suspicious. we realize that it s a cult and people had aliases. police eventually determined that the suspect was no longer inside of the home and they say that cohen is not a part of the investigation into the assault and not believed to be in the home at the time of the assault. the injured 18 years old woman, though remains hospitalized in serious but stable condition. now the woman who was assaulted and the person of interest are not talking to police, but we are learning more about the organization. they are being tied and megan gilliland is live with more on how they could be connected to a religious cult in wisconsin. reporter: good morning, patrice. this is the home in pikesville where it all happened. neighbors say that it s always dark here. the lights rarely kept on. the man who owns is abraham cohen. he is the leader of the wisconsin based sam tra based science and technology. a group that is a cult that has terrorized their community. last year the group was linked to a hit list. the list had a names of 60 people including the mayor and the police chief. our sister station in green bay found a woman whose family was involved with this group. i knew growing up that there was a different world outside of me but i was cold that was a bad world that i should never want to participate in it. reporter: no arrests were ever made in connection to the threat list but just last month the fbi re-opened the case. patrice, bako to you. many people are accusing the group of being a cult but what do the group members say about the accusations against them. reporter: the group says they re not a cult and they re a non-profit educational organization. the name marching lane i mark le attorney hired by the religious cop that had more than 900 members commit suicide in the jungles of south america. megan gilliland early fox 45 morning news. it happened before 8:00 last night near fin wick avenue in east 28th street in northeast baltimore. police say a group of officers saw the pitbull attacking several children. one of the officers reportedly opened fire on the animal trying to defend the kids. one of the rounds either ricocheted or went through the dog and struck one of the juveniles in the left leg. he was coherent and responsive at the scene. the 14 years old was taken to john hopkins with minor injuries. dog wathe dog was killed. a frederick waiter who robbed the restaurant where he worked but pretending to take a friend hostage gets 18 months in prison. saczachary was sentenced on tuey for the robe at th robbery at tn trouterle. greern the green turtle. his accomplice also faces charges. the man accused of trying to solicit sex from teenager. police arrested this man, 22 years old matthew garves from parkville. in april he was chatting online with a person he thought was a 13 years old. he allegedly asked her to skip school and sent a suggestive video of himself but it was really an undercover detective he was talking to. roberts was released on $5,000 bail. drivers in downtown baltimore will soon be seeing double at the parking meters. that s how much the cost of park went to in some areas. if you re in fells point, inner harbor east, federal hill or mount vernon, you will pay those higher fees. it s part of the city s plan to increase more revenue. the cranessed fees arthe incread to bring more than $11 million a year. yesterday baltimore city of board of estimates increased 9% increase on both water and sewer bills. it s not just city residents who will be hit, people in surrounding counties also use city water. the waterfuls sa water officiale problem is immense, pointing out there s been 5,000 watermain breaks in the last year. people have been asked to pay more and people losing their homes for water bills and that kind of stuff, i thought a 9% increase was too steep. the increase in the water and sewer bills will generate 16 point $2 million this year. officials within the archdiocese of baltimore will present a strategy to keep catholic education going. they have been forced to close several area schools and for a year a commission selected by bishop o brien has come up with more ideas. the group will issue its report at the catholic center in baltimore later this morning. baltimore needs to spend more money on teachers. that is what one advocacy group is saying. they looked at charm city teachers and says they should be paid more, but the study also says they should look longer hours and it should be easier to fire poor performers. city school c oarks eo dr. an drez alonzo saydr. andres a lons trying to implement those recommendation. we will talk with somebody about the report coming up in the 7:00 hour. joel d smith is live in frederick where a company has found a way for amputees here in the states to help all of those struck licks istruggling after e months. reporter: what a cool story. this is stuff that is left in different closets and they can t use is anymore but now there s a use and definitely a need going on in haiti. how do you guys know that you could get this together and found out how many were out there. we have been collecting these all along. but it s something that as people age they need new prosthesis, and they end up storing them in the closet and someone will pass away and they will store them. we saw the need and we saw the trouble in haiti. we put the word out, news articles and things like that. we have had an overwhelming response. we have 5 offices through the pennsylvania area. we have a lot of prosthetic feet, and different exo compones that have been used. reporter: we know the need is great down there. when it comes to getting this to you, when will they be seeping some of this stuff? we will send this down to physicians for peace. when they get a call for different components, they work with different organizations throughout the world, they will be sending these to them. reporter: these are expensive items. about $700,000 worth. different prosthetic needs and very, very expensive with much need. reporter: it s got to feel nice. these people have lost on so much. you have done this before, what is it when they get a limb back? it really improves their life. to be able to walk again, to be able to get to their normal life, it really is impowering for them and for us. it s a great thing we can provide and send down to them. reporter: trs great, and for the rest of the morning we will be talking about how this came together and how many people from around the country are actually able to help. send it back to you. joel. it sounds like a wonderful program. let me ask you, how difficult or easy would it be for them to fit those prosthetics to the people in haiti since they weren t specifically designed for them. reporter: good question. how specifically and how will that work sinc when you are seng these type of items. the specific thing would be the socket. that would be something they would fabricate in haiti but all of the components, the prosthesis being left or right. these would be not specific to the patient. reporter: but still very needed. a lost times the components is what they need. they can work on the rest of the stuff there on site. got it, joel, thank you. reporter: okay. beaver fevebieber fever. tickets to see teen singing sensation justin bieber go on sale, but he can get your hands before the rest of charm city on us. you can get tickets for the concert all morning long. be sure to stay tuned for your chance to win. the maryland fair starts on august 5th and goe and goes thrh september 5th. a tough day of testimony. it was emotional when he was reliving the events that day. what a city police officer on trial for manslaughter said when he took the stand. a cooler temperatures and now the rain is pushing through. now we are drizzle in some spots. w welcome back to fox 45 early edition. 5:15 is the time. it s time to get a check of our forecast. meteorologist steve fertig is here with a look. good morning, patrice. it s going to look a lot better with the cloud cover and we will get rid of the fog we have and we will be talking about lighter conditions. let s take a look at things in motion and you will get a better idea of how the showers are progressing. you see it moving down toward the beltway toward d.c. and moving off the eastern shore. it s light drizzle left over from last night. fog is what we will have to deal this morning? spots wherin spots where there was some rain. beware there could be reduced visibility across the 75 area and now east of 95, any left over showers but the following fo fog issomething to deal wid further south into virginia. it moves out of here soon enough and we are talking about nicer conditions coming your way. 71 is where we start with mostly cloudy skies. those skies will clear up, 84% relative humidity. the barometer is steady at 29.85 and the dew point is at 66. that is why we have a little bit of thickness out there and the fog to deal with. temperatures about 71 degrees in baltimore. pretty warm to start the day, you see the same and salisbury, too. 68 in hagerstown and the temperatures accompanied by the dew points that you see well into the 60s and that is why we say there could be fog in spots this morning. that frontal boundary that brought us the rain is moving off to the east. here comes high pressure, we like that because it brings us high temperatures. for the next couple of days, we look to sunny conditions and a few cumulous clouds. the disturbance will be rolling as we get warm moist air coming up from the south. as that occurs, we will be talking about a chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms as we get toward saturday and sunday. not an all day event as we have been saying all week. it s hard to time the pop up showers and thunderstorms. for today, 68 degrees for the high with mostly clear skies for the eastern shore. a west wind at 10-15 miles per hour. for the central part of the state we re looking forward to seeing temperatures climb to 78 degrees, humidity should drop, though through the day today and tomorrow before it climbs again for the weekend. so it should feel pretty good even though we got the warm temperatures. 83 degrees for the western part of maryland with mostly clear skies and a west, northwest wind at 10-15. tonight sky degrees for the overnight low with a west wind at 5-15 miles per hour. as we move through the day today, look for the temperatures to climb to 83, quick warm up by noon and the skies clear out. 84 degrees at 6:00 p.m., most low clear skies. if you are headed to the orioles-yankees game tonight, much better night tonight for baseball than last night. 82 degrees for first pitch temperature, 7:05 postally clear skies and warm, with a northwest wind, breezy, 10-15 miles per hour which should be the story through the day today. it should be breezy but with the warm wind it won t feel too bad. 87 on saturday, and a chance of those afternoon thunderstorms and 88 on sunday, more of the same, 87 just a lingering shower or thunderstorm but a lesser chance. 84 and 82 with clear skies for tuesday and wednesday. we will get you the beach test in a little bit. we want to remind you that sky watch hd radar is available at your finger tips. you can use fox 45 powerful doppler radar to track incoming storms. interactive tools will let you know when rain or thunderstorms will be over your house. go to web an foxbaltimore.com ak on iradar. here is candace dold with the traffic edge. reporter: thanks steve. and good morning, we are checking in on those speeds out there and right now, you re going to like those numbers. 58 miles per hour owe the on thy traveling at security boulevard and be 53 traveling through catonsville. can you see a pretty picture on the southbound lanes and even the northbound stretch up toward the toll plaza. 95 through baltimore county, checking out the area whitemarsh boulevard, here it is, you can see the volume that is building. it s a little bit of fog to deal with this morning. just be aware of that and it needs extra caution. as for the southbound lanes it s the extra volume that you will have to deal with. once on the beltway, taking it out at harford road, light activity inner and outer loop lanes as well. that s a look at the mornings travels, patrice back to you. is your dad baltimore s best dad. in time for father s day, tell us in 100 words or less why your dad is the greatest and he could win four tickets anywhere southwest applies, and four passes for king s dominion and cobra golf set. send us the entry to 2,000 west 41st street, baltimore 21211. mortgage applications on the decline, how low they hit and what experts say is responsible. a baltimore police officer accused of my subaru saved my life. i won t ever forget that. love. it s what makes a subaru, a subaru. love. a baltimore city police officer who shot and killed a man breaks down at the witness stand: crime and justice reporter joy lapoll lepola what happened at the stand. reporter: 27 years old edward hunt. two billets hit hunt in the back and he died on the scene. while describing the event sanders choked up. among those for the fop president robert sherri. it was emotional when he was reliving the events that day. despite what people think, police officers are hu human to. even though he felt he had to take human life because his own life in endanger. it s important that we are human, too. reporter: for the people the sympathy for the man who killed their loved one it s nonexistent. he found hunt hiding drugs, when he tried to place him under arrest, hunt resisted and ran. sanders fired two shots and two of them hit hunt. sanders says he felt hunt was reefinreaching for a gun but ons never found. officer sanders acted within the scotch hi scope of his duty. he was doing his job so we continue to support him. soon it will be up to jurors to decide whether one of baltimore s best is guilty of manslaughter. in downtown baltimore, joy lapal o lapoll a a fox 45 morning new? a defense position to throw out the case against sanders was denied. a police officer shoots and kills a marine. how the events could change the police department policy in w the dow dropped and housing numbers continue to struggle. why if he had chairman ben bernanke addresses congress on the state of the economy. here is elizabeth mcdonald on business. reporter: housing still hurting mortgage applications dropping to the lowest level since 1997. expiration of a big tax credit cramping down demands no for new loans. and the you europe s debt mess l only have a moderate effect on our economy. the dow is shedding 40 points and chrysler spending $300 million to update transmission plants in indiana. that will save 1200 jobs. called the king of rock n roll, an elvis presley version of mr. potato head will hit store shelves next month. and espn closing most of its restaurants. two california locations will stay open but disney world will not operate them. that is business, i m elizabeth mcdonald. coming up hu human traffickg charges filed against a glen burnie man. how police say he forced a 12 years old girl into prostitution. a 13 hour standoff in pikesville leaves a woman in serious condition this morning. i m megan gilliland. the religious cult that might be connected to the case. and i m joel d smith, live in frederick where this office