3 3 p0-provdience map tte search s on his morning the city.the fake cops are targgting the elderly ann taking their money.megan gilliland is here with one victim's story that he ssys pe'll never forget. good morning patrice,77-year old george johnson lives on this quuet street in southwest baatimore on cooos lane near valley brooke rook road.he says he was ouuside,,cleaning up leaves about wo wweks mee aaproached him and flashee a badge. johnson tells us the men saii they were police... looking for a woman... wanted for steeling money. ttey said she liied at johsnon's home and that they had a warrent to search it.once insidd, the wanted to check the serial hey - numbers on hii money... to compare it to pictures of the stolen cash.johnson lead the story... he showed them the money he had in a ank envelope. the money. they said, oh ook - it was $3,000 all in $100 biils.. and they saidd h this the money. so, i said, no. i tried toohold on to the money and the ooher mannreached it out of y hand." (johnson) "they went running up theestreet.." street.." thhy jumped in aaparked car and sped off.johnson tried &pchasing them in his truck... but the suspects got away. 3police are working with a vague description.bbt or now, those suspects are at large. aayone with information is away.i'm meean illiland, fox45 mornnng news. an off-duty maryland state ng - trooper is sentenced to life &pin prisoo. prison.cyrillwilliams was senteeced to life plus 25 death of wesley brown.brown was working part-time securityat an applebee's restaurant in forestville.... whennhe removed williams from the restaurant for beiig disruptiveewilliams returnnd to the restaurant... with a gun and shot rown. a florida high school teachee is facing possible termination... affer pictures phowed up on facebook... of hhr studenns wearing &pprotective dog colllrs.the teacherrreferred to it as the "cone of shame."she says she got thh idea from the disney movve "up"... anddwas only meant aa a joke.when students would give them the option oo the tarryytable.she is now appealing the school's 3 for three years... a head start program allegedly camp... illegally. illegally.that'' according to an investtggtion by tte baltimmre city inspector general's offiie.. the program unnee scrutiny is tte saint program. the inspector generallalso uncovvred more thaa 40 thousand dollars ttat was overpaid for people who didn't exist on the payyoll. initiated by the mayor's &poffice. think you need more ink? the baltimore taatoo arts convention is nderwayy ttthh convention center. so to checc out all the lattst trends and must see arrists... weesent someone with a clean palate, joel d. smith o heck out. good morning joel d. 3 3 3 itts your chance to make someone a star.... with our monster jam star-spangged sing offfdozens of you uplladed videos of your renditions of the star spangled banner... and now baltimore, it's your turn to vote. poxbaltimore dot com and click on contests to vote for your favorite singer.the winner gets to sing the tar spangled poo & ttbank sttdium on june s 2nd. cominggup... steve fertig might have a little pompetition... when it ccmes &pweather. "the potential for a few flurries ovvr bblmoral." balmoral."where prince william wws spptted... doing the forecasttand he hillarious thing he said... at the end. and in our homeeown hotspot... it's big truck of industry.a look at the thingg your kids will learn... for áfree.áyou're watchhng fox 45 morning news.. all local.. all morning. çñ agents, be on the lookout for aliens. one small black cocoa creme iced coffee. uh-oh! let me out of here! try dunkin's new black cocoa creme iced coffee and call star-star-d-d for a text to capture your alien today. the galaxy runs on dunkin'. start your enginee.... big truck day ii rolling into the baltimore mmseum of industry... -showing the city's largest tow truck, fire engines, rescue vehicles and firebbats. cathy powell,, spokesperson from baltimore city department of public worrs joins us for this morning's hometown hotspot. -largest city-owned vehicles in the city's fleet onnthe bmi vehicles and equipment wiil be &ppn-show for citizens to see, touch, eel and learn aboutt about. big truck day is tomorrow at the big truck day is big truck day is tomorrow at the baltimore museum of industry from 10:00am.- 2:00pm. &pfor more information log on t 3 3 p3 3 3 they're the words eveey idol contestant wanns to hear...and soon... you could be hearing them too.you're going to hollywood!we're giving away a trip to the american idol final. finale.watch fox45 tonight for the idol legend of the night. it will appear on yyur screen sometime bbtween 8 and 10 p-m. hopefully you watched last night.. because sometime this morning we'll ggve you the cue to calll call.the first five allers with last night's "idol legenn" will be entered to win a 4 day v-i-pptrip to hollywood... to the american idol finale.it's all brought to you by fox45 and z 104-3. coming up... is your home making you sick? the 2 things in every house... that could beehurting the quality of the air youubreath. kruse sayy: "it waaslike a scene out of the movve '24.'" '24.'"and a doctor falls victim... to a dangerous rank. what someone allegedly tweeted....using is &paccount... that caused he feds to board a cruiseehe was oo... aad take hhm into custody.yyu're watching fox 45 morning news.. all local.. ll ((breakk2)) 3 new this mmrning... the food and drug administration is debating whether to approvee the first drug to ppevent hiv. it's called "truvada"... and it was approved in 2004 to treat people already infected wiih h-i-v.testing ssows it cuts the risk of new infection by at least 44-percent inn healthyygay and bisexuall men... and by 73-percent in peterosexuaa couples in which one partner had h---v but the other did not. a new study finds some parents lengths... to get their hanns on breast milk.according to "the american acaddmy of pediatricss... some women -with problems breast-feeding- doctorr warn... anonymous sharing can be dangerous. everything from alcohol to h- &pi-v can be passed along through breast milk.instead... through hospitals where donor milk programs are offered. when it comes to geeting sick, there may be no place like hhme. a new investigation by the consumer reeorts inds people aren't concerned about airrquality in their omes... but they hould 1:12 -1:30 "i think people are thinking aboot it on the palls, and on different places where off. but another thing that you rrally have to be concerred abouttis places ike windows and doors. the frames areerubbing against each other everytime you open or close them and that lee's lead duss out into thh air" air" the report finds only 9- the report into air" the report inds only 9-percenn of americans threat to their health.. and 70-percenn areenot concerned about the quality of air in theer homes at aal. kruse says: "it was like a scene out of the movie '24.'" '24.'" a well-respected neurosurgeon becomes the target of the f-b-i after someone created a fake twwtterr aacount in his name.doctor jack kruse was ambushed by the feds and escorred off a ruise ship recently where he was supposed to speak.doctor kruse says it happened after someone used the ake account to tweet that the doctor would release a vial of harmful bacteria whhle at ea.the ddctor was cleared offany wronndoing... but says he was embarrassed and aaraid. ccming up... when ittcomes to the preeident's stanceeon same sex &pmarriagg... many are questionnng the timing.why the ppesident says... it wasn't motivated by politics. "well it down the right field. fair and gone. history.the record they ir 3 managed to break... that'' never been done by any other team in the llegue.you're watching foox45 morning news.. all local.. all morring. ((break 3)) [ femaents real big deals of the week. or how to keep from driving all over for the best deals. you don't need to run around. safeway gives you real big club card deals each week. right now, a sweet price on honey nut cheerios, just $1.88. starbucks coffee is only $7.77. that's less than a quarter for a great cup of coffee. and fage greek yogurt is just a buck. real big deals this week and every week. only at safeway. ingredients for life. real big deals this week and every week. prrsident obama says he suppprts samee sex marriaaee the surpriss announcement came earlier this week ... and earlier than the president intended. his hand was forced when vice president joe iden gave his support for gay marriage in a television interview over the weekend. our d-c insider and political commentator armstrong williams joins us for this week's washington wrap.-biden forced tte issue .. not the tiiing the president would havv likkd ppresident aid his position had been vollinn ... he couldn't explain to his daughters why their friends with same sex moms would be treated differently under -president said political ttming oo thiss... it wasn't calculated he doesn'' know how it's gonna play out impact in theeelection ... more donations pouring churces noo happy 3coming up... couud your larm clock... be &pmaaing you fat?the scienttifc rrason it's adding inches... to ameeicans' waistline. 3(((egan live tease))police impersonattrs... robbing people.where the fake copp newss. all local.. all ty and - ((break 4)) 3 3 the beating downtown...what's changing with the charges... tonight3 -sunrise over downtown baltiiore we have a school closinggto pass along to you this morning. beechfield elementary/mmddle in the city is closed due to a water main breaa. 3 43 395 a warring this mornnng for cityyressdentt... after ake cops howed uu in a southwest robbed a man.investigators say phe susppets are targeting thee elderly.meganngillilanddis impersonators. good morning patrice,75-year old george johnson lives on thhs quiet street... ight on &poutside, cleaning up leaves about two weekk ago... when -& approached him and flashee a johnsonntells us thh men said they were police... looking for a woman... wanted forr stealing monny. hey said she lived at johsnon's home and that they had aawaarent to seaach it.once nsidee the &pfakk ccps told johnson... thh wanted to check the serial numbbrs oo his monny... to ccmpare it to pictures of the stolen cash.johnson lead the penn pstairs.trusting their story... he showed them the money he had in a bank envelope.they grabbed it and ran takinn off in a parked car down the street. (johhsonn "yeah,,i was going something.. i mean they had 3-grand (johnson) "i'm just plad believe that if i hhd probably would have and killed " joonson did try chasing them in his truuc... but tte susppcts got away.he was able to give police a vague description which they'rr working with. but for ow, those suspeccss are at large.anyone with informatioo is sked to call police right away.i'm megan gilliland, fox455morning news. jurorr will esume dellberations today in the robocaal trial... against juliusshenson.jurors headed full dayyof deliberations thursddy. enson is the cammaign ccnsultann accused of using election day robocalls to suppress black gubernatoriil election. mayor stephanie-rawlings blake is trying for the third pime... to make the baltimore year.on thursday... the ear..- mayor's oofice nnounced 5- year aggeement with a new the deal also brings in andretti portssmarketing... which tte mayor says will bring in much needed expeeience witt track building, marketing aad logistics.last year... thee cityyand dozens of vendors &plost millionssof dollars when ppy up. and the citt recently failed to meet city--mposed benchharkssthe final contract will be presented may 16th. art can be put oo walls.... displayed in lobbies, or worn on skin--- forever. that last optiin this weekend t the thh baltimore tattoo arts conventto. convention. joel d. convention center to find outt wwat draws those wwth the most gooddmornnng jjel d. e. - p3 3 3 the orioles are breaking &precords... and takkng nnmes. &ppames.:26 "well hit down the right field. fair and gone. 3 homeruns to begin thh doubleheader for the oriooes." &orioles." last ight... they hosted the texas rangers.in game 1 of aa doubleheader they managed to do something nn other american league team has evvr done.they back homeruns... bb ryan flaherty, j-j hardy and nick markakis.the orioles won that &pgame 6 to 5... but lost the but this might make o's fans feel a little better...turns ut one of the pitchers for s the rangers... didn't ggt the memmoabout what uniform the team was supposed to wear thursday.here youusee robbie rossswarming up in the bullpen....until someone tells quickly changes... while he - havingga good laugh. coming up... meteorologist steve fertig mmght have a little competitionn.. in the weather department. departmentt "the potential for balmoral."where prince chaales stopped by... to do the forecast.and what he said at cracking p.that had everyone you'reewatching fox 45 morning newss. all local.. all mornnng. 3((break 5)) ((bump in)) 3 steve fertig might have to watch outt...turns out britain's prinne charles got a &ptaste of whht it's like to be a meteorologist... and he likkssit. ground of the ighlands and aberdeenshire, the pooential for a few flurries over bblmoral. who the hell wrote this scrrpt? 3(laughter)." (laughter)." on wales and his wife tried their hands at mettorology... during a visit to b-b-c studios scotland.the prince caught many viewers off guard... during the affernoon broadcast. &p he made several jokes throughout... signing off y sayyng "thank god ittisn't a bank hollday"... a reference poo he day's bad weather. 3(toss o weather)) 3 -&3 3 3 p3 3 ffr once.. you won't have to woory about gas prices.it's our fox45 royal farms ffll uu three... 100 dollar royal farms gas ccrds all week llng. congratulations!if you didn't we'll draw our ext winner sometime in our 8 o'clock hour. hour.want to get your name in the box?the only way you can win is by "liking" uu on facebooo.all you aveeto do is facebook dot com slass fox . baltimooe to enner. cominggup... are you saving up for petirement?accordinggto a new study... half of america is not.we sit down wwth a looal expeet... tt talk about how muuh yoo hould put aaide eaah sttrt saving. and you might want to think -& snnoze button. why research hows... it's making fox 45 morning news...all local.. all morning. 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[ male announcer ] buy any kfc 10 pc meal or larger and get a free double chocolate chip cake. police impersonators... robbing people.where the fake cops were reported and the people they're targetiig. nats: fair and gone gonnwhat the o'' did lass night that's never been ddne history. and... we're giving away another rryal farmss100 dollar 60 minutes.what you can do xt right nnw to add your name to the drawing. today is friday, may 11th. 3 we ave a schhol closing to pass along to you thiss orning. beechfield eleeentary/middle in the city issclosed due to a water main break. 3 3 33 the earch is on this morning for pollce impersonators in targeting the elderly and gillilann is here wwth one victiims storyyttat he ssys he'll nevee forget. pood morninn patrice,75-year &pold george johnson lives on this quiet street in southwest baltimore on cooks lane nnar vvlley brroke brook road.he up leaves about two weeks ing ago... when two well ressed men aaproaahhd him and flashedd a badge. johnson tells us the men said they were olice... looking for a wooan....wanted for lived at johsnon's homm aad he 3 that hey hadda warrent to fake copsstold johnson... they wanted to checkkthe serial numbers on his money... too stooenncash.johnson lead the e men upstairs.trusting heir story... he showed them he money he had in a bank envelope. (johnson) "and then hey took the money. they said, oh yeah, this thee oney. well,, bills. and hey said oh this phe money. so, iisaid, no. i pried to hold on o the money and the other man reacheddit ouu f my hand." (johnson) they ent running up the street.." ptreet.."they jumped in a parked car ann sped off. johnson trred chassng thhm in his truckk.. but the suspeccs got away. police are wooking with a vague description.but for ow, those sussects are at large. psked to call pollce right &paway.i'm megan illiland, ffx45 morning news. a ffrmer crime lab technician is charged with runninn a hhme.30-year-old manoj unni was arrested and charged withh ppssession of marijuana and other related offenses. police marijuana plants inside the basement of hii home on crosss pimbers court in laurel. authhritiis sayythe plants re dollars! 2351 to think if someooee' out there or if he has trouble with someone and someone's -&w it'' just very alarminggand dangerouu 01 3pnni worked for altimore city he's now free on 5--housandd dollars bond. p3 3 foo three yeeas... head starttprogram allegedly chhrged fammlies for summee camp... illegally. illegally.thatts according tt &pan investigatioo by the baltimore city innpector general's office. the program undee scrutiny is the saint paul commmnnty head staat program. the inspector than 40 thousand dollars thaa was overpaid for people who didn't exist on the payroll. &ptheeinveetigatiin was offiie. hink you need more ink? the baltimore tattoo artss convention is underway at the check ut all the lateet trenns nddmust see artists... we sent someone wwth a clean palate, joel d. smith to cheec out. good mmrnnng joee d. 33 3 3 police bust a man for barrng it all whill riding his unicycle... aad it's all caaghtton police dashhcaa. jooeeh farleyy as arrested wedneeday oo a bridde near formerrteaaher wwsnnt drunk or impaarre.... he had another reason for being naked as jaybird. the bikee and take him iito cus he liked thh way it felt. meant by that, but that's what &phh said."") said..))faaley is charged witt set at 11-hundred dollars. iss it's friday ann that means it'' youu turn to ssund off on anything you wann. &pwant..et us know what's on could air in our "facebook segment.justtgo to facebbok pot com slass foxbaltimore to conversation.n and join the buying mom flowers? many people will e sendinn them to thier mother's on amount offmonee ameeicans will ssend.. on their number one lad! lady! you're watching fox 45 mmrning news.. all local.. all morning. 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(johnssn) yeah, i as goong to get the tag number or &psomething.. iimeaa they had 3-grand of myymoney."(johnson) "i'm just glad i'm alive.. beause eally believe that iffi had triee toofight ttem, stabbed me up innthere and -3 &pkilled me..." me..."johhson did tryychasing them in his truck... buu the &pssspectts gt away.he was abbe to give police a vaguu descriitton which they're wwrking with. but foo now, those suspects pre at large..nyone with information ii asked to calll policc right aaay.i'm megan gilliland, fox45 morninggnews. jurrrr will resume robocall triil... againstt home without a vvedict fter a fuul daa of deeibeeations thurrday. henson isstte of using election ddy ccused robocalls to suppress bback mayorrstephanie-rawlings blake time... to make tteebaltimmre prand ppix happen this year. year.on huusday... the mayor's office announced a5- yeea agreement with a new company... called "race on." the deal allo brings in andretti sports marketing... bring in much needee experience with track building, arketing and logisticsslast yyer... the lost millionssof dollarsswhen the former promoter couudn't paa up. and the city reccntly terminated it'ssagreement with another group... saying it failed to meet ciiy-imposed benchmarks.the final contrrct willlbe preseeteddmay 16th. 3&defense lawyers for john edwards will ask a jjdge to arguing prosecutors failed to vvolated the law. edwwrds &pii accused of mastermindinn a scheme tt use about 1 millionn ddllars ii secret payments &pfrom two weallhh donors... t help hiie hhs pregnant mistresssaa he ran for the democraaic presidential &pnomination n 2008. vice presiient joe iddn is position.biden says his suppprt for same-sex marriage... which came days before theepresideet... stattd he too backed the uuions. &pit's believed that biden's president obama as reportedlyy planning to make the announcemenn during his appearance on "the view" next week... uttmoved it up today....for kkcking a &p2-year--ld and her family offf a flight.18-month-old rryanna... seen herr... was trying tt ffy to new jersey &pflagged as being on a government o-fly list. riyanna's parents sayythey were ordered off the flight... phere t-s-a talked to them t statemenn saying it was aal a misttke... blaming a computer aac, but we were the featured freak show put on isplay for everybody to come nd take a phe gate.... but tte arents said they werr too embarrassed to get baak on. 33 reccrds... anddttking names. nammss:26 "well hi down the homerrns to begin the doubbeheader for the ooioles." priiles."last night... they phsted the texassrangers.in game 1 offa doubleheader they managed toodo somethinggno othee american leaaue eam has ever ddne.they led the game ever ddne.thith 3 back-to-back homeeuns... y ryan flaherty,, j-j hardd and nick markakis. the oriolee won that ame 6 to & to 3. art can be put on walls.... displayed n lobbies, or worn onnskin--- foreeer. that last optioo this weekend at the the ted - coovention. joel d. etio- ink,,back for morr and more. nt joel d. 33 3 we aareadyy ave our first winner of the day... will hee yyu?it's our oyal farms gas card iveawwy.sometime in the next hour we'lllgive away another 100 oolars in free ggs!staa tuned to seeeif you won.to eetee all you need to do is "like" our faaebook page... facebook dottcom slaah it'' your turn o sound off on anything you waat.geeabout want.let us now what's on yourrmind-- and your rrsponse coulddair in our "facebook ffedback" segment. dot coomslash foxbbltimore to pecome a fan and joii the -&co. today wiil be beautifull.. peautiful...but how is it shapinn up for mom?theeanswer next n youu skywatch weather f. forrcastt yu're watchiig foo ç=ç=ç= ñ;wo [ male announcer ] new unisom natural nights. soothes you to sleep with ingredients like melatonin. it's safe with no side effects, so you wake up... ready to go. 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"it was an ooergrown circus act, buttweewere the featured freakkshow put on display fr &peverybody to come and take a " at."thh t-s-a ullimately cllared the child to fly at the gate.... but the parents to get back on. think you need ore ink? the bbltimoreetattoo arts convention is underway at the coovention center. so to chhck outtall the lateet tteeds and must see artists... we sent sommone with a clean palate, joel d. smith to check &pouu. ggod morning joel d. 3 "ryan says "the person who takes thhelast spot in the top 3 aad hhads home for the hometown visii is phillip headed home"ollie youuare - home"after almost 70 million votes... americaadecides hoolie cavanagh will not make competition last night. was -3 since he beginning of her is here with mooe abouu andace 3 show. hoolie tried out for seassn come back for anotheer hot.she did just that.. and made it too the top 4 oot oo 100-thousand ppople. fox brradcassiig is making hollie available too morrinn . heard the results last night. dii yuuthink rran was goiig po say you were not innthe top - when you weee performing "the plimb" joshua brooe down on 3 stage. i know you are close &pfriends. hattdid he say to you affer tte show?you have another big fan... carrie underwood. phe is a mega star. she's been twweting ann encouraging you. how flattering is it to have her support? are the remaining contesttnts close or is it ccmpetitive now??,3clo &pclose or is it competitive no? what's ahead for them? you an see the top 3 on pmerican idol neet wednesday and thhrsday at 8pm hhre on fox. fox45. patrrce and megan... back over to you. we're giving away a trip too the idol legend of the night. - ii will appear on your scrren sometime betweee and 10 p-mm hopefullyyyoo waached last nnght.. becauue sometime this morninn ww'll ive you thh cce to call. call.theefirst fiveecallers wiih last nnght's "idoll hollywood... to the american coming up... if you haven't gotten a gift for mom yet... there's still for mom ime!the 4 smarrphone aa can use... to send mother's day cardd nd giffs... for áfree.á and in our hometoww hotsppt... will leern....for áfree.átry.a news.. all local.. all mornnig - morning. 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