By residents they were squatters, but they were some longtime squatters. They had been staying in this also tonight, baltimore firefighters injured a following that lumberyard fire last night. The cause remains under investigation. An area Jewelry Store has fallen a victim to well organized and thieves. Customers were caught in the middle. It happened in downtown frederick. Sources tell us that this was a smash and grab robbery. The three suspects walked into the Jewelry Store behind me and were armed with a handgun and a hammer. Police say very similar to a Jewelry Store heist in arlington. Unbelievable. This is the heart of downtown frederick. Three men barged into the colonial jewell rules colonial jewelers. We came out of our office. When we entered the stairwell it was overwhelming. Police say 10 employees and customers inside the store needed medical attention. They were coughing their brains out. They jumped into a dark suv and took off. Are these the same three men who walked into a Jewelry Store yesterday armed with hammers . They smashed up jewelry cases and still stole rings . We want to compare notes and see what they had. It was absolutely unheard of for downtown frederick. We do not have this kind of stuff. A lead investigator in arlington is speaking with detectives here in frederick. Surveillance video and pictures could be released this evening. We are reporting live from frederick. And howard counties did and has been arrested, charged with raping and another student inside a classroom. Deshawn Rasheed Jones is being charged with seconddegree rape. He dropped a 13yearold student inside a room at Wilde Lake High School and forced her to have sex. A jury has convicted a second man. Prosecutors say martin and his cousin killed him because they wanted to rob someone to recoup gambling losses. He pleaded guilty to murder last year. We turn to the Trayvon Martin shooting case. A florida judge has denied a request to delay it George Zimmermans trial. He is charged with seconddegree murder in the death of Trayvon Martin. Claims he shot martin in self defense after the teenager and attacked him. Today would have been his 18th birthday. Loss nights lets give an answer lets take a look at our forecast. If we used last night as an analog, but i have learned over the years all we can do is track it for you. 40 degrees, cloudy skies in arlington. Cds breaks in the overcast, maybe some these breaks in the overcast, maybe some nice color as the sun goes down. The next clipper in a series, bringing some light snow. We will keep the door open during the early evening, a few passing flurries, well above freezing. Maybe just a flurry as we had to the overnight hours. What is it going to be . We will share that coming up in a couple of minutes. The city of baltimore is still celebrating right now after a party the likes of which we have not seen in about a dozen years. Parts of the city actually shut down today. The ravens returned home. Lets begin with our md. Bureau chief. There was a lot of love today. The fans back to the players. It was an openended invitation, come on down, and everybody to celebrate the team. The you know what . Everybody came. It was a scene of pure and unbridled joy and unity and spirits. The crowds grew and grew and grew. I am so proud of the ravens. Teamwork, a family, partnership. Joe flacco taking video all along of the leg. Ed reed smiling from ear to ear. It is strictly pride, the passion that ray lewis. The ravens all day. And then came the man, ray lewis, surrounded by mounted officers. The crowd grew so excited, they broke down the barriers. It is an incredible scene. The barricades have been broken down. Many pushed forward. The stadium went past capacity. The smiles never faded. I came up from d. C. On the train. It means so much to be able to see rya go out on top as a champion. It kind of makes you think we are in baltimore. I am glad you made it out in one piece. The party was just getting started. Suzanne kennedy had a front row seat to the celebration. She joins us now. A tough time getting here this morning. They say it was well worth it. They had to the chance to see their Super Bowl Championship Team up close. The city is going crazy. Ravens . The world champions, Baltimore Ravens. Fans packed the stadium today for a welcome home party. It is crazy i have never seen nothing like it. It is amazing. Absolutely amazing. All of these people for one football team. Fans wore in purple. The gates opened at 10 00. The super bowl champions Baltimore Ravens. This is the team. This stadium is packed with the Baltimore Ravens team. We love you. It does not getting any better than this. And of course, ray lewis. We believe in each other from day one. 1996 until now. We believed in each other baltimore. Fans have an unforgettable day to cap off and another memorable season. Thank you. In the end, it was ray lewis he was the last one out of the tunnel. He danced his way onto the stage. It will be his last time being here at the stadium as a baltimore raven. What a show. Outside experts are being called in to investigate the power outage that happened there in the third quarter. Officials warned in a memo as far back as october that utility lines showed signs of decay and more at risk of failure. That memo led to about 600,000 in work. So far, an abnormality is being blamed for that outage. It is not clear what that means exactly. It means that we got to see a good game. Coming up here, a little girl with down syndrome has her feet bound with duct tape at school. Prices at the pump are on the rise again. One expert says you cannot blame the price of oil. Why an open park in Montgomery County would be the site painful, but necessary. Sharpshooters will soon began thinning the herd of White Tail Deer there next week. The reason behind that decision. The tracks are not hard to find. When you spot them, you can also find the droppings. What we experience is the devastation of the habitat. One of the reasons the Parks Department will be using Police Officers to shoot and kill between 10 and 25 deer. The sharpshooters will be working at night sometime next week. This is the most effective way to control the population, he says. The complaint from the neighborhood in chevy chase have gone up. They can destroy every plant up to about 5 feet in height. They destroyed peoples gardens, plants, and crops and can be hazardous on the roads. 70 of people were ok with the removal of the animals. The deer come up to the front of his home and eat his vegetation. If they are coming up that far, at there is not adequate enough for the vegetation to support the population. Nobody wants to kill bambi. The der kilduff the operation are taken to a butcher the deer killed in the operation are taken to a butcher. Peta they are opposed to this plant hunt. Planned hunt. Chris christie is blasting the National Flood insurance program. He called the efforts of a disgrace. He said three months after the storm, a 70 of the cases are still unresolved. That is hard to believe. We did not have any flurries. Hagerstown got a little bit. Maybe a few flurries, and maybe a little dusting. This is out in loudoun county. We have been looking at these clouds all day long. As the animation stops looking back. Look at back. We will see a few clear spots. Maybe some nice color on the horizon. Tomorrow is going to be a day with mostly sunny skies. It is 46 right now. The low temperatures this morning, most areas below the freezing point. 40 at reagan national, 32 degrees in frederick. Upper 50s this afternoon. Average temperatures to slightly aboveaverage temperatures. Tonight, we will drop to the 30s. Pretty quiet weather pattern. Temperatures across the region at range from 27 in boston. Cold air that is well to the north and west. If we look at the pattern that has promised the success of clippers, but warmer air is to the south. Things are starting to change. Look at a spike of warmth coming up through the rockies. The ridge of High Pressure is moving to the west. As soon as this flattens out, we will start to see the trajectory change. They will stay to the north of canada. That is how we will come out of this pattern. Coming across chicago, indiana the same track. We have had the chance of flurries in the forecast tonight, but that is about it. Most of the snow will get scrubbed out of the mountains. High pressure moving and tomorrow, watch the sunshine. Thursday, clouds moved back into the picture. Late thursday night, friday. A little when to remix wintry mixed on friday is a possibility. Lots of sunshine through the day, temperatures will climb to the mid40s, just about average for this time of february. A bit cooler on saturday. Into the 50s early next week. Very nice. Looking forward to the 50s. Coming up tonight on a bachelor, the competition heats up. We can get a cold and hot together. A lot of screaming going on. Things get hot in the kitchen. That is at 8 00. That is followed by the bachelor at nine. Coming up, a problem with mixing alcohol and diet drinks. The impact that can have on how quickly you feel the effects. A 10yearold is being charged after he brought a fake gun to school. Gas prices are going up fast. Why . The i know the price of filling your tank is surging once again. It has prices going up 17 cents in the past week. We are in northwest washington. It may not be oil prices . Take a look at these prices. Up over 4 a gallon. Do not blame opec. If you have been paying attention to the prices at the pumps, you have seen them steadily jump up, up, and again. This is ridiculous. The price of gas has gone up over the past 10 days. The price has gone from it is expensive. The price is up over 4 a gallon. Why . The major culprit is the domestic refining industry. The refiners those to take the crude oil and turned into gasoline have decided to hike their prices. The fundamental problem is they have market power and they use it whenever they have an excuse. Right now, there is no real good reason for the increase, but prices are up regardless. I would like to be spending it on other things. Prices are getting almost unbearable for consumers. It is always here and there. It is a lot. At this point how high will they go . Analysts we talked to do not have an answer. Coming up, yesterdays Daring Rescue. And eightyearold girl arrives home from school. A 10yearold boy is taken into Police Custody and charged with a crime after being a you are watching abc 7 news at 5. A 10yearold boy has been arrested in alexandria after he brought a replica guns to school this morning. It started yesterday. Jeff goldberg is outside of Mccarthy Elementary School in alexandria. After getting off the school bus, that boy was taken into Police Custody before being released to his parents later in the day. The gun was a fake, some parents are concerned with any of the children who thought it was real. When we got to macarthur elementary after school tuesday many parents heard about what happened. I am concerned. I am shocked. I am hearing this for the first time. In light of newtown the mention of any gun near any school is cause for concern. I feel safer that it was a toy gun, but given everything that is going on, its still scary. On the bus ride home yesterday,old boys started telling kids he had a gun. He showed a fake gun that looked like this. A child told her mother, then went to the School District. When the boy got off the bus at school tuesday morning, he was taken into custody by alexandria police. The seriousness of this, even though it was a toy weapon, is of grave concern. The boy was taken to juvenile in take in charge of brandishing a weapon, a misdemeanor. He has been suspended and the school is considering expulsion. Some parents think what has already happened is enough. They discovered that it was just a toy. We should move past it. The School District official tells me they have looked at Surveillance Video and that it does appear that this boy was showing this fake gun to other students. The district will work with the Police Department to complete the investigation and decide how to proceed. We are live in alexandria, jeff goldberg. This is the second incident at an Elementary School in virginia this week. A second grader was caught with a loaded handgun on a school bus. No word yet if that childs will be facing charges. A family in indiana is demanding after their young daughter who has down syndrome came home from school with her feet duct tape. The eightyearold return to from west lake Elementary School in indianapolis with duct tape wrapped around both of her feet. An assistant pointed out to her father when he went to get his daughter off the bus. She stood there. My feet hurt. I looked down and she had duct tape wrapped around both shoes. She could not even what. The school has met with her parents, notified Child Services and has begun and its own investigation. Two people are dead after a two alarm Apartment Fire this morning in southeast. Two firefighters were hurt including one who was taken to the hospital. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. An area to restore has been robbed. Police of looking for three armed men an area at a Jewelry Store has been robbed. Police are looking for three armed men. The thieves blasted pepper spray. Rolling out the purple marked carpet. The celebration continues in baltimore tonight. They made their way from city hall to the stadium where they were greeted by fans. Coming up tonight, we did an indepth look at what the Daring Rescue at the fiveyearold boy in alabama. Great to see you as always. I know you are covering this hostage situation. Everyone is so relieved that that little boy is safe tonight. We want to show everyone in d. C. What we saw today. The Daring Rescue of the little boy. The amazing idf that set him free. It is lucys and it and we all have it is flu season and we all have Hand Sanitizer. Tell me about a story you are doing tonight. We are comparing one kind of Hand Sanitizer to another and we are comparing everything to soap. We will tell you when banks win the showdown tonight. Put me in the parade with the ravens. It looks like a lot of fun in baltimore. We are all celebrating. We will see later. You can watch those stories and more tonight on world news. Bob mcdonnell is proposing to grade schools on the same af scale is used on students. The Lieutenant Governor cast the tiebreaking vote to pass the legislation and the state senate. It is one part of the education reform package. The house of delegates has endorsed a bill endorsing a board that will oversee failing schools. It is time for a check on the traffic situation. We are seeing delays, 395 northbound across 14th street. Southbound 395 is also slow. Westbound 66 inside the beltway crash. Traveling the inner loop of the belt way across the legion branch, delays towards the 270 spur. There is an outer loop delayed towards Montgomery County. 270 northbound slows off the beltway. Things look much better, this is 109 and your i270. Have roads made a difference . We will having elected that issue at 6 00. 7 is on your side to help those who put their clients live lives on the line. A look at how the fiveyear old boy is doing after being rescued from a terrifying we gotta sell the car. Where would we even start . Get the car. Hi howard. Get in. Hi, good to see you. Start with an actual written offer when selling your car, no strings attached. Carmax. Start here. We are getting a better idea of just went into rescuing the fiveyearold boy from the bunker in alabama. His family is ecstatic that he was rescued yesterday. We are seeing the very first pictures of ethan being rescued. He is seen here is sitting up on a stretcher being wheeled to safety after his rescue. He has a mild form of optimism. He spent six days held hostage away from his family. They say he is doing fine. He is happy to be home and he looks good. His great aunt and uncle shared their relief and joy. People who lived there celebrated, too. We are truly blessed. Lawenforcement led by the fbi spent six days talking with james dykes. Ever training for different rescue scenarios. Officials decided to storm the bunker after he became more difficult. Footage showed him holding a gun. They exploited their weight again. The ordeal began when he killed a School Bus Driver and snatched ethan. People here do not keep their doors locked. Things will change in our community. He will celebrate his birthday tomorrow. He will turn six years old having a party with his family. Coming up next an effort to cut the calories could be putting you in danger. The risk that could come with rum and diet colas. The brand new aquatic a problem that is making waves at the Aquatics Center. The people hired to work there are still waiting on their first paycheck. We asked our seven on your side investigator this Ribbon Cutting was supposed to mark a new beginning for the university of the district of columbia. The Aquatics Center went through a multimilliondollar renovation. This student was hired as a lifeguard. I need to help out with some of the tuition. He worked for about a month. I was expecting a nice check. The university acknowledges eight people, many of them students, were not paid. I am embarrassed about it. I deeply regret it and i understand the hardship. The Athletic Director blames the pool payment problems on bureaucracy. How was it that it is february and folks to do work in november still have not been paid . The university has spent months trying to get the paperwork right. Despite what the sign says, the Aquatics Center has reduced its hours. City Council Chair learned of the situation from seven on your side after they failed to respond to inquiries. In a statement, he says we are doing everything we possibly can to make sure this never happens again. The checks are being cut today. Harrison will believe it when the money is in his hands. You can bet that we will be watching. Winds yvonne will miss the rest of the season after the catastrophic injury. She went head over heels after losing control on a run breaking a bone. She had to be airlifted from the scene. Officials are hopeful that she will be able to return in time for the winter olympics. It is possible she could come back. A former executive is suing for sex discrimination. She claimed she was replaced by a temporary employee after she was forced to take medical leave during a pregnancy. After taking the medical leave her duties were given away and she was told she was being laid off of a month after giving birth. The boy scouts of america at expected to decide whether to change the policy that currently bars gays. Several families are speaking out. Theyre urging scouting to rescind the policy they say it is discriminatory. Among them, an eagle scout his brother hideous Sexual Orientation for fear of being thrown out. Hid his sexual or imitation for fear of being thrown out. That is adding nine this pressure. It is very unfair. The president of the Southern Baptist convention says allowing gays would be a catastrophe. A Missouri Church is contradicting that. We encourage you to use this next but of information wisely. A new studies suggest diet soda mixed with alcohol increases a persons risk of intoxication. Researchers found diet beverages with no sugar do not have this effect on the stomach and increase your chance of becoming drunk. These findings were published. The president john f. Kennedy and eternal flame is getting enough grade. A company has been awarded a 350,000 contract to replace the parts that are malfunctioning. He may not notice, but the current plan has been the same one in place since 1967. Finally. It is about to find out what is coming up at 6 00. And Gordon Peterson is in the newsroom. President obama is worried about sequestration. He is calling on congress to take some action before march 1. Well have more on whether that will happen. We know or local traffic is bad. The question is, have been improvements to our roadways eased the congesting . The will of the results of a new study. All these stories and more. All that takes is going up the stairs. It is called the health care right now. It is cloudy out there right now. Looking off to the west. A break of sunshine. This is a precursor of what is coming tomorrow. The sun will be out in full force tomorrow. Tonight, we will keep our eye on this clipper. Chances are most of the snow some of the floors will make its east. Flurries will make it east. It is cool comfortable quiet. Below freezing later this evening. 2733. Highpressure returning to sunshine tomorrow. Thursday night and friday night, a postal system could do bring could develop and bring rain to the a coastal system could develop and bring rain to the area. After we get it through this system friday, a in a warming trend into next week. If you go to our website a block about phil. Blog about phil. Check it out on wjla. Com. I do not think she would say that. I am going to see if i can bring you down to my level. We have been reporting on this parade in baltimore all day. Why not . I love a good party. 80,000 fans at the stadium. Capacity is only 71,000. The celebration continues and will continue for days to come. The ravens at 334 receptions this season. Today, they got one more. This is just phenomenal. We have a very determined fan base. We have a very determined team. The teams stars spoken from the packed house. Baltimore. I love you. What a 48 hours it has been. Jones was one of the heroes in the super bowl win. I am from new orleans. That was times 10. I do not think anybody went to work. For some of the ravens, been crowned the super bowl champion did not hit home until today. I realize the first time when i was watching espn. Baltimore ravens, super bowl champions. We really did it. Ray lewis did get one last dance in front of the home crowd. 50 shades of ray. Not as intimidating it is a welcome sight for the soldiers who will benefit. We got a firsthand look. After losing both legs in the iraq war he knows how difficult it is to come home wounded. He has such high hopes for the Worlds Largest center, opening today. To be used by thousands of wounded soldiers. When some family comes back and says, these folks may difference in my life. This is the first that is designed and built for soldiers with disabilities. A lot of them in wheelchairs crutches, it is close enough that they can get over here from the barracks. Finally this center, the new one is next to that. Making it easy to get to. It includes a kitchen, media games, center. Clucks troops are living a lot longer these days troops are living longer these days. Many of the soldiers are being treated for post Traumatic Stress or traumatic brain injury. We have breaking news that begins now. Live and in hd, this is abc 7 breaking news. Breaking news from frederick, md. , a Surveillance Video from a Jewelry Store was just released. Two men broke into colonial to roll jewelers and still items from the store. One of the men had a gun, the other had pepper spray. No one was hurt, but this robbery is similar to a theft at Pentagon City mall yesterday. We will have much more on this at 11 00. A call to action from president obama one month before the start of sequestration. The president made a plea to congress to pass a small package of
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