>> girl from salsbury. kidnapped and killed. new restriction that might be placed on sex offenders. >> they can't find the money. it was gone. stolen. >>reporter: attempt to refen your home. and she loses 380,000 dollars. find out what happened in our crime and justice report tonight. the snowstorm is gone. the cold tempts are going to continue. when we get down to the mid teens in my sky watch forecast. >> and snow. freezing cold temperatures. you could be temperatures. you could be working out with these guys >> hello. >> first tonight breaking news out of baltimore county. >> there's a hazmat situation at the social security administration building in wood lawn. occurred around 4:30 p.m. today. hazmat teams were called there because of strange odor and fluid coming from the mail room. fire crew found several people complaining of my nor medical problems. no one was seriously hurt. the tragic death of a young girl on the eastern shore may lead to tougher law now against sex offenders this year. >> the governor is speaking out on this issue. miranda is live outside the state prison in east baltimore with the story. miranda? e-well, in 2007 governor o'malley signed jessica's law which increases the criminal penalties for child predators. now he hopes to do something similar in response to the death of sarah hailey fox well. she was found dead on christmas day near the delaware state lean after authorities say she was kidnapped days before from her salsbury home. the suspect in her death thomas lake junior was the former boy friend of the little girl's aunt and a registered sex offender both in maryland and delaware. now governor o'malley says he's committed to sipeing a bill that might better protect children from having the same fate of littleing sarah. >> it is hard to go backward in time and say that something could have predicted something this horrible. this unspeakable. but it does inspire us to look for ways we might be able to do more. >>reporter: we will have more on the story tonight at 10 concluding one maryland senator proposal. what she is proposing to crack down on sex offenders. live in east balti baltimore, miranda stevens, fox 45 news at 5:30. folk across the area woke to more snow. no blizzard but enough to make driving very, very enjoyable. we have more from the suburb. >>reporter: you could shovel the snow again. but this time you don't have to. >> yes. not too bad last couple days. last week it was 2 feet. now it is just a couple inches. not bad. you cap sweep most of it and doesn't pack down. >>reporter: easy clean up in front of homes in baltimore county make some celebrate small amount of snow. like this dog named little bit. >> what is that? >>reporter: plow drivers are noticing too. just a couple passes and the snow than most roads disappears. >> it is not really taking a whole lot to push this little bit. some spots it could have been more than an inch and a half, 2 inch maybe. >>reporter: he has been enjoying a profitable year as plow driver. but even he has trouble on some roads. >> well up here in carol county back roads and hair pin turn and stuff they are a little slick. >>reporter: a new challenge today too. fog. >> weird to me. i have never seen dense fog with snow like this. >> the roads were fine. a little select but if you take it slow you will make it just fine. >>reporter: given all the snow this year maybe drivers are just getting used to it. >> being more cautious today. >>reporter: don't get too over confident. the driver of this car took the turn at the gas station too quick. slammed into a curb. tire blown. another reminder that even with a couple inches you can find more than a couple problems. in the snow, joel fox free for all friday news at 5:30. last night snow caused people to be careful this morning. peter from maryland september us this photo of street in the neighbor. by the time he got there it looks as if a few people had been on the road already. >> when weather affects your neighborhood shoot it. up load photo and video to our web site. fox baltimore.com and click on the see it shoot it send it icon. also send photo directly from the cell phone to picks at fox baltimore.com. snow wasn't too bad this morning. >> no. >> i was able to drive. >> that means it was very, very safe then. but this winter blast however karen is not over yet. jessica joins us with the first look at the sky watch forecast. jessica? >>reporter: karen did make it. we only had 1 to 2 inches of snow fall from the system this morning. but the big concern this weekend is going to be another round of arctic temperatures. right now sitting at 29 in baltimore. look at pittsburg off to the west. 18 degrees. already into the teens already at this hour. 17 degrees in charles ton and will continue through the weekend as we have a big frigid temperature coming from northern canada rocking the jet stream all the way down into the gulf state. i tell you when temperatures will be the coldest this weekend coming up in just a few minutes. mayor dixon says developer ronald lipscomb lied to prosecutors on wednesday. she pleaded guilty to failing to disclose gifts she received from lipscomb during the romance but says prosecutors scared him into lying about the gifts because of the plea deal dixon will step down from office february fourth. >> in less than one month city council president rawlings blake will be sworn in as baltimore's new mare. john says she is doing everything she can to make it a smooth transition. john? >>reporter: stephanie met today with members of her staff but also met with some members of mayor dixon's cabinet. incoming mayor already announced she plans to keep 2 key members of the cabinet. they include police commissioner as well as fire chief but as mayor rawlings blake faces several major challenges, projected deficit of more than 125 million dolla dollars, pressure from community groups who oppose further cuts in services. man who once served as mayor dixon press secretary says rawlings blake is in a unique but difficult position. >> she has to approach this in a different way. the city is looking to her to fill a gap. will she been an interim mayor or will she been setting herself up to be the transition that the city that the citizens that the people are looking for? >>reporter: rawlings blake says she will be in annapolis next week for the start of the 2010 general assembly. next week she also plans to announce her transition team. this is fongs free for all friday news at 5:30. thank you very much john. >> 2 council members appear to be front runners to replace stephanie rawlings blake as head of baltimore city council. left district council member william cole 37 years of age with masters from the university of baltimore and jack young 55 years of age and attended community college of baltimore. 35-year-old man pleads not guilty in the murder of baltimore teenager. john parish enters a plea today. in november baltimore police say he stabbed 15-year-old jason madison. the teen was found inside a second floor bedroom closet in the 2400 block of lieu ellen avenue. >> how are the roads looking tonight. >> kandace has the traffic edge report. hello kandace. >> hi jeff. we have a few ice patches out there on some of the side streets but all in all not too bad. checking in on the actual speeds out there it is pretty slow on 95 in the northeast corridor. 35 miles per hour and now at 59 right near the 395 exit. as for the belt way we show you what it moves right at the 83 and no accidents just heavy but steady volume in both direction. we have a triple threat on york road broken water mane south bound lane right at west road in towns end. a little bit farther up another one in the same direction right at similar road and yes there is another incident an accident to talk about on york road right at spark road so all in all 83 is the best option for the alternate route. that's the evening travels now back over to you. >> thanks so much. the ravens head north now for the wild card play off game against the patriots and referee best friend brady. >> fans at home are rallying for a win. you couldn't mistake the purple friday spirit today downtown. pep band and ravens cheer leaders all on hand to get everyone fired up for the game. and don't forget. fox 45 sports director bruce cunningham will be in foxboro, foxboro, mass this weekend when the ravens take on the patriots. he will have live reports saturday and sunday on fox 45 news at 10:00 and of course on sports unlimited. later o [ male announcer ] it's our hottest offer of the season, but it's melting fast. this is your last chance to get $150 back plus a free multi-room dvr for 3 months when you switch to verizon fios tv, internet and phone for just $99.99 a month with a one-year agreement. with fios tv, you get an amazing hd picture along with internet service that's fiber-optic fast. both were ranked highest in customer satisfaction by j.d. power and associates. and don't miss out on your chance to watch the big game in fios hd. you won't believe how much better football looks with fios. but you've got to call today. get jaw-dropping fios tv, america's highest rated internet, and unlimited nationwide calling for just $99.99 a month. plus a special double bonus: $150 back plus a free multi-room dvr for 3 months. don't wait. offer ends january 16th. call 1.866.699.fios. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v. this is fios. this is big. . >> local title company under investigation for theft. >> believed the owner walked away with millions of dollars from an escrow account. joy talked to one of the alleged victims tonight. joy? >>reporter: the title company in question is maple leaf. up until august of 2009 it was licensed to operate in the state of maryland. now that is not the case this evening. now let's two back a couple months. the owner was placed under investigation for possible theft. because it left many homeowners like susan hall facing foreclosure. nightmare all began in august when she went to refinance her home. >> everything appeared to be on the up and up until months later when it became obvious her initial mortgage was never paid off. >> as far as we can tell the money was deposited in the escrow account at maple leaf and never made it to the bank to pay off the loan. >>reporter: so tonight susan has not one but 2 mortgages. now november fidelity national title insurance filed a lawsuit against maple leaf and the owner anthony white. i went to white house earlier today. tonight at 10:00 we'll have that part of the story for you. as well as what the commissioner of the maryland insurance administration has to say about all this. this is foption free for all friday news at 5:30. possible breakthrough in the treatment of alzheimer's disease. university of florida researchers were able to treat and reverse the symptoms of alzheimer's in lab mice by using cell phone waves. doctors say it is encouraging news but too soon to tell if the research will translate no the way to help human patients. health care reform passed congress today we would still be up to 4 years from seeing any results from the legislation. the successor failure of the measure very well hinge on one group of americans in particular. young people will pay more for health care and for the first time in history will be required to buy insurance whether they want it or not. >> you charge people a fair price in 50 or 60-year-old should pay about 6 times as much as a 20-year-old. in the senate bill they are saying no it can only be 3 to 1 difference. house bill it is 2 to 1 difference. >>reporter: getting young americans into the system is the keystone for the entire reform effort because if they don't get insurance everyone else pays much, much more. given everything occurred in congress in the last year would you vote to keep or replace congress? go to our web site and tell us what you think. sound off through face book. send us a tweet at fox baltimore. text your answer to this number. enter fox 45 a.to keep congress and b.to replace congress. your response may air tonight on fox 45 news at 10:00. we go to need to ware some parka this weekend i understand. you have to do more driving. you understand that. >> maybe. jessica star tells us how cold it is going to get. >>reporter: you are going to need the long john and snugy. all this weekend because we are going to continue with that arctic air mass. 27 degrees. partly cloudy skies. winds out of the west northwest at then messrs. a little bit of a wind makes it feel that much colder outside. same temperatures across the state at this region. still below normal temperatures. 29 degrees in baltimore. 28 degrees in dc and dover at then degrees in oakland maryland at this hour. here are the winds. pretty strong. cold front that pushed through our region early today. that allowed for the snow showers to develop 1 to 2 inches of snow showers. behind that cold front we are dealing with some gusty conditions yet again out of the northwest 9 miles an hour in baltimore. 13 miles an hour in dc. 25 miles an hour whip chester and 6 mirts in oakland. factor in a temperature of upper 20's and feels like outside. dangerous cold air mass over us yet again. negative 1 in oakland. 13 degrees in hagerstown and 18 degrees in dc. so on the sky watch hd regional radar the good news about the next couple days is that we are going to stay dry and sunny so look nice outside but unfortunately it will just feel so cold out that the northwest winds and you can see a couple up slope snow showers pretty much done with the snow showers for now. tonight we drop down to low pressure of 19 degrees with the wednesday out of the northwest at 10 to 15 messrs. there is a warm-up in the forecast and tell you when that comes in just a few minutes. next on the news at 5:30. why these people wish they had more clothes on. >> and >> first box office weekend of 2010 has arrived. >> several films are looking to take a shot against the unstoppable avatar. kandace explains in tonight's low down. >> hi karen. michael is one of those actors who probably takes a lot of heat for being type cast. he always seems to play the lovable dork. we have seen that in super bad. juno and year 1. his new film plays off that notion as he explores his bad side in youth in revolt. bad side comes in the form of alter-ego. a trailer park local who just can not win with the girl of his dreams. so he concoct another personality to become what he thinks she will want. this is rated r. vampire will also be revolting this weekend in day breaker a future race of blood sucker all but wiped out the human race. the problem is that there is supply of human blood is dwindling fast. safe to say the red cross is not going to help them out. >> blood substitute is not found immediately this will happen to all of us. >>reporter: day breaker rated r. amy adams isn't looking for blood. in leap year she looks to irish tradition encouraging women to go go to their men on february 29. leap year is rated p g. more tricky proposal await in the imaginary of the doctor. owner of traveling theater troop tries to swindle the devil in a soul competition. >> first 5 soul. pichlt no trick. no cheating. >>reporter: if he fails he will loss his daughter soul along with it. this is the film hefty was working on at the time of his death. it brought production to a halt. depp law and farrell step in to portray the character. this is rated pg-13 and highlights baltimore this week. we'll talk about tyler perry i can do bad all by myself next time. i'm kandace that's the low down. man charged with trying to blow up a plane on christmas day pleads not guilty today in court. umar farouk abdulmutallab is charged with attempted murder of all 289 people aboard the plane. nigerian allegedly tried blowing up the jet from amsterdam to detroit, michigan using a bomb in his underwear. if convicted he faces life behind bars. >> if you think the cold weather here is bad, well, look. brave soul here. this is winter survival training for south korea special forces. push up. sit up. martial art in the snow without most of their clothes on. then you have to look and sound happy jumping into icey sound happy jumping into icey waters >> makes me cold looking at it. after rushing more than 100 yards against the pats in week 4, let's see who the ravens must contain if they want to have success on the want to have success on the ground next hi, anne. how are you doing? 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