Category: News

May 14, 2008

Son charged with murdering mother

Filed under: Crime, Towson, Baltimore County - 14 May 2008

The son of Donna Rosemarie Campbell-Powell, a Baltimore County employee, has been charged with murdering his mother and attempting to murder his father when the father returned home.

WBAL.com
Baltimore County Police are charging a 16-year-old Ruxton area boy with …

May 12, 2008

School closings and delays, 5/12/08

Filed under: Education, Weather, Closings, K-12, Public Schools - 12 May 2008

Some closings and delays because of the weather.

Charles County schools are closed.

Anne Arundel, Calvert, and St. Mary’s Counties are on a two-hour delay.

May 7, 2008

Sex offender gets 4 consecutive 25 year terms

Filed under: Crime, Baltimore County - 07 May 2008

WBAL.com
A Baltimore County circuit court judge handed a convicted sex offender what’s believed to be the longest sentence of its kind in the state…ever.

Carlos Cortez of Essex will have to serve consecutive 25 year prison terms on each of …

Murder trial disrupted

Filed under: Crime, Harford County, Legal News - 07 May 2008

WBAL TV
The father of an inmate who was killed aboard a prison bus had to be escorted from a courtroom after he threw his cane at the man on trial for the murder.

Phillip Parker Sr. was led away by …

83 yr-old man charged with trying to murder his wife

Filed under: Crime, Howard County, Columbia - 07 May 2008

WBAL TV
Howard County police arrested an 83-year-old man Monday night on charges that he tried to kill his wife at their Columbia home.

Calvin Ralph Payne was charged with attempted murder and assault after he allegedly struck his wife, Alma …

Students attempt to rape school staffer

Filed under: Crime, Education, Baltimore City, K-12, Public Schools - 07 May 2008

Baltimore Sun
A staff member at Calverton Elementary/Middle was putting in extra hours at the West Baltimore school Sunday afternoon when two 13-year-old boys broke into the building and one tried to rape her, police confirmed yesterday.

Realizing that her attacker …

May 5, 2008

Another teacher assaulted

Filed under: Crime, Education, Baltimore City, K-12, Public Schools - 05 May 2008

WBAL.com
Add one more Reginald F. Lewis High School teacher filing assault charges against students.

The teacher alleged that they pushed him. According to the Examiner the teacher might not be too popular.

He also filed a grievance with the teacher’s …

May 3, 2008

Beltway jammed near 295

Filed under: Breaking News, Traffic - 03 May 2008

WBAL.com
hings are slowly improving for motorists this afternoon on the Outer Loop of the Beltway at the Baltimore Washington Expressway, after a tractor trailer overturns near the Baltimore Washington Parkway (Route 295).

The Beltway was shut down completely following the …

May 1, 2008

Baltimore ministers opine on Wright

Filed under: Politics, 2008 Campaign, Religion - 01 May 2008

Baltimore Sun
The Rev. Alvin C. Hathaway Sr. considers the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. to be a tremendous pastor and a brilliant theologian. But sitting in the audience of the National Press Club in Washington this week, Hathaway found …

April 30, 2008

Stealing from funeral donations

Filed under: News, Crime - 30 Apr 2008

WJZ
Seven-year-old Steven Richards was killed in his own yard in early April. A tree branch broke and fell on his head. While struggling with the unexpected loss, someone has stolen money from the family.

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As if losing a child unexpectedly …

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