Tag: WBAL
Regional Recap, February 8, 2012
Primary Offense? Bill Targets Phone Use While Driving. Maryland lawmakers want to enable police to pull someone over if they are talking on a handheld cellphone while driving.The House Environmental Matters Committee held a hearing on the issue Tuesday. The bill would make it a primary offense, instead of a secondary one.That means a police [...]
Regional Recap, February 7, 2012
Former Employee Gets Life For Anne Arundel Dentist’s Murder. A former employee of an Anne Arundel County dentist was sentenced to life in prison for the man’s murder.Shontay Joyner Hickman accepted a life-in-prison plea agreement in the 2006 murder of Dr. Albert Ro. Her attorney, Warren Brown, said she did so in the hope she [...]
Regional Recap, February 6, 2012
Police: Officer Tipped Off Drug Suspects. Anne Arundel County police arrested one of their own over the weekend on allegations that he helped suspected drug dealers try to evade police.Cpl. Rick Alexander, 36, was arrested Friday on charges of obstruction and hindering a police officer, conspiracy to distribute marijuana, conspiracy to distribute cocaine and misconduct, [...]
Regional Recap, February 3, 2012
Cattle Prod Found In BWI Passenger’s Carry-On. A Delaware man has been accused of stashing a compact cattle prod in his carry-on luggage at BWI.The Transportation Security Administration said checkpoint officers at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport discovered the prod in the carry-on luggage of a passenger bound for Albany, N.Y., on Tuesday. Maroon 5, [...]
Regional Recap, February 2, 2012
Man Gets 30 Years For Pizza Store Stabbing. A man who pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing a pizza delivery driver has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.Tavon Rudolph Brown, 20, of no fixed address, was sentenced Monday. The Capital of Annapolis reported that he had pleaded guilty in October to second-degree murder in the [...]
Regional Recap, February 1, 2012
Report: Drivers In Quadruple Fatal Were Both Under Influence. State police said preliminary toxicology reports showed that both drivers involved in a quadruple fatal crash that occurred this weekend were driving under the influence of alcohol.Investigators said a car with three teens traveled in the wrong direction for miles on Route 50 before crashing head-on [...]
Regional Recap, January 31, 2012
911 Tapes Released In Quadruple Fatal Crash. Maryland State Police are relying on eyewitnesses, 911 tapes and autopsy results to help sort out a quadruple fatal car crash that occurred over the weekend. Investigators said a car with three teens traveled in the wrong direction for miles on Route 50 before crashing head-on into a [...]
Regional Recap, January 30, 2012
4 Dead In Route 50 Wrong-Way Crash. Four people were killed in a crash involving a wrong-way driver on U.S. Route 50 early Saturday, on a weekend in which several others died in unrelated incidents. A car traveling the wrong way in the eastbound lanes of Route 50 collided head-on with another car in Anne [...]
Regional Recap, January 27, 2012
Baltimore Kids learn Life Lesson From Navy Seal. Some Baltimore-area children received an invaluable lesson on Thursday in developing life skills from a Navy SEAL.The Park Heights Boys and Girls Club held the special meeting in northwest Baltimore. The event wasn’t so much about encouraging Boys and Girls Club members to become Navy SEALs, but [...]
Regional Recap, January 26, 2012
Car Crashes Into Davidsonville Home. Fire officials in Anne Arundel County are trying to figure out what caused a driver to lose control and crash into a home early Thursday morning.Rescue crews were called about 1 a.m. to a home in the 600 block of Central Avenue West in Davidsonville to find a car inside [...]
Regional Recap, January 25, 2012
Amendment Would Remove Officials When Found Guilty. A proposed constitutional amendment would remove any state, county or municipal official from office when he or she is found guilty of a crime and not wait until after sentencing.The Maryland constitutional amendment was introduced on Tuesday by Delegates Jolene Ivey, Michael Vaughn and Melony Griffith, who are [...]
Regional Recap, January 24, 2012
Pedestrian Killed In Sunday’s Crash In Hanover. A pedestrian was killed in a one-car crash on Sunday evening in Anne Arundel County, and police are still trying to identify the victim.The crash happened around 8 p.m. at Dorsey Road near Ridge Road in Hanover.Police said Matthew Lang, 26, of Harmans, was driving east along Dorsey [...]
Regional Recap, January 23, 2012
Fire Rips Through Anne Arundel Apartment Complex, Forces Residents Out. The residents of three apartment units were displaced Sunday following a three-alarm fire in Anne Arundel County. Firefighters responded to the Horizon Square apartment complex in the 3500 block of Laurel-Fort Meade Road at about 4 a.m., according to officials.When crews arrived, they found flames [...]
Regional Recap, January 20, 2012
Glen Burnie Man Charged In Hit And Run Of Bicyclist. Anne Arundel County police said a driver has been charged in a July 2011 hit-and-run that sent a bicyclist to Shock Trauma. John Harrison Correlli, 57, has been charged with leaving the scene of a collision and negligent driving, among other charges.Police said Marco Garcia, [...]
Regional Recap, January 19, 2012
THANK YOU! Thank you for your patience yesterday while we showed our opposition of the SOPA and PIPA bills. While our voice is small, when brought together, it does indeed make a statement. This article in USA Today highlights the success of the action! ~JWF Driver Dies After Crofton Crash. Anne Arundel County police said [...]
Regional Recap, January 13, 2012
Scarlett Fever Reported In Baltimore City Elementary School. City health officials are asking parents to monitor their children for symptoms of scarlet fever after multiple cases were confirmed at George Washington Elementary School in southwest Baltimore.Scarlet fever is caused by the same bacteria that causes strep throat, and it’s highly contagious, according to health experts. [...]
Regional Recap, January 12, 2012
O’Malley Floats Tax Hike Proposal. Gov. Martin O’Malley on Wednesday offered an alternative to a 15-cent proposed increase in the state’s gas tax.11 News reporter David Collins said it involves raising Maryland’s sales tax by a penny. O’Malley, who mentioned the idea on radio’s Mark Steiner Show, said that raising the sales tax from 6 [...]
Regional Recap, January 11, 2012
General Assembly Starts Today: What’s On Tap? The 2012 session of the Maryland General Assembly begins at noon Wednesday, and lawmakers have a full legislative plate.11 News reporter David Collins said the hot-button topics range from an increase in taxes to the battle over same-sex marriage. The governor and state house leaders are considering plugging [...]
Regional Recap, January 10, 2012
2 Women Killed In Essex House Fire. Baltimore County officials said two women died in a house fire Monday evening.The fire broke out about 7:45 p.m. in the 900 block of Arcliffe Road in Essex. Fire officials said smoke was coming out of the windows and neighbors were knocking on the door when crews arrived. [...]
Regional Recap, January 9, 2012
Two Stabbed In Anne Arundel County. Police in Anne Arundel County are looking into a double stabbing in Brooklyn Park.Police said a man and a 37-year-old woman were attacked just after 8 p.m. Sunday in the 300 block of Orchard Avenue.Both victims are listed in serious condition at a local hospital. Neither has been identified.There’s [...]
Regional Recap, January 6, 2012
3 Injured In 2-Alarm Gen Burnie Fire. Firefighters in Anne Arundel County think an unattended cigarette may have ignited a two-alarm apartment fire Thursday afternoon.As many as 51 firefighters were called to the Tall Pines apartment complex in Glen Burnie at about 3:20 p.m. When they arrived at the scene, they noticed smoke coming from [...]
Regional Recap, January 5, 2012
Officials: Arundel Fire Was Arson, Hate Crime. Authorities have declared a house fire in Anne Arundel County an arson and a hate crime after they said disturbing messages were found outside the building.Anne Arundel County firefighters said the charred house is located in the 300 block of Church Street in Brooklyn Park. It’s currently boarded [...]
