Friday, January 11, 2013
Three men were arrested near Belair Road in Fullerton while a fourth one fled in a vehicle.
Four Harford County men were arrested and charged in connection with a pair of burglaries at shops in Fullerton and Towson Thursday morning. Sean Michael Hensley, 18, of the 1600 block of Swallow Crest Drive in Edgewood; Emmanuel Okey Ogbuli, 23, of the 1800 block of Eloise Lane in Edgewood; and Rickey Louis Dangerfield, 19, of the 1400 block of Skillman Road in Abingdon were arrested at the scene of the crime, according to police spokeswoman Cpl. Cathleen Batton. A search of online court records shows that all three men face charges of second- and fourth-degree burglary, attempted second-degree burglary and malicious destruction of property. Dangerfield faces an additional count of fourth-degree burglary, and Ogbuli faces an additional …
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Michael Scott Wilson faces two years in prison and 15 years of supervised release for possessing child pornography.
Over a year after police found child pornography on a computer inside his Perry Hall home, Michael Scott Wilson has been sentenced. On Monday, U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced the former Transportation Security Administration agent to two years in prison and 15 years of supervised release. Upon release, Wilson must also register as a sex offender, according to an announcement by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland. The Baltimore County Police Department's Crimes Against Children unit first traced shared files containing child pornography to Wilson's Perry Hall home in the 9900 block of Redwing Drive in September 2011, according to the release. Wilson was arrested on Sept. 27. At that time, investigators…
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Robert W. Gladden Jr.'s attorney is challenging investigators' account of the Monday shooting.
The attorney representing Robert W. Gladden Jr.—the 15-year-old accused of shooting another student in Perry Hall High School Monday morning—is challenging investigators' narrative of the attack. George Psoras Jr., whose legal practice is based in Lutherville, claims that Gladden, a sophomore, was bullied and never intended to harm anyone when he brought a gun into the school's cafeteria, The Associated Press reports. Psoras said he believes Gladden shot into the floor, and then shot the gun again accidentally when teachers tried to wrestle it away, according to the report. "The stereotype right now is that we have a Columbine," Psoras told The Associated Press. "It's simply not the case. This is a typical teenager who was just starting …
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Police revealed new details in the Monday morning shooting at Perry Hall High School.
UPDATE (1:20 p.m., Aug. 28)—Investigators do not believe bullying was a factor in the Monday morning shooting at Perry Hall High School, according to police. Baltimore County Police Chief Jim Johnson, speaking at a news conference in Dundalk late Tuesday morning, dispelled rumors that bullying allegedly led Robert Gladden Jr., 15, to open fire on his classmates in the school cafeteria. "We are aware of many reports that the suspect was a victim of bullying. We cannot confirm those reports. Gladden's conversations with investigators have not indicated bullying was an issue in this case. The investigation is ongoing," Johnson said. Johnson told reporters that Gladden was cooperating with investigators. Officials used the conference to reveal…
Robert Gladden Jr. was charged Tuesday with attempted murder and assault.
UPDATED (11:11 a.m.)—The 15-year-old accused in Monday's shooting at Perry Hall High School has been charged as an adult with attempted first-degree murder. Robert Wayne Gladden Jr., 15, of the 8500 block of Bradshaw Road in Kingsville, was also charged with first-degree assault, according to online court records. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 7. Gladden is being held without bail at the Baltimore County Detention Center. Police said yesterday that a student entered Perry Hall's cafeteria shortly before 11 a.m. Monday—the first day of school—with a shotgun and fired one shot that struck 17-year-old Daniel Borowy, a student at the school. Gladden fired a second shot into the ceiling of the cafeteria as school …
Monday, August 27, 2012
Baltimore County Public Schools announced that extra security will present on the school's campus.
Following a violent first day of classes at Perry Hall High School, officials have decided to reopen the school on its normal schedule Tuesday. Students and staff were evacuated Monday morning after a 15-year-old student allegedly opened fire in the school's cafeteria, police said. A 17-year-old student was shot and injured, before the shooter was detained. Police said a school guidance counselor—identified by witnesses as Jesse Wasmer—grabbed the shooter and stopped the attack. Through the afternoon, students, teachers and parents gathered on either side of police tape, along Ebenezer Road, between the high school, Perry Hall Middle School and Perry Hall Square Shopping Center. Some wept, while dozens frantically talked and texted on cell…
Parents and students react to the shooting at Perry Hall High School.
Perry Hall High School junior Ryan Brady was "five feet away" from the 15-year-old gunman as a school counselor pinned the shooting suspect against a vending machine Monday morning. "It definitely was a shotgun," Brady said of the weapon used in the shooting at the school. Watch the video hear from Brady and another student who were near the site of the incident at Perry Hall High School. There was one priority on the minds of Perry Hall High School parents Monday afternoon: reuniting with their children. Perry Hall teachers and police ushered students away from the building and into buses or into the arms of parents. Kristain Wilkinson, a mother of two Perry Hall High School students, said she couldn't believe that something like this …
The incident took place Monday morning during the first day of the 2012-2013 school year.
BALTIMORE, MD -- UPDATED (4:19 p.m.)—A 15-year-old student shot a 17-year-old classmate at Perry Hall High School on Monday, the first day of the Baltimore County school year, officials said. A guidance counselor at the school "heroically" stopped the attack by grabbing the shooter, police said. Baltimore County police said in a news release that the student who had been shot was transported by helicopter to a local hospital. Police Chief Jim Johnson said that the shooter is in custody and being interviewed at police headquarters. "I have a freshman who just started school today. She was scared to death to start high school anyway. She said, 'I want to go back to middle school.' She was really emotional this morning. Now she's saying, 'I'…
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Police arrested Justin Nicholas Radtke on April 28, and charged him with robberies in Perry Hall, Timonium and Towson.
UPDATE (May 2, 9:57 a.m.)—Police have charged a Perry Hall man with robbing a Perry Hall Subway restaurant, attempting to rob a Timonium Subway restaurant and robbing The Tan Company in Towson. Justin Nicholas Radtke, 27, of the 4400 block of Darleigh Road, was arrested on April 28, according to Lt. Ron Brooks of the White Marsh police precinct. Radtke was charged with three counts of armed robbery and two counts of theft less than $1,000, court records show. Police declined to release a photo of Radtke Wednesday morning, as the investigation into other incidents is ongoing. At about 4:45 p.m. on March 31, a man entered the Subway in the 8600 block of Belair Road at Silver Spring Shopping Center, asked for a cup of water and passed a note …
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Alvin Saleem Elamin Thompson was arrested on Monday after turning himself in to the Towson police precinct.
A man suspected of two daytime home burglaries—a Towson burglary in November 2011 and a Perry Hall burglary last month—has been arrested after turning himself in, Baltimore County police announced on Tuesday. Alvin Saleem Elamin Thompson, 20, turned himself in to the Towson police precinct on Monday, according to a news release. Police requested the public's help locating him last week. He is currently being held on $150,000 bail, according to online court records. Between 2 p.m. and 11 p.m. on Nov. 9, a handgun, about $1,200 in cash, jewelry and purses were stolen from a police officer's home in the 1300 block of Glendale Road in Towson. Investigators believed the burglar entered through a rear bedroom window, Patch previously reported. …
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