Towson, MD
Police & Fire
Third-Grade BFFs Killed In Fiery I-695 Baltimore Crash Were 'Beautiful Souls' Third-Grade BFFs Killed In Fiery I-695 Baltimore Crash Were 'Beautiful Souls'
Third-Grade BFFs Killed In Fiery I-695 Baltimore Crash Were 'Beautiful Souls' Two third-graders from Lutherville Lab Elementary were among three people killed in a horrific, fiery crash off I-695 in Baltimore County over the weekend, police confirmed. Maryland State Police said the crash happened around 11:05 p.m. Saturday, April 5, when a trooper attempted a traffic stop on a Jeep Wrangler on the inner loop of I-695 near Greenspring Avenue.  The Jeep fled. The trooper did not pursue and reentered traffic, police said. Just minutes later, that same Jeep was found fully engulfed in flames off the ramp to southbound I-83. Investigators believe the driver lost con…

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by Zak Failla
Arbutus-Halethorpe, MD
Traffic
Driver Dies After Jeep Strikes Dump Truck, Then Gets Hit On I-95 In Arbutus: State Police Driver Dies After Jeep Strikes Dump Truck, Then Gets Hit On I-95 In Arbutus: State Police
Driver Dies After Jeep Strikes Dump Truck, Then Gets Hit On I-95 In Arbutus: State Police An overnight crash on I-95 in Baltimore County left one man dead and three others hospitalized, Maryland State Police said. The crash was reported at around 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 8, in the southbound lanes of the interstate near I-695 in Arbutus, investigators said. According to a preliminary report, a Jeep Cherokee rear-ended a dump truck in traffic. After the impact, the Jeep came to rest in a travel lane.  Police believe the Jeep’s driver got out — and was then hit by a Subaru that also struck the dump truck. The Jeep’s driver was pronounced dead at the scene. His name has not …

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by Zak Failla
Owings Mills, MD
Police & Fire
Ghost Gun Found After Owings Mills Man Fled Road Rage Scene: State Police Ghost Gun Found After Owings Mills Man Fled Road Rage Scene: State Police
Ghost Gun Found After Owings Mills Man Fled Road Rage Scene: State Police Two separate road rage incidents in Maryland ended with two men behind bars and two loaded handguns—one a ghost gun—taken off the streets, according to state police. Maryland State Police said 33-year-old Cedric James, of North East, and 23-year-old Skyler Robinson, of Owings Mills, were arrested in connection with unrelated road rage cases in Baltimore and Cecil counties in March, authorities announced on Friday, April 4. Both suspects are facing multiple felony charges including first- and second-degree assault, firearm use during a violent crime, and handgun in a vehicle. James was …

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by Zak Failla
Owings Mills, MD
Obituaries
Mom Of 3 Killed In Owings Mills Murder-Suicide Remembered As ‘Glue Holding Family Together’ Mom Of 3 Killed In Owings Mills Murder-Suicide Remembered As ‘Glue Holding Family Together’
Mom Of 3 Killed In Owings Mills Murder-Suicide Remembered As ‘Glue Holding Family Together’ A beloved Maryland mother of three who was found dead alongside her husband inside their Baltimore County home is being remembered by loved ones as a beautiful light and selfless friend. Karen Halle Franklin, 59, was identified by police as the woman found fatally shot on Tuesday, April 1 inside her home on Avery Hill Drive in Owings Mills,. Both Franklin and her husband, Gary Franklin, 63, were found suffering from gunshot wounds, and their deaths were ruled a murder-suicide, police said on Thursday. Jill Cohen, who called Franklin her best friend of nearly 34 years, launched a GoFundMe t…

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by Zak Failla
Dundalk, MD
News
Armed Suspect Barricades Self In Dundalk Home, Schools Locked Down: Police (DEVELOPING) Armed Suspect Barricades Self In Dundalk Home, Schools Locked Down: Police (DEVELOPING)
Armed Suspect Barricades Self In Dundalk Home, Schools Locked Down: Police (Developing) A heavy police presence has flooded a residential street in Dundalk where an armed suspect has barricaded themselves inside a home, Baltimore County Police said Tuesday morning. Officers responded to Gray Manor Terrace near German Hill Road around 9:00 a.m. on April 1 after receiving reports of an armed subject refusing to come out. Authorities immediately issued a shelter-in-place order for neighbors and warned residents to stay away from windows and exterior doors. Multiple schools in the area — Battle Grove Elementary, Charlesmont Elementary, and General John Stricker Middle — were place…

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by Zak Failla
Towson, MD
Police & Fire
Driver Ditched Car After I-695 Hit-Run That Injured Pedestrian In Baltimore: State Police Driver Ditched Car After I-695 Hit-Run That Injured Pedestrian In Baltimore: State Police
Driver Ditched Car After I-695 Hit-Run That Injured Pedestrian In Baltimore: State Police A Baltimore woman is facing assault and traffic charges after troopers say she struck a pedestrian in a hit-and-run crash on I-695 earlier this month and then ran from the scene. Crishawna Donteece-Chane Hall, 29, was arrested in Baltimore on Tuesday, March 25, nearly a week after investigators say she sideswiped a minivan and struck a motorist standing outside it along the shoulder of the interstate. The crash happened just before midnight on Wednesday, March 19, in the inner loop prior to I-95 near Exit 11 in Baltimore County, according to Maryland State Police. Troopers with the Golden …

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by Zak Failla
Parkville-Carney, MD
Police & Fire
Former Staffer At Charles H. Hickey School Sexually Abused Minors, Police Say Former Staffer At Charles H. Hickey School Sexually Abused Minors, Police Say
Former Staffer At Charles H. Hickey School Sexually Abused Minors, Police Say A former staff member at a Maryland juvenile facility is facing disturbing charges tied to a series of child sex abuse allegations stretching back nearly 50 years, police announced. Ronald Neverdon, 78, was arrested in Baltimore County on Wednesday, March 26, and charged with multiple counts of sexual abuse of a minor and third-degree sex offense, according to detectives with the Crimes Against Children Unit. Neverdon once worked at the Charles H. Hickey Jr. School, a state-run juvenile justice facility in Baltimore County. Police say the assaults happened between 1976 and 1988 but were on…

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by Zak Failla
Reisterstown, MD
Police & Fire
'Falls Road Jane Doe' Identified As Missing Maryland Mom After 29 Years: Baltimore County PD 'Falls Road Jane Doe' Identified As Missing Maryland Mom After 29 Years: Baltimore County PD
'Falls Road Jane Doe' Identified As Missing Maryland Mom After 29 Years: Baltimore County PD A woman whose remains were discovered off a wooded road in Baltimore County nearly three decades ago has finally been identified, police announced. Leoria Smith, a 20-year-old mother who vanished without ever being reported missing, was confirmed as the woman long known as “Falls Road Jane Doe,” according to the Baltimore County Police Department. Her remains were found in March 1996 in a wooded area off Falls Road.  At the time, she was wearing blue jeans, a pinstriped blouse with pearl buttons, a leather jacket, and high-top shoes. Two gold hoop earrings were also recovered. …

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by Zak Failla
Catonsville, MD
News
Repeat Sex Offender Caught With Child Porn Days After Release In Maryland: DOJ Repeat Sex Offender Caught With Child Porn Days After Release In Maryland: DOJ
Repeat Sex Offender Caught With Child Porn Days After Release In Maryland: DOJ A convicted sex offender in Maryland is facing at least a decade behind bars after investigators say he was caught with a torrent of child sexual abuse material just one week after registering his new address, federal officials say. Steven Christopher Kelban, 50, of Catonsville, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography, the US Attorney's Office announced this week. According to his plea agreement, Kelban had just returned to Maryland from Alabama on November 20, 2023, following a two prior convictions for child porn offenses.  He registered the very next day as a sex offender…

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by Zak Failla
Reisterstown, MD
Police & Fire
Former Baltimore County Priest Accused Of Decades-Old Child Sex Abuse, Police Say Former Baltimore County Priest Accused Of Decades-Old Child Sex Abuse, Police Say
Former Baltimore County Priest Accused Of Decades-Old Child Sex Abuse, Police Say A former priest is behind bars in Baltimore County after a survivor came forward decades later to report alleged sexual abuse, officials announced. William “Father Bill” Mannion, 62, was arrested Monday, March 24, and charged with second-degree child abuse and multiple sex offenses, according to the Baltimore County Police Department. Police say the abuse happened between 1991 and 1994 at a property in the 600 block of St. Agnes Lane, where Mannion was serving as a priest.  The victim was a child at the time. Initial allegations first came to light in October 2023 when the survivor r…

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by Zak Failla
Glenwood-Glenelg, MD
Police & Fire
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Leaves 2 In Critical Condition In Glen Arm: Fire Officials Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Leaves 2 In Critical Condition In Glen Arm: Fire Officials
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Leaves 2 In Critical Condition In Glen Arm: Fire Officials A quiet Monday morning in Baltimore County nearly turned deadly after a toxic gas leak left two people fighting for their lives, authorities said. Emergency crews responded at 7:37 a.m. on March 24 to a home in the 11200 block of Old Carriage Road in Glen Arm for a reported cardiac arrest, according to the Baltimore County Fire Department. When firefighters entered the home, their air monitors went off immediately—signaling dangerously high levels of carbon monoxide. Inside, they found an unresponsive woman. Moments later, they located a second victim—an adult man. Both were rushed to a lo…

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by Zak Failla
Towson, MD
Traffic
Got Milk? 6K Gallons Spill On I-695 After Truck Overturns In Baltimore County, Officials Say Got Milk? 6K Gallons Spill On I-695 After Truck Overturns In Baltimore County, Officials Say
Got Milk? 6K Gallons Spill On I-695 After Truck Overturns In Baltimore County, Officials Say It was one sour start to the weekend for some in Maryland, leaving some motorists crying over spilt milk. A tractor-trailer carrying 6,000 gallons of milk overturned in Baltimore County, causing a massive dairy disaster on I-695 and sending milk flooding into a nearby creek, according to the Maryland Department of the Environment. The crash happened around 1 a.m. Saturday, March 22, near Exit 24, when the truck tipped over and dumped its contents across the highway. The scene of the crash in Baltimore County. Maryland Department of the Environment No injuries were reported, but 75 …

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