Police have issued a Silver Alert for a man missing from the Parkville area since late last month. Donald Lewis, 82, was last seen on December 27 in the 9300 block of Harford Road. He was last seen driving a silver Nissan hatchback with a Maryland tag of 5CG7802. Anyone with information on Lewis’ whereabouts should call 911.
Emergency crews are on the scene of a Sunday afternoon house fire in Essex. At just before 3:30 p.m., fire personnel responded to the area of Weber Road and Hopkins Landing Drive, according to Baltimore County Breaking News. At the scene, crews found that a brush fire had extended to a nearby house and shed. There has been no word […]
The Baltimore County Police Department confirms 34 homicides in 2016. All but six of those cases have been cleared. BCoPD says their Homicide Unit’s clearance rate continues to exceed state and national averages. Its overall clearance rate for 2016 – which under FBI Uniform Crime Reporting guidelines includes cases from previous years that were solved this year – stands at […]
Police are investigating after a local, vacant home was broken into last week. Sometime between 10 a.m. on December 22 and 2 p.m. on December 29, someone entered a vacant home in the 3800 block of Pinedale Drive, 21236. Once inside, the suspect stole several appliances and damaged the home. The individual then fled the scene.
UPDATE, 5/13/2017: Strohman has been sentenced to prison – details here. UPDATE, 1/26/2017: Strohman has pleaded guilty to the charges. She will be sentenced in May. Original story below… —— A Nottingham woman is facing federal charges of wire fraud and bank embezzlement, arising from a six-year scheme to steal over $1.8 million from bank customers at the bank where she […]
Burglary detectives are still looking for a suspect who is using stolen credit cards taken from a home in Dundalk. The credit cards were stolen on December 12 from a home on Ridgeshire Road, 21222. The suspect used the stolen cards on the same day at the Shoppers located in the Middlesex Shopping Center, 1200 Eastern Boulevard, 21221. He also […]
The state is investigating the deaths of nearly 6,000 fish in Baltimore County waterways this month. The Maryland Department of the Environment says the dead fish were spotted in local waterways, including the Gunpowder River and Bird River. MDE spokesperson Jay Apperson says that preliminary results would seem to indicate that algae-created toxins are the probable cause. The fish kill […]
Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a man missing from the Middle River area. Michael Swecker is a 54-year-old white male with gray hair, a mustache, beard and blue eyes. He has been missing since December 15th. Swecker was last seen wearing a Ravens jacket and sweats. He has been known to frequent Eastern Avenue between Carroll […]