Baltimore County Public Schools’ Superintendent under fire over residency concerns

UPDATE: The school district’s director of communications told WYPR that at least one of the listed residents on the Towson lease shares Rogers’ last name. And living in a residence rented by another person, such as a spouse or family member, isn’t prohibited by the superintendent contract. “Based on advice from law enforcement because of some ongoing safety concerns, I […]

Attorneys General halt mass firing of federal employees

BALTIMORE, MD—A coalition of 20 attorneys general, led by Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown, has secured a preliminary injunction (PDF) blocking the mass firing of federal probationary employees across the United States. The injunction, issued in the lawsuit Maryland et al. v. USDA filed in the United States District Court for Maryland, orders 20 federal agencies to reinstate unlawfully […]

Baltimore County fentanyl, cocaine trafficker sentenced to 11 years in prison

BALTIMORE, MD—A Baltimore County woman has been sentenced to over 11 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possessing fentanyl and cocaine with the intent to distribute, officials say. Querida Moran, 53, of Owings Mills, was sentenced to 135 months’ imprisonment in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons for Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl on Friday, March […]

Former Hickey School staff member arrested in child sex abuse investigation

PARKVILLE, MD—Police in Baltimore County have arrested a former staff member at the Charles H. Hickey, Jr. School in Parkville/Carney as part of a child sex abuse investigation. Detectives with the Baltimore County Crimes Against Children Unit arrested and charged 78-year-old Ronald Neverdon on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. Neverdon has been charged with multiple counts of sexual abuse of a […]

Registered Baltimore County sex offender pleads guilty to possession of child sexual abuse material

BALTIMORE, MD—A Baltimore County man who is a registered sex offender has pleaded guilty to possessing child sexual abuse material. Steven Christopher Kelban, 50, of Catonsville, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography. Kelban was identified as a suspect in the trafficking of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), also called child pornography, during Baltimore County Police Department’s online investigation of […]

Former Baltimore-area priest charged with child sex abuse

BALTIMORE, MD—A former Baltimore-area priest has been charged with child sex abuse that occurred in the 1990s. In October 2023, detectives with the Baltimore County Police Department’s Crimes Against Children Unit were alerted of past sexual abuse by a former priest. During their investigation, the survivor provided information regarding sexual abuse by 62-year-old William “Father Bill” Mannion that occurred from […]