DUNDALK, MD—The reward has been increased for information on the fatal 2021 stabbing of a man in Baltimore County. Metro Crime Stoppers has increased the reward in the homicide of 45-year-old Rosario Valenti. The reward is now at $8,000 for information that leads to an arrest and charges in this case. Valenti was stabbed multiple times during an early morning […]
JOPPA, MD—A driver who fled the scene after striking a state trooper who was conducting a commercial vehicle inspection on the side of the road on Thursday has been arrested. The accused has been identified as Lawrence Barnes, 68, of Joppa. Barnes was driving a black GMC Sierra pickup truck at the time of the incident, according to the Maryland […]
PERRY HALL, MD—Christopher Engles, 22, of Nottingham/Perry Hall, was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday for the 2019 murder of his former girlfriend. On the night of February 26, 2019, twenty-year-old Taylor Webb was found shot to death in her car at the corner of Hickory Falls Way and Hickoryhurst Drive in Perry Hall. She had sustained two fatal […]
TOWSON, MD—Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski this week announced plans to introduce the Abatement of Public Nuisances Act, a proposal to amend and update Baltimore County’s longstanding “padlock law,” to authorize the Chief of Police to take action against properties with repeated public nuisance violations. “Enhancing public safety and security in Baltimore County is a top priority and we are […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD—Police are investigating several local crimes that were reported over the past week. At just after 9:45 a.m. on Sunday, February 27, a residence was broken into in the 5800-block of Comstock Avenue (21206). Various items were stolen from the home. The suspect fled the scene prior to police arrival. At just after 9:45 a.m. on Monday, February 28, […]
UPDATE: Amir Stanley Turner, 20, of Edgewood, has also been sentenced to over 18 years in prison in connection with this case. Original story below… —— JOPPA, MD—Two Joppa men are in custody following an indictment by a Harford County Grand Jury for the February 10, 2019, murder of food delivery driver in Edgewood. On February 10, 2019, at approximately […]
OVERLEA, MD—Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying two burglary suspects. The two pictured suspects broke into a business located in the 6800-block of Belair Road (21206). Authorities say the burglary occurred on February 16, 2022. Anyone with information on either suspect is asked to call the Baltimore County Police Department Burglary Unit at 410-887-6296 or 410-307-2020.
BALTIMORE, MD—A Nigerian national has been sentenced to prison for his part in a Maryland identity theft and mail fraud conspiracy. U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake has sentenced Samson A. Oguntuyi, 29, of Atlanta, Georgia, to 54 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit bank fraud and mail fraud, bank fraud, […]