After receiving multiple calls on Thursday from people as far away as Hawaii, Maryland State Police investigators are making it known that unknown suspects are apparently using a web-based service to make prank calls throughout the country that appear as if they are from the State Police Criminal Enforcement Division. Some people are reporting they received an automated message informing […]
UPDATE 3: A 14-year-old has been charged in connection with this incident – click here for details. UPDATE 2: Lockdown status has been lifted. No injuries reported. Citizens should still avoid the school as police are preparing to clear the scene. UPDATE: The suspect is in custody and the weapon has been recovered. Authorities say the student will remain in […]
Authorities are on the scene of a Wednesday night stabbing in Essex. At just before 11:30 p.m., police responded to the area of Walnut Grove Road at S. Marlyn Avenue (21221). At the scene, paramedics found one stabbing victim suffering from non-life-threatening injuries. There has been no word as to whether or not a suspect has been identified.
Police in Baltimore County are investigating a burglary and two robberies that have been reported so far this week. At about 6:45 p.m. on Monday, February 12, three individuals approached a man in the area of Williams Avenue at Southeastern Terrace in Essex (21221). One of the suspects, displaying a gun, demanded the victim’s property, then reached into the his […]
Police in Baltimore County are asking for the public’s help with information regarding the assault of a teenager in Rosedale at the end of 2017. At just after 1:00 p.m. on December 20, 2017, officers responded to the 4700 block of Stellabrooke Lane (21237) for a serious assault. Police learned that a 14-year-old boy was returning home from school with […]
UPDATE: Hersl has been sentenced to 18 years in prison. Original story below… —— Jurors on Monday evening found former Baltimore Police Department detectives Daniel Hersl and Marcus Taylor guilty on on racketeering charges in connection with the BPD’s Gun Trace Task Force. The jury got the case on Thursday and deliberated for a day and a half before returning […]
Police are investigating two robberies and an attempted robbery that were reported on Saturday. At just before 9 a.m., an armed individual robbed a man of his his cell phone, jacket, and wallet in the area of Berkshire Road and Magnolia Terrace in Essex (21221). The suspect then fled the scene. At about 5:20 p.m., a man told another man […]
The perjury trial for former Baltimore County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. S. Dallas Dance has been set for early March. An arraignment that had been scheduled for Monday was cancelled, according to online documents. Dr. Dance will instead go to trial for charges stemming from January’s indictment on four counts of perjury. Dr. Dance allegedly lied on financial disclosures that […]