ABINGDON, MD—A 25-year-old Abingdon man has been sentenced to life in prison, with all but 75 years suspended, after pleading guilty to first-degree murder in the stabbing death of a 73-year-old woman in February 2024. Angelo Terrell Spencer admitted to killing the woman in her Bel Air home during a Friday morning hearing in the Circuit Court for Harford County, […]
UPDATE: The male victim has died. He has been identified as Costas Triantafilos, 85, owner of the Costas Inn restaurant in Baltimore. Original story below… ——— GLEN ARM, MD—Carbon monoxide poisoning has left two people critically injured in the Glen Arm area. At just before 7:45 a.m. on Monday, March 24, 2025, Baltimore County Fire Department units responded to the […]
ROSEDALE, MD—Crews are on the scene of a house fire in the Rosedale area. The fire was reported at just before 10 a.m. on Monday, March 24, 2025 in the 4900-block of Ridge Road (21237). There has been no word on any injuries. Motorists should use caution in the area. Photo via Councilman David Marks
BALTIMORE, MD—Two Maryland MS-13 gang members have been indicted for murder in aid of racketeering, federal authorities announced. Manuel Erazo Alvarado, 46, and Erick Guillen Pleitez, 46, both of Annapolis, were charged in a federal grand jury indictment returned on February 13, according to the Department of Justice. On March 6, 2025, Guillen Pleitez made his initial appearance in the […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A Baltimore man was sentenced on Friday to 32 years in federal prison, followed by 50 years of supervised release, for coercing and sexually exploiting six minors, including girls as young as 9, in a series of crimes that spanned several Maryland counties, federal authorities said. U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander imposed the sentence on Delroy James Scott, […]
PARKVILLE, MD—Crews are on the scene of a Friday afternoon crash on I-695 in Parkville. The crash was reported at around 3:15 p.m. on March 21, 2025 along the outer loop of the Baltimore Beltway near Harford Road (Exit 31). Several outer loop lanes are blocked at this time. There has been no word on any injuries. Motorists should use […]
TOWSON, MD—The Baltimore County Police Department is warning residents of an increase in daytime burglaries involving traveling groups of thieves. Over 30 cases have been reported in the first three months of 2025. These groups typically operate in small, separate teams, often consisting of two to three women. They primarily target single-family homes in neighborhoods, where residents tend to be […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A federal investigation into the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge has concluded that a massive cargo ship’s electrical failure, combined with the state’s failure to safeguard the aging structure, led to the disaster that killed six workers nearly a year ago. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released its final report this week (PDF), pinpointing the probable […]