Catonsville homicide victims identified

CATONSVILLE, MD—Police have identified the victims in Thursday’s double murder suicide in Catonsville. At approximately 3:30 p.m. on August 28, officers responded to the 700-block of Wilton Farm Drive (21228) for a check-on-subject call. Once on scene, officers located 42-year-old Chantel Sharieff, suffering from apparent trauma, along with her 6-year-old child, Kimana Sharieff, who sustained an apparent gunshot wound. Both […]

Three deaths in Catonsville being investigated as double murder suicide

UPDATE: Police have identified the victims in this incident. Original story below… ——— CATONSVILLE, MD—Police are investigating Thursday’s triple-shooting in Catonsville as a double murder suicide. At approximately 3:30 p.m. on August 28, officers responded to the 700-block of Wilton Farm Drive (21228) for a check-on-subject call. Once on scene, officers located an adult female suffering from apparent trauma along […]

Triple shooting leaves three dead in Baltimore County

UPDATE 2: Police have identified the victims in this incident. UPDATE: Police are now investigating this incident as a double murder suicide. Original story below… CATONSVILLE, MD—Police are investigating after three people were found dead following a shooting in Baltimore County. At approximately 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, August 28, officers responded to a “check on subject” call in the 700-block […]

Registered Baltimore County sex offender sentenced to 10 years for child pornography

BALTIMORE, MD—A registered sex offender from Baltimore County has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for possession of child sexual abuse material, federal authorities announced this week. Steven Christopher Kelban, 50, of Catonsville, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett to a decade in prison, followed by lifetime supervised release. This is Kelban’s third conviction related […]

Two charged with assaulting ICE officers in Maryland confrontations

BALTIMORE, MD—Two men, both illegally present in the United States, face federal charges for allegedly assaulting and resisting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in separate incidents in Maryland, authorities announced. Adolfo Nimrod Hernandez-Ramos, 42, a Honduran national, and Tony Marcos Ferreira-Dos Santos, 30, a Brazilian national, were charged with assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding, and interfering with federal officers, according […]

Florida man sentenced to 20 years for conspiring to destroy Baltimore region power grid

BALTIMORE, MD—A Florida man was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in federal prison for conspiring to destroy power substations in the Baltimore area. Brandon Clint Russell, 30, of Orlando, was given the sentence by Senior U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar, who also ordered a lifetime of supervised release. Russell’s co-conspirator, Sarah Beth Clendaniel, 37, of Catonsville, Maryland, was previously […]

Maryland’s Board of Public Works approves $4.7 million for park improvements, land conservation in nine counties

ANNAPOLIS, MD—The Maryland Board of Public Works has approved more than $4.7 million in grants for park improvements and land conservation across nine counties, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources has announced. The funding, drawn from the state’s Program Open Space – Local, Local Parks and Playgrounds Infrastructure, and Rural Legacy programs, will benefit projects in Allegany, Baltimore, Caroline, Carroll, […]