Crime, Police/Fire

Fatal Essex shooting leaves 1 dead, police seeking tips

ESSEX, MD—Detectives are seeking tips after a fatal shooting in Essex left one man dead on Thursday. At around 2 p.m. on July 21, officers responded to the 1400-block of Hadwick Drive (21221) for a report of a shooting. At the scene, police discovered 21-year-old Kenyon Joyner suffering from at least one gunshot wound.  Joyner was pronounced dead at an …


Crime, Police/Fire

Saturday night shooting in Essex leaves 1 injured

ESSEX, MD—Police are investigating a Saturday night shooting in Essex that left one man injured. At around 11 p.m. on February 26, officers responded to the 1400-block of Hadwick Drive (21221) for a report of a fight that escalated into a shooting. When officers arrived, they located a male victim suffering from a single gunshot wound.  Medics transported the individual …


Several robberies reported in Essex, Middle River area

ESSEX, MD—Police are investigating several robberies that were reported in the Essex/Middle River area over the past week. At 1 a.m.on Sunday, February 23, an individual armed with a gun entered the 7-Eleven located in the 200-block of Back River Neck Road in Middle River (21220), and demanded money and cigarettes . The cashier complied and the suspect fled the …

Man robbed at knifepoint in White Marsh, Essex gun shop burglarized

NOTTINGHAM, MD – Police are investigating several robberies and burglaries that were reported this week. Some time between noon on Sunday, August 4, and 5 p.m. on Tuesday, August 6, an individual broke into a residence in the 100-block of Montrosse Avenue in Essex (21221) by breaking out a window in the rear basement door. The residence was then ransacked …

Victim’s mother assaulted during Essex robbery, Middle River woman chases purse thief

NOTTINGHAM, MD – Police are investigating several burglaries and robberies that were reported over the past several days. At about 8:45 p.m. on Friday, July 26, several juveniles chased down a young boy in an attempt to steal his bicycle in the 800-block of Arncliffe Road in Essex (21221).  The suspects then encountered the victim’s mother as they were entering …

Essex man killed in crash on Route 702

Police in Baltimore County are investigating a serious, multivehicle crash that killed an Essex man early on Sunday morning. At just after 2 a.m., officers responded to the area of westbound Route 702, just west of the exit to southbound I-695. Crash investigators have determined that a 2012 Acura RDX was traveling westbound when it left the roadway and traveled into the median. The …

Shooting reported in Essex

Police in Baltimore County are investigating after an individual was brought to a local hospital with a gunshot wound on Wednesday night. Detectives are currently investigating to determine the circumstances surrounding the shooting, believed to have occurred in a field near Kings Mill Apartments and Townhomes in the 1400-block of Hadwick Drive in Essex. The victim suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to a …

Pizza delivery driver robbed; suspect arrested after burglarizing Parkville apartment

Police are investigating two local robberies and say that a suspect was arrested following a Parkville burglary. At 11:40 p.m. on Friday, March 9, two individuals asked another individual for a lighter on Benoni Circle in Middle River (21220).  When the victim approached, the suspects threw him against a shed, placed an object into his back, and stated that it …