Stabbing death being investigated as justifiable self-defense

Police in Baltimore County are investigating Wednesday’s homicide near Rosedale as justifiable self-defense and no charges have been filed at this time. Officers responded to the 5600 block of Utrecht Road, between Rosedale and Overlea, at about 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday after a physical altercation was reported at the scene. Michael Paul Connolly III, 25, of the 5600 block of […]

Stabbing reported near Rosedale

UPDATE 3: Police are investigating this homicide as justifiable self-defense. UPDATE 2: Police say that the victim and suspect became engaged in a physical altercation following a verbal argument at the scene. During the altercation the victim was fatally stabbed. He was taken to Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center where he was later pronounced deceased. The victim has been identified […]

Baltimore County records 35 homicides in 2017

Baltimore County recorded 35 homicides in 2017, and the police department has cleared 74.2% of the cases. Seventy four percent of county homicides were determined as domestic or associate related, meaning that the victims were known to the assailant, and were not random in nature. “One homicide is one too many,” said Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz, “but I am […]

Police investigating homicide in Middle River

UPDATE: The two victims have been identified by police – click here for details. Original story below… —— Detectives were investigating an apparent homicide in Middle River on Saturday afternoon. At about 2 p.m., the Baltimore County Police Department advised that units responded to the area of Honeycomb Road (21220), just off of Pulaski Highway. There, one adult male and […]

Woman found dead in Rosedale home, man charged

A Jarrettsville man has been charged after police found a missing woman dead inside her Rosedale home early Friday morning. Detectives found the body of Athena Dardamanis, 63, known to friends as “Tina,” inside her home in the 8600 block of Trumps Mill Road during the execution of a search warrant after she was reported missing by friends Thursday afternoon. […]

Father charged in abuse death of 3-year-old Cameron Blake

Police in Baltimore County have charged a man in connection with the January death of his son in Essex. Delonte Deshawn Mack, 27, of Baltimore City, has been charged in connection with the death of three-year-old Cameron Blake. Authorities began an investigation into the possible child abuse after being notified by staff from Johns Hopkins Children’s Center that the child’s […]