ESSEX, MD—Detectives with the Baltimore County Police Department are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal motorcycle crash that occurred in Essex over the weekend. The accident occurred at around 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 18, 2024, in the area of Orems Road and Old Orems Road (21221). Authorities say the crash happened as 41-year-old Donald E. Busick Jr. was attempting […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD—Police are investigating a robbery and three burglaries that were reported over the past week. Sometime between Wednesday, July 5 and Saturday, July 8, 2023, someone entered a residence located in the 5400-block of Bobby Joseph Court in Perry Hall (21128) and stole multiple items. At just before 4:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 8, an individual broke into a […]
The following is an op-ed piece from Baltimore County Councilman David Marks On April 13th, Baltimore County Executive John Olszewski, Jr., presented the Fiscal Year 2024 budget proposal to the Baltimore County Council. The Council may now cut from the budget plan; we are prohibited from adding or moving money around. In my time as Councilman, I have supported more […]
MIDDLE RIVER, MD—A pedestrian has sustained critical injuries after being struck by a train in Middle River. The incident was reported at around 1 p.m. on Monday in the area of Golden Ring Road at Orems Road (21220), according to the Baltimore County Fire Department. Life-threatening injuries are being reported and rescue crews are attempting to extricate the victim. Motorists […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD—Police are investigating three local crimes that were reported over the past week. At 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday, April 28, a man got into a physical altercation with another group of individuals in the 3600 block of E. Joppa Road in Carney (21234). One of the suspects was armed and fired a shot. No one was hit or injured, […]
MIDDLE RIVER, MD—Crews responded to a Sunday morning fire in Middle River. At around 10:45 a.m., units responded to the 2100-block of Orems Road for a report of a fire. At the scene, firefighters found smoke showing from a one-story commercial building. Crews determined that a dryer at the location had caught fire. There has been no word on any […]
Police in Baltimore County arrested a substitute teacher from Essex on Tuesday morning on child abuse and sexual assault charges. Scott Thomas McCruden, 31, of the 600-block of Orems Road (21221) has been charged with sex abuse of a minor and a multitude of other child sex abuse charges. A warrant for his arrest was issued by the District Court […]
Police have identified a motorcyclist who died after a crash on Orems Road Tuesday night. Jeffrey Scott Vipperman, 44, of Airville, Pennsylvania, died after he lost control of his 2006 Harley Davidson motorcycle on Orems Road in Essex and crashed into a guardrail. Officers were called to the scene by a passersby at around 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 4, […]