Viewing and funeral arrangements have been set for Officer Joseph Comegna. The former school resource officer at Eastern Tech took his own life in his office at the Essex school on Monday. Relatives and friends are invited to call at the Schimunek Funeral Home, located at 9705 Belair Road in Perry Hall, on Thursday from 3 to 5 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. […]
Police are investigating several robberies that were reported over the weekend. At 10:30 a.m. on Friday, November 9, an individual entered the Papa John’s Pizza located in the 7400-block of Belair Road in Fullerton (21236), displayed a handgun, and told the cashiers to open the cash box. The suspect took the cash and fled the scene. At just before 9:30 p.m. on Friday, […]
Police are investigating a fatal crash on MD 702 in Essex that occurred at just before 9 p.m. on Saturday night. Authorities say a Hyundai Tucson traveling westbound on MD 702 near the exit to I-695 failed to negotiate a right curve in the roadway. The vehicle crossed the grass median and the eastbound travel lanes. It then traveled down an embankment and struck […]
Police are investigating a robbery and a burglary that were reported over the weekend. Sometime between 5 and 8 p.m. on Friday, November 9, an individual broke into a residence in the 4200-block of Silver Spring Road in Perry Hall (21128) via a rear door. Once inside, the suspect stole multiple electronics and jewelry. Around midnight on Saturday, November 10, […]
A resource officer at a Baltimore County school reportedly took his own life on Monday. Police responded to Eastern Technical High School at around 1:30 p.m. after faculty members heard what sounded like a gunshot. Upon arrival, authorities found Officer Joseph Comegna inside the SRO office at the school. The officer had sustained what police surmise was a self-inflicted gunshot […]
UPDATE: Police now confirm that the SRO fatally shot himself – details here. Original story below… —— All afterschool and evening activities were cancelled at Eastern Technical High School on Monday following a “medical emergency.” At about 1:30 p.m., the Baltimore County Police Department said that officers responded to the school following a report of a medical emergency involving the […]
Police are investigating a carjacking, a robbery, and a burglary that were reported this week. Sometime between 4 p.m. on Sunday, November 4, and 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, November 5, an individual forced open the rear window of The Gun Shop, located in the 1600-block of Eastern Boulevard in Essex (21221), to gain entry into the showroom. The suspect removed multiple handguns […]
Police are investigating two robberies and an attempted carjacking that were reported over the past week. Between 8 and 9 p.m. on Saturday, November 3, a man was backing out of a parking spot in the 4500-block of Kenwood Avenue (21206) when another man attempted to carjack and assault him. The suspect fled the scene. At about 1:15 a.m. on Tuesday, November 6, […]