Police/Fire

Man with cognitive impairment reported missing from Essex

UPDATE: Harry Payne has been found safe & unharmed. Original story below… —— ESSEX, MD—Police in Baltimore County are searching for a man who has gone missing from the Essex area. Harry Wayne Payne is a white male. 5′ 2″ tall, and weighing about 90 pounds. He is missing from the 1500-block of Williams Avenue and was last seen at …


Crime

Police ask for help identifying Essex burglar [VIDEO]

Police in Baltimore County are asking the public for any information that may help identify this burglar who struck a home in the 1600-block of Williams Avenue in Essex (21221) at around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 2nd. Surveillance video from a neighbor’s camera caught the suspect in the victim’s yard. One video shows the suspect walking through the back yard, then turning back …


Police investigating burglary, 2 robberies

Police in Baltimore County are investigating a burglary and two robberies that have been reported so far this week. At about 6:45 p.m. on Monday, February 12, three individuals approached a man in the area of Williams Avenue at Southeastern Terrace in Essex (21221). One of the suspects, displaying a gun, demanded the victim’s property, then reached into the his …

Police investigating assault, 2 robberies, 2 burglaries

Police are investigating an assault, two robberies, and two burglaries that were reported over the past week. At 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 3, an individual fired buckshot from a shotgun at another vehicle in the 1500 block of Williams Avenue in Essex (21221). No one in the vehicle was injured, but a bystander who was struck in the lower …

Crews responding to gas leak in Essex

Emergency crews are on the scene after a gas leak was resported in Essex on Thursday evening.  At about 5 p.m., firefighters responded to a residence in the 1600 block of Williams Avenue.  There, authorities say a contractor accidentally struck a natural gas line.  Firefighters can hear and smell natural gas coming from the home.  There are no reported injuries …