Thursday, May 17, 2012
A Reisterstown woman was cited for failure to yield to oncoming traffic and negligent driving in an accident that left one woman dead in February.
A Reisterstown woman was cited Monday in a fatal Westminster crash that occurred in February. Mary Elizabeth Graff was issued citations for failure to yield to oncoming traffic on a left turn and negligent driving, according to a press release from the Westminster Police Department. On Feb. 12, 2012, Graff made a left turn in her Volkswagen Beetle from eastbound Baltimore Boulevard (MD 140) onto Meadow Creek Drive. Her vehicle collided with a 1993 Honda Civic that was driving in the fast lane of westbound MD 140. The Civic was pushed into the slow lane on MD 140, where it was struck by a 2011 Nissan Xterra. The passenger in the Civic was taken to the Carroll Hospital Center, where she was pronounced dead.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
A man and his passenger were extracted from a vehicle that collided with a utility pole on Main Street during rush hour Wednesday evening. The driver was taken to shock trauma, and his passenger to Sinai Hospital.
A man was extracted from his vehicle and taken to shock trauma after he collided with a utility pole on Main Street during rush hour Wednesday evening. “A 1993 Suburu Legacy traveling southbound on Reisterstown Road, for some unknown reason, the vehicle left the roadway and struck a BGE pole,” said Baltimore County Police Detective Cathy Batton. The crash occurred at 5:34 p.m. Witnesses at the scene say the man collided with pole, at Main Street and Walgrove Road, while avoiding another collision. The driver, an adult male, was taken to the University of Maryland R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma center with life-threatening injuries. His passenger, also an adult male, was taken to Sinai Hospital with potentially life-threatening injuries. Fire …
Governor calls budget package "good for all Marylanders." Republicans say burden to local governments may force county governments to increase taxes.
The Maryland House of Delegates gave final approval Wednesday to a package of three bills that increases taxes on some state residents, shifts part of teacher pensions to local governments and undoes the so-called "doomsday budget." The votes Wednesday afternoon capped the three-day special session called by Gov. Martin O'Malley in order to override more than $500 million in cuts made in a budget passed in early April. The Senate approved the same three bills Tuesday. As part of the package, legislators approved by a vote of 86-51 what amounts to a 50-50 split of teacher pension costs with local governments. The split will be phased in over the next four years beginning July 1 with the new budget year. That bill also includes a doubling of…
Additional arrests are expected.
UPDATE—Baltimore County police have identified the two individuals suspected of conspiring to distribute Schedule II narcotics out of a Lutherville pain clinic. Gerald Wiseberg, 78, of Boca Raton, FL, and Michael Jacob Reznikov, 51, of Brooklyn, NY, were arrested Tuesday evening following a raid at the Healthy Life Medical Group clinic in Lutherville. Wiseberg and Reznikov were the operators of the pain clinic, where doctors were reportedly over-prescribing powerful painkillers and other drugs to out-of-state addicts, according to an affidavit in support of a search warrant. A Baltimore County Circuit Court judge this morning set the defendants' bail at 50,000—cash only. "At this morning's preliminary hearing, the judge also prohibited …
Gerald Sears was found guilty of fatally shooting Scott Greenberg in the victim's parents' home.
A cocaine dealer was found guilty last Friday of fatally shooting an Owings Mills man in 2009 over what prosecutors characterized as a drug-related dispute, The Baltimore Sun reported. Gerald E. Sears, 31, was convicted by a Baltimore County Circuit Court jury of first-degree murder in the killing of Owings Mills resident Scott M. Greenberg. Sears, who lived in Owings Mills at the time, was also convicted of a handgun charge and of dealing cocaine. Greenberg, 51, was a father of two who ran a snowball stand on Reisterstown Road, The Sun reported. Assistant State’s Attorney Adam Lippe said he will ask for life without parole for the murder conviction and for a 20-year sentence, which is the maximum penalty, for both the cocaine dealing and …
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Owings Mills resident Gary Wallace Jr. is charged with throwing a dog from a balcony 23 feet off the ground.
The hearing for a man charged with animal cruelty in the throwing of a dog from a 23-foot balcony was postponed until August. Gary Wallace Jr. of the 11000 block of Mill Centre Drive in Owings Mills is charged with animal mutilation, animal cruelty, malicious destruction of property, disturbing the peace and giving a false statement to an officer. His hearing was postponed until August in the Baltimore County Circuit Court Tuesday morning. Wallace wore a dark brown button down shirt, jeans and white tennis shoes and sat quietly next to a woman about his age as he waited for his name to be called. Wallace’s attorney could not make it to court Tuesday, so another attorney from the same firm appeared to ask for a postponement to August 15, …
Monday, May 14, 2012
A man stole about $116,000 from the Zales at the Owings Mills Mall, police said.
Baltimore County police said Monday they are investigating an incident in which a man wearing a suit and tie robbed Zales in the Owings Mills mall at gunpoint earlier this month. In the incident, police said the man stole approximately 50 rings valued at $116,000 after holding up the store on Monday, May 7, at 7:20 p.m. “He had asked to see a ring, and when [the employee] unlocked the case, that’s when he threw the bag on the counter and pulled the gun and told them to fill the bag up,” said Lt. Stephen Doarnberger, assistant commander of the Baltimore County Police's Franklin Precinct. The suspect, dressed in business attire, lured the two female employees into a back room after collecting the rings and then fled the scene, police said. …
The following information was supplied by the Baltimore County Police Department's Franklin Precinct, which covers Reisterstown and Owings Mills. Arrests do not indicate convictions.
This story was updated at 10:43 a.m. Tuesday to reflect that a suspect arrested for trying to steal a woodstove was 34. Fourth-Degree Burglary Arrest A 34-year-old Pikesville resident was arrested after trying to steal a woodstove for its metal from a home on the 1700 block of Broadway Road in Lutherville-Timonium on Tuesday, May 8, at 11:30 a.m. First-Degree Burglary An unknown suspect entered a home on the unit block of Woodenbridge Court in Reisterstown through a side sliding door and stole a 42-inch TV and CD player after ransacking the house between Friday, May 11, at 9:30 p.m. and Saturday, May 12, at 1:16 a.m. An unknown suspect entered an apartment on the 4600 block of Springwater Court in Owings Mills by unknown means and stole a …
Sluggish economy, skyrocketing value in metals are among the reasons for a 450 percent spike in such crime since 2009, police Chief Jim Johnson said.
Individually, the theft of copper wiring and piping from homes and businesses in Baltimore County usually amounts to little more than stealing a few dollars worth of metal. But, a closer examination of the issue finds the economic impact far worse, Baltimore County police chief Jim Johnson said. Destruction of property, business hours lost and a heightened sense of vulnerability make copper thefts one of the fastest growing problems facing the community, he added. This is why Johnson announced Monday the formation of the region's first law enforcement team dedicated to the growing problem of metals theft. The chief made the announcement at a news conference at BGE's White Marsh Learning Center to highlight the issue, as the utility is a …
Friday, May 11, 2012
In a ceremony in Towson Friday morning, police and county officials honored eight officers who died while serving residents.
In a ceremony at Patriot Plaza in Towson on Friday, friends, family, police and Baltimore County officials honored eight police officers who died while serving residents. Eight officers have died either in the line of duty or while doing security work since 1969, according to a county police press release. The release also described the acts of the fallen officers:
Zoobie
12:29 am on Thursday, May 17, 2012
Exactly, extracted or extricated from the vehicle works. Criminals are usually 'Extradited'.. Were there 'criminals' in the vehicle? ' gotta go, I'm having too much fun with this one. more ›