Man described as career criminal gets 20-year federal prison term
Garfield Redd, a career criminal with five previous state convictions - four of them for assault - was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison yesterday for being a felon in possession of a firearm, according to the Maryland U.S. attorney's office. "A violent offender who has five prior convictions does not belong on the streets of Baltimore," Theresa R. Stoop, special agent in charge of the Baltimore office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said in a statement. "We hope this sentencing sends a message to potential offenders that we will continue to target the 'worst of the worst' in Baltimore, and we will work to send these armed career criminals to jail for a very long time." According to testimony given during Redd's three-day trial, police spotted him in West Baltimore in October 2006 with a gun, which he tried to conceal under a car in the 500 block of Gold St. The gun was recovered, and Redd was arrested.
Tricia Bishop
Four Howard County youths charged in Woodbine garage fire
Four western Howard County youths have been charged with arson and burglary in the Sunday fire that destroyed much of a vacant wooden former garage building in the village of Daisy in Woodbine. Alarms sounded at 3:30 p.m. Sunday in the old building at the intersection of Daisy and Union Chapel roads. As units from Howard, Montgomery and Carroll counties battled the blaze, one Montgomery firefighter was slightly injured when he twisted a knee, according to Bill Mould, a spokesman for the Howard County fire department. The building belongs to the Durbin Transportation Company, said Cpl. Jennifer Reidy-Hall, a police spokeswoman. In years past, it was used to store large charter buses, Mould said. The four boys, ages 12 to 15, were charged as juveniles Thursday with arson, burglary and related offenses. The boys were later released to their parents. The Baltim ore Sun does not generally named juveniles accused of crimes.
Middle River man convicted in $400,000 Ikea theft scheme
