Correctional officer shoots alleged robber
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An off-duty correctional officer shot and wounded a 15-year-old who was part of a group of juveniles that tried to rob him with a toy gun, city police said. Shortly after midnight Monday, the correctional officer, who works at the Central Booking and Intake Center, was waiting for a food order at Wo Hing carryout in the 1600 block of W. North Ave. when three juveniles tried to rob him, according to Anthony Guglielmi, a Baltimore police spokesman. The officer pulled out a weapon and fired two shots, striking one of them; the other two juveniles fled, Guglielmi said. The wounded boy was taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he was in critical condition but stable, Guglielmi said. The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, which oversees Central Booking, said in a statement that officials did not believe the officer's weapon had been issued by the state agency, but a review was under way. Both DPSCS and the Baltimore Police Department declined to release the officer's name.
Gus G. Sentementes
Middle River man killed in auto accident
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A 42-year-old man who had dropped off his children at school Monday died shortly thereafter in an auto accident near his Middle River home. Baltimore County police spokeswoman Louise Feher identified the driver as Geralde Thompson, 42, of the 200 block of Shagbark Road in Middle River, who was driving alone in his 2000 Ford Expedition. Feher said that shortly before the accident, Thompson had called his wife on a cell phone and told her he was feeling sick. Thompson was heading south on Martin Boulevard when his vehicle left the highway and spun around on Compass Road, striking two light poles, Feher said. The crash sheared the driver's seat belt.
Jacques Kelly
Magna sale plan OK'd; Pimlico not included
A Delaware bankruptcy judge granted Monday a request from Magna Entertainment Corp. for approval of its plan to sell several horse tracks and other assets. The plan approved by Judge Mary Walrath includes Santa Anita Park in California, Remington Park in Oklahoma City, Thistledown in Ohio and Portland Meadows in Oregon, as well as MEC's interest in Lone Star Park in Texas. Magna attorney Brian Rosen noted that the company may seek approval later to sell other assets currently not in the mix, including Pimlico Race Course, home of the second jewel of the Triple Crown. Last week, MEC pulled Pimlico and its other Maryland assets, Laurel Park and a training center in Bowie, from the list of assets to be sold. Officials with the state of Maryland and city of Baltimore are fighting to keep Pimlico and the Preakness in Baltimore. Attorneys for the state and city said Monday that they reserve the right to object should MEC decide to put Pimlico up for sale. Ontario-based Magna, the largest horse track owner in the U.S., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in March, saying it was unable to obtain new financing while supporting its existing debt.
