A man who eluded police through two districts Friday afternoon was slightly injured during a pursuit, police said. Plainclothes officers in the 1000 block of W. Lanvale St. observed what they believed to be a drug transaction from a vehicle about 3:30 p.m., according to Officer Troy Harris, a police spokesman. As they approached, the suspect fled the scene in a black Dodge Magnum. With a police helicopter observing overhead, police tracked the man to the 300 block of E. 23rd St., where he bailed out of the car and ran through an alley, cutting his hand on a fence. The man refused to show his hands and appeared to reach for his waistband, Harris said. An officer fired one shot, but did not hit the suspect. No weapon or drugs were recovered from the scene, Harris said, and the man, who was not identified, was taken into custody.
- Justin Fenton and Brent Jones
Mount Airy man killed, 5 hurt in crash
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A Mount Airy man died and an Odenton man was seriously injured Thursday night in a collision involving two sport utility vehicles in Clarksville, according to Howard County police. Wayne Wagner, 26, of the 2300 block of Braddock Road was driving a Ford Explorer north on Route 32 just south of Linden Church Road when he crossed the yellow line about 10:20 p.m. and struck a Chevrolet Suburban head-on, police said. Wagner was pronounced dead at the scene, and the Suburban's driver, Michael Mutchler, 43, of the 2800 block of Susquecharrock Circle was taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore where he was in critical condition, according to police. Four passengers in the Suburban - Mary Mires, 44, of the 700 block of Sunny Chapel Road in Odenton and three children, ages 13, 12 and 11 - were taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, police said.
- Liz F. Kay
City police identify man, 31, fatally struck by Jeep
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Police identified a man who was run over by a Jeep and killed Tuesday while lying face-down in an alley as a 31-year-old East Baltimore resident. Police have said that Stuart Eugene Riley of South Potomac Street might have been under the influence of drugs or alcohol when he was struck about 9 p.m. by a woman driving down an alley in the 500 block of N. Highland Ave. Riley was pronounced dead at the scene. Police said the incident remains under investigation.
- Liz F. Kay and Richard Irwin
Hornsby ex-girlfriend given probation for tax fraud
Andre Hornsby's ex-girlfriend was sentenced to a year of probation Friday and ordered to pay $5,200 in restitution and perform 200 hours of community service for tax fraud by not reporting a sales commission she split with the former Prince George's County schools chief. According to the guilty plea, Sienna Rochelle Owens' employer, LeapFrog Enterprises, received a $1 million contract to provide education technology to Prince George's schools from Hornsby in 2004. Owens, 30, who now lives in Florida, negotiated a commission of $20,000 from the deal, giving half to Hornsby. She never reported her take to the IRS. Hornsby, 55, was convicted last year of wire fraud, witness and evidence tampering and obstruction of justice in connection with a scheme to award lucrative school system contracts to friends and himself. He was sentenced to six years in federal prison.
- Tricia Bishop
