Teenager slain, 2nd wounded in East Baltimore shootings
Police said two 16-year-old boys were shot Sunday night, one of them fatally, at an intersection in the Madison East End neighborhood in East Baltimore, police said. Eastern District officers on patrol heard gunshots about 9:30 p.m. and responded to the intersection of North Kenwood Avenue and East Madison Street, where they found Jerrod Reed of the 200 block of N. Milton Ave. suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to the head, said Agent Donny Moses, a police spokesman. Medics arrived and pronounced him dead at the scene at 9:43 p.m. Another 16-year-old was found sitting on steps in the 800 block of N. Kenwood Ave. suffering from a gunshot wound to the right leg, police said. He was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he was in serious condition. Ten juveniles have been killed this year, compared with 26 in 2008.
- Justin Fenton
3 churches broken into in Cockeysville area
Three Cockeysville-area churches were broken into during the weekend, Baltimore County police said. The break-ins occurred between 6 p.m. Friday and about 8 a.m. Saturday; entry was gained through a window in each incident, police said. In the 200 block of Warren Road, someone entered Cockeysville Baptist Church through a side window, forced their way into an office and stole an undisclosed sum of money. Four blocks away and on the same street, Epworth United Methodist Church in the 600 block of Warren Road was broken into by someone who removed a safe, the contents of which were not disclosed. Police said the third church burglary took place at Poplar Grove United Methodist Church in the 13600 block of Poplar Hill Road in Phoenix, but no property was reported missing. Anyone with information is asked to call the precinct at 410-887-1820.
- Richard Irwin
Man gets 18 years in armed robbery, kidnapping
A 38-year-old Port Republic man was sentenced to 18 years in federal prison Monday for the armed robbery of nearly $170,000 from a St. Mary's County bank, in which a bank manager and her two children were kidnapped from their home. William Cordell Johnson was also ordered to pay more than $57,000 in restitution, the Maryland U.S. Attorney's Office announced. According to his plea agreement, Johnson and two co-conspirators figured out the manager's routine, and in September 2008 kidnapped her and her two young children. The robbers forced the manager to drive to the bank and held her son hostage while she was sent inside to obtain funds. Her daughter was released. The manager and her son were later released at an elementary school. The three conspirators went to New Jersey that night and wagered tens of thousands of dollars.
