City man, 39, dies of gunshot wound to the head
City police are investigating the shooting death of a 39-year-old man in North Baltimore's Better Waverly neighborhood. Calvin Taylor of the 2600 block of Barclay St. was shot in the head at 8:25 p.m. Monday in the 2600 block of Mathews St. after getting into an argument. He was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he remained in critical condition until he was taken off a respirator Tuesday.
- Justin Fenton
Man, 73, critically wounded in robbery attempt
A 73-year-old man was in critical condition yesterday after being shot Wednesday night in an apparent armed robbery attempt in Glen Burnie, Anne Arundel County police said. According to police, a man with a handgun approached the victim about 8:30 p.m. in the 1400 block of Madison Park Drive and shot him once during a struggle. The victim was taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore. Police did not immediately release a description of the suspect.
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Andrea F. Siegel
Rosedale man found guilty of killing girlfriend
A 41-year-old Rosedale man was found guilty Thursday of killing his girlfriend by running over her with her own truck. Jose Manuel Claros, a Honduran immigrant who authorities said might face deportation proceedings, was accused of killing Gloria Elsy Torres-Restrepo, 39, on Jan. 5 after he found out that she no longer wanted him to live in her house and intended to take back the Dodge Ram pickup that she had lent him. Baltimore County Circuit Judge Ruth A. Jakubowski entered a verdict of first-degree murder against Claros after a bench trial. He will be sentenced on Dec. 15. The judge heard evidence that Claros deliberately drove the truck onto a sidewalk on which Torres-Restrepo was walking and ran over her. Prosecutor Rachel Karceski said the vehicle, traveling at almost 50 mph, struck the woman outside her home in the 1200 block of Neighbors Ave. and then careened out of control, crashing into a rowhouse and causing extensive damage to its foundation and porch. Karceski said the victim owned both the house in which Claros was living and the truck he used to kill her. Claros had failed to make payments on the truck, as agreed, the prosecutor said. Torres-Restrepo was going to have Claros removed from the house and reclaim the vehicle, and Claros killed her to prevent her from taking those actions, Karceski said. The prosecution intends to seek a sentence of life without parole for Claros.
- Nick Madigan
Man pleads guilty to abusing adults at home
The office of the attorney general says a former caregiver at a home for the developmentally disabled has pleaded guilty to two counts of abuse of a vulnerable adult. Twenty-five-year-old Colin Lee Gambill of Frederick entered the plea in Montgomery County Circuit Court. The attorney general's office says Gambill had worked at a group home administered by ARC of Carroll County.
- Associated Press
