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Annapolis said a 29-year-old man died early Saturday after being shot in the 1100 block of Madison Street. At 1:16 a.m., police found Orlando Sherman McDaniel of Annapolis suffering from a gunshot wound. He was transported to the Anne Arundel Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said. Anyone with any information is asked to call Detective Jeff Hartlove at 410-919-3028 or 410-268-9000 ext 7254. ywenger@baltsun.com Twitter.com/yvonnewenger

An Annapolis man who admitted sending a threatening letter from his prison cell to an Anne Arundel County judge who'd sentenced him to serve 10 years for armed robbery had a year and a day added onto his sentence Friday. "I will send a firebomb into your workplace and destroy you if you become more resistant," said the letter that Richard Glenn Parker Jr., 26, acknowledged sending to Circuit Court Judge Paul A. Hackner after Hackner sentenced him in 2010. The letter was signed Jesus Christ, according to Anne Arundel prosecutors.

An Annapolis man who told police that he "just snapped" when he heard his former girlfriend and her boyfriend in bed in a room above him pleaded guilty Wednesday to two counts of first-degree murder in their fatal shootings. When Elbert Gardner Jr. returns to court March 19, Deputy Anne Arundel County State's Attorney William D. Roessler expects to seek two consecutive life sentences for the killings last June of Lei Tyree Johnson, 38, and Samuel Marshall Fowlkes, 49. The defense will ask that the sentences be served together with some years suspended, said public defender Katy C. O'Donnell.

President Barack Obama has named an Annapolis man to head the multibillion-dollar grant program through which the Federal Emergency Management Agency helps local governments prepare for disasters. Brian Kamoie, 41, will oversee a vast portfolio of federal grants used by states and cities to prevent and respond to terrorism and other disasters, the White House said. Kamoie was most recently senior director for preparedness policy on the White House national security staff. Kamoie takes control of the FEMA grant program as the Obama administration pursues a controversial consolidation of $2 billion in preparedness funding it says will streamline a system that grew unwieldy following the attacks of Sept.

A 25-year-old Annapolis man has been charged with attempted second-degree murder in a triple stabbing near his home Friday. Marcus Levon Freeman also faces three counts of first-degree assault and remains in custody at the Anne Arundel County Detention Center on $1.2 million bond. Freeman is accused of stabbing three people at an aparment in the 700 block of Newtowne Drive, near Forest Drive. The suspect lives in the same apartment complex, police said. The three victims did not sustain life-threatening injuries.

A 21-year-old Annapolis man died Sunday night in a head-on collision on Harry S. Truman Parkway in Annapolis. Brian Michael Hendricks was driving a 1999 Honda Civic eastbound on the parkway when the vehicle crossed the center line of the roadway and struck a 2011 Toyota Venza at about 8:53 p.m., Anne Arundel County Police said. Hendricks was transported to Anne Arundel Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. A passenger in the Toyota, 20-year-old Garrett Randall Sullivan of Annapolis, was transported to Shock Trauma and was in serious but stable condition.

Annapolis police charged a 42-year-old city man with attempted first- and second-degree murder Tuesday in connection with a stabbing of a family member. Derek Townsend Taylor of the 1300 block of Tyler Avenue, who was arrested shortly before midnight, also faces assault and reckless endangerment charges related to the stabbing of his 28-year-old nephew. The incident occurred outside the Tyler Avenue residence. The victim, also a city resident, was stabbed once in the abdomen.

Police arrested an Annapolis man who they believe was involved in a burglary at a Boys and Girls Club last month. Laptops and other electronics worth $15,000 were stolen from the Boys and Girls Club at Admiral Oaks, located in the 400 block of Captains Circle, sometime between February 18 and 19, police said. Akeem Howard, 18, was arrested Wednesday after admitting to officers he tried to sell the laptops; he denied being involved in the burglary, police said. Police said Howard was charged with fourth degree burglary and related offenses.

An 18-year old Annapolis resident who last week was arrested and charged with marijuana possession on a school bus at Annapolis High School was arrested on Tuesday night at an apartment and charged with marijuana possession, according to Annapolis police. According to a Wednesday morning police report, Luis Ruiz of Annapolis was arrested after officers received a report around 9:05 p.m. on Tuesday that he was selling drugs on the 1100 block on Madison Street. Officers subsequently approached Ruiz when he left the area and ran into an apartment on the 1000 block of President Street, police said.

An Annapolis man was charged with indecent exposure linked to several incidents in an area surrounding Forest Hills Avenue, the city police department said Tuesday. Miguel Avelar Medina, 29, was charged with three counts of second-degree assault, three counts of indecent exposure and three counts of fourth-degree sex offense, police said. Medina was arrested in Wheaton. cwells@baltsun.com twitter.com/cwellssun

ANNAPOLIS - Hundreds of gun rights advocates rallied outside the State House on Wednesday in opposition to new gun control measures proposed by Gov. Martin O'Malley. As O'Malley testified in favor of new gun restrictions before the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee, protesters outside said his plan to ban assault weapons, limit magazine sizes and strengthen licensing measures would erode their rights. Harry H. Fahl, a photographer from Essex, warmed up the crowd in the morning by leading a group recitation of the Second Amendment, which quickly turned into a chant.

A pedestrian was struck by a car along Route 50 in Annapolis on Sunday night, sustaining life-threatening injuries, according to fire and police officials. Emergency personnel responded to the ramp from eastbound Route 50 onto Rowe Boulevard about 8:37 p.m. and found the severely injured 33-year-old man, and transported him to Anne Arundel Medical Center, said Chief Michael Cox, an Anne Arundel County Fire Department spokesman, and a dispatcher at the Maryland State Police Glen Burnie Barrack.

An Annapolis man who police said was fleeing with a stolen vehicle was involved in a three-car pile-up Sunday that landed him first in the hospital and then in jail. Police said Curtis Proctor Jr., 26, lost control and overturned the Hyundai Sonata on Spa Road near the Westgate Circle roundabout shortly after 7 p.m. The vehicle landed on the trunk of a Lincoln Town Car and pushed it into another vehicle. The injured Proctor was trapped inside and had to be extricated by fire crews.

Police have identified the contractor who was killed Wednesday when a falling tree crushed him outside Annapolis. The man, whose family members were at the scene, was working to help clear trees downed and weakened by this week's storm, officials said Thursday. Family members told authorities the man was Santiago Lopez, 50, who was living in Annapolis and was originally from Mexico, police said. The man was working in a home's backyard when the tree fell, killing him before emergency workers arrived about 1 p.m., Anne Arundel County Police spokesman Justin Mulcahy said.