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A 43-year-old man was sentenced Friday to 18 months in jail stemming from the assault on a Baltimore man at Denny's Food Market in Elkridge last year.Howell G. Chambers of Elkridge was convicted in January of second-degree assault in the beating of Thomas E. Baumgarten of Baltimore. Baumgarten alleged in court papers that Chambers "pounded [him] into unconsciousness" on Jan. 10, 1998, at the market."This isn't a run-of-the-mill assault," said Assistant State's Attorney Debra Saltz. "This is a serious case."

Police are investigating the death of a 37-year-old man with a syringe in his arm who terrorized neighbors in South Baltimore on Sunday night.Ralph R. Cornish, of the first block of Talbott St. in Brooklyn, died about 8: 30 p.m. at Maryland Shock Trauma Center, Sgt. Douglas Baumgarten of the Southern District.According to Baumgarten, Cornish broke into a house in the 3800 block of Leadenhall St. about 7: 30 p.m. and assaulted Catherine Handschuh, then fled when her husband, Charles, chased him away.

Two men who prosecutors say were dealers for a family-run Cape St. Claire drug empire pleaded guilty Friday in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court to conspiracy to distribute cocaine.The maximum penalty is 20 years in prison.Shawn C. Killian, 23, of the 300 block of Salisbury Road in Edgewater will be sentenced by Judge Ronald Silkworth on March 13. Prosecutors depicted him as a customer who also delivered cocaine for the ring allegedly led by John Baumgarten Sr. and his sons, John Baumgarten Jr. and Anthony Quinn Baumgarten.

An incorrect wedding date was given in the Just Married feature in Sunday's Arts & Society section. Tracy Brinkley and Doug Baumgarten were married on April 25.The Sun regrets the errors.

A former member of a drug empire was sentenced yesterday to three years' probation for intimidating a Severna Park man into dropping a civil lawsuit against an associate in the criminal ring.In March, David W. Griscom, 32, admitted that in 1992 he ripped up grass and shrubs and damaged the finish on four cars at the Manhattan Woods home of Ralph A. Walker, trying to scare Walker into dropping a lawsuit against neighbor Anthony Baumgarten.Walker had accused Baumgarten of beating him up and sued for $100,000 in compensatory and punitive damages.

An incorrect wedding date was given in the Just Married feature in Sunday's Arts & Society section. Tracy Brinkley and Doug Baumgarten were married on April 25.The Sun regrets the errors.Family and friends are the most important part of Tracy Brinkley and Doug Baumgarten's relationship. It's been that way since her sister, Pamala Adams, introduced the couple in 1986, when Doug was a senior and Tracy was a sophomore at Lansdowne Senior High School.Some members of the Brinkley and the Baumgarten families were already acquainted with one another through their work in the Lansdowne Volunteer Fire Company.

A federal jury convicted John Baumgarten and his two sons yesterday of running a much-feared drug smuggling ring out of their Severna Park barbershop, which they used as cover to sell more than 60 pounds of cocaine in Anne Arundel County.The Baumgartens appeared stunned when the verdicts were read in U.S. District Court in Baltimore. Moments earlier, John Baumgarten Sr. had given a big smile and a "thumbs up" sign to his wife.The defendants' wives and relatives wept when a clerk announced the guilty verdicts on federal drug-distribution charges.

Portraying John Baumgarten and his two sons as being as adept at cocaine smuggling and counter surveillance as at cutting hair, federal prosecutors set out to prove yesterday that the family ran a $3 million drug ring from its Severna Park barbershop."

A federal jury convicted John Baumgarten and his two sons yesterday of running a much feared drug smuggling ring out of their Severna Park barbershop, which they used as cover to sell more than 60 pounds of cocaine in Anne Arundel County.The stylishly coiffed Baumgartens appeared stunned when the verdicts were read in U.S. District Court in Baltimore. Just moments earlier, John Baumgarten Sr. had given a big smile and a "thumbs up" sign to his wife as though he were confident he would be hearing good news.

A Queen Anne's County man pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice Friday, admitting he destroyed grass and shrubbery at the home of a Severna Park man who had filed suit against the son of the head of an alleged local drug ring.David Wayne Griscom, 32, of Millington also admitted damaging the finish on four of Ralph A. Walker's cars as part of an effort to scare Walker into dropping the suit. Griscom appeared in Anne Arundel Circuit Court.Griscom is to pay $3,000 in restitution and could be sentenced to as much as five years in prison, depending on the extent of his cooperation in the federal case against the Baumgartens, a family that allegedly ran a cocaine and marijuana distribution ring from a Severna Park barbershop, said Assistant State's Attorney M. Virginia Miles.

Police say six in burglary ring Anne Arundel County police have arrested six people accused of participating in a burglary ring in Pasadena, and have returned more than $20,000 in stolen property. The monthlong string of arrests began on May 2, with Joseph Leo Baumgarten III, 35, of the 1000 block of Cayer Drive in Glen Burnie. He and Laura Michelle Bruce, 24, of the 100 block of Lake Shore Drive in Pasadena, were accused of kicking in the front door of a home on the 8300 block of Beachwood Park Road on March 26 and stealing cash, jewelry and other items.

On October 24, 2005, ROBERT BAKER of Fairhaven, Sykesille, beloved husband of the late Sarah Richter Wheeler Alexander, devoted father of Captain William T. Alexander, ret. and his wife Jacquelyn and Col. Joseph H. Alexander, ret. and his wife Gale, loving grandfather of Katherine Alexander Hill and her husband Jon and Kenneth B. Alexander and his wife Mary. He is also survived by four great-grandchildren and several nephews and nieces. A memorial service will be held at 2 P.M. Saturday at Fairhaven Chapel (7200 Third Avenue)

On August 27, 2005, JEROME W. MERRIKEN, of South Baltimore, beloved husband of the late Margaret M. Merriken (nee Baumgarten) and devoted father of Margaret Busch, Veronica Collier and Catherine Strupp, also survived by 6 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren and 3 great great grandchildren. Family will receive friends at the family owned and operated MCCULLY-POLYNIAK FUNERAL HOME P.A., 130 E. Fort Avenue (South Baltimore) on Tuesday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M., where funeral services will be held on Wednesday at 10 A.M. Interment in Oaklawn Cemetery.

A 43-year-old man was sentenced Friday to 18 months in jail stemming from the assault on a Baltimore man at Denny's Food Market in Elkridge last year.Howell G. Chambers of Elkridge was convicted in January of second-degree assault in the beating of Thomas E. Baumgarten of Baltimore. Baumgarten alleged in court papers that Chambers "pounded [him] into unconsciousness" on Jan. 10, 1998, at the market."This isn't a run-of-the-mill assault," said Assistant State's Attorney Debra Saltz. "This is a serious case."

Police are investigating the death of a 37-year-old man with a syringe in his arm who terrorized neighbors in South Baltimore on Sunday night.Ralph R. Cornish, of the first block of Talbott St. in Brooklyn, died about 8: 30 p.m. at Maryland Shock Trauma Center, Sgt. Douglas Baumgarten of the Southern District.According to Baumgarten, Cornish broke into a house in the 3800 block of Leadenhall St. about 7: 30 p.m. and assaulted Catherine Handschuh, then fled when her husband, Charles, chased him away.

A former member of a drug empire was sentenced yesterday to three years' probation for intimidating a Severna Park man into dropping a civil lawsuit against an associate in the criminal ring.In March, David W. Griscom, 32, admitted that in 1992 he ripped up grass and shrubs and damaged the finish on four cars at the Manhattan Woods home of Ralph A. Walker, trying to scare Walker into dropping a lawsuit against neighbor Anthony Baumgarten.Walker had accused Baumgarten of beating him up and sued for $100,000 in compensatory and punitive damages.

A federal jury convicted John Baumgarten and his two sons yesterday of running a much-feared drug smuggling ring out of their Severna Park barbershop, which they used as cover to sell more than 60 pounds of cocaine in Anne Arundel County.The Baumgartens appeared stunned when the verdicts were read in U.S. District Court in Baltimore. Moments earlier, John Baumgarten Sr. had given a big smile and a "thumbs up" sign to his wife.The defendants' wives and relatives wept when a clerk announced the guilty verdicts on federal drug-distribution charges.

A federal jury convicted John Baumgarten and his two sons yesterday of running a much feared drug smuggling ring out of their Severna Park barbershop, which they used as cover to sell more than 60 pounds of cocaine in Anne Arundel County.The stylishly coiffed Baumgartens appeared stunned when the verdicts were read in U.S. District Court in Baltimore. Just moments earlier, John Baumgarten Sr. had given a big smile and a "thumbs up" sign to his wife as though he were confident he would be hearing good news.

A federal jury convicted John Baumgarten and his two sons yesterday of running a much-feared drug smuggling ring out of their Severna Park barbershop, which they used as cover to sell more than 60 pounds of cocaine in Anne Arundel County.The Baumgartens appeared stunned when the verdicts were read in U.S. District Court in Baltimore. Moments earlier, John Baumgarten Sr. had given a big smile and a "thumbs up" sign to his wife.The defendants' wives and relatives wept when a clerk announced the guilty verdicts on federal drug-distribution charges.

An incorrect wedding date was given in the Just Married feature in Sunday's Arts & Society section. Tracy Brinkley and Doug Baumgarten were married on April 25.The Sun regrets the errors.