Bedroom Closet

POLICE LOG* Elkridge: 200 block of Keeton Way: An estranged husband was found hiding in a bedroom closet Saturday. Police arrested and charged Eric John Ferguson, 23, of the 200 block of Falston Road in Elkridge with breaking and entering.

Happy Super Bowl Monday, Baltimore. Unsurprisingly, game-related topics are getting a lot of attention online today, along with several news stories that broke as the weekend was commencing. That latter category includes the possibility of large, free Wi-Fi networks and America's first space pornographer. If faces on the light rail ride this morning were any sort of accurate indication, most readers are, at best, blinking at this article through a rather dense fog of celebratory hangover, so without further verbosity: || ONLINE TRENDS || Super Bowl (NFL, Ravens, Joe Flacco, #SB47, #Champions)

The PreserveD. R. Horton Homes has opened a new model at The Preserve at Hunt Valley.The community, which has 30 lots available, offers eight floor plans.Standard options include brick fronts, brass carriage lamps, 9-foot first-floor and lower-level ceilings, cathedral or tray ceilings in master bedroom, and masonry wood-burning fireplace in family room.The model, the Somerset, is 4,250 square feet and starts at a base price of $529,900.A three-car garage and a 10-by-10-foot concrete patio are standard features of the Somerset.

For homeowner Michael G. Curry, it was the beautiful city views that drew him to trade a 40-room Guilford mansion for a three-bedroom condominium in HarborView Tower. "No matter where you are in the unit, you see the skyline, you see the water -- even in the master bath," says Curry, who purchased the unit about five years ago and has completely renovated it from top to bottom, removing walls to better configure the space. The condo, one of the few three-bedroom models available at HarborView, has an open floor plan with multiple rooms offering city and Inner Harbor views, including the living area, the dining room and the master bedroom.

The owner of Annapolis Cab Co. was arrested at his home yesterday after police found more than $23,000 worth of marijuana and cocaine in his bedroom closet, authorities said.Robert W. Matthews, 53, was asleep at his home in the 200 block of Browns Woods Road when more than a dozen city and county police, armed with a search warrant, raided the residence at 5:30 a.m., said Capt. John Wright, a police spokesman.Police found 15 1/2 pounds of marijuana, valued at $23,000 to $37,000, in 1-pound packages in a duffel bag in Mr. Matthews' bedroom closet.

John T. Titus, the estranged husband of a Hampstead woman who was found strangled in her bedroom closet Monday, has been charged in a warrant with first-degree murder, authorities said yesterday.Titus, who remains at Carroll County General Hospital, will be served with the warrant for his arrest "at the appropriate time," said Jerry F. Barnes, Carroll County state's attorney.Titus, 33, of the first block of Oakway Road in Timonium remained in stable condition at the Westminster hospital yesterday, a hospital spokeswoman said.

A suspect in a burglary who was injured in a fight with Baltimore police officers was shot to death last evening by an officer who fired at him as he tried to flee from the hospital where he was being treated, police said.The man, in his 30s but still unidentified last night, had bolted about 4:45 p.m. from the emergency room of Bon Secours Hospital after his handcuffs were removed during an examination, said Agent Doug Price, a city police spokesman.Darlene Early, 22, an officer for two years, chased the man outside the building and shot him once with her service pistol, causing him to collapse in front of the emergency room entrance, Agent Price said.

RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. -- Sometime in the night, police say -- four days after he beat her to death and stashed her body in a bedroom closet -- Walter John Zile said a prayer over the 6-foot makeshift grave of his 7-year-old stepdaughter, Christina Holt.She died because she had soiled her pants during a tongue lashing, then wouldn't stop crying when he began beating her.Christina Holt -- whose picture in the past week has graced 10,000 fliers and the television sets of millions -- has been dead and buried for more than a month.

A suspect in a burglary who was injured in a fight with Baltimore police officers was shot to death last evening by an officer who fired at him as he tried to flee from the hospital where he was being treated, police said.The man, in his 30s but still unidentified last night, had bolted about 4:45 p.m. from the emergency room of Bon Secours Hospital after his handcuffs were removed during an examination, said Agent Doug Price, a city police spokesman.Darlene Early, 22, an officer for two years, chased the man outside the building and shot him once with her service pistol, causing him to collapse in front of the emergency room entrance, Agent Price said.

For homeowner Michael G. Curry, it was the beautiful city views that drew him to trade a 40-room Guilford mansion for a three-bedroom condominium in HarborView Tower. "No matter where you are in the unit, you see the skyline, you see the water -- even in the master bath," says Curry, who purchased the unit about five years ago and has completely renovated it from top to bottom, removing walls to better configure the space. The condo, one of the few three-bedroom models available at HarborView, has an open floor plan with multiple rooms offering city and Inner Harbor views, including the living area, the dining room and the master bedroom.

Most of the rituals are gone now, although I still catch myself staring at the yellow Lands' End short jacket she hung on the closet door in the foyer before she left that Tuesday morning, Sept. 11, 2001. She was on her way to Dulles to board American Airlines Flight 77. Perhaps it was an omen, a kind of warning for me to use caution in the days ahead. We were to be married Dec. 22. And maybe it was just a jacket she forgot in haste. It now hangs in my bedroom closet, not in among the rows of stuff but out where I can see it and be reminded that caution has now become one of the rituals I live by. Others I have learned to let go in order to heal.

The PreserveD. R. Horton Homes has opened a new model at The Preserve at Hunt Valley.The community, which has 30 lots available, offers eight floor plans.Standard options include brick fronts, brass carriage lamps, 9-foot first-floor and lower-level ceilings, cathedral or tray ceilings in master bedroom, and masonry wood-burning fireplace in family room.The model, the Somerset, is 4,250 square feet and starts at a base price of $529,900.A three-car garage and a 10-by-10-foot concrete patio are standard features of the Somerset.

The killing last week of a Hampstead woman, the apparent victim of domestic violence, has local authorities reviewing procedures and questioning whether more could have been done.Members of Patricia A. Titus' family say the system clearly failed the 40-year-old mother of two boys, Tyler, 2, and Taylor, 11 months.They blame the courts, police and family protective service agencies for failing to act swiftly in putting a halt to harassment and threats by her husband that began more than 18 months ago.But local authorities say that under Maryland law, proper procedure was followed.

John T. Titus, the estranged husband of a Hampstead woman who was found strangled in her bedroom closet Monday, has been charged in a warrant with first-degree murder, authorities said yesterday.Titus, who remains at Carroll County General Hospital, will be served with the warrant for his arrest "at the appropriate time," said Jerry F. Barnes, Carroll County state's attorney.Titus, 33, of the first block of Oakway Road in Timonium remained in stable condition at the Westminster hospital yesterday, a hospital spokeswoman said.

One of the first questions police officers asked Denise Cherry when they came to help her distraught husband was if there were any guns inside the couple's Hamilton apartment. No, she said emphatically.But she forgot about the 16-gauge shotgun tucked in the back of the bedroom closet -- a gift of more than a decade ago.Police said Baron Michael Cherry, a 41-year-old mentally disturbed man who frustrated his wife by refusing to take his medication, used the bolt-action shotgun to fatally shoot a veteran police lieutenant in the back Wednesday afternoon.

The owner of Annapolis Cab Co. was arrested at his home yesterday after police found more than $23,000 worth of marijuana and cocaine in his bedroom closet, authorities said.Robert W. Matthews, 53, was asleep at his home in the 200 block of Browns Woods Road when more than a dozen city and county police, armed with a search warrant, raided the residence at 5:30 a.m., said Capt. John Wright, a police spokesman.Police found 15 1/2 pounds of marijuana, valued at $23,000 to $37,000, in 1-pound packages in a duffel bag in Mr. Matthews' bedroom closet.

Most of the rituals are gone now, although I still catch myself staring at the yellow Lands' End short jacket she hung on the closet door in the foyer before she left that Tuesday morning, Sept. 11, 2001. She was on her way to Dulles to board American Airlines Flight 77. Perhaps it was an omen, a kind of warning for me to use caution in the days ahead. We were to be married Dec. 22. And maybe it was just a jacket she forgot in haste. It now hangs in my bedroom closet, not in among the rows of stuff but out where I can see it and be reminded that caution has now become one of the rituals I live by. Others I have learned to let go in order to heal.

One of the first questions police officers asked Denise Cherry when they came to help her distraught husband was if there were any guns inside the couple's Hamilton apartment. No, she said emphatically.But she forgot about the 16-gauge shotgun tucked in the back of the bedroom closet -- a gift of more than a decade ago.Police said Baron Michael Cherry, a 41-year-old mentally disturbed man who frustrated his wife by refusing to take his medication, used the bolt-action shotgun to fatally shoot a veteran police lieutenant in the back Wednesday afternoon.

Walk up Chris Fox's driveway, past his well-worn 1969 Volkswagen van with the sticker that says, "SAVE THE #i HUMANS," and you'll find a solar oven in his backyard. It's a hint of things to come inside.When he's not directing the Environment Project at Catonsville Community College or playing the guitar, Mr. Fox, 37, is practicing what he teaches -- creating an energy-efficient, environmentally friendly home. And he says you don't have to spend a fortune to make it happen."This isn't like a high-money approach," he said, showing off his two-bedroom home off Frederick Road in Catonsville.

RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. -- Sometime in the night, police say -- four days after he beat her to death and stashed her body in a bedroom closet -- Walter John Zile said a prayer over the 6-foot makeshift grave of his 7-year-old stepdaughter, Christina Holt.She died because she had soiled her pants during a tongue lashing, then wouldn't stop crying when he began beating her.Christina Holt -- whose picture in the past week has graced 10,000 fliers and the television sets of millions -- has been dead and buried for more than a month.