Belair Road

Baltimore police arrested two more suspects yesterday in the robbery of a Belair Road gun store and the fatal shooting of its owner.Lawrence Bell Jr., 38, of the 2300 block of Druid Hill Avenue was arrested after he surrendered to police in the Central District lobby at 12:30 a.m., said police spokesman Dennis S. Hill. He was charged with first-degree murder, first-degree attempted murder, use of a handgun in the commission of a felony and two other handgun violations.Later in the morning, homicide detectives went to the home of James Carlton Blackwell Jr. in the 2200 block of West Baltimore Street with an arrest warrant.

A string of accidents on a slick, hilly stretch of Belair Road in Baltimore County had family and community members yesterday blaming the dangerous road for the recent death of a 16-year-old Kingsville boy."I'm going to start writing the governor, congressmen, delegates and senators," said Brian Traut, uncle of Nikolaus Bach Traut, who died in an accident Saturday. "I'm going to start writing everybody because I mean, how many more people have to die on that road before something is done?"

Al Packer bought his first car one afternoon in 1943, but it never made it home. He sold it that evening -- launching a business that continues to this day.Mr. Packer, 79, who died Sunday of heart failure at his Pikesville home, parlayed genuine salesmanship, a sense of daring and a gift for gab into five new car dealerships and five used car lots in the Baltimore area (all in a two-mile stretch of Belair Road) and two dealerships in Palm Beach, Fla.For five decades, the name Al Packer has been synonymous with car sales in Baltimore, and Al Packer firmly believed that he never met a car he couldn't sell.

Five men were sentenced to prison yesterday for their roles in the fatal shooting of a Belair Road gun shop owner during a robbery last September.Baltimore Circuit Judge Elsbeth L. Bothe imposed sentences ranging from 20 years to life on the five men, who were among eight to plead guilty in the murder of 53-year-old Charles E. "Eddie" Scheuerman.Mr. Scheuerman, owner of the Northeast Gun Shop in the 4900 block of Belair Road in Gardenville, was shot in the chest with a shotgun by robbers who emptied gun cases on two walls before fleeing.

Just look at this yard.A shade tree, 150 years old, is reduced to heaps of logs and mulch. A cherry picker is chocked in front of the house, its boom reaching toward 13,000 volts of hot wire. Orange stakes and yellow flags mark a path that will bring Belair Road closer to the Pipino family's doorstep and to the neighboring homes and businesses along Perry Hall's main drag."They come and tell you they want your property," says Barry Pipino, who has lived in the red brick cottage with the screened breezeway for 20 years.

A man was shot in the arm Saturday evening in Northeast Baltimore, police say. Officers found the victim suffering from at least one gunshot wound in the 4900 block of Belair Road about 6:50 p.m., police said. He was taken to a local hospital for treatment. Police released no other information. alisonk@baltsun.com twitter.com/aliknez

Water service has been restored around 4 p.m. to about 50 homes and a half-dozen retail businesses in the Nottingham section of Baltimore County. Baltimore Public Works spokesman Kurt Kocher said a broken 12-inch water main was discovered about 5 a.m. Tuesday on the north side of Belair Road between Dunfield Road and Klosterman Avenue. The northbound lanes of Belair Road will remain closed between Dunfield Road and Klosterman Avenue until weather conditions permit resurfacing of the road, he said.

One of two 13-year-old girls reported missing in Baltimore on Saturday night has returned home, city police said Sunday evening, but the other girl still has not been found. Kymira Martin made contact with her mother Sunday and returned home later that day, according to police. She was reported missing from her home in Waverly after leaving Friday evening. Still missing is Kaitlyn Benny. Described as white, 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighing 130 pounds, she was last seen about 5:30 p.m. Friday in the 5900 block of Benton Heights Ave. in the Glenham-Belford area off Belair Road.

Two girls were hospitalized after being hit by a school bus yesterday morning in Northeast Baltimore, police said. The girls, ages 12 and 14, were struck as they attempted to cross Belair Road near Moravia Road about 9:35 a.m., police and fire officials said. They had just gotten off of a Maryland Transit Administration bus and were on their way to Northeast Middle School, which, like other city schools, opened two hours late yesterday because of icy roads, officials said. The school system said the 14-year-old suffered a fractured neck and jaw, and injuries to her left eye. She was taken to the Johns Hopkins Hospital pediatric unit.

Martha Viola Langenfelder, who owned and managed a Perry Hall trailer park, died of unknown causes in her sleep Tuesday at the Heron Point Retirement Community in Chestertown. The former Baltimore County resident was 96. Born in Raspeburg in Baltimore County, she was the daughter of farmers Henry and Anuska Ann Langenfelder. She attended Rosedale Elementary School and began working on the family farm after graduating from the eighth grade. In 1936, she married a distant cousin, Conrad John Langenfelder, whom she met at a church event.