Briscoe

Gayle Briscoe honored as black leader Gayle Briscoe and her son Major Boyd were recognized in the 2003 Passing the Torch Legacy Awards given by African American Real Estate Professionals Inc. The award honored Briscoe as an outstanding African-American leader who has inspired a new generation of leaders to succeed. As an honoree, Briscoe passed the torch of legacy to her son at the awards ceremony at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore in October. Briscoe, an associate broker with the Ellicott City/Chatham office of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, has more than 30 years of real estate experience.

A man has been awarded $312,000 by a jury for the brutal hazing he received six years ago as an undergraduate cadet at a college in Vermont that specializes in turning out officers for the Navy and the Coast Guard. Keith Briscoe, 23, of Islip, N.Y., had sued Norwich University in Northfield, Vt., for the pain and suffering that he said he endured during about 100 incidents of hazing in the 2 1/2 months he was at the private school in 1995. The university, founded in 1819, is one of the oldest schools in the country specializing in training military officers.

Defense attorneys for Brian Jordan, charged with the April 1990 murder of a Columbia woman, claim that county prosecutors misled Jordan into believing that the state was considering offering him a plea bargain. The lawyers say the prosecution withheld critical information relating to Jordan's role in the crime.Jordan's attorneys, Philip Dantes and James Maggio, argued Monday at a pretrial hearing before Circuit Judge Raymond J. Kane Jr. for dismissal of the state's case against Jordan based on the lack of a speedy trial and prosecutorial misconduct.

A 46-year-old city employee was shot to death last night after a stranger began fighting with him over a cigarette, Baltimore homicide detectives said.Ellsworth Briscoe of the 600 block of W. Lafayette Ave. was shot several times about 7:45 p.m. at Pennsylvania Avenue and Mosher Street, police said.He was pronounced dead at the scene, and the killer was being sought last night, detectives reported.On duty as an employee for the Baltimore City Water and Waste Water Bureau, police said Mr. Briscoe was sitting in a city-owned truck when the stranger approached and asked for a cigarette.

A Baltimore police officer who arrested a Baltimore sheriff's deputy on The Block two years ago must pay $115,000 in damages for assaulting and imprisoning the man, a jury decided this week. The jury found in favor of sheriff's deputy Lewis Leo Tuggle, 35, who sued police officer Robert E. Briscoe, 69, after Briscoe arrested Tuggle and charged him with assault and failing to obey a police officer during an early-morning skirmish in the red-light district. Charges against Tuggle were later dropped.

Closing arguments are expected tomorrow in the murder trial of BrianJordan, accused of stabbing a Columbia woman during a robbery that turned violent.The state is seeking the death penalty against Jordan, 24, who is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Pamela Mary Barker.Barker, 44, a program analyst with the Health Care Financing Administration, was found stabbed to death in the bedroom of her town house on April 21, 1990.Attorneys expected the trial to conclude Friday, but Jordan's defense attorneys had difficulty locating one of their witnesses.

The jury that convicted Brian Jordan of murdering a Columbia woman must now decide if he should be sentenced to death for the April 1990 slaying of Pamela Mary Barker.The sentencing phase of the case isto begin today, following the jury's verdict Monday that Jordan is guilty of first-degree murder in Barker's death.Jordan's conviction comes nearly two years after Barker, 44, a program analyst with the Health Care Financing Administration, was found stabbed to death in the bedroom of her ransacked home in the 9700 block of Basket Ring Road.

While Pamela Mary Barker lay stabbed to death in her Columbia town house, Kevin Michael Briscoe used her credit card to pay for repairs on his car and go on a shopping spree, buying jewelry, cassettes and clothes, Assistant State's Attorney Christine Gage charged last week.Salespersons, store managers, cashiers and bank representatives took the stand in Briscoe's murder trial to testify on the state's theory that in the days following Barker's murder, Briscoe was withdrawing money and making purchases on Barker's credit card account.

Unbeaten Joppatowne (7-0) turned its speed loose on visiting North Harford (2-5) last night, and the result was a 32-0 thrashing.The Mariners, featuring a 1-2 punch in Chad Gary and Rodney Briscoe, scored the first two times it had the ball and a solid defense shut down North Harford.Gary and Briscoe, the Mariners' junior touchdown twins, accounted for their side's three first-half touchdowns. For the season, Gary, the county's leading rusher, has 12 touchdowns and Briscoe, seven, including two on defense.

A Circuit Court judge who sentenced Kevin Michael Briscoe to life plus 30 years for the April 1990 murder of a Columbia woman reduced his sentence yesterday by 20 years.Briscoe, 27, who was convicted of felony murder in the April 1990 death of 44-year-old Pamela Mary Barker, was sentenced to life in prison in April by Circuit Judge Raymond J. Kane Jr. Judge Kane also imposed the maximum sentences of 20 years for robbery with a deadly weapon and 10 years for burglary, to be served consecutively.