Covington

On January 5, 2007 BIRDIE COVINGTON. On Thursday friends may call at VAUGHN C. GREENE FUNERAL SERVICES (RANDALLSTOWN), 8728 Liberty Road from 4:00-8:00 p.m. On Friday, Mrs. Covington will lie in state at Christian Unity Temple Church, 399 Groveland Avenue, where the family will receive friends from 10:00-10:30 a.m. with services to follow. Inquiries to 410-655-0015.

WASHINGTON -- After a frustrating 20-month investigation into the shooting deaths of three young employees at a Starbucks in this city's upscale Georgetown neighborhood, police arrested a Washington man yesterday who they believe acted alone and charged him with murder.A District of Columbia superior judge issued an arrest warrant for Carl Derek Havord Cooper, 29, charging him with murder.Yesterday, police from the district and Prince George's County, along with FBI investigators, said their collaborative efforts led to the arrest, which came despite little evidence and no known witnesses to the July 1997 slayings.

Vernon E. Estep Jr. was given a two-year suspended prison term and was placed on five years' probation yesterday for his role in a 1996 fight that resulted in an Annapolis police officer wounding Estep and killing Estep's friend.Anne Arundel County Circuit Judge Clayton Greene Jr. acquitted Estep of the most serious count, assault with intent to murder, but convicted Estep, 22, of common-law assault and battery, and recklessly endangering another person, both misdemeanors. Greene found him not guilty of two other charges during the low-key hearing in which Assistant State's Attorney Warren Davis III read an agreed statement describing the fight.

GAMBRILLS -- Steve Covington swipes leaves and dirt off the lawn-chair cushion, and eases his weary self down before firing up a Kool Light to ruminate on tornadoes and Nixon and bull semen.With tan face and arms, wavy gray-flecked blond hair and mustache, he looks like Nick Nolte after a fight, especially with the dried blood on his hands and cuts on legs shod in heavy boots.It's early in the afternoon, and Covington has just woken up. But this is how and when his days begin, with a smoke and a stretch in the 865-acre back yard.

YOU can learn quite a lot about the urban wilderness from a simple car break-in.It happened to my teacher-wife last week. On an afternoon field trip from George Fox Middle School in Pasadena to the Inner Harbor, she parked at a meter on Covington Street behind the American Visionary Art Museum and a block from Southern High School.Blam. Blam. Two smashed windows on her station wagon. A briefcase and a cloth tote bag left on the floor were gone, along with a Giant Food plastic bag of snacks.

A map with an article in yesterday's editions about townhouses planned for land along Key Highway contained incorrect information. The townhouses will be on the west side of Key Highway. Also, the name of the road that runs along the eastern foot of Federal Hill is Covington Street.The Sun regrets the errors.In a move to encourage development in Baltimore, Community Development Financing Corp. is providing a loan for 20 upscale townhouses along the Inner Harbor -- a project that some charge is a departure from the agency's original mission.

A map with an article in yesterday's editions about townhouses planned for land along Key Highway contained incorrect information. The townhouses will be on the west side of Key Highway. Also, the name of the road that runs along the eastern foot of Federal Hill is Covington Street.The Sun regrets the errors.Pub Date: 10/12/98

A 35-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving early yesterday in Northeast Baltimore died shortly after he was forcibly restrained and handcuffed by city police officers.Baltimore police said Keith Leverett, a car dealer who lives in Laurel, passed out in the back of a police van and died later at Good Samaritan Hospital. A cause of death has not been determined.Homicide detectives are investigating the incident, which is routine when someone dies in police custody. Robert W. Weinhold Jr., a department spokesman, said a preliminary investigation shows "nothing that would indicate improper actions by the officers."

The way Howard prosecutors see it, former Maryland Trooper James M. Harding was looking for a fight last March 21. The way Harding sees it, his stepson, Marine Cpl. Andre Boone, was the one looking for trouble.What no one disagrees about is that when the men's paths crossed that day, Boone ended up dead, and Harding was charged with homicide.Yesterday, Harding's trial got under way in Howard Circuit Court. Prosecutors called the former state trooper a murderer, while Harding maintained he killed Boone, 23, in self-defense during a struggle at Harding's Columbia home.

All the pieces seemed to be in place for a quarterback controversy at Morgan State. There was just one hitch.The Bears wouldn't cooperate.Coach Stump Mitchell repeated after a lackluster 13-6 win over Bethune-Cookman last weekend that senior Otis Covington would remain the starter, even though the offense kept bogging down. And even though transfer Willie McGirt (Patterson) was available.McGirt stood on the sidelines at Hughes Stadium that afternoon with a football in his hand, offering support to Covington when he came off the field.

Raynor Leslie "Bill" Ayers Jr. A family graveside service is planned for Covington, Va.

Police are searching for two youths who robbed two teenagers at knifepoint in Glen Burnie on July 23. The victims, ages 16 and 17, were walking on Parke West Drive near Covington Avenue about 3:15 p.m. when two youths who appeared to be about their age approached them, demanded that they empty their pockets and threatened them with a knife, Anne Arundel County police said. One of them had a bicycle. The robbers fled on Covington Avenue toward Quarterfield Elementary School. Police are asking anyone with information to contact Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-756-2587 or text to Crimes, 274637.

Keith Covington heard the news at about noon yesterday, and he was ecstatic. A friend told him that Baltimore police had made arrests in the killing of his close friend, former City Councilman Kenneth N. Harris Sr., who was fatally shot in an early-morning robbery at Covington's jazz club in September. Covington, who fired at the three robbers as they fled through the club's rear door, said he never lost hope in the police. "It's a tremendous day," said Covington. "I've always been confident that police would make arrests."

On October 9, 2008, CYNTHIA COVINGTON. On Thursday, friends may call at VAUGHN C. GREENE FUNERAL SERVICES (RANDALLSTOWN), 8728 Liberty Road from 3 to 8 P.M. On Friday, services for Ms. Covington will be held in the Vaughn C. Greene Chapel, 8728 Liberty Road, where the family will receive friends from 11 to 11:30 A.M with services to follow. Inquiries to (410) 655-0015.

Mark Covington Howard, football The senior running back has been instrumental in leading the Lions to a 3-1 mark this season. In Saturday's 49-27 win over Howard County rival Oakland Mills, Covington set the tone with touchdown runs of 33, 46 and 9 yards to give the Lions an 18-0 lead. He finished with 252 yards on 13 carries (19.4-yard average) and scored five touchdowns. A power back with good speed, Covington has run for 413 yards and seven touchdowns in his second season playing on varsity.

The women sitting on the front porches of two adjoining Northeast Baltimore homes say the well-kept appearance of their community belies a stubborn crime problem. One of them recalls that her son-in-law - an off-duty security guard returning home from work - was beaten and robbed of his possessions as he waited for a bus just a few weeks ago. The other notes that drug dealers come from nearby neighborhoods to hang out on their lush corner. "A lot of people think that not a lot happens in this area, but it does," said one of the women, who was afraid to give her name.

As police continued to search for the robbers in the fatal shooting of former city councilman Kenneth N. Harris Sr., city officials prepared yesterday to honor and remember their one-time colleague. The City Hall council chamber will be draped in black for tonight's meeting, where members have been asked to wear black and will be given a chance to reflect on Harris and his accomplishments. Bouquets of flowers piled up outside the Northeast Baltimore jazz club where he was killed in an armed robbery.

In his eight years on the City Council, Kenneth N. Harris Sr. worked diligently to make parts of North and Northeast Baltimore safer from crime, including the Northwood Plaza, an aging strip mall that some say had its heyday in the 1960s. But Harris, who lost his bid for City Council president last year and left public life, died after falling victim to crime at that shopping center early yesterday. Harris, 45, was shot outside the New Haven Lounge, a well-known venue for live jazz at the center, by men who then entered the club, and robbed owner Keith Covington and other employees.

Baltimore sports apparel company Under Armour confirmed yesterday that it wants to build a corporate campus in Baltimore in the next several years, when it expects to outgrow its Tide Point headquarters. Kevin A. Plank, Under Armour Inc. chairman and chief executive officer, said the company is interested in having a bigger presence in the city. "The Under Armour campus should be an embodiment of the Under Armour brand," said Plank, speaking after an event in preparation for the launch of a cross trainer sneaker the company will begin selling next weekend.

In a rebuff to city economic development officials, Baltimore's Planning Commission has refused to approve creation of an urban renewal district in the West Covington area of South Baltimore, saying redevelopment plans should go forward but condemnation should not be used to forcibly displace thriving businesses and occupied homes. Panel members voted, 7-1, late Thursday not to recommend an urban renewal bill that would enable the city to use its power of eminent domain to acquire the mostly industrial property on 50 acres along the eastern shore of the Middle Branch and offer it for a privately developed mixed-use project.