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Two teens were hospitalized after being shot in Edgewood Sunday afternoon, the Harford County Sheriff's Office said. Police received a call about a shooting in the unit block of Yorkshire Drive about 5:20 p.m., according to a statement from the sheriff's office. When deputies arrived, they found Solothol Thomas Delilly and Rashad Colyns, both 18, suffering from gunshot wounds to the torso, police said. Delilly was flown to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he was in critical but stable condition Sunday night, police said.

A toddler was stabbed this morning at a Social Services office in East Baltimore, and the child's mother is in custody, city officials said. A woman was visiting her 8-month-old child at the office, in the 3000 block of E. Biddle St., and was in a room with the child and a social worker, said Baltimore Police Detective Donny Moses. At some point the woman became irate, Moses said, took out a long kitchen knife and stabbed the baby. The child was taken to Johns Hopkins Pediatrics, is in good condition and is expected to survive, Moses said.

Four "persons of interest" in a shooting were taken into custody following a standoff that lasted more than two hours Tuesday in West Baltimore. Police said an unidentified man was shot three times about 1:30 p.m. in the 500 block of Sanford Place and collapsed around the corner in the 500 block of Cumberland St. He was taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center with non-life-threatening injuries to his arm, back and midsection, according to Anthony Guglielmi,...

Authorities are investigating Tuesday's security breach at a Baltimore social services office, which police said allowed a woman hiding a large kitchen knife in a bag to enter the building and stab her 8-month-old daughter. The infant was wounded in the neck and head, and police said a social worker was in the room when the stabbing took place. The baby was in good condition at Johns Hopkins Children's Center, and as of Tuesday evening, no charges had been filed against the mother, who was in police custody.

Baltimore County police have two people Thursday in custody following an armed robbery in Hunt Valley. Police were called about 1:30 p.m. to the Alpha Gold Exchange in the 10800 block of York Road in response to a robbery. The suspects were arrested shortly thereafter, police said. Investigators remained on the scene interviewing witnesses throughout the afternoon. The suspects were expected to have a bail hearing late Thursday, police said. Mary.gail.hare@baltsun.com Text NEWS to 70701 to get Baltimore Sun local news text alerts

In what lawyers believe was a first in Maryland, a judge recently ordered a divorcing couple to split custody of their dog, a recognition, experts say, that pets stand apart from other property. Once rare, post-breakup disputes over who keeps the pet have grown more common in the past two decades. At the same time, some couples, many choosing not to have children, are lavishing attention on their pets and are willing to spend thousands of dollars in legal fees fighting for custody of Rover.

IMAGINE SAM CHEEK'S incredulity at receiving this one-paragraph letter from the Baltimore-area hospital caring for his son, who had tried to cut his throat a month earlier: "We plan to discharge your son Andrew on February 25, 2002. If you do not come to take Andrew home on that date, we will notify Department of Social Services, Child Protective Services, that he is an abandoned child in need of placement." An abandoned child? Just weeks before, the doctors had told Mr. Cheek that his 13-year-old son needed to be placed in a therapeutic group home after his hospital stay.

Two men were shot in the 2200 block of Aiken St. at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, police said. A possible suspect was taken into custody within 40 minutes of the incident, a police statement said. The shooting took place in the East Baltimore Midway neighborhood. No officers were involved in the incident, police said. Police had not made any other information available by 10 p.m. Saturday. steve.kilar@baltsun.com twitter.com/stevekilar

A woman who says she is the mother of Terrell Suggs' children has filed a $70 million lawsuit in Baltimore County Circuit Court, alleging that the Ravens linebacker abused her on two occasions last month. Candace Williams, 26, filed the suit Tuesday along with a separate complaint seeking custody of their two infant children, and the cases come on the heels of a restraining order she filed last week against Suggs, claiming that he knocked her to the ground and spilled bleach on her and her son. A hearing in that case is scheduled for Friday.

County police said they arrested a Lanham man Wednesday on an assault charge after his former girlfriend said he pulled a gun during a custody dispute and threatened to shoot her.Tracy L. Robinson, 20, told police she was arguing about custody with Reginald L. Desaussure, 23, at her home in the 200 block of Jill Lane in Laurel shortly before 9 a.m.Police said Robinson told them that she grabbed an iron to protect herself, and the man pulled a gun from his...

A third person has been arrested in connection with the mid-March videotaped beating of a man in downtown Baltimore, police said. Deangelo Carter, 18, of Baltimore, was taken into custody Tuesday in Northeast Baltimore, said Detective Jeremy Silbert, a spokesman for the Baltimore Police Department. Carter has been charged with first-degree assault, he said. Police are still looking for a fourth person — Shatia Baldwin, 21, of Baltimore — who they say took part in the assault on a man from Alexandria, Va. Baldwin is named in a warrant that charges her with assault and robbery.

Baltimore County police have two people Thursday in custody following an armed robbery in Hunt Valley. Police were called about 1:30 p.m. to the Alpha Gold Exchange in the 10800 block of York Road in response to a robbery. The suspects were arrested shortly thereafter, police said. Investigators remained on the scene interviewing witnesses throughout the afternoon. The suspects were expected to have a bail hearing late Thursday, police said. Mary.gail.hare@baltsun.com Text NEWS to 70701 to get Baltimore Sun local news text alerts

Baltimore police arrested a 54-year-old man at a home in the 3500 block of Edgewood Road around 9 a.m. Saturday after he refused to talk to investigators following an alleged assault Friday night. Police stood guard outside the home in the Ashburton neighborhood after a woman, who had left the house, reported an assault around 11:30 p.m., according to police spokesman Detective Jeremy Silbert. The woman had non-life threatening injuries, Silbert said. The man, whose identity wasn't immediately released pending formal charges, was arrested Saturday morning on assault and weapon charges, Silbert said.

A man was stabbed to death in the Northwest Baltimore neighborhood of Central Park Heights Wednesday evening, police said. The stabbing took place in the 3500 block of Woodland Ave at around 8:30 p.m., police said. A suspect is in custody. No other information, including the identity of the victim, was immediately available. steve.kilar@baltsun.com twitter.com/stevekilar

Three men were injured in a stabbing Sunday morning at the Sunset Beach Bar & Grill in Rosedale, Baltimore County police said. A knife fight broke out at 1:49 at the bar, in the 11400 block of Pulaski Highway, said Cpl. George Erhardt. One victim was taken to Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, one was taken to Franklin Square Hospital Center, and a third "is running around somewhere and hasn't checked in anywhere," Erhardt said. The two who went to the hospital were in stable condition, he said.

Two men were shot in the 2200 block of Aiken St. at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, police said. A possible suspect was taken into custody within 40 minutes of the incident, a police statement said. The shooting took place in the East Baltimore Midway neighborhood. No officers were involved in the incident, police said. Police had not made any other information available by 10 p.m. Saturday. steve.kilar@baltsun.com twitter.com/stevekilar

A month after a Montgomery County woman won custody of her 2-year-old son even though she had killed her infant daughter, Maryland House leaders yesterday urged changing state law to emphasize children's safety over parental rights.House Speaker Casper R. Taylor Jr. said the proposal would make it easier to remove children permanently from abusive homes because the child's welfare would come before attempts to reunite a family."There is a legitimate interest in keeping the child with the biological parent," said Taylor, an Allegany County Democrat.

Hideous!A return to the Dark Ages.There must be something more to this case.Those are the initial impressions among some Baltimore parents and day-care providers, as they try to make sense of a child-custody ruling made in Michigan this week.A circuit judge there has given custody of a 3-year-old child to the father because the mother puts the daughter in day care while she goes to college. Macomb County Circuit Judge Raymond Cashen ruled that Jennifer Ireland's daughter would be better off living with the father's mother, whom he plans to leave the child with when he's at work.

A 10th grade boy was stabbed in a stairwell Thursday afternoon at Civitas Middle/High School in West Baltimore, Baltimore City Public Schools said in a statement. A 14-year-old has been taken into custody in connection with the incident, which occurred at about 1:30 p.m., according to the statement. The victim was stabbed in the lower left abdomen and taken to Sinai Hospital. He was in stable condition as of 4 p.m., the statement said. Baltimore City Schools Police are investigating.

Just over three hours after he escaped from Baltimore County police custody, Vincent Avila, 25, was apprehended by police on Monday night, Oct. 3, in the parking lot of the Exxon station on the corner of York and Seminary roads in Towson. The lot is directly across the street from where police had conducted press interviews about the escape. Avila escaped custody while en route to the Baltimore County Detention Center on Monday, at 6:17 p.m. when he worked his way out of his shackles and "busted out the back window of a patrol vehicle," according to a police statement.