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By Justin Fenton, The Baltimore Sun | April 23, 2013
Robert Jarrett Jr. was convicted Tuesday of murdering his wife, following a trial in which prosecutors described him as a "cold-blooded killer" who allowed his sons to walk over her body buried beneath their backyard shed for two decades. Howard County jurors handed down a guilty verdict on one count of second-degree murder after deliberating into the night, bringing an end to a years-long investigation. Prosecutors, who had pushed for a first-degree murder conviction, said they would seek the maximum penalty of 30 years in prison at Jarrett's sentencing, scheduled in August.
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By John Fritze, The Baltimore Sun | April 19, 2013
A Baltimore City Circuit Court jury on Thursday convicted a 22-year-old man of second-degree murder in a shooting in Southwest Baltimore that killed a bystander and left two others injured in 2010. Harry Davis, 22, faces a maximum sentence of 108 years. He was also convicted of two counts of second-degree assault and two weapons violations, the Baltimore City State's Attorney's office said. Sentencing is scheduled for July 2. Prosecutors said Davis approached four men on the 500 block of Eastlynn Ave. on Sept.
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Aegis staff reports | April 11, 2013
Aberdeen Teresa Alfiea Gonzales, 44, of the 700 block of Custis Street, was charged Wednesday with second-degree escape. Lisa Marie Diban, 44, of the 300 block of Baltimore Street, was charged Thursday with failing to appear in court for a case in which she was charged with driving while under the influence of alcohol, driving on the sidewalk and driving while impaired by alcohol. An SUV was driving over ball fields in the 600 block of Chelsea Road on Tuesday. Juveniles were playing with fire in the woods, near the 500 block of Plume Court, on Tuesday.
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By Jack Leonard and Hailey Branson Potts, Tribune Newspapers | April 10, 2013
A German native who consorted for years with New England's social elite by pretending to be a Rockefeller was convicted Wednesday in Los Angeles of first-degree murder, capping a nearly three-decade-old mystery involving a missing couple and a body buried in a Southern California backyard. Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, 52, was accused of bludgeoning his landlady's adult son with a blunt object, then digging a 3-foot-deep grave in the backyard of the victim's home in San Marino. The body was buried behind a guest house where Gerhartsreiter had been living.
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By Scott Dance, The Baltimore Sun | April 9, 2013
Maryland skipped over spring and went straight to summer-like weather Tuesday, as a "Bermuda high" system more common to June or July created a chance for record-breaking heat on Wednesday. Temperatures reached 85 degrees at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport and 89 degrees in downtown Baltimore on Tuesday. That is 20 degrees above normal, and even more of a departure from what has been a chilly spring - March was, on average, colder than December. The long wait for warmth meant Baltimoreans flocked to the outdoors.
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By Joe Burris, The Baltimore Sun | April 8, 2013
Howard Community College student Katie Dunklee won't name the four-year school - her top choice - that turned her down for admission out of high school, but nowadays she doesn't lament the rejection. In fact, to hear the Elkridge resident tell it, the snub, though disheartening at the time, has proved to be beneficial. Surely her performance at HCC bolsters that claim. She has a 4.0 grade-point average, has become a leader of her junior college honor society and last month was awarded two national scholarships for her academic achievements.