NEWS
By Jessica Anderson, The Baltimore Sun | May 6, 2010
A man was fatally struck by a car in Essex Tuesday night. The man has been identified, but police have not been able to notify his family, said Lt. Robert McCullough, spokesman with Baltimore County police. The incident happened in the 400 block of Eastern Boulevard, near Mace Avenue just after 10 p.m. No additional detail s were available. jkanderson@baltsun.com
NEWS
By Mary Gail Hare, The Baltimore Sun | April 25, 2012
Two men confronted another man in an Essex barbershop Wednesday afternoon and shot him, police said. Baltimore County police responded at 2:34 p.m. to the business in the 600 block of S. Marlyn Ave., near Homberg Street and Deep Creek. A 39-year-old man had been injured and he has been taken to an area hospital for treatment. His injuries were not life threatening. The motive for the shooting is still under investigation, police said. Police placed schools in the area on alert status as a precautionary measure.
NEWS
By Baltimore Sun reporter | April 6, 2010
Suspicious powder was found this morning at a processing center of the U.S. Census Bureau in Essex, though it was found to be harmless. The Baltimore County police and fire departments were called around 10 a.m. to the U.S. Census Bureau's Data Capture Center, in the 8400 block of Kelso Drive, to examine a package containing a small amount of powder, said Elise Armacost, the fire department spokeswoman. "We did not evacuate the building, no one was showing symptoms, there were no transports," Armacost said.
NEWS
By Jessica Anderson, The Baltimore Sun | May 5, 2010
A 19-year-old was stabbed by a juvenile in Essex on Wednesday night, police said. The teen was stabbed in his left side and was taken to Johns Hopkins Baywview Medical Center with nonlife-threatening injuries, said Lt. Robert McCullough, spokesman with the Baltimore County Police. The incident, which occurred in a residential area in the 800 block of Arncliffe Road at about 8:07 p.m., grew out of an argument, McCullough said. No additional details were available Wednesday night.
NEWS
By Liz F. Kay, The Baltimore Sun | July 19, 2010
Baltimore County Police have identified a woman who died Friday while in police custody after an altercation. Officers responded to a report that a woman had taken a shirt and another item from a car near Hawthorne Road and Eastern Boulevard, according to police. The first officer spoke to the woman, Mary Beth Crocker, 41, of the first block of Ridgemoor Road, but then Crocker turned and ran. The officer caught her, but Crocker began assaulting the officer, stabbing him with a pen and attempting to grab his weapon, police said.
NEWS
August 9, 1991
The people of Essex are distressed. The redistricting plan that the Baltimore County Council approved Monday splits their councilmanic district -- moving 14,000 Essexites from the 5th District into the 7th District. That not only lumps residents of Essex with those in Dundalk, whose community identities are vastly different and competitive, but also, and more important, breaks up what has traditionally been a Democratic stronghold.But what did the people expect? In the last election, the 5th and 7th districts threw over Democratic incumbent Dennis Rasmussen and supported Republican Roger Hayden for county executive.