Father And Son

Dr. Keiffer J. Mitchell Sr. didn't do his son, the mayoral candidate, a favor this week when he tried to explain his use of $40,000 in campaign funds. The elder Mitchell's attempt Monday returned to the public spotlight an issue of questionable spending that his son, Baltimore City Councilman Keiffer J. Mitchell Jr., had put to rest last week. Having two well-known but often polarizing Baltimore lawyers do the explaining - literally, the talking - for Dr. Mitchell turned a campaign misstep into an attack on the media.

A father and son have been convicted in the fatal shooting of a Baltimore County teen-ager and the wounding of her mother in a scheme aimed at collecting life insurance benefits, prosecutors said.Convicted of murder, attempted murder and conspiracy to murder were Donald Williams, 52, of the first block of Franklin Valley Circle in Reisterstown, and his son Maurice Bernard Williams, 29, of Lynchburg, Va., said Assistant State's Attorney Mickey Norman.The two were charged with the shootings Aug. 30, 1990, of Donald Williams' wife, Pamela Williams, and her 17-year-old daughter, Tiffany Chisholm, at their home.

When an Air Force F-117A stealth fighter jet broke apart in midair during a 1997 air show and George E. Weiss Sr. caught it on videotape, he knew he had valuable footage.But his ownership of that footage was short-lived. And just how valuable the video was remains for a court to decide, if a federal lawsuit goes forward that pits Weiss, a roofer retired on disability, against Chesapeake Television Inc., owners of WBFF-TV Fox 45.Weiss and his son, George E. Weiss Jr., 29, allege that Fox 45 took the video the father and son gave them to review minutes after the crash near Martin State Airport and aired it on television without permission.

GLEN BURNIE -- A 15-year-old boy died Saturday of injuries he received when he was pinned beneath several steel carts in a delivery truck he was helping his father unload, Anne Arundel County police said yesterday.Police did not release the youth's name.According to police, the father and son had just finished unloading supplies about 4 p.m. at the Checkers Restaurant in the 1400 block of N. Crain Highway when the accident occurred.The teen's father told police that he left the truck for a few minutes and when he returned he found his son beneath the carts.

Like father, like son.Despite the cliche, this is the first time Robert and Bo Foxworth, father and son actors, have seen it in action.Sitting in Center Stage's sunny rehearsal hall, the Foxworths are discussing what it's like to perform together in Bertolt Brecht's "Galileo" -- their first joint acting effort. And it doesn't take Galileo's telescope to pick up on the family resemblance.Both have reddish-brown beards, although Robert's is a full beard, shaded with gray, and Bo's is a goatee.

For more than six months, no one had seen or heard from Thomas Randolph Smith Jr.But Friday night, police investigating complaints about bad checks written on Smith's bank account found out where he was -- buried in the back yard in Southwest Baltimore under a row of tomato plants, slain with an ax.Yesterday his son, Thomas Randolph Smith III, was charged with first-degree murder."

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Two teens from Annapolis were arrested on burglary and theft charges Friday morning after two officers found $1,700 worth of property from the Smith Marine store stashed behind a nearby Severna Park restaurant, county police said.Eastern District Officers Brian Fleig and Don Ward were on patrol about 1:30 a.m. when they noticed the two young people standing behind Shooters Bar and Grill in the 900 block of Ritchie Highway. The youths ran when they saw the officers, but Officer Fleig caught them after a brief chase.

Prince George's County police are investigating the shooting deaths of a father and his son whose bodies were found yesterdayinside their District Heights auto dealership.Pronounced dead at the scene, K & B Motors in the 6200 block of Marlboro Pike, were Irving Higgs, 72, and his son, Barry Higgs, 36, both of Temple Hills. Police said a customer discovered the bodies lying on the floor about 4:15 p.m.Police had no motive for the slayings and had no suspects in custody.

An argument between a father and son accelerated into a shooting Friday, sending the younger man to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, state police reported.Troopers said Darryl N. Hodges, 32, became involved in an argument with his father, Normand H. Hodges, 61, shortly before noon. The younger man had gone to his father's home in the1800 block of Tank Road, Finksburg, to pick up belongings he had left when he moved to Baltimore recently.Investigators said the elder Mr. Hodges accused his son of taking things that did not belong to him. One shot was fired from a .32-caliber handgun and the bullet lodged in the younger man's right shoulder.

Chazz Palminteri and his bus-driver dad, Lorenzo, became expert at keeping secrets. They could be gregarious, even expansive, but they knew when to shut their traps. For instance, Lorenzo Palminteri withheld crucial information about a murder that his then-9-year-old son witnessed from the family's Bronx front stoop in 1961. "At the time, I thought those men were fighting over the parking space in front of my building," says Palminteri, an Academy Award-nominated actor who specializes in playing thugs.

Overturning norms The Lowdown: Artists push beyond the ordinary in To Overthrow or Overturn: The Art of Accident, Disaster and Catastrophe. They examine how calamities and their outcomes are multifaceted, not just cause-and-effect events. The exhibition explores different forms and genres in approaching the explanations for events. If You Go: The exhibition opens today, with a reception from 5 p.m.-7 p.m. It runs until Aug. 9 at the School 33 Art Center, 1427 Light St. Free. The Artscape reception for the exhibit is 2 p.m.-5 p.m. July 12. Call 410-396-4641 or go to school33.

A 56-year-old Carney man has been charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting Sunday of his 38-year-old son, Baltimore County police said yesterday. Harold Zane Williams Sr. was charged in the death of Harold Zane Williams Jr., who was shot at his father's home in the 9700 block of Harford Road, police said. Officers were called to the house about 5 p.m. Sunday after a report of a gunshot and found the younger Williams with a shotgun wound to his abdomen. He was taken to Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, where he died of his injuries Sunday night, according to police.

An Anne Arundel County man with a history of mental health problems was sentenced yesterday to treatment at the state's maximum-security psychiatric hospital for killing his father - a crime prompted by a psychotic episode, according to a court-ordered psychological evaluation. John Scott Bealefeld, 43, of Linthicum pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree murder for the beating death of his father, Maurice Bealefeld, 74, last summer at the home they shared. Though he pleaded guilty, he was found "not criminally responsible," akin under Maryland law to an insanity plea.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.-- --The father and son enjoyed the most American of moments yesterday, sitting shoulder-to-shoulder at a ballgame, wearing matching Orioles warm-up jackets and basking in the South Florida sun. The son pointed around the diamond, identifying the players in their pristine uniforms before the first pitch of the Grapefruit League season. When the son got to new Orioles center fielder Adam Jones, he explained to his dad that the 22-year-old had a lot of talent, a lot of upside.

Tires, fuel and speed were the ingredients of an enjoyable Sunday afternoon for a Baltimore father and son who ventured to Herring Run Park to race their scaled-down yet powerful vehicles, 10 in all. Danny Gordon has had the hobby since he was teenager and got his son Devin involved in more recent years. The pair bring their cars - seven for Danny and three for Devin - to the park many weekends.

A father and son were killed yesterday afternoon on the Eastern Shore after a dump truck rear-ended their vehicle, state police said yesterday. The accident in Queen Anne's County, near the Talbot County border, happened about 1:40 p.m. on eastbound Route 404, a partially divided highway that has long been considered one of the Shore's most dangerous roads. The truck was traveling east in Queen Anne's near Pinder Road when the driver failed to stop at a traffic backup, hitting several stopped cars, said State Police Cpl. Art Lohman.

Dr. Keiffer J. Mitchell Sr. didn't do his son, the mayoral candidate, a favor this week when he tried to explain his use of $40,000 in campaign funds. The elder Mitchell's attempt Monday returned to the public spotlight an issue of questionable spending that his son, Baltimore City Councilman Keiffer J. Mitchell Jr., had put to rest last week. Having two well-known but often polarizing Baltimore lawyers do the explaining - literally, the talking - for Dr. Mitchell turned a campaign misstep into an attack on the media.

There's a part of Cal Ripken Jr.'s Hall of Fame induction speech he's both anticipating and dreading. He's been rehearsing it privately, hoping to smooth out the voice cracks and the sniffles. He's normally a composed and articulate speaker, but when Ripken talks about his father Sunday, even he can't predict where his emotions might take him. It's the subject matter that gets him --- fathers and sons. And baseball. The three are intricately tied together, and wouldn't you know it, among the artifacts on display at the National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum - where you can find everything from Babe Ruth's bowling ball to the cap Ichiro Suzuki wore in the 2007 All-Star Game --- is a subtle tribute to the most enduring facet of America's storied pastime.

Suddenly, on Saturday, April 7th, 2007 OLEN L. KETTERMAN. Born in Ellicott City, MD on September 30, 1941, he was a lifelong resident of Howard County. He graduated from Howard County Senior High School in 1959. Olen started his own business, O.K. Seeding & Sodding in 1962 and became successful with his father and son working with him and ventured into all aspects of outdoor work. They then changed the name to K & K Excavating, Inc. Father and son were very close and Olen, Jr. will continue running the business as usual.