NEWS
By Yeganeh June Torbati and Larry Carson, The Baltimore Sun | October 25, 2010
The man police say set a woman on fire in a wooded area of Laurel on Saturday afternoon was charged with attempted murder, assault and arson in an arrest warrant, Howard County police said Monday. Richard Rodola, 48, of no fixed address was also injured by the fire and is under police guard at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, police said. The victim, whom police have not identified, remains in critical condition. Police incorrectly reported earlier that the man had been arrested and was in custody.
NEWS
By Andrea K. Walker and Andrea K. Walker,andrea.walker@baltsun.com | March 23, 2009
Baltimore firefighters pulled a body from the water near Fells Point yesterday afternoon, but authorities said it was too soon to determine whether foul play was involved. It was the third time in two weeks that a body had been retrieved from the Inner Harbor. Yesterday, fire and police officials responded to a call of a body floating near the 1400 block of Thames St. about 12:30 p.m. and retrieved it a short time later, said Fire Chief Kevin Cartwright. The body, which appeared to be that of a Hispanic male age 20 to 30, seemed to have been in the water for some time, he said.
NEWS
By Don Markus | March 21, 2009
A jogger was stabbed Thursday night in Columbia and went door-to-door seeking help before Howard County police found him, authorities said. About 9:30 p.m., police received a report of a man knocking on doors asking for help in the 5700 block of Columbia Road. Officers said the stabbing occurred in the area of Columbia Road and Brook Way. The victim, William Iberg, 24, of Elkridge, suffered a stab wound to his torso and was flown by state police helicopter to Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore.
NEWS
July 7, 2007
THE COUNT Homicides since Jan. 1: 163 THE VICTIMS Phyllis S. Johnson, 40, of East Baltimore, was found stabbed to death in the basement of her home in the 1700 block of N. Broadway on Tuesday about 10:40 p.m. according to Baltimore police. Christopher M. Barrett, 52, of no fixed address, was identifed yesterday by police as having been found Sunday in a trash bag placed inside a trash can in the 1500 block of N. Bond St.
NEWS
By ANNIE LINSKEY | February 18, 2006
Anne Arundel County police charged three people and were searching for another yesterday in the shooting of a 15-year-old boy in a county park Thursday. Charged with first-degree assault, armed robbery and theft were: Matthew James Taylor, 19, of no fixed address; Jeffrey Ray Slye Jr., 18, of Severn; and a 14-year-old Glen Burnie boy. All were arrested Thursday. Still being sought was Tony Christian Brown, 18, of no fixed address. Police said the 15-year-old was trying to buy a handgun from the people who attacked him. The boy's injuries were not life-threatening.
NEWS
January 23, 2006
Two men were fatally shot yesterday in unrelated incidents in Baltimore, bringing to 25 the number of city homicides in the first 22 days of the year, police said. The latest slaying occurred about 3:30 p.m. when Antoine Armsted, 21, whose address was not available, was shot in the head while seated in a car parked in the 3300 block of W. Belvedere Ave., a few blocks from Pimlico Race Course. Police said Armsted was driven by a friend to Sinai Hospital and died three hours later. About 12:10 a.m. yesterday, Clyde Tatum, 18, of no fixed address, was found dead from a gunshot wound to the head behind a house in the 1200 block of Slater Ave. in Cherry Hill.