Franklintown Road

On July 30, 2006 MRS. PINKNEY, beloved wife of Odell Pinkney. Visitation at 2140 N. Fulton Avenue on Friday, 2-8pm. The family will receive friends at Nebo Christian Ministries, 240 N. Franklintown Road on Saturday at 10am. Funeral at 11am.

One woman was killed and another injured in a fire that broke out in a West Baltimore rowhouse early Thursday, according to Fire Department officials. Neighbors in the 1000 block of N. Rosedale St. in the city's Franklintown Road neighborhood said they were alerted to the blaze when they heard screaming and breaking glass sometime after 4 a.m. Fire officials identified the woman who died in the fire as Brenda Gittings-Sewell, 70. Her daughter, Cynthia Sewell, 43, is being treated for burns she suffered over 30 percent of her body.

On April 16, 2008, NATHANIEL C. PENDERGRASS. Viewing at THE JOSEPH L. RUSS FUNERAL HOME, P.A., 2222-26 W. North Avenue, from 4 to 6 P.M. on Monday, Wake on Tuesday, at Mt. Nebo Holiness Church, 240 N. Franklintown Road, from 6:30 to 7 P.M., when funeral service will begin. Interment in Kingstree, SC.

Baltimore city police are investigating two west side shootings, which could be related. Police responding to a 6 p.m. call Wednesday about shots fired found a 20-year-old man lying in the street in the 2800 block of Edmondson Ave. near Franklintown Road. The man, suffering from a serious head wound, was taken to an area hospital. Shortly before that incident, police said a 24-year-old man walked into a hospital in the same area. He was treated for two gunshot wounds to the leg. mary.gail.hare@baltsun.com Text NEWS to 70701 to get Baltimore Sun local news text alerts

A 40-year-old man was shot to death yesterday evening in the 200 block of N. Franklintown Road while apparently walking home from work, police said.Witnesses told police they saw the victim, Spencer Thomas of the 2600 block of W. Franklin St., being robbed by a gunman around 6:30 p.m. near the intersection of North Franklintown Road and West Fairmount Avenue.After the gunman removed unknown property from Mr. Thomas' pocket, he fired at least three shots, hitting the man once in the chest and twice in the head, witnesses reported to police.

Baltimore City Theft: Tools valued at more than $11,000 were stolen Wednesday from a Ford van parked at the park-and-ride lot on Security Boulevard near Interstate 70. Burglary: Police were seeking two women and a man who broke into a house in the 300 block of N. Franklintown Road on Wednesday and stole property valued at nearly $2,400.

On December 11, 2007, WILLIAM M. JOHNSON, SR. On Wednesday, friends may call at the VAUGHN C. GREENE FUNERAL SERVICES, 5151 Baltimore Nat'l Pike, from 3 to 8 P.M. On Thursday, Mr. Johnson will lie instate at Nebo Christian Ministry, 240 N. Franklintown Road, where the family will receive friends from 10 to 10:30 A.M. with services to follow. Inquiries to (410) 233-2400.

On October 30, 2003, ANTOINE DOMINIQUE; devoted son of Wanda Carter. Freinds may call at the family owned MARCH FUNERAL HOME WEST, INC., 4300 Wabash Avenue, on Thursday after 11 A.M. Family will receive friends on Friday at the St. Luke Apostolic Temple Church, 1215 N. Franklintown Road at 11 A.M., followed by funeral service at 11:30 A.M. See www.marchfh.com

Baltimore homicide detectives are investigating the fatal shooting of a woman in the 1400 block of Franklintown Road on the city's west side. The woman, who police have not identified, was shot once in her upper body around 5 a.m. Sunday, according to Det. Kevin Brown, a police spokesman. She died at the University of Maryland Medical Center's Shock Trauma Center. Brown said police did not have suspects or a motive in the fatal shooting.

A 31-year-old man was found dead behind the wheel of a car about 4: 30 a.m. yesterday in Leakin Park in West Baltimore. He had been shot, police said.Homicide Detective Joseph Dugan said the slain man was discovered when a municipal employee driving to work stopped to investigate the car, which was stopped in the roadway in the 5100 block of Franklintown Road.Dugan said the victim's name was being withheld until relatives in Virginia were notified. He said police knew of no motive and had no suspect in the slaying.

Count to 10, Jose. Hold your breath and absorb the reality. Smile as your name is called and you head to the front of the room, one of 50 this morning at the Immigration and Naturalization Service in Baltimore whose life is about to be changed again. Your life was changed when you left El Salvador during its civil war in the 1990s. You were one of the lucky ones who got out instead of being forced to choose to fight for either the rebels or the government. The lives of the other 49 also were changed when they left their countries for myriad reasons.

Police have identified the victim of a fatal stabbing Sunday night in Southwest Baltimore as a 17-year-old city high school student, the second student killed in Baltimore in less than a week. Dashawn Brown was a junior at Carver Vocational-Technical High School, school officials confirmed. He was in a construction program and was a good student, according to his principal, Kirk Sykes. "He was well-known and well-liked by his classmates and the many friends he had," Sykes said in an email statement.

Baltimore homicide detectives are investigating the fatal shooting of a woman in the 1400 block of Franklintown Road on the city's west side. The woman, who police have not identified, was shot once in her upper body around 5 a.m. Sunday, according to Det. Kevin Brown, a police spokesman. She died at the University of Maryland Medical Center's Shock Trauma Center. Brown said police did not have suspects or a motive in the fatal shooting.

On April 16, 2008, NATHANIEL C. PENDERGRASS. Viewing at THE JOSEPH L. RUSS FUNERAL HOME, P.A., 2222-26 W. North Avenue, from 4 to 6 P.M. on Monday, Wake on Tuesday, at Mt. Nebo Holiness Church, 240 N. Franklintown Road, from 6:30 to 7 P.M., when funeral service will begin. Interment in Kingstree, SC.

Police Blotter is a sampling of crimes from police reports in Baltimore and Baltimore County. Baltimore Southwestern Shootings -- Police investigating the shootings of a woman and three teenage males outside a carryout in the 400 block of S. Smallwood St. about 8:20 p.m. Monday said the victims were shot by the occupant of a passing car. No arrest had been made. Officer Troy Harris, a police spokesman, said it remains unknown whether any of the victims were targeted or whether the shootings were a random act. He said all four victims are expected to survive their injuries.

On December 11, 2007, WILLIAM M. JOHNSON, SR. On Wednesday, friends may call at the VAUGHN C. GREENE FUNERAL SERVICES, 5151 Baltimore Nat'l Pike, from 3 to 8 P.M. On Thursday, Mr. Johnson will lie instate at Nebo Christian Ministry, 240 N. Franklintown Road, where the family will receive friends from 10 to 10:30 A.M. with services to follow. Inquiries to (410) 233-2400.

A passenger in a pickup truck operated by a suspected drunken driver was killed early today when the vehicle went off a road in western Baltimore County and struck a telephone pole and culvert, county police said.James Dumbart, 39, of the 300 block of S. Franklintown Road in West Baltimore, died at the scene of the 3:30 a.m. accident, police said.Police said Mr. Dumbart's stepson, Robert Larry Whitacre, 22, of the 1700 block of Cole St. in Baltimore, was eastbound in a 1987 Ford F-250 when the pickup ran off Liberty Road near Lyons Mill Road in Harrisonville.

Baltimore city police are investigating two west side shootings, which could be related. Police responding to a 6 p.m. call Wednesday about shots fired found a 20-year-old man lying in the street in the 2800 block of Edmondson Ave. near Franklintown Road. The man, suffering from a serious head wound, was taken to an area hospital. Shortly before that incident, police said a 24-year-old man walked into a hospital in the same area. He was treated for two gunshot wounds to the leg. mary.gail.hare@baltsun.com Text NEWS to 70701 to get Baltimore Sun local news text alerts

There's more to do this Halloween than just don a sheet or a witch's hat and call yourself costumed. Take a haunted hike, check out an exhibit on Frankenstein in pop culture or see a play or magic show. And, of course, there are plenty of costume contests to enter. But being a ghost or a witch probably isn't going to win you any prizes. Here's a sampling of some of the Halloween events going on this week: Events Outside Black Beard's Revenge ... Curse of the Severed Head -- 4101 N.E. Crain Highway, Bowie / 301-464-4880 or baysox.

On December 13, 2006, HILLEN JENKINS SMITH'; beloved father of Hillen Jenkins Smith, Jr., Francis Hopkinson Smith and Sarah Jenkins Smith; dear brother of Mary J. Cobb and Frances Chittenden; loving grandfather of Hillen J., III, Cotter S. and Wyatt Smith. Friends may call at the family owned Ruck Towson Funeral Home, Inc., 1050 York Road (beltway exit 26a) Sunday, 2 to 4 and 6 to 8pm. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated Monday, 11 am at The Cathedral Mary Our Queen, Lady Chapel. Interment private.