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A boy who came home from school and found his mother dead was then bound with belts and duct tape by her alleged killer, whom police arrested last week. Edward Ford, 36, was charged with first-degree murder in the death of 44-year-old Cheryl Thomas, who was discovered dead in her home in the McCulloh Homes housing project near downtown Thursday afternoon. According to police, Thomas' son returned from school and found her in her bedroom, handcuffed behind her back and with her feet bound.

A West Baltimore man, Tyrone L. Webb Jr., 31, was sentenced Monday to life plus 20 years in prison for killing his girlfriend, dumping her body in the woods and reporting her missing, according to the city state's attorney's office. The remains of Mia Nichols, 27 and the mother of three, were discovered by two hunters in a wooded area in Woodlawn in Baltimore County. Her skull had two bullet holes in it. Webb had reported her missing 11 months before the discovery of her body. Webb was first tried in Baltimore County in April 2010, but the case ended with a hung jury.

To the police officer patrolling near BWI Marshall Airport around midnight, the maroon Lincoln sedan on New Ridge Road stood out. Two front headlights were out, and the windshield was caved in with "two large impact craters. " The female driver admitted being involved in an accident on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Baltimore but was "unsure what she hit," according to the police report. The man in the passenger seat said he had been asleep and remembered nothing. But prosecutors hope to show this week that the two switched seats in the 26 minutes between the time the car killed 16-year-old Courtney Angeles and 17-year-old Emerald Smith, and when the officer stopped the battered Lincoln in Anne Arundel County.

A Middle River man pleaded guilty Monday in the stabbing death of his girlfriend last year, Baltimore County State's Attorney Scott D. Shellenberger said. Sam Davis, 61, pleaded guilty in Circuit Court to first-degree murder in the death of Jacqueline Denise Paul. Prosecutors said Davis stabbed Paul, who was 35, in the chest last April as she lay in bed at the home they shared at 355 Grovethorn Road. Davis left the home and called others to say he had hurt Paul, prosecutors said.

Baltimore Orioles' star center fielder Adam Jones loves to sleep out — which works out nicely for him, realization, since his team spends more than 80 days a year on the road. Obviously undaunted by frequent changes of scenery, Jones has been a consistent performer for the Orioles, winning a Gold Glove Award in 2009 and being named the team's most valuable player last fall by the local news media. All of this high-profile activity might lead one to assume that during the offseason Jones would prefer to unwind at home, sleeping in his own bed. But that couldn't be further from the truth.

Anne Arundel County police have charged a 44-year-old Glen Burnie man with attempted second-degree murder and assault in connection with a domestic violence incident Thursday night in Linthicum. David William Wright of the 100 block of Linwood Ave. was located on Andover Road, after police said he fled the home of the woman he is accused of shooting. Police were called at 11:23 p.m. to the woman's home in the 800 block of White Ave. in Linthicum. They found the 59-year-old woman suffering from a gunshot wound to her lower chest.

Baltimore County police have charged a 54-year-old Randallstown man with first-degree murder, alleging he stabbed his girlfriend's son to death Sunday night with a "sword-type weapon. " James Thomas Haywood, 54, of the 3800 block of Pikeswood Drive in Randallstown, is accused of killing Andrew Maurice Fisher, 28, of the 7000 block of Windsor Mill Road in Lochearn. Court records show that Haywood was convicted in 1990 of attempted murder and in 2010 of misdemeanor theft. On Sunday, officers responded to the 3800 block of Pikeswood Drive for a report of a stabbing at around 10 p.m., said Baltimore County police spokeswoman Detective Cathy Batton.

A 28-year-old man died after he was stabbed Sunday night in Randallstown and a suspect has been arrested, according to Baltimore County police. Officers responded to the 3800 block of Pikeswood Drive for a report of a stabbing at around 10 p.m., said Baltimore County police spokeswoman Detective Cathy Batton. The 28-year-old had gone on his own to Northwest Hospital and was pronounced dead several hours later, Batton said. At the Randallstown address, police took a 54-year-old suspect into custody.

It was business as usual for Patterson junior guard Aquille Carr in Thursday's Class 3A state semifinal game against Tuscarora. At Comcast Center, Carr scored a game-high 24 points in a 70-46 win that sent the No. 3 Clippers to Saturday's state title. The rest of the night - carrying into this morning - was far from the norm for Carr, however.  At approximately 6:35 a.m. this morning, Carr, 18, became a father when his girlfriend, Treshonda, gave birth to a baby girl they named Averi.

A 38-year-old man pleaded guilty Tuesday to killing his former girlfriend's new boyfriend in a Southwest Baltimore rowhouse, and a judge sentenced him to life in prison, with all but 45 years suspended. Dwayne Thompson, of the 500 block of Bloom St. in West Baltimore, was convicted Tuesday in Baltimore Circuit Court of first-degree murder and a handgun violation. The Baltimore State's Attorney's Office said he shot 28-year-old Alvin B. Moore III several times in the chest, back and left arm. The shooting occurred about 11 a.m. on May 30, the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend 2010, inside a rowhouse in the 2100 block of Ramsay St. It was one of three killings that day in Southwest Baltimore's Carrollton Ridge neighborhood, and one of eight shooting deaths across the city over the three-day holiday.