Halethorpe

A teenager was killed and two others were injured in a shooting Sunday night in Halethorpe, according to Baltimore County Police. The incident occurred at 8:54 p.m. in the 100 block of Twin Circle Way, said police spokesman Cpl. Mike Hill. Officers responded to Twin Circle Way and McDowell Lane for a report of shots fired. They found 16-year-old Dequan Travonte Burks, of Baltimore's Lakeland neighborhood, lying on the sidewalk in front of a row house, Hill said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

An article in the May 17, 1913, edition of The Argus commended a young girl for keeping her wits in an emergency situation. The presence of mind of 8-year-old Isabelle Smith , of Cedar Hill, near St. Denis, probably saved her life about 6 o'clock Saturday evening when, with her clothes a mass of flames, due to playing with a pile of burning railroad ties, she ran to a brook near by and plunged headlong into the water. Isabelle and several other girls of about her own age were playing near the railroad and were attracted by the burning pyre of ties.

The U.S. District Court in Maryland has halted operations at a Halethorpe mortgage-relief firm after the Federal Trade Commission alleged that the company was scamming desperate homeowners out of their money, the agency said Friday. Foreclosure-help scams have run rampant across the country since the mortgage crisis hit three years ago. The FTC, which announced the complaint against Residential Relief Foundation, also issued new rules banning companies from collecting fees until they negotiate a payment agreement that the homeowners find acceptable.

Among 100 calls for medical and fire-rescue service received by the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department during the period May 5-12, were the following: Johnnycake Road, 5700 block, 12:45 a.m. May 11. Crews from the Arbutus and Woodlawn volunteer stations and Catonsville, Westview, and Woodlawn career stations responded to the report of a residential fire in Westview and extinguished a basement fire. South Rolling Road, 900 block, 11:59 p.m. May 10. Crews from the Arbutus volunteer station and Catonsville career station responded to the report of a person injured after falling on the Brightview Assisted Living facility campus.

The Maryland Transit Administration will put its new southbound train platform into service on Monday at the Halethorpe station, located along Southwestern Boulevard. The existing southbound platform and waiting shelters were closed after the last train departed Friday night, officials said. Starting with the first train Monday morning, April 22, all southbound boarding and detraining will take place on the new, high-level platform. The new station, located about a quarter-mile from the existing station, features handicap accessible elevator towers and a 700-foot raised platform.

One man was fatally shot and another is recovering from multiple stabbings in two overnight incidents in Baltimore County, police said. Police found a man suffering from at least one gunshot wound in the 3800 block of McDowell Lane in Halethorpe at 11:46 p.m. Friday. He was taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he died. In a separate incident, police found a man suffering from multiple stab wounds at 1:52 a.m. Saturday at Eastern Boulevard and Island Point Road in Dundalk.

A Halethorpe man whom police said struck another man in the head 24 times with a hatchet was convicted in Baltimore County Circuit Court Thursday night, according to the state's attorney's office. After a four-day trial, a jury found Larry Eugene Horton, 38, guilty in the death of Ryan Wesley Jackson, 18, whose body was found in Brooklyn Oct. 15. Horton's attorney, Donald C. Wright, said "we're disappointed by the verdict. " Horton had claimed he was acting in self-defense when he said Jackson, who sold him crack cocaine, was there to collect a drug debt.

A man was shot in Halethorpe early Saturday but is expected to survive, a Baltimore County police spokesman said. The victim, who was not identified, was shot in the arm about 1 a.m. at Bero Road and Fifth Avenue, in the county's southwest. He was taken to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center for treatment. Detectives have made no arrests in the case. "They're not working on it today," the police spokesman said. nick.madigan@baltsun.com Text NEWS to 70701 to get Baltimore Sun local news text alerts

A 14-year-old boy was stabbed in the neck in Halethorpe, according to Baltimore County Police. Authorities responded to a home in the 600 block of Washington Avenue for reports of a stabbing and found the boy with a large wound to his neck, police said. He was transported to Johns Hopkins Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and is expected to survive, according to police. A man has been taken into custody but not formally charged and police are continuing to investigate. iduncan@baltsun.com twitter.com/iduncan

Police identified a man killed in a Baltimore County shooting Friday as Jermaine Vendell Dalton, 38, of the 2800 block of Hollins Ferry Road. Baltimore County Police and Fire crews responded to a report of a shooting in the 3800 block of McDowell Lane in Halethorpe shortly before midnight, police said. Dalton was discovered with at least one gunshot wound and was transported to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center where he later died, police said. The Baltimore County Police Homicide Unit is investigating this incident but they had no suspect information Monday morning.

The Maryland Transit Administration will put its new southbound train platform into service on Monday at the Halethorpe station, located along Southwestern Boulevard. The existing southbound platform and waiting shelters were closed after the last train departed Friday night, officials said. Starting with the first train Monday morning, April 22, all southbound boarding and detraining will take place on the new, high-level platform. The new station, located about a quarter-mile from the existing station, features handicap accessible elevator towers and a 700-foot raised platform.

Among the 67 calls for medical and fire-rescue service the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department received during the period March 31-April 7 were the following: Washington Boulevard, 4500 block, 2:41 p.m. April 5. Crews from the Arbutus volunteer station and Halethorpe career station responded to the report of a motor vehicle accident involving a motorcycle in Halethorpe. One seriously injured person taken to University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center. Linden Avenue at Shelbourne Road, 5:23 p.m. April 4. Crews from the Arbutus, English Consul and Woodlawn volunteer stations responded to the report of motor vehicle accident with possible injuries in Arbutus and found property damage, but no injuries.

Among the 71 calls for medical and fire-rescue service the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department received during the period March 24-31 were the following: Garden Ridge Road, unit block, 11:40 a.m. March 30. Crews from the Arbutus volunteer station and Catonsville career station responded to the report of a person in Catonsville experiencing an allergic reaction. One person with non-life-threatening injuries taken to a local hospital. Edmondson Avenue, 6100 block, 3:30 a.m. March 29. Crews from the Arbutus volunteer station and Catonsville career station responded to the report of a person in Catonsville bleeding.

Among the 85 calls the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department received for medical and fire-rescue service during the period March 3-10 were the following: Frederick Road, 6300 block, 3:00 p.m. March 15. Crews from the Arbutus and Violetville volunteer stations and Catonsville, Halethorpe, Randallstown, Westview and Woodlawn career stations responded to the report of a building fire in Catonsville and found smoke, but no fire. Interstate-695 between exits 12 and 13, 7:45 p.m. March 14. Crews from the Arbutus volunteer station and Catonsville career station responded to the report of a brush fire on the Baltimore Beltway in the Catonsville area near the Wilkens Avenue and Edmondson Avenue exits and extinguished the fire.

Helen M. Belz, a homemaker, died of heart failure Saturday at her Lutherville home. She was 106. Born Helen Mary Rosendale in Baltimore, she lived on Hollins Street and was a graduate of St. Martin's Academy. She was the great-granddaughter of Henry Rosendale Sr., who founded the Rosendale Furniture Co., which crafted the pews and choir loft in St. Alphonsus Church and donated one of its 15 bells and a stained-glass window. "While working as a secretary for [United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co.]

A 14-year-old boy was stabbed in the neck in Halethorpe, according to Baltimore County Police. Authorities responded to a home in the 600 block of Washington Avenue for reports of a stabbing and found the boy with a large wound to his neck, police said. He was transported to Johns Hopkins Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and is expected to survive, according to police. A man has been taken into custody but not formally charged and police are continuing to investigate. iduncan@baltsun.com twitter.com/iduncan

Among the 67 calls for medical and fire-rescue service the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department received during the period March 31-April 7 were the following: Washington Boulevard, 4500 block, 2:41 p.m. April 5. Crews from the Arbutus volunteer station and Halethorpe career station responded to the report of a motor vehicle accident involving a motorcycle in Halethorpe. One seriously injured person taken to University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center. Linden Avenue at Shelbourne Road, 5:23 p.m. April 4. Crews from the Arbutus, English Consul and Woodlawn volunteer stations responded to the report of motor vehicle accident with possible injuries in Arbutus and found property damage, but no injuries.

Vandals overturned 130 tombstones at a Jewish cemetery in Halethorpe, causing property damage estimated at $50,000, according to Baltimore County police.W. Leroy Acree, who has been caretaker of United Hebrew Cemetery in the3900 block of Washington Boulevard for 14 years, said it was the seventh time he could recall that vandals had damaged the 40-acre cemetery."It's one of those things that happen with all cemeteries," Mr. Acree said. "You can't stop it unless you put canines out there around-the-clock, and you can't do that with the public visiting the cemetery."

A Halethorpe man whom police said struck another man in the head 24 times with a hatchet was convicted in Baltimore County Circuit Court Thursday night, according to the state's attorney's office. After a four-day trial, a jury found Larry Eugene Horton, 38, guilty in the death of Ryan Wesley Jackson, 18, whose body was found in Brooklyn Oct. 15. Horton's attorney, Donald C. Wright, said "we're disappointed by the verdict. " Horton had claimed he was acting in self-defense when he said Jackson, who sold him crack cocaine, was there to collect a drug debt.

Among the 84 calls for medical and fire-rescue service that the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department received during the period Jan. 6-13 were the following: Circle Drive, 1100 block, 3:29 a.m. Jan. 10. Crews from the Arbutus volunteer station and Halethorpe career station responded to the report of a person having fallen and experiencing seizures in Arbutus. One critically injured person taken to University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center. Silerton Road, unit block, 12:13 a.m. Jan. 10. Crews from the Lansdowne and Arbutus volunteer stations and Halethorpe career station responded to the report of a person having trouble breathing in Lansdowne.