Kevin King

A man slipped up behind the manager of an Annapolis shoe store Monday as she was on her way to deposit receipts at a nearby bank and robbed her of an undisclosed amount of money, county police said.Jennifer Van Verth, 20, of the Payless Shoe Source in the Festival at Riva shopping center, told police she was walking across the parking lot toward a Chevy Chase Bank branch about 10 a.m. carrying a bank bag with a deposit from the store.A man approached her from behind and demanded the bag, police said.

On July 15, 2005, PATRICIA LEE KING (nee Mc Dermot); beloved wife of 49 1/2 years of Frederick H. King; devoted mother of Kevin B. King and his wife Bettye, and Kerry Lee Vance and her husband Rev. Allan Vance; dear sister of Lula Grace Thomas; dear grandmother of Christian and Robert King and Daniel and Sarah Vance. Mrs. King was a fine singer and a member of the Sweet Adelines organization for 48 years. Along with her son Kevin and daughter Kerry, the four Kings sometimes performed as "The Family Four" on many barbershop shows in the area.

A member of a Glen Burnie gang that calls itself the Crips pleaded guilty to murder yesterday, as county prosecutors offered a reduced sentence in exchange for testimony about a leadership struggle in the group that turned deadly. James Thomas Blake, 19, of Severna Park pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the Aug. 7 killing of Mark Anthony Miller, who authorities say was attacked in a Glen Burnie apartment. Blake, the third of five people charged in the slaying to plead guilty, could be sentenced to life in prison.

Joe Bosley didn't want any credit after watching his Randallstown squad run away with the girls team title in yesterday's Class 3A Central Regional Indoor Track and Field Championships at the Fifth Regiment Armory."

The East squad playing in the USAir College Indoor Soccer Showcase at the Baltimore Arena Feb. 13 will come together three days before taking on its counterpart from the West. That might sound like short notice and scant practice time, but Frank Olszewski isn't complaining."A couple of years ago we had one practice, and a short one at that," recalls the Towson State coach who will be assisting the Blast's Mike Stankovic. Billy Phillips of the Dallas Sidekicks will handle the West team, assisted by Bill Sento of Loyola.

A Baltimore businessman awaiting retrial in a major alternative-medicine case was told this week that he could no longer work in the Bahamas, where he has continued administering controversial aloe vera treatments to critically ill customers. Allen J. Hoffman returned to the United States yesterday after Bahamian authorities notified him Sunday his permit to work at a natural health clinic in Freeport was revoked, said Lambert Campbell, deputy director of immigration for the Bahamas. The clinic's head, Kevin C. King, said in an interview he cut his ties to Hoffman after learning more about the federal charges against him in Maryland and discovering that Hoffman was not a medical doctor, as King said Hoffman had represented.

Baseball Atlanta Braves -- Agreed to terms with OF David Justice on a five-year contract and P Mike Bielecki (Dundalk) on a minor-league contract.Orioles -- Agreed to terms with IF Paul Carey, OF Mark Smith and P Kevin McGehee on one-year contract.Boston Red Sox -- Signed P Sergio Valdez to a minor-league contract.California Angels -- Agreed to terms with C Mike Fitzgerald on a minor-league contract.Chicago White Sox -- Agreed to terms with OF Gary Thurman on a minor-league contract.Cincinnati Reds -- Agreed to terms with P Tim Pugh on a one-year contract.

In hindsight, Calvert Hall coach Henry Franklin would change a lot about yesterday's 35-33 loss to fifth-ranked Hammond.How about the facts that Hammond sophomore Ryan Mackin (125) and senior teammate Nick LaSalle each broke ties late in their bouts to win, 6-5, and, 6-3, over Cardinals wrestlers Kevin King, and, Zach Mryncza, respectively.Or the fact that Hammond junior Rob Osborn (140), a JV champ last year, wound up pinning one of Franklin's wrestlers in the second period after holding only a 2-1 lead after the first period of a pivotal bout.

DAMASCUS -- Franklin wants what Damascus owns: the state 3A-4A championship.Damascus got that message loud and clear yesterday as the fifth-ranked Indians beat the highly regarded Hornets, 204-197, for second place in the Damascus Holiday Tournament.Although Caesar Rodney of Dover, Del., -- with two individual titlists -- won the team crown by a 47-point margin, two of the five Franklin wrestlers in the finals emerged with championships, while Damascus finished with one titlist."Our main goal was to beat Damascus," said Indians senior Stan Wagner, who edged Caesar Rodney's Darnell Custis, 6-5, for the 125-pound crown.

When the South Carroll High School Stagelighters present Damon Runyon's "Guys and Dolls" tonight, it will be with an international flavor.The cast includes a foreign exchange student who will graduate with the class of 1994.This final production of the year will be the last for many seniors who have been involved with the drama club throughout their high school years."So it's an international cast," said Jochen vom Brocke, 17, from Cologne, Germany, who is one of two male leads. "I haven't been home in eight months, but I love it here, it's great here."