Parkton

Groundbreaking on a new fire station in Parkton, near the commuter parking lot on Middletown Road, is scheduled for today. The $5.5 million station will replace the existing Parkton Station No. 60, located since the early 1980s on Stablers Church Road in a trailer and garage. That station was intended to be a temporary response to the needs of the growing area, according to fire officials. The Parkton facility, which offers 24-hour medical service, is the only career station in northern Baltimore County.

The Parkton landfill saga continues to take odd twists and turns, a decade after the 217-acre dump in northern Baltimore County was closed.For several years, Parkton residents living near the landfill have said the facility was leaking contaminants into the local water table. Private tests supported these claims.Maryland environmental officials say the water is polluted, in part because of the landfill, while the county contends it hasn't found undue contamination in area wells. Yet the federal Environmental RTC Protection Agency determined last year that groundwater near the landfill poses an "increased cancer risk."

The following is compiled from police reports from the Cockeysville Precinct. Our policy is to include descriptions only when there is enough information to make identification possible. Parkton Stablers Church Road , between 9 a.m. Oct. 22 and 8:11 p.m. Oct. 23. Mailboxes destroyed at 14 houses after being struck with hard object. Downes Road, 20300 block, between 6 p.m. Oct. 25 and 9 a.m. Oct. 26. Snow blower stolen from unlocked shed.

When Ian Hannafin's close friend died of cancer five years ago, he wanted to do something to help fight the disease so other families wouldn't have to suffer. The 15-year-old, who lives in Parkton, was only 10 when his close friend and neighbor, Joseph Messina, died of cancer in 2005. Joseph suffered from neuroblastoma and died at the age of 5, and after experiencing his death, Ian felt compelled to help. "When my friend died of cancer, I wanted to do something. I just couldn't stand watching their family suffer so much.

The following is compiled from police reports from the Cockeysville Precinct. Our policy is to include descriptions only when there is enough information to make identification possible. Parkton York Road , 17300 block, between 7:15 a.m. and 7:35 a.m. Nov. 29. Two Hereford High School students were outside when male tried to kiss female, then fondled her. Stablers Church Road , 800 block, between 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Dec. 11. Woman accepted a ride from a man in Silver Spring, Md. She fell asleep and woke up to find him massaging her leg. When she told him to stop, he said he was taking her to his house.

Baltimore County police accused a Parkton man of arranging a sexual encounter with a 14-year-old Towson girl on Facebook. Baltimore County police have charged a Parkton man with sexual solicitation of a minor and an attempted sex offense, accusing him of arranging a sexual encounter with a 14-year-old Towson girl on Facebook. Police are looking for additional victims. Detectives believe the suspect, 26-year-old Rahn Freeland of Foreston Valley Court in Parkton, was using a Facebook page under the name Rahn Corleone to contact other underage girls, police said.

After a bank robbery in Parkton, Baltimore County police might be looking for a Cincinnati Reds fan. The man who robbed an M&T Bank at 212 Mt. Carmel Road wore a Cincinnati Reds baseball cap, investigators said Wednesday. The robber in the Sept. 17 hold-up was described as black, in his 20's, about 5 feet, 4 inches tall, with a small build, a mustache and bushy hair with a ponytail. In addition to the red-brimmed hat, he wore black zip-up jacket, mirrored sunglasses, white gloves and jeans.

A 60-year-old woman has died after a head-on car accident on York Road in Parkton Friday morning, according police in Baltimore County. Linda Bennett was driving a 1993 Buick Park Avenue south when police said she drifted over the center line and hit a 2002 Ford F-450 driven by 43-year-old Christopher Ayers. The accident occurred about 7:10 a.m. just south of Kauffman Road. Bennett was flown to Maryland Shock Trauma Center and died shortly after she arrived, police said. Ayres was not injured.

Baltimore County Police have charged a Parkton-area man with sexual solicitation of a minor and an attempted sex offense, saying the man solicited an undercover detective for sex. Police say they began investigating Rahn Freeland, 26, of the unit block of Foreston Valley Court, after he allegedly established a relationship with a 14-year-old girl who lives within the Towson Precinct. Police said that in August 2011, the girl began receiving Facebook messages from a man who saw her picture on Facebook.