Perry Hall

A suspected intruder was shot and killed in a Perry Hall home Sunday morning after he was confronted by a resident with a gun, police said. According to Baltimore County Police, officers responded to the shooting at 5:46 a.m. in the 4200 block of Chapel Road. Police officers said the suspected intruder, a 29-year-old male, had entered the home brandishing a firearm and was confronted by a male resident, who also had a gun and shot the intruder in the chest. Police Lt. Robert McCullough said the intruder was taken to Franklin Square Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

No coach leads his team into the playoffs amid more twists of fate than Perry Hall football coach Keith Robinson. First, the Gators needed a little help just to make the Class 4A North regional playoffs. After Hereford upset the Gators last week, 34-31 in overtime, they ended up with the fourth-seeded spot only because a Westminster forfeit eliminated the Owls. Now, in Friday night's semifinal at Poly, Robinson will face his mentor, Roger Wrenn, for the first time. As if that weren't enough, a Perry Hall win would mean that Robinson ends Wrenn's career, because the Engineers' coach will retire at the end of the season after 40 years of coaching in Baltimore City.

Mission BBQ is opening a second location in Perry Hall. The expansion into Baltimore County comes little more than a year after the first Mission BBQ opened in Glen Burnie. The Perry Hall location will open to the public on Nov. 16, with all proceeds being donated to the Wounded Warrior Project. The restaurant will have its official grand opening on Nov. 19, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and a live performance of the National Anthem. The restaurant is located at The Festival at Perry Hall, 4132 East Joppa Road.

Twelve people were displaced Sunday night by a two-alarm fire at a Perry Hall apartment complex, Baltimore County fire officials said. No one was injured. The fire broke out around 7 p.m. on a third-floor balcony in the first block of Arlen Road, and required 70 firefighters to bring under control, said Capt. Ross Cooke. Several pets were rescued. The fire damaged six of the 12 units. Cooke said the property management company was arranging alternate housing for the six affected families.

Skeletal remains of a man were found in a wooded area last week in Perry Hall, Baltimore County police said Monday. A construction worker found the remains Jan. 22 in the 10700 block of Philadelphia Road and called police. The remains were found with tan work-style boots, a green button-down shirt, dark pants and a New York Yankees baseball hat, police said. An autopsy determined that the man was between 40 and 60 years old and 5 feet 8 inches to 6 feet 1 inch tall, possibly with few teeth.

Maryland-based Giant Food says it will be moving into a Perry Hall shopping center at Belair Road and Hannon Court. Construction workers are now turning a 57,000-square-foot retail site, formerly occupied by Super Fresh, into a Giant Food store. The new store will open later this year. Earlier this year, Giant acquired and converted two stores in Baltimore in Parkville.

A young girl suffered serious injuries after she was struck by a car in Perry Hall Tuesday morning, Baltimore County police said. According to officials, the child was hit by a car near the intersections of Silver Spring and Silver Hall Roads in Perry Hall around 7 a.m. Tuesday. Her injuries were serious but not life-threatening, police said. The county's accident investigation unit is looking into the incident, said Cpl. John Walker. The car that struck the girl was still at the scene of the accident, he said.

A suspected burglar was shot and killed in Perry Hall Sunday morning when he was confronted by a homeowner with a gun. According to Baltimore County Police, officers responded to the shooting at 5:46 a.m. in the 4200 block of Chapel Road in Perry Hall. Police said the suspected burglar had entered the home and was confronted by its resident, who shot him in the residence. The burglary suspect was taken to Franklin Square Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. No one else was injured.

Baltimore County will preserve 38 acres of publicly owned forested land in Perry Hall, which officials say is the largest preservation of open green space in that community in more than a decade. The land will be protected from development and is at two locations: about 8 acres in western Perry Hall and nearly 30 acres north and south of Indian Rock Park. In an announcement of the land reclassification, County Councilman David Marks said he had worked with County Executive Kevin Kamenetz for the past year to preserve the land.

In the recent article "Perry Hall Shooter gets 35 Years" (Feb. 25) I ask myself, what was Judge Robert E. Cahill Jr. thinking? Trying a troubled 15-year-old boy who made a very bad choice as an adult instead of placing him in the juvenile court system where he would receive the psychiatric help he needs, is a total travesty of justice. Judge Robert Cahill is sending this child to adult prison for 35 years, which is far beyond the legal guidelines. I hope there is enough public outrage to appeal this unreasonable sentence.