NEWS
By Jennifer Sullivan and Jennifer Sullivan,CONTRIBUTING WRITER | March 13, 1999
A North Baltimore man was charged yesterday with killing his 5-month-old son, who police said died a month after being bathed in scalding water.Marquis Matthews, 22, of the 2600 block of Miles Ave. was charged with first-degree murder and was being held without bail at the Baltimore City Detention Center, pending his next court appearance Friday. He had been in custody on child abuse and related charges since Feb. 7, two days after the scalding incident.The infant, Polaris Matthews, suffered second-degree burns on 25 percent to 30 percent of his body and had been on life-support at Johns Hopkins Hospital until he died March 6.The state medical examiner's office ruled the death a homicide Thursday.
NEWS
By Christian Ewell | August 13, 1997
Police Blotter is a sampling of crimes in Baltimore city and county.Central DistrictBurglary: Residents found no property missing after someone forced open a door and ransacked a house in the 1700 block of Eutaw Place between 1 p.m. Sunday and 1: 30 p.m. Monday.Northeastern DistrictBicycle thefts: Three boys reported being robbed of bicycles Monday -- in one incident a 9-year-old who said his bike was taken about 11 p.m. in the 3600 block of Elkader Road, and the other with two boys, ages 7 and 11, around 5 p.m. in the 5200 block of Belair Road.
SPORTS
By Ross Peddicord and Ross Peddicord,Sun Staff Writer | June 21, 1995
Trainer Eddie Gaudet alleges that the Laurel stewards made a bad call on Sunday when they failed to disqualify the gelding Glenbarra in the Sir Ivor Stakes and he appealed the judges' decision yesterday to the Maryland Racing Commission.Gaudet originally claimed foul after Sunday's race, citing interference by Glenbarra against his runner, Polaris Star, in the stretch.Gaudet claims that Glenbarra's jockey, Mario Verge, "crashed" his way between horses, ripped a bandage off the hind leg of Polaris Star and could have caused Gaudet's horse serious injury en route to winning the race.
NEWS
August 10, 1994
Someone stole a $6,500 Polaris all-terrain vehicle from the 1200 block of Old Dorsey Road last weekend, police said.Jim Tuck, a neighbor, told police he saw a brown pickup truck parked in the driveway of the all-terrain vehicle's owner around 5 p.m. Saturday.Mr. Tuck said that because he thought his neighbors were at home, he did not question the person in the truck.
NEWS
By Mary Gail Hare and Mary Gail Hare,Sun Staff Writer | March 6, 1994
Robert Johnson captured the spirit of the 1994 Vollie Awards when he accepted the Best Producer prize from Carroll Community Television on Friday."We are all winners tonight," he said to the audience of nearly 100, many of whom volunteer for Channel 19, the community access channel. "This evening is basically a recognition of and appreciation of volunteerism. If I got paid, I wouldn't do this."Mr. Johnson, the president of the Carroll Communications Guild, also won Best Documentary Program for his film "Carroll Cam Tour V," which follows a statewide bicycle race through the county.
FEATURES
By Robert Haskins and Robert Haskins,Contributing Writer | March 16, 1993
Contemporary music concerts are best when they represent 20th century composers in both their historical breadth and their aesthetic diversity. The performing ensemble Polaris, which performed last night at the Baltimore Museum of Art, was successful on both counts.Recent works such as Meyer Kupferman's "Five Flings" (1980) took their place alongside two sturdy "classics" of modernism, John Cage's Amores (1943) and Luciano Berio's "Circles" (1960).The Amores was written during the period of Mr. Cage's heavy involvement with percussion and with the "prepared piano" -- a grand piano fitted with screws, pieces of rubber and other materials that transformed its characteristic sound into one evocative of a Balinese gamelan ensemble.