NEWS
By Julian E. Barnes and Edmund Sanders | April 11, 2009
Adrift with his captors in sight of U.S. warships, the American sea captain being held for ransom by Somali pirates briefly escaped their lifeboat by jumping overboard, a U.S. official said Friday, but was recaptured and brought back. The U.S. military said Richard Phillips, who was taken by the pirates from the U.S.-flagged Maersk Alabama on Wednesday, appeared unharmed after the escape attempt. The military, which has been maintaining real-time video surveillance via an unmanned drone overhead, observed him moving around on the lifeboat after he was recaptured.
NEWS
November 9, 2008
On November 6, 2008, EVELYN E. RANSOM. On Tuesday, friends may call at the VAUGHN C. GREENE FUNERAL SERVICES, 5151 Baltimore National Pike from 3 to 7 P.M. On Wednesday, Mrs. Ransom will lie in state at Morning Star Baptist Church of Christ, 1063 W. Fayette Street, where the family will receive friends from 10 to 10:30 A.M with services to follow. In lieu of flowers, all donations should go to the church listed above in the name of Evelyn E. Ransom. Inquiries to (410) 233-2400.
NEWS
By Justin Fenton | July 22, 2007
An Edgewater woman whose pit bull was shot and killed by an Anne Arundel County police officer last fall has filed a $3 million lawsuit, alleging the officer was reckless and used excessive force. The lawsuit accuses the unnamed police officer of attempting to enter the home of Deborah Ransom, 58, on Nov. 28, when the dog "enthusiastically and gently" pulled at the officer's sleeve, according to court records. With Ransom and her teenage daughter, Tiffany Hancock, standing just a few feet away, the officer shot the dog in the back.
NEWS
May 8, 2007
On May 4, 2007, NELLIE RANSOM. Friends may call at the FAMILY OWNED MARCH FUNERAL HOME EAST, 1101 E. North Avenue on Wednesday, after 8 am where the family will receive friends on Thursday, at 9:30 am. Funeral Services will follow at 10 am.
NEWS
By BLOOMBERG NEWS | June 6, 2006
NEW YORK -- Walgreen Co., the largest U.S. drugstore chain, agreed yesterday to buy Happy Harry's Inc. drugstore chain, its biggest purchase ever, to expand into Delaware. Walgreen is acquiring all 76 Happy Harry's stores in Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland and New Jersey, and Happy Harry's corporate office and distribution center in Newark, Del., the retailer said. Financial terms weren't disclosed. Walgreen, which operates 5,251 stores in 45 states and Puerto Rico, typically grows by building stores instead of through acquisitions as has rival CVS Corp.
NEWS
April 20, 2006
On April 15, 2006, RANSOM PUGH, SR. Loving husband of Rebecca Pugh On Friday, friends may call at VAUGHN C. GREENE FUNERAL SERVICES, 4905 York Road, where the family will receive friends from 3:00 to 8:00 P.M. On Saturday, services will be held at 1st Charity Baptist Church, 611 N. Aisquith Street, where the family will receive friends from 9:00 to 9:30 A.M. with services to follow. Inquiries to (410) 433-7500.
NEWS
By LAURA BARNHARDT | November 29, 2005
A week after a Harford County man was kidnapped, only to be found dead even though his relatives paid thousands of dollars in ransom, investigators have no solid leads in the case, police said yesterday. Jeryl Anthony Singleterry, 29, of Edgewood was unemployed and had no criminal record, police said. Police have no evidence that Singleterry was involved in drugs or anything else illegal, said Bill Toohey, a county police spokesman. "He's a victim," Toohey said, "not a suspect." Police said that kidnapping for ransom is a rare crime and that killing after a kidnapping is even more unusual.
NEWS
By RICHARD IRWIN | November 24, 2005
Man believed abducted is found dead in van A Harford County man believed kidnapped Monday afternoon was found dead early yesterday in his minivan, hours after his family had reported dropping off thousands of dollars in ransom money, police said. Shortly before 5 a.m., a resident of the 5100 block of McFaul Road in the Holland Hills section of Rosedale, near Interstate 95, called police to report that a green 1996 Chrysler Town & Country minivan fitting the description of the missing man's vehicle was parked on his street.
NEWS
November 24, 2005
Almanac-- Nov. 24--1859: British naturalist Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species, which explained his theory of evolution. 1971: Hijacker "D.B. Cooper" parachuted from a Northwest Airlines 727 over Washington state with $200,000 in ransom -- his fate remains unknown.
NEWS
By RICHARD IRWIN | November 23, 2005
A Harford County man who might have been kidnapped Monday remained missing yesterday, despite his family paying at least $10,000 in ransom for his return, police said. Jeryl Anthony Singleterry, 26, of Edgewood was last seen about 5 p.m. Monday driving a green 1996 minivan with Chesapeake Bay tags 23048CB, moments after leaving his grandmother's house on East Hoffman Street in Baltimore, police said. Several times Monday night, Singleterry and a man who might have been the kidnapper contacted the family about where to drop off ransom money - an undisclosed site in eastern Baltimore County.