Ransom

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.

A Harford County judge sentenced a 22-year-old Edgewood man to 55 years in prison Tuesday for kidnapping and carjacking. Joshua Prince Freeman was convicted by a jury in the October 2009 kidnapping of Kara Smithson, 21, of Pylesville. Freeman and three accomplices, including a female juvenile who was known to the victim, lured Smithson to a location in the southern end of the county, according to Joseph I. Cassilly, Harford County State's Attorney. When Smithson met the group, she was carjacked, kidnapped and repeatedly struck and assaulted, while being driven around the Joppa area.

On October 22, 2003 JAMES A. RANSOM, beloved husband of Peggy B. Ransom and devoted father of Cheryl R. Ragsdale and Edward A. Ransom. Also survived by two grandchildren, two sisters and his mother Evelyn Ransom. Friends may call at Nutter Funeral Home, Inc., Tuesday 3 to 8 P.M. Family will receive friends on Wednesday at Church of the Holy Trinity Church 10 A.M., with funeral service to follow.

On January 15, 2010 RANSOM J., beloved husband of Katherine T. (Kitty), devoted father of Ransom E. (Ted) Davis and his wife Lindsey, brother of Suzanne Davis, Patricia Troyer, Carol Davis, Robert and Michael Davis. Also survived by many nieces and nephews. A funeral service will be held at the Lassahn Funeral Home, Inc., 7401 Belair Road on Wednesday at 11 A.M. The family will receive friends on Tuesday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. Interment Bohemian National Cemetery. Contributions may be made to the National Stroke Foundation, 9707 E. Easter Lane, Continental, CO, 80112.

On November 5, 2003, HARRY SHADE, SR., of Woodbine; beloved husband of Eloise I. Ransom (nee Imrie); devoted father of Judy L. Ransom, Harry S. Ransom, Jr., Robert E. Ransom, Merion E. Kendall and William A. Ransom; dear father-in-law of Stephanie, Sharon and Clarice Ransom and Scott Kendall. He is also survived by eight grandchildren. A Funeral Service will be held at 10 A.M., Monday at Shepherd of Glen Lutheran Church, 14551 Burntwoods Road, Glenwood, MD. Interment will be in Oak Grove Cemetery.

On April 3, 2005, DOROTHY P. Ransom. Funeral services will be held today, Thursday, April 7, 2005, at Concord Baptist Church, 5204 Liberty Heights Avenue, family hour 10 to 10:30 A.M. Services immediately following. Interment Garrison Forest Veterans Cemetery. Inquiries to the Howell Funeral Home, 410-664-6800.

On January 20, 2005, LELIA O. RANSOM. Friends may call at the FAMILY OWNED MARCH FUNERAL HOME EAST, 1101 East North Avenue, on Tuesday after 8:30 A.M. The family will receive friends at Ebenezer Baptist Church, 2301 Guilford Avenue, on Wednesday at 11:00 A.M. Funeral Services will follow at 11:30 A.M. Interment in King Memorial Park. See www.marchfh.com.

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.

Long shot Word O'Ransom had everything her way in the $37,625 Stefanita Stakes yesterday at Laurel Park.The 15-to-1 choice sped into the lead at the start and went on to a front-running victory under Omar Klinger, her third in the past four starts.With Klinger aboard, Word O'Ransom is 5-for-5, prompting the jockey to say: "I guess she likes me."The score was the first of two straight for trainer Mary Eppler, who completed the last of the day's running daily doubles with P. J. Higgins ($10 straight)

A gunman invaded the Anneslie home of a bank manager yesterday and forced his wife, who is more than eight months pregnant with her first child, to telephone a $50,000 ransom demand to him at the bank. The extortion attempt failed, however.It was the second incident in two weeks of a bank employee's family being threatened for ransom. On Feb. 21, two children of a NationsBank teller were abducted for ransom in Pimlico.Yesterday, a man posing as a flower deliveryman knocked on the door of the home of Scott and Sheila Ann Gomsak in the 500 block of Regester Ave., police said.

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.

A man who was suffocated and found floating in the Patapsco River this week had been abducted and held for ransom and is believed to be connected to a violent drug gang whose feuding with rivals may have been responsible for at least five homicides last summer, according to law enforcement sources and court records. Authorities are monitoring the situation and exploring leads as it remains unclear whether the killing of Eric Pendergrass, 26, is an isolated incident or related to the spate of retaliatory violence associated with the April kidnapping of the teenage brothers Stephon and Sterling Blackwell.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.