Reckless Endangerment

If a civilian pulled that stunt ("Officer who shot husky acted in self defense, lawyer says," Aug. 6), he would be facing years in jail for reckless endangerment. For a cop, it is considered legal target shooting or just cop fun. Remember Mayor Cheye Calvo. The SWAT team probably received letters of commendation for terrorizing his family and murdering his dog. Cops are now Gestapo and out of control. Keith Mitchell

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A mother who left her two young children alone in their Rosedale town house for more than three hours last October, then returned to find them dead after a fire, pleaded guilty yesterday in Baltimore County Circuit Court to reckless endangerment.Jennifer Grant, 34, now of Hyattsville, agreed to the two-count guilty plea in exchange for Assistant State's Attorney Scott Shellenberger dropping two manslaughter charges. She faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $5,000 fine on each count.

Maryland State Police arrested a Sykesville man and a juvenile for pointing what they described as "a very realistic, but toy gun" at a motorist while driving on Route 97 in Westminster on Wednesday, Jan. 11. Shortly after 2 p.m., a driver contacted state police at the Westminster Barrack to report that she was behind an older model blue Buick on Route 97 near Westminster High School when a passenger in the vehicle rolled the window down, leaned...

The 19-year-old son of County Councilman David G. Boschert was found guilty Friday in District Court of reckless endangerment and carrying a handgun.The convictions stem from a Feb. 23 incident in which he fired six bullets into a Glen Burnie home.Sentencing for Michael C. Boschert was postponed until after he returns from three months of basic training and occupational school with the Air National Guard at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. District Judge Michael E. Loney granted him permission to leave the state for the training, which begins July 27 and lasts until early November.

A Harford Circuit Court jury found Port Deposit's police chief innocent of a reckless endangerment charge stemming from a November 1992 incident in which he fired three shots at a fleeing suspect's vehicle during an 18-mile chase.Evidence in the two-day trial, which ended late Thursday, showed that Chief Samuel Mark Maranto was off duty and driving his own pickup truck at the time of the chase between Darlington and Benson.The jury had to decide whether Chief Maranto, who was dubbed a "cowboy" by Harford State's Attorney Joseph I. Cassilly, was acting unreasonably when he tried to shoot the right rear tire of the suspect's Chevrolet Suburban to make an arrest.

An Anne Arundel Circuit Court jury convicted Donna Davidson of reckless endangerment yesterday but found her not guilty of involuntary manslaughter in what the prosecutor and public defender agreed was a "compromise verdict."Ms. Davidson, 25, of the 1700 block of Richfield Drive had left her then 18-month-old son, Marcus Price, unattended when he drowned in a bathtub at their Pioneer City home on the afternoon of March 23, 1994.Circuit Court Judge Raymond G. Thieme Jr. set sentencing for 1:30 p.m. June 5.Ms.

A Baltimore County jury acquitted a Middle River construction worker of murder yesterday, but found him guilty of reckless endangerment in an August 1998 death that was ruled a homicide when the body was exhumed after two months.Gary Lee Fischer Sr., 44, of the 13000 block of Twin River Beach Road, was charged with first-degree murder, second-degree assault and reckless endangerment in the Aug. 20 death of Allen Eugene Ellis of White Marsh.Yesterday, Fischer stared straight ahead and showed no emotion as the jury acquitted him of all the charges but reckless endangerment.

The father of a 3-year-old East Baltimore boy who fatally shot himself in the head in June has been charged with reckless endangerment and having an unsecured gun in his house, city police announced yesterday.An arrest warrant has been issued for Cliff Garris, 23, whose last known address was in the first block of N. Ellwood Ave. Police said several attempts to locate him have been unsuccessful.Investigators determined that his son, Jordan Garris, found a 9 mm gun under a pillow, went to the basement and accidentally shot himself in the right side of the head June 6. The child died two days later.

CENTREVILLE -- In the most serious prosecution yet undertaken by the state in a fatal accident involving personal watercraft, James DiMaggio, 28, of Severna Park was convicted yesterday of four counts of reckless endangerment and nine counts of violating state boating regulations.The criminal charges stemmed from an accident Aug. 22 in Queen Anne's County when DiMaggio took six children under the age of 14 to a creek and let them go out on personal watercraft.Roxanne Bedell, 13, of Severna Park, was killed when the personal watercraft she was operating was hit by one operated by Molly Legg, 11.Judge Harry J. Goodrick found DiMaggio guilty and asked for a presentencing investigation.

A Pasadena man was charged Saturday with assault and reckless endangerment after he barricaded himself and fired a weapon inside his residence, according to Anne Arundel County police. Steven Wayne Stanley, 60, faces first and second-degree assault and reckless endangerment charges, police said. The incident occurred around 4:15 p.m. Friday, according to police, when they were called to the 7600 block of Oak Lane in Pasadena for a report of an overdose. There, family members told police that Stanley was agitated and that he had claimed to have taken an overdose of medication.

If a civilian pulled that stunt ("Officer who shot husky acted in self defense, lawyer says," Aug. 6), he would be facing years in jail for reckless endangerment. For a cop, it is considered legal target shooting or just cop fun. Remember Mayor Cheye Calvo. The SWAT team probably received letters of commendation for terrorizing his family and murdering his dog. Cops are now Gestapo and out of control. Keith Mitchell

A 33-year-old Carroll County man accused of beating his doctor-wife with a hammer has been extradited from Georgia and now faces first-degree attempted-murder charges, according to state police. Anthony Soligny of New Windsor was arrested last week near Atlanta on Interstate 85 in Franklin County after a deputy spotted his truck, a spokesman for Maryland State Police said. Police had set up a national alert for Soligny's vehicle. Soligny was transported Tuesday night from a Georgia jail to the detention center in Carroll County.

A jogger was stabbed Thursday night in Columbia and went door-to-door seeking help before Howard County police found him, authorities said. About 9:30 p.m., police received a report of a man knocking on doors asking for help in the 5700 block of Columbia Road. Officers said the stabbing occurred in the area of Columbia Road and Brook Way. The victim, William Iberg, 24, of Elkridge, suffered a stab wound to his torso and was flown by state police helicopter to Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore.

Teen gets 30 years in fatal shooting A Baltimore teenager was sentenced to 30 years in prison yesterday for fatally shooting another teen after a fight last year, the city state's attorney's office said. Tevin Moultrie, 17, of the 1600 block of Cliftview Ave., was also sentenced to 20 years for the use of a handgun in a crime of violence and one year each on two counts of reckless endangerment, all to be served concurrently. Moultrie pleaded guilty in March to shooting Steven Washington, 17, in the 1600 block of Cliftview Ave. after an altercation on March 13, 2007.

Police investigate deaths of two men in city City police are investigating the killing of two men who died last week in separate incidents. Wilbert Flowers, 31, who was shot three times in the head July 28, succumbed to his injuries Aug. 25, police said. He was found lying on the ground in the 800 block of East 43rd St. off York Road and was taken to Sinai Hospital with critical injuries. He died at a local hospice, and his death was ruled a homicide Aug. 26. Floyd Jones, 56, was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital at 3 p.m. that day suffering from head injuries and was later pronounced dead.

The 19-year-old son of County Councilman David G. Boschert has been charged with shooting six bullets into a Glen Burnie home, apparentlyjust missing a woman who had to be pushed out of the way by her husband.Michael C. Boschert, who lives with the Crownsville Democrat in the 1200 block of Bacon Ridge Road, was released on his own recognizance after turning himself in to the Northern District police station Tuesday evening.He was charged with reckless endangerment, carrying a handgun, assault and malicious destruction of property, all misdemeanors.

A Howard County jury acquitted a Baltimore man of attempted-murder charges yesterday but convicted him of assaulting his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend in the same incident last year. Kazeem Akinniyi, 26, testified during his three-day trial that he was defending himself against Jefferson Bolden, whom police discovered with several serious stab wounds to the face, back and chest early Dec. 23. The jury convicted Akinniyi of second-degree assault and one count of reckless endangerment. He could be sentenced to 15 years in prison for the two convictions.

Two men have been arrested and charged in the attempted murder of another man in a shooting last week at a Northeast Baltimore shopping plaza, police said. Members of the city's Warrant Apprehension Task Force arrested Marc Mitchell, 18, early Tuesday without incident at his home in the 1600 block of Pentwood Road. Another suspect, Tavon Hammond, 23, was arrested Aug. 13. His last known address was in the 100 block of Denison St., court records show. The men are accused of wounding another man Aug. 13 in the area of Havenwood Shopping Plaza, in the 1600 block of Havenwood Drive.