Reisterstown

The death of a Baltimore man whose hand was found separate from the rest of his remains in Reisterstown last week was determined a suicide, Baltimore County police said. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner determined Darnell William Butler, 24, took his own life. Police said a handgun was recovered on scene, and that cause of death is a gunshot wound. Cpl. Cathy Batton, a police spokeswoman, said it is unclear how the "skeletonized" hand was became separated from the remains and that police do not find any signs of foul play.

A Reisterstown home that sold in September for $1.25 million stood out because of its large, wooded lot. "Most of the properties in the area are on one acre or a portion of an acre," said Susan Hartman, the agent who sold the 10-year-old property. Hartman is with O'Conor & Mooney Realtors in Lutherville and sells residences across the state, she said. But this five-bedroom home sits on a piece of land that is nearly 22 acres, making it one of the largest lots in the Beaverbrook subdivision.

Baltimore County police have discovered a man's body in a wooded area near where the remains of a human hand were found several days earlier, police said. Detectives, with the help of volunteers, located the unidentified body around 11:30 a.m. Saturday near Hanover Pike and Butler Road, said Lt. Robert McCullough. He said police believe the body and hand are the same person, "but additional testing is being done" and police are continuing their investigation. Police returned to the area near the 300 block of Hedgepocket Way in the Reisterstown area, where a landscaper found the hand on a lawn on Wednesday, to conduct the search, after the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner identified the hand as human, he said.

The bones of a human hand and part of a lower arm were found in a residential neighborhood in Reisterstown on Wednesday by a landscaper, Baltimore County police announced Thursday. The hand "appeared on the lawn" of a home in the 300 block of Hedgepocket Way as the man was doing work at the home, said Cpl. Cathy Batton, a police spokeswoman. The landscaper contacted police, who searched the area but did not locate any more remains, Batton said. "We treat everything as a crime scene just in case it turns out to be one, but there's nothing at this point to indicate to us that this was a murder victim's hand," Batton said.

A Baltimore County woman died after a two-alarm fire engulfed a Reisterstown's home Wednesday, county officials said. Karen Diener, 59, died Wednesday morning at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center after a fire broke out in her home in the unit block of Blake Court about 1 a.m. Police said the cause of the fire remains under investigation, but there is no indication at this time that it was intentionally set. About 15 fire companies, with...

Baltimore County police are searching for a 15-year-old from Reisterstown who has been missing for nearly two months. Sasha Arianna Samlal, of the unit block of Gloucester Court, was reported missing Sept. 21. She was last seen getting into a small black Honda with tinted windows, with a white sticker on the windshield. A Hispanic male was driving. She is described as an Indian female with long black hair, brown eyes and a medium complexion. She is 5 feet 5 and weighs 140 pounds.

A woman was injured in a two-alarm fire that broke out Wednesday morning in a home in the unit block of Blake Court in Reisterstown. According to the Baltimore County Fire Department and the state fire marshal, crews received a call at 1 a.m. Wednesday and arrived to find "heavy fire" on the first and second floors of the single-family dwelling. Emergency workers located a woman in her 60s on the second floor of the house and transported her to Northwest Hospital suffering from smoke inhalation and burns to 50 percent of her body.

When you enter a Soldierfit class, you become a member of the armed forces - even if just for an hour. The military-inspired class takes members through a circuit of exercises that may include running with a weighted pack on your shoulders, much as soldiers do in combat. Or you may be crawling across the floor, keeping as low to the ground as possible to avoid being shot in the buns by an imaginary stray bullet. Your instructor may even shout HOOOOOAAAAH! to get you motivated. Soldierfit is the brainchild of - you guessed it - two former military buddies and their friend.

The Reisterstown-Owings Mills-Glyndon Chamber of Commerce held a chef competition last Thursday. Among the dozen or so competitors were Harryman House, Santoni's and Mr. Charles Market caterers. The winner for best dish, herb-encrusted chicken, came from Future Care Cherrywood, Future Care Cherrywood, a 165-bed skilled nursing and rehabilitation center that specializes in Pulmonary Rehab, located in Reisterstown. "We are thrilled to support this annual community event and excited to be able to showcase the delicious food that is served at Cherrywood," said Future Care administrator Donna Leister.

Boxing Perry Hall students are VIPs for anti-bullying card Jake Smith 's Baltimore Boxing Promotions announced that it has donated a first-row VIP table to Perry Hall High School students for Saturday's "Bully Beatdown" fight card at Du Burns Arena. A shooting on the first day of school there Aug. 27 critically injured student Daniel Borowy ; a Baltimore County grand jury has indicted 15-year-old Robert W. Gladden Jr. on 29 counts in the incident. All the guests from Perry Hall will be seated ringside for a special evening of Olympic-style boxing and anti-bullying awareness.