Revolver

The Farmers and Mechanics Bank in the 6600 block of Middleburg Road in Keymar was robbed Tuesday of an undisclosed amount of money, Maryland State Police said. An unidentified male entered the bank about 11 a.m., wearing dark sunglasses and a scarf over the lower part of his face, police said. The robber pointed a black revolver at the two tellers on duty, demanding that they hand over money, police said. The tellers complied. After making the tellers lie on the floor, the robber fled, police said.

Let me see if I understand this: Marquel Gaffney, 15, murdered Albert Smith, 56, in 2007, was charged as an adult, but pleaded guilty of second-degree murder and was sentenced in juvenile court ( "Baltimore man, 21, charged in second murder in five years," Aug. 5). In 2012, he was convicted of drug crimes and last year he was charged with unauthorized removal of property. In March of this year he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to four years in prison with all but six months suspended.

An East Middle School student was released to his parents yesterday facing deadly-weapon charges after a teacher became suspicious of a taped-up box and an officer found it contained an unloaded revolver, according to Westminster police.The officer responded to a call from the school at 2: 30 p.m. yesterday and found a short-barreled, .22-caliber revolver in a box, police said. The weapon was not loaded, and police were trying to determine its origin last night.A 12-year-old boy from Hampstead was charged with having a concealed deadly weapon, possessing a deadly weapon on school grounds and reckless endangerment.

A man fatally shot by police in Morrell Park last week refused orders to drop a .357-caliber revolver, according to court records, telling officers, "You're going to have to shoot me. " The man, 22-year-old Bernard Lofton of Parkville, was shot by officers who had been called to the 1800 block of Spence St. for a report that two men wearing police tactical vests had entered an apartment. Homicide detectives continue to investigate the shooting, and the officers are on routine suspension with pay. The account is contained within charging documents for 30-year-old Brandon Smith, of Owings Mills, who police say was with Lofton and was found hiding in the apartment's bathroom after the shooting.

A man armed with a pearl-handled revolver robbed a Remco store Wednesday afternoon of an undisclosed amount of money, county police said.The man walked into the store in the 5700 block of Ritchie Highway shortly after 1 p.m. and pretended to be a customer for a few seconds, witnesses told police. Then he pulled the gun, also described as long-barreled and black, from his waistband and ordered all employees to lie on the floor, police said.He ordered the manager of the store to get all the money from the cash register, then walked out of the store toward the rear of Cycle World, police said.

The unloaded revolver an East Middle School student brought to school Thursday was stolen from a Hampstead woman, Westminster police said.The boy, 12, was charged Friday with possession of stolen property and also faces charges of having a concealed deadly weapon, possessing a deadly weapon on school property and reckless endangerment. The revolver was found inside a taped box in his possession at school.Mary Wyatt of Hampstead called police Friday to report a .22-caliber revolver was missing.

A man armed with a small revolver robbed a Glen Burnie 7-Eleven of an undisclosed amount of money yesterday, county police said.Kirandeep Singh, 25, a clerk at the store in the 7100 block of Ritchie Highway, told police a man wearing a black stocking cap walked in shortly after midnight and pulled a revolver.He ordered Singh to give him money from the register and Singh complied, police said. The man left the store, walking south on Crain Highway.Pub Date: 2/13/97

Someone broke into Key Bridge Discount Liquors store in the 7200 block of Fort Smallwood Road Sunday night and stole two handguns and more than $32,600 in cash and savings bonds, county police said yesterday.Police said someone cut the phone lines between 7 p.m. Sunday and 9 a.m. Monday and pried open a side door, breaking the door frame and damaging the lock. The thief broke into an office safe and took the money, a Smith and Wesson revolver and a Taurus revolver.

A Baltimore teen-ager accused of rifling through the pockets of robbery victims last year in Columbia while his cousin allegedly shot and killed a 23-year-old computer student pleaded guilty yesterday to first-degree murder and a handgun charge. In return for Jonas L. Askins' guilty plea, prosecutors said they would not seek a life term, but would instead ask Howard Circuit Judge James B. Dudley to suspend all but 50 years in prison - plus five years for the gun charge - at his sentencing July 24. The plea, entered at what was supposed to be the start of a weeklong jury trial, ensured prosecutors of a conviction while giving Askins, who bowed his head through much of the hearing, hope that he might someday be a free man. "No one's happy with this ... but we felt this was the best thing," said Patricia L. Chappell, Askins' public defender.

Police logHickory Ridge: 11200 Peartree Way: Someone entered a home Thursday between 6 a.m. and 6: 30 p.m., but all doors and windows were secure. A revolver, compact discs, ammunition and cash were stolen.Pub Date: 10/28/96

As a parent of a child suffering for 14 years from a devastating severe mental illness - one that includes zero awareness and utter denial that the illness exists - I am bewildered why Maryland has failed to create an assisted outpatient treatment (community based) program ( "Close the mental health revolving door," Dec. 29). The pendulum has swung so sharply so as to protect personal rights that we have failed to help those who need it the most. Should we not require persons be given the vaccinations that are part of life's medical treatment protocol?

Christmas Eve worshipers at Columbia's Village of Oakland Mills on Tuesday will do the interfaith shuffle: Catholics departing the sanctuary with their hymnals, white altar cloth, candles and crucifix; Protestants entering with their own hymnals, white cloth, candles and cross. Then Protestants out, Catholics back in. So the ritual dance swings on, decades after people of many faiths first gathered to worship under one roof at the Oakland Mills Interfaith Center and similar spots in other Columbia villages.

During the last decade, the percentage of people released from Maryland's prisons who re-offend within three years has dropped by more than 11 points - and by 3 points in just the last year. Considering the cost to society of the revolving door prison has become for too many in this country, that's a laudable achievement. Yet the fact that more than two in five who are released from prison will still get arrested or violate parole within three years shows just how much more progress remains to be made.

The colt was a knucklehead, really. He had speed and endurance in his pedigree, but if you had polled his owners and his trainer a year ago, none would have predicted that he'd gallop in the same steps as his great-grandsire, 1977 Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew. When the gates dropped on his first race, Orb did not even break. Second race? Same thing. He did not win until the fourth and final race of his two-year-old campaign. But where other colts might level off or become erratic, Orb seemed to get better every day. “I've never seen anything like it,” said his trainer, Claude “Shug” McGaughey, who has been in the thoroughbred game more than 40 years.

An investigation into an armed robbery in Dundalk on Monday morning briefly alarmed parents of children who attend a nearby school, resulting in an officer responding to the school to brief the principal on what happened. Sister Irene Pryle, principal of Our Lady of Hope St. Luke School, said the school was not affected and did not go into lockdown, as was rumored on social media. Officers had responded to an alley between Kavanagh and Kentley roads off Church Road shortly after 7:30 a.m. for a report of an armed robbery, police said.

Right now Rick Abbruzzese works at a desk a few feet from Gov. Martin O'Malley's office in the State House. In two weeks, he'll report a few blocks away to the Annapolis law firm Rifkin, Livingston, Levitan and Silver LLC, where he will likely lobby his soon-to-be former boss. Ditto for Joseph C. Bryce, a State House staffer for nearly two decades and O'Malley's influential chief legislative officer for the past six years. Last month he announced his departure and has moved into a new office at Manis, Canning and Associates where he'll cajole, pressure and maneuver on behalf of corporate clients.

FireManchester: Firefighters responded at 10: 39 a.m. Tuesday to an auto fire in the 3700 block of Maple Grove Road. Units were out 30 minutes.PoliceMillers: A Millers Station Road resident told police that a .38-caliber revolver and camcorder were stolen from her home Tuesday. The loss was estimated at $1,400.Pub Date: 1/08/98

City police said an 18-year-old West Baltimore man was to appear today at a bail hearing following charges that he shot another teen-ager while handling a revolver inside a house in the 900 block of McDonogh St. last evening.Eastern District police said Danta Anderson, of the 1500 block of N. Fulton Ave., was charged with the attempted murder of Jerrod Sanders, 17, of the 3600 block of Belle Ave.Police said Anderson was allegedly handling a .38-caliber revolver yesterday evening inside the house when the gun discharged.

Slash (feat. Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators) performed at Rams Head Live on Thursday night. Contributor Jay Trucker has this review: The banner atop the stage during Thursday night's tour-opening performance said it all. In size-72 font was the billboard for monosyllabic lead guitarist Slash, followed by a colorful size-48 font promo for his current lead singer-collaborator, Myles Kennedy. Below Kennedy's name, in 12-point font was the name of their touring rhythm section, the Conspirators.  For their part, the Conspirators were a capable and enthusiastic group, tearing through a 19-song set that showcased Slash's solo material and his work withGuns N' Rosesand Velvet Revolver equally.