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Baltimore police and federal drug agents today began rounding up 34 drug suspects in a bid to wipe out East Baltimore's "Billy Guy" drug organization. The ring is believed to be responsible for $4 million in heroin and cocaine sales annually in East Baltimore. Officials said three suspects named in grand jury indictments also have been charged with murder and two with assault with intent to murder. One suspect was arrested with 1,594 bags of heroin and 2,473 vials of cocaine, police said.

On April 17, 2006, ANNA MARIE FEAGA-RING, age 97, preceded in death by her husbands Bernard K. Feaga, Sr. and Edwin P. Ring and by her son J. Emerson Feaga; devoted mother of Bernard K. Feaga, Jr. of Glen Arm, MD, William P. Feaga of Severn, MD and Anna M. "Patsy" Thompson of Woodbine, MD; beloved sister of the late Doris Schmeiser. Also survived by 11 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and 8 great-great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends Wednesday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9pm at the family owned and operated Mac Nabb Funeral Home, P.A., 301 Frederick Road, Catonsville (at beltway exit 13)

Anthony "A.J. " Williams works in science by day and in the sweet science by night. He's accustomed to the good-natured verbal jabs he takes about his pursuit of a boxing career. "They actually just make jokes about it all day every day," the 26-year-old fighter said of his colleagues at Parexel International, a bio/pharmaceutical services organization, where he works as a research technician in Baltimore. "When I was an amateur, I had to be clean-shaved. So I came into work with a pencil mustache looking like I was someone's father.

Arda Ocal (@arda_ocal) of theScore Television Network interviewed former WWE superstar Nelson Frazier, who portrayed Mabel and Viscera.

WWE returns to 1st Mariner Arena on Sunday night for WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs. The main bout of the pay-per-view event — which starts at 7:45 p.m. — is a Triple Threat Tables, Ladders & Chairs Match featuring CM Punk, The Miz and Alberto Del Rio. Triple H also returns to the ring in Baltimore for the first time in two years for a showdown with Kevin Nash. Another TLC highlight will be the Intercontinental Championship match starring Booker T, who is leaving the broadcast table to settle a grudge against belt-holder Cody Rhodes.

Mike Tyson knows his ring history.Working as a commentator for Showtime at the USAir Arena on Saturday night in his first appearance at a fight since he was released from prison last month, the former heavyweight champion said he admired the accomplishments of two past Baltimore champions -- lightweight legend Joe Gans, who reigned at the turn of the century, and Harry Jeffra, who won both the bantamweight and featherweight titles in the late 1930s.But...

An Anne Arundel County grand jury indicted nine people yesterday, including two brothers and their mother, on charges of conspiring to operate a drug ring.State's Attorney Frank R. Weathersbee said that Steven E. Downey, 20, of the 6400 block of Golden Oak Road, Linthicum, was at the center of the ring, which distributed marijuana in Anne Arundel, Howard and Baltimore counties.Mr. Downey, who was arrested in October, was being held without bail yesterday. He was indicted on three counts of operating as a drug kingpin.

Baltimore County police were alerting area pawnshops yesterday to be on the lookout for the 1958 NFL championship ring belonging to former Colt defensive back Andy Nelson.Nelson, 63, a trucking company executive, and his wife, Betty, discovered that the ring was missing from their Glen Arm residence about 11 a.m. Sunday. They estimated the ring's value at $10,000.Police said that the Nelsons' home was burglarized between Feb. 17 and Sunday, and that $300 worth of other jewelry also was stolen.

An Annapolis man was sentenced to eight years in prison with no parole yesterday for his role in a coast-to-coast drug ring linked to a November 1988 drug bust at Baltimore-Washington International Airport.James Forrester, 21, of the 600 block of Green Briar Lane was sentenced to 97 months in prison for his role in a Los Angeles-to-Annapolis drug ring headed locally by Troy Donyel Stansbury, said Harvey E. Eisenberg, an assistant U.S. Attorney who heads the federal regional drug task force.