NEWS
By Kevin Rector, The Baltimore Sun | December 4, 2012
New gun charges have been filed against the Baltimore blogger who broadcast his standoff with police online via live radio as they tried to arrest him on an outstanding warrant last week, according to court records and police. Police said they found an unregistered sawed-off shotgun in his home. Frank James MacArthur, 47, a cab driver and prolific social media user who has branded himself as a citizen-journalist and city watchdog through Twitter posts and online radio broadcasts under the name Baltimore Spectator, peacefully turned himself over to police outside his home in the 600 block of McKewin Avenue about 11 p.m. Saturday.
NEWS
By Justin Fenton, The Baltimore Sun | December 1, 2012
Two men have been indicted by federal prosecutors for allegedly robbing at least three Baltimore area convenience stores with a shotgun. Prosecutors say Quindell Ryeshawn Gardner, 21, and Dion Mitchell Doram, 22, conspired between May and July to commit a series of robberies using stolen cars, with one acting as the getaway driver. On June 21, police say the pair traveled in a stolen vehicle to Hampden, where Doram entered the Royal Farms store in the 1100 block of W. 41 s t St., brandished a shotgun and demanded cash and cartons of cigarettes.
NEWS
By Kevin Rector, The Baltimore Sun | October 11, 2012
A 52-year-old White Hall man who was shot by a Maryland State Police trooper in Harford County on Monday after allegedly pointing a shotgun at the officer has been charged with multiple counts of assault. He's also been charged with reckless endangerment and using a dangerous weapon with intent to injure the officer. Troopers had responded to the home of John E. Murphy, in the 4100 block of Norrisville Road, about 1:30 p.m. after his girlfriend called 911 and said he was armed, suicidal and wanted police to kill him, state police said.
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AEGIS STAFF REPORT | October 9, 2012
Maryland State Police say an armed suspect sustained a non-life threatening gunshot wound Monday after he allegedly pointed a shotgun at a trooper responding to an attempted suicide call at the man's northern Harford County residence. The wounded man has been identified as John E. Murphy, 52, of the 4100 block of Norrisville Road in the White Hall ZIP Code. The house is near the Madonna crossroads. According to a state police news release issued shortly after 9 p.m. Monday, Murphy was receiving treatment for a gunshot wound to the shoulder at Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore.
NEWS
By Scott Dance, The Baltimore Sun | September 1, 2012
The shotgun that Robert Wayne Gladden Jr. allegedly used in last week's shooting at Perry Hall High School wasn't registered with the state. Under Maryland law, that wasn't required. Police also say the 15-year-old Gladden should never have been able to get his hands on the weapon. He found it unsecured in his father's home, according to court documents. The shooting has shed light on the gap between the regulation of handguns - often used in crimes - and "long guns" such as the double-barrel Western Field shotgun that police seized, a firearm more common on a hunting range or farm.
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By Scott Dance and Erin Cox, The Baltimore Sun | August 31, 2012
Perry Hall High School shooting suspect Robert Wayne Gladden Jr. knew his stepfather owned a cache of powerful guns but was unable to gain access to them because they were locked in a safe, Baltimore County police said Friday. "This shooting, as devastating as it was, could have been a lot worse," Police Chief James Johnson wrote in a blog entry posted on a county news website Friday. Police have obtained evidence that Gladden was "well aware of the guns" but knew he couldn't get to them, according to the blog.