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By Jessica Anderson, The Baltimore Sun | March 14, 2013
After barricading himself in a beer distribution plant Wednesday, a 32-year-old Dundalk man was charged by Baltimore County police. Clifton Rodney Duncan Jr., of the 2600 block of Yorkway was identified as the suspect who ran to a Kmart on North Point Boulevard before breaking into a home in the nearby Colgate neighborhood and then locking himself in an office at the Winner Distributing Company. Officers were first called to the nearby Kmart store at 2:20 p.m., and remained outside the distribution center until about 7 p.m., after Duncan was subdued with a Taser.
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By Jessica Anderson and Ian Duncan, The Baltimore Sun | March 13, 2013
Police captured a man Wednesday evening after he barricaded himself inside a beer distribution facility in eastern Baltimore County, bringing to an end a standoff that followed a disturbance at a Kmart and a break-in at an empty home. The chaos, which led authorities to evacuate two businesses and place nearby Colgate Elementary School on lockdown, lasted most of the afternoon. Authorities initially said the man might have been holding a hostage, but police said they did not find anyone with him. Officers initially responded to the Kmart in the 200 block of North Point Blvd.
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February 6, 2013
Is this really the best anyone in Washington can do to avert sequestration? President Barack Obama's call for delaying the automatic spending cuts past the March 1 deadline would seem reasonable enough, except he hasn't really offered up a specific plan to do so. Instead, he's recommended that a few months of delay might be achieved through a "smaller package of spending cuts and tax reform. " Republicans are flatly rejecting any form of tax increase (and, apparently, ending a tax break on corporate jets is regarded as just that by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell)
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By Carrie Wells, The Baltimore Sun | January 11, 2013
A man barricaded himself in a Northeast Baltimore apartment building Friday night after confronting a police officer there with what authorities described as a makeshift blowtorch, city police said. Around 11 p.m., police said they had taken a man into custody. City police were called to an apartment building housing elderly residents in the 6400 block Loch Raven Boulevard about 8:30 p.m. for a report of breaking and entering, according to city police spokespeople. The officer encountered a man in the lobby carrying a blowtorch, police say. The suspect directed a flame at the officer, who returned fire with his weapon, police say, and then the suspect ran into the building, barricading himself on an upper floor.
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By Justin George, The Baltimore Sun | December 28, 2012
A Baltimore circuit judge denied another bail request Friday for the blogger who held a publicized standoff with city police this month that was broadcast live to thousands of listeners. Judge Lynn K. Stewart said Frank James MacArthur, also known locally as the Baltimore Spectator, posed a continuing threat to public safety and should remain jailed without bail. It was the third time that MacArthur, 37, who lives in the Waverly neighborhood, has been denied bail. MacArthur's attorney, Jill P. Carter, called the revocation a knee-jerk overreaction when many other suspects facing similar charges are often offered bail.
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By Justin George and Ian Duncan, The Baltimore Sun | December 9, 2012
Frank James MacArthur always said what was on his mind. But sometimes, his sister told him, that wasn't the best idea. "Frank is the kind of person who once in a while you wish he would lie because it wouldn't get him in trouble," Jean Arthur said. "Unfortunately for good or bad, he likes to give you his opinion. " "And when it comes to police officers," she added, "they don't like to hear your opinion. " MacArthur's confrontational, brash persona drew thousands to his Baltimore Spectator blog and Twitter page, where he railed against the city of Baltimore, police and the mainstream media.