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A 54-year-old man suspected of setting a Baltimore fire surrendered without incident after he barricaded himself Tuesday morning in his Milford Mill home, according to city and county police. Randall Martin of the 3600 block of Bellmore Road faces first-degree arson and other related charges, said Baltimore Police spokesman Detective Kevin Brown. Police received a report shortly before 4 a.m. of a fire set by someone with a gas can in the 4300 block of Norfolk Ave. in Northwest Baltimore, the spokesman said.

A man suspected in a rash of recent Craigslist robberies was taken into custody at a downtown library, where police say he was using a computer - possibly to set up more attacks. David E. Brown, 26, is accused of orchestrating at least four robberies that took place in the 3500 block of Callaway Avenue, a residential street in Northwest Baltimore. Two attacks occurred last year, in August and November, but two others were reported to police this month. Detectives were interviewing Brown to determine if he was involved in any other incidents, and charges were pending.

Baltimore police announced Friday that detectives have arrested suspects in two killings last month, including a fatal shooting during a robbery that netted $18, according to police and court documents. In the robbery case, police said Abron Scott, 42, of the 4500 block of Manor View Road was arrested Thursday and charged with first-degree murder, armed robbery and gun offenses in the shooting Sept. 9 of Shelton Elliott in a house in the 500 block of N. Carey St. in West Baltimore. Police said the suspect walked into a third-story apartment through an unlocked door about 7:40 p.m. and threatened four occupants with a pistol.

State officials are investigating what killed thousands of fish in Marley and Furnace creeks in northern Anne Arundel County, but suspect they suffocated after an algae bloom sucked the oxygen out of the water, a Maryland Department of the Environment spokesman said Tuesday. Investigators saw an estimated 6,000 dead and apparently dying fish Monday, mostly in Marley Creek but some as well in adjoining Furnace Creek, said MDE spokesman Jay Apperson. There were at least nine different species of fish involved, including Atlantic menhaden, silversides, silvery minnows and sunfish, he said.

A Cumberland man and a Baltimore man were being sought Friday in connection with the overnight shooting of two residents of the western Maryland city's east side. The victims, a 34-year-old man and his 28-year-old live-in girlfriend, were not identified by police. They were both taken by a Cumberland Fire Department ambulance to the Western Maryland Regional Medical Center for treatment of serious injuries that apparently were not life-threatening. Within hours of the incident, C3I investigators obtained warrants for the arrest of 22-year-old Tavon Lennie Staten of Cumberland and 19-year-old Quartez Joseph Pinder of Baltimore both on charges of attempted murder, first- and second-degree assault, reckless endangerment and related offenses.

Footprints in the snow led police officers to a man they believe had just broken into his neighbor's Glen Burnie home Wednesday morning, Anne Arundel County police spokesman Justin Mulcahy said. A 39-year-old woman heard glass break around 2:28 a.m. in her home in the 200 block of Queen Anne Road and went to investigate, he said. When she encountered a man, he ran out, Mulcahy said. Responding officers followed tracks in the snow to another house on the block, where they arrested a man who had wet clothes.

Baltimore County police shot and killed a 39-year-old man Tuesday afternoon after he opened fire on officers while leaving a meeting at a parole and probation center in Northwest Baltimore, police said. A city police spokesman said two county detectives were following the man, a suspect in an armed robbery. When the officers attempted to arrest him outside his vehicle at the intersection of Metro and Mount Hope drives about 1:30 p.m., the suspect fired a .50-caliber handgun, Baltimore police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said.

Two teens were hospitalized after being shot in Edgewood Sunday afternoon, the Harford County Sheriff's Office said. Police received a call about a shooting in the unit block of Yorkshire Drive about 5:20 p.m., according to a statement from the sheriff's office. When deputies arrived, they found Solothol Thomas Delilly and Rashad Colyns, both 18, suffering from gunshot wounds to the torso, police said. Delilly was flown to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he was in critical but stable condition Sunday night, police said.

Annapolis police have arrested a suspect in the fatal stabbing of a woman Friday afternoon in the first block of Pleasant Street. Raedean Lee, 38, of Annapolis, has been charged with first- and second-degree murder in the death of Kim M. Davis of the 600 block of Greenbriar Lane in Annapolis. Police officers found Davis, 32, suffering from stab wounds to the upper body about 2:30 p.m. She was taken to Anne Arundel Medical Center, where she died. The fatal stabbing is the city's first homicide since November.

A 13-year-old boy remained hospitalized in serious condition after he was shot four times on New Year's Eve in a Woodlawn apartment building, and Baltimore County police have an arrest warrant for a suspect, according to a spokesman for the department. "We're aggressively looking for the suspect right now," said the spokesman, Cpl. Mike Hill, adding that police believe the victim and the suspect know each other. "This wasn't a random crime," he said. Investigators were still trying to determine a motive, according to Hill.

A 34-year-old man died Sunday afternoon after he was stabbed in Northwest Baltimore, police said. The victim, whose identity was not released, was stabbed once in the torso at about 12:11 p.m. Sunday in the 2600 block of Park Heights Terrace, Baltimore Police Sgt. Anthony Smith said. The victim was taken to Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said Smith said police were interviewing a possible suspect, who was in custody. No additional information was available, Smith said.

For the past five years, news anchors at Baltimore's Fox affiliate have partnered with city police to hunt down fugitives. The segments, aired on the last Friday of every month, were more telethon than ride-along, with mug shots, a brief description of crimes and officers shown at desks fielding calls from the public. But police pulled out of the collaboration — which helped take more than three dozen wanted suspects off the streets since 2007 — after a man sought in a high-profile assault walked into the studio at WBFF-TV (Channel 45)

An allegedly armed man robbed an Annapolis bank Monday and forced a lockdown at an elementary school, while police searched for him. The man entered Severn Savings Bank in the 1900 block of 1917 West St. at 10:45 a.m. A teller told police he displayed a handgun. He fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of money, police said. Mills-Parole Elementary School on Chinquapin Round Road was placed on lockdown for several hours, while officers searched the area. The suspect has not been found.

Maryland Transportation Authority Police arrested a Florida man Sunday morning after security agents found a loaded handgun in his carry-on luggage at BWI Marshall Airport. Michael Menlo Smith, 58, was found with a 9 mm Glock 17, loaded with 10 rounds of ammunition, and two magazines with another 10 rounds each, according to police and the Transportation Security Administration. Police confiscated the firearm and ammunition and arrested the man. There was no impact on airport operations, according to TSA. Smith told police he forgot the firearm was in his luggage, spokesman Sgt. Kirk Perez said.

The gun used in the killings at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Ellicott City last week was registered to the homeless man who allegedly shot two women and then himself, Howard County police said Monday. The gun was found near the body of Douglas Franklin Jones, 56, in woods next to the church. Police said he shot the Rev. Mary-Marguerite Kohn, 62, a co-rector of the church, and Brenda Brewington, 59, a church administrator, before turning the gun on himself. A church custodian found the two women shot in a church office and called police about 5:20 p.m. Thursday, police said.

The man who police say shot and critically wounded a co-rector and killed another worker at an Ellicott City church last week was angry about being told to limit his visits to the food pantry, church leaders said in a statement on Saturday. The shootings of the two women have plunged the congregation of St. Peter's Episcopal Church, founded in Howard County in 1842, into mourning. The church has announced a private service for Sunday at 10 a.m. The statement from the church says a custodian found the victims in an office.

Police on Friday made an arrest in the November murder of a 21-year-old who was shot in the chest while walking his dog outside the Cherry Hill Homes public housing development. Police identified the suspect as Rodney Hall, 33, also known as Ronald Hall. Hall, of the 1100 block of Cherry Hill Road, was charged with first-degree murder in the death of Angelo Dangerfield on Nov. 25 in 2800 block of Spelman Road, police said. He was picked up in the 1100 block of Cherry Hill Road Friday night.

A man who was shot while trying to rob a business Wednesday was later located by police at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center, police said. Officers responded to the hospital at 9:10 p.m. after receiving word that a man with a gunshot wound to the chest had walked in. An investigation showed the man had been shot while attempting to rob a store in the 3600 block of Parkdale Drive, just north of Druid Hill Park, police said. No further details were immediately available.

It's well known that world-renowned doctors from Johns Hopkins Hospital regularly treat royalty, other dignitaries and U.S. service members. According to the CBS news show 60 Minutes , they also have been called upon to patch up those who don't appear on America's side. As part of a report Sunday about the harsh interrogation techniques used by the government after the9/11attacks, the news program said a Hopkins doctor was brought in to operate on a suspected terrorist.