Woodlawn

Baltimore County police have made an arrest in a fatal stabbing that occurred Wednesday night in Woodlawn. Police say 35-year-old George Robert Evans Jr., a convicted sex offender who lives in the 1400 block of Langford Rd., was arrested Thursday and charged with first-degree murder of 23-year-old Kevin Regusters, who was stabbed to death in the 2600 block of Purnell Drive at about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday. According to a statement from police, Evans and Regusters, of the 5300 block of Kenilworth Ave. in Baltimore, and been involved in a fight.

A man was shot in Woodlawn in Baltimore County on Friday night, according to police. City police first responded at about 7:30 p.m. to reports of a man shot near the intersection of Liberty Heights Avenue and Powder Mill Lane, which is near Powder Mill Park and just inside the city line, according to Det. Jeremy Silbert, a city police spokesman. After determining the man had actually been shot nearby in Baltimore County, they turned the case over to county police, Silbert said.

Firefighters who were tackling a one-alarm house fire in Woodlawn shortly after noon Thursday found a woman dead just inside the front door of the single-family dwelling. Elise Armacost, a spokeswoman for the county fire department, said fire crews who were summoned to the blaze in the 3100 block of Gartside Drive in northwestern Baltimore County came across the woman, who was "deceased from her injuries. " The victim's identity was not immediately released. Fire investigators remained at the scene in early afternoon and had not determined a cause of the fire.

Chew on this: Adults — not children — account for 65 percent of gummi candy consumption in the United States. And that appetite is growing, if Haribo of America Inc.'s sales are any indication. U.S. sales for the Woodlawn-based division of the German candy maker have grown in double digits in each of the past five years, and more than 20 percent in 2011, said Christian Jegen, president of Haribo of America. Known for inventing gummi bears, Haribo began mass-marketing the fruity, chewy candy in the United States in the 1980s.

It is so hard to comprehend. Four youngsters, ages 3 to 8, and one adult killed at a bus stop by a runaway sports car near the headquarters of the Social Security Administration in Woodlawn. Such a senseless accident, with innocent children bearing the brunt of the impact. It is another reminder that life's end can come at any moment, without warning. Sometimes there is nowhere to run, nowhere to hide. Accidental death snatches young people prematurely in so many forms, but the circumstances many times seem bizarre, or at least beyond the comforting boundaries of most people's typical everyday existence -- drug abuse, drive-by shootings, a mother drowning her children.

Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-N.Y., has once again proposed making the Social Security Administration (SSA) an independent agency. It is an eminently sensible suggestion.Experts on government administration have been urging taking SSA out of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for years. The House has voted three times to make SSA independent. All Maryland representatives voted for the bill last time. They may have been influenced by the widely-held assumption that career employees of SSA at Woodlawn strongly favor such independence.

A man was shot in Woodlawn in Baltimore County on Friday night, according to police. City police first responded at about 7:30 p.m. to reports of a man shot near the intersection of Liberty Heights Avenue and Powder Mill Lane, which is near Powder Mill Park and just inside the city line, according to Det. Jeremy Silbert, a city police spokesman. After determining the man had actually been shot nearby in Baltimore County, they turned the case over to county police, Silbert said.

Baltimore County Police said they are investigating a homicide in Woodlawn Tuesday. An unidentified man was found dead on the front lawn of a single-family home in the 3500 block of Woodmoor Road. An unknown caller told police about the body at 7:19 a.m., police said. Officers remained on the scene throughout the morning. As of noon, police had not identified the victim. Police ask that anyone with information call 410-307-2020. mary.gail.hare@baltsun.com

A Virginia firm said Friday that it purchased six rental complexes in Woodlawn for $190 million and intends to spend close to $8 million more to renovate the 1,984 units. The Norfolk-based Harbor Group International purchased the 808-unit Crosswinds at Rolling Road, the 92-unit Diamond Ridge, the 270-unit Glens at Rolling Road, the 264-unit Granite Run, the 280-unit Rolling Wind and the 270-unit Stratton Meadows. The acquisition, from an affiliate of Sawyer Realty Holdings, brings to more than 3,300 the number of rental units Harbor Group owns in the Baltimore area.

Baltimore County police are investigating the early Saturday stabbing of a woman outside of a club in Woodlawn. Cpl. John Wachter said police transported the woman, whose name was not released, to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center with non-life threatening injuries. Her status was not available. Police responded to a call at 1:36 a.m. in the Days Inn parking lot at 1660 Whitehead Court and found an adult female suffering from several cuts, Wachter said. The hotel shares a parking lot with Club Paradise, he said.

Baltimore County police are investigating the early Saturday stabbing of a woman outside of a club in Woodlawn. Cpl. John Wachter said police transported the woman, whose name was not released, to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center with non-life threatening injuries. Her status was not available. Police responded to a call at 1:36 a.m. in the Days Inn parking lot at 1660 Whitehead Court and found an adult female suffering from several cuts, Wachter said. The hotel shares a parking lot with Club Paradise, he said.

Baltimore City girls basketball got the better of its Baltimore County counterparts at Thursday's opening day of the 16 t h Annual Basketball Academy as No. 6 Poly and No. 7 Dunbar scored easy victories. Poly (14-0) used balanced scoring to roll over Randallstown, 69-9, and Dunbar (11-4) got 33 points from All-Metro forward Michelle Wright to match Woodlawn's total in the Poets' 76-33 victory at Lake Clifton, the home for all three days of this year's event. The Engineers scored the first 23 points of their game and put 12 players in the box score, including three in double figures - Keli Alston with 12 points and Blair Harding and Chaun Crockett with 10 each.

A 37-year-old man was sentenced in Baltimore County Circuit Court on Monday to three years in prison for animal cruelty stemming from a police seizure of scarred and malnourished dogs from a Woodlawn area home. Larry Alston was arrested in 2009 after police found numerous dogs in the home, along with cages that were covered in feces and urine. He had been charged 22 counts of violating various animal cruelty laws, including charges of mutilating the animals, and police said there was evidence the dogs had been used for fighting.

Baltimore County police have made an arrest in a fatal stabbing that occurred Wednesday night in Woodlawn. Police say 35-year-old George Robert Evans Jr., a convicted sex offender who lives in the 1400 block of Langford Rd., was arrested Thursday and charged with first-degree murder of 23-year-old Kevin Regusters, who was stabbed to death in the 2600 block of Purnell Drive at about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday. According to a statement from police, Evans and Regusters, of the 5300 block of Kenilworth Ave. in Baltimore, and been involved in a fight.

Baltimore County police are investigating the stabbing death of a 23-year-old city man Wednesday night in Woodlawn. Police responded to a report of a fight at about 11:30 p.m. to the 2600 block of Purnell Drive, near Gwynns Falls Boulevard. They found a vehicle with several people in and around it, police said, and several homes away, they found Kevin Eric Regusters in a front yard suffering from multiple stab wounds. The victim, who lived in the 5300 block of Kenilworth Ave. in the Govans area, was taken to Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Guy Thomas Germana Jr., a retired Woodlawn High School educator, died Sunday of a heart attack at his Millersville home. He was 81. Mr. Germana was born and raised in Atlantic City, N.J., where he graduated from public schools. He served in the Navy for two years in the early 1950s and earned a bachelor's degree from Bloomsburg State College in Bloomsburg, Pa., which he attended on a football scholarship. Mr. Germana, who taught biology for more than 20 years at Woodlawn High School, also taught the school's first honors program in entomology.

A 37-year-old man was sentenced in Baltimore County Circuit Court on Monday to three years in prison for animal cruelty stemming from a police seizure of scarred and malnourished dogs from a Woodlawn area home. Larry Alston was arrested in 2009 after police found numerous dogs in the home, along with cages that were covered in feces and urine. He had been charged 22 counts of violating various animal cruelty laws, including charges of mutilating the animals, and police said there was evidence the dogs had been used for fighting.

Baltimore County police are investigating the stabbing death of a 23-year-old city man Wednesday night in Woodlawn. Police responded to a report of a fight at about 11:30 p.m. to the 2600 block of Purnell Drive, near Gwynns Falls Boulevard. They found a vehicle with several people in and around it, police said, and several homes away, they found Kevin Eric Regusters in a front yard suffering from multiple stab wounds. The victim, who lived in the 5300 block of Kenilworth Ave. in the Govans area, was taken to Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Three men were arrested in connection with a series of robberies and carjackings that occurred over a four-hour span Tuesday night across Baltimore County and the city, ending when the men crashed their vehicle near the Domino Sugars factory while fleeing police. Baltimore Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III and Baltimore County Chief James W. Johnson, who announced the arrests at a joint news conference Wednesday afternoon, called the robberies a "mini-crime spree" and said police worked together to catch the suspects, who had open warrants and criminal records.