Professor sues Hopkins, alleging harassment
May 28, 2008
A former professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine is suing the school and two of her supervisors, claiming a longstanding pattern of gender-based bullying and harassment forced her out and nearly derailed her career. More Read More →
Kids’ coach who threatened ref with gun goes to jail
May 28, 2008
A youth football coach from East Baltimore was sentenced to 6.5 years in prison for using a loaded gun to intimidate a referee at the end of a game last year in Montgomery County. Prosecutors say Aaron McCown was an assistant coach during a game in September that was ended early by a referee because of the team’s inappropriate behavior. More Read More →
Settlement reached in Central Booking beating death
May 28, 2008
The state Attorney General’s Office has agreed to a settlement with the relatives of a man who was beaten to death at the Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Facility in 2005 after a struggle with correctional officers. Dwight Pettit, an attorney for the relatives of Raymond Smoot, said the family decided to drop its $130 million wrongful-death lawsuit in exchange for the settlement. Pettit would not disclose the amount, which will go to the state Board of Public Works for approval. Raquel Guillory,... More
Pikesville nights should be quiet again, police say
May 28, 2008
The mysterious late-night blasts and flashes that disturbed a Pikesville neighborhood for months have been solved and stopped, according Baltimore County police. Frederick Lee Mackler, 59, has been charged with hoarding pyrotechnics and guns, according to The Sun. Assistant State’s Attorney Kristin Blumer said the noise and flashes came from a “bird-banger”—a device used by farmers to scare birds and rodents away from crops—that Mackler fired from his condo. Baltimore County District... More
Still looking the other way on video gambling
May 28, 2008
Many weekday mornings I pass a pizza joint in Hampden with only one customer inside. Through the window I can see a scruffy-looking man shoving dollar bills into a video gambling machine. These machines are licensed by the city as if they are ‘amusement devices’ or games of skill. But there is no skill to these machines— only chance. These are slot machines without slots. More Read More →
Man gets 7-year sentence for child pornography
May 28, 2008
A Pikesville man has been sentenced to seven years in prison, including 12 months of home detention with electronic monitoring, followed by supervised release for life, for receiving child pornography.
Harold Leroy Rivers, 62, also was fined $15,000 by U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
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Delaware’s worst traffic scofflaw is Md. trucker
May 28, 2008
A Maryland trucker who dislikes paying tolls might save money by driving anywhere but in Delaware: The state has him in its sights—and its courts.
Frank X. Maier, 55, of Abingdon, was accused of being Delaware’s worst traffic scofflaw for running up $2,800 in unpaid tolls at the Delaware Memorial Bridge, according to the Wilmington News Journal. He was convicted in March of felony theft of services... More
Should video gambling be legal in Baltimore-area bars and shops?
May 28, 2008
1) There is no reason the government shouldn’t benefit—it’s revenue we should try to make up.
— Thad Say, Hunt Valley
2) If it’s legal then they’d be able to tax it. I don’t see anything against legalizing it if they can keep track of the winnings. The city and state can get some of the money.
— Arlene Holsey, Baltimore
3) No, I don’t. It’s... More
Wedding video debuts in court
May 28, 2008
Lots of couples videotape their weddings, but scenes from one made Baltimore County jurors chuckle recently. Jurors watched snippets of a wedding held at the Essex home of Leroy Weinreich, who is being sued by Lonnie J. Nelson of Edgewood.
Nelson alleges he was injured when a pier collapsed on Weinreich’s property. Nelson’s lawyers argued that Weinreich did not warn guests that the... More
Young widow’s anger reshapes her dream for the city
May 28, 2008
Last month, as Anna Sowers faced graduate school final exams, the calendar pointed to an even more dreaded date: June 1, the first anniversary of the attack that put her husband into a coma and led to his death. Another tidal wave of grief, questions and anger was on its way.
The 28-year-old newlywed became a widow March 25, 10 months after Zach Sowers was beaten during a robbery near their Patterson... More
