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Police seeking suspect in Essex attempted murder
- Baltimore County Police have identified a suspect in an attempted murder in Essex in July.
County seeks input from Hispanic, Latino groups
- As their population in Baltimore County balloons, Hispanics and Latinos say they want to feel better served by government agencies and the political process.
Essex mourns local activist Jackie Nickel
- The Essex activists needed 24,000 signatures to save the homes of 300 Essex residents. The task seemed daunting.
County to give $2M subsidy for Essex redevelopment plan
- Baltimore County officials appear poised to give a developer an 18-acre site plus a $2 million county subsidy to ensure County Executive Jim Smith’s pilot “renaissance” initiative for aging Beltway communities is a success.
Sex offender charged with camping trip rape in Essex
- Baltimore County police have arrested a convicted sex offender on charges of raping a 12-year-old girl during a camping trip in the Essex area.
Examiner reporter stabbed in Essex
- A 24-year-old Essex man was stabbed during an attempted street robbery Tuesday night, police said.
Michael Peters, a part-time sports reporter for The Baltimore Examiner, said he was walking at about 11:30 p.m. in the area of Foxwood Lane and Sandalwood Road outside his residence while talking on the phone to his grandmother, who lives in Binghamton, N.Y.
During the conversation, two males approached Peters, one of whom stabbed him in the ribs and demanded money, Baltimore County police said.
“He was grabbed by the males, spun around and as he began facing them, one of the suspects yelled something to him and stabbed him in the left side with a knife,” Baltimore Police spokesman Cpl. Mike Hill said. “They told him to give them him his wallet and his cell phone. He said he didn’t have it. The suspects then began to run away.”
Peters said the suspect’s demands confused him.
“One of them yelled, ‘What’s your problem?’ I thought, ‘My problem? You’re the one who stabbed me.’ ”
Peters was treated and released for the stab wound at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center.
Anyone with information can Baltimore County police at 410-307-2020.
lbroadwater@baltimoreexaminer.com
Michael Peters, a part-time sports reporter for The Baltimore Examiner, said he was walking at about 11:30 p.m. in the area of Foxwood Lane and Sandalwood Road outside his residence while talking on the phone to his grandmother, who lives in Binghamton, N.Y.
During the conversation, two males approached Peters, one of whom stabbed him in the ribs and demanded money, Baltimore County police said.
“He was grabbed by the males, spun around and as he began facing them, one of the suspects yelled something to him and stabbed him in the left side with a knife,” Baltimore Police spokesman Cpl. Mike Hill said. “They told him to give them him his wallet and his cell phone. He said he didn’t have it. The suspects then began to run away.”
Peters said the suspect’s demands confused him.
“One of them yelled, ‘What’s your problem?’ I thought, ‘My problem? You’re the one who stabbed me.’ ”
Peters was treated and released for the stab wound at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center.
Anyone with information can Baltimore County police at 410-307-2020.
lbroadwater@baltimoreexaminer.com
Residents complain of loitering at school where boy was injured
- Just days after a 2-year-old boy suffered third-degree burns on a slide coated with sulfuric acid at an Essex school playground, residents near the school said people are constantly loitering where the crime occurred.
- Just days after a 2-year-old boy suffered third-degree burns on a slide coated with sulfuric acid at an Essex school playground, residents near the school said people are constantly loitering where the crime occurred.
Baltimore County hosts its first collegiate regatta
- Students nationwide will compete in Baltimore County’s first collegiate sailing regatta Saturday and Sunday at Rocky Point Park in Essex. The UMBC Open is sanctioned by the Middle-Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association.
Autopsy to be available for Baltimore Co. man
- The autopsy results for a Baltimore County man who died in police custody will be available today, said employee at the state’s Medical Examiner.
Guidelines limit Kingsley Park profits
- If the government-initiated redevelopment of Essex’s once-blighted Kingsley Park apartments is going to be a moneymaker, Baltimore County is going to have to chip in a little more, officials said Tuesday.