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Thursday, February 7, 2013

Homicide Victim’s Friends Mourn on Facebook

Friends of Katie Hadel, the woman who was killed in Owings Mills Tuesday night, have been expressing their condolences on her Facebook page.

Katie Hadel has been described as “gorgeous,” “great” and a “beautiful spirit” by her Facebook friends. Since her death on Tuesday night, friends have posted memories and condolences on Hadel’s Facebook wall. Hadel was stabbed Tuesday night in her Owings Mills apartment, and pronounced dead at the scene. “The universe lost a beautiful spirit with your passing. It was too soon. I will never forget the kindness you showed as one of the first people I met when I moved to MD in middle school,” wrote Heather Hahn. “As silly as it sounds, I never used a locker before and you took the time to show me how it worked. Always looking out to lend a hand. Deepest sympathies go out to your family during his dark time.” Many friends posted about Katie’s …

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jackblasio

11:46 pm on Monday, February 11, 2013

Cut it out...get over it...this is sad stuff you goof-ball...   more ›

Police Charge Annapolis Man in Owings Mills Homicide

Jeffrey Michael Shiflett is charged in the death of Katie Hadel.

Baltimore County Police have charged an Annapolis man with murder in the death of Owings Mills resident Katie Hadel. Jeffrey Michael Shiflett, 33, of the 1700 block of Saint Margarets Road in Annapolis, is charged with one count of first-degree murder, according to a Baltimore County Police press release. He was arrested without incident Wednesday morning shortly after 11 a.m. when an officer spotted him walking on the street in the Reisterstown area, police said. He is currently being held without bail at the Baltimore County Detention Center. Police found the body of Hadel, 33, in her apartment on the unit block of Wellhaven Circle Tuesday night while responding to a domestic disturbance report. Two small children were found unharmed in …

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Friday, January 11, 2013

Two Men Arrested in 2009 Randallstown Homicide

Baltimore County police arrested Eric Isaiah Johnson and Leonard Briscoe last week.

Baltimore County police arrested two men last week in the Sept. 30, 2009, stabbing death of Rodney Lewis in his Randallstown home. On Jan. 2, police arrested Eric Isaiah Johnson, according to a news release. Then, on Jan. 3, police arrested Leonard Briscoe. Both have been charged with first-degree murder. At about 4 p.m. Sept. 30, 2009, officers went to the Lewis' residence in the 9500 block of Liberty Road. During their investigation, police found out that Johnson was staying with Lewis and Lewis' wife. On that day someone had called and reported "finding the body of Rodney Lewis deceased on the kitchen floor," a county news release states. "The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled that the victim died of multiple sharp-force …

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Thursday, January 10, 2013

Lansdowne Man Gets 115 Years in Teen's Halloween Murder

Dequan Burks was killed on Halloween in 2010.

Sterlin Matthews, 19, of Lansdowne, was sentenced Thursday to 115 years in prison for killing a 16-year-old boy on Halloween in Baltimore Highlands in 2010. According to a statement from the State's Attorney for Baltimore County, Matthews was convicted Oct. 25 in Baltimore County Circuit Court of second-degree murder, 11 counts of first-degree assault and three counts of Use of a Handgun in the Commission of a Crime of Violence. The murder occurred Oct. 31, 2010, when Dequan Burks, 16, was with a group of teens for Halloween in Lansdowne. "The group crossed a footbridge into Baltimore Highlands when shots were fired by Matthews," the statement said. Burks was shot in the back and died, and two other teens "were struck by bullets fired by …

Friday, January 4, 2013

Report: Prosecutors Say Sex Video Shows Phylicia Barnes, Accused Murderer

Lawyers say the 16-year-old honor student was shown "intoxicated" in a video with her accused killer, according to news reports.

Prosecutors in the case against the accused killer of Phylicia Barnes will show a video at trial depicting the teenage victim “intoxicated and engaging in sexual relations” with her accused killer and others, the Baltimore Sun reports. Barnes, a 16-year-old from North Carolina, went missing from Baltimore, near Pikesville, three days after Christmas 2010, while she was in Baltimore visiting her half-sister. Barnes’s body was found in the Susquehanna River in April 2011. The search for Barnes spread out across Maryland, reaching Howard County in the spring of 2011.  During a Maryland State Police-led search of the Patapsco Valley State Park on April 9, police did not find Barnes, but they did find a body, later identified as John H. …

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Thursday, December 20, 2012

Surveillance Photos Show Teen's Killers

Daniel Pearson, 16, was shot and killed on Nov. 20 on Greenmount Avenue.

The Baltimore police have released stills from video surveillance of the suspected murderers of a 16-year-old boy in hopes of finding the killers. The grainy photos, released by police, show a group of four people walking across Greenmount Avenue through oncoming traffic, pointing weapons toward the west side of the street at about 8 p.m. on Nov. 20. Daniel Pearson, 16, was found at the scene and pronounced dead at an area hospital. A 22-year-old man and a 33-year-old man were also wounded in the shooting. "Homicide detectives are attempting to identify a group of persons of interest who were captured on video surveillance in the area. Anyone with information on the identity of the pictured individuals is asked to contact homicide …

Sean Tully

1:13 pm on Saturday, December 22, 2012

Robin, you are declaring cameras don't work because of one fuzzy, distant photo? I could easily argue that had more cameras been in place perhaps we'd get a better image. Adam, State's Attorney Patricia Jessamy wouldn't have found useful evidence if it was delivered to her front door. That's why she is former State's Attorney Patricia Jessamy.   more ›

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Gwynn Oak Man Gets Life for Woodlawn Murder

Antoine Reed was sentenced for a 2008 murder at Hunter's Crossing Apartments.

Antoine M. Reed Jr. was sentenced Tuesday in Baltimore County Circuit Court to life without parole in the 2008 shooting death of a Woodlawn apartment complex manager, according to a news release from the State's Attorney's office. Judge John J. Nagle III sentenced Reed, of Gwynn Oak, in the death of Milton Barnes, the manager of the Hunter's Crossing Apartments complex. Reed was convicted by a jury in August of first-degree murder and unlawful use of a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence . Barnes, "was found suffering from a gunshot wound to the head on June 24, 2008," according to the news release. Barnes reportedly "had been having difficulties with an employee." Reed, a resident of Newfield Road in Gwynn Oak, was the …

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jackblasio

12:26 am on Monday, January 28, 2013

Yes indeed, it was a safe plce for me, too, as a kid (riding my bike) in the 60's and 70's....   more ›

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Baltimore Man Convicted in 2010 Halloween Triple Shooting

Sterlin Matthews, 19, of the 1800 block of N. Bentalou St. is found guilty of first-degree murder and other charges in Oct. 31, 2010, shooting of Dequan Burks and two others near the footbridge over the Baltimore-Washington Parkway.

A Baltimore County Circuit Court jury found Sterlin Matthews, 19, guilty of the murder of Dequan Burks, who was 16 when he and three others were shot on the night of Oct. 31, 2010, near the pedestrian footbridge over the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, according to a release issued by State's Attorney Scott Shellenberger. According to the release, Burks had been with a group of teenagers for Halloween in Lansdowne. The group crossed a footbridge into Baltimore Highlands when shots were fired by Matthews, the release said. Burks and the two others were shot near the 100-block of Twin Circle Way, according to police. When police arrived on the scene, they found Burks lying on the sidewalk. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Matthews, of the…

Friday, August 10, 2012

Killer of Owings Mills Man Gets Life Without Parole

The man convicted of fatally shooting Owings Mills resident Scott Greenberg was sentenced Friday to life without parole.

The man convicted of murdering Owings Mills resident Scott Greenberg by shooting him six times in the back of the head was sentenced to life with parole plus forty years on Friday. Gerald Edward Sears, 33, was sentenced Friday by Judge Patrich Cavanaugh in the Baltimore County Circuit Court for the murder, which took place on Aug. 22, 2009, at Greenberg’s parents house on Velvet Valley Way in Owings Mills, according to a press release from the Baltimore County State’s Attorney's Office. Sears killed Greenberg, who was 50 at the time, over a money dispute, the release said. Sears, who lived on Straw Hat Road in Owings Mills, was convicted of first-degree murder and use of a handgun in the commission of a felony and distribution of cocaine …

Monday, July 16, 2012

Randallstown Man Convicted of First-Degree Murder

State's Attorney: Reginald Frederick faces life plus 30 years in prison in teen's killing.

Reginald Frederick, 22, of the 3900 block of Nemo Rd. in Randallstown, was convicted Monday of first-degree murder. During a hearing Monday in Baltimore County Circuit Court, he was also convicted of conspiracy to commit robbery and attempted robbery, according to a news release from the office of the State's Attorney for Baltimore County. Willie Cedric Jackson, 19, of died as a result of one gunshot in the head during a drug-related, attempted robbery at about 11:45 p.m. March 27, 2011, the release states. The incident occurred in the 4000 block of Winlee Road in Randallstown. Judge John J. Nagle III set Frederick's sentencing for Oct. 24, the release states. He faces a maximum of life plus 30 years in prison. Sterling Lewis is also …

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