Year: 2021

Four Winning Lottery Tickets Sold in Area

Here are a list of places in eastern Baltimore  County that sold winning tickets from the Maryland Lottery for last week.

There was a $20,200 scratch-off ticket sold in Fullerton, and an unclaimed $20,ooo Keno ticket sold in Dundalk.

There were also three $10,000 prizes sold throughout Baltimore County last week.

The Week in Winners:

Scratch-off Prizes Claimed From Sept. 13 through Sept. 19:

$20,200 Prize

  • 2020 Cash, Bel Air Liquors, 7631 Belair Road, Fullerton

$10,000 Prizes

  • Money Explosion, J Convenience, 8765 Satyr Hill Road, Parkville
  • WILLY WOKNA GOLDENT TICKETTM, Giant #131, 8665 Philadelphia Road, Rosedale

 

Fast Play and Draw Game Tickets Sold for Drawings From Sept. 13 through Sept. 19:

 

KENO

  • $20,000 ticket sold Sept. 17 at the Soda Pop Store, 7715 Westfield Road, Dundalk (unclaimed as of Sept. 20)

Loaded Gun Found in Chesapeake High Classroom


Baltimore County Police responded to Chesapeake High School in Essex after they were notified that a loaded handgun and ammunition were discovered by a school administrator on Wednesday, Sept. 22 at 12:15 p.m.

Officers later learned the weapon was located inside a bag in an empty classroom.

Police made an arrest in this case.

Faith and Blue Weekend Set for East County


The Baltimore County Police Department will participate in several events and activities planned for the second annual National Faith and Blue Weekend scheduled for October 8-11. Faith and Blue Weekend is endorsed by every major law enforcement group and police department, and has been embraced by religious communities nationwide.

Chief Melissa R. Hyatt has invited Baltimore County faith-based organizations to participate in this initiative, which is organized jointly by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS office) and Movement Forward, Inc.’s OneCOP initiative. “Despite numerous pandemic-related challenges last year, the inaugural Faith and Blue Weekend was extremely successful in Baltimore County. This initiative is based on the foundation that strong communities are built on mutual respect and understanding. Our faith-based partners are pillars in our communities and when we all work together there are long lasting, positive effects,” said Chief Hyatt.

Faith and Blue provides an opportunity to reinforce connections between law enforcement professionals and the communities they serve through the reach of houses of worship. Neighborhoods are safer and stronger when law enforcement and faith-based organizations work together around our commonalities instead of being divided by our differences.

The following is a list of events that are scheduled throughout Baltimore County. These events involve people of all ages including those that were specifically designed for youth, as well as a diverse collection of religions and congregations.

Keep checking this list for updates. These events are also posted on the Faith and Blue website under the Events tab. Here are events scheduled for eastern Baltimore County:

PRECINCT 8 PARKVILLE

Date: Sunday, October 10
Time: 10 to 11:15 a.m.
Location: Perry Hall Baptist Church, 3919 Schroeder Avenue, 21128
Hosted by: Perry Hall Baptist Church and BCoPD
Activity: Police officers will attend church service.
More: https://faithandblue.org/event/4946/

Date: Sunday, October 10
Time: 12:30 to 2 p.m.
Location: St. Joseph Church, 8420 Belair Road, 21236
Hosted by: St. Joseph Church and BCoPD
Activity: Mass to honor Baltimore County Police Officers
More: https://faithandblue.org/event/4004/

PRECINCT 9 WHITE MARSH

Date: Friday, October 8
Time: 1:30 to 2:45 p.m.
Location: Masjid Bait-us-Samad Mosque, 7302 Philadelphia Road, 21237
Hosted by: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and BCoPD
Activity: Police officers will attend prayer service and be available for any questions. A tour of the mosque will also be available.
More: https://faithandblue.org/event/5334/

Date: Sunday, October 10
Time: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Location: Perry Hall Family Worship Center, 5125 E. Joppa Road, 21128
Hosted by: Perry Hall Family Worship Center and BCoPD
Activity: Police officers will be honored during church service and answer questions.
More: https://faithandblue.org/event/4060/

Date: Sunday, October 10
Time: 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.
Location: Life Source Church of God, 7000 Rossville Boulevard, 21237
Hosted by: Life Source Church of God and BCoPD
Activity: Officers will attend a barbecue picnic with community and church members, and will be available to answer questions.
More: https://faithandblue.org/event/4561/

Date: Monday, October 11
Time: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Location: White Marsh Precinct, 8220 Perry Hall Boulevard, 21236
Hosted by: Pilgrim Presbyterian Bible Church and BCoPD
Activity: The White Marsh Precinct will host several members of the Pilgrim Presbyterian Bible Church at the precinct as a way to get to know local faith leaders
More: https://faithandblue.org/event/5680/

PRECINCT 11 ESSEX

Date: Saturday, October 9
Time: 9 to 11 a.m.
Location: Church of the Harbor, 911 Mace Avenue, 21221
Hosted by: Church of the Harbor and BCoPD
Activity: Breakfast with police officers, uplifting conversations and prayer.
More: https://faithandblue.org/event/3768/

Date: Saturday, October 9
Time: Noon to 4 p.m.
Location: Trinity Church of Essex, 914 Essex Avenue N., 21221
Hosted by: Trinity Church of Essex and BCoPD
Activity: Officers will join community and church members at a free barbecue picnic. There will be entertainment by Gene Vincent and the Cadillac Cruisers, games and fun events for adults and children, a raffle and more.
More: https://faithandblue.org/event/3870/

PRECINCT 12 DUNDALK

Date: Thursday, October 7
Time: 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Location: Our Lady of Hope/St. Luke School, 8003 N. Boundary Road, 21222
Hosted by: Our Lady of Hope/St. Luke School and BCoPD
Activity: Officers will assist and greet students during morning drop off. Elementary students will later join officers and ask questions about their profession. Officers will then participate in recess activities with the students.
More: https://faithandblue.org/event/4512/

Date: Friday, October 8
Time: 8 to 10 a.m.
Location: Dundalk Precinct, 428 Westham Way, 21224
Hosted by: Various faith-based organizations and BCoPD
Activity: Coffee with a Cop community engagement with police officers, local church leaders and community members. There will be an opening prayer, coffee and refreshments.
More: https://faithandblue.org/event/4140/

Date: Saturday, October 9
Time: 9 to 11 a.m.
Location: Dundalk Precinct, 428 Westham Way, 21224
Hosted by: Our Lady of Fatima Church, Knights of Columbus and BCoPD
Activity: Rosary reading and prayer service for law enforcement officers.
More: https://faith

CCBC Essex Men’s Soccer Drops First Game of Season


-Article & photo by Devon Douglas of CCBC Essex –

The NJCAA Division II No. 1 ranked Knights lost their first match of the season this past Saturday to Division I No. 11 Monroe College 6-2 at CCBC Essex Stadium.

Toga Katsuma (Honshu, Japan) and Henry Ortiz (Mount Airy, Md.) scored the Knights only goals of the game.

CCBC Essex set the tempo first, retaining possessions the most and looked like the better team for the first ten minutes of play. The Knights (5-1) missed a header off the post just three minutes into play on what proved to be their best opportunity of the first half. Monroe (3-1) settled into their tactics and the momentum started to shift.

The first goal of the game came in the 26th minute of play after Monroe’s Liam Murray connected on a free kick.
Only one more goal was scored in the first half that came just before halftime in the 43rd minute off the foot of Ivan Silic. CCBC Essex conceded four goals in the second half, three of which were within six minutes of each other between the 72nd and 78th minutes of play.

Katsuma and Ortiz scored just 26 seconds apart with ten minutes left in the match. Katsuma is tied for the team lead with four goals and Ortiz is tied second with three.

Knights sophomore goalkeeper Brendan LeMaster (Bowie) was tested throughout and finished the game with eight saves.

Next Up

The Knights look to get back on track on Thursday when they host Alleghany College of Maryland. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.

ET Student to serve on MD Youth Advisory Council


The Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention, Youth and Victim Services announced that Maja Durkovic, a junior at Eastern Technical High School, will serve an one-year term on the Maryland Youth Advisory Council.

Durkovic will be joined by fellow BCPS student Ricky Bridges of Reisterstown, a junior at Franklin High School and two BCPS grads; Meghna Chandrasekaran of Owings Mills, a 2021 graduate of Western School of Technology and a freshman at University of Maryland, Baltimore County and Rosalind Marfo of Reisterstown, a 2021 graduate of Franklin High School and a freshman at University of Maryland, College Park

This will be the first year on the council for Chandrasekaran and Durkovic and the second year for Bridges and Marfo.

“As members of the council, our students and recent graduates will make legislative recommendations on issues affecting their peers, promote youth policy issues, and serve as liaisons between Maryland’s youth and Maryland’s policymakers,” said BCPS Superintendent Dr. Darryl L. Williams. “BCPS has a proud legacy of developing student leaders, and we are pleased that BCPS and its students will be so well-represented as the council does its work.”

In total, 23 high school and college students from 10 Maryland counties will serve on the council. Youth are nominated to the council by the Maryland Association of Student Councils, the University System of Maryland Student Council, Maryland Higher Education Commission Student Advisory Council, and the Association of Local Management Boards. Appointments are made by Governor Larry Hogan, Senate President Bill Ferguson, and Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates Adrienne Jones.

Man Buys Winning Scratch-off in Fullerton


The Maryland Lottery announced that a winning $20,200 scratch-off ticket was sold in Fullerton last week. The unidentified man came forward to claim his prize.

“I’ve been looking for this ticket for a long time,” a 39-year-old restaurant employee said while sitting in the Maryland Lottery Winner’s Circle.

While the specific game that produced the biggest win of his life was a 2020 Cash scratch-off, the Nottingham resident was speaking about the prize he just claimed. “I really felt that I would hit a big one some day and here it is!”

The Baltimore County resident said he discovered his top-prize win as his fiancée bathed their daughter in the next room.

“I was talking with her when I saw the matching numbers and then the prize. I just froze, I couldn’t catch my breath.” She called to him, alarmed that he had stopped the conversation mid-sentence. “She couldn’t come in the room because she had the baby in the tub, but she kept calling my name.” The shocked player found his voice a few moments later. “I told her, ‘This might be big.’ ”

The couple plans to add the winnings to the family’s house down-payment fund. They will soon begin the search for their first new home.

The 2020 Cash scratch-off game, a $20 instant ticket, debuted in November 2019 and has five more $20,200 top prizes to offer players. They can also search for 14 second-tier prizes worth $2,020. The Lottery awarded a $202 bonus to the owners of Belair Liquors at 7631 Belair Road in Fullerton for selling the lucky top-prize winning scratch-off.

Man Convicted in 2019 Perry Hall Murder


Baltimore County States Attorney Scott Shellenberger announced that Christopher James Engles, 21, was convicted today by a jury of First Degree Premeditated Murder, Robbery with a Dangerous or Deadly Weapon and Use of a Firearm in the Commission of a Crime of Violence in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County.

At 11:13 p.m. on February 26, 2019, the Baltimore County Police were called to the intersection of Hickory Falls Way and Hickory Hurst Drive in Perry Hall on the report of shots fired. When they responded, they found Taylor Webb, 20, in a car suffering from gunshot wounds. She had been shot once in the face and another time behind her right ear into her head. She was killed as a result of the gunshots.

The police conducted an investigation into the killing and discovered that Ms. Webb had been in what family and friends would describe as a dysfunctional relationship with Christopher Engles. Evidence was presented at trial to show that Engles had lured Ms. Webb to the area she was killed by cellphone. Engles then confronted Ms. Webb, took her cellphone and shot her twice. The evidence showed that Ms. Webb was killed with a .38 caliber revolver.

The police were able to discover a photograph, taken eleven days prior to the murder, of Engles holding a revolver which matches that description.

“This case involves the combination of two extremely serious, and sometimes tragically fatal, issues today in our society- gun violence and domestic violence,” said State’s Attorney Scott Shellenberger.

“We must continue to aggressively pursue and bring to justice those who choose violence in these situations.”

The case was presided over by Judge Paul Hanley. No sentencing date has been set at this time. The State will be seeking a sentence of Life Without the Possibility of Parole. The case was prosecuted by Deputy State’s Attorney Robin Coffin and Assistant State’s Attorney Natalie Scurto.

Pedestrian Killed Near Pulaski & Campbell


A driver struck and killed a pedestrian along Pulaski Highway over the weekend.
It occurred Saturday, Sept. 18 before 9 p.m.

Investigators determined the driver had just made a U-turn at the intersection of Pulaski Highway and Campbell Boulevard when a 68-year-old man was hit.

Stanley Vingsen Jr., who was attempting to cross Pulaski Highway without utilizing a crosswalk, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver had just turned westbound when the crash occurred; Vingsen was walking southbound.

At the time of the accident, Vingsen did not identification on him.