Eastern Baltimore County News
A bad accident was reported in Dundalk on Wednesday afternoon. Car was flipped outside down at the intersection of Merritt Boulevard and Pennisula Expressway. The car appeared to crash into a marquee sign at the Dundalk Presbyterian Church. There are no further details at this time. Photos courtesy of John Melzer’s Facebook page.
Baltimore County Police have released the name of a man they charged last night in three separate robberies, including one on the property of Perry Hall High School in November. Cameron Jamal Thomas (18) of the 2600 block of Kirk Avenue of Baltimore City (21218} was arrested Monday on a warrant after detectives from the White Marsh Precinct Investigative Services Unit identified him as the suspect involved in all three cases.
Detectives identified Thomas as one of two suspects in the robbery of two teens as they were playing basketball on the courts at Perry Hall High School around 4 p.m. on November 12, 2019Detectives identified Thomas as one of two suspects in the robbery of two teens as they were playing basketball on the courts at Perry Hall High School around 4 p.m. on November 12, 2019Detectives identified Thomas as one of two suspects in the robbery of two teens as they were playing basketball on the courts at Perry Hall High School around 4 p.m. on November 12, 2019.
Thomas and the other suspect, not yet identified, approached the teens under the guise of wanting to join the game. Thomas then implied he had a gun and stole a watch and cell phone from one of the teens. The other suspect pushed the other teen down, causing non-life-threatening injuries to him, and stole his cell phone. Thomas and the other suspect fled the area on foot.
Detectives also identified Thomas as the suspect in a second robbery on January 28, 2020. Around 2:30 p.m., a teen was walking on Ebenezer Road after leaving Perry Hall High School with a cell phone in hand. Thomas ran up from behind the teen, grabbed the cell phone, and fled on foot.
While continuing with the investigations into these two incidents, detectives also linked Thomas to an additional robbery that occurred on November 4, 2019, also on Ebenezer Road. In that incident, Thomas approached the victim around 2:30 p.m., put his arms around her and stated he had a gun, then removed her cell phone from her pocket and fled on foot.
Thomas is charged with multiple counts of robbery, assault and theft and is held in the Baltimore County Detention Center on denied bail status following a bail review hearing.
Detectives are continuing to investigate the incident at Perry Hall High School in an effort to identify the second suspect involved. Anyone with information is asked to contact detectives at the White Marsh Precinct by calling 410-887-5040.
Detectives from the Baltimore County Police Homicide Unit have charged a man in the shooting death of David Leroy King on Jan. 24.
Calvin Krasheen Fogg (27) with no fixed address is charged with first degree murder in the death of David King and first degree attempted murder in the shooting of a second man during the incident. Fogg is held on no bail status at the Baltimore County Detention Center following a bail review hearing.
On Jan. 24 around 5:11 a.m., officers responded to the 900 block of Holgate Drive for a shooting. Arriving officers found two adult men outside a home who were both suffering gunshot wounds. Medics responded and transported one man to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The second man was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The deceased man was identified as David Leroy King, 29, of the 2100 block of Westfield Road.
Baltimore County Police homicide detectives are investigating a shooting on Comet Court in Parkville. The victim was transported to Sinai Hospital where he later died.
The initial investigation determined that the man, identified as Anthony Laron Richardson, Jr. (23) of the unit block of Solar Circle, 21234, was shot at least once in the unit block of Comet Court in Parkville around 10:25 p.m.
Detectives are continuing to determine the circumstances surrounding the shooting and ask anyone who may have seen or heard anything to contact police at 410-307-2020.
Callers may remain anonymous and may be eligible for a reward when submitting tips through Metro Crime Stoppers.
The driver of a vehicle involved in a Dundalk crash on Peninsula Expressway on Feb. 9 has died.
The man, identified as Scout Nelson Custer (24) of the 300 block of Dye Plant Road in Martinsville, Virginia, died of his injuries this morning at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center after suffering critical injuries during the crash.
The investigation revealed that Custer was driving a Chevrolet Corvette southbound on Peninsula Expressway south of the Bear Creak drawbridge when he stopped on the shoulder, then attempted to make a u-turn and was struck on the driver side by a Chevrolet Tahoe, also traveling south on Peninsula Expressway.
A passenger in the corvette suffered non-life-threatening injuries. No occupants of the Tahoe were injured.
The Baltimore County Police Crash Investigation Team will continue the investigation into this crash.
Baltimore County Police have identified the man found deceased in a waterway at the Back River Waste Water Treatment Plant Friday morning as William Edward Deaver (31) with no fixed address.
Detectives are awaiting autopsy results by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to determine cause and manner of death but do not believe foul play is involved.
Officers were called to the 8200 block of Eastern Avenue, 21224 at 8:24 a.m. when the body of a man was discovered in the water near the Back River Waste Water Treatment Plant. He was pronounced deceased at the scene.
Detectives are on the scene investigating the circumstances of the man’s death. The body is being transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for autopsy to determine cause and manner of death.
The man injured in a stabbing on Bennett Road in Essex last Friday, February 14, has died.
Margarito Miron (42) of the 7400 block of Berkshire Road in Dundalk died on Tuesday, Feb. 18.
The suspect, identified as Vidal Trinidad-Hernandez (61), of the 100 block of Bennett Road in Essex was charged with attempted first degree murder and first degree assault after being released from the hospital on Tuesday, February 18. The case will now be reviewed by the Baltimore County State’s Attorney’s Office for additional charges. He remains held at the Baltimore County Detention Center on no bail status following a bail review hearing yesterday.
Detectives are continuing to investigate the motive behind this incident.
Baltimore County Police responded to a stabbing in the 100-block of Bennett Road in Essex over the weekend.
Officers arrived and located an adult male victim in front of the location suffering from an apparent stab wound to the upper body on Feb. 14 at 11:30 p.m. The victim was transported to a local hospital, his condition is currently unknown.
As the investigation progressed, the suspect was taken into custody at the scene. He was also transported to a local hospital for medical treatment.
More information will be released once the suspect is formally charged. This investigation is being handled by the detectives from the Baltimore County Police Violent Crimes Unit.
According to Baltimore County Police, one of their officers was shot near the Baltimore City/County line in the 5900 block of Radecke Avenue and has been transported to Shock Trauma.
On Feb. 12 around noon members of a joint task force were attempting to serve a felony arrest warrant.
At that time officers confronted the suspect and gun shots were fired. Two members of the task force were shot. The suspect was also shot and pronounced deceased at the scene.
The two members of the task force include a Baltimore Police officer and a Baltimore County Police officer. Both officers are currently being treated at R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma.
More information will be released as it becomes available.
Baltimore County Police have arrested a former hospital employee, charged with a number of sex offenses, following a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Detectives arrested Donald Joseph Benson Jr (40) of the 3400 block of Park Falls Drive in Perry Hall on Thursday, charged with a number of sex offenses, including the sexual abuse of a minor.
Benson became the subject of an investigation after detectives received a tip that he may be involved in the viewing of child pornography.
As a result of the ensuing investigation, detectives uncovered explicit images of a juvenile female being sexually assaulted, who detectives determined was a patient at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center at the time of the assault. Benson was an employee of the hospital at the time the assault occurred in September of 2016.
Detectives are asking anyone who may have additional information on this case or any other incidents that Benson may have been involved in to contact detectives by calling the Baltimore County Police Crimes Against Children Un
