U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressman Andy Harris joined together Friday to present the parents of Baltimore County Police Officer Amy Caprio, who was killed in the line of duty in 2018, with the Congressional Badge of Bravery, an award from the Department of Justice that recognizes “exceptional acts of bravery while in the line of duty.”
Participating in the event were Officer Caprio’s parents, Debbie and Garry Sorrells, as well as Baltimore County Police Chief Melissa Hyatt and Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski.
The Congressional Badge of Bravery presentation was held virtually and at the Baltimore County Police Department.
Officer Caprio was killed May 21, 2018 after she responded to a call for a suspicious vehicle in Parkville. That year, she was nominated for the award, which honors federal, state, local, and tribal officers who demonstrate exceptional acts of bravery in the line of duty, risking serious injury or death.
Police are investigating a domestic related assault that has left a woman critically injured in Dundalk.
Just after 11:30 p.m., Tuesday night, officers responded to the 1600 block of Gray Place to investigate a stabbing. Officers located an adult female at the location suffering from multiple stab wounds to her upper body. She was transported to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The investigation revealed that the victim stabbed knew the suspect; the person’s identity is being withheld pending formal charges.
The Baltimore County Police Department reminds the public that if you are a victim of domestic violence and are in immediate danger, please call 911. Resources and information about domestic violence are also available online.
Essex Shooting under Investigation by Baltimore County Detectives
Detectives with the Baltimore County Police Department are investigating a shooting that occurred just before 9 p.m., on March 22, in the Essex area near Ashbridge and Hadwick drives.
The suspect’s vehicle is described as a grey four-door Honda
The victim reported he was shot in the leg during an attempted robbery. The victim told police he was later driven to the hospital.
The Violent Crimes Unit of the Baltimore County Police Department is investigating this case. If you have any information about this murder, please call Baltimore County Police at 410-307-2020.
A man had died in Overlea after he was pinned under a car.
Baltimore County Fire Department reported the incident in the 200 block Elinor Avenue on Monday. A neighbor found the patient pinned under a car in the driveway with critical injuries around 10 a.m. March 22. The patient, who was reported as an adult male was extricated from the scene ,but he was later reported deceased around 1:12 p.m.
–photo courtesy of Middle River Volunteer Fire and Rescue-
Baltimore County Fire Department reported a confined space rescue taking place in the 9200 block of Oswald Way in Rossville.
This is in the area near the Canterbury Apartments by Franklin Square Drive.
Confined Space Rescue team & HazMat crews responded and rescued a female, who trapped around 25 feet inside a storm drain on Saturday around 12:24 p.m. She was rescued around 2:15 p.m.
She was transported to local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
A 50-year-old woman died Friday night after being struck by a car along Merritt Boulevard in Dundalk. It happened near Westfield Road just after 8 p.m.
As Melissa Leicht, of the 7500 block of Westfield Road in Dundalk, attempted to cross Merritt Boulevard in a travel lane, she was struck by a 2006 Chevrolet Aveo traveling southbound.
Leicht later died at the hospital. The driver remained at the scene.
The Baltimore County Police Crash Team is continuing to investigate the factors involved in this fatal crash.
They say that the defenses are usually ahead of the offenses in the early part of the season. With Friday night’s game being only the second game in 16 months for both Eastern Tech and Perry Hall, it is safe to say both defenses were way ahead of their offenses.
Both defenses combined for six turnovers, but the difference in Friday night’s game was Perry Hall Receiver Jeremiah Turner’s two touchdown catches in a 16-0 Gator win.
Perry Hall improves to 2-0 and still hasn’t allowed a point in their first two games after they shut out Catonsville 39-0 last week. Eastern Tech had defeated Sparrows Point 18-0 in their first game.
Gator Quarterback Jailen Knight threw both TD passes to Turner and completed two 2-point conversions in the second quarter for the only scores of the game.
Quarterback Trevor Knight and the Maverick offense couldn’t move the ball on the Gator defense in the first half. The passing game was limited but Knight and running backs Jerry Preisigner and Omari Lawrence were able to get in Gator territory in the third quarter with the running game.
Tech ran the ball down to the Gator 10-yard line, but the drive ended when Perry Hall’s defender Karon Brown sacked Knight on third down and intercepted him on a fourth-down pass.
Jeremiah Turner (7) had two touchdowns catches in the win.Eastern Tech’s defense kept the team in the game. The Gators moved the ball into Tech territory on the first two possessions on the game but the Mavericks stopped the drive on a fourth down sack by Lawrence and then recovered a Gator fumble on the next series to keep the game scoreless after the first quarter.
It appeared Perry Hall was going to wear down the Maverick defense after going up 16-0, but the Gator offense would not score again.
Koren Brown scores on a 2point conservationGator receiver Mehkai Price’s 60-yard touchdown reception was called back near the end of the first half and Eastern Tech’s Noah Oliver had an interception off the Gators a few plays later to end the drive and the half.
Perry Hall was also looking for the knockout score in the fourth quarter, but Tech answered when Lawrence recovered a Gator fumble and returned the ball to midfield.
Knight and Tech moved the ball into Perry Hall territory on the next drive but never got in the endzone. Gator defensive backs Derrick Wallace and Daniel Johnson broke up two passes on back-to-back plays. That drive ended with a Gators sack.
Perry Hall won the special teams battle as they stopped a fake punt and recovered an onside kick to start the second half.
The Gators also recovered a fumble on a Tech kickoff return and sacked the Tech punter on fourth down to give the Gators the ball on a short field.
Students from across Baltimore County elected Eastern Technical High School junior Christian Thomas to be the next student member of the Board of Education of Baltimore County.
He will replace Dundalk High’s Josh Muhumuza, who is this year’s student board member.
A total of 2,914 middle and high school students from across the county cast online ballots on Wednesday, March 17. Thomas received 56.9 percent of the votes compared to 43.1 percent for the other candidate, Logan Dubel of Franklin High School. This is the first year, due to a change in Maryland law, that BCPS students have directly selected the next student member of the Board without approval from the governor.
Prior to voting, students were able to learn more about both candidates by viewing their resumes, written and video Q&A sessions, videotaped speeches, Instagram Live sessions, and campaigning via social media.
Thomas is president of the Eastern Tech Class of 2022, vice-president/co-founder of the Eastern Tech Red Cross Club, vice-chair/co-founder of Eastern Tech Democrats, an executive officer of Eastern Tech’s student government association, treasurer of the National Honor Society, and member of the school’s theatre club and Future Business Leaders of America.
In addition to the National Honor Society, Thomas is a member of the National English Honor Society and National Latin Honor Society. He represents Eastern Tech on the Baltimore County Student Councils Board of Selected Students. Outside of school, Thomas serves as co-chair/founder of The Domino Effect Initiative (a nonprofit that provides mentors and other supports for students in need), and special events secretary for the Red Cross North Capital & Greater Chesapeake Region Youth Advisory Board Executive Committee.
Thomas’s tenure on the Board of Education will begin on July 1, 2021.
Baltimore County Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying the vehicle involved in a fatal hit and run crash that occurred on February 28, 2021 on Pulaski Highway near Little Gunpowder Falls.
The investigation has revealed Alexandra Justine Angel (26) of the 12300 block of Pulaski Highway of Harford County was walking eastbound on Pulaski Highway around 7:20 p.m. when she was struck.
The suspect vehicle was also traveling eastbound when it struck Angel and fled the scene.
The vehicle involved is described as a black 1999-2007 Ford Super Duty F-250 or F-350 with light colored side mounted tool boxes and a ladder rack (similar to the truck pictured below).
It may have front end damage to its driver’s side bumper, a missing headlamp and damage to the surrounding housing. It is noted these items may also appear to have been recently repaired or replaced.
Anyone who may have information is asked to call 410-307-2020.
Callers may remain anonymous and may be eligible for a reward when submitting tips through Metro Crime Stoppers.
One of the drivers involved in a multi-vehicle crash that occurred on Sunday, March 14 has died. The accident happened along Belair Road just south of Bradshaw Road in Kingsville Sunday, March 14.
The driver has been identified as 27-year-old Kyra Miller of Baltimore. Miller was traveling southbound on Belair Road around 2:30 p.m. when investigators say she traveled into the northbound lane striking a vehicle head on; the impact forced the second vehicle backwards striking a third car.
Miller was transported to Shock Trauma. The driver of the vehicle Miller struck and the passengers in that second vehicle were transported to Johns Hopkins Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The driver of the third vehicle also suffered non-life threatening injuries.
According to investigators, the passenger in Miller’s car fled the scene. Officers later located the man and placed him under arrest on an open warrant.
