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Teen Who Shot Rodgers Forge Soccer Coach Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison

Teen Who Shot Rodgers Forge Soccer Coach Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison

A Baltimore County judge sentenced the teenager who shot and nearly killed a beloved Rodgers Forge youth soccer coach during a daylight attempted robbery to 25 years in prison Monday. In what prosecutor Matt Darnbrough called "an outrageous demonstration of violence," Kai Wilson, 17, approached Mark McKenzie from

Micah Narteh mugshot

Man Charged in WaWa Rape Attempt Deemed Incompetent to Stand Trial

A man accused of threatening to rape a woman and trying to get into her car at a Cockeysville convenience store was declared incompetent to stand trial Friday and will be committed to a state psychiatric hospital. Micah Narteh, 25, was charged last fall with attempted rape, attempted kidnapping, attempted

Charges filed in Carney fatal pedestrian crash

A Parkville man is facing charges including leaving the scene of a fatal crash in connection with the February death of a 72-year-old pedestrian. On Feb. 27, a vehicle struck Peter Anthony Ruy in front of the Parkville-Carney branch of the Baltimore County Public Library around 7:

Halethorpe man pleads guilty in high-speed DUI crash that killed passenger

Halethorpe man pleads guilty in high-speed DUI crash that killed passenger

A 21-year-old Halethorpe man pleaded guilty Tuesday in Baltimore County Circuit Court to felony negligent vehicular manslaughter in a crash that killed his passenger. Jacob Dean Szczeszek, who was 19 at the time of the crash, admitted causing the Jan. 13, 2025, collision that claimed the life of

Teacher Found Not Criminally Responsible in Shooting That Wounded Baltimore County Police Officer

Teacher Found Not Criminally Responsible in Shooting That Wounded Baltimore County Police Officer

CATONSVILLE- An elementary school teacher diagnosed with schizophrenia months after shooting at several Baltimore County police officers and critically wounding one was found not criminally responsible Monday by a Baltimore County judge. Andrew Britt, 28, will be committed to a state psychiatric hospital for treatment after Baltimore County Circuit Judge

Jones Found Guilty of Son's Murder

Jones Found Guilty of Son's Murder

After deliberating for more than 20 hours, a Baltimore County jury on Tuesday found Mark Jones, 31, guilty of second-degree murder for shooting and killing his 4-year-old son. The jury also found him guilty of attempted second-degree murder for shooting his infant daughter and the children&

Driver With Prior Fatal DUI Conviction Gets 18 Months for Hit-and-Run That Seriously Injured Cyclist

Driver With Prior Fatal DUI Conviction Gets 18 Months for Hit-and-Run That Seriously Injured Cyclist

A driver with a decades-old conviction in a fatal drunken driving crash pleaded guilty Monday to hit-and-run for seriously injuring a cyclist in northern Baltimore County last year. Gregory Morton, 43, of Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania, told the court he did not realize he had struck the cyclist. Following