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Two Men on Trial in Towson Killing and Kidnapping of Woman Later Found Dead in Baltimore City

Two Men on Trial in Towson Killing and Kidnapping of Woman Later Found Dead in Baltimore City

TOWSON — Andrew Blessing’s grandmother awoke Dec. 9, 2024, to gunshots so loud they shook the house. When she went to check on her grandson, she found he had been shot multiple times. The young woman who had been with him earlier that night was gone. Baltimore County jurors are

Baltimore County Jury Acquits Reisterstown Man of Murder, Robbery in Teen’s Killing

TOWSON — A Baltimore County jury found 20-year-old Mehki Brown of Reisterstown not guilty of murder, robbery, and a gun charge Monday in the 2024 shooting death of 17-year-old Nestor Nunez. The verdict came after four days of testimony and deliberations on Friday evening and Monday. Jurors

Baltimore County Man Convicted of Orchestrating Attempted Murder of Romantic Rival in Gwynn Oak

Baltimore County Man Convicted of Orchestrating Attempted Murder of Romantic Rival in Gwynn Oak

Two days after a man was shot and nearly killed outside a Gwynn Oak home, Von Taylor sent a friend a message saying the victim was still alive. That message, attached to a $1 Cash App payment, read: "He not gone fool." A Baltimore County jury found Taylor,

Four Decades Later, Women Testify Against Man Accused in Cockeysville Cold-Case Rapes

Four Decades Later, Women Testify Against Man Accused in Cockeysville Cold-Case Rapes

On the night in 1986 that a man broke into her home and raped her, she was 21, living on her own for the first time and sharing an apartment in Cockeysville with a friend. Her roommate was at work, and it was a warm September night. The apartment’s

Third Defendant Goes on Trial in Essex Shooting That Unleashed 37 Bullets in Five Seconds

Third Defendant Goes on Trial in Essex Shooting That Unleashed 37 Bullets in Five Seconds

The afternoon before Thanksgiving 2023, Philip Pasingda and a friend were walking along Glenwood Road in Essex when they were caught in a hail of 37 bullets fired in five seconds. Eight bullets struck 22-year-old Pasingda. He died about half an hour later. His friend, who also was

Murder Trial Underway in Double Shooting That Left Two Children Alone in Apartment

Murder Trial Underway in Double Shooting That Left Two Children Alone in Apartment

WOODLAWN — Stacey Kelly used to talk to her 18-year-old son several times a day. So when she couldn’t reach him or his girlfriend for most of the day on Jan. 11, 2025, she worried something was wrong. When she opened the door to their Gwynn Oak apartment,

Father Stands Trial in Infant Son’s Death, Alleged Abuse of Surviving Twin

Father Stands Trial in Infant Son’s Death, Alleged Abuse of Surviving Twin

OWINGS MILLS—A Baltimore County man is on trial this week, accused of fatally abusing his 6-month-old son and injuring the baby’s surviving twin sister. Caleb Clemons is charged with first-degree child abuse resulting in death and other offenses in the June 9, 2021, death of