(Photo Credit: John E. Gallagher/Special to The Dagger) Three firefighters sustained minor injuries, one of them in a one-story fall, while battling a blaze in a pair of Bel Air townhomes early Wednesday morning, fire officials said. The fire was discovered on the deck of a two-story townhome on the 900 block of Pentwood Court […]
Illegal Fireworks Ignite Blazes in Aberdeen, Jarrettsville
The setting off of illegal fireworks on Thursday night led to two separate blazes, one at the Ollie’s Bargain Outlet store in Aberdeen and another at a Jarrettsville home, fire officials said. The Jarrettsville fire was reported shortly after 9:20 p.m. at a residence on the 2300 block of Northcliff Drive. According to a statement […]
Harford County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Indicted on Felony Assault Charge, Two Misdemeanors in April Incident
Harford County Sheriff’s Office Deputy First Class Christopher Behles started the day Tuesday in court for a hearing on a single misdemeanor charge of reckless endangerment, stemming from an April incident in which he fired his service weapon at a fleeing suspect’s vehicle. By the end of the day he had been indicted by a […]
Man Dies of Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound at Hickory Gun Range; Incident Believed to be Suicide
A 65-year-old man died Monday afternoon of an apparently intentional self-inflicted gunshot wound suffered at a Hickory gun range, police said. The man, who was not immediately identified pending notification of his next of kin, suffered the wound after 3:30 p.m. at the Horst and McCann gun range on the 2100 block of North Fountain […]
Harford County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Seriously Injured in Monday Morning Crash on Route 40
A Harford County Sheriff’s Office deputy was seriously injured in a crash which occurred on Route 40 at Route 22 Monday morning, the agency said. According to Sheriff’s Office spokesman Edward Hopkins, at approximately 5:15 a.m. Deputy First Class Chris Allen was traveling eastbound on Route 40 at the Route 22 spur in Aberdeen in […]
Hearing for Alleged Joppatowne Cannibal Postponed Due to “Administrative Error”
The Joppatowne man accused of killing and eating portions of a family friend did not appear in court for a scheduled plea hearing Monday after an order to transport him to Harford County Circuit Court was mistakenly not issued, prosecutors said. Alexander Kinyua, 22, remained in custody at the Clifton T. Perkins maximum security mental […]
Forest Hill Home Heavily Damaged in Fire Accidentally Ignited by Juveniles
A Forest Hill home was seriously damaged in a Monday afternoon blaze which was ignited by juveniles playing with fire. The fire was discovered in a residence on East Jarrettsville Road at approximately 1:14 p.m. when several children under the age of 8 told their mother that their second floor bedroom was on fire, according […]
Maryland Capitol Police Officer, Abingdon Resident, Found Dead of Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound in Edgewood.
A 65-year-old Abingdon man was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound along Route 40 in Edgewood Friday night, police said. The man was found on the ground near his vehicle in a small park on the 3000 block of Pulaski Highway at approximately 11 p.m. He was discovered by a Harford County Sheriff’s Office […]
