Fire and EMS services responded to two minor incidents over the weekend in Bel Air and Jarrettsville, one of which injured a female juvenile. According to the State Fire Marshal’s Office, at approximately 10:30 p.m. on Friday a juvenile at a residence on the 1500 block of Stone Ridge Way in Bel Air poured gasoline […]
Three School Bus Crashes Reported in Harford County During Morning Winter Weather
Three separate crashes involving Harford County school buses were reported Friday morning, each attributed to winter weather. The Harford County Sheriff’s Office received more than 20 calls for service between 5 a.m. and 9 a.m. Friday morning, according to spokeswoman Monica Worrell, when a passing snow squall resulted in light accumulation and slick roads throughout […]
Bel Air Man Charged with Extortion in Wal-Mart Abduction Case
A Bel Air man is charged with two counts of assault and one count of false imprisonment in a bizarre extortion scheme which, at one point, led police to investigate an alleged kidnapping at the Wal-Mart store in Aberdeen over Christmas weekend. Cecil Mooney, 32, of Bel Air is charged with first degree assault, second […]
Helmet-Wearing Suspect Arrested After Third BB&T Bank Robbery (UPDATED)
The helmet-wearing bank robber who held up the same BB&T Bank branch twice in the last two weeks struck again Monday at a new location–but saw his spree come to an end when he was arrested later that day. Lee Roy Peters, 35, of Fallston faces charges of Armed Robbery, Robbery, 1st Degree Assault, 2nd […]
Massive Holiday Traffic Jam in Constant Friendship Traps Drivers for Hours
The Constant Friendship shopping district in Abingdon turned into a constant backup Thursday, with hundreds of drivers trapped for several hours in a less-than-friendly traffic jam and overwhelming the county’s 911 call center. The backup stretched along Constant Friendship Boulevard, from the Wal-Mart at the intersection with Tollgate Road, to Target and back toward BJ’s […]
Fire Damages Rendezvous Bar and Restaurant in Perryville
A Thursday fire damaged the popular Rendezvous Bar and Restaurant in Perryville, causing an estimated $75,000 in damage and taking about a half-hour to bring under control, according to the state fire marshal’s northeast regional office. An employee discovered the blaze in an exterior boiler room of the two-story restaurant at 362 Front Street shortly […]
Baltimore Teacher Charged with Sexual Abuse of 15-Year-Old Bel Air Boy
A Baltimore City elementary school teacher faces multiple sex abuse charges after Harford County Sheriff’s deputies discovered him with a 15-year-old boy in a parked car in a Bel Air residential community early Saturday morning. Mark A. Hyzer, 25, of Baltimore, a fourth-grade teacher at Beechfield Elementary Middle School, is charged with third degree sex […]
Magnolia Middle Schooler Arrested for Failing to Cooperate With Drug Search (UPDATED)
A Magnolia Middle School student was arrested Wednesday after failing to cooperate with school lockdown procedures initiated by a scheduled K9 drug sweep of the building, the Harford County Sheriff’s Office said. The student, a 13-year-old male, was arrested for failing to follow instructions given in connection with the lockdown, according to Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman […]
