From the Office of the State Fire Marshal: Deputy State Fire Marshals have charged Richard Benjamin Lodeski (age 43), after determining he was responsible for intentionally setting two separate fires at a local business park. On Saturday, June 20, 2020, at 3:29 a.m., Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company and surrounding departments responded to 1226 Bel […]
Clark Turner Ordered to Pay More Than $700,000 for Violating Consumer Protection Laws
From the Office of the Maryland Attorney General: Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh announced today that his Consumer Protection Division issued a Final Order finding that Clark P. Turner and Clark Turner Homes, LLC, of Harford County, violated Maryland’s Consumer Protection Act, New Home Deposits Act, and Custom Home Protection Act. The Order requires […]
Black Bear Shot/Killed by Havre de Grace Police Near Promenade
From the Havre de Grace Police Department: On Saturday, June 20th, 2020, officers from the Havre de Grace Police Department were dispatched to the 700 blocks of Union Avenue for a bear on residential property. Officers responded to the area, and were unable to locate the bear who was last seen going towards the area […]
Police Charge Aberdeen Man With Illegal Sale of a Regulated Firearm
From Maryland State Police: Maryland State Police charged a Harford County man in connection with the illegal sale of a regulated firearm. Troopers with the Maryland State Police Criminal Enforcement Division – Firearms Enforcement Unit served the suspect, Keith Robert Langenfelder Jr., 37, of Aberdeen, Maryland, on June 17, 2020, with a criminal summons on […]
Bomb Squad Safely Disposes of WWI-Era Round Found in Creswell Flower Bed
From the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office: A team of Bomb Technicians from the Office of the State Fire Marshal and the Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF) safely disposed of a WWI era round yesterday evening in Harford County. The unexploded military ordnance was determined to be a 37 MKI projectile. The ordnance was […]
Former Edgewood Middle School Teacher Arrested for Solicitation of Prostitution Involving Student
From the Harford County Child Advocacy Center: An Aberdeen man was arrested after a Harford County Child Advocacy Center investigation developed evidence supporting charges of solicitation of prostitution, sexual solicitation of a minor, and three counts of human trafficking. The defendant is identified as Jaron Anthonee Darden, 25, of Aberdeen, MD. Investigators became involved after […]
3 Men Arrested in Armed Robbery of Edgewood Red Roof Inn
From the Harford County Sheriff’s Office: Three men were charged after an armed robbery at the Red Roof Inn Friday afternoon. On Friday, June 12, at approximately 1:52 p.m., deputies assigned to the Southern Precinct of the Harford County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Red Roof Inn located in the 2100 block of Emmorton Park […]
Stolen Auto Suspect Fires Shots at Aberdeen Police During Foot Pursuit
From the Aberdeen Police Department: The Aberdeen Police Department (APD) charged two men with attempted murder, 1st degree assault, reckless endangerment, possession of a stolen vehicle, and numerous firearms violations after shots were fired at officers during a foot pursuit. On June 3, 2020, at approximately 6:30 PM the Aberdeen Police Department responded to a […]
