Baltimore news

• Businesses To Help Md. Patients Get Medical Marijuana If Doctor Says No

  15-08-2017 23:59
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — With the first medical marijuana dispensaries expected to open this fall in Maryland, patients are registering now to gain access to the drug.
  That has created a new kind of business when doctors say no, with one store in a Frederick strip mall already in place to fill a coming need.
  That need is the availability of medical marijuana in Maryland, when a doctor won’t sign off on its use.
  “A lot of physicians aren’t comfortable recommending medical ca
  
  Read more

• Md. Parents Charged With Child Abuse For Pranks Posted On YouTube

  15-08-2017 23:49
  BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Frederick County parents are being charged with neglect after the family became internet-famous by posting hundreds of videos on their YouTube channel.
  RELATED: Frederick Co. Parents Face Child Abuse Charges For Pranks Pulled On Children On Youtube
  RELATED: Maryland Family Caught Up In Social Media Firestorm
  Viewers said Mike and Heather Martin were taking their internet pranks too far. Their son Cody was filmed crying as he was falsely accused of spilling ink on
  
  Read more

• Maryland Stores Offering Deals To Attract Tax-Free Week Shoppers

  15-08-2017 23:38
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — It’s the time of year bargain hunters and many parents look forward to, as Maryland tax-free week is underway.
  The benefits go beyond the tax break.
  Every August, Maryland gives shoppers and their wallets a break.
  Right now, consumers can buy some crucial back-to-school items without paying the state’s sales tax.
  “Parents are very conscience about their budget and their back-to-school budget, so it allows them to save an extra six percent,” sa
  
  Read more

• Howard Bancorp Acquires 1st Mariner Bank

  15-08-2017 23:30
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A major deal going down Tuesday involving banks across the region, as Howard Bancorp, Inc has announced that it has acquired 1st Mariner Bank.
  As part of the $163 million acquisition, 1st Mariner will merge with Howard Bank, with the combined organization operating under the Howard Bank name, and operating out of 1st Mainer’s Baltimore location.
  Howard Bank will have 21 locations in the Baltimore area following the transaction, making it the larg
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Md. Man Received Money From ISIS For Terror Attack In US

  15-08-2017 23:05
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A 32-year-old Maryland man has pleaded guilty to supporting the terrorist group ISIS.
  Mohamed Elshinawy pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State, providing and attempting to provide material support to ISIS terrorism financing, and making false statements in connection with a terrorism matter.
  From February 2015 to December 2015, Elshinawy reportedly provided support to ISIS by pledging his allegiance, as wel
  
  Read more

• President Trump On Charlottesville: ‘Blame On Both Sides’

  15-08-2017 22:35
  BALTIMORE (WJZ/AP) — President Donald Trump returned insistently Tuesday to his assessment that “there is blame on both sides” after being roundly criticized for such comments following the deadly violence last weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia.
  Trump’s remarks on his home turf at Trump Tower in New York City followed a more deliberate statement he made Monday in Washington. Reading from prepared remarks inside the White House, he said then that “racism is evil&r
  
  Read more

• Confederate Flag Clothes Banned By Schools’ New Dress Code

  15-08-2017 22:32
  HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (AP) — A school district in North Carolina has updated its dress code to ban all clothing that depicts the Confederate flag, swastikas or any Ku Klux Klan related symbols or language.
  News outlets report Orange County Schools announced the new policy Monday. Parents and students have been asking the district for months to change the dress code to ban the flag.
  Last month, a proposed policy prohibited students from wearing clothes that are disruptive, or could reasonably
  
  Read more

• Charlottesville Rally Leader Is Towson U Grad; ‘Far Worse’ Since College

  15-08-2017 22:16
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A Towson University graduate was one of the faces of last weekend’s white nationalist rally in Virginia.
  Matthew Heimbach made headlines on Towson University’s campus four years ago as a budding white supremacist pushing for a white student union.
  Now, an unofficial face of last weekend’s deadly rally in Charlottesville.
  As a student, Heimbach became infamous at Towson University for his divisive views on race and religion, and he’s
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Orioles Wade Miley Working On Curveball, Ready To Face Former Team

  15-08-2017 22:15
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Orioles lefty Wade Miley will return to Safeco Field Tuesday night to face his former club.
  Miley was 7-8 with a 4.98 ERA in 19 starts for the Mariners last season before being acquired by Baltimore at the July 31 non-waiver trading deadline for left-hander Ariel Miranda.
  Miley has started twice against Seattle in his career, going 2-0 with a 1.93 ERA. The Orioles have won each of Miley’s past three starts, and he went 2-0 with a 2.12 ERA in those outings.
  He credit
  
  Read more

• Officer Accused Of Mocking Death During Virginia Rally

  15-08-2017 22:08
  SHIVELY, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky police officer faces disciplinary action in connection to a Facebook post mocking the death of a woman struck and killed after a car rammed into a counter-protest at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
  Shively Police Lt. Col. Josh Myers says Officer Morris Rinehardt was placed on paid administrative leave Monday and an internal investigation is underway.
  News outlets report the post on Rinehardt’s personal Facebook page pictured a ca
  
  Read more

• Woman Videos Dramatic Rescue From Flooded Baltimore Tunnel

  15-08-2017 21:22
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Tuesday’s downpours backed up drains in parts of the Baltimore and Baltimore County, causing serious flooding in several areas and stranding several individuals in and on their cars.
  Near Bayview, three people were trapped in their cars under a tunnel. One even streamed her rescue live on Facebook. (Warning: Strong language is used in the video.)
  She appeared to have crawled out of her vehicle through the sunroof.
  Others were trapped in the same tunnel, near Erdman
  
  Read more

• Stunt Woman Killed During Filming Of ‘Deadpool 2,’ Was First African American Professional Road Racer

  15-08-2017 21:17
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A stunt rider was killed  when her motorcycle crashed on the set of movie, “Deadpool 2.”
  Hollywood Reporter says the  Coroner’s Service of British Columbia has identified her as 40-year-old SJ Harris .
  Harris, who was from New York, was reportedly the first African-American female professional road racer, according to a 2015 profile on her in “Black Girls Ride” Magazine.
  On Monday, Harris attempted a stunt for the movie on
  
  Read more

• Governor Hogan Says He Supports Removing Taney Statue From Statehouse

  15-08-2017 21:02
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —After violence erupted in Charlottesville, Virginia over the weekend in response to the city’s plan to remove a Robert E. Lee statue from a park there, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan says he supports removing a statue that he says glorifies “the darkest chapter of our history” from the state house.
  The statue there is of Supreme Court Justice Roger B. Taney, who made a pro-slavery ruling in the 1857 Dred Scott Case that deemed black Americans were not to b
  
  Read more

• Fan Essentials: Here’s Floyd Mayweather’s Key To Beating Conor McGregor

  15-08-2017 20:35
  Ryan Mayer
  The mega-fight featuring Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. and “The Notorious” Conor McGregor will be here before you know it, as the two are set to square off on August 26th at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. With fight night rapidly approaching, experts and analyst have begun to weigh in with their predictions of how the fight will play out. As with any big sporting event, there will be plenty of discussion about the respective “game plans” for the two si
  
  Read more

• Almanac: Plenty Of Cold, Snow For This Winter For MD, States North

  15-08-2017 20:34
  LEWISTON, Maine (WJZ/AP) — Northeasterners, keep your mittens, boots and show shovel handy.
  The Farmer’s Almanac that goes on sale this week predicts a snowy winter from Maryland to Maine with five coastal storms to bring winter misery to the region.
  The publication, now in its 200th year, isn’t afraid to go out on a limb with long-term weather forecasts that rely on a formula founder David Young first used in 1818 that utilizes sunspots, tidal action and other factors shunned
  
  Read more

• State Sues Drug Manufacturer Over Opioid Crisis

  15-08-2017 20:25
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina has become the latest state to accuse a drug manufacturer of exacerbating its opioid drug crisis by using deceptive marketing, with the state’s top prosecutor suing the maker of OxyContin.
  Attorney General Alan Wilson on Tuesday announced the state had sued Purdue Pharma, accusing the maker of OxyContin and other opioid drugs of violating South Carolina’s Unfair Trade Practices Act.
  “While we vigorously deny the allegations, we share S
  
  Read more

• Putting Smiley Faces In Work Emails Makes You Look Incompetent, Study Finds

  15-08-2017 19:58
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Sending a smiley face to someone may seem upbeat and innocent, but adding them to work emails could be giving the recipient a bad impression of you.
  Reading “:)” in the content of a work email makes readers think that the sender is less competent than they would if the same email had no smiley face, according to a new study published in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science.
  “Our findings provide first-time evidence that, contrary to a
  
  Read more

• Airbnb Permanently Bans White Supremacists From Using Its Services

  15-08-2017 19:55
  CBS Local — White supremacists have been banned from making reservations and renting out spaces on Airbnb, and permanently denied access to the platform, Airbnb’s co-founder said Tuesday.
  Airbnb co-founder Nathan Blecharczyk said the start-up canceled reservations made by certain users after the company was notified of a large gathering of white supremacists in the area, prior to Saturday’s white supremacist violence in Charlottesville, Va.
  “We make every one of
  
  Read more

• School District: No Outdoor Recess During Eclipse

  15-08-2017 19:19
  MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania school district says children won’t be let outside for recess during the Aug. 21 solar eclipse because of the potential harm to students who look at the sun.
  The Cumberland Valley School District sent a letter to parents Monday saying the decision was made after consulting the district’s physician.
  The letter says district officials recognize that the opportunity to view an eclipse is rare, but the safety of students is more important.
  N
  
  Read more

• Man with Swastika Tattoo Is Removed From Capitol Hill Swimming Pool

  15-08-2017 19:07
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A man with racist tattoos was removed from a Capitol Hill pool after confrontation arose Sunday.
  A man with Swastikas, upside down crosses, and “66” tattooed on his body was spotted on the deck of Rumsey Aquatic Center.  According to The Washington Post, guests became uneasy that he was there but not using the pool.
  When pool guests reported their concerns to staff, the man was then confronted by a life guard. The man became irate and refused to leav
  
  Read more

• Heavy Rain Moves Through Maryland, Prompting Flooding

  15-08-2017 18:55
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —A Flash Flood Warning is in effect for Baltimore County and Baltimore city until 3:45 p.m. as heavy rain moves through the area.
  A Flood Warning is also in effect for Harford County until 3:45 p.m. A Flash Flood Warning for Howard County was cancelled by 2 p.m.
  In a Facebook live video posted between 1 and 2 p.m., a woman streamed her rescue from a tunnel that became flooded near Erdman Ave. and North Point Rd. in Northeast Baltimore. (Warning: Strong language is used
  
  Read more

• Lawsuit Filed In Milwaukee Inmate’s Dehydration Death

  15-08-2017 18:28
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Relatives of a man who died of dehydration at the Milwaukee County jail last year said in a federal lawsuit that he lost 34 pounds (15.5 kilograms) during the week he was deprived of water.
  The lawsuit filed Monday on behalf of the estate of 38-year-old Terrill Thomas is the second his family has filed against Sheriff David Clarke, members of his staff and the county. A separate federal lawsuit was filed in March on behalf of Thomas’ three sons.
  Milwaukee County can&
  
  Read more

• US Officials: Canadian Man Tried To Ship Live Snakes In Mail

  15-08-2017 17:57
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Federal prosecutors in New York say a Canadian man attempted to ship live snakes to China through the mail.
  The U.S. attorney’s office in Buffalo says 28-year-old Chaoyi Le, of Mississauga (mih-sih-SAW’-guh), Ontario, was taken into custody Friday in Los Angeles after getting off a flight from Shanghai.
  Prosecutors say he previously was found with 55 live reptiles — including ball pythons — in Chicago during a trip from Toronto to China in Febru
  
  Read more

• Charges Sought Against Those Who Toppled Confederate Statue

  15-08-2017 17:50
  DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Investigators are working to identify and charge protesters who toppled a nearly century-old Confederate statue in front of a North Carolina government building, the sheriff said Tuesday.
  Durham County Sheriff Mike Andrews issued a statement that investigators are using video footage to identify those responsible for toppling the statue during a rally Monday night.
  Law enforcement officers took video throughout the protest but didn’t intervene as protesters brough
  
  Read more

• Trump Retweets, Deletes Image Of ‘Trump Train’ Hitting CNN Reporter

  15-08-2017 17:23
  WASHINGTON (AP) — On Tuesday, Trump retweeted and deleted a cartoon showing a train labeled “Trump” running over a man with “CNN” covering his face.The retweets come after a national uproar over race-fueled clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia. It took two days of public equivocation and internal White House debate before the president condemned white supremacist groups by name on Monday, declaring “racism is evil.” pic.twitter.com/dhzQoqeABt
  — SL
  
  Read more

• Police Escort Man With Rifle, Confederate Flag From Lee Statue In Charlottesville Park

  15-08-2017 17:05
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Charlottesville Police have removed a man who was carrying a confederate flag and what appeared to be an assault rifle who was seen saluting the Robert E. Lee statue in Emancipation Park.
  The city’s plan to remove the Lee monument was central to the weekend’s “Unite the Right” rally in the central Virginia town, which was attended by white supremacists.
  A woman was killed Saturday when a man drove a car into a crowd of counter-protesters. Two state
  
  Read more

• Family Disavows Son Who Was At White Nationalist Event

  15-08-2017 17:03
  FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota family has disowned an adult son who attended a gathering of white supremacists that turned violent over the weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia.
  Pearce Tefft says in a letter to The Forum of Fargo that he and his family “loudly repudiate” the “vile, hateful and racist rhetoric and actions” of his 30-year-old son, Peter Tefft. He says his son isn’t welcome at family gatherings until he renounces his “hateful beliefs.&rd
  
  Read more

• Maryland Couple Dies In Early Morning Home Fire

  15-08-2017 16:53
  STEVENSVILLE, Md. (AP) — Officials say a 77-year-old man and his 76-year-old wife have died after a fire broke out in their Maryland home.
  The Maryland State Fire Marshal said Tuesday that the couple has died from injuries they suffered in the earning morning blaze in Stevensville on Monday.
  Officials say it took nearly 40 firefighters one hour to control the fire.
  The fire marshal’s office has said that authorities determined that the blaze started in an attached rear screened in po
  
  Read more

• Police: Car Driven By Virginia 14-Year-Old Stopped In Md., 3 Other Children Were Inside

  15-08-2017 16:27
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —A Maryland State Police trooper says he pulled over a speeding car around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, only to find that it was being driven by a Virginia 14-year-old.
  There were also three other juveniles inside the Suzuki SUV, a 12-year-old, a 15-year-old and a 16-year-old, police say.
  The Princess Anne Barrack trooper pulled the car over in Somerset County, on Route 13 in the area of Coston Road.
  Investigators say the children left their homes in Virginia without their guardians&
  
  Read more

• Goodell: “We Have To Understand The Other Side In Anthem Protests”

  15-08-2017 16:21
  GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Asked about players who did not stand for the national anthem before preseason games, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Monday that while the playing of the anthem is a special moment to him, “we also have to understand the other side.”
  Goodell made the comments at University of Phoenix Stadium during a 45-minute question-and-answer period with Arizona Cardinals club seat holders. One season ticket-holder, Bruce Olson, asked the commissioner whether pla
  
  Read more

• 8 New Medical Marijuana Growers Approved By Md. Regulators

  15-08-2017 16:17
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) —Licenses for eight new medical marijuana growing firms were approved Monday by the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission.
  Representatives for some of those companies told our media partners at The Baltimore Sun that they were ready to begin growing immediately, while others say the process to get up and running will take weeks.
  Before this week, just one of 15 firms that had gotten preliminary approval last year had also received final permission to begin the cultivation pr
  
  Read more

• NBA Unveils Full 2017-18 Schedule

  15-08-2017 16:13
  NEW YORK (AP) — DeMarcus Cousins will make an early season trip back to Sacramento, while Gordon Hayward will wait almost all season to see Utah again.
  Chris Paul’s return to his old Clippers home is part of a Martin Luther King Jr. day tripleheader that includes another NBA Finals rematch, while Paul George and Jimmy Butler also learned the dates of their return games Monday when the NBA released its full 2017-18 schedule — which for the first time in history features no teams
  
  Read more

• NFL’s 1st Female Scout Details Groundbreaking Path In New Book

  15-08-2017 16:10
  FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Connie Carberg was incredibly antsy, barely able to contain her excitement a few moments before picking up the phone and making one of the most important calls in New York Jets history.
  The team was on the clock in the second round of the 1979 NFL draft, and she had just received confirmation of the choice from the front office. An ecstatic Carberg shouted “All right!” and then said the words she had been dreaming about for weeks.
  “The New York J
  
  Read more

• Gert Strengthens Into Season’s 2nd Hurricane In Atlantic

  15-08-2017 15:35
  MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters say Gert has strengthened to become the second hurricane of the season in the Atlantic Ocean.
  The National Hurricane Center says Gert was about 445 miles (720 kilometers) west of Bermuda late Monday and had maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 kph). The storm was moving north at 8 mph (13 kph).
  The weather advisory says Gert has developed an eye and is expected to strengthen in the next 48 hours. The forecast calls for it to turn northeast and accelerate Tuesday
  
  Read more

• Trump Arrives Home In New York, But Protesters Don’t See Him

  15-08-2017 15:31
  NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump went home to Trump Tower on Monday for the first time since his inauguration, with a throng of chanting protesters awaiting — but never seeing — him.
  Thousands of demonstrators roared “shame, shame, shame” and “not my president!” while watching for Trump’s motorcade along Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue, but it ultimately approached from another direction. A far smaller crowd of Trump supporters also awaited hi
  
  Read more

• Pantone Creates ‘Purple Rain’ Hue To Honor Prince

  15-08-2017 14:36
  NEW YORK (AP) — A shade of purple named for the late superstar Prince was announced Monday by the icon’s estate.
  The “Purple Rain” hue created by the Pantone Color Institute was dubbed “Love Symbol #2,” paying tribute to his custom Yamaha piano and the squiggly graphic Prince began using as his name in 1993 in a testy battle with Warner Bros. Records over ownership of some of his biggest hits. He switched back to Prince as a name in 2000 after his Warner contr
  
  Read more

• Charlottesville Driver Previously Accused Of Beating Mother

  15-08-2017 14:21
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The driver charged with killing a woman at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville was previously accused of beating his mother and threatening her with a knife, according to police records released Monday.
  Samantha Bloom, who is disabled and uses a wheelchair, repeatedly called police about her son, James Alex Fields Jr., in 2010 and 2011, telling officers he was on medication to control his temper, transcripts from 911 calls show.
  Fields, 20, is accused o
  
  Read more

• WEATHER BLOG: Humid Is The Word Of The Day

  15-08-2017 14:05
  Hi Everyone! Humid will be the word for the next few days. Our morning Dew Point is 72°. Any DP temps above 70° means uncomfortable humidity. And I would expect to see those daily numbers to remain in the low 70s. Combine that with temps, beginning tomorrow at or near 90°, and you have that Mid Atlantic summertime feel that has not been with us for the past 3 weeks. Thankfully has not been with us.Today is the 15th of August and I cannot remember an August, here, as mild. For example
  
  Read more

• Baltimore Gives Preliminary Approval to Weakened Gun Bill - U.S. News & World Report

  15-08-2017 10:51
  Baltimore Gives Preliminary Approval to Weakened Gun Bill
  U.S. News & World Report
  Baltimore has approved legislation originally designed to impose a mandatory one-year jail sentence on people who illegally carry guns, in a year when the city faces a record-high homicide rate. Aug. 15, 2017, at 4:51 a.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon ...and more »
  
  Read more

• After Charlottesville, Mayor And City Council Take Steps To Remove Baltimore’s Confederate Monuments

  15-08-2017 05:59
  BALTIMORE (WJZ/AP) —After violence erupted in Charlottesville, Virginia over the weekend in response to the city’s plan to remove a Robert E. Lee statue from a park there, Baltimore lawmakers have renewed efforts to remove similar confederate imagery from Baltimore.
  A white nationalist group gathered in the central Virginia college town Saturday to protest the statue removal, and others arrived to counter-protest. A car plowed into a crowd of the counter-protesters, killing one perso
  
  Read more

• Manny Machado, Orioles Slam Past Slumping Mariners, 11-3

  15-08-2017 05:55
  SEATTLE (AP) — Tim Beckham hit the first pitch of the game out for his first career leadoff homer, Manny Machado hit the sixth grand slam of his career an inning later, and the Baltimore Orioles routed the Seattle Mariners 11-3 on Monday night.
  Baltimore pounded Seattle’s pitching, scoring double-digit runs for the second time in three games and the sixth time since the All-Star break. Beckham got the Orioles started with his 16th homer, but it was Machado’s slam that broke the
  
  Read more

• Surveillance Video Released, No Charges For Off-Duty Officer Who Shot Man

  15-08-2017 05:45
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore County prosecutors now say an off-duty police officer was acting in self-defense when he fatally shot a man outside a Catonsville grocery store earlier this month.
  Surveillance footage has been released of the incident authorities say shows the shooting was justified.
  George Solis breaks down the video.
  This all unfolded after the officer confronted the suspect, Christopher Clapp, in the grocery store parking lot. He had been accused of shoplifting.
  The county&r
  
  Read more

• Baltimore’s Confederate Monuments Continue To Spark Debate

  15-08-2017 05:37
  BALTIMORE (WJZ/AP) —After violence erupted in Charlottesville, Virginia over the weekend in response to the city’s plan to remove a Robert E. Lee statue from a park there, Mayor Catherine Pugh has renewed efforts to remove similar Confederate imagery from Baltimore.
  A white nationalist group gathered in the central Virginia college town Saturday to protest the statue removal, and others arrived to counter-protest. A car plowed into a crowd of the counter-protesters, killing one perso
  
  Read more

• 5-Year-Old Abducted During Glen Burnie Carjacking, Police Looking For Suspect

  15-08-2017 05:15
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A five-year-old was abducted during a carjacking in Glen Burnie Monday night, Anne Arundel County police say.
  Just after 5 p.m. Monday, officers were called the Royal Farms store at the 200 block of Oak Manor Road in Glen Burnie, after a woman called authorities saying that a man had stolen her car, with her five-year-old child in the back seat.
  According to police, the suspected had asked the woman for money outside the store, and when the woman got out of her car to tal
  
  Read more

• 5-Year-Old Abducted During Glen Burnie Carjacking Found Safe

  15-08-2017 05:15
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A 5-year-old has been found safe after being abducted during a carjacking in Glen Burnie Monday night, Anne Arundel County police say.
  Just after 5 p.m. Monday, officers were called the Royal Farms store at the 200 block of Oak Manor Road in Glen Burnie, after a woman called authorities saying that a man had stolen her car with her child in the back seat.
  According to police, the suspect asked the woman for money outside the store, and when the woman got out of her car to
  
  Read more

• 5-Year-Old Abducted During Glen Burnie Carjacking

  15-08-2017 05:15
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A five year was abducted during a carjacking in Glen Burnie Monday night, Anne Arundel County police say.
  Just after 5 p.m. Monday, officers were called the Royal Farms store at the 200 block of Oak Manor Road in Glen Burnie, after a woman called authorities saying that a man had stolen her car, with her five-year-old child in the back seat.
  According to police, the suspected had asked the woman for money outside the store, and when the woman got out of her car to talk to
  
  Read more

• Off-Duty Maryland Trooper Charged With DUI In Crash

  15-08-2017 05:13
  CECILTON, Md. (AP) — Maryland State Police say an off-duty trooper has been charged with driving while impaired after he rear-ended a car while driving a state police vehicle.
  The police agency said in a news release that the crash happened late Sunday in Cecil County, just west of the Delaware border. Authorities say Trooper First Class Tanner Nickerson was driving a state police vehicle when he ran into the back of a car.
  Officials say the driver of the car and a 10-year-old passenger we
  
  Read more

• Frederick Co. Parents Face Child Abuse Charges For Pranks Pulled On Children On Youtube

  15-08-2017 04:48
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A Maryland couple that sparked controversy after posting videos of pranks involving their children on Youtube are now facing charges.
  A child abuse investigation was launched into the Frederick County family after backlash from a video showing Heather and Mike Martin’s son sobbing during a prank.
  RELATED: Maryland Family Caught Up In Social Media Firestorm
  The Martins told WJZ they got sucked into a social media firestorm, fueled by fame and fortune. They admit they
  
  Read more

• Five shot Monday in Northeast Baltimore, one killed - Baltimore Sun

  15-08-2017 04:25
  Baltimore Sun
  Five shot Monday in Northeast Baltimore, one killed
  Baltimore Sun
  Five people, including a 16-year-old and an 18-year-old, were shot in Baltimore on Monday, police said. One was killed. One man was found with multiple gunshot wounds around 12:30 p.m. in the 1600 block of Abbotson St. in the Coldstream Homestead ...
  
  Read more

• Scaramucci To Guest On Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ Monday Night

  15-08-2017 04:24
  LOS ANGELES (WJZ/AP) — CBS says Anthony Scaramucci will be a guest on Stephen Colbert’s late-night show Monday night.Went into the Lion's Den with @StephenAtHome came out w/ a few scratches but still standing. I appreciated the oppty. pic.twitter.com/y0Wa64mDyq
  — Anthony Scaramucci (@Scaramucci) August 15, 2017
  The network made the announcement last week.
  The former White House communications director lost his job with President Donald Trump’s administration July 31, afte
  
  Read more

Follow @Baltimore__news on Twitter!