TOWSON, MD—Since 1981, the Baltimore County Police Department has proudly participated in National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW), which aims to remove the barriers that victims of crime may encounter. Every April, the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) leads departments and agencies in their annual observances of NCVRW. In 2025, NCVRW is being observed from April 6 through 12. […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD—Police in Baltimore County are investigating nearly a dozen local crimes that were reported in late March. At approximately 1 p.m. on Sunday, March 23, 2025, multiple unknown suspects burglarized a residence in the 2200-block of Southorn Road in Middle River (21220) and stole various items. At approximately 9 p.m. on Sunday, March 23, a suspect used a weapon […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland State Police arrested two men in March in connection with two separate alleged armed road rage incidents in Baltimore County and Cecil County. The men, Cedric James, 33, of North East, Cecil County, and Skyler Robinson, 23, of Owings Mills, Baltimore County, were both charged with first- and second-degree assault, using a firearm during the commission of a […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD—Police in Baltimore County are searching for a missing teen. Janiya Drayton, 15, is 5’01” tall and weighs 160 pounds. She was last seen at around 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 3, 2025 in the Nottingham area wearing a blue jean jacket and black leggings. Anyone with information on Janiya Drayton’s whereabouts is asked to dial 9-1-1 or call […]
PERRY HALL, MD—A police pursuit resulted in a local school being placed on lockout status on Thursday morning. On April 3, 2025, a stolen vehicle from Essex was tracked down and pursued by police, according to Councilman David Marks.. The driver bailed out into the woods near Chapel Hill Elementary School. The school was placed on lockout status while police […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A Baltimore County man has been sentenced to life in prison for a random road rage shooting that killed a woman and injured her passenger in Essex in 2023. Rylan Picard-Kevin Harris, 31, was found guilty of shooting Shalia Hendrix, 31, in the back on May 5, 2023, while she was driving on Route 702. According to the Baltimore […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD—Police are investigating a robbery and two burglaries that were reported in recent days. At approximately 5 p.m. on Friday, March 21, 2025, a suspect burglarized a residence in the 3600-block of Klausmier Road (21236) and stole property. At approximately 6 p.m. on Friday, March 21, a suspect burglarized a residence in the 3700-block of Proctor Lane (21236) and […]
DUNDALK, MD—One person is dead following a Tuesday morning standoff in Dundalk. At approximately 7:30 a.m., on April 1, 2025, officers with the Baltimore County Police Department responded to the 2500-block of Gray Manor Terrace (21222) for a report of a prior firearms discharge. As officers were investigating that call, they began to be fired upon by a nearby resident. […]