Traffic detoured due to police activity in Essex area

UPDATE: Eastern Avenue has been reopened. Original story below… ESSEX, MD—Motorists are being asked to find an alternate route due to police activity in the Essex area. At just before 11:15 a.m. on Thursday, June 27, the Baltimore County Police Department said motorists were being asked to avoid Eastern Avenue between Route 702 and Old Eastern Avenue. No further details […]

Baltimore County Police Department honored for support of National Guard, Reserve

TOWSON, MD—The Baltimore County Police Department has received the Pro Patria Award for its support of employees who serve in the U.S. military’s National Guard and Reserve. The award was presented to Police Chief Robert O. McCullough and Officer Brian Eaton, who is an active Sergeant in the Maryland Army National Guard, at a luncheon event in Reisterstown on Saturday. […]

Stabbing reported in Towson

TOWSON, MD—Police are on the scene of a stabbing that occurred in the Towson area on Monday afternoon. The incident was reported at just after 3:30 p.m. on June 24 on the property of Sheppard Pratt Hospital. The Baltimore County Police Department responded to the location for a report of a stabbing on a parking lot at that location. The […]

BCPS teacher arrested for alleged sexual abuse of a minor

RANDALLSTOWN, MD—A teacher with Baltimore County Public Schools has been arrested on charges of sexually abusing a minor. Detectives with the Baltimore County Police Department have arrested 38-year-old Carlos Arroyo. The Randallstown High School teacher has been charged with two felonies, which include sexual abuse of a minor and sexual offense in the third degree. In addition, Arroyo faces two […]

Baltimore man sentenced for armed robberies of cell phone stores

BALTIMORE, MD—A U.S. District Judge has sentenced a 46-year-old man from Baltimore to serve time in prison for his part in three armed cell phone store robberies. Gary Leon Holloway will now serve 14 years in prison and four years of supervised release, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Maryland. Holloway and his co-conspirators […]

Missing Dundalk child found in water dies

DUNDALK, MD—The missing 6-year-old child who was found in the water in Baltimore County on Friday has died. At just after 9 a.m. on June 21, crews responded to the 2000-block of Inverton Road in Dundalk for a report of a missing child near a boat ramp. Members from the Baltimore County Fire Department and the Baltimore County Volunteer Firefighter’s […]

Missing Dundalk 6-year-old found in waters of Lynch Cove

UPDATE: Officials say Marcel has died from his injuries. Original story below… DUNDALK, MD—Police say a missing six-year-old has been found, but is critically injured. The Baltimore County Fire Department located Marcel Traore in the waters of Lynch Cove in Dundalk. Marcel is non-verbal and was reported missing at around 4:45 a.m. on Friday morning.  He was found at around […]