PARKVILLE, MD—Police in Baltimore County have arrested a former staff member at the Charles H. Hickey, Jr. School in Parkville/Carney as part of a child sex abuse investigation. Detectives with the Baltimore County Crimes Against Children Unit arrested and charged 78-year-old Ronald Neverdon on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. Neverdon has been charged with multiple counts of sexual abuse of a […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A Baltimore County man who is a registered sex offender has pleaded guilty to possessing child sexual abuse material. Steven Christopher Kelban, 50, of Catonsville, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography. Kelban was identified as a suspect in the trafficking of child sexual abuse material (CSAM), also called child pornography, during Baltimore County Police Department’s online investigation of […]
MIDDLE RIVER, MD—A Middle River man has been convicted in connection with a Harford County child abuse case. On Wednesday, February 26, 2025, Douglas Grazuties, 36, of Middle River, was found guilty of second-degree child abuse, two counts of second-degree assault, and two counts of reckless endangerment following a three-day jury trial before the Honorable Diane Adkins-Tobin in the Circuit […]
ESSEX, MD—The aunt of two children that were found deceased during an Essex traffic stop in 2021 has been sentenced to prison. A Baltimore County judge has sentenced Nicole M. Johnson to life in prison, with all but 50 years suspended. At just after 11 p.m. on July 28, officers conducted a traffic stop on Eastern Boulevard near Wagners Lane […]
BALTIMORE, MD—The man who used artificial intelligence to fake the voice of Pikesville High School’s principal in a racist tirade last year has been arrested on child pornography charges. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland has filed a federal criminal complaint charging Dazhon Darien, 32, of Baltimore, with sexual exploitation of a child and receiving child sexual […]
MIDDLE RIVER, MD—A mother has been arrested and charged following the death of her daughter in Middle River, police say. Keyona Dillon, 34, has been charged with first-degree murder following the death of her 11-year-old child. At around noon on Thursday, January 23, 2025, officers responded to the 2100-block of Firethorn Road (21220), where they located the deceased child inside […]
ABERDEEN, MD—A Harford County mother is in police custody after being charged in the death of her 5 ½-month-old baby girl. On Sunday, December 29, 2024, detectives with the Harford County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division responded to Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center after receiving a report from Child Protective Services of suspected child abuse. Upon meeting with medical staff, […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD—To encourage Baltimore County to prioritize public safety, Delegates Ryan Nawrocki and Kathy Szeliga have called upon County Executive Johnny Olszewski to rescind executive orders from former County Executive Kevin Kamenetz and former County Executive Don Mohler. These 2017 and 2018 executive orders expressly forbid the Baltimore County Police Department and the Baltimore County Department of Corrections from cooperating […]