Wednesday, May 22, 2013
The Harford County Sheriff's Office partnered with agencies from Baltimore to California in the investigation.
A tip that an Aberdeen man was suspected of dealing drugs sparked a two-year drug smuggling investigation that led to charges against 15 people, the Harford County Sheriff's Office announced Wednesday. The Harford County Task Force filed charges against 15 individuals—from Bel Air, Middle River, Havre de Grace, Aberdeen, White Marsh, Towson, Edgewood and California—after extensive operations that included wire-tapping and undercover police work, the sheriff's office said. In addition to the arrests, the investigation led to the seizure of 140 pounds of marijuana, 20 guns, 14 vehicles and more than $140,000 in cash, police said. Tips from citizens were critical, according to the sheriff. “Drug investigations typically begin because someone …
Monday, May 20, 2013
Todd E. Johnson pleaded guilty Monday in Harford County District Court.
A Harford County Sheriff's Office deputy was sentenced to three years probation Monday after pleading guilty to bribery. As a condition of the plea, Deputy First Class Todd E. Johnson resigned from the sheriff's office, according to a release from the Harford County state's attorney's office. Johnson, a seven-year veteran of the sheriff's office, gave Final Notice Recovery and Location of 4501 Curtis Avenue in Baltimore unauthorized access to police databases. The business is desribed as a towing company that repossesses vehicles for banks and creditors, according to a release from the sheriff's office. Johnson used his agency issued computer to look up tag numbers for the company in an effort to locate the vehicles and owners and used the…
Thursday, May 16, 2013
The public works employees allegedly used the county's gas pumps to fuel their personal vehicles more than 40 times.
Two Port Deposit residents employed by Harford County were charged with theft and scheming after they were suspected of repeatedly stealing gas from Scarboro Landfill, the Harford County Sheriff's Office said in a statement Thursday. Government officials reported to the sheriff's office that Tracy L. Sexton, 43, and James E. Doran, 46, were using the county fuel pumps at the landfill to gas up their personal vehicles, police said. Both individuals worked for the Harford County Department of Public Works; Doran was employed at the waste disposal center in Street and Sexton with the division of highways, according to Robert Thomas, Harford County Government spokesman. Doran had been a county employee since February 1995 and Sexton, since …
Monday, May 13, 2013
Fallen officers from across the country, including Harford County sheriff's deputy Cpl. Charles Licato, will be honored.
Tens of thousands of law enforcement officers and their families will converge on Washington this week for National Police Week 2013, May 12 through May 18. Among the events will be the Annual Candlelight Vigil, now in its 25th year, on Monday, May 13. National Police Week 2013 full schedule of events. National Police Week brings together between 25,000 to 40,000 attendees from departments throughout the United States and internationally. Among those who will be honored is Cpl. Charles Licato, the Harford County sheriff's deputy killed in a crash while on duty last September. "Police Week is super important to recognize the importance and sacrafice of our law enforcement officers, especially our fallen heroes," said Steve Groeninger, …
Thursday, May 9, 2013
The accident took place between the CSX railroad Maryland Route 152 and Joppa Road crossings.
UPDATE: (4:35 p.m.)—A man apparently wearing earbuds and walking on a railroad track in Joppa, MD, was struck and killed Thursday by a train that came up from behind him. Police have identified the victim as Kevin Scott Street, 37, of Aberdeen. Around 12:11 p.m., the Street was walking westbound on the CSX railroad tracks between the Maryland Route 152 and Joppa Road crossings, said Edward Hopkins, spokesman with the Harford County Sheriff's Office. At the same time, a train, also headed westbound, came up behind him. Witnesses told police the pedestrian had earbuds or headphones on at the time, Hopkins said. The train blew its horn, but the Street apparently did not initially hear it, Hopkins said. At the last minute, Street turned, but …
Saturday, April 27, 2013
A robber didn't get far in his efforts to rob the Sovereign Bank on Emmorton Road.
A quick-thinking bank worker thwarted a robbery attempt at a Harford County bank Saturday morning, officials say. Harford County sheriff's deputies responded to the 1800 block of Emmorton Road for an attempted robbery at the Sovereign Bank. Responding deputies reported that at about 9 a.m. a man who was hiding in the bushes near the bank attempted to rob it when the manager began to open the doors for the business day, according to a statement from the sheriff's office. The suspect rushed toward the manager, displaying a black handgun, police said. The manager was able to secure the inner door of the bank and the suspect ran away on foot in an unknown direction without getting any money, according to police. The suspect was described as a …
Thursday, April 25, 2013
A 50-year-old Joppa man told police he was attacked and robbed during the early morning hours Thursday in Edgewood.
A Joppa man was assaulted and robbed Thursday morning in Edgewood, and police have charged two men with the crime. Rodney Dion Williams, 33, of the 1800 block of Simons Court in Edgewood, is charged with robbery, second-degree assault and theft less than $100, according to court online records. Steven Michael Mack, 34, of the unit block of East Bel Air Avenue in Aberdeen, is facing charges identical to Wiliams, court records show. The charges stem from a incident that took place in the early morning hours Thursday. Around 2:30 a.m., a 50-year-old Joppa man told Harford County Sheriff's Office deputies he was visiting a relative on Crimson Tree Way in Edgewood when two men, later identified as Williams and Mack, allegedly walked up to him, …
Monday, April 22, 2013
The Harford County Sheriff's Office discovered a man dead Sunday morning inside an Edgewood home.
Medical examiners have ruled the death of an Edgewood man found dead in his home Sunday a homicide. Robert Wesley Johns, 51, was found dead from a gunshot wound inside his Edgewood home on the 1700 block Fountain Rock Way, according to a news release from the Harford County Sheriff's Office. Around 9:30 a.m. Sunday, deputies were called to the home to check on Johns' well-being. When they arrived, the door was locked, but they heard the sound of the television from inside and saw blood on the door, according to the release. Deputies then spotted a body on the floor inside the home and forced their way inside. The house appeared to have been ransacked, the release states. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner determined Johns died as a …
Sunday, April 21, 2013
The Harford County Sheriffs Office discovered a man dead Sunday morning in an Edgewood home.
UPDATE (9 p.m.)—Police are investigating an unattended death of a man found Sunday in Edgewood. Robert Wesley Johns, 51, of the 1700 block Fountain Rock Way in Edgewood was found deceased, possibly the result of a homicide, acording to a news release from the Harford County Sheriff's Office. Sheriff's deputies responded around 9:30 Sunday morning to the 1700 block of Fountain Rock Way in Edgewood and discovered a middle-aged man lying on the floor of a home, according to a department release. Police responded to the residence at a request to check on the well-being of the man, the release said. Nobody answered the door but officers heard a television on inside. Police forced entry and discovered Johns deceased on the floor and the home "in…
Friday, April 19, 2013
The incident took place on MD Route 22 in Churchville Friday morning.
UPDATE (12:15 p.m.)—A man armed with a handgun robbed a Campus Hills gas station early Friday morning. Around 8:05 a.m. Friday in the 2400 block of Churchville Road, a white male wearing all black and a bandanna over his face entered the Xtra Mart, according to spokeswoman Cristie Kahler of the Harford County Sheriff's Office. Kahler said the man displayed a handgun and ordered the employee to go into the back room while he collected cash. He left the store on MD Route 22 (Churchville Road) with an undisclosed amount of money and drove off in a white Ford SUV toward Aberdeen, Kahler said. No injuries were reported. Anyone with information may contact the Harford County Sheriff's Office at 410-838-6600. Stay with Patch and follow …
cathey robertson
1:44 pm on Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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