From the Harford County Health Department: As summer officially begins, the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene announced the first heat-related death of 2014 in Harford County. The report also indicated that 129 Marylanders have succumbed to heat illnesses over the past four summers. Harford County Health Officer Susan Kelly comments on the seriousness […]
19-Year-Old Killed in Edgewood Shooting Wednesday Night
From the Harford County Sheriff’s Office: [June 25, 2014, Edgewood, MD] — Harford County Sheriff’s detectives are investigating a homicide that occurred earlier tonight. At 9:41 p.m., deputies responded to the 400 block of Meadowood Drive for a shots fired call. When deputies arrived on scene, they found a 19 year old, black male gunshot […]
UPDATED: New Year’s Eve Shooting Death of Joppatowne Woman Ruled Suicide
From the Harford County Sheriff’s Office: [January 1, 2014, Joppa, MD] — The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has ruled the death of a 52 year-old female from Joppa as a suicide. The victim died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. On December 31, 2013 at 9:53 p.m., Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the 400 […]
Trial for Bel Air Youth Accused of Killing Father Postponed Until February
The trial for the Bel Air teenager accused of killing his father in their home and driving the body to an Aberdeen pond before leading police on a chase was postponed Thursday for a fifth time, and is now set to begin in February. Robert C. Richardson, now 18, appeared briefly in Harford County Circuit […]
Harford County Detention Center Inmate Attempts Suicide Saturday Night; Remains in Critical Condition
A Harford County Detention Center inmate attempted suicide by hanging Saturday evening, police said, and remained in critical condition at a Baltimore hospital Sunday afternoon. The 47-year-old man was being held at the detention center without bail for a charge of 1st-degree assault, according to Harford County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Edward Hopkins. Hopkins said corrections […]
Harford County Sheriff’s Deputy Involved in Rock Spring Shooting Death Identified
From the Harford County Sheriff’s Office: [August 20, 2013, Bel Air, MD] — The Harford County Sheriff’s Office has identified the deputy involved in Saturday’s fatal shooting as Deputy David Feeney, 43, a 2-year member of the Harford County Sheriff’s Office. Deputy Feeney began his career with the Sheriff’s Office in January 2011 as a […]
Details Emerge in Police Shooting of Bel Air Man at Snowball Stand
Additional details emerged Monday surrounding the death of a Bel Air man who allegedly engaged in a brief rampage through several Rock Spring businesses Saturday night before being shot by a Harford County Sheriff’s Office deputy. But key information, including the deputy’s identity and what he saw that night, have not been made public pending […]
OSHA Alleges “Serious Safety Violations” in Aberdeen Proving Ground Super Pond Death
From the Occupational Health and Safety Administration: ABERDEEN, Md. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued notices to the U.S. Army’s Aberdeen Test Center regarding alleged violations of commercial diving safety standards at its facility in Aberdeen. OSHA’s investigation was initiated in January following the fatality of a civilian […]