From the Harford County Sheriff’s Office: [April 5, 2013, Bel Air, MD] — On April 4, 2013, the Harford County Sheriff’s Office celebrated the graduation of five recruits of the Correctional Officer Entrance Level Class 22 at the John Carroll High School Auditorium. During the ceremony, Sheriff Bane addressed the recruits offering them words of […]
Medical Examiner: Harford County Detention Center Inmate Died Four Days After Hanging Self
The man who hung himself at the Harford County Detention Center died Jan. 29, the state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner confirmed Wednesday. Norman Michael Miller, 42, died Jan. 29, according to the medical examiner’s office. The cause and manner of his death are pending. According to the Harford County Sheriff’s Office, at 4:55 […]
Bane: Harford County Detention Center Inmate Died Following Early Nov. Hanging
An inmate who hung himself in his cell at the Harford County Detention Center earlier this month has died, Sheriff Jesse Bane told The Dagger Monday. Bane confirmed the death of Christopher Booth, 45, of Edgewood, but did not specify when he died. Booth’s death is at least the eighth at the detention center since […]
Gahler: Bane “Failed to Provide Effective Leadership” on Issue of Detention Center Deaths
From Jeffrey R. Gahler: Earlier this month, another inmate being held in the Harford County Detention Center attempted to take his own life. There have been many statements made indicating that this latest incident did result in the inmate’s death, however, attempts to verify the statements through any official reporting meets only silence. If yet […]
Harford County Detention Center Inmate Hospitalized After Hanging Incident Friday Night
A Harford County Detention Center inmate was hospitalized following an apparent suicide attempt Friday night, police said. Christopher Booth, 45, of Edgewood was found hanging in his cell at approximately 9:25 p.m. Friday, according to Harford County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Capt. Christopher Swain. Booth was taken to Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, where […]
Crowd of More than 150 Joppa, Edgewood Residents Turn Out for Sheriff’s Town Hall Meeting
Several years ago, Jesse Bane held a public meeting with residents of Joppa and Edgewood, who torched the then-recently-elected sheriff over the ongoing gang and violence problems in the area. On Saturday, Bane returned to host the latest in a series of town hall meetings, and was met with a large, but far more friendly […]
Harford County Sheriff’s Office Citizen’s Police Academy Week 8: Harford County Detention Center
Even on the other side of a massive steel door, the music of cell block C roars over the voice of Captain Mike Gullion. The inmates in the maximum-security block are “jamming,” in the words of Captain Tanya Jackson. Through a tiny, darkened portal in the door, it’s impossible to see what they’re jamming on, […]
Family Seeks $420 Million in New Lawsuit Over 2009 TASER Death of Harford County Detention Center Inmate (UPDATED)
Click below to hear The Dagger’s Aaron Cahall discuss this story with WBAL 1090 AM’s Bill Vanko. [audio:http://www.daggerpress.com/wp-content/uploads/5-1-Taser.mp3|titles=5-1 Taser] The family of a Harford County Detention Center inmate who died after he was stun-gunned by jail officers three years ago has filed a new wrongful death lawsuit against the county, Sheriff Jesse Bane, and eight […]