From the Havre de Grace Police Department: Regarding today’s incident at the High School: At approximately 10:00 am a student received a group text message from another student referencing a shooting that was to take place at Havre de Grace High School. At approximately 10:15 am, the Havre de Grace Police School Resource Officer for […]
Harford Community College Campus Locked Down Following Telephone Threat; No Suspect Identified
A threat against Harford Community College made by an unknown caller triggered a campus-wide lockdown and building-to-building search by members of several local law enforcement agencies Tuesday night. As the search neared its conclusion just before midnight, the caller remained at large and officers were “running down leads,” according to Major William Davis, commander of […]
Bel Air Woman Charged for Making False Bomb Threat at C. Milton Wright High School
From the Harford County Sheriff’s Office: [October 15, 2014, Bel Air, MD] At 7:20 pm, on October 9, 2014, Harford County Sheriff’s Office deputies were alerted to an alleged bomb threat on the social media site, YikYak. After taking the report from a concerned citizen, deputies immediately informed Harford County Public Schools of a potential […]
U.S. Army’s Edgewood Chemical Biological Center Develops Real ‘Sci-Fi’ Technologies to Counter Emerging Threats
From the U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center: ECBC new hire Dr. Calvin Chue helps advance innovative technologies to protect Armed Forces against chemical and biological threats Focused to strengthen our Joint Force as they face emerging chemical and biological (CB) threats, the U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC) is developing a highly skilled […]
White Hall Man Sentenced to Eight Years for Threatening to Murder ATF Officer
From the office of the United States Attorney for the District of Maryland: Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles sentenced Craig Allen Shepperd, age 38, of Whitehall, Maryland, today to eight years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for threatening to murder a federal law enforcement officer. The sentence […]
Five Harford Schools Evacuated or Put On Lockdown Following “Suspicious Calls” to front offices
UPDATE, 2 p.m.: All affected school buildings have been cleared. In an e-mail message to The Dagger at approximately 2 p.m., Kranefeld wrote that all affected school buildings had been cleared by law enforcement and that students had been safely returned to classrooms. Kranefeld declined to provide further details about the nature of the suspicious […]
Harford County to Receive Federal Funding to Enhance Communication Capabilities
From Harford County government: Senator Barbara Mikulski, Congressman Kratovil announce federal investment (Hickory, MD) – – The Harford County Division of Emergency Operations (EOC) will be the recipient of $750,000 in federal funding to help improve communication infrastructure. The announcement was made Thursday, February 18 during a visit by United States Senator Barbara Mikulski and […]
