Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Police provided a more detailed outline in court documents of what they said happened at Wilde Lake High School earlier this week.
The 14-year-old female who accused a fellow student of raping her at Wilde Lake High School told police the incident happened Monday inside a choir room, according to the statement of probable cause filed in court documents. Police said that the school provided evidence that shows the girl and DeShawn Rasheed Jones, 17, entering and leaving the choir room, as well as the 14-year-old taking one of her friends to the restroom after it happened, according to the documents. Jones is currently being held on $500,000 bond, according to court officials. He is being charged as an adult with second-degree rape, second-degree assault and false imprisonment. Patch contacted a woman who said she was Jones' mother on Wednesday. The woman said she …
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Wendy Webster, store manager of Wegmans Columbia discussed the store's first months of business.
Howard County Executive Ken Ulman announced during his State of the County address last week that the Wegmans in Columbia was breaking store records in its sushi department. The sushi counter at the grocery superstore is often crowded, but was the store really breaking Wegmans records, and, if so, would the private company, that does not release an annual financial report, be willing to talk about business? "We're exceeding expectations for our Columbia store," said Wendy Webster, store manager of Wegmans in Columbia, on Monday. "The store has broken a lot of records." As for what records, Webster wouldn't elaborate. She said that although the store has been doing very well, especially its sushi section, she didn't want to diminish what …
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Heavy rainfall overnight on Wednesday soaked Howard County.
A rain storm that poured down on the county overnight on Wednesday caused flooding, road closures and downed trees. The storm swept through Maryland leaving approximately two inches of rainfall in an 18-hour period, according to National Weather Service (NWS) data. On Main Street in Historic Ellicott City, the Patapsco River rose so high it nearly reached the bridge that leads into Catonsville. Officials closed Main Street in the morning due to flooding and some businesses were dealing with the after-effects. Phoenix Emporium, Great Panes and Discoveries were just some of the Main Street businesses that said they experienced flooding due to the storm. “You get used to it,” said Len Berkowitz, owner of Great Panes, who was cleaning up …
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Police said a man believed to be involved in a string of Ellicott City cat burglaries was arrested after attempting to hide in a dumpster on Tamar Drive in Columbia.
Police said a man suspected in a string of Ellicott City cat burglaries was arrested this week hiding in a dumpster on Tamar Drive in Columbia as he attempted to flee the scene of a burglary. Cornelius Antonio McRae, 23, of Baltimore, was charged with multiple counts of burglary, theft and assault, police said. Police said they spotted McRae near the 8100 block of Tamar Drive on Jan. 6, near the site of a burglary that had just been committed. Police said they were in the area after they had located an unoccupied stolen 2013 silver Honda Pilot, which they determined McRae had been driving. Police reported they saw McRae carrying a pink purse, similar to one reported stolen in the Tamar burglary. McRae ran when police approached, but …
Monday, January 7, 2013
The two suspects are wanted for their possible involvement with a string of daytime burglaries in September.
The two suspects wanted in connection with a string of daytime door kick-in burglaries throughout Howard County were recently arrested in Bay County, Florida. Jopseh Leo Baumgarten and Dianna Lynn Marketti have been wanted by the Howard County Sheriff’s Office since they skipped a bail hearing on Nov. 15. Marketti was arrested on an outstanding warrant after police responded to a verbal altercation between her and Baumgarten on Christmas, according to Springfield, FL Police. That day, Baumgarten fled the scene, said Springfield police, but he was later picked up on an outstanding warrant on Jan. 3 and charged with resisting an officer and providing a false name. Springfield is located on the Florida panhandle, just outside Panama City. …
Monday, December 17, 2012
The discount division of the well-known department store will open at Columbia Crossing.
Nordstrom announced Monday it would be opening a Nordstrom Rack location at Columbia Crossing near Snowden River Parkway. The approximately 40,750 square-foot store is scheduled to open in the spring of 2013, according to a press release. Nordstrom Rack offers brands carried in Nordstrom stores, but typically at prices 30 to 70 percent off, according to the company. "We're fortunate to have lots of customers living in Maryland and hope this new store will make it more convenient for our Columbia customers to shop both our full-line and Rack locations," said Geevy Thomas, president of Nordstrom Rack, in a statement. Columbia Crossing, which has stores such as Pier 1 Imports, Target and Sleepy's is owned by Kimco Realty. "Our shoppers are …
Friday, December 14, 2012
The man pictured stole the package about 12 minutes after UPS dropped it off, according to police.
A Columbia resident caught a possible burglar on camera as the man casually pulled into the resident's driveway and loaded a package from the doorstep into his car, according to police. Dan Dorn, the resident, said it took the man only about 60 seconds to take the package, which had arrived about 12 minutes earlier, according to WJLA. Howard County police are now investigating the incident. A police spokesperson said police have not received any other reports of packages stolen from doorsteps this holiday season. In the incident, which police said occurred in the 6200 block of Tamar Drive, packages had been left by UPS at about 2:40 p.m. on Nov. 28. Police said moments later, a security video showed a green Subaru station wagon had …
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Sheriff's Office says leads dried up after investigating "kind of a flophouse."
The search for a pair of suspected burglars wanted in Howard County for their possible involvement in a string of daytime door kick-in burglaries continues after they failed to show up at a bail hearing on Nov. 15, law enforcement officials said. The Howard County Sheriff's Office is leading the search for Joseph Leo Baumgarten, of Pasadena, and Dianna Marketti, of Dundalk. "We sent some deputies out, they backtracked them out all the way to the Dundalk area where they hit a dead end at an abandoned foreclosed home... kind of a flophouse," said Mark Verderaime, of the Howard County Sheriff's Office. "That's where it went cold." "They're still looking into it. [Deputies] have probably hit three, four locations, and talked to some people, …
Monday, December 3, 2012
Local fresh food delivery business overcomes initial obstacles, eyes future expansion.
Six months ago Friends and Farms was just an idea—two food industry experts wanted to provide customers with a way to get farm fresh food without it spending unncecessary time in a large distribution center. Now, just half a year after opening, they've tripled their customer base and are eyeing future growth. The key, says owners Philip Gottwals and Tim Hosking, is being able to provide baskets of regional food, year-round, directly from farms to customers for $51 for a two-person basket each week or $76 for a four-person basket. "People are astounded by pristine quality fish in a $51 basket," said Hosking. "We pickup fish everyday that we pack baskets and the fish are cut that day." "It's really exciting that we have a system that's …
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Joseph Leo Baumgarten allegedly attacked Dianna Lynn Marketti after the two were released on bail.
The duo suspected of committing a string of daytime door kick-in burglaries throughout Howard County may be on the lam after failing to appear at a bail hearing on Nov. 15 in Howard County Circuit Court. The suspects, Joseph Leo Baumgarten, of Pasadena, and Dianna Lynn Marketti, of Dundalk, were arrested by Howard County Police on Oct. 4 and charged with stealing more than $22,000 in firearms, jewelry and electronics from four Howard County residences, but later released the next day on $15,000 bail. Howard County Police said the duo is suspected in 10 more burglaries that they haven’t yet been charged in. The Nov. 15 hearing was scheduled to adjust their bail, but neither appeared, according to assistant state's attorney Natasha Byus. “…
Suzanne Lipado
10:12 am on Wednesday, February 13, 2013
E. Callahan- I understand you are posting in defense of your friend, the principle Mr. Lemon however, the parents and teachers who are quite familiar with the every day functions in Wilde Lake know much better then what you are "preaching". Rape is ONLY the fault of the perpetrator; never the victim. If a rape did take place and there were "stairwells not monitored closely" and class rooms "… more ›