Monday, May 13, 2013
The suspect was arrested in North Carolina and will be extradited, according to police.
Police have arrested a man in North Carolina in connection with the killing of a woman who was found shot to death in her car in Columbia. Howard County Police issued a warrant for 43-year-old Ryan Patrick Matthias of Charlotte, N.C. He was taken into custody by Charlotte Mecklenburg Police on May 11. According to police, on May 4 at about 9:30 a.m. someone called police to report a woman in a car on the 9600 block of Basket Ring Road who “appeared to be injured.” When police arrived, they found 47-year-old Deborah Castellano dead in a Toyota Corolla parked in a parking lot. She had multiple gunshot wounds, according to police. Police knew that Castellano had recently moved to the area. During their investigation, they determined that …
Friday, May 10, 2013
Police say Dennis Lane was stabbed Friday morning.
Howard County police have identified a man found stabbed to death in his Ellicott City home Friday morning as blogger Dennis James Lane. According to a statement from police spokesperson Sherry Llewellyn, Lane, 58, was stabbed in his home on the 8100 block of Winding Ross Way. Lane ran the Howard County blog Tale of Two Cities and co-costed a Howard County Podcast "... And Then There's That" with Paul Scalny. A family member called 911, according to the statement. When police arrived at the home, they found Lane and a 19-year-old male who Llewellyn identified as a "suspect." Lane was pronounced dead on the scene. The 19-year-old is believed to be a family friend, according to Llewellyn. He is currently in police custody, according to …
Police say they have a 19-year-old in custody.
Howard County Police said they are investigating a fatal stabbing Friday morning in Ellicott City. According to a release from spokesperson Sherry Llewellyn, at about 4:20 a.m., a man in his 50s, whose name has not been released, was stabbed in his home on the 8100 block of Winding Ross Way. When police arrived at the home, they found the victim and a 19-year-old male who Llewellyn identified as a "suspect." The 19-year-old is believed to be a family friend. He is currently in police custody, according to Llewellyn, but he has not been charged. The stabbing is being investigated as a domestic incident, according to Llewellyn. Related: - Ellicott City Son Pleads Guilty to Attempted Murder of Dad For more local news, sign up for the …
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Woodbine Residential burglary A burglar broke into a home on the 14900 block of Old Frederick Road sometime between late night May 6 and noon on May 8, according to police. The burglar pried open a window and stole cash, according to police. Mt. Airy Residential burglary A homeowner returned home to the 17300 block of Old Frederick Road on May 7 at about 5 p.m. and saw someone had gained entry to the house through a window. The house had been ransacked, according to police, but nothing was stolen. Columbia Residential burglary A resident of the 7500 block of Broken Staff reported her Apple MacBook was stolen on April 26 between 1 and 5:30 p.m. According to police, there was no sign of forced entry. Police say a resident of the 5400 …
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Police say the victim worked at Maryland Live! Casino.
Police have not identified a suspect in the case of a woman found shot to death in her car in Columbia. At about 9 a.m. on May 4, police said they received a call from someone who said they saw a woman who appeared injured in a car on the 9600 block of Basket Ring Road. Police said they found the woman, Deborah Castellano, 47, in a Toyota Corolla parked in a parking lot. She had been shot multiple times, according to police. “Police are still investigating possible suspects and motives,” according to police spokesperson Mary Phelan. Castellano had recently moved to the area from central New York, according to Phelan. She was working at Maryland Live! Casino and lived in the apartment building near where she was found dead. “For those who…
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Federal authorities say the gang members have been operating in Howard County for three years.
Nearly 20 alleged members of the Howard County Bloods gang were indicted Wednesday on federal racketeering charges after 25 search warrants were executed across the county, including in Elkridge, according to a statement released by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland. Two of the alleged Bloods members and three additional people were also charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs. “The indictment unsealed today shows that no community is immune to gang and drug activity, but it also demonstrates our commitment to ridding our neighborhoods of this criminal element,” Howard County Police Chief William J. McMahon said in a statement. “That’s why I have made our participation in this task force a priority and I am …
Monday, May 6, 2013
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Ellicott City Residential burglary Someone entered a home on the 3500 block of Angus Valley Trail on May 5 and stole a pet squirrel, according to police. Commercial burglary Sometime between 6 p.m. April 3 and 7 a.m. the next day, someone broke into Design Group, on the 7500 block of Richard Valley Road, according to police. Tools were reported stolen. Elkridge Commercial burglary Someone stole copper piping from a Ryan Homes construction site on the 6100 block of South Meyer Drive sometime between April 26 and April 3, according to police. There were no signs of forced entry. Police say someone threw a rock through a window at Crazy Ray’s, on the 8100 block of Washington Boulevard on May 3 at about 11:30 p.m. Someone entered the …
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Police say the woman had just moved to the area.
Howard County Police are asking for help after a woman was found shot to death in a car in Columbia Saturday, according to a statement released by police. Someone called police at about 9 a.m. after seeing a woman who “appeared to be injured” in a car on the 9600 block of Basket Ring Road, according to police spokeswoman Sherry Llewellyn. When police arrived, they found Deborah Castellano, 47, dead with multiple gunshot wounds in a Toyota Corolla parked in parking lot, according to Llewellyn. Police say they think Castellano had recently moved to the area and was living in the apartment building near where she was shot. Investigators do not yet have a suspect or a motive and are asking anyone with information to call at 410-313-STOP. …
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
The jury has decided the fate of a former Elkridge resident accused of killing his wife more than 20 years ago.
After hours of deliberation, a jury has found former Elkridge resident Robert Jarrett Jr. guilty of second-degree murder in the death of his former wife, Christine Jarrett, the Baltimore Sun reported. Prosecutors had been seeking a first-degree murder conviction for Robert Jarrett, who reported Christine Jarrett missing in 1991. At the time, a detective on the case said that he thought she had run away. More than 20 years later, in April 2012, police found a body later identified as Christine Jarrett buried in concrete under a shed in the back yard of the Claire Drive house the couple had shared. Neighbors told Patch that for 21 years, they had suspected that Christine Jarrett was buried in the yard in Elkridge. "All the kids said she was…
Friday, April 12, 2013
All information provided by the Howard County Police Department.
Ellicott City Burglary, late reported Sometime between March 1 and March 15 someone entered a residence in the 5600 block of Tricross Drive, broke an electric meter and then took a fishing pole from the front porch. Robbery Two males blocked a delivery person's path to a building and took a portion of a food order in the 8700 block of Town and Country Boulevard around 11 p.m. on April 9. One suspect was described as a black male with a light complexion, a shaved head, who was not wearing a shirt. A detailed description was not given for the second suspect. Columbia Burglary - Prayer Tabernacle Church Someone stole cash and a video camera from Prayer Tabernacle Church in the 10700 block of Hikcory Ridge Road sometime between April 7 and …
Nick Nichols
1:34 pm on Friday, May 10, 2013
Has all of Ellicott City gone mad? Ive been here only 6 years and the carnage from crime and accidents and mother nature is staggering compared to anywhere else I've lived in my 43 years. I've lived all over the Baltimore metro area, the eastern shore, and western MD. Except for the obvious cancerous tumor that is Baltimore City, Ellicott City and parts of Columbia are so crazy with burglaries, … more ›