Abusive Behavior

Crowd at budget hearing says schools need more money

2013-05-16 18:30:00

The message is loud and clear: Harford County Public Schools need more money for next year than what's been budgeted, according to many of the more than 100 people who attended a public hearing Thursday. The crowd, significantly more than the handful...

Baltimore has high rate of staff-inmate sex

2013-05-16 18:49:19

The Baltimore City Detention Center had the nation's second-highest rate of sexual contact between jail staff and inmates, according to a U.S. Department of Justice study released less than a month after federal prosecutors accused corrections officers at...

Toni Linhart, Baltimore Colts kicker, dies at age 70

2013-05-13 08:45:00

The kick knifed through the thick fog and split the uprights at Memorial Stadium, giving the Colts a 10-7 victory in sudden-death overtime. In a flash, fans swarmed the field. Down came the goal posts. Up went Toni Linhart, on someone's shoulders....

CNN, MSNBC, Fox show true colors in choice of stories this week

2013-05-13 08:27:00

Last week was a great one for cable news watching. Not because any one channel did such outstanding work, but rather because several stories clamored simultaneously for the camera’s attention. The choices that a channel makes in such situations are...

A public service message to youth sports parents

2013-05-15 15:08:00

The good news is that, in seven years of umpiring amateur baseball games in the Baltimore area, Frank Handley has had to give the thumb to only five adults. The bad news is he had to do it again a couple of weeks ago. But we're going to turn a negative...

Belcamp woman charged with beating child

2013-05-14 14:30:41

A Belcamp woman was arrested Sunday for allegedly beating and cutting a child. Chimekie Tessa James, 30, of the 1200 block of Trillium Court, was charged with second-degree child abuse, which has a penalty of up to 15 years in jail, and second-degree...

Antique derringer pistol stolen from Ripken Stadium [Harford police blotter]

2013-05-14 16:15:00

Aberdeen Matthew Ashford, 25, of the first block of Liberty Street, was charged Friday with possessing marijuana, drug paraphernalia and a drug other than marijuana. Justin Michael Goins, 22, of the 700 block of Cronin Drive, was charged Monday with...

Blood drive and benefit for House of Ruth coming up [Hampden]

2013-05-07 08:12:00

Got blood? Time to help your community. On Wednesday, May 15, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Thursday ,May 16, from 3 to 7 p.m., the Hampden Family Center, 1104 W. 36th St., is partnering with MedStar Health, which owns Union Memorial Hospital, for a blood...

Aberdeen man charged with sexually abusing a minor

2013-05-07 12:12:00

An Aberdeen man has been charged with sexually abusing a minor. Clarence Jacob Barnes Jr., 53, of the 300 block of Center Deen Avenue, is charged with third-degree sex offense, fourth-degree sex offense, sex abuse of a minor and second-degree assault,...

Obama should exonerate the CIA agent who blew the whistle on torture

2013-04-30 04:30:00

Though he did not participate in torture, ex-CIA agent John Kiriakou was the first person to publicly acknowledge the Bush administration's inhumane abuse of detainees ("The truth about torture," April 23). Mr. Kiriakou's disclosures informed the public...

Fallston man sentenced to serve 20 years on child sex abuse conviction

2013-05-03 03:24:00

A Fallston man found guilty earlier this year of child sex abuse charges was recently sentenced to serve 20 years in prison, according to court records. James Thomas Starr, 26, was found guilty by a Harford County Circuit Court jury Feb. 8 of sex...

Five questions with ... Kimberly Scott

2013-04-26 00:00:00

The Great Gourmet is Kimberly Scott's way of introducing the world to Maryland seafood. Her Eastern Shore company sells crab cakes, oysters and clams to wholesale and retail markets. In 2006, just three years after opening, The Great Gourmet was logging...

Accused of throwing baby onto stretcher in hospital ER. Charges: Cruelty to a child that could result in injury, cruelty to a child � abuse without great harm, and giving a police officer a false name.

2013-05-16 00:00:00

Former Davie police officer Stephen Olenchak breaks down during sentencing Wednesday, May 15, in a Broward County courtroom. Olenchak is a former Davie Police officer convicted of molesting a family member as his wife and son slept in the same bed.

2013-05-15 00:00:00

Daniel Lunsford, left, and Brittany Whalen were charged in the January death of Brayden Whalen. Hampton Juvenile and Domestic Relations Judge Robert Wilson IV certified charges of second-degree murder and felony child abuse against the 21-year-old Lunsford.

2013-05-14 00:00:00