(WBFF) — Baltimore County Police are investigating a potential homicide in Gwynn Oak from over the weekend The incident took place in the 1100 block of Ingleside Avenue around 2:00 a.m ALSO READ | Head-on collision in Severn leaves one dead, another critically injured where he was pronounced dead as a result of the shooting Homicide detectives are investigating the incident's circumstances Anyone with information pertinent to the case is asked to contact 410-887-4636 (INFO) Information may also be provided anonymously by contacting Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-756-2587 (7LOCKUP) Information provided by phone or online through Metro Crime Stoppers of Maryland may be eligible for a cash reward of up to $2,000 Residents may also provide details about this crime through the Baltimore County Police Department’s iWATCH program 2025 at 11:28 am ET.css-79elbk{position:relative;}The Baltimore County Police Department said 48-year-old Charles Meile was fatally shot Saturday in Gwynn Oak (Jacob Baumgart/Patch Stock Photo)GWYNN OAK MD — A man was fatally shot recently in Gwynn Oak Officers on Tuesday identified the victim as 48-year-old Charles Meile Authorities said the shooting happened Saturday just before 2 a.m A press release said the victim was taken to a hospital Detectives are still looking for the unknown shooter is also collecting anonymous tips and sharing them with officers The Metro Crime Stoppers offered a cash reward of up to $2,000 for information that leads to an arrest on felony charges Informants can anonymously contact the Metro Crime Stoppers by: This map shows the area where authorities said the shooting happened Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. — Baltimore County Police say the body of an unidentified male was pulled from the Gwynn Oak Park area on Thursday Officials say the call for a water rescue came in around 9:15 am but it took over two hours for the body to be safely removed from the water due to the location in which it was found Homicide detectives are currently waiting for autopsy results Consider making a donation to help us continue our mission Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Troy K. Hill levied the ultimate penalty against a 30-year-old man accused of shooting his victim 15 times Lance Hickman was found guilty this May of attempted first- and second-degree murder conspiracy to commit first- and second-degree assault conspiracy to use a firearm in a felony violent crime firearm possession with a felony conviction illegal possession of ammunition and discharging a firearm within Baltimore City for a May 2023 shooting.  “The facts of this case are egregious,” the prosecutor said in court Sept The victim was shot 15 times and miraculously lived due to the first responders’ quickly applied tourniquets Although the victim was heavily involved in the case to this point he was hospitalized Friday and could not give an impact statement in court.  The prosecutor claimed that Hickman only shot the victim at the behest of his co-defendant As the victim was walking home on the 5100 block of Gwynn Oak Avenue The sentencing guidelines found in the pre-sentencing investigation recommended the range of life plus 25 years to life plus 45 years The prosecutor asked Judge Hill for a sentence within the guidelines Defense attorney Roland Brown said his client had strong family and community ties as a lifelong Baltimore resident but acknowledged there was no one in the courtroom gallery present to support him Brown also noted that Hickman has consistently maintained his innocence Brown asked the court to levy a sentence far below the guidelines: 50 years suspending all but 15 years.  Judge Hill imposed a sentence of life plus 25 years the first five without the possibility of parole.  The judge did not break down the sentence for each charge in court Friday © Copyright 2025 Baltimore Witness Powered by Team MindShift The body of an unidentified male was recovered from the water at Gwynn Oak Park Thursday morning Baltimore County police and medics said they responded to the park around 9:15 a.m medics determined the person was dead based on the condition of the body to safely remove the body from the water due to the location in which it was found Homicide detectives are awaiting autopsy results No further information was immediately released Baltimore County officers responded to the area of Gwynn Oak Park after receiving a report of a swift water rescue this morning. Read more: https://t.co/HET32BhWcH pic.twitter.com/nHEmmBGkuc — Baltimore County Police Department (@BaltCoPolice) September 26, 2024 and the flagship stations for the Baltimore Ravens Hearst Television participates in various affiliate marketing programs which means we may get paid commissions on purchases made through our links to retailer sites.©2023 on behalf of WBAL NewsRadio 1090 and FM 101.5 BALTIMORE, Md. — Emergency personnel recovered the body of an unidentified man from a waterway near Gwynn Oak Park on Thursday morning after a swift water rescue operation Baltimore County officers were dispatched to the area around 9:15 a.m following a report of a possible water rescue medics determined that the man was already deceased Due to the challenging location of the body The circumstances surrounding the death remain unclear Homicide detectives are currently investigating and are awaiting autopsy results to determine the cause of death The man’s identity has not yet been confirmed © 2008-2025 - Shore News Media & Marketing Ltd 3700 block of Gwynn Oak Avenue fatal shooting (WBFF) Baltimore Police identified the man killed in the 3700 block of Gwynn Oak Ave. on Nov He was identified as 27-year-old Roger Hawkins Hawkins was found unresponsive and suffering from multiple life-threatening gunshot wounds — A fire caused by discarded smoking materials left a man dead in the Gwynn Oak area of Baltimore County was found on the second floor of a townhouse on Langford Road Baltimore County Fire Department responded to the home at 11:36 p.m They saw fire coming from the second floor Fire investigators determined the fire was accidentally caused by improperly discarded smoking materials Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Michael A. DiPietro postponed 32-year-old attempted murder defendant Darius Stepney’s jury trial on Feb On May 8, 2023, Stepney allegedly drove 30-year-old Lance Hickman in a silver Toyota Camry with a Virginia license plate to the 5100 block of Gwynn Oak Avenue, where Hickman shot and wounded a male victim Stepney and Hickman, who was found guilty in May 2024 were charged with 19 nearly identical charges including attempted first- and second-degree murder and illegal possession of a regulated firearm Hickman received a life sentence plus 25 years for his involvement in the shooting.  Stepney’s jury trial will be scheduled at a later date.  A Gwynn Oak man has been indicted on charges of passport fraud and identity theft Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland announced Thursday faces charges of aggravated identity theft and false representation of a Social Security number Officials reported that Allah allegedly used another person's Social Security number to apply for a passport He is also accused of submitting a fraudulent custody order to apply for a passport for his child and making false statements on the passport applications between August 2022 and February 2023 Allah could face up to 10 years in prison for passport fraud with a mandatory minimum sentence of two years for identity theft He also faces up to five years for false statements and up to five years for false representation of a Social Security number 2025 at 2:09 pm ET.css-79elbk{position:relative;}Baltimore County Public Schools announced Friday that the Campfield Early Learning Center MD — Baltimore County Public Schools will close a disability-focused pre-kindergarten center a year early BCPS announced Friday that this will be the last school year for Gwynn Oak's Campfield Early Learning Center The original plan was to close Campfield at the end of the 2025-26 academic year "BCPS staff affected by the new timeline would be prioritized as transfers this spring." The early closure proposal emerged last month The Baltimore County Board of Education on March 11 voted to approve the early closure The decision can be appealed to the Maryland State Board of Education within 30 days WYPR reported that the school board initially approved the closure by a 6-5 vote in September 2023 WYPR said one-third of Campfield's then 377 students had disabilities and over half came from families with low incomes WYPR said those supporting the closure say the school is in poor condition and students would be better served at more modern facilities Support programs for Campfield students would continue at their new schools Closure opponents think Campfield students need individualized attention which is more difficult in a full elementary school Related: Pre-K Center May Close Year Early In Baltimore County Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. 2025 at 12:35 pm ET.css-79elbk{position:relative;}Baltimore County Public Schools on Friday proposed closing the Campfield Early Learning Center MD — Baltimore County Public Schools wants to close a disability-focused pre-kindergarten center a year early BCPS announced Friday that it aims to close Gwynn Oak's Campfield Early Learning Center at the end of this school year "With fewer than 60 students projected to attend Campfield in the 2025-26 school year, it has been determined that students' needs can be better met by transitioning programs and students to their home schools or to nearby regional programs at the end of the current school year," BCPS said in a press release The Baltimore County Board of Education will hear the proposal at its Tuesday meeting There will be a public hearing on March 5 at 6:30 p.m The school board is scheduled to vote on the proposal on March 11 "The updated proposed closure supports the school system's comprehensive strategy to improve learning environments for elementary school students in the county's northwestern communities," the BCPS release said WYPR reported that the school board approved the closure by a 6-5 vote in September 2023 BALTIMORE (WBFF) — A man died from a shooting in the Northwest District on Thursday Police say on November 7 at around 3:32 P.M. officers went to investigate multiple calls of a shooting at the 3700 block of Gwynn Oak Avenue ALSO READ | 22-year-old shot at Annapolis Rd. exit of I-295 South Thursday morning unidentified male suffering from multiple life-threatening gunshot wounds Officials reported that the medics were on the scene and despite life-saving measures Homicide detectives are now investigating and ask anyone with information regarding this incident to contact 410-396-2100 or the Metro Crime Stoppers tip line at 1-866-7LOCKUP 2024 at 12:30 pm ET.css-79elbk{position:relative;}The Baltimore County Police Department said a man was shot Saturday in Gwynn Oak MD — A man was shot this weekend in Gwynn Oak Officers said they were called to the unit block of Greenbury Court Saturday around 12:25 a.m Authorities said they found a 36-year-old victim with a gunshot wound Medics took him to a local hospital in critical but stable condition, a press release said The Baltimore County Police Department asked anybody with information to call 410-307-2020. 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Tipsters can also submit information through the county's iWATCH program at iwatch.baltimorecountymd.gov This map shows the area where authorities said the shooting happened — A two-story house in the 5900 block of Gwynn Oak Avenue set the stage for the gruesome murder of 35-year-old Robert “Robby” Johnson in June of 2005 “We saw the police vehicles and everything that pulled up,” recalled Adrian Jackson “So he could have been in there… who knows how long?” we spoke with one of the victim’s family members who still has vivid memories of the day that Johnson’s body was discovered One of Robby’s cousins says she called police to conduct a welfare check after his young daughter “She had not been able to get in touch with her father that morning and instantly I attempted to contact him and everything went straight to voicemail which is something that would never ever happen with Robby ever,” she told us Police discovered Robby’s body just inside his front door The former Poly grad had gone on to launch his own professional photography business and he was well known to promoters and deejays on the club scene “It was a big no snitching-type era and there are a lot of people who are just no longer there to share the story,” said his cousin “but his interaction with so many different people in the night club scene could definitely turn things upside down.” the family learned he had just taken out a life insurance policy a few days earlier Whether that was coincidence or whether he knew his life may be in danger but it’s part of the mystery that has left his family torn with grief for 19 years and counting A man is dead following a fatal fire in Gwynn Oak due to improperly discarded smoking materials Corran Jones and his family have lived in this quiet neighborhood along Langford Road in Gwynn Oak waking up on the Fourth of July to a line of fire trucks down the street was a surprise “My wife had called me and told me it was smoke and there was fire going on And she told me it wasn’t our house,” Jones said Video from nearby neighbors show a portion of the road blocked as firefighters worked to put out the flames The Baltimore Banner thanks its sponsors. 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If the problem persists, please contact customer service at 443-843-0043 or customercare@thebaltimorebanner.com Authorities said Gwynn Oak resident Michael James Smith Firefighters said they were called to the 1500 block of Langford Road at 11:36 p.m First responders said they spotted flames on the second floor of the home Crews said they found the victim on the second floor in cardiac arrest Medics said they took him to Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital in Baltimore where doctors gave extra care before pronouncing him dead Units said they controlled the one-alarm fire by 11:54 p.m This map shows the area where the Baltimore County Fire Department said the blaze happened 2025 at 11:40 am ET.css-79elbk{position:relative;}The Anne Arundel County Police Department said 70-year-old Barry Stephen White of Gwynn Oak died Friday in a fatal pedestrian crash in Severna Park (Jacob Baumgart/Patch Stock Photo)SEVERNA PARK MD — A 70-year-old pedestrian from Baltimore County died this weekend in a fatal crash in Anne Arundel County Officers identified the victim as 70-year-old Barry Stephen White of Gwynn Oak Authorities said the crash happened in Severna Park on Friday around 6:50 p.m A press release said a 2018 Mazda SUV was traveling south on Ritchie Highway when it struck a pedestrian in the roadway at Whites Road The fire department pronounced the pedestrian dead The Anne Arundel County Police Department is still investigating This map shows the area where officers said the crash happened Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. 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(WBFF) — A 70-year-old man was fatally struck by a car on Richie Highway Friday evening according to Anne Arundel County Police police say officers responded to Ritchie Highway and Whites Road in Severna Park for a motor vehicle crash involving a pedestrian the investigation revealed that a Mazda SUV was traveling southbound on Ritchie Highway when it struck a pedestrian in the roadway who has been identified as 70-year-old Barry Stephen White of Gwynn Oak 27-year-old Da’Von Tawain Bell of Annapolis The crash is currently under investigation by the Traffic Safety Section If you have information about any criminal activity or threat to public safety please call the Anne Arundel County Police TipLine at 410-222-4700 This is when local police departments and neighborhoods come together to build unity in making our communities safer to live and work During some down time during the coronavirus pandemic Dawn Seestedt saw an opportunity to unite her community and promote her neighborhood’s significant civil rights-era history The result of Seestedt’s vision developed into the Gwynn Oak Unity Festival The Archdiocese of Baltimore will be one of the lead sponsors for the festival which will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the desegregation of a now-closed private amusement park in the community will be on hand for a blessing at an event that will honor the late Father Joseph M one of the leaders of the desegregation movement in 1963 “It’s celebrations like this that remind us of how far our church and city have come,” Bishop Lewandowski said this 60th anniversary grabs our attention and makes us reflect on how much more there is to do.  Gwynn Oak Park was desegregated 60 years ago a moment of recognition of the dignity of every person “Dismantling racism and discrimination is never done,” he said.  “In our times  The work of racial justice is ongoing needing to be handed on from one generation to the next.  The heroes remembered on this anniversary show us that we should never take unity for granted.  Many were willing to live and die for it Baltimore Catholics have a lengthy legacy of working for racial and social justice in the community When Gwynn Oak Amusement Park was integrated in 1963 a handful of priests and Catholic parishioners were arrested a stage will be named in honor of Father Connolly one of the “heroes that stood for justice and equality.” Father Connolly was arrested by Baltimore County police along with Monsignor Austin Healy and Father Henry Offer for participating in a protest to desegregate Gwynn Oak Park Organized by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) the protest led to the arrest of 36 clergymen under the Maryland Trespass Act 175 parishioners and seven priests joined members of the Catholic Interracial Council in a picket line outside the park Father Connolly also attracted national attention for his efforts in 1957 to integrate St The 60th anniversary festival begins at noon and will feature a day of “honor There is Strength,” the event will showcase the many cultures represented in the area through music and performance More than 20 resource vendors will “highlight programs and organizations that support a physical therapist who was raised Catholic in upstate New York has been a part of the community for the past 30 years She said her goal with the festival is to boost community spirit while passing on a history lesson we’re trying to preserve history,” Seestedt said “Young people just don’t know the history and significance of what went on at that park and its role nationally in the civil rights movement Seestedt said she is a member of an interracial family and it was important for her to highlight the park’s historic significance “Trying to make amends is important,” she said “To think that people I care about or anyone would have been excluded is very sad to me.” “Civil rights heroes” will be honored at the festival and participate in a “table talk discussion.” Authors Amy Nathan and Sharon Langley will read passages from their book “A Ride to Remember: A Civil Rights Story.” The free event will also include live music and performances One of the highlights will be the unveiling of the Gwynn Oak Mosaic supported by the Maryland State Arts Council was assembled with artist Herb Massie from digital submissions during workshops at the Woodlawn branch of the Baltimore County Public Library The mosaic is a lesson in how people of many races and religions united to force social change and the other side celebrates the diversity in the park and community.  People in the community shared photographs for the mosaic and it includes a large image of the first Black child to ride the carousel after segregation ended.  Ride to Freedom will be temporarily installed at the library in Woodlawn then permanently at Gwynn Oak Park after yearlong renovations are completed.  the park will host a still growing list of vendors Musical acts scheduled to perform include a jazz band a Salsa band and a group that performs a mix of classic rock would like to see the festival become an annual festival “It’s been exhausting getting it together,” she said “It would be nice if it gained traction and someone continued the effort.” Email Gerry Jackson at gjackson@CatholicReview.org Copyright © 2023 Catholic Review Media  Print Catholic Review Media communicates the Gospel and its impact on people’s lives in the Archdiocese of Baltimore and beyond Catholic Review Media provides intergenerational communications that inform inspire and engage Catholics and all of good will in the mission of Christ through diverse forms of media Catholic Media Assocation Maryland-Delaware-DC Press Association The Associated Church Press — We're learning more on how a man ended up shot in Baltimore County last week Police believe the April 25 incident is domestic related and a case of self defense It all happened around 10:20am in the 5900 block of Talbott Street in Gwynn Oak Officers were initially called there for a reported home invasion On scene they learned the suspect fled after being shot at by the homeowner A second call then came in for someone shot in the area of Ingleside and Sunset Avenue It was there where police found the alleged burglar suffering from a gunshot wound (WBFF) — A seven-year-old boy died on Christmas Day when an accidental fire erupted through a Gwynn Oak apartment building was declared dead at the pediatric burn unit of The Johns Hopkins Hospital RELATED |Young boy critically injured as fire erupts through Gwynn Oak apartment building Baltimore County Police Department investigators discovered that the fire started because cigarettes were improperly discarded in the apartment directly below Ezeamaka's third-floor apartment On the balcony of the apartment of the origin was a large volume of combustible materials (clothing and debris) according to Baltimore County Police Department The fire erupted upwards and burned into the building's roof structure The 7-year-old boy was trapped in his bedroom with heat and fire beneath and above him ALSO READ |Mother, two children killed in fire at east Baltimore rowhome, six others injured Engine 3 (Woodlawn) and Truck 13 (Westview) firefighters found the little boy in his bedroom and removed him from the building to the EMS Crew the EMS Crew began life-saving measures before transporting the boy to a local hospital (WBFF) — A little boy was critically injured in a three-alarm apartment fire early Christmas morning in Gwynn Oak firefighters were called to the 6700 block of Townbrook Drive along with the Baltimore police department where they found heavy fire and smoke showing from a garden apartment building When firefighters searched the apartments and discovered a little boy patient inside the apartment building ALSO READ |Man killed outside Royal Farms Arena Wednesday is ID'd as Gwynn Oak man The little boy was transferred to the pediatric burn unit at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center fire commanders called the fire under control The fire extended to 16 units in the apartment building and firefighters rendered those units uninhabitable ALSO READ |Suspect found dead after gunfire exchange with Baltimore County Police The Red Cross and the apartment management are working to assist the residents without a home on Christmas The cause of the fire is under investigation Baltimore County Police Department fire investigators stated — WMAR-2 News is committed to improving the lives of Veterans in Maryland by giving light to their stories Every week a local veteran will be featured in our Veteran Spotlight contest This week's honoree is Lamonte Tyler of Gwynn Oak He is a Gulf War veteran and served the United States Army for four years as an E-4 Tyler is a graduate of Northwestern Senior High School and holds multiple college degrees from Fayettville State Walden University and Columbia Southern University He has a passion for helping the community You will often find him on Sundays mentoring kids on a football field or training children and women in self-defense He regularly buys food for the homeless and is always looking for ways to give back and help others Thank you for your service to our country and dedication to the community If there is a veteran in your life that you would like to nominate for the Veteran Spotlight contest, click here BALTIMORE (WBFF) - The persistent problem of illegal dumping in one Baltimore neighborhood is calling attention to another troublesome issue for the city Residents in the West Arlington community in northwest Baltimore say Bengies Groceries a once-thriving convenient store on Gwynn Oak Avenue It’s a dirty deed that’s highlighting another city issue: abandoned buildings RELATED | Illegal dumping is costing Baltimore City thousands in clean up expenses “It needs to be torn down because I think that it’s not saveable You can’t save it because the structure has been deteriorated for so many years,“ said Sean Stinnett President of the West Arlington Improvement Association according to Councilman Isaac “Yitzy” Schleifer it will be difficult to remove blighted Bengies because the property is not owned by the city Schleifer says he’s working now to stiffen the citation amount associated with illegal dumping but Schleifer wants to at least triple that amount RELATED | Fewer Micro-zones for Baltimore's Crime Fight BALTIMORE (WBFF)-- Members of the Gwynn Oak Islamic Community are celebrating the grand opening of a long awaited mosque Masjid Al Ihsan is the first mosque to open in Baltimore built with community dollars from the ground up "We are the members that make sure that we're going down the Islamic path and we don't veer of the side," Cason said former FBI agent Tyrone Powers says is needed to prevent someone from becoming radicalized "As they try to make sure it doesn't infect their mosque the best they can do is look at those individuals who are targets and just because you're Muslim doesn't mean you're a target isolation and some other things going on in your life before I can use a religion to influence you to commit horrible acts," Powers said Cason says members plan to go into the community to dispel myths about the Muslim religion "We know for a fact from an intelligence and a counterterrorism standpoint that most Muslims are not involved in terrorism It's just the image that's been put out there and a small group of them doing horrific acts can make people believe that all of them are that way," Powers said "I don't care what religion you are everybody is doing things," said Trevor Benjamin These community members of Islamic faith say they're promoting peace we're about love and when they find out who we are then they change their mind but of course if they don't get to know us they can't," Cason said (WMAR) — There isn't much more Baltimore County Police say they need and they know what happened in the early morning hours of October 2018 in Gwynn Oak They just don't know for certain who hit and killed 27-year-old Garohn Green on Liberty Road "I keep playing the scenario in my head and think maybe if I had died maybe somehow my son could have been saved because he wouldn't have been there," Gina Dickerson-Ragin She says the person that killed her son knows what they did He drove right passed where the victim was laying on the sidewalk and continued on his way," Officer Jennifer Peach He worked at a Pricebusters and was taking care of his daughter and was expecting another child -- a son Gina and Garohn had spoken the day before he died -- a usual check up to make sure one another was alright then I'm ok.' And then that was the last time we ever talked And then that's when I found out the next day that he was killed," Gina said Peach says an accident report shows how it happened Garohn was drunk and stepped off the sidewalk and into the street That's when Peach says a Lexus sedan not only hit him Detectives spent days looking for the damaged Lexus running searches on possible matches in the area It didn't take long before they found it...but that wasn't their only surprise "One of our officers actually did come across that Lexus in a driveway and there were two people standing outside of it covering up the damage," Peach said Officers arrested the two trying to mask up the damage but they couldn't hold them long -- without proof that one of them was behind the wheel and had expected death....just not her son's Because you hear so many stories about when loved ones die people are never themselves -- they they are just shells of themselves But I wanted them to live and I told them that I never thought that I would find it so hard to tak emy own advice because I thought he would always be there," Gina said What kind of morals are you instilling in your children when you don't hold them accountable for doing something wrong Something as heinous as taking someone's life," Gina asked you're asked to call Baltimore County Police investigators arrested 29-year-old Lance Jamal Hickman Hickman was wanted for shooting a 31-year-old male on May 8 Investigators arrested Hickman while on the 4700 block of Gwynn Oak Avenue and transported him to Central Booking Intake Facility where he was charged with attempted first-degree murder officers responded to the 5100 block of Gwynn Oak Avenue for a shooting officers located a 31-year-old male who was suffering from gunshot wounds to his body The victim was transported to an area hospital where he is in critical condition Northwest District shooting detectives with the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) responded and are investigating this incident Detectives currently have no suspect information or motive Anyone with information about this shooting is asked to call detectives at 410-396-2466 or call Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7LOCKUP Sharon Langley is an infant girl of 11 months dressed all in white atop a carousel pony in suburban Baltimore unaware of her role in civil rights history Gwynn Oak Amusement Park welcomed Black people through its gates for the first time and Sharon would become known as the first Black child to ride the park’s carousel the very one that now graces the National Mall near the Smithsonian’s Arts and Industries Building in Washington Monday marks the 60th anniversary of the desegregation of Gwynn Oak and while capital visitors might be largely unaware of the merry-go-round’s civil rights importance the eight-year fight to desegregate the park where it once circled held significance even as the country grappled with far-reaching issues of national inequality The tide would turn when more than 400 people -- including more than 20 priests pastors and rabbis -- were arrested over two days of protests in July 1963 The struggle showed the lengths to which a national battle for civil rights was being fought even on local fronts by people determined to make things right in their own backyard This is the little-known story of Gwynn Oak's desegregation and the carousel that now sits on the National Mall not far from where Martin Luther King Jr delivered his historic "I have a dream" speech on the same day as Langley's momentous ride Gwynn Oak was a symbol of an unfair system in which bias on the basis of skin color began in prepubescence, planting early notions of secondary status and bitterness in the minds of Black children while leaving them outside looking in – a theme touched on by King himself in his “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” how do you explain to your young daughter why she can’t go into an amusement park where she sees other children her age smiling and laughing How do you prevent “ominous clouds of inferiority” from forming in her psyche who as a Baltimore chapter leader for the Congress of Racial Equality organized numerous protests calling for the park's desegregation said it seemed few white kids themselves had any issue interacting with Black kids "But the adults had so much resistance," he said "People thought Gwynn Oak was pivotal in the movement." the “stinging darts of segregation” King referenced seemed increasingly unfair in the 1950s as more Black families populated surrounding neighborhoods Some purposely avoided driving by the park so they wouldn’t face uncomfortable questions from their kids it was just an amusement park – what difference did it make?” said Langley “It’s the importance of joy – I still love a drippy popsicle and watching the man make cotton candy cones Have you ever seen a kid on a merry-go-round and not seen them wave every time they go around a mom-and-pop amusement park in a countryside setting northwest of Baltimore County a white 78-year-old clinical psychologist in Boston remembers Gwynn Oak as a place he and other kids went with older siblings on weekend afternoons “It was a Northwest Baltimore institution,” he said author of “Round & Round Together: Taking a Merry-Go-Round Ride into the Civil Rights Movement.” Built by amusement park ride manufacturer Allan Herschell its hand-carved wooden and aluminum ponies were so-called “jumpers,” with all four feet off the ground Linda Dorsey-Walker grew up in nearby Forest Park a once-Jewish hamlet into which many Black middle-class families she and her friends would ride their bikes to Gwynn Oak and challenge the owners to let them enter “Everyone who was African American knew you couldn’t get in,” said Dorsey-Walker a retired Maryland health care administrator “You could go past the park and see and hear families having fun but all you could do was stand outside looking in.” with employees whose families had worked there for generations; many lived on a hill overlooking the park entrance would emerge from those houses to taunt the Black kids as they’d arrive “They saw us as a threat to their neighborhood business,” she said With Baltimore County divided between Southern attitudes and more progressive city leadership the civil rights organization Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) launched its Baltimore chapter in 1952 conducting successful restaurant sit-ins at department store lunch counters throughout the decade Baltimore schools largely complied when the U.S Supreme Court issued its 1954 decision in Brown v Whites started moving out of my neighborhood and Blacks started coming in.” While segregated amusement parks weren’t uncommon at the time civil rights successes made Baltimore activists hungry for change They made Gwynn Oak a focus of desegregation starting in 1955 When negotiations with park owner Arthur Price Sr failed and picketing had little effect on attendance a Labor Day weekend event inviting cultural displays and foods from countries around the world – except for Africa Demonstrators handed out leaflets citing the hypocrisy of having Black soldiers fight for the U.S protesters started walking past the gates into the park in mixed groups of white and Black prompting beatings by patrons and arrests by police that raised media coverage Price told reporters integrating the park would be “economic suicide,” fearing white people would no longer come movie theaters and downtown department stores to integrate; in 1961 the group-led Route 40 campaign forced restaurants along the main highway linking Baltimore to Washington Maryland approved a public accommodations law outlawing discrimination in all hotels and restaurants “spread like wildfire in African American communities” and hardened the youngsters’ determination to challenge park policies the law did not include amusement parks – so when she and her friends rode up to Gwynn Oak brandishing a copy of an article about the new law gatekeepers tore it up and turned them away again CORE leaders decided they needed a different approach They looked to tactics employed by civil rights activists in the South Alabama; widespread student sit-ins protesting discrimination at restaurants; and “jail-no-bail” practices in which arrested protesters refused bail as a means of overwhelming local jail systems “They learned from the protests going on down South that they had to be more assertive,” Nathan said “They had to impose economic hardship in order to bring about change.” Clergy help ramp up the demonstrationsDorsey-Walker had experienced hate from an early age a white resident unhappy about the neighborhood’s newly integrated elementary school burned through her skirt with a cigarette as she walked home she and a cousin were dragged out by their collars from a whites-only diner when they went in seeking water “That’s how we were treated on a regular basis,” Dorsey-Walker said I knew I wasn’t going to put up with that.” she and her friends continued to plead their case outside the gates She recalled adults spitting in their faces punching and hitting them with sticks and running them out of the area and her parents had taught her not to respond with violence “He and my mother taught us to have a lot of backbone – but don’t make him lose his job,” she said “They didn’t want us identified as rabble-rousers.” CORE decided it was time to ramp up the protests and overwhelm the park and area jails with sheer numbers the National Council of Churches had concluded in June that religious leaders should no longer remain on the civil rights sidelines so when CORE announced a massive 4th of July protest hundreds of protesters confronted throngs of segregationists throwing rocks shouting slurs and carrying signs reading “Keep Gwynn Oak White” and “U.S “That was a first in civil rights history to have so many clergy arrested in a single demonstration,” Nathan said then a member of a CORE chapter in New York recalled being part of a group of activists who impulsively attempted to enter the park from the back intending to ford a stream near some rowhouses but instead being surrounded by a menacing crowd A quick-thinking protester began singing the national anthem prompting the mob to stand at respectful attention before it closed in again “We continued singing until the police arrived and placed us under arrest,” Wechsler said was home for summer and eager to participate in the protests He ended up in a jail cell accused of violating Maryland's trespass law with two dozen others including Yale University chaplain William Sloane Coffin a renowned peace activist who conducted a seminar of sorts on world events for his captive audience more than 400 activists were arrested in those two days Furstenberg recalled a festive air and prevailing sense of inevitability among demonstrators despite the antagonism they faced “There was a sense that Baltimore was ready for this,” he said “So even though we knew we were going to get arrested we knew it (desegregating Gwynn Oak) was going to happen.” The historic carousel survives the park's demiseThe spectacle of protests and national coverage was finally too much for Baltimore officials to stomach County executive Spiro Agnew and the county’s new human relations commission made the park’s integration their number-one priority “Agnew was trying to persuade people that Baltimore County was a good place to do business and here was all this bad publicity with Catholic priests and children being arrested,” Nathan said the Price family agreed to integrate – on August 28 But the forces that left the park limping along by 1971 encompassed much more – including the growing popularity of automotive travel and the rise of elaborate destinations such as Six Flags that made places like Gwynn Oak seem clunky and quaint by comparison killing more than 100 and destroying 300-plus homes its rides and attractions irreparably ruined seeking to replace his aging merry-go-round It was later sold to Stan and Donna Hunter who outfitted the horse Langley rode in a Freedom Riders theme the carousel is being restored with completion planned by 2026 the carousel at Gwynn Oak spun just as it had on many days before only this day was different: Baltimore's long segregated park was opening its doors to Black people for the first time hundreds of thousands had swamped the National Mall in Washington for King's much-anticipated March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Black families braved a gauntlet of anti-integration protesters and police officers to enjoy their neighborhood amusement park without incident a Social Security Administration supply clerk had hoped to attend the Washington march with federal offices shut down for the event and Marian not on duty until nightfall But when they couldn’t find a sitter for 11-month-old daughter Sharon with a stop by the arcade games and then the park’s carousel where she regarded him uncertainly as he held her in place Two young white boys mounted horses just behind them and their mother asked Langley if he could keep an eye on them while they rode one seemingly trivial today but rich with significance at the time — the kind of thing that made him feel he and his family would finally be accepted (WBFF) — A Baltimore County man was arrested this morning for attempted murder and multiple other charges following a road rage incident Tuesday afternoon on the Baltimore Beltway in Anne Arundel County The suspect has been identified as Keith Felton troopers from the Maryland State Police Glen Burnie Barrack arrived at the area of eastbound Interstate 695 at Exit 3 for a report of a road rage incident involving gunfire they found a man who was pulled over on the left shoulder and had been shot the victim’s vehicle and Felton's vehicle were both traveling east on I-695 when Felton cut off the victim The victim told troopers that an argument ensued at which point Felton pulled up next to the victim’s vehicle and shot the victim and the vehicle The victim was taken by ambulance to R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore state troopers served a search warrant at Felton’s home Five firearms were recovered at the time of Felton’s arrest ALSO READ -Anne Arundel Fire Department seeks community help to name new fireboats set to sail in 2024 Investigators from the Criminal Enforcement Division South are leading the investigation Felton is currently being held without bond A Baltimore man facing several weapons charges for his alleged involvement in an August 2022 non-fatal shooting received a trial date on Feb. 6 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn The stand-in assistant state’s attorney present during the hearing offered defendant Jordan Mosby a plea of five years for illegally possessing a regulated firearm Judge Phinn was able to schedule the defendant for trial on March 31 before Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Videtta Brown. Mosby is charged with the illegal possession of a regulated firearm and two cases of reckless endangerment for an incident that occurred on Aug According to the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) Mosby was arrested almost immediately after a shooting on the 3700 block of Gwynn Oak Avenue The defendant was initially charged with first-degree attempted murder and other handgun violations for allegedly shooting a 32-year-old male — Assaulted and abducted from in front of his Gwynn Oak home on Wednesday night 62-year-old Joel Edwards was considered critically missing he is considering himself fortunate following his release I’d like to thank everyone for all of your prayers and concerns about getting me home safely.” Edwards bears the marks of a man beaten down in his driveway after returning home from Maryland Live Casino as his wife saw the attack unfold on her home surveillance camera RELATED: "Bring my husband back": Man attacked, abducted after returning home from casino “He started yelling and screaming for me so I ran outside I didn’t have anything on and he was yelling for me and he was yelling for them to get off of him.” Edwards' wife told us that police called her about midnight on Thursday and said that his captors had dropped him off in Downtown Baltimore near the Mitchell Courthouse While the motive for the abduction is still under investigation.. Edwards is thankful to be re-united with his family again I really would like to thank the Baltimore County Police Department the FBI and the Baltimore City Police for getting my abduction out to the public I can’t thank them enough for all their hard work and making sure I made it home to my family safely (WBFF) – A mother and stepfather have just been charged with child abuse resulting in the death of a nine-year-old girl Baltimore County Police were called to the Knights Inn on Security Blvd they found nine-year-old Samara Zyaria Preston unresponsive on a bed Police noticed some injuries to her face that were healing and also learned she suffered from medical challenges were in the hotel room at the time of the child’s death As is standard in sudden deaths of juveniles homicide detectives began investigating and Samara’s body was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for an autopsy the Medical Examiner ruled the cause of her death to be malnourishment and neglect Preston and James were indicted for child abuse resulting in death Both are being held at the Baltimore County Detention Center MD) — Maryland State Police arrested a Baltimore County man early this morning following a road rage incident Tuesday afternoon in Anne Arundel County Felton was arrested and transported to the Maryland State Police Glen Burnie Barrack for processing before being taken to the Anne Arundel County Detention Center where he awaits an initial appearance before a district court commissioner troopers from the Maryland State Police Glen Burnie Barrack responded to the area of eastbound Interstate 695 at Exit 3 (MD Route 2/Ritchie Highway) for the report of a road rage incident with shots fired who was pulled over on the left shoulder with an apparent gunshot wound the victim’s vehicle and the suspect’s vehicle were both traveling eastbound on I-695 when Felton cut off the victim Felton pulled up next to the victim’s vehicle and shot the victim and the vehicle The victim was transported by ambulance to R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore troopers from the Criminal Enforcement Division South and Golden Ring Barrack served a search warrant at Felton’s residence with assistance provided by the Maryland State Police Special Tactical Assault Team Element (S.T.A.T.E Team) CONTACT – Office Of Media Communications, msp.media@maryland.gov (410) 653-4200 | (800) 525-5555 | (410) 486-0677 (TDD) BALTIMORE — Investigators with Baltimore's Housing Department recently sent out an investigator to the 4000 block of Gwynn Oak Avenue following complaints of illegal dumping DPW crews came in to clear out dumped mattresses and furniture trash remains and neighbors tell WMAR-2 News it's a constant issue "It’s really sad and I don’t appreciate it," said one woman who asked not to be identified The woman lives at the nearby Pangea Apartments She told WMAR she see's people constantly dumping items across the street at the abandoned Bengies Groceries "I saw two guys pull up and drop off a pink sofa and furniture," she said The issue of illegal dumping also fills up her apartment's dumpster which is reserved for residential use only "I have seen trucks come through here with bags The area has been a hot spot for illegal dumping for years says Sean Stinnett president of the West Arlington Community Improvement Association "I look for abandoned cars and illegal dumping." Recently he found took pictures of Bengies I just wish people would take the items to proper drop off sites," he said Over the weekend DPW crews hauled away the trash and furniture An inspector with the housing department also came out looking for information that could link the furniture to a previous address and or/or owner "It’s not an issue of the city not doing their part," said Stinnett "The city is doing its part but it’s just bad actors as far as people coming into our neighborhoods or people traveling through our neighborhoods and dumping things." City leaders said it is working to track down the property owner of 4000 Gwynn Oak Road The hope is that a fence can be built as a possible deterrent Anyone with information about this case of illegal dumping is asked to call 311 For more information on combating illegal dumping click here