Like many independent schools, the all-boys school in North Baltimore fosters close relationships between students and teachers that have at times been exploited by abusers.
David Emory Linthicum had long showed signs of disorder, bitterness about his circumstances and a predilection for illicit activities, according to public records, accounts from those who knew him and his social media profiles.
The Harford County Sheriff’s Office arrested Linthicum, 24, of Cockeysville, right before 5:45 a.m. on Friday after an eight-hour standoff near Fallston Mall.
Aberdeen Middle School was placed on a modified lockdown Friday morning after students gathered in response to an incident that happened Thursday evening at a school dance.
Assistant State's Attorney Megan Gallo asked Baltimore Circuit Judge Melissa M. Phinn to schedule the trial to begin on Sept. 19 and stated that she expects the case to last seven days.
The 24-year-old Cockeysville man faces a total of 11 counts in connection with the recent shootings of a police officer and a detective in separate incidents.
The Baltimore state’s attorney is pushing a bill that would increase the maximum sentence for those 21 and older for wearing, carrying or transporting a handgun without a permit from three years in prison to five years.
Officer Troy Anthony, 44, previously testified that Dustin Jackson Sr. first took a swing at him in the entrance of the Johns Hopkins Hospital on May 19, 2020.
A jury on Monday found the man accused of killing the husband of a Baltimore City Police lieutenant guilty of second-degree murder. He was acquitted of first-degree murder.
Chris Bendann, 38, of Towson, who taught at the private, independent all-boys school from 2007-2023, is charged with sexual abuse of a minor, rape and perverted practice.