Crofton News

One biologist will ask the landfill to dig a trench for truckloads of dead fish.

A lawyer for the mother of Christopher Jones, the Crofton teen who died in an apparent eruption of suburban gang violence, has notified the Anne Arundel County school system of the family's intention to sue for failing to protect the 14-year-old from gangs at school.

Citing death threats against the defendant, a county judge yesterday barred the general public from attending the trial of a 14-year-old boy charged as a juvenile in the May 30 death of another teen in Crofton.

An Anne Arundel County judge has barred the public from the trial of one of two teens charged in the death of a 14-year-old Crofton boy.

Citing concerns for safety and the accused youth, an Anne Arundel County judge barred the public from the trial of the younger of two teenagers charged in the May 30 death of 14-year-old Christopher David Jones of Crofton .

An Anne Arundel County judge has ordered that a 14-year-old boy charged in the beating death of a fellow teenager remain in custody until trial.

As the County Council considers a replacement for outgoing Councilman Ed Reilly, it surely will be thinking of slots.

Police in Anne Arundel County investigated a fatal accident Thursday night. Investigators said it happened at the intersection of Defense Highway and Nob Hill Drive -- near Crofton -- just before 8 p.m. A spokesman for the fire department said the two-car head-on collision killed a 55-year-old man.

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Parisi's Diamond Trust, which mysteriously closed its doors in Gambrills in April, started returning customers' jewelry and other items just last week.

A 14-year-old Crofton boy most likely died last month because he was slapped and punched by two other teens, not because he fell off his bike, a county police detective testified in court Wednesday.

A county grand jury yesterday refused to indict a 16-year-old Crofton boy on charges of second-degree murder in the May 30 death of a younger teen.

A Crofton woman pleaded guilty Friday to helping plot the death of a pit bull that she and a man were watching while the dog's owner recovered from surgery.

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Anne Arundel County has joined a growing list of school districts making major changes to their bullying policies in response to a new Maryland mandate.

More details about the death of 14-year-old Crofton boy emerged during a preliminary hearing Wednesday for one of two teen-agers charged with manslaughter, as a detective said the homicide was rooted in gang rivalry, with Christopher David Jones most likely suffering a fatal blow from his attackers that damaged an artery that brings blood to the ...

Two Prince George's County men are in police custody after a man was robbed of a bank deposit bag containing an undisclosed sum of money outside a Wachovia Bank in Crofton on Wednesday morning, Anne Arundel County police said.

Jun 17, 2009 6:12 pm US/Eastern Reporting Mike Hellgren CROFTON, Md. The crime sent shockwaves through a quiet Anne Arundel County community.A A 14-year-old beaten so severely he died.A Wednesday, his family was in court as one of the accused killers faced a judge.A Mike Hellgren has more on what happened.

Two teenage Crofton boys were arrested Sunday and charged in the death of Christopher David Jones, a 14-year-old who was attacked a day earlier while riding his bicycle along one of the town's tree-lined streets, Anne Arundel County police said.

Anne Arundel County police are looking for suspects wanted in connection with a burglary at the Big Fish Grill in Crofton.