Dylan Segelbaum

Baltimore

Reporter @BaltimoreBanner. Past: The York Daily Record/Sunday News (@ydrcom). @SyracuseU/@DailyOrange graduate. Always in search of a damn fine cup of coffee.

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Creditors seek bankruptcy on Baltimore developer Brandon Chasen

1 week ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Hallie Miller |Dylan Segelbaum

Attorneys for three creditors filed a petition Monday to force Baltimore real estate developer Brandon Chasen into bankruptcy, a move that could pressure the young business mogul to turn over his possessions as a way of repaying his debts. The move comes two months after a federal bankruptcy attorney moved to force Chasen’s construction company, Chasen Construction Cos., into Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which allows entities to reorganize to repay their debts.
Maryland human services secretary, Rafael López, charged with DUI

1 week ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Pamela Wood |Dylan Segelbaum

Maryland’s secretary of human services, Rafael López, is facing a charge of driving under the influence in Washington, D.C. earlier this year, according to court records. A police officer wrote in a report that he saw a Honda CRV make a left turn from Constitution Avenue onto Louisiana Avenue on Jan. 18, and suspected the Honda had gone through a red light.
Steven Heggie Sr. pleads guilty in fatal drug overdose of grandson

2 weeks ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Dylan Segelbaum

A man faces between four and six years in prison after admitting on Monday to causing the death of his 13-month-old grandson, who overdosed on fentanyl. Steven Heggie Sr., 61, of Northwest Baltimore, pleaded guilty in Baltimore Circuit Court to involuntary manslaughter. He’s scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 19. Heggie told Baltimore Police that he snorted heroin from gel capsules at his apartment on West Cold Spring Lane on Oct. 27, 2023, and then watched his grandson, Messiah.
Grandmother pleads guilty after girl fatally shoots herself in Baltimore

2 weeks ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Dylan Segelbaum

Inside a courtroom in Baltimore, Robert Sewell situated himself to the left of his mother, who was wearing a pink prison jumpsuit, handcuffs and shackles. Sewell then reflected on the tragedy that brought them together. On Jan. 25, Sewell’s daughter, E’vaa, had been staying with his mother, Alethea Mitchell, at her home on Ingleside Avenue in Northwest Baltimore, when she left at about 7:45 a.m. to go to work. At about 2 p.m., Mitchell texted her granddaughter, “Hey you OK.
Ex-Maryland trooper who sold informant's identity to drug dealer for $1,500 learns fate

3 weeks ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Dylan Segelbaum

A former Maryland State Police corporal who created a burner Facebook account, reached out to a drug dealer and sold him the identity of a confidential informant for $1,500 was ordered on Thursday to serve six years in federal prison. U.S. District Judge Stephanie A. Gallagher sentenced Justin Riggs, 35, of Smithsburg, on three counts including bribery. He must also spend three years on supervised release.
Baltimore judge puts child sexual abuse lawsuits on hold citing ‘unprecedented influx’

3 weeks ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Dylan Segelbaum

Baltimore’s administrative judge on Monday temporarily put all lawsuits related to childhood sexual abuse filed in the city under a 2023 state law on hold as the courts deal with what she described as an “unprecedented influx of cases.” In a five-page order, Chief Judge Audrey J.S. Carrión wrote that more than 1,250 lawsuits have been filed in Baltimore Circuit Court under theChild Victims Act of 2023, which eliminated time limits for survivors of sexual abuse to take legal action and made it...
Baltimore County gym teacher charged with sex offenses is released from jail

3 weeks ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Dylan Segelbaum |Kristen Griffith

A physical education teacher at Deep Creek Middle School in Essex accused of committing sex offenses against two students was ordered released Monday. Baltimore County District Judge Leo Ryan Jr. concluded that Roger Myers is not a danger to the community because the allegations against him are several months old. As a condition of his release, Myers cannot engage in unsupervised contact with minors and must stay away from all schools.
Chasen Cos. property on Aliceanna Street in Fells Point heads to auction

3 weeks ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Dylan Segelbaum

A five-story building that Baltimore real estate development firm Chasen Cos. planned to convert into about 100 apartments and retail space is headed back to auction. First National Bank of Pennsylvania is allowed to schedule a foreclosure sale of the building on Aliceanna Street, between South Eden and South Spring streets on the border of Fells Point and Harbor East, as early as mid-July, according to court documents. Chasen Cos.
Baltimore County teacher accused of sex offenses against 2 students

4 weeks ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Dylan Segelbaum

A physical education teacher at Deep Creek Middle School in Essex is accused of committing sex offenses against two students and making vulgar comments about their bodies. Roger Myers, 61, of Towson, is charged with third- and fourth-degree sex offense and second-degree assault. He appeared on Friday before a district court commissioner, who ordered him to be held in the Baltimore County Detention Center without bail, according to court records.
Firm in Archdiocese of Baltimore bankruptcy case says stolen data was deleted

1 month ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Dylan Segelbaum

A global advisory firm that’s involved in the Archdiocese of Baltimore bankruptcy case reports that its experts have not found any evidence that data stolen during a cybersecurity breach has appeared on the internet. In a letter dated on Friday, Timothy Karcher, a partner at Proskauer Rose LLP, wrote on behalf of Berkeley Research Group LLC that the company paid the “threat actor” and received a “destruction log” along with a representation that the data has been deleted.