Jeff Hager

Baltimore

Reporter at WMAR-TV (Baltimore, MD)

Reporter at ABC2 News in Baltimore happy to be in the big city with a small town atmosphere.

Articles

Baltimore City eyes upending building & code restrictions

2 days ago | wmar2news.com | Jeff Hager

BALTIMORE - A century has passed since redlining drew boundaries where people could live in Baltimore based on their skin color, and its impacts are still with us today. "Based on this outdated policy that we know was made so that black people could not move up in the world," said Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott. Amidst a housing crisis impacting the entire country, city leaders are prepared to upend existing building and zoning codes to give them more options.
Dangerous social media trend reaches Maryland

5 days ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Jeff Hager

Share BEL AIR, Md. — We have seen volatile lithium-ion batteries explode and spark fires in recent years, and now, even those, which drive school-issued laptops can ignite on a smaller scale when students jam metal objects into their USB ports as part of the Chromebook challenge. The Harford County school system has alerted parents to some of the first incidents in our area.
Arrest made in Severna Park arson fire

1 week ago | wmar2news.com | Jeff Hager

SEVERNA PARK, Md. - When investigators entered the vacant house on Belhaven Court in Severna Park following a fire a few weeks ago, they immediately suspected it was no accident. "They immediately observed multiple fires set throughout the house, which indicated to them it was an arson and, thus, a crime and started the investigation," said Anne Arundel County Fire Capt. Jenny Jones Macallair.
Artsy for Autism Awareness

2 weeks ago | wmar2news.com | Jeff Hager

ELKTON, Md. - He first picked up a guitar two years ago, and now, Justin Leon has mastered a piece by Metallica. "I just started trying to teach myself how to play and it's just gotten a little bit better from there," said Leon. 14-year-old Katie Betrond of Perryville gains her strength through song. "I am one of those people who struggle with depression, anxiety and a load of other things," Betrond told us, "When Em Beihold created that song, I was like, 'This is a door opener.
The challenge protecting Maryland's highway workers

3 weeks ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Jeff Hager

Share SPARROWS POINT, Md. — The theme for this year’s National Work Zone Awareness Week is captured in the artwork of six-year-old Elliana Camela of Annapolis. “Respect the zone… so we all get home,” she told us after nervously consulting with her mother at her side.
Arrest in robbery & attempted rape at Howard Street business

3 weeks ago | wmar2news.com | Jeff Hager

BALTIMORE, Md. - A masked man with a knit hat dressed all in black and looking through the windows of businesses in Baltimore for easy prey. He struck a business on North Howard Street on Monday just as it opened at 10 o'clock in the morning. "It seemed like he was targeting women," a nearby business owner who did not want to be identified told us, "My neighbor informed me that she had been attacked the day prior to me coming in.
9-year-old boy seeks cure for Alzheimer's

3 weeks ago | wmar2news.com | Jeff Hager

ABERDEEN, Md. - He will hide two dozen Easter eggs a home in Aberdeen and then at a dozen more this week in exchange for 30 dollar donations, as Bradley Snyder works to build up the philanthropy he started when he was just six years old. "Do you ever get tired?" I asked the young boy, "It sounds like it's getting bigger and there are more yards every year.""Yes. I get tired," he replied, "I'm a nine-year-old hiding eggs at a bunch of houses."But Bradley isn't your typical third grader.
Abandoned puppies find new homes

4 weeks ago | wmar2news.com | Jeff Hager

HAVRE DE GRACE, Md. - To look at them now, you would be hard pressed to find any signs of neglect in the three lab puppies discovered in a wooded area of Havre de Grace where they had been abandoned.
Justice denied in Dunkin' Donuts killing

1 month ago | wmar2news.com | Jeff Hager

HANOVER, Md. - A married couple who shared a night shift at the Dunkin' Donuts on Arundel Mills Boulevard, the night of April 12th, 2015, Palak and Bhadreshkumar Patels' lives collided with deadly consequences. "Every dream, every aspiration Palak envisioned for herself and her family and her future were shattered in that instant," said Anne Arundel County Police Chief Amal Awad.
Pay hike sought for Baltimore's tipped workers

1 month ago | wmar2news.com | Jeff Hager

BALTIMORE - He loves his job as a bartender, but Marino Santoro hates the uncertainty of working for tips.