Kate Amara

1 week ago | wbaltv.com | Kate Amara

Copper wiring thefts are taking more Maryland athletic fields offline after dark.Last week, 11 News reported about copper wiring thefts across Anne Arundel County.Now, officials in Carroll County are scrambling to fix light structures and reschedule youth sports practices and games.

1 week ago | wbaltv.com | Kate Amara

IN ANNAPOLIS. THE WHOLE POINT OF TODAY’S HEARING WAS FOR LAWYERS ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS CASE. TO UPDATE THE JUDGE, GIVE THEM A STATUS UPDATE, AND IN THE PROCESS OF THAT, WE LEARNED CRAIG MCQUINN HAS BEEN OFFERED A PLEA DEAL. ARE YOU PREPARED TO GO TO TRIAL? NO COMMENT FROM CRAIG MCQUINN ON HIS WAY OUT OF COURT AFTER FACING A JUDGE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE CASE THAT DATES BACK TO LAST NOVEMBER.

2 weeks ago | wbaltv.com | Kate Amara

THE TWO DEFENDANTS IN THIS CASE ARE 18 YEAR-OLD, TRACY PARKER AND 14 YEAR OLD ELIJAH HALE. LATE LAST MONTH, A JUDGE DENIED HALE’S REQUEST TO MOVE HIS CASE OUT OF ADULT COURT AND DOWN TO THE JUVENILE COURT SYSTEM, SETTING UP TODAY’S ARGUMENTS, THE STATE WANTS THE TWO TRIALS MERGED AND THE TWO DEFENSE TEAMS DO NOT.

2 weeks ago | wbaltv.com | Kate Amara

WE ARE IN THE. NEIGHBORHOOD. THE VICTIM’S HOME IS THREE DOORS DOWN THAT STREET. THE SUSPECT LIVES THREE DOORS DOWN THIS ONE. AND THE SCHOOL DUMPSTER WHERE HE ALLEGEDLY DITCHED EVIDENCE IS RIGHT ACROSS THE ROAD. SEVERNA PARK COMMUNITY. BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY. SO COMPLETELY, YOU KNOW, NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD EXPECT IN THAT AREA. ONE NEIGHBORHOOD HOME TO BOTH THE ARSON SUSPECT AND THE ARSON VICTIMS.

2 weeks ago | wbaltv.com | Kate Amara

COURT, DOWNTOWN. A NEW COMPLAINT FILED IN THE CASE HERE AT U.S. DISTRICT COURT DOWNTOWN BY THE COMPANY BEHIND THE PIEDMONT PROJECT, SHED SOME LIGHT ON JUST HOW CONTENTIOUS THIS FEDERAL LEGAL BATTLE IS. AND WE ASKED A LEADING LAND USE ATTORNEY IN BALTIMORE WHO’S NOT CONNECTED TO THIS CASE, TO HELP PUT IT IN CONTEXT. WHENEVER YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT EMINENT DOMAIN, THERE’S A BALANCING ACT. THERE’S THERE’S THE BALANCING OF THE PUBLIC NEED FOR THE UTILITY WITH THE RIGHTS OF THE PROPERTY OWNER.