Baltimore woman killed
in motorcycle accident
A Baltimore woman has died after a two-vehicle crash in Parkville early Monday morning, police say. Elisha Denise Hemsley, 30, of Baltimore’s Anthonyville neighborhood was pronounced dead at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center after she was thrown from a three-wheeled motorcycle just after midnight. Baltimore County police responded to the crash on East Joppa Road after the Can-Am Spyder, in which Hemsley was a passenger, struck another vehicle as it traveled westbound near Waltham Woods Road, according to law enforcement. The Can-Am lost control and hit a median before rolling over and ejecting both occupants, police said. The driver was taken to a local hospital. The occupants of the other vehicle were not injured.
Man charged in assault of woman in Columbia
Howard County police have charged a 20-year-old man in the assault of a woman in her 80s on a Columbia walking trail last week, the department announced Monday. Traquan Malik Waller, of no fixed address, is charged with attempted murder, assault and reckless endangerment, according to police. Police were called to the 7000 block of Cradlerock Way around 6:35 a.m. Wednesday for a report that an 80-year-old woman had been injured, according to a news release. Investigators determined the woman was on a morning walk when Waller came up behind her, stabbed her in the neck and fled, the department wrote. Police said Waller did not say anything to the woman or take anything from her. The woman was taken to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore and later released. The Howard County Police Department said investigators were able to identify Waller after matching his clothing to the suspect description and locating a knife at the scene. Police believe this was a random act with no motive for the attack. Waller is hospitalized on an unrelated issue and will be detained at that facility until he can be discharged and transported to the Howard County Detention Center for booking.
Evening gunfight damages vehicles in Severn
Detectives are searching for information after a gunfight broke out in Severn Friday night that damaged at least three vehicles, Anne Arundel County police said. Officers responded around 7:15 p.m. after police said somebody called 911 about gunshots in the 8200 block of Dunfield Court, which is located in the Stillmeadows Community. The investigation showed multiple people shot at each other, police said. Nobody reported injuries, though police said three vehicles were struck by bullets. Police said officers canvassed the area but couldn’t find any shooting victims, witnesses or suspects. Investigators are looking for at least four males who participated in the exchange of gunfire, police said.
Off-duty cop accused of brandishing gun at teens
An off-duty Hyattsville police officer has been indicted after allegedly engaging in an argument with a group of teenagers at a Columbia apartment complex and brandishing a gun, the Office of the State’s Attorney for Howard County announced Monday. Private First Class Mitchell Joseph Lowery, 29, of Ellicott City was indicted Sept. 2 by a Howard County grand jury on seven counts of first-degree assault and one count of use of a handgun during the commission of a crime of violence, according to a news release. The release states Lowery engaged in an argument with a group of teenagers at the pool of an apartment complex in the 12000 block of Little Patuxent Parkway in Columbia at around 6:30 p.m. July 13. Lowery, who was off-duty at the time of the incident, brandished a handgun at the teens, according to the release. Howard County authorities notified the Hyattsville Police Department, the release states, and the Hyattsville department suspended him. Lowery was arrested and released on his own recognizance Sept. 3, according to online court records. An initial hearing for Lowery is scheduled in Howard County Circuit Court on Oct. 16, according to the state’s attorney’s office.
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