Five men indicted in

killing of 16-year-old girl

Five men believed to be affiliated with the MS-13 gang have been indicted by a grand jury in the killing of a 16-year-old whose body was found near Loch Raven Reservoir in late May, according to Baltimore County police. Gabriella Alejandra Gonzales Ardon had been missing from Glen Cove, New York, since March 2019 when her body was found by a pedestrian shortly before 10 a.m. May 29 along Merryman’s Trail in the woods off Pot Spring Road near Colonnade Road in Cockeysville. Ardon’s family had reported her missing from Glen Cove in March 2019, according to Nassau County police on Long Island. Her family identified Ardon by photos of her tattoos circulated by police on social media. Jonathan J. Pesquera-Puerto, 19; Edys O. Valenzuela-Rodriguez, 20; Wualter Hernandez-Orellana, 19; Asael Ezequie Gonzalez-Merlos, 16; and Wilson Art Constanza-Galdomez, 21, were already in custody at the Baltimore County Detention Center for other alleged crimes, police said. Pesquera-Puerto, Valenzuela-Rodriguez and Hernandez-Orellana were arrested in June and are facing charges of second-degree attempted murder, assault and kidnapping in connection with the stabbing of two teens in Turner Station. Police said that the men knew Ardon and that the suspects may have targeted her and lured her to the park where she was killed because they believed her to be involved with a rival gang.

— Taylor DeVille

35-year-old man fatally

shot on Jonestown street

A 35-year-old man was shot and killed around the corner from the famed Corned Beef Row in Baltimore’s Jonestown neighborhood on Monday afternoon, police said. Detectives were called to the shooting around 1:25 p.m. in the 1100 block of Granby St., police said. Medics pronounced him dead at the scene. The man’s name was not immediately released. Police shared no other information about the shooting, including any suspect description or possible motive, as of Monday afternoon.

— McKenna Oxenden and Colin Campbell

Man asked driver to move his car and was shot

A man was shot in his lower torso when he asked another man blocking his driveway to move Monday morning, Anne Arundel police said. The victim was leaving his house in Riva for work around 6 a.m. and saw a maroon sedan blocking his driveway. The victim asked the driver to move the car; instead, he got out of the car, shot the victim and drove away, police said. Officers arrived and rendered aid to the victim until paramedics arrived. He was taken to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

— Lilly Price

Reisterstown man charged in fatal stabbing at bar

A Reisterstown man has been charged with first- and second-degree murder after police say he stabbed a man outside an Essex bar early Sunday morning. Baltimore County police say Shawn Alan Parks, 32, of the 200 block of Log House Way, was among those involved in multiple fights that broke out outside Brewers Landing Bar & Grill around 1:40 a.m. Sunday. Police said that when they arrived at 801 Woodrow Ave., they found Roger Paul Walker, 25, of Essex, stabbed and Parks suffering injuries. Walker was taken to MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center, where he died. Parks was taken to an area hospital where it was determined he was the suspect, police said.

— Taylor DeVille

State extends moratorium on utility shutoffs

The Maryland Public Service Commission has extended the moratorium on terminating residential gas, water and electric services through Nov. 15, citing the ongoing pandemic. The commission’s action Monday will extend the moratorium previously authorized by Gov. Larry Hogan, which was set to expire on Sept. 1. Hogan’s action prohibited utility providers from cutting off service or charging late fees. Monday’s action will prohibit utilities from sending out termination notices until Oct. 1.

— Phil Davis