Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Arne Duncan is slated to visit Loch Raven High School on April 10.
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan is making a third trip to Baltimore County—this time to discuss gun control. "This is a topic he's been very passionate about," said Dallas Dance, superintendent of Baltimore County Public Schools. Duncan will hold a town hall meeting at Loch Raven High School on April 10. A precise time has not yet been set. The secretary previously visited Perry Hall High School on Aug. 22, 2012 to discuss education reform as part of a school system professional development event. Less than a week later, Perry Hall High joined the national conversation on gun violence in schools when student Robert Gladden, 15, opened fire in the school's cafeteria, leaving a special needs schoolmate seriously injured. Gladden pleaded…
Monday, March 4, 2013
Baltimore-area Patch readers speak their minds.
Owings Mills-Reisterstown: “Mimi was a very nice lady and my wife and I loved her very much. On another site's article I saw someone post a comment blaming her death on the police for breaking off the pursuit. They do that for our safety, not to mitigate their risk...and statistics back that policy up. You stop chasing someone they usually slow down. It's a utter shame and we're heartbroken that this time it didn't work out that way. The blame for her death has to fall squarely on the shoulders of Mr. Mottley.” – John P Roberts III on Police: Suicidal Motorist Kills Reisterstown Woman, Hospitalizes Self in Crash Bel Air: “@BelAirPatch @HCPSchools this just makes no sense. All they do is watch movies the last 3 days anyway. #wastedtaxes” – …
Monday, February 25, 2013
The still photos show the scene during the Aug. 27 attack.
WBAL Radio obtained still photos from the Baltimore County state's attorney's office of the scene during an Aug. 27 shooting at Perry Hall High School. The photos show shooter Robert Gladden with a gun, and school staff tackling the 15-year-old after he fired a shot, injuring student Daniel Borowy. Gladden was sentenced to life in prison, with all but 35 years suspended, for the attack on Monday. Watch WBAL's video for more details.
Police released 21 service calls made following the attack that left a special needs students seriously injured.
Parents and school staff sounded shaken during conversations with police related to an Aug. 27 shooting at Perry Hall High School. Baltimore County police released recordings of 21 service calls on Monday. School staff members who called police for assistance sounded panicked and distracted, as they attempted to control the scene while relaying relevant information to police. Police lines were also "overflowing" with calls—as one officer can be heard saying—from parents of Perry Hall students and their friends. One parent said to police that Robert Gladden, who was sentenced to 35 years in prison on Monday, for the attack, had told her son to leave ahead of the shooting. "I just told him to run," the mother said. Calls from the media, and …
Robert Gladden, 15, shot a classmate at Perry Hall High School in August.
(Update 4:34 p.m.)—Perry Hall High School shooter Robert Gladden Jr., 15, was sentenced to 35 years in prison Monday. Gladden was given a life sentence with all but 35 years suspended on an attempted first-degree murder charge, and 20 years to run concurrently for the use of a firearm during a violent act. He had pleaded guilty to the charges on Feb. 19 The other 27 counts against the teenager were dropped. Baltimore County Circuit Court Judge Robert Cahill Jr. questioned the sincerity of Gladden's proclaimed remorse ahead of the sentencing, citing that the teenager made disturbing remarks in previous telephone recordings. "Frankly, I don't know if I find those expressions of remorse to be credible," Cahill said. The judge also criticized …
The defense attorney argued that some good had come from the incident.
The attorney and family members of a boy who admitted to shooting a disabled schoolmate sought leniency on his part during a sentencing hearing Monday. Robert Gladden Jr., 15, pleaded guilty to one count of attempted murder in Baltimore County Circuit Court last week. He is expected to be sentenced Monday afternoon for shooting 17-year-old Daniel Borowy on Aug. 27 in the Perry Hall High School cafeteria. George Psoras, Robert Gladden's attorney, argued for leniency, describing his client as a child with a mental illness. "He had the brain and aptitude of [Borowy]," Psoras said. The attorney also pointed that out his client is sentenced to prison that he would be the youngest inmate currently in the custody of the Department of …
Friday, February 22, 2013
The Baltimore County Police Homeland Security section is providing the school system with training on what to be aware of in case of a school shooting.
The Baltimore County Police Department is collaborating with the school system to provide staff with more training in dealing with potential school shooting situations. The heightened concern comes after an attack at Perry Hall High School and a gun incident at Stemmers Run Middle School earlier in the school year. "We are working on making sure that the leadership of the schools, principals, fully understand our protocols," said Dale Rauenzahn, executive director of school safety and security. "We have trained for many years on the active shooter scenario." Baltimore County police spokeswoman Elise Armacost said situational awareness that leads to a school shooting scenario and response training is now available to administrators by the …
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Robert Gladden, 15, entered the plea in Baltimore County Circuit Court Tuesday.
(Update 2:06 p.m.)—A Baltimore County Circuit Court judge has accepted a guilty plea from a Perry Hall High School student who admitted to shooting a special needs schoolmate. Robert Gladden Jr., 15, pleaded guilty to one count of attempted first-degree murder and the use of a firearm in the commission of a violent act before Circuit Court Judge Robert Cahill, Jr. The other 27 counts against Gladden were dropped. By entering a guilty plea, Gladden waived his right to a trial, which was scheduled to start at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. After 11 a.m., Baltimore County Assistant State's Attorney John Cox, Gladden's defense attorney George Psoras and Cahill discussed the terms of the plea agreement while Gladden's family members openly wept. Gladden's…
Friday, February 8, 2013
A three-day hearing concluded with the court ruling against 15-year-old Robert Gladden Jr.'s request for juvenile charges.
UPDATE (4:34 p.m.)—Adult charges will stand against the student accused of opening fire inside Perry Hall High School on the first day of school, Baltimore County Circuit Court Judge Robert Cahill, Jr. announced Friday morning. "The court can reasonably expect that if placed in treatment with juveniles, he would lack candor with therapists ... he would bully other juveniles ... he would act in a defiant, hostile and disinterested way," Cahill said. "He is not the least bit interested in treatment and not the least bit motivated to change," he said. The announcement came at the close of a three-day juvenile waiver hearing, that had been postponed twice and stretched across two weeks. A criminal trial for 15-year-old Robert Gladden Jr. in …
Thursday, January 31, 2013
A court hearing on Thursday included video and audio of 15-year-old Robert Gladden.
UPDATE (Feb. 8, 12:30 p.m.)—Adult charges will stand against the student accused of opening fire inside Perry Hall High School on the first day of school, Baltimore County Circuit Court Judge Robert Cahill, Jr. announced Friday morning. Find more details in the article: Accused Perry Hall Student Shooter To Be Charged As Adult - http://patch.com/A-1Lkj --- Find a detailed account of the beginning of the juvenile waiver hearing for the accused Perry Hall High School student shooter here. The twice-postponed juvenile waiver hearing for 15-year-old Robert Gladden Jr. continued into Thursday, as the prosecutor and defense attorney sparred over whether he should continue to be tried as an adult in the shooting inside Perry Hall High School's …
kevin
3:51 am on Sunday, March 31, 2013
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