Police in Baltimore County have arrested and charged six suspects with the murder of William Porter, 49, who was shot on March 1, inside his business, a Hess gas station, located on Joppa Road in Towson. Porter died from his injuries on March 2 at Shock Trauma.

Terrell Webb

Howard County police have a warrant for the arrest of a man who cut a mall security officer after being caught shoplifting. Police are seeking the public’s help in locating the suspect and are offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to his arrest.

BALTIMORE, MD -- The FIRST Robotics Competition's premier event in Maryland is moving to Baltimore for 2010. The Chesapeake Regional, featuring more than 1,000 high school students in 49 robotics teams from around the nation, will be held at the Baltimore Convention Center on March 11-13, 2010. The annual event has been held at the Naval Academy in Annapolis for the past seven years, and comes to Baltimore to a larger facility and a greater base of attendees, sponsors and volunteers.

A federal grand jury has indicted Rolando Alonzo Cousins, a/k/a “Junior,” age 31, of Bowie, Maryland, for conspiracy to commit mail fraud, mail fraud and money laundering, in connection with a massive mortgage fraud scheme which promised to help homeowners facing foreclosure keep their homes and repair their damaged credit, but left them homeless and with no equity.  The indictment was returned on March 8, 2010.  Cousins was arrested Tuesday and had an initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt.

The Howard County Police Department introduced a new beat structure in February, marking the first change to the county's beat alignment since 1991. The most significant changes are the addition of the Frank area in northern district and the addition of 35 authorized patrol officers.