Court records show Eugene White, 54, of Havre de Grace, has been held without bond since his arrest in early October. When a grand jury elevated his case to the Baltimore County Circuit Court this week, they issued six counts, including neglect and reckless endangerment.

When White was taken into custody, authorities accused him of involuntary manslaughter. Monday’s indictment, however, dropped the qualifier. In Maryland, manslaughter and involuntary manslaughter carry the same maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.

Although the public defender’s office had signaled its intent to represent White in district court, as of Tuesday, a specific attorney was not assigned to White’s case. A spokesperson for the office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday.

According to charging documents, on April 25, Baltimore County Police officers and paramedics responded to a cardiac arrest reported at the Halethorpe apartment where White lived. The father reportedly told authorities that his daughter had not woken up since taking her medication the night before.

Police described different developmental and sensory issues the toddler — who was either 2 or 3, but her birthdate was redacted — suffered from, and some of the medicine she required. According to charging papers, White was her sole caretaker, and when he returned from dropping off his other daughter at school that morning, he found her “unresponsive and cold to the touch.”

Medical personnel pronounced the toddler dead about an hour after the 911 call.

An autopsy was soon conducted, and less than a week after the girl’s death, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner informed police that she had ingested methadone.

Authorities did not say that the toddler died of an overdose in charging documents but cited the cause of death as “Methadone Intoxication complicated by Influenza B Infection and Bacteremia.”

Investigators interviewed White two times, once at a hospital in Baltimore and again a couple of weeks later, according to court records. White reportedly told detectives the girl’s mother had used and sold methadone, but that “she hasn’t been at the residence for some time.”

He denied using the drug himself, according to police, but said if his daughter had methadone in her system, “he must have administered it as he is her caregiver.” According to charging documents, White said he might have used a dirty syringe to inject the girl’s medication through her feeding tube.

A few days after his daughter’s death, White consented to a drug screening from the county Department of Social Services. Police said he had tested positive for methadone and fentanyl.

As of Tuesday, his next court date had not been scheduled.

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Among the proposed uses is a data center — an idea already stirring debate in Prince George’s County, where new data center construction is currently on hold.

Prince George’s County Council Member Wala Blegay, whose district includes the Six Flags property, said Monday that a data center would contradict what she’s told her constituents: that the area would continue to host some kind of attraction.

She explained the county, which has met with Six Flags about the future of the property, hopes to replicate some of its success in its local entertainment industry. Whereas Six Flags brought in about $3 million in tax revenue every year, Blegay said Prince George’s wants to promote a venture that will come closer to the National Harbor’s success, which generates about $73 million annually.

Blegay said bidding closed on the Six Flags site in August and that county and state officials will soon meet with the leading developers.

A sale could be completed as early as January, she said.

“We think that it would have more of an entertainment center kind of thing,” Blegay said, “something along those lines.”

‘A signature project in Prince George’s County’

The CBRE flyer, posted on social media Thursday by the theme park content creator Amusement Insider, said any redevelopment would become “a signature project in Prince George’s County.” It outlined possible future uses including single-family homes, townhomes and apartments, noting that industrial development “would create an employment center” in a largely undeveloped area.

“With its large size and incredible location, the optimal long-term use for the site would likely be a mixed use development,” the flyer reads, “including low to mid-density residential, retail and commercial, and industrial or data centers.”

The flyer did not include an asking price, and as of Monday, the Bowie property was not listed on CBRE’s website.

A CBRE spokesperson declined to comment.

The Bowie theme park formally closed after the first weekend of November, months after Six Flags Entertainment determined it was “not a strategic fit with the company’s long-term growth plan.”

Its closure came at a time of struggle and recovery for the parent company.

Earlier this year, Six Flags reported a 9% drop in attendance along with a $319.4 million loss across the first half of 2025. The summer proved more fruitful, according to a quarterly update reported on Friday, but the company’s “efforts to stimulate demand did not achieve the desired returns,” said Six Flags President and CEO Richard Zimmerman.

“Our 2025 strategy has focused on investing ahead of attendance growth to lay the foundation for stronger guest satisfaction, which continues to improve across the portfolio,” Zimmerman said. “We are disciplined in our approach to capital allocation and prepared to prioritize investments in our highest return properties moving forward.”

Kelce gets involved

Late last month, an investor group including NFL player Travis Kelce said it had acquired a 9% stake in the company to improve its business strategy. Kelce, who has won three Super Bowls with the Kansas City Chiefs, said he couldn’t pass on the chance to “make Six Flags special for the next generation.”

But it appears shuttering the Bowie amusement park fit into the company’s 2025 strategy. When announcing Six Flag America’s closure in May, the president and CEO said marketing the Maryland property for redevelopment “will generate the highest value and return on investment.”

Beyond the acreage, the extra-high-voltage electrical lines installed to operate Six Flags America were advertised by CBRE as “opening up the possibility of a data center” — a possibility that would likely face headwind in Prince George’s County.

In September, County Executive Aisha Braveboy ordered a temporary pause on construction permits for data centers after more than 20,000 community members signed a petition against a facility at the old Landover Mall site. The Change.org petition argued that center was proposed “with minimal transparency” and said as a “significant” polluter and user of energy resources, it presented “a continuation of the war on Black and brown communities by big tech and billionaire developers.”

The pause on data centers also looks to give a task force time to formulate suggestions on guiding their future development.

Blegay, who serves on that task force, told The Baltimore Sun that the zoning laws around the Six Flags property do not allow for a data center.

“It’s just too close to homes,” she said, “even within the 500 acres.”

A spokesperson in Braveboy’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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According to a news release Monday, officers and paramedics responded to the intersection of Security Boulevard and Woodlawn Drive at approximately 10:43 p.m., where they found a damaged van and pickup truck.

Paramedics pronounced the driver of the van, Alexis Williams, dead at the scene, police said. And the pickup driver, who was not named, was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Detectives determined that Williams was driving along Security Boulevard when she collided with the truck head-on as the latter turned onto Woodlawn Drive.

A street view on Google Maps shows at least three lanes of traffic on both sides of Security Boulevard, as well as traffic lights on every side of the intersection. Each left turn had a directional indicator light.

The crash is still under investigation, authorities said Monday.

Baltimore County Police did not respond to questions about the circumstances of the crash or the investigation, including whether alcohol was being considered as a factor or if theirs was a criminal investigation.

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The blaze erupted in a commercial building near 23rd Street and Hampden Avenue, Baltimore City Fire Department spokesperson John Marsh said. Fire crews, Baltimore Police and the Office of Emergency Management, were pm the scene Friday.

Fire officials said they evacuated 23 people from the 400 block of West 23rd Street, a string of rowhomes leading up to the engulfed warehouse. No civilian or firefighter injuries were reported.

“All civilians are in good shape,” Baltimore City Fire Chief James Wallace said. He praised firefighters for protecting the homes, which are located roughly 50 feet from the burning warehouse.

“These men and women absolutely risked their lives, got between this warehouse and those houses in an area I estimate to be about 50 feet,” he said. “They were working around energized BGE lines. They were working through a very, very high volume of fire.”

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Between two criminal cases, the 38-year-old suspect is accused of two theft felonies and two misdemeanors in Baltimore County Circuit Court. He was arrested in September, posted a $10,000 bond Tuesday and on Tuesday and Wednesday requested jury trials, according to the Maryland Judiciary.

Authorities also arrested and charged his brother “after a brief standoff” for his alleged involvement in an April 20 theft in Cockeysville, during which nearly $18,000 worth of lawn mowers were taken.

According to charging documents, from February to April, the suspect allegedly stole at least 23 pieces of large machinery from Home Depots in the Baltimore region, often cutting locks or cables to extract the merchandise. Then, in June, he was accused of taking several smaller items, including fence posts and Char-Broil grills, from a Lowe’s location in Woodlawn.

The first incident to which Baltimore County Police responded was at a Home Depot in Cockeysville, according to charging papers. An employee and manager reportedly told officers that they had noticed five open utility trailers were missing from their designated spot in the parking lot. The employees suggested that they must have been taken on different days because each of them noticed the trailers dwindling in number until there was only one left. The last time the manager said she remembered seeing all five was on Christmas 2024, according to police.

Over the next several weeks, county police responded to similar theft calls at Home Depots in Owings Mills, Glen Burnie and again at Cockeysville.

Police said the company’s Organized Retail Crime unit began assisting their investigation and discovered the same dark-colored pickup truck was believed to be involved in each theft. In charging papers, authorities described an overnight pattern in which a man would find a way to free an item — including tractors, lawn mowers and snowblowers — and drag it onto a trailer. Sometimes, a store would be robbed multiple times in one day, police said.

The last Home Depot theft in charging documents took place April 20, in which seven lawn mowers were taken by two men. Three were locked with cables and four were broken out of crates, police said.

In early March, the Home Depot investigator received an anonymous tip that the 38-year-old suspect, who was then unknown to authorities, was responsible for the thefts and had been selling the lawn mowers and snowblowers on social media.

A police detective went to his home in Baltimore, where they observed, “in plain view,” an open utility trailer and a brand-new riding lawn mower inside a garage, according to charging documents. Underneath a partially opened door, police could see the “yellow coloring and structural similarities” of at least one other mower, as well, they said.

Baltimore County Police executed a search warrant April 23 and found eight new tractors around the property, according to charging documents. One person detectives interviewed said the suspect would switch registration plates before and after committing thefts, police said.

In total, police reported that $46,035 in merchandise was stolen from The Home Depot, with approximately $20,000 recovered, and $3,410.15 taken from Lowe’s in Woodlawn.

Representatives from The Home Depot and Lowe’s did not immediately respond to requests for comment Friday.

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According to digital aviation company FlightAware, which transmits air traffic control data from more than 45 countries, plane N259UP had both landed and left BWI Marshall Airport on Tuesday, going to and from UPS Airlines’ primary delivery hub in Louisville.

Just over 8 hours after landing at what UPS calls its “Worldport” with a next destination of Honolulu, the plane began its ascent but quickly collapsed into a fireball, killing at least 12 people and injuring 20 others. The disaster has temporarily disabled the company’s supply chain, but experts say any delays should be cleared before the peak holiday season.

In a statement Wednesday to employees, UPS CEO Carol Tomé said, “I am incredibly grateful to our team in Louisville for their grace and professionalism. We are not alone in this moment and from the notes I’ve received from around the world, I know that solidarity and empathy are powerful forces in healing. United, we are strong.”

Early findings by the National Transportation Safety Board show the left wing of the plane caught fire during takeoff, and one of its three engines fell down, abandoned on the tarmac well behind the wreckage.

According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the crashed aircraft was built in 1991, and records reported by The Wall Street Journal on Thursday show it had also been grounded for maintenance in San Antonio from Sept. 3 through at least Oct. 18.

A deeper dive into the plane’s maintenance records could ultimately ground similar aircraft, suggests private commercial pilot Robert Katz.

Katz, a Texas aviator with over 40 years of flying experience, compared Tuesday’s crash to one that took place almost half a century ago.

In 1979, a passenger American Airlines flight lost its left engine soon after taking off from the O’Hare International Airport in Chicago. The pilots lost control, and the aircraft was downed less than 5,000 feet from the runway, killing all 271 occupants.

The NTSB determined improper maintenance procedures to be one of the primary causes of the crash, and further investigation found similar issues with other airplanes of the same DC-10 model in the airline’s fleet. The FAA soon grounded all DC-10s operating in the country and banned foreign airlines from flying them in its airspace.

Although that order was lifted just over a month later, after American Airlines’ maintenance work was found to be at fault, the DC-10’s reputation never recovered. Production orders dwindled over the next decade, and the model’s last recorded passenger flight took place in 2007.

Katz said that the plane model in Tuesday’s crash, the MD-11, is “the second-generation” of the DC-10.

With that in mind, he said he believes the NTSB “is going to laser-focus squarely on the maintenance practices of UPS.”

“It will be very interesting to see how this story evolves, what the findings are,” Katz said. “If there was any sort of maintenance irregularity conducted by UPS, then you can expect an emergency grounding of this model throughout the United States, probably throughout the world as well, until each and every airplane can be inspected.”

According to FlightStats, another digital airline tracker, one of UPS’ other MD-11 planes was scheduled to fly to Honolulu on Tuesday but was swapped out for N259UP approximately 90 minutes before takeoff.

Katz said it is common for scheduled flights to switch aircraft because of maintenance needs. Like passenger airlines, commercial operations like UPS keep aircraft on standby, ready to fly in case an plane doesn’t pass pre-travel inspections, Katz said.

However, a change 90 minutes before departure would be considered “last minute,” Katz said, suggesting something might have been wrong with the first plane.

Air traffic data shows that first plane is still on the ground in Kentucky.

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“As this shutdown goes on and people run out of benefits, what are they gonna do?” asked Maria McGlosson, the adoption and foster coordinator for Tara’s House Animal Rescue in Sykesville. “They can’t feed their families. Can they feed their dogs? They cannot.”

The Trump administration’s decision to freeze benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program placed even more strain on low-income households and charityefforts, which have seen furloughed federal workers join lines for food as the longest government shutdown in American history continues.

Court orders have secured at least partial funding toward the program, which serves about 1 in 8 Americans and 1 in 9 Marylanders, but more than half its normal costs could fall onto state and local budgets. On Monday, for instance, Democratic Gov. Wes Moore released $62 million to provide full SNAP benefits for November, while officials in Anne Arundel and Baltimore counties have tapped into emergency dollars, as well.

The costs of owning a pet have surged in recent years. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, between 2023 and 2024, the price of urban veterinarian services alone rose more than twice the average amount of all consumer products. But the recent economic stress appears to be sending many pet owners over the edge.

Ryan Wetzel, operations manager at the Silver Spring rescue Tasca’s Love, told The Baltimore Sun on Wednesday that in the last 24 hours, four people had contacted their “very tiny” nonprofit to surrender their dogs.

In the past, that kind of request would happen about once a month, she said. But now, calls come in “more and more as time goes on,” she said.

“We already can’t help enough,” Wetzel said of the dogs.

On Tuesday, the Baltimore Humane Society issued “an urgent plea” for donations to its Bmore Kind Pet Food Bank, which has seen “a drastic increase in requests for help” between the pressures against SNAP and the federal layoffs and furloughs.

Although the Reisterstown-based nonprofit provides temporary housing and care to homeless animals, its food bank gives struggling pet owners free food and supplies “to keep pets fed and families together,” said spokesperson Alexa Jones.

In an interview, Jones said that since June, the humane society has received 234 surrender requests from residents, the exact same number from that time period last year.

However, Jones said there has been a “huge” difference in the number of stray animals that have not been reunited with their owners. She explained a part of the challenge comes when animals aren’t microchipped, but at the same time, she said owners aren’t searching for the lost animals either.

“It’s just very interesting when people don’t come forward,” Jones said. “It’s hard not to wonder why.”

Other shelters and pet care organizations are offering services directly to federal government workers.

On Oct. 30, the Howard County Animal Control & Adoption Center asked anyone suffering from the shutdown or food insecurity to learn more about their Pet Food Bank, which serves about 300 people annually. That came after the Maryland SPCA held a supply giveaway in Baltimore for employees affected by the shutdown. Kibble, crates, toys and leashes and more were available to anyone who brought a valid federal ID or their most recent paystub.

Sometimes, a food pantry is not enough for pet owners, and a more permanent change is necessary.

Tara’s House connects dogs facing euthanasia from shelters with foster homes and pays for all their food and medication. There’s always a need for foster parents, McGlosson said, but that need is now heightened as the Carroll County rescue receives surrender requests every day.

Health is often a factor, like an older owner having to move into a community that doesn’t allow pets. But McGlosson said that over the past month, economic problems like foreclosures and job loss have become more common.

“Normally the people are being very honest in that they cannot keep the dog,” McGlosson said, describing them as good-faith, albeit heart-breaking decisions.

Anne Shroeder, founder of Star Gazing Farm Animal Sanctuary in Montgomery County, said that although she hasn’t seen an increase in dog surrenders at the farm — which has sheep, goats, cows, camelids and even a chinchilla — she’s come across several posts online from pet owners looking for help.

“People shouldn’t be shy, especially if they’re asking on behalf of their animals,” she said.

Both Shroeder and McGlosson said the last thing rescue groups want to see is people turning in their pets. Many organizations have policies that if someone can’t keep their pet, the animal must be returned to the group they were adopted from — avoiding the shelter many had already been rescued or rehabilitated from.

Surrender “should be the last resort,” Shroeder said. “There is help out there.”

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Fire spokesperson John Marsh said the crash took place around 10:10 a.m. at Hollins Ferry Road and Severn Street.

The collision between a CSX train and a Jeep Cherokee did not cause any injuries, Marsh said, adding fire units were called away from the scene.

CSX spokesperson Austin Staton said at least one person was inside the Jeep Cherokee at the time of the crash but refused medical attention.

It was not clear how fast the train was going at the time of the collision or why the Jeep Cherokee was in the crossing.

By 12:30 p.m., the scene had been cleared, with traffic moving.

Department of Transportation data show that before Wednesday, there had been three crashes at a Hollins Ferry Road crossing. Although the data go back to 1975, these crashes have each taken place since 2013 and just one was fatal.

On Dec. 10, 2013, two people were killed after a MARC train collided with their SUV. The Baltimore Sun reported that none of the 20 passengers on board the train were injured and it was not clear whether the snowy or icy conditions contributed to the crash.

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Public records show Thomas Declan Miller, 21, pleaded guilty in late July to possession of child pornography in Baltimore County Circuit Court.

Miller was convicted of a misdemeanor and will have to register as a Tier I Sex Offender, a 15-year designation.

His defense attorney, Sandy Steeves, declined to comment Tuesday.

At the time of his arrest in April, Miller was majoring in American Studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and was expected to graduate next year, a college spokesperson said.

The Howard County Public School System issued a statement stating that Miller, who goes by his middle name, had taught at two of its high schools on three occasions.

According to its website, HCPSS requires substitutes to be at least 18 years old and have some higher education. The part-time staff members must have earned 60 college credits or more, though more experience, degrees and certifications increase their daily pay.

An HCPSS spokesperson told The Baltimore Sun in April that Miller had undergone the district’s background checks and training before working in its classrooms.

Baltimore County Police officials apprehended Miller at an off-campus townhouse in Halethorpe, which was staked out “multiple times” before the arrest warrant was served, according to charging documents.

Investigators said they began investigating Miller earlier this year after the messaging app Kik flagged 48 suspicious files uploaded in February. Several subpoenas and IP address records led authorities to Miller, who authorities said tried “to trade” files with others on the app.

Although Miller pleaded guilty to one of the six charges for which he was indicted, court records show he has submitted a modification request for his sentence.

A previous version of this article incorrectly stated the length of a Tier I Sex Offender distinction. The Sun regrets the error.

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Bates, whose office refuted police claims that the shooting was “justified” as premature, said a review of the evidence found “this shooting meets the requirements of self-defense in the State of Maryland.”

“Once we did that, it was … a pretty easy decision,” Bates said, noting that the process also involved speaking with the decedent’s family.

On Oct. 16, around 2:15 a.m., Baltimore Police received a 911 call from the shooter, who said he had fired at “a man breaking into a shop” on the 2200 block of Fleet Street, according to recorded dispatch audio.

When police responded to the store, “Stephen Page of Baltimore,” they found 39-year-old Richard Rolfe injured and unresponsive. He was taken to a nearby hospital, where police said he died.

The prosecutors’ statement on Monday applied the five factors required for Maryland’s “defense of habitation” law to the jewelry shop shooting, including Rolfe’s entering or attempt to enter the defendant’s home and the defendant’s reasonable belief “that such force was necessary” to prevent Rolfe from inflicting death or harm.

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