Morning Roundup

Baltimore Police have made a second arrest in connection to a mass shooting that left two people dead and 28 others injured in July, according to authorities.

The charges come more than a month after the July 2 block party shooting in which two were killed and 28 others were injured. There were hundreds of people at the party, and police believe more than a dozen guns were fired, complicating the process of identifying suspects. (Baltimore Banner)

Baltimore police confirmed Jackson was previously arrested for possession of a handgun in February. (WBAL)

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The Harford County Sheriff’s Office has identified a possible suspect in the killing of Rachel Morin, officials said at a news conference Thursday evening in Bel Air, and that person is wanted in the assault of a young child during a home invasion in Los Angeles in March. (Baltimore Sun)

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More mosquitoes have tested positive for the West Nile Virus in Maryland, this time in Laurel, in Prince George’s County. Earlier this month, the Anne Arundel County Department of Health announced that mosquitos trapped in two parts of the region tested positive, representing the first cases identified this year. (Anne Arundel Daily Voice)

Maryland and most of its localities recently received nearly $24 million as the 2023 installments of payments for settlements aimed at abating the opioid crisis. (Baltimore Sun)

A Montgomery County school principal is being investigated after years of allegations of misconduct but the law firm hired by the school district has teachers and legal scholars concerned. (Washington Post)

Data shows school behavior offenses rose sharply during the 2022-23 school year in Anne Arundel County to the highest number since the pandemic. (Baltimore Sun)

More details are emerging fro m a deadly police shooting of a teenager accused of stabbing four people in Montgomery County last month. The Maryland Attorney General’s Office on Thursday released body and dashboard camera footage from the fatal shooting of Franklin Castro Ordonez, 19, of Gaithersburg, who is accused of the stabbings that happened on July 22. (WTOP)

A vote in June by the Maryland Higher Education Commission to allow Towson University to create a new business analytics doctoral program wasn’t conducted properly, according to an advice letter Thursday from the Office of the Attorney General. Towson’s program is accused of being duplicative of Morgan State University’s business administration doctoral program. (Maryland Matters)

Howard County Schools reach an agreement with a school bus contractor…

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According to a Pentagon study aimed at addressing an alarming spike in sexual assaults and misconduct, the U.S. military academies must improve their leadership, stop toxic practices such as hazing and shift behavior training into the classrooms. (Baltimore Sun)

Employees are suing a Catonsville restaurant and its owners alleging unpaid wages. The lawsuit alleges the restaurant owners failed to pay proper minimum wages to more than 50 employees and did not pay certain employees overtime when they worked more than 40 hours per week. (Baltimore Business Journal)

A Harris Teeter grocery store in Locus Point has temporarily closed to deal with pest issues. (Baltimroe Sun)

A judge has ruled there’s enough evidence to support a claim of racial discrimination by officials in the Maryland Office of the State Fire Marshal for a lawsuit to move forward. (WTOP)

Baltimore resident Keith Poynter, Jr. has been sentenced to 26 years in prison for his role in a 2019 series of armed robberies, all committed in one day, and for firing a gun during one of the incidents. (Anne Arundel Daily Voice)

A former Anne Arundel County police officer and Marine Corps veteran convicted of assaulting his wife was sentenced to serve 60 days in prison. (Baltimore Sun)

Demolition has begun for the construction of a $14 million, 39,874-square-foot office building that will be the new home for the Carroll County State’s Attorney’s Office. (Carroll County Times)

Harford County is hosting its Drug Take Back Day on Saturday for the safe collection of unused or expired medications so they may be disposed of safely and without harm to the environment. (The Aegis)

THIS DAY IN HISTORY – AUGUST 18

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The Ocean City Town Council approved the final design plans for a new police substation on Somerset Street in downtown Ocean City.

A man who’s charged in the deadly hit-and-run of 14-year-old Gavin Knupp outside Ocean City is asking a judge to move the trial. (Baltimore Banner)

Paleontologists at the Calvert Marine Museum made avian history through the discovery of a partial bird skeleton that included the skull of a 12 -million-year-old bird. (WBAL)

A Maryland Transit Administration bus struck and injured a man who was riding a scooter near Morgan State University early Thursday. (WJZ)

Hundreds of motorcyclists will be traveling through Maryland this morning, according to the Maryland State Highway Administration. Roughly 450 motorcyclists and their escorts are part of America’s 911 Foundation that provides scholarships to the children of active-duty first responders. They will be making the trek from Pennsylvania to Hagerstown. (WJZ)

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A travel day for the Orioles yesterday after their series at San Diego. They take on the Oakland Athletics this weekend, the team with the worst record in baseball. (MLB)

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