Morning Roundup

A Baltimore County police officer is facing eighteen months in a federal prison after being convicted of soliciting and accepting bribes for falsifying handgun license and permit applications. (Baltimore Sun)

Three people were found dead inside a home in the 1000 block of Kenilworth Drive in Towson Friday afternoon.

A Baltimore City man lost his life while attempting to prevent a carjacking in Canton.

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The ex-Gilman School teacher facing charges that he sexually abused a student was arrested by the FBI early Friday after being indicted by a federal grand jury and charged with possessing sexually explicit material of children. (Baltimore Banner)

A Hyattsville man who was charged with sexually abusing his stepdaughter earlier this month has been sentenced to life in prison. (WTOP)

According to an investigative report from the Maryland Attorney General’s Office, Baltimore County officers were not in the path of a fleeing driver’s car when a detective shot and killed the man in an incident back on January 31. (Baltimore Sun)

A would-be robber had to be flown to an area hospital after a botched home invasion that saw him stabbed with his own weapon in Anne Arundel County. (Anne Arundel Daily Voice)

Maryland is reporting its first confirmed case of malaria in more than forty years. Health officials did not say precisely where the patient was exposed, but did say the person lives in the National Capital Region, which includes Prince George’s, Montgomery, Charles and Frederick counties. (Washington Post)

Charges have been dropped against a freshman state delegate who was accused of assault and burglary. Del. Jeffrie Long (D-Calvert and Prince George’s) was scheduled to appear Friday in a Calvert County District courtroom to face charges stemming from an April 4 incident involving a family member. (WTOP)

Prosecutors in Worcester County have appealed a circuit court judge’s decision to dismiss the case against a Snow Hill man charged with various traffic counts in the death of Gavin Knupp. (Maryland Coast Dispatch)

A Taneytown man has been found guilty of charges in connection with a shooting near a middle school back in February. (Informed Carroll County)

A Maryland day care worker was arrested Friday for allegedly abusing a child at a District Heights child care center, according to Prince George’s County Police. (WTOP)

An Annapolis volunteer firefighter has been charged with impersonating a police officer after a confrontation with another customer at a bank’s drive thru. (Baltimore Sun)

The Comfort Inn and Suites hotel in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor has been closed since July. It has now been condemned for safety violations. (Baltimore Business Journal)

GXO Logistics is closing its location in Aberdeen in Harford County, laying off 176 employees. (Baltimore Business Journal)

Organizers of Artscape say they are open to returning the festival to its original July dates in 2024. This year’s event returns next month which conflicted with other city festivals that were forced to cancel. (Baltimore Fishbowl)

The Westfield Montgomery Mall was evacuated Friday night for a reported bomb threat before the threat was later determined to not be credible. (WTOP)

Governor Wes Moore: Maryland’s ‘lazy’ economy must change. (Washington Post)

The owners of the Washington Nationals plan to transform the site of the old Landover Mall in Prince George’s County into a data center if it is not selected as the new location for the FBI headquarters. (WTOP)

The City of Salisbury unveiling its brand new downtown headquarters. (WMDT)

U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen visited Berlin Friday to highlight $400,000 in grant funding the Berlin Fire Company received. (Maryland Coast Dispatch)

A barricade situation in Parkton in Baltimore County ended peacefully Friday evening. (WBAL)

Police are investigating after a woman was carjacked in Anne Arundel County just before daylight on Friday. (WBFF)

THIS DAY IN HISTORY – AUGUST 19

A man was struck by a DC Metro Red Line train in Silver Spring near the Forest Glen station and was taken to the hospital with undisclosed injuries. (Anne Arundel Daily Voice)

Two people were injured in a motorcycle crash in Elkton on Friday evening. (Cecil Whig)

Maryland’s unemployment rate in July fell to 1.8%, tying Vermont for the second-lowest state unemployment in the nation. (WTOP)

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One of the best teams in baseball faced the worst team in baseball in Oakland last night…and the better team won. Kyle Gibson didn’t have his best stuff on the mound but the O’s offense came alive and put up nine runs in a 9-4 victory over the A’s. (Camden Chat)

PENNANT WATCH: The Tampa Bay Rays won in extra innings out in Anaheim last night so the division standings between the O’s and Rays remain unchanged.

The Baltimore Ravens have signed outside linebacker Jadeveon Clowney to a one-year deal, bolstering their pass rush. It’s reportedly a $2.5 million deal with incentives that give it a max value of $6 million. (Baltimore Ravens)

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