By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The National Law Enforcement Partnership to Prevent Gun Violence is urging President Barack Obama to provide ATF with adequate resources to battle gun violence and appoint a permanent director for the agency. In a letter dated Nov. 4, Jim Johnson, the Baltimore County Police chief, who is chair of the anti-gun…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A Baltimore County man was sentenced to eight years on Tuesday for threatening to kill an ATF task force officer, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Baltimore said. After prison, Allen Shepperd, 38, will be on supervised release for three years. According to Shepperd’s plea agreement, the Baltimore County Police Department and…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — An Emergency Services specialist for U.S. Secret Service died Wednesday while fighting a four-alarm fire as a Lutherville, Md., volunteer firefighter in Baltimore County. Mark G. Falkenhan, 43, a four year employee of the Secret Service, died in a blaze, which was called in as a kitchen fire around…
