Monday, April 1, 2013
The 42-year-old received 18 months for his role in the crash that caused Mary Ann Levant's death.
A Columbia man was sentenced at Howard County Circuit Court Friday to 18 months in jail for his involvement in a collision that resulted in the death of a Marriotts Ridge High School educator in 2012. Richie Junior Burgess, 42, of the 1200 block of Little Patuxent Parkway, pleaded guilty two months ago to manslaughter. Police said Burgess' blood tested positive for the prescription medication Xanax at the time of the crash. The accident, which happened on Feb. 21, 2012; on eastbound MD Route 32 at the Route 29 interchange, critically injured Mary Ann Levant, 64, a long-time staff member of the Howard County Public School System. According to court records, a traffic expert determined that Burgess' Ford Explorer struck Levant's car on the…
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
No injuries were reported at the scene of the incident, at the Route 100 exit.
A snow plow turned over on Route 29 at Route 100, according to the Howard County Police. The incident occurred just after 2 p.m. Thursday on the southbound side of the roadway, according to the Maryland State Highway Administration. No injuries were reported and there were no other vehicles involved, according to police. The south off-ramp from Route 29 is currently closed, according to the SHA's interactive CHART map. Check CHART online for updates on roadway incidents across the state. "Treacherous travel conditions" are expected to continue into the night as a wintry mix of snow, sleet and rain continues to fall, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). Up to one inch of snow and sleet may accumulate Wednesday night, as well …
Monday, November 19, 2012
The move comes after two robberies were reported on the bridge in less than a month.
Howard County Police said Friday they would increase patrols on the Route 29 footbridge in Town Center after two robberies were reported in less than a month on the bridge. A man was reportedly robbed while walking across the Route 29 footbridge around 9 a.m. on Nov. 12 by two suspects who asked the man for a cigarette, then stole his iPhone and wallet, according to police. Police reported there was no indication the suspects were armed. The alleged robbery happened less than a month after a woman reported her iPhone was stolen by three suspects on the footbridge around 8:35 p.m. on Oct. 20. No arrests have been made in either case as of Friday, according to police. The bridge, which is enclosed by chainlink fencing, provides a link …
Friday, November 16, 2012
This information was supplied by the Howard County Police Department.
Columbia Robbery For the second time in a month, a robbery has been reported on the footbridge over Route 29. Police say the victim was walking on the lakefront side when two people approached him, asking for a cigarette. Then, according to police, they stole the victim’s iPhone and wallet. They did not display or imply weapons. The suspects are described as: A man was getting his mail from a mailbox on the 10400 block of Fair Oaks Drive on Nov. 14 at about 6 p.m. when three people approached him, according to police. One of the men pointed a gun at the man’s head and demanded his wallet, police said. The victim complied and the three fled. The suspects are described as: Commercial burglary Someone used a stone to break the glass in a …
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
This information was supplied by the Howard County Police Department.
Columbia: Howard County Police are looking for three suspects in connection with a robbery on the Route 29 footbridge who may also have been involved with an attempted break-in on Swift Stream Place. Just before 8:30 p.m. on Oct. 20, police were called to the 10300 block of Swift Stream Place for reports of men turning doorknobs along the hallway. Police said a person reported hearing his doorknob turning and when he looked out of his door, he saw three suspects headed toward Little Pawtuxent Parkway About ten minutes later, police say two men approached a woman walking on the Route 29 footbridge Saturday at about 8:35 p.m. The men grabbed her purse, according to police, but when the woman did not let go, they reached into her pocket …
Monday, April 2, 2012
The funds would pay for a feasibility study and initial construction on a new Route 29 bridge.
Howard County Executive Ken Ulman proposed $600,000 for a bridge across Route 29 connecting downtown Columbia to Oakland Mills as part of his $175.3 million capital budget proposal for fiscal year 2013. The proposal came after residents lobbied for $200,000 to $300,000 for a feasibility study to build the bridge last month. Bridge Columbia, a residents’ activist group, set up a website last year to promote building a new bridge over Route 29 that would be more aesthetically pleasing and allow for bus travel over the bridge. The current bridge accommodates pedestrians and bikers, but has been a target of vandals and criticized for the chain-link fencing that encloses it. At the budget proposal hearing, Ulman said there was a need for a …
Moi
2:55 pm on Monday, April 1, 2013
18 months? That sentence is a crime. Absolute lack of justice for this woman and her family. Unreal. more ›