Two men are charged in 2005 shooting death
Two men have been charged in the September 2005 shooting death of a man on an eastern Baltimore County street corner, police said yesterday.
Aaron Joseph Hall, 22, of the 9800 block of Sapello Road in Middle River, was arrested at his home this week and charged with first-degree murder, county police said.
Last month, Jerrell Jones, 20, was charged with murder in the 2005 shooting, police said today. Jones was in jail on an unrelated charge when he was charged.
Both are charged in the shooting death of Charles Clark III, 20. Clark was killed Sept. 4, 2005, near Chilworth and Endsleigh avenues in Middle River, police said.
Police called to the intersection for a report of shots fired found Clark with a single gunshot wound. The man was flown Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he died, police said.
Witnesses said Clark had been standing in a group at the intersection when two men got out of a car and ran toward the group, both firing a handgun, according to police. Police said the shooting apparently resulted from a dispute earlier that week.
Jones had been charged with murder in the shooting in September 2005, but those charges were dropped. Police said witnesses have provided information linking Jones and Hall to the shooting.
Hall, who was arrested Tuesday, was being held without bail at the county detention center to await trial, police said.
Countywide
Libraries have new Harry Potter book
Baltimore County Muggles are in luck.
The library system ordered 1,015 copies of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and final instalment in J.K. Rowling's successful series.
The books are to be available at all 17 of the county public libraries when they open at 9 a.m. tomorrow. So far, 815 copies of the 740 books and 275 audio versions have been placed on reserve, and library officials hope that even with last-minute requests, there will be enough to have some available to customers tomorrow.
"With 700 copies, we think there will be some left on the shelf," said Jody Sharp, the library's technical services director.
When deciding how many Harry Potter books to order, library officials considered the number of holds they had at the release of the previous books in the series, how many copies the publisher is printing and the popularity of the book.
The library ordered 844 copies for the release of the sixth book.
Only 12 library employees have had access to copies of the latest book since they arrived at the administrative office in Towson on Tuesday afternoon. The books were immediately counted and locked in a room with no windows and heavy locks on the two doors, Sharp said.
Bob Hughes, library spokesman, said that a contract with Scholastic Inc., the publisher of the book, carefully outlined how the book was to be handled.
"Basically no one can be in the room where the books are being processed except the people who have been approved," he said.
While the library regularly enters into contracts concerning the release of books, specific instructions such as how the books are stored and delivered, and providing the names of the people who are allowed to handle the book until tomorrow morning are unusual, Sharp said.
"To actually have to deny people access to an area, ... that's a security measure we've never had to take before," she said.
On Friday, the authorized library employees will set aside the holds and box the books so that the correct number will reach each branch. At 5:45 a.m. tomorrow, the boxes will be collected from the main office and delivered before the libraries open.
Jenny Hopkinson
Lutherville
Help sought in identifying man
Baltimore County police yesterday asked for the public's help in identifying an elderly man who was found wandering in the Lutherville area this week.
The man, who was disoriented, was found Monday morning in the parking lot of an office building in the 1200 block of York Road, just north of the Beltway, police said. The man could not tell officers his name or where he lived.
Police said they have contacted nursing homes and other care facilities in the area but found no one who knew the man.
The man, believed to be 60 to 70 years old, was wearing a gold bracelet engraved with the name "Lionel," but otherwise had no identification, police said. His clothing, including his shoes, was mismatched, and he was wearing several sweaters, though the weather was warm. He was taken to a hospital.
Anyone with information was asked to call the Cockeysville police precinct at 410-887-1820.
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