🌱 BCPS Middle School Safety Meeting + BCPD Working With FBI On Threat

Good morning, Catonsville! Like many of you, the Patch staff will be taking some time off for the Thanksgiving holiday, so you won’t see a newsletter from me tomorrow. We’ll be back bright and early Saturday morning, but for now, here’s all the most important things happening in the community.

But first, today's weather:

Times of clouds and sun. High: 56 Low: 38.

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Here are the top three stories in Catonsville today:

1. On Dec. 1, Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS) will host a meeting titled, "Community Conversation on Safe and Supportive Environments" to discuss middle school safety. From 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology, BCPS leaders and a Maryland Safe Schools psychologist will discuss adolescent behavior. Community members who cannot attend in-person can attend virtually on the BCPS Youtube channel. (Owings Mills Patch)
2. Baltimore County police are working with the FBI to expand the investigation into the threats made to Towson High School students. The first social media threat on Nov. 17 claimed the person would pull out a small rifle from their backpack and kill students. Baltimore County police spokeswoman Joy Stewart said, "The person may be using technology that can mask their location," and told families to be "vigilant in the information that they are sharing and only to share the information that has been properly vetted." (WBAL-TV 11)
3. A Facebook user claimed in a post on the platform that human traffickers tried to disorient their daughter by placing tainted ice cream on parts of her car to get her to touch them in the parking lot of a restaurant in Baltimore County. The social media user claimed police said it was "a setup for possible sex trafficking." Baltimore County police said they have no record of the incident. Ayan Ahmed, a spokesperson for the organization that fights sex and labor trafficking, Polaris, said the tainted ice cream claim "fit with other baseless claims of seemingly innocuous, but drug-laced, objects." (USA Today)

Today in Catonsville:

• Catonsville's 18th Annual CHS XC Turkey Trot At Catonsville High School (8:10 AM)
• Cranksgiving In The Valley 2022 (Annual Ptap Turkey Ride) At CCBC Catonsville, Lot 6 Trail Head (8:45 AM)
• 7th Annual Turkey Bowl/Flag Football At The Children's Home (10:00 AM)

From my notebook:

• Hiroya Tsukamoto will perform live on Friday, Dec. 9 at 7:00 p.m. at The Clubhouse in Catonsville, located at 10 St. Timothys Lane. Click here for details and tickets. (Baltimore County Arts Guild via Instagram)
• The Catonsville Chamber of Commerce posted a local office space for rent. Susan Smith has an office space to share at 405 Frederick Road in Catonsville for $40 per day. Contact Susan Johns Smith at (410) 458-1835 or email at ssmith6623@gmail.com for inquiries. (Catonsville Chamber of Commerce via Facebook)
• On behalf of Catonsville Emergency Assistance, RMF Engineering of Baltimore filled a truck with emergency food for the community. They provided the community with emergency food, eviction prevention, and utility cut-off intervention. (RMF Engineering, Inc via Twitter)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Thursday! Have a happy Thanksgiving!

— Rose Mendez

About me: Rose Mendez is a freelance writer. She is studying English Literature at Hunter College. She loves reading, walking around the city, and coffee!