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Attempted murder charges in Md. TV station crash

Posted May 14, 2014 1:01 am

Associated Press

TOWSON, Md. - Baltimore County police are charging a man who they say slammed a stolen landscaping truck into a Baltimore-area television station with second-degree attempted murder.

Police said Wednesday that 28-year-old Vladimir Baptiste of Parkville was charged with three counts of second-degree attempted murder.

Online court records show Baptiste also is charged with three counts of first-degree assault, burglary and other offenses. He's being held at the Baltimore County Detention Center on $750,000 bail.

Police say Baptiste was taken into custody after spending nearly five hours barricaded inside the WMAR-TV station in Towson, watching journalists deliver live reports from just outside the building. Police say no one, including Baptiste, was injured.

Vladimir Baptiste, 28, is charged with three counts of second-degree attempted murder after he slammed a stolen landscaping truck into a Baltimore-area television station and barricaded himself inside for hours. Associated Press

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