Turnbull Brockmeyer Law Group

06/02/2026

ANOTHER LOSS FOR MAYOR SCOTT.

Same judge. Same case. Same concerns.

The City asked Judge Pamela White to seal records from public view.

Denied.

The City claimed attorney-client privilege, work product, confidentiality, and argued the records should be hidden.

Judge White wrote the City’s motion did not “clearly or convincingly” establish why the records should be sealed. She also wrote the motion relied on “conclusory assertions.”

The bigger story is what the judge focused on.

Judge White wrote the developing legal issues involve the independence of the Inspector General, the ability to enforce subpoenas, and access to records and investigations without obstruction or limitation by the City Law Department.

WITHOUT OBSTRUCTION OR LIMITATION BY THE CITY LAW DEPARTMENT.

That’s the court’s language.

The City keeps arguing for more control. The court keeps questioning whether the Inspector General can effectively do her job if the City Solicitor controls the records, the subpoenas, and the legal decisions.

And let’s be honest about what this motion was.

The administration wanted these records removed from public view.

They wanted communications tied to this fight hidden from public scrutiny.

Once records are sealed, fewer people read them. Fewer reporters write about them. Fewer taxpayers ask questions.

The watchdog is already fighting for access to records.

Now the administration wanted records in the court file hidden too.

Judge White also wrote that the City Solicitor’s asserted powers may materially limit the Inspector General’s ability to perform her Charter duties and may create conflicts of interest.

That’s the same concern she raised during the hearing.

The same concern that led her to find an irreconcilable conflict.

The same concern appearing again in this ruling.

At what point does City Hall start paying attention?

The court keeps raising concerns about the Inspector General’s independence.

The City keeps pushing the same arguments.

And the losses keep piling up.

06/02/2026

TOWSON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE’S ANSWER?

REMOVE THE TAG.

Seriously.

Every time we post about a fight, a carjacking, an armed robbery, a juvenile assault, or another issue affecting Towson, the tag somehow disappears.

Not a response.

Not a solution.

Not a discussion.

Just remove the tag and move on.

Apparently that’s the strategy.

If you don’t acknowledge it, maybe people won’t notice.

The problem is people do notice.
They notice the fights.
They notice the carjackings.
They notice the businesses leaving.
They notice the vacant storefronts.

They notice what is happening in their own community.

And instead of addressing those concerns, the Chamber keeps acting like we’re the problem for talking about them.

Nobody is making these incidents up.
These are real events affecting real people.
Real business owners.
Real employees.
Real customers.
Real families.

We tag the Chamber because these are issues affecting the very community they claim to represent.

Yet every time the conversation gets uncomfortable, out comes the delete button.

At some point you have to ask:

What exactly is the Chamber’s job?
To help solve problems?
Or to pretend they don’t exist?

Because those are two very different things.

The most frustrating part is that nobody expects perfection.

Nobody expects Towson to be crime-free.
Nobody expects every business to succeed.

What people do expect is honesty.
What people do expect is leadership.

What people do expect is for community leaders to engage with concerns instead of running from them.

Removing a Facebook tag doesn’t make a fight disappear.

Removing a Facebook tag doesn’t bring customers back.

Removing a Facebook tag doesn’t fill empty storefronts.

Removing a Facebook tag doesn’t make people feel safer.

It just tells everyone that you’d rather avoid the conversation.

We’ll keep posting.

We’ll keep asking questions.

And yes, we’ll keep taking screenshots before the tag disappears.

06/02/2026

You take your 5-year-old to a Hot Wheels event.

You leave CFG Bank Arena.
You get on the Light Rail to go home.

And according to a passenger on Train 5016, a group of young men boarded at the Convention Center stop and began assaulting another passenger on an already packed train.

Families.
Children.
Tourists.
Airport travelers.

The passenger says people were fighting on top of riders.

She says she suffered a swollen lip.

Her 5-year-old son was allegedly struck during the incident.

Most concerning, she says one of the individuals involved stated that if he had a gun, he would have murdered the other man.

No visible law enforcement.

No easy way for passengers to leave.

Just families trapped on a crowded train watching a violent assault unfold.

How many parents read this and decide they aren’t taking the Light Rail to the next event?

How many tourists have one experience like this and never come back?

Baltimore spends millions promoting downtown events, tourism, conventions, sports, and family attractions.

But if families don’t feel safe getting home afterward, what does that do to all of those efforts?

The passenger has requested video footage and contacted transit officials.

If you were on Train 5016 around 4:30 p.m., what did you see?

06/02/2026

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06/02/2026

MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS.
3:30 ON A MONDAY AFTERNOON.
School is still in session.

Towson Town Center.
Outside Macy’s.
Outside Fogo de Chão.

Mall security reports a large fight involving middle school-aged juveniles.

One kid pinned against a railing.
Multiple kids on top of him hitting him.

Groups running through Macy’s.
Groups running into Fogo de Chão.

Police respond.
Juveniles detained.

And after all of that?

Trespassed.

That’s it.

Think about that for a second.

Middle school kids skipping school.
Fighting at the mall in the middle of the afternoon.
Running through businesses.
Forcing police and security to respond.

And the outcome is essentially: don’t come back.

Then people wonder why this behavior keeps happening.

What is the deterrent?

What lesson is being learned?

What message does that send to the businesses, employees, shoppers, and families trying to use the mall?

Towson was once the place people aspired to move to.

Now we’re talking about middle school fights, attempted stabbings, armed carjackings, assaults, and groups of juveniles running through stores while school is still in session.

At what point do we admit this isn’t normal?

At what point do we stop pretending everything is fine?

06/01/2026

MUST DO after any accident: document everything.
Photos. Video. Witnesses. Injuries. Reports.
The evidence disappears faster than you think.

06/01/2026

06/01/2026

PART 2: DULANEY HIGH SCHOOL SAYS ACCOUNT WAS COMPROMISED

Dulaney High School has now sent a message to families regarding the threatening and racist messages that circulated over the weekend.

According to Principal Samuel Wynkoop:

• A staff member received threatening messages from what appeared to be a student account.
• Additional messages contained racist and deeply inappropriate language directed at the school community.
• Baltimore County Police and BCPS technology staff investigated.
• The investigation determined the student’s account had been compromised and accessed by an unauthorized individual.
• School officials say there is currently no indication the messages were sent by the student whose account was used.
• The account has been secured.

So at least according to the school’s investigation, this was not a student threatening to carry out violence at Dulaney.

Instead, officials believe someone gained unauthorized access to the student’s account and used it to send the messages.

That will probably come as a relief to many parents who spent the weekend wondering whether the threat was credible.

It also raises a completely different question:

If someone was able to gain access to a student’s account and send threatening messages that appeared authentic, how did that happen?

For now, BCPS says the account has been secured and there is no ongoing threat connected to the student whose account was used.