Editing Pikesville, Maryland (section)

==Pikesville in national/international news==
[[Vernon Lee Evans]] was a key figure in the battle against [[lethal injection]] in Maryland and other states. Prior to Maryland's outlawing of capital punishment in 2013, he and [[Anthony Grandison]] were on [[death row]] for the murders of two clerks at the Warren House Motel (currently a [[Howard Johnson's|Howard Johnson]]) in Pikesville in 1983. Governor [[Martin O'Malley]] commuted both men's sentences in 2014, along with those of the other two men who were, at the time, on Maryland's death row.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McMenamin |first=Jennifer |date=February 3, 2006 |url=http://www.ndpteachers.org/strausbaughl/vernon_evans.htm |title=Prisoner proves an unlikely teacher: As execution nears, students reflect on correspondence with a death row inmate |work=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |via=Notre Dame Prep Teacher Web Sites |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502044708/http://www.ndpteachers.org/strausbaughl/vernon_evans.htm |archive-date=May 2, 2009}}</ref>

[[Ziad Jarrah]], a suspected terrorist involved in the [[September 11, 2001 attacks|9/11 attacks]], was pulled over two days earlier for speeding in Pikesville.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://edition.cnn.com/2002/US/01/09/inv.hijacker.traffic.stops/ | work=CNN | title=Another hijacker was stopped for traffic violation | date=January 9, 2002 | access-date=May 22, 2010}}</ref>

On April 25, 2024, Dazhon Darien, the Athletic Director at [[Pikesville High School]], was arrested on terms of falsifying an audio recording of the Principal making [[Racism|racist]] and [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] remarks using [[artificial intelligence]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-26 |title=Teacher arrested, accused of using AI to falsely paint boss as racist and antisemitic |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/teacher-arrested-ai-generated-racist-rant-maryland-school-principal-rcna149345 |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref><!-- The reference incorrectly says Interstate 95.-->
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==Pikesville in entertainment==
According to ''[[Homicide: Life on the Street]]'', fictional detective [[John Munch]] grew up in Pikesville.

In a Season 5 episode of the TV series [[24 (TV series)|''24'']], it is revealed that [[Audrey Raines]] spent a night in a hotel room with White House aide [[Walt Cummings]] in Pikesville before the events of that season.

Larry Wachs, of ''The Regular Guys Show'' in Atlanta, is a 1979 graduate of Pikesville High School.

[[Bedtime for Jack]], a four piece Baltimore-based acoustic-eclectic band, has in its membership three graduates of Pikesville High School class of 1976.
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