Franklin Smith, 34, of Catonsville, received a nine-year sentence, while Davon Dorsey, 30, of Gwynn Oak, was sentenced to 15 years.

The defendants were charged with 12 counts in April 2022, including kidnapping, according to court documents. In July, Smith pleaded guilty to carjacking and using a gun in a violent crime. In March, Dorsey pleaded guilty to carjacking.

In May 2021, Smith, Dorsey and two others posed as police officers with lights on their car, vests and badges and pulled over an employee of Check Cash Depot in Northwest Baltimore on her way home from work, according to court documents. Smith set up a detour to direct the woman down a side street where two other defendants brandishing guns removed her from her car, handcuffed and blindfolded her while demanding access to the cash checking business, according to court documents. The defendants then left the woman in the trunk of her own car and covered it with a tarp. She was able to make her way out and call for help, according to a news release from the district attorney’s office.

Later in May 2021, the defendants again used police lights to pull over a man around midnight in Edgewood, according to court documents. The defendants told the victim he had a warrant and was under arrest before handcuffing, blindfolding and bounding him while demanding $10,000, according to court documents. The defendants eventually released the victim in Baltimore City after 5 a.m.

In August 2021 the defendants carjacked a woman outside an Ace Cash Express in Cockeysville by posing as police officers and blindfolding her in the back of a car, according to the indictment. The defendants demanded access to the check cashing business and safe codes, detaining the victim for nearly six hours before releasing her near Edmonson Village, according to court documents.

In all three cases, the defendants threatened the victims with guns and assaulted them with blow torches while demanding money and keys to the businesses, according to court documents. Court documents do not say that the defendants were ever successful in accessing or robbing one of the check cashing businesses.

The two other defendants in the case did not take plea deals, according to court documents. Dennis Hairston, 34, of Windsor Mill, and Donte Stanley, 33, of Rosedale, were convicted by a jury in June of kidnapping, gun and carjacking charges. They both have sentencing hearings scheduled for November.

Attorneys for David Linthicum, 25, asked for the delay so that the court could consider their renewed push to have his case dismissed. In a motion filed Saturday, the defense accused Baltimore County officials of conspiring to prevent him from receiving a fair trial.

Circuit Judge Robert Edward Cahill Jr. said the defense’s argument did not amount to a reasonable legal justification to postpone the case, which is scheduled to begin with jury selection Sept. 16.

“The outcome of this case will get significant community attention. … And the community deserves a trial,” Cahill said.

Authorities say Linthicum shot Baltimore County Police Officer Barry Jordan during a police response to his house Feb. 8, 2023, following a call from Linthicum’s father that his son was suicidal and armed. Linthicum escaped into the woods, triggering a multi-agency search that spanned two days.

Detective Jonathan Chih, also of the Baltimore County Police Department, eventually came across Linthicum on Warren Road. In their latest court filing, defense attorneys wrote that Chih mistook Linthicum for a hitchhiker before Linthicum asked him: “Are you here to kill me?”

Authorities said Chih and Linthicum then opened fire on each other, with the detective being struck and critically wounded.

Linthicum is charged with four counts of attempted first-degree murder, seven counts of assault and a host of firearms offenses, online court records show. Attempted first-degree murder carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.

His attorneys, Deborah Katz Levi, director of special litigation for the Office of the Public Defender, and James Dills, district public defender for Baltimore County, contend the police response to their client’s mental crisis was flawed. Their defense of Linthicum at trial will focus in part on officer mishaps that amounted to a “grossly reckless response,” they wrote in their latest motion.

The highly-publicized case has been mired in disputes over evidence sharing, with Levi and Dills repeatedly accusing prosecutors of failing to disclose police files they described as critical to Linthicum’s defense and of bias against their client.

Levi and Dills escalated those claims in their latest motion, alleging the office of Baltimore County State’s Attorney Scott Shellenberger conspired with county police to delay an investigation into Chih’s use of force during his encounter with Linthicum. Levi said in court that she believes that decision was intended to prevent Chih from giving a statement that could have been favorable to Linthicum’s defense.

She said the defense had retained two experts and was in the process of retaining a third. If Levi had the chance to call them to the witness stand, the experts would have testified about prosecutorial misconduct, “prosecutors’ ethical obligations more generally and conflicts that arise from their close relationship with the police,” and internal police investigations in Baltimore County, according to the defense motion.

“This needs to get to a judge before trial. … It is everything to Mr. Linthicum’s case,” Levi told Cahill.

Assistant State’s Attorney Zarena Sita described the defense’s latest legal filing as unfounded in court Monday, saying many of the points raised by Linthicum’s attorneys already had been decided by a judge who ruled in the prosecution’s favor.

In addition to a defendant’s right to a speedy trial, prosecutors also have an interest in resolving cases in a timely manner, Sita added.

“There are victims in this case, victims who have a desire to have this case resolved,” Sita told Cahill.

In addition to the money from coach Mike Locksley’s desk, the suspect is also accused of stealing $1,000 more in cash and a pair of Oakley sunglasses from the office of the football program’s chief of staff, Brian Griffin, according to an indictment handed down in late August.

The suspect, a 48-year-old from Reisterstown, had also been accused four years ago of stealing from offices at different schools’ athletic departments over the course of several months. In multiple theft cases, including the one in College Park, investigators noted that he dressed up to blend in on campus, sometimes carrying props to solidify the act.

It was not clear in court records if the suspect had been served with the Aug. 20 indictment, and a spokesperson for the Prince George’s County State’s Attorney’s Office was not able to immediately answer when asked about his status on Monday afternoon. A call to a phone number associated with the suspect was not returned.

The indictment, which charges the 48-year-old with four burglary and theft offenses, replaces a shorter set of charges issued in early July in connection with the June 16 thefts, though authorities never served him with an arrest warrant issued for those offenses, according to court records.

Surveillance footage from June showed the suspect following a couple into the Jones-Hill House, the football program’s training complex and administrative headquarters, at around noon, a campus police detective wrote in charging documents.

An employee opened the front door for the couple, and the suspect followed from behind while pretending to be on his phone, according to the charging documents. He was clad in a button-down shirt and dress pants, and also wore a camera with an extended lens around his neck “as if he was there to take photographs,” the officer wrote.

The suspect lingered around a staircase while the couple and the employee proceeded into the building. Then, he stopped using his phone “as soon as they left his view,” darting up the stairs to the football program’s administrative offices, which were unoccupied, the investigator wrote.

He “quickly went into multiple offices,” eventually entering Locksley’s through an open door and then proceeding to Griffin’s, where he exited with a gray pair of sunglasses, according to charging papers. The suspect left the building and waited for an Uber, which police said took him to a nearby parking lot, where he got into a BMW.

Baltimore Police stopped the BMW the next week, leading to campus investigators identifying the suspect and getting the warrant for his arrest.

Police noted that the same suspect was seen on surveillance footage “sneaking” into the university’s Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center earlier in June, though he was “spooked by an employee” who passed him in the office area.

The campus police investigators’ description of how the suspect carried out the June burglary appears strikingly similar to what Baltimore County Police wrote in a 2020 application for theft charges against the same man. The Reisterstown resident was charged that year in connection with a series of thefts from athletic offices at Stevenson University and the nearby Jemicy School.

County police investigators wrote that a set of keys belonging to the private institution’s head baseball coach were stolen from an unlocked office during a 2019 open house event. They pointed to footage of a “well-dressed male, carrying a folder” seen wandering the halls of the school’s sports complex “as if he belonged there” before entering the coach’s office and leaving with a set of keys.

A month later, the same person was seen taking $200 of student government money from the desk of a Jemicy School coach, charging papers say. In February 2020, he was again seen entering a different Stevenson coach’s office — $120 was taken from her purse that night.

He was identified as the suspect in that string of thefts after a Stevenson employee confronted him in a player locker room. The charges against him — four misdemeanor theft counts — were ultimately shelved, or placed on the inactive docket, in a 2022 agreement with county prosecutors, according to court records.

Officers responded to Pulaski Highway and Middle River Road at about 11:30 p.m. about a pedestrian crash, police said. Crash Team detectives determined a gray Honda CRV struck the pedestrian, and the individual was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. Police said Monday morning that the victim is in serious but stable condition.

The Honda CRV did not remain at the scene, police said. The vehicle will have damage to the front bumper, a missing passenger-side mirror and possibly a broken passenger-side window.

Police said the crash remains under investigation. Anyone with information can reach Baltimore County Crash Team detectives at 410-887-5396 or 410-887-INFO.

The Baltimore County Council approved a $1.2 billion contract in April for Republic Services to haul commercial garbage from the county’s three trash facilities and dispose of it in landfills in Little Plymouth and Richmond, Virginia. The contract began July 1 and can run for up to 20 years, according to fiscal notes. The company also transports and disposes of trash from Harford County, with whom Baltimore County has had a long-standing disposal agreement. 

Council Chair Izzy Patoka bristled at the price tag, calling it the “biggest contract we’ve seen,” but voted with five council members to approve it April 1. Republic Services’ competitor, Waste Management (WM), which previously handled county trash with Republic and incinerator-operator Wheelabrator Technologies, is now challenging that contract, according to documents obtained by The Baltimore Sun via a Maryland Public Information Act request.

WM argues that the county gave the two firms, who were the only bidders, “disparate treatment” and that Baltimore County acted “capriciously and arbitrarily” by refusing to negotiate with WM and instead awarding a contract to  Republic, according to redacted bid protest documents and letters dating back to last fall. 

Patoka said he was unaware of WM’s contract challenge until The Sun informed him. He said bid protests were “not unheard of” and that the Maryland Board of Public Works often fielded contract disputes when he was a Baltimore City and state employee. Baltimore County Department of Public Works spokesperson Ron Snyder said it was the first solid waste bid protest the agency had received. 

According to the documents, Baltimore County was poised last January to award  part of the contract to WM, which previously processed county trash alongside Republic and Wheelabrator, the city incinerator that also handles some of Baltimore County’s trash. WM’s contract with Baltimore County ended June 30. Wheelabrator’s current contract, which guarantees the county give the company 215,000 tons annually for processing, ends in 2026. 

A WM executive said the county did not respond to its follow-up communications and notified it only in late March that it was essentially granting Republic an exclusive contract to process and transport Baltimore County’s commercial trash. WM filed a bid protest four days after the council approved the contract. 

Until WM’s contract ended in June, it handled commercial trash at two county facilities, in White Marsh and Cockeysville.

The Republic contract is expected to generate $142.4 million in revenue for Baltimore County over 20 years via a $125 per ton disposal fee levied on commercial customers, according to fiscal notes.

Watchdogs have previously scrutinized Baltimore County’s trash practices. In June, Inspector General Kelly Madigan cited a waste hauler for defrauding the county of nearly $230,000. 

WM spokesperson Lisa Kardell said the company was “disappointed” with Baltimore County’s decision to sever its “long-standing relationship” which dates back to 2010. 

“We believe negotiations were ended prematurely, and we did not receive the same negotiating options as the other bidder,” she said in an email. 

A person who answered Republic’s media email declined to comment.

In an email, Snyder said the agency used its “established process” for soliciting competitive bids.

Bid negotiations

WM and Republic are the largest waste firms in North America, generating a combined $134 billion in revenue in 2023, according to federal business filings. They collectively operate 578 transfer stations in the U.S. and Canada. Both companies regularly donate to county politicians, including Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. 

Baltimore County appeared to unilaterally award the contract to Republic while increasing the fees Harford County must pay to transport its waste. Under the July 1 contract, Harford County pays $125 per ton to dispose of its garbage in Baltimore County facilities, an increase from July 2023 when the Harford County Council voted to raise the fees it pays Baltimore County to $117 from $72, citing higher transportation and disposal costs Baltimore County was incurring to transport Harford County’s trash.

Under the terms of its intergovernmental agreement, Baltimore County is supposed to notify Harford County and give it a chance to “provide input” when negotiating with potential trash haulers.

Harford County spokesperson Matthew Button said the county did not take an “active” role in Baltimore County’s negotiations with Republic but did not respond to follow-up questions. Harford County Attorney Jefferson Blomquist did not respond to a request for comment.

WM and Republic submitted proposals when Baltimore County opened the bidding process last fall. On Dec. 4, WM submitted its “best and final offer” and said it was willing to negotiate on certain issues. Those items were redacted in the documents, and Kardell did not respond to a question about what the company took issue with.

Baltimore County appeared poised to award part of the contract to WM, according to a Jan. 10 letter WM Maryland finance director Michael Magee sent Baltimore County senior buyer Scott Mitcherling.

“Thank you for the letter communicating Baltimore County’s intent to award [WM] the services at Eastern Sanitary Landfill,” Magee wrote. “However, WM is not able to accept the terms and conditions as currently proposed. WM requests the opportunity to directly discuss options to draft and finalize agreeable terms in the award.”

WM said Baltimore County did not respond until March 27, telling the company it was awarding Republic the entire contract. WM’s attorneys wrote to Mitcherling on April 5, calling the county’s decision “irrational.” They said the Virginia landfills Republic contracted with to offload trash did not have enough capacity to accommodate the full 20-year contract. WM also claimed Republic did not have a contract with a minority- or woman-owned business to comply with a subcontractor clause. 

“WM was obligated … to receive the same treatment by the county into negotiating acceptable terms and conditions that was afforded to Republic but was not,” wrote Edwin Childs and Jason Vespoli of law firm McGuireWoods. 

On April 17, Mitcherling said the county was “not willing” to negotiate with WM, and that the landfills Republic contracted with had enough life span, citing the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. Republic also met the subcontracting requirement, Mitcherling said. 

“The county appreciates the time and effort WM put forth in preparing their proposal, but for the reasons stated above, the county’s decision to award the entire [request for proposal] to [Republic] stands,” Mitcherling wrote. 

Vespoli and Childs appealed April 29, which Baltimore County procurement and logistics services chief Rosetta Butler denied June 3. 

“In conclusion, after a comprehensive review of your protest and the evaluation process, I have determined that the award of the Transport & Disposal Services contract to Republic was conducted fairly and in accordance with all applicable regulations and guidelines,” Butler wrote. 

It’s unclear whether WM will take further action; Kardell did not respond to a question about whether the company was considering legal action.

Scrutinizing trash haulers

In June, Madigan said a commercial hauler defrauded the county of $225,000 by reporting all of its garbage as residential waste in order to evade a $100 tipping fee on every ton of commercial trash it dropped off at the White Marsh landfill. 

The Sun identified the hauler as Ruppert Sanitation. Baltimore County spokesperson Erica Palmisano said Public Works severed the Ruppert contract Aug. 9 and gave one of its routes to Eagle Transfer Services. Jack Haden, Eagle Transfer’s owner, was the subject of an inspector general complaint in June 2022. Former Solid Waste bureau chief Michael Beichler said then-Public Works director D’Andrea Walker advanced Haden’s application for a private transfer station days after Haden threw a fundraiser for Olszewski. 

Beichler said he opposed Haden’s plan because the private transfer station would have cost the county millions of dollars in annual revenue. Now retired, Beichler publicly identified himself earlier this year when he opposed Walker’s appointment as county administrative officer.

Walker and Olszewski, who is running for Congress, denied wrongdoing. The council shelved Haden’s application shortly after Beichler’s complaint came to light.

“The next step for WM would be through the court process,” Palmisano said.

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A week after Maryland Gov. Wes Moore admitted that he inaccurately claimed to be the recipient of a prestigious military award years ago, veterans in the state he runs remain divided on the gravity of the situation.

For some who have served in the Armed Forces, the fact that the state’s 63rd governor incorrectly stated on an internship application 18 years ago that he was awarded a Bronze Star for his service with the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division represents a nearly unpardonable breach of military ethics. Others say that while the misrepresentation was not ideal, it’s just as important to measure it against the backdrop of the charismatic politician’s otherwise exemplary service record.

Both military tradition and federal law make it clear that claiming military honors one did not earn is a serious violation of protocol. The federal Stolen Valor Act, which was signed into law by President Barack Obama in 2013, even makes it a crime to do so for some military awards (though not specifically for the Bronze Star).

“Veterans generally hold a very dim view of individuals who falsely claim medals or otherwise lie about military service because they lay claim to honors that should be reserved for individuals who actually risked their lives on behalf of the country.” said Mark Moyar, a professor of military history at Hillsdale College in Michigan.

But in the view of many in Moore’s adopted home state, not all mistakes in documenting one’s military service are created equal.

“I agree that it was not appropriate for Governor Moore to claim an award that he had not received based on an indication from a superior officer that he was going to receive it,” said Frank Armiger, a military historian and the national executive director of the 29th Division Association, an advocacy group for one of Maryland’s most storied fighting forces. “From the other perspective, however, the fact that he served in the Army – that he served in an elite paratrooper unit and performed extremely well there — that’s what I look at more than this faux pas around the Bronze Star. I see all that as important context.”

Moore has long made his military service a centerpiece of his personal biography. He has described — in “The Other Wes Moore” (2010) and “The Work” (2015), both bestselling memoirs — how attending military school as a youth and experiencing life in the Army helped endow him with a sense of purpose and spawned in him the understanding of leadership that has driven him to the pinnacle of state politics.

According to his writings and various biographical sketches, he led paratroopers in special operations as a captain in the elite 82nd Airborne Division of the U.S. Army in Afghanistan in 2005 and 2006. And Moore famously stressed his military background as a gubernatorial candidate, echoing a legendary military motto in coining his gubernatorial slogan — “Leave No One Behind.”

But questions about how Moore, Maryland’s first Black governor, has represented that service have dogged him, including during his campaign for the State House. On Aug. 29, the New York Times confirmed a long-swirling rumor that he had claimed on an application for a prestigious White House internship in 2006 that he’d earned a Bronze Star — but no military record showed he’d ever received one.

The Times story also mentioned two instances in which Moore failed to correct television interviewers who mentioned the Bronze Star assertion, once in 2008 and once in 2010.

Moore has since expressed contrition, calling the misrepresentation an “honest mistake.” He is quoted recalling that a superior officer had encouraged him to make the Bronze Star claim because the officer expected Moore to receive one. Moore also apologized for failing to correct interviewers who repeated the Bronze Star claim.

He also came under fire on the campaign trail in 2022 for failing, on earlier occasions, to contradict interviewers who called him a Baltimore native and a member of the Maryland Football Hall of Fame, which doesn’t exist.

Politicians on both sides of the aisle last week expressed support for the Democratic governor, considered a rising star on the national scene. And some Marylanders who have knowledge of the military say the bureaucracy around awards can be notoriously byzantine and confusing.

“Having spent 24 years in the Army, I became well acquainted with the idiosyncrasies of the military administration and awards system, which certainly could be baffling at times,” Kurt A. Surber, a District Commander with the Veterans of Foreign Wars who is based in Anne Arundel County, said in an email to The Baltimore Sun.

“I believe that Gov. Moore did what most soldiers probably would have done in his situation: he included information in his application packet, based on the assurances of his superior officers, whom he trusted. Assurances to the contrary, in the end, it appears the award didn’t make it through the process, but that only became evident after the fact.”

Armiger, meanwhile, said he had encountered far more egregious cases of misrepresentation during his tenure with the 29th Division Association, a nonprofit with a worldwide reach. And he recounted how group officials had allowed one such man to remain after he sent them a letter of contrition.

“You could tell from the letter that it was very heartfelt,” the Towson resident said, adding that Moore acknowledged and apologized for these issues“] almost as soon as the Times article came out. “I think he took the right action. That’s a refreshing thing in this day and age.”

The Maryland branch of another veterans group, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, took a similar position.

“Governor Moore’s willingness to explain the situation, taking accountability and apologizing for his mistake 18 years ago, is all we can ask for,” a spokesperson for the organization said in a statement. “The VFW Department of Maryland believes this matter should be considered closed.”

Several veterans and civilian employees of the military contacted by The Sun declined to comment, citing the sensitivity of the matter given Moore’s continuing role as commander in chief of the Maryland National Guard.

Others were less reserved — and much less forgiving.

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Glenn F. Williams is a retired Army major who for 18 years worked as a senior historian for the U.S. Army Center of Military History in Washington, which decides on the appropriate use of history and records throughout the Army. Williams said any soldier should know the basic rules for seeking and receiving military honors, and he sees no reason why a man as knowledgeable as Moore should be exempt.

“I understand he was recommended for it. But you don’t assume that you’re getting it,” Williams said. “I never got a Bronze Star, and it pisses me off that someone says he got one who didn’t. He knows the difference between being recommended and being awarded. This is not an honest mistake.”

To Williams, Moore’s admitted lapse calls into question the veracity of other elements in his resume.

“I never lied about any of the awards I got, and I can show you that I have orders on my record of service for each one I wear on my uniform,” he said.

Williams said he believes many soldiers and veterans in the state would echo his thoughts if they weren’t wary of repercussions.

Whether the uproar affects Moore politically remains to be seen. A Morning Consult poll taken in late July found him to be America’s third most popular governor, and a speech he gave at the Democratic National Convention last month enhanced his profile as a rising Democratic star.

Moyar said it might seem at first glance that the situation would damage Moore, especially among veterans. But he wonders whether American voters haven’t simply accepted that “politicians in general are known to stretch the truth.”

Armiger, too, said he believes voters might be more concerned about whether Moore aligns with them politically than how carefully he observed an element of military protocol.

“I’m being blunt here, but I believe it can depend on who you are, on your political perspective,” he said.

Though Williams sees Moore’s situation as a “clear case of stolen valor,” he, too, wonders whether it will hurt the governor’s electoral standing in a state that skews reliably to the left even as it boasts a storied military history.

“It’s Maryland,” he said.

“Her star burned very bright,” said her mother, Lynn Flanigan. “She was always a presence, you know? She’d come in, and people would just light up. Everybody would smile, and she was like a magnet.”

Maggie Flanigan, the daughter of Lynn Flanigan, a health care worker, and Daniel Flanigan, a restaurant worker, was born in Baltimore and raised in Towson.

Sailing became part of her life at an early age. Her parents, who are avid sailors, first took her on a boat when she was 5 weeks old. At 14 months, she earned her sea legs on a weeklong cruise with her family to Connecticut, but needed to relearn walking after returning to shore, her mother said.

Ms. Flanigan’s love of theater and singing bloomed in middle school at Loch Raven Technical Academy’s Performing Arts Magnet program, continuing through high school when she worked as a server and performer at a dinner theater in Timonium. Her passion for sailing continued in high school, as well, through volunteering with Special Olympics Sailing, which her parents helped found and coach internationally.

She graduated from Loch Raven High School in Towson in 2008 and attended Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where she studied nursing, psychology and choral music. While there, she helped found a sailing club and jazz performing group.

During summer breaks, she worked as a certified sailing instructor at Baltimore County Sailing Center. She once saved the life of a fellow instructor who fell out of a boat, hitting their head and becoming unconscious in the water.

Ms. Flanigan held several jobs in retail, life insurance and health care, working at Sheppard Pratt and Greater Baltimore Medical Center while also participating in community theater organizations as a performer and costumer, creating a plus-sized costume collection. After leaving the health care system during the coronavirus pandemic, she leaned deeper into her love of sewing, working at a dressmaking shop in Pikesville.

In 2021, she moved to Annapolis to work as a canvas fabricator at Quantum Sails, working on designs for sail covers and biminis, or sun protectors. She joined the Annapolis sailing community, crewing on J/105 racing boats and others in regattas while helping friends on the side with wedding tailoring.

Ms. Flanigan often went to karaoke in downtown Annapolis at Stan and Joe’s or Middleton Tavern, said Allison Gingerich, a friend.

“Anyone that she met was always touched by her in a different way in the sense that she was just very kind, very openhearted — the kind of person you could talk to about pretty much anything,” Gingerich said.

Last year, Ms. Flanigan, Ms. Gingerich and three others competed in the J/105 Women’s Regatta in Annapolis wearing hot pink Hawaiian print shirts and white skirts, winning an award for best-dressed crew — a trophy that did not exist until they arrived on the racecourse.

This year, regatta organizers created the Maggie Flanigan Perpetual Trophy, which was given to the best-dressed crew.

She is survived by her parents, Lynn and Daniel Flanigan, of Towson; two brothers, Ryan Flanigan, of Nottingham, and James Flanigan, of Timonium; her maternal grandmother, Jackie Flournoy, of Hunt Valley; her nephew and godson, Brooks Flanigan; and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.

A celebration of life was held Aug. 30 in Pasadena, with family and friends wearing bright colors and glitter in her memory.

“Glyn was a great guy. Hardworking and reliable,” said E. Ray Lichty, a retired CSX executive, longtime colleague and friend. “Tough but fair.”

Glyndon Leslie Bailey, son of Leslie Bailey, an A&P grocery store manager, and Catherine Bailey, a homemaker, was born in Baltimore and raised in Catonsville.

He began his lengthy railroad career with the B&O Railroad in 1940 in the freight office at Camden Station after graduating from Mount St. Joseph High School in Irvington.

During World War II, he served in an Army ordnance unit from 1943 to 1945 and obtained the rank of sergeant.

Mr. Bailey, who was known as Glyn, was promoted to traveling auditor in 1951, and from 1954 to 1956, he was assigned to Columbus, Ohio, before returning to Baltimore and settling in Catonsville.

He was a traveling auditor responsible for covering the B&O’s eastern territory, and in 1962, he was named chief traveling auditor.

After all freight accounting offices were consolidated into zone accounting offices, Mr. Bailey was put in charge as auditor of all the bureaus.

“As a traveling auditor back in the 1940s and 1950s, he would ride steam-powered trains all over his territory to check the records and ensure all was well and the cash was properly handled,” Mr. Lichty explained in an email. “One day it might be a train to Oakland for a few days and then off to Aberdeen for another review.”

At the time, Mr. Bailey didn’t own a car and commuted to work at the B&O’s headquarters in downtown Baltimore by streetcar.

“When they did audits for a large station, such as the ticket office in the B&O Building, a team would arrive after the office closed for the day and work all night checking the paperwork and the handling of cash and tickets, finishing up in time to open the next morning,” Mr. Lichty wrote.

“When I came to the B&O in 1954, I met him on my first day. Glyn was my assistant director,” said Diane Homburg.

“He was a true gentleman who never spoke a harsh word,” she said. “He was a great boss and fair, and he never played favorites, but fair bosses can’t always be popular,” said Ms. Homburg, who retired in 2009 from CSX where she was a computer programmer. “We became great friends and I was so glad to have known him.”

In 1975, Mr. Bailey was promoted again to auditor-accounts receivable, and finally to director of customer accounting, a position he held until retiring in 1980.

After undergoing bypass surgery in 1990, Mr. Bailey joined The Mended Hearts Inc., a support group for those who had undergone heart surgery.

In retirement, he and his wife, Mary Jeanne Bailey, whom he married in 1943, moved to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and then returned to Maryland in 1999.

He later became assistant regional director of Mended Hearts and established chapters in hospitals in Baltimore; Wilmington, Delaware; Myrtle Beach and Orangeburg, South Carolina. He also volunteered at LifeBridge Health Sinai Hospital.

He was a member and past president of RABO, a CSX retirees organization.

He was an avid model railroader.

His wife of 72 years died in 2015.

Mr. Bailey was a communicant of the Roman Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception in Towson, where a Mass of Christian Burial was offered Aug. 28.

He is survived by a son, Thomas M. Bailey of Louisville; a daughter, Mary Jo Rodney of Towson; four grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.