Charges dropped in prep school death

Reckless-endangerment charges were dropped Tuesday against five counselors in the death of a 17-year-old at Bowling Brook Preparatory School.

The counselors held down Isaiah Simmons, of East Baltimore, for nearly three hours on Jan. 23, 2007, and did not call 911 until 41 minutes after Simmons stopped breathing, Carroll County prosecutors said. Simmons was sent to the Keymar school for troubled youths after being convicted of armed robbery.