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IDs Released For Victims Of Deadly Shooting At Laurel Recording Studio Police have released the identities of the two victims killed in a shooting that left a third person wounded at a recording studio in Laurel Tuesday morning. Louis B. Rackett, 23, and Quincy P. Green, Jr., 21, both of Washington, DC, were found with gunshot wounds as officers responded to the 600 block of Lafayette Avenue just before 1:35 a.m. on March 12. One was pronounced dead at the scene and the other at a nearby hospital. A third victim self-transported to a local hospital for treatment, police said. Their condition wasn’t immediately clear. NBC and other reports stated that the shoo…

by Valerie Musson

03/13/2024

Lifestyle

Texas Woman Returns Home To Baltimore, Wins $50K Playing Lottery Scratcher A woman who moved back to her Baltimore hometown from Texas was rewarded with a $50,000 lottery scratch-off win. The woman, a healthcare worker anonymously dubbed ’Texas Woman,’ purchased a 50X The Cash scratch-off at Govans Marathon at 5101 York Road in Baltimore. She'd recently moved back from Texas, where her best lottery win was just $500. The woman stopped by the store to cash in a winning crossword scratcher and ended up purchasing the second-tier prizewinning ticket for $10 alongside a Loteria for $3, she tells officials. After taking the tickets home and scratching $50,00…

by Valerie Musson

03/13/2024

Police & Fire

Arrest Made In Deadly Shooting Of 55-Year-Old Man In Baltimore’s Northeast District Police have made an arrest in connection with a deadly shooting in Baltimore’s Northeast District earlier this month. Derek Steele, 23, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the death of Johnny Small, 55, Baltimore Police said on Wednesday, March 13. Detectives believe Steele shot and killed Small during an argument on the 5300 block of Frankford Avenue on Friday, March 1. Steele, of Baltimore, was arrested near the 1700 block of West Baltimore Street on Monday and is being held without bail. Foxtrot, Northeast and Southwest District Action Team officers also assisted.

by Valerie Musson

03/13/2024

Schools

Student Arrested For Bringing Loaded Handgun To Gaithersburg High School: Police A Maryland student was arrested for bringing a loaded handgun to his high school on Tuesday, March 12, police said. Josue Rivas, 18, of Gaithersburg, was charged with underage possession of a firearm, possession of a loaded handgun, and possession of a dangerous weapon on school property after bringing the weapon to Gaithersburg High School, according to Community Engagement Officers from the Gaithersburg Police Department. The officers responded to the school on the 100 block of Education Boulevard around 10:45 a.m. and met with members of the Montgomery County Public Schools security team…

by Valerie Musson

03/13/2024

Police & Fire

5 Arrested For Baltimore County Home Break-Ins Part Of ‘South American Theft Group,’ Police Say Five members of an organized crime ring were arrested in Baltimore County in connection with a string of local home break-ins and several more across the country, authorities said. The following suspects were charged with first-degree burglary and other burglary-related offenses, Baltimore County Police said Tuesday, March 12: Gabriel Matamala-Ponce, 20 Crisosto-Araya, 21 Jorge Gatica-Vergara, 22 Luis Oyanedel-Valenzuela, 23 Gabriel Miranda-Gonzalez, 27 Their arrests came during a burglary investigation at a home on the 2300 block of Tufton Springs Ln. around 6:45 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 3.…

by Valerie Musson

03/13/2024

Police & Fire

Woman Struck By Man On Jogging Trail In Centennial Park: Police Police are investigating after they say a 24-year-old woman was struck by a man on a jogging trail in Centennial Park Monday morning, March 11. The woman was grabbed from behind and struck by an unknown man on the trail around 6:30 a.m., Howard County Police said. She escaped to her vehicle with a minor injury and did not require further medical care. The suspect is described as White or Hispanic, between 5-foot-7 and 5-foot-9 inches tall, having dark eyes, and wearing a black cloth medical mask and a black plain baseball hat. Police have increased area patrols and warn residents to stay …

by Valerie Musson

03/12/2024

Obituaries

Man Killed In Prince George's Stairwell Was 'In The Wrong Place At The Wrong Time,' Family Says The mourning family members of the man fatally shot in a Maryland stairwell last week describe him as a “bright soul” who was simply “in the wrong place at the wrong time.” Davon Brooks, 29, of Camp Springs, was found in a stairwell with multiple gunshot wounds and pronounced dead as officers responded to a building on the 3700 block of Donnell Drive in Forestville at about 8:45 p.m. Wednesday, March 6. “Davon was a bright soul and an unproblematic person; he loved his family and friends,” reads a GoFundMe launched for his funeral expenses. “A life taken too soon as a result of being in t…

by Valerie Musson

03/12/2024

News

Woman Killed, Man Injured In Montgomery County 2-Car Crash: Police A 77-year-old woman from Montgomery County was killed and a man taken to the hospital following a two-car crash Monday afternoon, March 11, police said. It happened at the intersection of Layhill Road and Bel Pre Road shortly before 2:35 p.m. Maria Perdomo, of Silver Spring, was making a left turn from northbound Layhill Road onto westbound Bel Pre Road in a red 2013 Subaru Outback when she collided with a black 2019 Tesla Model Y that was heading southbound on Layhill Road. Perdomo was pronounced dead at the scene, while the man driving the Tesla was taken to a nearby hospital for tr…

by Valerie Musson

03/12/2024

Police & Fire

Man Sexually Abused 4 Children At Maryland Church, Additional Victims Sought: Police A man has been arrested and charged for sexually abusing four children at a Maryland church, according to police, who are continuing to seek out other possible victims. Ervin Jeovany Alfaro Lopez, 33, of Germantown, was charged with several counts of sexual abuse of a minor, Montgomery County Police announced Tuesday, March 12. Lopez became the subject of an investigation in May 2023 after a victim reported being sexually abused by a teacher at a church on the 15700 block of Crabbs Branch Way in Derwood. A follow-up investigation led to the discovery of three additional victims coming forw…

by Valerie Musson

03/12/2024

News

Fallen Hiker Airlifted From Chesapeake And Ohio Canal National Historical Park A fallen hiker was airlifted from a trail at Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park on Tuesday morning, March 12. The Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service responded to reports of the injured hiker near the Burma Road Trail between Burma Road and MacArthur Boulevard at Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park in Great Falls around 11:15 a.m., MCFRS Spokesperson Pete Piringer said. Billy Goat Trail IAO Burma Rd Trail (on trail between Burma Rd & MacArthur Blvd) @COcanalNPS Great Falls, MD - injured person/hiker from a fall, @mcfrs SW730B, SW730, A726, PE726…

by Valerie Musson

03/12/2024

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