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VA Man With Criminal Charges In WV, MD Arrested For Murder In PA: Police VA Man With Criminal Charges In WV, MD Arrested For Murder In PA: Police
VA Man With Criminal Charges In WV, MD Arrested For Murder In PA: Police A Virginia man with a criminal record in both West Virginia and Maryland has been charged with murder in connection with a fatal shooting in May, police announced on June 12, 2024.  Kameron Lamont (or Lamond) Hymes, 27 of Culpeper, Virginia, has been charged with Criminal Homicide Murder, Felony Possession of a Firearm Prohibited, and Felony Carrying a Firearm Without a License, as well as four misdemeanor counts of Recklessly Endangering Another Person, the Harrisburg City Bureau of Police detailed in a release on Wednesday.  The charges stem from his alleged involvement in …

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by Jillian Pikora
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Widow Accused Of Killing Husband Dies Awaiting Trial, Carroll County Officials Say Widow Accused Of Killing Husband Dies Awaiting Trial, Carroll County Officials Say
Widow Accused Of Killing Husband Dies Awaiting Trial, Carroll County Officials Say A 77-year-old woman accused of beating her husband dead with a cane died while awaiting trial, authorities announced. Gail D’Anthony died on May 13, 2024, while in the custody of the Maryland Department of Health, the Carroll County State’s Attorney’s Office said in a news release on Friday, May 17. D’Anthony was being held in custody by MDH because it was determined she was not competent to be tried on charges that she'd beaten her husband, John D’ Anthony III, 72, to death with a cane in March 2023. A competency hearing was scheduled for July 9, 2024.  “Gail D’Anthony did …

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by Cecilia Levine
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'Make Love To Me Or Die:' Man Who Attempted To Rape Maryland Teen Gets Prison Time 'Make Love To Me Or Die:' Man Who Attempted To Rape Maryland Teen Gets Prison Time
'Make Love To Me Or Die:' Man Who Attempted To Rape Maryland Teen Gets Prison Time The man who broke into the apartment of a 14-year-old girl and attempted to sexually assault her after a gathering with her family will spend nearly a decade in prison after copping to the crime late last year in Montgomery County, the state's attorney's office announced. Jose Oliva-Marin, 26, of Montgomery Village, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison with all but nine years suspended following a harrowing incident where he broke into a residence before threatening and attempting to abuse the teen. On Halloween in 2021, prosecutors said that Oliva-Marin broke into the girl's bedro…

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by Zak Failla
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Sub Teacher Sentenced For Sexually Abusing, Soliciting Minors Online In Maryland: Prosecutors Sub Teacher Sentenced For Sexually Abusing, Soliciting Minors Online In Maryland: Prosecutors
Sub Teacher Sentenced For Sexually Abusing, Soliciting Minors Online In Maryland: Prosecutors A long-term Charles County Public Schools substitute teacher is heading to prison after targeting minors through social media, the state's attorney's office announced on Tuesday. Bryans Road resident Malcolm Xavier Fluellyn, 27, pleaded guilty in February to various charges following an investigation by the sheriff's office into inappropriate sexual contact and interactions between he and students at General Smallwood Middle School, the state's attorney's office announced. On April 16, Charles County State's Attorney Tony Covington said that Fluellyn has been sentenced to 46 years in p…

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by Zak Failla
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Mother Who Set 8-Year-Old On Fire In Maryland Apartment Over Spilled Cereal Sentenced Mother Who Set 8-Year-Old On Fire In Maryland Apartment Over Spilled Cereal Sentenced
Mother Who Set 8-Year-Old On Fire In Maryland Apartment Over Spilled Cereal Sentenced Members of a Maryland family have been sentenced for their roles in a harrowing incident that saw a Montgomery County woman setting her 8-year-old son on fire for making a mess in their kitchen, authorities announced. Kimberly Tyler, 31, of Germantown, was sentenced to 30 years in prison with all but 25 years to serve and five years of supervised probation after being convicted by a jury in December last year on multiple charges of child abuse involving her young child. According to court documents, in May 2020, Tyler punished her child by burning him, causing him to become engulfed in flam…

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by Zak Failla
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Repeat Offender Gets Prison Term Five Times Maryland Sentencing Guideline: State's Attorney Repeat Offender Gets Prison Term Five Times Maryland Sentencing Guideline: State's Attorney
Repeat Offender Gets Prison Term Five Times Maryland Sentencing Guideline: State's Attorney A Maryland man who ran afoul of the law one too many times was sentenced to a prison term five times longer than the traditional guidelines for illegal possession of weapons in Harford County in front of a child, the state's attorney's office announced this week. William Quinton Yourman, 34, was sentenced to 46 years in prison, with all but 40 suspended after being found guilty earlier this year by a jury on multiple charges for illegal possession of weapons. According to officials, prosecutors "argued that the facts surrounding the case, (Yourman's) violent tendencies, and the fact that th…

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by Zak Failla
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Maryland Man Accused Of Violating Protective Order, Killing Ex In Virginia, Police Say Maryland Man Accused Of Violating Protective Order, Killing Ex In Virginia, Police Say
Maryland Man Accused Of Violating Protective Order, Killing Ex In Virginia, Police Say The Maryland man who shot and killed his ex-girlfriend during a domestic incident near her workplace has been taken into county in Prince George's County, according to the Fairfax County Police Department.  Tylen Jennings, 30, has been charged with murder and other offenses for his alleged role in the fatal shooting of Anesha Isaacs in Annandale, who died at the hospital after being found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Officers were called at around 4:45 p.m. to the 3200 block of Woodburn Road near the Inova Fairfax Medical Campus when Isaacs called to report that Jennings was…

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by Zak Failla
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Adnan Syed Gives Special Guest Lecture To University Of Baltimore Law Students Adnan Syed Gives Special Guest Lecture To University Of Baltimore Law Students
Adnan Syed Gives Special Guest Lecture To University Of Baltimore Law Students A month after Adnan Syed made headlines for being released from prison after serving decades for a murder he maintained his innocence on, and a week after charges were officially dropped against him, the newly free man gave a special guest lecture at the University of Baltimore School of Law. Syed was a special guest lecturer to students on Tuesday, Oct. 18 as a part of the Innocence Project Clinic held by the school, announced his attorney, Erica Suter. "Adnan Syed gave our students a master class in grace, courage, generosity, and kindness", stated Suter. @ubaltlaw Innocence Project …

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by Annie DeVoe
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Rockville Teen Tried As Adult For Shooting Classmate Feared Would 'Jump' Him: Police Rockville Teen Tried As Adult For Shooting Classmate Feared Would 'Jump' Him: Police
Rockville Teen Tried As Adult For Shooting Classmate Feared Would 'Jump' Him: Police A 17-year-old boy who claims to have accidentally shot a classmate he feared was going to fight him will be charged as an adult, authorities say. Steven Alston said in reports he was fearful of his peer at Colonel Zadok Magruder High School, and accidentally pulled the trigger when the victim tried to disarm him around 1 p.m., Jan. 21, according to Montgomery County Police.  The victim sustained serious injuries to the groin from the gunshot. Alston fled the scene and was found in a classroom in the school, where he was arrested.  Alston stated in reports that he had feared …

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by Annie DeVoe
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Omicron Surge Halts Maryland Jury Trials Omicron Surge Halts Maryland Jury Trials
Omicron Surge Halts Maryland Jury Trials New jury trials in Maryland are being postponed due to the unprecedented rise in COVID-19 fueled by omicron. The Maryland Judiciary announced that all jury trials scheduled between Dec. 29 and Feb. 8 will be rescheduled. Specific types of court cases will also only be heard remotely. Court of Appeals of Maryland Chief Judge Joseph M. Getty said in a statement:   “In an abundance of caution and through consultation with state leadership, I have made the necessary decision to revert back to Phase III operations. Although reduced in operations, our courts will continue to remai…

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by Joe Gomez