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Baltimore Police Officer Admits To Vehicular Manslaughter For Fatal Scooter Crash: Maryland AG Baltimore Police Officer Admits To Vehicular Manslaughter For Fatal Scooter Crash: Maryland AG
Baltimore Police Officer Admits To Vehicular Manslaughter For Fatal Scooter Crash: Maryland AG A Baltimore police officer has admitted to vehicular manslaughter in the June 2022 crash involving a scooter driver, authorities have announced. The Independent Investigations Division (IID) of the Maryland Attorney General’s Office released its investigative report on Friday, Feb. 16. Baltimore City Police Officer Alexis Acosta was driving on the 2400 block of E. Biddle Street in a police cruiser with lights and sirens activated while responding to an officer assistance call on June 21, 2022 around 12:40 p.m. The officer collided with a scooter as he entered the intersection of E. Bi…

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Drunk Man Who Caused Fatal Glen Burnie Pileup Had Child In Car Drunk Man Who Caused Fatal Glen Burnie Pileup Had Child In Car
Drunk Man Who Caused Fatal Glen Burnie Pileup Had Child In Car A suspected drunk driver is in the hospital after causing a crash that killed one and seriously injured several others at a Glen Burnie intersection. Anne Arundel County Police believe that Pedro Balmore Baires Beltran, 35, was intoxicated when he drove up to the intersection of Ritchie Highway and Marley Station Road around 1 p.m., Sunday, April 2. Witnesses say that Baires Beltran failed to stop at the red traffic signal, striking a Chevrolet Equinox, causing both vehicles to then strike a BMW that was turning into the Marley Station Mall. Baires Beltran was rushed to Bayview Hospital wi…

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by Annie DeVoe
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Former MPD Officer Gets Jail Time For Fatal Crash That Killed Anne Arundel Couple Former MPD Officer Gets Jail Time For Fatal Crash That Killed Anne Arundel Couple
Former MPD Officer Gets Jail Time For Fatal Crash That Killed Anne Arundel Couple A former Metropolitan Police Department officer has been sentenced to more than a year in jail after pleading guilty to two counts of vehicular manslaughter in connection to a 2021 crash that killed a couple in Anne Arundel County, the state’s attorney’s office announced. Austin Kirk Smith, 27, of College Park, was sentenced on Friday to 18 months in jail for his role in an early-morning crash that took the lives of Chesapeake Beach resident Leah Mae Foster and her 21-year-old boyfriend, Nicholas Raymond Harris in May 2021. At approximately 12:50 a.m. on May 27, 2021, officers were called …

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by Zak Failla
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Man, Woman Indicted For Separate Fatal Maryland Crashes Man, Woman Indicted For Separate Fatal Maryland Crashes
Man, Woman Indicted For Separate Fatal Maryland Crashes Two drivers involved in separate fatal crashes in Montgomery County have been indicted, authorities say. Robert Worrell, 75, was indicted on felony hit and run charges Thursday, July 28, after allegedly hitting Robert Lawrence, 64, the morning of Friday, Aug. 11, 2020, in the 4100 block of Bel Pre Road in Silver Spring.  Lawrence died in a nearby hospital three days after the collision.  Investigators say that Worrell failed to stop and remain at the scene of the collision or attempt to render reasonable aid or report the collision to police. In a separate fatal crash, Jeniffer …

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by Annie DeVoe
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Drugged Driver Sentenced For Vehicular Manslaughter In Fatal Maryland Crash Drugged Driver Sentenced For Vehicular Manslaughter In Fatal Maryland Crash
Drugged Driver Sentenced For Vehicular Manslaughter In Fatal Maryland Crash A Maryland man will spend years behind bars after driving with a host of drugs in his system, crashing, and killing his passenger in Harford County, the State’s Attorney’s Office announced. Essex resident Joshua Zimmerman, 32, was sentenced to seven years in prison, followed by five years of supervised probation after pleading guilty to vehicular manslaughter and other charges in June. On Dec. 27, 2020, at approximately 7:40 a.m, a Maryland Department of Natural Resources Officer was heading to work when he observed a Ford pickup truck that was laying on its side near 3440 Conowingo Road in…

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by Zak Failla