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'Stunning' Sentence Stupefies Prosecutors After Murder Conviction In Maryland
Prosecutors in Montgomery County are up in arms after a convicted murderer received what is being perceived as a light sentence. District resident Tyrone Curtis, 35, was sentenced by a judge on Friday to life in prison, with all but 15 years suspended after being convicted in January of the first-degree murder of 29-year-old Amontae Cunningham on a Metro Transit bus. “The State sought a life sentence in this case and finds an executed sentence of 15 years to be stunning," Montgomery County State's Attorney John McCarthy said. "It is inconsistent with the facts of the case and the verdict re…
Police & Fire
Suspect Charged With Murder Of Teen In Baltimore’s Central District: Police
A suspect has been arrested and charged days after the deadly shooting of a teen in Baltimore’s Central District, police said. Dejuan Cole, 19, was charged with first-degree murder, Baltimore Police said Tuesday, April 9. Cole, of Pikesville, is accused of shooting 17-year-old Devron Tyner near the 200 block of East Pratt Street on Monday, April 1. Tyner was found wounded at the scene shortly before 8:30 p.m. and taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead a short time later. Cole turned himself in Monday and was taken to the Central Booking Intake Facility.
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Travon Shaw Sentenced For Killing Keona Holley In Baltimore
One of the shooters convicted of murdering Baltimore Police Officer Keona Holley and Justin Johnson will spend the rest of his life behind bars without the opportunity to be released, State's Attorney Ivan Bates announced on Thursday. Travon Shaw was sentenced on March 28 to life in prison without the possibility of parole - plus 20 years - for the fatal ambush-style attack that left both victims dead in 2021. "Today's sentencing of Travon Shaw ensures that he will never be able to commit another ruthless act of violence in our city ever again," Bates said in a statement. "Officer Ke…
Police & Fire
Suspect Charged With Murder For Shooting Of 35-Year-Old Woman In Baltimore: Police
A man has been arrested for the murder of a 35-year-old woman in Baltimore, police said. Reginald Peay, 30, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, Baltimore Police said Monday, March 25. Peay, of Baltimore, is accused of fatally shooting Lenora Alston near the 1000 block of Fulton Avenue on Friday, March 15. Alston was found wounded from gunfire shortly after 2:15 a.m. and was rushed to the hospital, where she later died. Peay was already being held at the Central Booking Intake Facility on a handgun violation. He was officially charged on March 21 and is being held without ba…
Police & Fire
Man Wanted For Murder Of Prince George’s County Woman, 27: Police
Police have identified and obtained an arrest warrant for one of the two men believed to be connected to last weekend's deadly shooting of a Prince George’s County woman. Raheem Hawkins-Boseman, 22, of Silver Spring, was charged on an arrest warrant with first-degree murder, the PGPD said Friday, March 22. The charges come following the shooting of Jessica Somerville, 27, of Suitland, who was found suffering from a gunshot wound in a parking lot on the 5800 block of Silver Hill Road in District Heights around 2:15 a.m. Sunday, March 17. Surveillance footage released shortly after the incid…
Police & Fire
3 Charged In Murder Of 35-Year-Old Man Whose Body Was Found In Maryland Woods: Police
Three people have been arrested and charged in the murder of a Maryland man whose body was found in the woods last month. Montgomery County Department of Police – Major Crimes detectives arrested Quinnton Eric Brown, 36, DeAngelo McRoy, 26, and Alicia Carson-Brown, 24, all of Gaithersburg, charging them with first-degree murder. The arrests were made about six weeks after Delondre Levert Sawyer, 35, of Germantown, was found unresponsive in a wooded area near the 11200 block of Game Preserve Road in Gaithersburg and later pronounced dead. An autopsy conducted on Sawyer’s body located a guns…
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Shooter Faces Life In Prison For Murdering Sleeping 20-Year-Old In Maryland Home: Prosecutors
A 21-year-old man is facing a lifetime in prison for an Easter Sunday shooting last year in Montgomery County, authorities announced. Baltimore resident Kaleab Berhanu has been found guilty following a six-day trial for his role in the murder of 20-year-old Carlos Carter, who was gunned down while he slept . The Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office announced the conviction on Wednesday. According to court documents, in the early morning hours of April 9, 2023, Berhanu broke into Carter's family home in the 11000 block of Old Columbia Pike in Silver Spring and shot him multiple …
Police & Fire
Teen Accused Of Murder In Maryland Home Charged As Adult, Sheriff Says
A 16-year-old will be charged as an adult following a fatal midday shooting inside a Washington County home, authorities announced. Kamari Kenyon Meniefield, 16, is being held behind bars for his alleged role in the murder of 23-year-old Devin Anthony Meniefield earlier this week in Hagerstown. Shortly before 1:30 p.m. on Monday, March 18, deputies were called to the 17400 block of Maple Leaf Court, where they found Devin Meniefield suffering from multiple gunshot wounds inside an area residence. He died from his injuries. Investigators did not disclose the nature of …
Police & Fire
Suspect Arrested For Deadly Shooting Of 25-Year-Old Man In Baltimore's Eastern District: Police
A suspect was arrested for murder nearly a year after the shooting of a 25-year-old man in Baltimore’s Eastern District, police announced. Tyrell Williams, 42, was charged with first-degree murder, Baltimore Police said Wednesday, March 20. Williams, of East Baltimore, is accused of shooting Craig Hunter, 25, on the 2300 block of East Oliver Street on April 14, 2023. Hunter was found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, and responding paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene from his injuries. Williams was taken into custody Monday, March 18 at his home on the 1700 bl…
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Suspect Charged With Murder Following Southeast District Shooting: Baltimore Police
Baltimore Police arrested a suspect following a Southeast District shooting that took a 42-year-old man’s life earlier this week. Tyquann Flythe, 25, of Baltimore, was charged with first-degree murder and other offenses, police said Thursday, March 14. Flythe is accused of fatally shooting the victim on the the 3100 block of Pulaski Highway on Monday, March 11. The victim was left in critical condition and later pronounced dead. His identity was not released. Flythe was being held at the the Central Booking Intake Facility following his arrest on Tuesday.
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Teen Charged As Adult For Rape, Murder Of Woman Found By Daughter In Maryland: Sheriff
A 17-year-old will be charged as an adult for the alleged sexual assault and murder of a woman in Frederick County whose body was found by her daughter. Brunswick resident Juwan Terry Stewart has been arrested by local police following a weeks-long investigation into the January murder of Tammy Sue Coates, the Frederick County Sheriff's Office announced on Wednesday. On Jan. 22, officers from the Brunswick Police Department were called to a report of cardiac arrest in the 300 block of Ninth Avenue, where they were met by Coates' daughter, who advised that she found her mother dead inside th…
Police & Fire
Sixth Suspect Arrested In Connection With Toddler’s Murder Near Maryland Apartment: Police
Half a dozen suspects have now been arrested in connection with the shootout that claimed the life of a toddler and left his mother hospitalized last month. A 17-year-old Beltsville male was arrested and charged as an adult with first-degree murder and other offenses, Prince George’s County Police said Wednesday, March 13. The arrest marks the sixth in the murder of Jeremy Poou-Caceres, who was found with a gunshot wound and pronounced dead at a hospital following the exchange of gunfire near an apartment complex on the 1400 block of Kanawha Street in Langley on Thursday, Feb. 8. Israel F…
Police & Fire
Jury Finds Man Guilty Of Murder In Shooting Of Baltimore Police Officer Keona Holley
One of the suspects accused of killing Baltimore Police Officer Keona Holley in December 2021 has been found guilty of first-degree murder, bringing what officers are hoping is a “sense of closure and peace” to her loved ones. The devoted officer and mother of four was fatally shot on Dec. 16, 2021 during a line-of-duty ambush and taken off life support a week later. Elliott Knox, 34, who was charged alongside Trevon Shaw with her murder and the separate homicide of 38-year-old Justin Johnson that occurred just hours later, was convicted Wednesday. Deliberations took more than 14 hours. …
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Murder-Suicide Attempt: Man Stabs GF Dead In Maryland Business, Tries To Kill Himself, PD Says
A woman is dead after she was stabbed by her partner in an attempted murder-suicide while working in a Maryland business on Tuesday afternoon, March 5, police said. Prince George’s County Police were called to the 4900 block of Camp Springs around 12:30 p.m. and found Yesenia Jaramillo Sosa, 39, of Oxon Hill, with multiple stab wounds. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The suspect, John Marin Morales, 42, of Oxon Hill, was also found with stab wounds and was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries. Investigators believe the victim was Morales’ girlfriend and that he stabbed …
Police & Fire
3 Arrested For Murder In Baltimore’s Southwest District
Police have arrested three suspects for the deadly shooting of a 19-year-old Baltimore man in late February. Davon Butler, 18, Charles Bowen, 19, and a 17-year-old male whose name was not released, were arrested by members of the Warrant Apprehension Task Force on Wednesday, Feb. 28, Baltimore Police said. They were each charged with first-degree murder. Detectives believe the suspects were involved in the shooting of Darcell Mitchell, who was found wounded from gunfire in a home on the 800 block of West Lexington Street around 11:35 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 20. Mitchell was shot while standi…
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Man Who Killed Ex-GF While Teen Was On The Phone With Police Likely To Spend Life In Prison
A Maryland man is likely to spend the rest of his life in prison after shooting and killing his ex-girlfriend in Harford County, the state's attorney's office announced. Edgewood resident Jamar Deverick Wise, 43, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder this week and agreed to a sentence range of life suspended with all but 80 years suspended without parole for the murder of 46-year-old Kisha Blackwall. On Dec. 20, 2022, deputies from the Harford County Sheriff's Office were called to an Edgewood home when a teen girl advised that Wise and her mother were arguing in the front yard, noting that…
Police & Fire
Man Apprehended For Murder Years After Independence Day Shooting In Baltimore: Police
A man has been arrested for murder years after an Independence Day shooting in Maryland, police announced Friday, Feb. 23. Martez Brooks, 34, of Baltimore, was arrested on a warrant and charged with first-degree murder on Thursday, Feb. 1. Detectives believe Brooks was involved in the shooting of Leroy Jeter III, 42, on July 4, 2022. Jeter was found on the 400 block of North Montford Avenue with several life-threatening gunshot wounds and taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Brooks was arrested by the Warrant Apprehension Task Force. Want breaking news in the DM…
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Man Gets Multiple Life Sentences For 'Rage Killing' Two Women In Maryland Home
Deon Watkins will never see the light of day again after a judge sentenced him to two life sentences without the possibility of parole for murdering a pair of women in Maryland, the Charles County State's Attorney's Office announced. Last summer, it took a jury days to convict the 52-year-old man of the murders of Kandeon Niravanh and Genesis Garrett, both 22, in Waldorf, and on Thursday, he was sentenced to a lifetime in prison. Charles County State's Attorney Tony Covington said that shortly before 1 a.m. on Jan. 21, 2021, officers were called to the 2400 block of Hanover Court in Wa…
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Frederick Gangster Sentenced For Killing Would-Be Witness At Drug-Related Hearing
A Frederick County man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for killing a man who was set to be a witness at a drug-related hearing in 2019, authorities said. Lavonte Darnell Nash was sentenced Tuesday, Feb. 6 after pleading guilty to first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, conspiracy to participate in a criminal gang, participation in a criminal gang, and distribution of cocaine, the Frederick County State's Attorney's Office said. Nash shot and killed Gregory Knight and severely injured Camryn Wilson while Knight and…
Police & Fire
Shooter Accused Of Murdering Two People During Dispute In Baltimore, Police Say
A 28-year-old man has been arrested for a double fatal shooting inside a Baltimore home that was reported in December, authorities announced. City resident Lamonte Sherman has been arrested in connection to the fatal shootings of Phillip Brown and Michael Saffold, both 28, following a dispute. The incident was reported shortly before 3 a.m. on Dec. 3, 2023 in the Northern District. One of the victims was pronounced dead at the scene, the other died at the hospital shortly after being transported by paramedics. Police say that Sherman was identified as a suspect, where he was arrested in th…
Police & Fire
Two Charged Six Months After Fatal Summer Shooting In Baltimore: Police
Two suspects have been charged about six months after a deadly summertime shooting in Baltimore, police announced on Wednesday, Jan. 31. Vincent Harris, 25, and Tyron Payne, 23, of Baltimore, were arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree murder and other offenses. Detectives believe Harris and Payne were involved in the deadly shooting of Di’shon Smith, 20, and Deshaun Waters, 21, on the 3200 block of Hollins Ferry Road on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. Harris was taken into custody on Tuesday, Jan. 9 and Payne on Friday, Jan. 26. Want breaking news in the DMV as it happens, or want …
Obituaries
Mother Seeking Helping Hands After 'Monster' Stabbed 6-Year-Old Son To Death In Baltimore
A heartbroken Maryland mother is desperate for help following the fatal stabbing of her six-year-old son last week. Seron O’Neal was found with multiple stab wounds to his back as officers responded to a home on the 2000 block of Deering Avenue around 8:20 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 23. Alan Geslicki, the 32-year-old boyfriend of the victim’s mother, Sade Addison, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder following a vehicle stop and foot chase that ended on the 100 block of South Carrolton Avenue, Daily Voice reported. Addison shared her gut-wrenching grief in a GoFundMe that had rais…
Police & Fire
Metro Bus Murder: DC Man Convicted Of Maryland Killing Caught On Video
A 35-year-old Washington DC man has been convicted of killing a 29-year-old man on a transit bus in Maryland last year, authorities said. Tyrone Curtis was found guilty by a jury in Montgomery County Circuit Court of first-degree murder for the April 5, 2023 killing of Amonte Cunningham on Jan. 24, before before the Honorable Jeannie Cho, the State's Attorney's Office said. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for April 5, 2024. Curtis and Cunningham had been arguing on a Metro Transit bus in Wheaton around 12:25 p.m., officials said. Cunningham got off the bus when it stopped in fr…
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Life In Prison For Son Responsible For Butchering Mother In Maryland: State's Attorney
An Anne Arundel Judge has ruled that a 26-year-old man spend life in prison for the grisly murder of his mother in their Tracy's Landing home in 2021, authorities announced. Andrew Beavers was sentenced to life in prison for the first-degree murder of his mother, cybersecurity executive Juanita Naomi Koilpillai, 58, whose body was found poorly outside of their home after being reported missing. Anne Arundel County State's Attorney Anne Colt Leitess added that on top of the life sentence, Beavers was also hit with three years on a weapons charge. On July 25, 2021, prosecutors say that …
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Jealous, Controlling Boyfriend Sentenced For Violently Killing Ex-GF In Baltimore: AG
Forell Isaac will have a lifetime to think about his actions after he violently stabbed his girlfriend to death after tracking her from her home in Baltimore, the Maryland AG announced. Isaac, 39, was sentenced to life in prison without parole after he was convicted earlier this year of the first-degree murder of girlfriend Linique Green, 29, in September 2021 following what was described as a "tumultuous romantic relationship," where he showed concerning, controlling behavior. According to the investigation, Isaac and Green had been involved in a “tumultuous romantic relationship,” an…
Police & Fire
Murder Suspect Arrested In Middle River Months After Shooting Inside Home: Police
Police say that a shooting suspect has been apprehended months after a 27-year-old man was gunned down during a violent night in Anne Arundel County. Middle River resident Andre Raquan Riggs, 26, is facing multiple murder charges following an investigation into the death of Matthew Anthony Ponder, who was shot and killed in late August last summer, authorities announced on Friday. At approximately 2:30 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2022, officers from the Anne Arundel County Police Department were called to the 400 block of M Street North East in Glen Burnie, where they found Ponder inside an …
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'Execution-Style' Murderer Serving Life Gets 55 More Years For Probation Violations In Maryland
A Maryland man already facing a lifetime behind bars was hit with 55 more years for violating his probation, the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office announced. Charles Hall, 29, of Lexington Park, was back in court this week, where a judge ordered him to spend 55 more years in prison for violating his probation, just days after he was sentenced to life in prison for his role in the murder of a 19-year-old "execution style" in Great Mills two years ago. St. Mary's County State's Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced the latest prison term for Hall following his sentencing for first-degree m…
Police & Fire
Shooting Suspect Arrested For Murder Days After Shooting In Southern Baltimore, Police Say
More than a week after the fatal shooting in Southern Baltimore left 39-year-old David Rodriguez Ramirez dead, police say that a suspect has been apprehended. City resident Gerson Arita Diaz, 24, has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder following an investigation into the death of Rodriguez Ramirez on Friday, Oct. 27, authorities announced. Shortly before 3:30 a.m. on Oct. 27, officers from the Baltimore Police Department were called to the 3300 block of Annapolis Road, where they found the 39-year-old suffering from multiple life-threatening gunshot wounds. He was pronounced…
Police & Fire
Police ID Baltimore Man Killed In Double Shooting; Suspect Arrested: Officials
A 38-year-old man has been arrested in connection to a late September shooting in Baltimore, police say. City resident Jamel McClurkin has been arrested for his alleged role in the early morning Sept. 23 shooting of Davon Jones, 36, in the 400 block of North Curley Street. According to a Baltimore Police Department spokesperson, shortly after 10:45 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 23, officers were called to the site of the shooting, where they found Jones and a second man suffering from a gunshot wound. Jones was pronounced dead at the scene. Following an investigation, police say that McClurkin …
Police & Fire
Randallstown Woman Charged For Fatal Shouthwest Baltimore Shooting, Police Say
A 24-year-old woman has been arrested in connection to a fatal shooting in Baltimore over the summer. Randallstown resident Cedaria Luckey has been arrested for her alleged role in the murder of Nykiah Collins, 24, in the 1000 block of West Baltimore Street in Southwest Baltimore in August, police announced on Wednesday afternoon. Officials say that around 11 p.m. on Aug. 16, officers from the Baltimore Police Department were called to the site of a reported shooting, where they found Collins unresponsive and suffering from a gunshot wound. Collins was pronounced dead at the scene. Accord…
Police & Fire
Baltimore Tech CEO Pava LaPere Died Of Blunt Force Trauma: Cops
Police are investigating the death of a 26-year-old tech CEO in Baltimore. Authorities say Pava LaPere died of blunt force trauma in an apartment on the 300 block of West Franklin Street, police in Baltimore said. Her body was found with injuries to her head by police responding to the scene around 11:30 a.m. Monday morning, authorities said. The US Marshals have joined the search for Jason Dean Billingsley, 32, who is wanted on a first-degree murder charge for killing the EcoMap Technologies CEO. LaPere was featured in Forbes "30 Under 30" for her "social impact," police have said. …
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