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DUI Driver Surrenders At Police HQ Nearly Year After Fatal Hit-Run In Maryland, Officials Say DUI Driver Surrenders At Police HQ Nearly Year After Fatal Hit-Run In Maryland, Officials Say
DUI Driver Surrenders At Police HQ Nearly Year After Fatal Hit-Run In Maryland, Officials Say Nearly a year after a fatal hit-and-run crash in Anne Arundel County, the driver has turned himself in, police say. Annapolis resident John Kaii-Ziegler, 64, surrendered to police months after he was identified as a suspect in connection to the death of 73-year-old Zarko Paruza in January 2023. Shortly after 10 p.m. on Jan. 24, 2023 to the unit block of Hilltop Lane, where Paruza had been riding his bike when he was struck and killed by a driver who sped away from the area after hitting him. Witnesses helped investigators from the Anne Arundel County Police Department by identifying a susp…

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by Zak Failla
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Train Engineer Who Killed Star HS Football Player In Maryland To Face Charges: Reports Train Engineer Who Killed Star HS Football Player In Maryland To Face Charges: Reports
Train Engineer Who Killed Star HS Football Player In Maryland To Face Charges: Reports A train operator in Maryland has been charged in connection to the fatal crash that killed a star high school football player in his prime last year, according to multiple reports. MTA Light Rail operator Tavon Smith will face multiple charges for his role in the fatal crash that took the life of highly-touted prospect Lamar Patterson in Anne Arundel County last year. Specifically, he was charged with: Negligent manslaughter; Criminal negligence; Reckless endangerment. A star at St. Frances Academy in Baltimore, Patterson had offers to play at Penn State and other prestigious schools be…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Maryland State Police Arrest Man Charged In 2021 Fatal Impaired Driving Crash In St. Mary’s Maryland State Police Arrest Man Charged In 2021 Fatal Impaired Driving Crash In St. Mary’s
Maryland State Police Arrest Man Charged In 2021 Fatal Impaired Driving Crash In St. Mary’s More than a year after a fatal four-car crash in Maryland, state police announced that they have arrested a suspect who was allegedly impaired when he crashed head-on with another driver last summer. St. Mary’s County resident Kevin Eugene Luther, 42, was indicted this week and arrested at his Lexington Park home following a yearlong investigation into the fatal crash in August last year, Maryland State Police officials announced. Shortly before 7 p.m. on Aug. 31, 2021, police said that troopers from the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack responded to Pegg Road in the area of Spring…

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by Zak Failla
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Arrest Made In Hit-Run Maryland Boat Crash That Killed 'Rockstar' Victim Arrest Made In Hit-Run Maryland Boat Crash That Killed 'Rockstar' Victim
Arrest Made In Hit-Run Maryland Boat Crash That Killed 'Rockstar' Victim A 48-year-old Maryland man has been charged in a hit-and-run boat crash that left a 63-year-old woman dead last month, according to the Associated Press. Police believe Brownell Edds, Jr., of Cape Saint Claire, was operating the boat that struck Laura Slattery and her husband, of Pasadena, while watching fireworks on the Magothy River July 3. Edds fled the area and was last seen entering Deep Creek, Cape St. Claire, after the collision around 10 p.m., police said previously. He was allegedly operating a white center console vessel that is believed to have been 25-30 feet long. Ed…

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by Cecilia Levine & Annie DeVoe