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Teen Killed In Maryland Subway Shooting Was Aspiring Rapper, Had 'Unique Mindset,' Family Says Teen Killed In Maryland Subway Shooting Was Aspiring Rapper, Had 'Unique Mindset,' Family Says
Teen Killed In Maryland Subway Shooting Was Aspiring Rapper, Had 'Unique Mindset,' Family Says A trip on the subway turned tragic for friends and family of a 14-year-old who was shot and killed in a Baltimore station. Jasper Davis is being remembered as a "bright, loving, and kind-hearted young soul with a future full of promise and dreams," after he was shot and killed on Sunday night in the Mondawmin Metro Center on Liberty Heights Avenue. Davis, a member of Baltimore's Beats Not Bullets community, was a passionate music lover who had "infectious humor and wittiness," his loved ones say. View this post on Instagram A post shared by B…
Amply-Armed Employee Threatened To Blow Up Maryland Vehicle Administration Building: Officials Amply-Armed Employee Threatened To Blow Up Maryland Vehicle Administration Building: Officials
Amply-Armed Employee Threatened To Blow Up Maryland Vehicle Administration Building: Officials A well-armed employee who threatened to blow up the Maryland Vehicle Administration (MVA) building has been arrested and is facing multiple charges, according to the state fire marshal. Hagerstown resident Anthony Jacob Fritz, 38 - an employee of the MVA on Colonel Henry K. Douglas Drive - found himself in hot water with the police on Friday after allegedly making threats of mass violence.  Investigators say that on Friday morning, co-workers approached a Maryland State Police trooper to advise that Fritz claimed he was going to bomb their building. Following an investigation, the&nbs…
Death Ruled Homicide Day After Body Found In Maryland Woods: Police Death Ruled Homicide Day After Body Found In Maryland Woods: Police
Death Ruled Homicide Day After Body Found In Maryland Woods: Police The death of a 35-year-old man found in a patch of Maryland woods is being investigated as a homicide. Delondre Levert Sawyer, of Germantown, was found unresponsive in a wooded area near the 11200 block of Game Preserve Road in Gaithersburg on Thursday, February 8 and later pronounced dead, Montgomery County Police said. An autopsy conducted on Sawyer’s body located a gunshot wound and ruled his manner of death a homicide. The investigation is being led by the Montgomery County Department of Police – Major Crimes Division. No arrests have been made. Anyone with information is asked to con…
Rapist Dead-Bolted Facebook Date Inside Her Own Maryland Apartment - Now He's Locked Away Rapist Dead-Bolted Facebook Date Inside Her Own Maryland Apartment - Now He's Locked Away
Rapist Dead-Bolted Facebook Date Inside Her Own Maryland Apartment - Now He's Locked Away A man who preyed on a woman he met through social media will spend decades in prison after raping his would-be date, the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office announced on Wednesday. Silver Spring resident Rome Hill, 32, was sentenced on Tuesday to life in prison with all but 30 years suspended after persuading his victim to meet him after just two days, then assaulting her at gunpoint in September 2020. At the time Hill reached out to his future victim, she was a stranger to him, prosecutors said. According to court documents, on Sept. 9, 2020, "CC," the victim, and Hill were comple…
Convicted Felon Caught With Stolen Handguns In Maryland Heading To Prison: Prosecutors Convicted Felon Caught With Stolen Handguns In Maryland Heading To Prison: Prosecutors
Convicted Felon Caught With Stolen Handguns In Maryland Heading To Prison: Prosecutors A 23-year-old with a checkered criminal history will spend time behind bars after being busted on weapons charges. Baltimore resident Tavion Thomas, a convicted felon, has been sentenced to 33 months in prison after he was caught with a pair of loaded weapons by police investigating a separate incident, federal authorities announced. According to his guilty plea, on Sept. 10, 2022, officers in Baltimore were advised that Thomas was wanted in the city for a violent crime, and they tracked him to the 3200 block of Belair Road, where he was with a group of people. Prosecutors say that he was …
Baltimore Officer Shot By Gunman Released From Hospital Baltimore Officer Shot By Gunman Released From Hospital
Baltimore Officer Shot By Gunman Released From Hospital The Baltimore County officer shot by a gunman has been released from the hospital. The officer was struck Saturday June 4, while responding to a call of "unknown trouble" on 500 Virginia Avenue around 8:40 p.m., his department said. He and his colleagues heard gunshots when they arrived, and then encountered the suspect leaving the building. That person fired at officers, striking one of them. Officers returned fire, killing the suspect, who died at the scene.  The officer was transported to an area hospital. Inside the apartment, the armed subject was seen leaving…