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Arsonist Who Torched GF's Home Following Argument In Elkton Gets 10 Years: Prosecutors Arsonist Who Torched GF's Home Following Argument In Elkton Gets 10 Years: Prosecutors
Arsonist Who Torched GF's Home Following Argument In Elkton Gets 10 Years: Prosecutors A Delaware man who crossed state lines to intentionally set a fire in Maryland will spend a decade in prison, the Cecil County State's Attorney's Office announced on Wednesday. Kareem Pope, 32, was sentenced to 10 years behind bars after being convicted by a jury earlier this month of first-degree arson.  In March last year, first responders from the Singerly Fire Company were called to an Elkton home on Elk Mills Road, where there was a reported fire in the area.  Sunday, March 12th at 1712hrs the Singerly Fire Company and Mutual Aid companies were dispatched for a Structure…

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by Zak Failla
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Shooter Who Killed Man Inside Ex's Elkton Bedroom Gets Decades In Prison: State's Attorney Shooter Who Killed Man Inside Ex's Elkton Bedroom Gets Decades In Prison: State's Attorney
Shooter Who Killed Man Inside Ex's Elkton Bedroom Gets Decades In Prison: State's Attorney Justice has been served for the family of Daquon Colson after the 22-year-old was shot to death inside an Elkton home last year, the Cecil County State's Attorney's Office announced on Monday. Isaiah Solomon Pearson, 24, has been sentenced to 70 years in prison for the second-degree murder of Colson in March 2022 in a bout of possible jealous rage, according to authorities. Prosecutors say that on March 20, 2022, Pearson found Colson at an Abbott Drive home with Pearson's former girlfriend with whom he shares a child. The following day, he returned to the same address and shots were fired i…

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Former Cecil County Sheriff's Deputy Accused Of Misconduct In Office, Maryland State Prosecutor Former Cecil County Sheriff's Deputy Accused Of Misconduct In Office, Maryland State Prosecutor
Former Cecil County Sheriff's Deputy Accused Of Misconduct In Office, Maryland State Prosecutor A Cecil County Sheriff's deputy has found himself on the wrong side of the law after a pair of inappropriate relationships, Maryland State Prosecutor Charlton Howard III announced on Wednesday. Deputy Kyle Thomas, who worked in Cecil County from February 2021 through July 2023, is facing damning charges after terrorizing at least two women in separate cases. According to court documents, while on duty in June 2021, Thomas took a sexually explicit video of himself and sent it to a woman, who alerted his bosses, prompting the deputy to retaliate. It is alleged that Thomas then contacted the …

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by Zak Failla
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Man Stabbed After Breaking Into Port Deposit Home, Assaulting Victims, State Police Say Man Stabbed After Breaking Into Port Deposit Home, Assaulting Victims, State Police Say
Man Stabbed After Breaking Into Port Deposit Home, Assaulting Victims, State Police Say Several people were assaulted and at least one stabbed after home invader broke into a Cecil County home, state police say. Troopers were called to a home in the unit block of Old School House Road in Port Deposit at approximately 10:45 a.m. on Tuesday morning, where there was a report of a disturbance of a man armed with a knife. Police say that during the altercation, Lance Larson, 38, who has no known address, suffered an apparent stab wound after seemingly breaking into the home. Larson was taken by paramedics to ChristianaCare Christiana Hospital in Delaware for treatment, though the …

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by Zak Failla
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Hollerin' Crowds Gather At Maryland Mobile Home Park Stabbing That Injured Four Hollerin' Crowds Gather At Maryland Mobile Home Park Stabbing That Injured Four
Hollerin' Crowds Gather At Maryland Mobile Home Park Stabbing That Injured Four Police responding to a mobile home community stabbing in Cecil County Wednesday, June 15 were greeted by a crowd of people gathering 'round apparently to watch the commotion, authorities said. Zachary Guy, 27, Michael Fuller, 23, Glenn Miller Jr., 39, and James Vandergrift II, 25, were found suffering puncture and blunt force trauma wounds while surrounded by vocal witnesses in the area of Lakeside Drive and Victoria Court around 11:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 15, Maryland State Police say. Upon arrival to the scene, troopers found two of the men on the ground with their injuries. Witnesses ad…

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by Annie DeVoe