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Police & Fire
House Fire Leaves Eight Displaced In Maryland
Eight people are displaced in Carroll County after an early morning fire broke out in their Westminster home, officials say. The American Red Cross has been called in to assist a family following a fast-moving blaze that was reported shortly before 5 a.m. on Green Street on Monday, March 18. Posted by Carroll Fire News, Maryland on Monday, March 18, 2024 The fire - which was reported by the occupants of the home and neighbors - started on the front porch, investigators said, though the cause remains under investigation. A crew of 45 firefighters from the Westminster Volunteer…
Lifestyle
Cigarette Run Leads Maryland Grandmother To $51K Lottery Jackpot
A random trip to a convenience store in Baltimore County for a Carroll County woman led to a five-figure prize for one lucky Lottery player who picked up her ticket on a whim. Every so often, a Westminster woman says she would play a Maryland Lottery game, though she was normally drawn to scratchers versus draw games until having a recent change of heart that landed her a $51,247 "Bonus Match 5" jackpot. The grandmother decided to purchase her ticket for the drawing on Sunday, March 3 at the Pantry One Food Mart & Deli in Randallstown after heading to the store to pick up some cig…
News
Non-Profit Employee Accused Of Stealing From Maryland Organization: State's Attorney
A Frederick woman who schemed to defraud a non-profit in Westminster where she worked has been charged, the Carroll County State's Attorney's Office announced. Randi Lynn Ryan, 48, has been arrested and charged for an alleged scam targeting the Carroll County Arts Council, Inc. over the course of nearly two years. It is alleged that Ryan, while working as a financial coordinator for the non-profit, was issued a Bank of America credit card to use for the organization's business; however, an audit conducted in June 2023 found that Ryan was not compliant in turning over requested do…
News
New Reports From Fatal Officer-Involved Chase In Baltimore Released: Maryland AG
New details have been released regarding the police pursuit that claimed the life of a Westminster resident last March. Linda Moss, 74, was killed during a police pursuit with 58-year-old David Moss, who was reportedly wanted by police and refused to stop, leading to a violent exchange, on March 25. RELATED STORY: Body-Cam Footage Depicts Fatal Police Chase In Maryland According to the Independent Investigations Division (IID) of the Office of the Attorney General, the pursuit began around 11:50 p.m. as Baltimore Police Central District on patrol were made aware of a wanted car in the area…
Weather
Here's Who Got The Most Snow In Montgomery County
The National Weather Service has released snowfall totals for the DMV in this week's storm. In Maryland, Sabillasville which appears to have gotten the most amount of snow: 8.5 inches on Tuesday, Feb. 13, the NWS said. In Virginia, Gavel Springs in Frederick County got about 4.5 inches. Here's the breakdown by county: BALTIMORE Lineboro: 3.5 inches Bentley Springs: 3 Owings Mills: 1 Pikesville: 0.4 CARROLL Millers: 4.7 Manchester: 4.3 Taneytown: 4 Westminster: 2 Uniontown: 1.1 CECIL Elkton: 3.0 Rising Sun: 1 Port Deposit 1 FREDERICK Sabilla…
Police & Fire
Man Terrorized Ex-GF With Gun Before Barricade Situation In Maryland, Police Say
The man who terrorized his ex-girlfriend before barricading himself inside a Carroll County home is facing a series of criminal charges, the Westminster Police Department announced. Matthew Skirka, 30, was arrested early on Wednesday morning following a standoff with officers after he kicked down his ex's door following a confrontation earlier on Tuesday, Feb. 13. Officers from the department were called at around 11:15 p.m. on Tuesday night to the 200 block of East Main Street in Westminster, where there were reports of shots fired in the area involving Skirka and his ex-girlfriend. …
Police & Fire
Fire Crews Battle Tricky Blaze, Bitter Cold In Carroll County
Fire crews in Carroll County had to contend with difficult conditions on Sunday night as they battled a trick blaze in Westminster. Dozens of members were called to a home in the 1700 block of Sykesville Road south of Westminster shortly after 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 21, where they were met by smoke showing and a fire in the attic of a two-story residence, officials say. Sunday evening fire damages Westminster Home: Over 60 Carroll County firefighters with 20 pieces of firefighting... Posted by Kevin Earl Dayhoff on Monday, January 22, 2024 For hours, they battled sub-zero temperatures, …
Weather
More Snow: New Projections Released For Storm Headed To MD, VA
The National Weather Service has released a brand-new map showing projected snow totals coming to the mid-Atlantic later this week. Wednesday, Jan. 17 is expected to be "very cold" with temps struggling to reach the freezing mark southeast of Washington DC in the afternoon, the NWS said. Sunny skies are expected today, but it will remain very cold. Posted by US National Weather Service Baltimore/Washington on Wednesday, January 17, 2024 Thursday, Jan. 18 will be another dry day but with increasing clouds, and not quite as cold. A cold front will come in on Thursday night into…
Police & Fire
Gas Station Cigarette Thief Busted In Stolen Vehicle During Pursuit Through Maryland: Police
A masked man who stole cigarettes while demanding cash from a Carroll County gas station is facing a host of charges after being busted by police attempting to flee in a stolen vehicle, officials say. Baltimore resident Brian Magruder was apprehended following an incident reported on Sunday morning at Carroll Fuels on East Main Street in Westminster involving an ill-fated armed robbery. Shortly after 4 a.m. on Jan. 14, members of the Westminster Police Department were called to the gas station on East Main Street, where a clerk reported that Magruder, sporting a mask, asked for cigarettes, …
Police & Fire
Rapper 'Young Moose' Interfered With Arresting Deputies In Carroll County, Sheriff Says
The Maryland rapper who famously received a six-figure settlement from Baltimore City over his wrongful arrest is facing charges Carroll County after allegedly interfering with deputies from the sheriff's office attempting to lock a woman up, officials say. Kevron "Young Moose" Evans was arrested over the weekend for allegedly interfering with arrest of Baltimore resident Vernette Heggie, 29 after she fled from deputies attempting to conduct a traffic stop in Westminster for a tinted window violation, according to authorities. On Friday afternoon, the 30-year-old rapper was a passenger in a…
News
Max Sentence For Man Who Attempted To Rape Woman, Stole Wedding Rings In MD: State's Attorney
A 68-year-old Maryland man will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars after pleading guilty to violently raping a woman in a Motel 6, the Harford County State's Attorney's Office announced. Edgewood native Bernard Lamont Staten received the maximum sentence after pleading guilty in separate cases to attempted second-degree rape and possession with intent to distribute cocaine. In January, prosecutors say that his victim was stranded on the side of the road waiting for a tow truck, and despite not knowing her, offered to give the woman a ride to her home in Westminster; how…
Weather
These Maryland, Virginia Towns Got The Most Snow During Overnight Storm
Some parts of the DMV region fared better than others as slushy snow caused several major crashes and forced schools and other government agencies to open late to provide more time for the commute. Overnight, some areas were hit with as much as six inches of snow, according to the National Weather Service, which reported the totals for each county and municipality on Monday, Dec. 11. What started as rain slowly turned to snow as temperatures dipped, though some areas were able to largely avoid Mother Nature's wrath. National Weather Service These Maryland and Virginia towns received the …
Lifestyle
Maryland Couple Rolls The Dice, Turns Loose Change Into $50K Lottery Scratch-Off Prize
Happy holidays are ahead for a Maryland couple who turned a routine trip to the grocery store into a five-figure windfall playing scratch-off Lottery games. Westminster native Sandra Russell said that she and her husband Albert were shopping and when they got their change, she was feeling lucky and decided to purchase a pair of scratchers at the store. That purchase net her two $5 prizes, and while on their way home from the store, they were debating whether or not to purchase more tickets before returning to their farm. They decided to roll the dice. "I said, 'let's buy…
Obituaries
'Unimaginable:' Teen Boy, Aunt, Grandparents Killed In Maryland Weekend Crash
A community is reeling following an "unimaginable tragedy" that took the lives of four people over the weekend in Maryland. New Windsor resident Charles Black III, 72, was driving a Chevy Equinox late on Saturday afternoon in Westminster when he was involved in a fatal crash with a pick-up truck that claimed the lives of three others in Carroll County on Saturday, Nov. 4. Shortly before 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Black was driving when he was involved in a three-vehicle crash that also left New Windsor residents Barbara Black, 69, and Debbie Hill, 63, dead. Two other passengers, Gage Black 17…
Lifestyle
Maryland Lottery Player Hits $50K Home Run On Baseball-Themed Promotion
The Orioles' magical season just keeps paying off for fans in Maryland. Westminster resident Karl Petro got a grand slam $50,000 prize on a baseball-themed second-chance promotion from Maryland Lottery, officials announced. This week, Petro was selected as a $50,000 winner in the final drawing of the Lottery’s "Home Run Riches Contestant of the Game Second-Chance" promotion, which ran from March through August as the season winds down for the O's. The 72-year-old Petro will have plenty of cash to spend on possible playoff tickets after registering his $5 "FAST PLAY Home Run Riches Tic…
News
More Than 15,000 Still Without Power Following Damaging Storms In Maryland
Thousands in Maryland remain in the dark days after severe storms left extensive damage and flooding in parts of the state. As of 12:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug 9, Baltimore Gas and Electric was still working to repair 1,034 active outages that were impacting 15,067 of the company's 1,340,384 Maryland customers. The summer storm on August 7 left significant damage to our service area, with the largest damage occurring in Westminster, including downed poles, trees and heavily impacted infrastructure. pic.twitter.com/Gy19FZc99h — BGE (@MyBGE) August 9, 2023 Crews have worked around the clo…
Traffic
Lanes Slowly Reopening As Crews Work To Repair Damaged Gas Line In MD
One eastbound lane has reopened on Route 140 at the Littlestown Pike intersection nearly 24 hours after a gas line was damaged in Carroll County. Crews worked around the clock in Westminster after a six-inch gas line was damaged by a highway guardrail contractor, which forced emergency repairs and road closures in the area that were ongoing on Tuesday, July 25. The gas line needed to be repaired in Westminster.Westminster Fire Department The incident began at approximately 11:30 a.m. on Monday morning, according to Westminster Fire Department spokesperson Kevin Dayhoff, when crews were…
Police & Fire
Man Ejected From Mercedes Dies At Maryland Hospital: State Police
Alcohol is believed to have been a factor in a late night crash that left a Pennsylvania man dead on Monday morning, according to Maryland State Police. Police say that shortly before 11:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 21, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania resident Antonio Jhamel Farmer, 37, was ejected from a Mercedes E400 that was involved in a single-vehicle crash into an embankment alongside a Carroll County road. The initial investigation determined that 27-year-old Elizabeth Nicole Jones, also of Chambersburg, was driving north on MD 97 (Littlestown Pike) south of Hanover Road in the area of the Unio…
Traffic
Horse And Buggy Struck By DUI Driver Sends Three Children To Hospital In MD: State Police
One child had to be airlifted and two others rushed to Maryland hospitals after their family’s horse and buggy was involved in a crash in Carroll County on Friday morning. Five people were injured during an early morning chain-reaction crash on Friday in Westminster, when an allegedly drunk driver set off series of events that led to the children’s injuries, state police say. Shortly before 12:30 a.m. on Friday, May 19, troopers were called to Route 95 south near Route 496, when a Kia being driven by Manchester resident Maura Onksy, 23, rear-ended the buggy before caroming into a Ford-F-150…
Police & Fire
Maryland State Police Trooper Charged With False Imprisonment, Sex Offense: Authorities
A veteran Maryland State Police trooper has been suspended with pay following his arrest by the Anne Arundel Police Department over the weekend, law enforcement officials confirmed. Trooper First Class Ryan Bandy was arrested shortly before 4 a.m. on Saturday, May 6 following an investigation into his alleged misdeeds, according to a state police spokesperson. Specifically, Bandy was charged with: False imprisonment; Second-degree assault; Fourth-degree sex offense. He made his initial appearance before a district court commissioner and was released on his own recognizance. He has been …
Business
Bed Bath & Beyond Closures Include Nine MD, VA Locations
Nine Bed Bath & Beyond stores across Maryland and Virginia are among 87 locations scheduled to close in 2023, the struggling retailer announced. That brings the total number of Bed Bath & Beyond locations scheduled to close to at least 162 announced since September 2022. A spokesperson told Axios that the latest round of closures will include all of the company's Harmon beauty shops, as well as five Buy Buy Baby locations. The following locations in Maryland and Virginia are set to close in 2023: Annapolis, 200 Harker Place Suite 200 Fairfax, 12100 Fairfax Towne Center&…
Business
Raising Cane's Raises Expectations With Debut Maryland Restaurant
Raising Cane’s is ready for its closeup in Maryland. The popular chicken chain, which has locations across the country, opened its first Maryland restaurant on Thursday, Jan. 12 in Towson Row as the company continues expanding its foothold in the DMV region. Where are our Towson Caniacs at?! Our new Restaurant opens tomorrow on 4 W Towsontown Blvd. Ste 100! Can’t wait to see your ONE LOVE! pic.twitter.com/6M37JHCpW0 — Raising Cane's (@raisingcanes) January 11, 2023 Located on East Towsontown Boulevard in Towson, the 3,900-square-foot space will provide diners with both take-out and din…
Business
Aldi To Replace Baltimore County
Joann
Store: Report
Cockeysville residents will soon be getting a new grocery store and saying goodbye to a fabric favorite later this month, reports WMAR 2 News. Aldi supermarket will replace the JOANN fabric store located at the Church Lane Center near Cranbrook Road after the fabric store closes its doors Jan. 15. Aldi previously went before the county last summer to propose a Cockeysville location. No official opening date for the new supermarket has been revealed, the outlet continues. After word of the JOANN closure got out, customers began to worry about a rumored "list" of stores set for cl…
Police & Fire
Aggressive Post-Christmas Carroll County Blaze Causes $300K In Damage, Fire Marshal Says
A Carroll County home suffered extensive damage when an early-morning fire broke out on Tuesday morning. Shortly before 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 27, a passerby alerted first responders from the Westminster Volunteer Fire Department of a blaze that sent smoke billowing through the air emanating from a two-story home on Bachmans Valley Road in Westminster. Officials say that it took more than six dozen firefighters less than a half-hour to get the flames under control, but not before it caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage to the property. They made note that a smoke alarm wa…
Police & Fire
Fire Marshals Investigating Deadly Blaze At Maryland Bike Shop That Killed Owner: Officials
Authorities say that one person was killed in Maryland when an early-morning fire broke out at a popular bike shop in Carroll County on Monday morning. Bradley White, 55, the owner of White’s Bicycles on West Main Street in Westminster was pronounced dead on Monday, Dec. 12, when a fire broke out at his business and spread to nearby apartments and other buildings, according to the Office of the State Fire Marshal. Shortly after 5:15 a.m. on Monday morning, crews from the Westminster Fire Department and surrounding agencies from Carroll, Baltimore, York, and Adams counties responded to a rep…
Lifestyle
'Bear' Thankful For Maryland Lottery After Buying $2M Top-Prize Scratcher On Thanksgiving Night
A Carroll County man had a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving after becoming a multi-millionaire on a $30 scratch-off Maryland Lottery ticket. Lottery officials say that a Westminster man going by the name “Bear" - a moniker bestowed upon him by friends - became the first top-prize winner in the "Cash is King" scratch-off game, winning a cool $2 million on a ticket bought late on Thanksgiving night at Jiffy Mart in his hometown. The 43-year-old man said that he usually scratches and scans his instant tickets at Lottery stores, but on Thanksgiving night he went home without doing so.…
Police & Fire
'Get Out, Stay Out:' Man Dies Rescuing Cats, Dogs From Maryland House Fire, Officials Say
A man who tried to rescue his family's pets when a fire broke out in their Maryland home died after escaping and heading back inside a Carroll County residence to make the save, the Office of the State Fire Marshal announced. Ronald Joy, 62, and his wife, Kathy Joy, were home shortly before 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 27 when a fire broke out in their Littlestown Pike home in Westminster, officials say. Both were able to escape before members of the Pleasant Valley Fire Department and other area agencies arrived at the scene, however, officials say that Joy went back inside the home to rescue…
Police & Fire
$100K Reward Offered For Information On Violent 2003 Maryland Murder: State Police
Maryland State Police authorities are offering a massive $100,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction in connection to a 2003 murder in Carroll County. On Tuesday, Nov. 22, the agency issued a renewed call for the public’s assistance in tracking down a suspect or suspects who have been wanted for nearly two decades for the death of Westminster resident Richard Atkins, Jr., who was 30 years old at the time of his death. Officials say that Atkins was found by family members beaten to death at approximately 12:30 p.m. on Dec. 29, 2003, in his apartment in the 100 blo…
Police & Fire
Traffic Stop Leads To Recovery Of Magic Mushrooms, Illegal Handguns In Maryland: Sheriff
What started as a routine traffic stop in Southern Maryland led to drug and weapon charges for two men in Carroll County, the sheriff’s office announced. Baltimore resident Aaron Michael Brown, 25, and Scott Devon Rush, Jr. 22, of Salisbury, are both facing charges following an early morning investigation during a traffic stop near the intersection of Route 140 and Ralph Street in Westminster. A spokesperson for the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office said that a deputy on patrol shortly after 2:30 a.m. conducted a routine traffic stop when Brown’s 200 Acura TL committed multiple vehicle and tr…
Obituaries
18-Year-Old Will Donate Organs Following Deadly Strike By Maryland Driver In PA
A community had been rallying for York County teen Dylan Flickinger after he was struck by a Maryland driver and seriously hurt, but on Thursday, Oct. 27, he was pronounced deceased by the York County coroner's office, as stated in a release on Friday, Oct. 28. The 18-year-old Hanover resident was hit by a 2008 Pontiac G6, that was driven by Kevin Shaeffer, of Westminster, Maryland, who remained on the scene at the 1000 block of Carlisle Street in Hanover, on Saturday, Oct. 22 at 9:11 p.m., according to area police. Flickinger was flown to York Hospital with serious inj…
Police & Fire
Teenager Struck By MD Driver MedEvac'd From Crash In PA: Police
An 18-year-old man was struck by a car while crossing a street in Hanover, on Saturday, Oct. 22, authorities say. The victim was hit while "wearing dark clothing" and "not using a marked crosswalk," at 9:11 p.m. in the 1000 block of Carlisle Street, according to Hanover police. He was flown to York Hospital with serious injuries, as detailed in the release. The teen's identity was not released. The striking vehicle, a 2008 Pontiac G6, was driven by Kevin Shaeffer, of Westminster, Maryland, who remained on the scene. No other information was provided by the police. Anyone who may …
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