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Speeding Driver Charged Following Fatal Pedestrian Strike At Busy Maryland Intersection: Police Speeding Driver Charged Following Fatal Pedestrian Strike At Busy Maryland Intersection: Police
Speeding Driver Charged Following Fatal Pedestrian Strike At Busy Maryland Intersection: Police A Rockville man is facing a manslaughter charge for speeding, striking, and killing a 70-year-old woman in December, the Montgomery County Department of Police announced. Jose Isaac Zelaya, 24, was arrested over the weekend in connection to the fatal crash that took the life of Teresa Moreno De Mejia on the day after Christmas.  GoFundMe The crash was reported at around 6:50 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023, at the intersection of Viers Mill Road and Atlantic Avenue. According to officials, the investigation determined that Moreno De Mejia was walking across the busy street when …

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Erratic Driver Busted After Sheriff's Deputy In Maryland Smells PCP: Officials Erratic Driver Busted After Sheriff's Deputy In Maryland Smells PCP: Officials
Erratic Driver Busted After Sheriff's Deputy In Maryland Smells PCP: Officials A combative driver busted by the smell of PCP in Maryland during a traffic stop attempted to resist arrest before ultimately being apprehended, police said. A Calvert County Sheriff’s Office deputy conducted a traffic stop in the southbound lanes of Route 4 in the area of Radio Drive in Prince Frederick, where there was a vehicle driving with no lights that stopped in the middle of the busy roadway. Upon making contact with the driver, Chesapeake Bay resident Shericka Desiree Brooks, 40, deputies said that the odor of Phencyclidine (PCP) was detected inside the vehicle. Brooks immed…

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DUI Driver Charged In Crash That Killed Beloved Maryland Man DUI Driver Charged In Crash That Killed Beloved Maryland Man
DUI Driver Charged In Crash That Killed Beloved Maryland Man A 27-year-old St. Mary's County man is facing a host of charges for allegedly drinking, driving, and killing a popular 18-year-old teen in Maryland over the weekend. Lexington Park resident Matthew Mark Mazza was served a warrant on Sunday, July 10, after rear-ending Great Mills resident Jamari Duckett shorty after 3:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 9, according to the St. Mary’s County Sheriff's Office, resulting in the teen's death. Matthew Mark Mazza,St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office Specifically, Mazza was charged with: Life-threatening injury by vehicle or boat while under the influen…

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