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Bicyclist Struck Overnight In Aberdeen Dies From 'Severe Injuries,' Police Say Bicyclist Struck Overnight In Aberdeen Dies From 'Severe Injuries,' Police Say
Bicyclist Struck Overnight In Aberdeen Dies From 'Severe Injuries,' Police Say Police in Harford County have released new information after a 55-year-old man was struck and killed by a driver overnight in Aberdeen. On Tuesday, March 21, the Aberdeen Police Department identified the cyclist as James Blevins who was struck shortly after 9:30 p.m. on Monday night in the area of US Route 40 near Short Lane. Upon arrival at the scene on Monday, March 20, officers say that they found Blevins suffering from “severe injuries.” He was evaluated and treated at the scene by paramedics and airlifted to the to the University of Maryland Hospital Shock Trauma Unit. He was pronoun…

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by Zak Failla
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Mother Accused Of Assaulting Student At Harford County Middle School: Police Mother Accused Of Assaulting Student At Harford County Middle School: Police
Mother Accused Of Assaulting Student At Harford County Middle School: Police Police say that a Harford County mother went full-on “mama bear” and went after a seventh-grade student she claims harassed her daughter. Kelly Sadik, 41, was charged with assaulting a student at Aberdeen Middle School, authorities announced this week in a strange scene that led to her arrest. According to Aberdeen Police Capt. William Reiber, at approximately 8:15 a.m. on Tuesday, March 7, Sadik entered the middle school building after checking in with the office through the outside intercom. However, instead of going to the office to sign in, Sadik had a more dubious agenda on her mind. …

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
MD Mom Trespasses On School Grounds To Assault 7th Grader Who 'Harassed' Her Daughter: Police MD Mom Trespasses On School Grounds To Assault 7th Grader Who 'Harassed' Her Daughter: Police
MD Mom Trespasses On School Grounds To Assault 7th Grader Who 'Harassed' Her Daughter: Police A 41-year-old Maryland mom has been arrested after trespassing on her daughter's school grounds to assault a student who allegedly harassed her child, authorities announced. Kelly Sadik went into Abredeen Middle School after checking in with the office via the outside intercom around 8:15 a.m. on Tuesday, March 7, Aberdeen police said. "Instead of going directly to the office to formally sign in, Sadik unlawfully traveled to the 7th-grade student area of the school," police said.  Once in the 7th-grade area, Sadik confronted a student over alleged harassment of her daughter, whic…

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by Annie DeVoe
Police & Fire
New Details Emerge In Fatal I-95 Hit-Run Crash That Killed Teen In Harford County: State Police New Details Emerge In Fatal I-95 Hit-Run Crash That Killed Teen In Harford County: State Police
New Details Emerge In Fatal I-95 Hit-Run Crash That Killed Teen In Harford County: State Police Maryland State Police investigators are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a suspect vehicle implicated in a fatal hit-and-run late last year. New photos have been released of a gray SUV that was photographed on Nov. 24, 2022, hours after an Audi driver struck and killed 19-year-old Philadelphia resident Guiermo Che in Aberdeen. Shortly before 2:15 a.m. on the night of the fatal incident, troopers from the Maryland State Police JFK Memorial Highway Barrack were called to the southbound lanes of I-95 near Maryland Route 22 to investigate a hit-and-run crash involving pedestrians.…

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by Zak Failla
Schools
Boy Shuts Down Middle School Dance After Inappropriate Touching: Aberdeen Police Boy Shuts Down Middle School Dance After Inappropriate Touching: Aberdeen Police
Boy Shuts Down Middle School Dance After Inappropriate Touching: Aberdeen Police The last dance came early for a group of Harford County middle school students when a 12-year-old student got handsy during an event and riled up what police described as a “disorderly crowd.” Members of the Aberdeen Police Department were called to Aberdeen Middle School at approximately 4 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 9 to assist the assigned School Resource Officer with a large crowd that broke out during a dance that was being held. According to police, several girls at the dance reported that they had been assaulted by the young boy, who allegedly touched them inappropriately. As word sprea…

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MS-13 Member Accused Of Murdering 20-Year-Old Autistic Woman In Harford County: Police MS-13 Member Accused Of Murdering 20-Year-Old Autistic Woman In Harford County: Police
MS-13 Member Accused Of Murdering 20-Year-Old Autistic Woman In Harford County: Police An undocumented immigrant from El Salvador believed to be a member of the MS-13 street gang has been charged with strangling a 20-year-old autistic woman to death last summer in Harford County, police say. The Aberdeen Police Department announced on Thursday, Jan. 19 that a 17-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of Kayla Hamilton in the afternoon of July 27, 2022. Kayla HamiltonGoFundMe photo According to police, on the day of the murder, officers were called to a home in the unit block of East Inca Street in Aberdeen to investigate the death of a woman who had gone into cardi…

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Maryland Lottery Scratch-Off Robbers Sentenced Following I-95 Police Pursuit Maryland Lottery Scratch-Off Robbers Sentenced Following I-95 Police Pursuit
Maryland Lottery Scratch-Off Robbers Sentenced Following I-95 Police Pursuit Two armed robbers who took police on a high-speed pursuit on I-95 from Aberdeen to Havre de Grace in Harford County will spend time behind bars after admitting to their roles in a potentially violent incident, federal officials announced. Noland Rheubotton, 57, and James Featherstone, 60, both of Baltimore, have been sentenced to 10 years in prison, followed by years of supervised release for an armed commercial robbery and for brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence more than three years ago.  According to their guilty pleas, on Dec. 22, 2019, Rheubottom and Featherstone walk…

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Final Cross-Country Coke Dealing Co-Conspirator In Maryland Gets Prison Time Final Cross-Country Coke Dealing Co-Conspirator In Maryland Gets Prison Time
Final Cross-Country Coke Dealing Co-Conspirator In Maryland Gets Prison Time The final co-conspirator in a Harford County drug ring that imported at least a kilogram of compressed cocaine into Maryland has been sentenced to decades behind bars, federal officials announced. Aberdeen resident Che Daron Durbin, 44, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release for his role in the drug distribution ring that proliferated in Harford County. Specifically, Durbin was sentenced after being convicted in an eight-day trial of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine and for two co…

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Police & Fire
Firebug Accused Of Intentionally Burning Down Elderly Neighbor's Garage In Maryland Firebug Accused Of Intentionally Burning Down Elderly Neighbor's Garage In Maryland
Firebug Accused Of Intentionally Burning Down Elderly Neighbor's Garage In Maryland An alleged arsonist in Maryland has been apprehended for allegedly intentionally burning an elderly neighbor's garage to the ground in Harford County earlier this year. Jacob Kyle Hickman, 25, was arrested on a warrant following the investigation into a mid-October incendiary fire that destroyed an 80-year-old woman's garage and all its contents in Aberdeen, the Maryland State Fire Marshal announced on Wednesday, Dec. 21. Original story - Trespasser Intentionally Sets Blaze That Destroys Aberdeen Garage, Volvo: Fire Marshal Shortly before 4 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 19, first responder…

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by Zak Failla
Lifestyle
Not All Heroes Wear Capes: Cops In Maryland Save 'Flash' After It Was Zapped By Power Line Not All Heroes Wear Capes: Cops In Maryland Save 'Flash' After It Was Zapped By Power Line
Not All Heroes Wear Capes: Cops In Maryland Save 'Flash' After It Was Zapped By Power Line A bird had a close encounter with a jolt of electricity in Maryland, but unlike Barry Allen or Jay Garrick in the comics, this “Flash” didn’t gain any cool superpowers. While conducting a speed enforcement detail in Aberdeen this week, an officer was caught off guard when there was a bright flash of light nearby - which turned out to be a bird having a close encounter with a live power line. Officer James Haddix rushed over to investigate the strange scene, where he found a Common Starling that struck the power lines and spiraled down to the ground in some pain before appearing to be comp…

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Police & Fire
Know Anything? Young Suspects Sought In Connection To Massive Maryland House Fire Know Anything? Young Suspects Sought In Connection To Massive Maryland House Fire
Know Anything? Young Suspects Sought In Connection To Massive Maryland House Fire The Office of the Maryland State Fire Marshal is seeking the public’s assistance as they attempt to identify and locate a pair of possible firebugs who may have information about an expensive house fire in mid-November. Investigators have released surveillance photos of two suspects who are wanted in connection to a Harford County house fire in Havre De Grace that caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage. The wanted firebugs in Havre De GraceOffice of The State Fire Marshal First responders from the Susquehanna Hose Company responded to a vacant home owned by SHK Holdings in th…

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Police & Fire
Hit-Run Driver Wanted In Maryland Following Fatal I-95 Crash, Police Say Hit-Run Driver Wanted In Maryland Following Fatal I-95 Crash, Police Say
Hit-Run Driver Wanted In Maryland Following Fatal I-95 Crash, Police Say Authorities say that a hit-and-run driver who killed a Philadelphia teenager who was gassing up on the side of the road in Maryland remains at large days after the fatal crash. In Harford County, Guiermo Che, 19, was pronounced dead at the scene when Maryland State Police troopers responded to a stretch of I-95 in Aberdeen, according to officials. Investigators said that members of the Maryland State Police JFK Memorial Highway Barrack were called to the southbound lanes of I-95 to investigate a reported hit-and-run crash involving pedestrians. According to the initial investigation, Che …

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