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Obituaries
Expectant Father Killed During Birthday Celebration By MD Mass Shooter, Family Says
A joyous group affair turned tragic for a Maryland family who lost two doting fathers who were gunned down in Annapolis during the mass shooting over a parking spot over the weekend. Community support is swelling for the families of Mario Antonio Mireles Ruiz, 27, and his father Nicholas Mireles, 55 who were among three killed by Annapolis resident Charles Robert Smith during a bout of rage on Sunday, June 11. Three were killed and three hospitalized with various injuries following the shooting, according to police. Mireles Ruiz was a father of three children with one on the way, accordin…
Lifestyle
'Pillars Of Baltimore Jewish Community' Picked Up By Neighbors After Devastating House Fire
The community is rallying around a popular Jewish family that lost everything in a house fire earlier this month in Baltimore. Tens of thousands of dollars have already been raised for Shoshana and Yaakov (Jeremy) Englander, and their young family, after a fire tore through their Baltimore County home on Thursday, June 8. Described as a “pillar of the Baltimore Jewish community,” more than 600 donors have raised nearly $70,000 for the Englander family just days after the fire. “Thank (God) that they were able to get themselves and their three children out in time while they watched their h…
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'Freak Drowning' Kills Maryland's Larry Capps Mourned As 'Life Of the Party'
More than $10,000 has been raised on behalf of a grieving Maryland family who lost a beloved member to “a freak drowning accident." Support is swelling for the family of Glen Burnie native Lawrence “Larry” Capps, whose death has left a hole in his family following his unexpected death on Friday, June 2 at the age of 31. Also known to his loved ones as “LarBear,” “Big Swole,” and “Hammer,” Capps has been described as “the life of the party” by his friends and loved ones as they continue to mourn his death and prepare to say goodbye. Capps was a football star for years, including a stint at…
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Pro-Life Supporter Beaten While Praying At Planned Parenthood In MD, Support Surging
Tens of thousands of dollars were raised in just days after a pro-life advocate protesting outside of a Planned Parenthood facility in Baltimore was “viciously beating.” Over the weekend, Mark Crosby and a second advocate - both over the age 70 - were assaulted near a Planned Parenthood clinic on North Howard Street, according to police. According to multiple reports, the second victim was identified as Dick Schaefer. The incident left Crosby with visceral and serious injuries at an area hospital, according to Jay Walton, the President of Baltimore County Right to Life, who said that Cr…
Police & Fire
MD Girls Orphaned After Murder-Suicide Enveloped By Community
Two Marylands girls who will live the rest of their lives without either of their parents, who died in a double-murder suicide, are being embraced by their community. Alexandra "Ally" Abbott Huff, 34, was shot and killed by her husband, George Edward Huff, 42, outside of an Annapolis Holiday Inn Express on Friday, May 5, Anne Arundel police said. George also fatally shot innocent bystander George Michael Petrullo, 38, before turning the gun on himself, police said. A GoFundMe launched for the Huffs' daughters, Maddie and Emily, ages 3 and 5, says Ally loved them "more than anything in the …
Obituaries
Community Looks To Lift Up Mourning Mother Who Lost 3-Year-Old Son In MD
Community support is swelling in Cecil County for a grieving mother whose 3-year-old son tragically died after going missing this week. Thousands of dollars have been raised in just hours on behalf of Nyema Blackman, the mother of Mykell Richardson, whose story ended in devastation for the family. All hands were on deck on Monday, May 15, as members of the community joined area law enforcement agencies as they attempted to locate Richardson, who went missing the previous afternoon in Quail Court in Elkton. Despite hope for a heartwarming resolution, Richardson's story ended on Monday afte…
Police & Fire
Case Of Boy's Ocean City Hit-Run Death Cracked
Ten months after a 14-year-old boy was struck and killed in Ocean City, a defendant has been charged. Tyler Mailloux, 22, of Berlin, is facing more than a dozen charges out of Worcester County in the July 2022 hit-and-run death of Gavin Knupp on Grays Corner Road while walking to his sister's car. Gavin was pronounced dead at the hospital. The driver, later identified as Mailloux, did not stop and also did not report the incident, authorities said. According to OC Today, four of the 17 charges filed against Mailloux are felonies and he had not been arrested as of Monday mor…
News
Mom Dies In Labor Leaving Kids, Husband To Grieve In Maryland
What was supposed to be a day of dreams turned into one of nightmares for a Maryland family mourning the loss of their matriarch. Maria Mejia and her husband were ready to welcome their third child, Nuestro Regaló Dilan Gael, to the world on Wednesday, April 12, though fate had more pernicious plans in mind for the family that day. While in labor with the child, there were complications, according to her husband, and she died from severe preeclampsia while giving birth. “My beloved wife, or as I called her, my 'China,' came to the hospital to give birth to our third child, and this moment…
Obituaries
Community Rallies Around 'Lightning Bug' Gym Owner, Boxer Killed In Maryland Mass Shooting
An East Baltimore community is in mourning following the murder of a beloved gym owner, prominent boxer, and doting father in a mass shooting earlier this month. Ernest Hall, 33, was shot along with five others, including two teenagers, shortly after midnight on Thursday, March 23, in the 2800 block of Edmondson Avenue, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. In response, the community he called home for his entire life is rallying to support his family and three children, who were left behind after the needless murder. Short story of the life of ErniebugErnie bug “Ernie ‘Li…
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Community Rallying Around Family Of 8 Whose Home Got Torched By Tanker Truck Fire In Frederick
Support is pouring in for a popular Frederick County family of eight who were the unexpected victims of the tanker truck that went up in flames after crashing, destroying their home. Three Frederick County neighbors have set up a GoFundMe campaign for the Hernandez family, whose home was hit the hardest by the Route 15 crash/explosion that killed Smithsburgh resident Ronald Leroy Heiston, Jr., the driver of the truck. 🚨UNUSUAL CALL: Engine 123 has been alerted to transfer to @FCDFRS Station 2 in Frederick as they fight massive fire involving a fuel tanker and multiple exposures. pic.twi…
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Community Support Swells For Popular Rossville Elementary School Teacher Killed In Crash
A community is coming together to support the family of a Rossville Elementary School teacher who was killed in a gruesome crash in White Marsh. Tens of thousands of dollars in donations to a GoFundMe have poured in days after the death of 32-year-old Rahmel Summerlin was announced. Summerlin, a third-grade teacher at Rossville Elementary, was killed in a violent crash near the intersection of Pulaski Highway and White Marsh Boulevard that occurred in the early morning hours of Saturday, Feb. 25. Summerlin and his wife Ishjah Mayo-Summerlin, were returning home from a date night when the …
Lifestyle
Family Not Crowing As It Faces Thousands In Fines For Rooster Complaints: Report
A community is stepping up to support a Baltimore County family after their rooster cost them thousands of dollars in fines after a neighbor's complaints of the family pet, reports CBS News. Jackie and Drew Tanenbaum have gained support from their community after complaints against their rooster Wilbur's crowing. Complaints initially began coming in only days after the family brought home the 8 hens and Wilbur, with the neighbor pleading with the Tanenbaum's to get rid of Wilbur, the outlet continues. The neighbor decided to take their complaints to the County, which fined the family $150. …
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