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Maryland Inmate Charged With Murder In Prison Death, State Police Say Maryland Inmate Charged With Murder In Prison Death, State Police Say
Maryland Inmate Charged With Murder In Prison Death, State Police Say A Maryland inmate has been indicted on first-degree murder charges in the death of another prisoner at the Eastern Correctional Institution in Somerset County, state police announced. Tyjuan Chapple, 26, was served with an arrest warrant Wednesday, Sept. 3, and remains in the custody of the Maryland Division of Corrections, according to Maryland State Police. Chapple was indicted by a Somerset County Grand Jury on July 25 after homicide investigators presented the case, police said.  He is charged with first-degree murder and related offenses. The charges stem from the March 29 death…

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by Zak Failla
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Indicted Jail Guard Had Sexual Contact With Maryland Inmate: Sheriff Indicted Jail Guard Had Sexual Contact With Maryland Inmate: Sheriff
Indicted Jail Guard Had Sexual Contact With Maryland Inmate: Sheriff A corrections officer in Charles County is off the job and under indictment after allegedly having inappropriate sexual contact with a female inmate, authorities announced. Kolbey Cooper, 22, was indicted by a grand jury on Friday, March 28, on multiple criminal counts to someone in custody, according to the Charles County Sheriff's Office. Specifically, Cooper was charged with:  Two counts of sexual contact with an incarcerated individual; Two counts of fourth-degree sex offense; Delivering contraband — an e-cigarette — to someone in custody. The charges stem from an internal inve…

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Inmate Found Dead With Head Wounds Inside Maryland Prison: State Police Inmate Found Dead With Head Wounds Inside Maryland Prison: State Police
Inmate Found Dead With Head Wounds Inside Maryland Prison: State Police A 21-year-old inmate was found dead with apparent head injuries inside a Maryland state prison, sparking a homicide investigation, authorities announced. Lawrence Antonio Borom was pronounced dead inside Roxbury Correctional Institution in Hagerstown after being found unresponsive by correctional officers, according to Maryland State Police. Investigators say they have already identified a suspect—another inmate at the facility. The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services contacted the Maryland State Police Homicide Unit around 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 13, after Borom was…

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by Zak Failla
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Cigarette-Smoking Inmate Accidentally Set Clothes On Fire At Maryland Prison: Investigators Cigarette-Smoking Inmate Accidentally Set Clothes On Fire At Maryland Prison: Investigators
Cigarette-Smoking Inmate Accidentally Set Clothes On Fire At Maryland Prison: Investigators Things got too hot to handle for an inmate at the Eastern Correctional Institute in Maryland who accidentally set himself on fire while illegally smoking a cigarette. The Office of the State Fire Marshal is investigating an incident reported at the Eastern Correctional Institute on Reveils Neck Road in Westover, when an inmate sparked a fire inside his cell. According to investigators, an inmate was in his cell smoking a cigarette - which is against the prison's policies - when he accidentally ignited his clothing on fire.  The inmate was able to quickly get the smoldering clothes "mo…

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Former CO Who Fell For Inmate Sentenced For Smuggling Contraband For BF Into Maryland Facility Former CO Who Fell For Inmate Sentenced For Smuggling Contraband For BF Into Maryland Facility
Former CO Who Fell For Inmate Sentenced For Smuggling Contraband For BF Into Maryland Facility An ill-fated romance landed a former corrections officer in Maryland in hot water after conspiring with her inmate boyfriend to smuggle drugs into a Prince George's County facility. Waldorf resident Danielle Dominique Smith, 34, will spend time on the other side of the bars after being sentenced to four months in prison, followed by four months of home detention after she was in an intimate and sexual relationship with an inmate who smuggled contraband into the Prince George’s County Department of Corrections Detention Facility. According to her guilty plea, between November 2009 and A…

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by Zak Failla
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Cause Of Death Revealed For PA Inmate Found Dead In Cell: Report Cause Of Death Revealed For PA Inmate Found Dead In Cell: Report
Cause Of Death Revealed For PA Inmate Found Dead In Cell: Report A cause of death has been released for a Pennsylvania inmate who was found dead in his cell on Tuesday, March 1, LevittownNow reports. Edwin Dunfee, 46, of Philadelphia, died by suicide at the Bucks County Correctional Facility, the outlet reports citing the county's coroner. The method of death appeared to be from hanging, Coroner Meredith Buck told the outlet. Authorities found him unresponsive in a cell Tuesday evening, James O'Malley, Deputy Director of Communications for Bucks County previously said in a press release. He was pronounced dead at the jail by EMS, O'Malley …

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