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Maryland Father Waiting For Three Life-Saving Organs Refuses To Give Up Maryland Father Waiting For Three Life-Saving Organs Refuses To Give Up
Maryland Father Waiting For Three Life-Saving Organs Refuses To Give Up A Maryland husband and father is refusing to give up. In Anne Arundel County, Millersville resident JaNathan "Jay" Crutchfield, 42, has spent the past month fighting for his life at Johns Hopkins Hospital after a sudden medical crisis left him in need of not one, but three life-saving organ transplants. Jay was rushed to the hospital on June 29 after suffering cardiogenic shock caused by advanced heart failure from cardiomyopathy. The medical emergency triggered multiple organ failure, leaving him dependent on dialysis, life-support devices and around-the-clock intensive care. The r…

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Man Accused Of Killing Takoma Park GF Captured Hundreds Of Miles Away In Texas (UPDATED) Man Accused Of Killing Takoma Park GF Captured Hundreds Of Miles Away In Texas (UPDATED)
Man Accused Of Killing Takoma Park GF Captured Hundreds Of Miles Away In Texas (Updated) He didn't stay on the run for long. A Maryland man wanted in the strangulation death of his girlfriend in Howard County has been captured hundreds of miles away in Texas, authorities announced Monday evening. Darwin Carcamo-Santiago, 24, was taken into custody without incident Monday afternoon by local authorities in Texas, according to Howard County police. Investigators have not said where in Texas he was found or when he is expected to be returned to Maryland. Carcamo-Santiago is charged with first- and second-degree murder in the death of 35-year-old Esmeralda Perez-Mendez of Takoma P…

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Tow Truck Operator Killed In Freak Loading Accident Identified In Maryland (DEVELOPING) Tow Truck Operator Killed In Freak Loading Accident Identified In Maryland (DEVELOPING)
Tow Truck Operator Killed In Freak Loading Accident Identified In Maryland (Developing) A routine tow turned deadly in Maryland. The victim, 67-year-old Joseph Louis Skinner of La Plata, was killed Friday afternoon, July 24, in what investigators described as a tragic accident involving his own tow truck at a business in Charles County. The fatal incident happened around 4:20 p.m. in the 9300 block of WW Industrial Drive in La Plata. According to the Charles County Sheriff's Office, Skinner was operating a rollback tow truck and attempting to load an SUV onto the truck when the rollback unexpectedly began moving forward on its own. As the truck shifted, the SUV rolled and st…

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Beaver Tests Positive For Rabies After Attacking Boy At Maryland State Park (UPDATED) Beaver Tests Positive For Rabies After Attacking Boy At Maryland State Park (UPDATED)
Beaver Tests Positive For Rabies After Attacking Boy At Maryland State Park (Updated) A beaver that attacked a teenage swimmer at one of Maryland's most popular state parks has tested positive for rabies. The alarming update came Monday, one day after a 13-year-old boy was bitten while swimming at Cunningham Falls State Park's William Houck Area near Thurmont in Frederick County. The Frederick County Health Department said the beaver, which was collected from Hunting Creek Lake on Sunday, tested positive for the rabies virus. The attack happened around 9 a.m. on July 26 inside the park's designated swimming area. The teen suffered bites to his hands and chest and was flown…

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Mercedes Driver Killed In Early Morning Silver Spring Crash Identified By Police Mercedes Driver Killed In Early Morning Silver Spring Crash Identified By Police
Mercedes Driver Killed In Early Morning Silver Spring Crash Identified By Police A Maryland man was killed before sunrise after his Mercedes struck a curb, veered off the road, and slammed into a tree in Montgomery County, police said. The crash happened around 4:40 a.m. on Saturday, July 25, in the 11800 block of New Hampshire Avenue in Silver Spring. According to Montgomery County police, 28-year-old John William Stacey, of Silver Spring, was heading north in a gray 2010 Mercedes when, for reasons still under investigation, the vehicle struck the median curb near Tracey Drive. The car then left the roadway and crashed into a tree. Stacey suffered life-threatening in…

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Hammer Attack Leaves Maryland Grandfather Seriously Hurt, Grandson Charged: Police Hammer Attack Leaves Maryland Grandfather Seriously Hurt, Grandson Charged: Police
Hammer Attack Leaves Maryland Grandfather Seriously Hurt, Grandson Charged: Police A Maryland man is accused of turning a hammer on his own grandfather in a violent attack that left the victim with life-threatening injuries. The assault happened late Friday, July 24, inside a home in Glen Burnie, according to Anne Arundel County Police. Officers were called to Baltimore Washington Medical Center around 11:50 p.m. after the victim arrived suffering from what police described as very serious injuries. As detectives pieced together what happened, they learned the man had allegedly been attacked inside his home during an altercation with his grandson. Police identified the …

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Teen Already In Custody Charged As Adult With Maryland Murder Months Later: Police Teen Already In Custody Charged As Adult With Maryland Murder Months Later: Police
Teen Already In Custody Charged As Adult With Maryland Murder Months Later: Police A Maryland teenager already behind bars on another case is now accused of murder. The 16-year-old, who Baltimore Police have not identified due to his age, was being held in Juvenile Booking on an unrelated charge when detectives served him with a murder warrant over the weekend.  Police say he is responsible for the fatal shooting of 35-year-old Quinton McLellan earlier this year in Baltimore. Instead of leaving juvenile custody, the teen was transferred to the Central Booking Intake Facility, where he was charged as an adult, according to investigators. The charges stem from a homi…

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Maryland Man Walked Away From Fight, Returned To Shoot Victim Multiple Times, Police Say Maryland Man Walked Away From Fight, Returned To Shoot Victim Multiple Times, Police Say
Maryland Man Walked Away From Fight, Returned To Shoot Victim Multiple Times, Police Say He didn't let the fight end there. Hagerstown's Kyron Sapp Jr., 33, is accused of leaving an altercation, returning with a handgun, and shooting a 26-year-old man multiple times early on Monday morning, according to city police. Officers responded around 2:24 a.m. on July 27 to the 500 block of George Street, where they found the victim suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. The man was rushed to Meritus Medical Center, underwent surgery, and was listed in stable condition. Investigators say the shooting stemmed from an argument on George Street. According to police, Sapp left t…

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Boy Hospitalized In Beaver Attack At Popular Maryland Swimming Spot: Officials Boy Hospitalized In Beaver Attack At Popular Maryland Swimming Spot: Officials
Boy Hospitalized In Beaver Attack At Popular Maryland Swimming Spot: Officials A trip to one of Maryland's most popular swimming spots ended with a helicopter flight to the hospital after a beaver bit a 13-year-old boy over the weekend. The incident happened around 9:10 a.m. on Sunday, July 26, at Cunningham Falls State Park's William Houck Area near North Beach in Frederick County, according to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, as reported by multiple local news outlets. The Maryland Department of Natural Resources told several outlets the boy suffered bites to his hands and chest before he was flown to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore for treatment. …

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Arson Probe Ends With Attempted Murder Charges Against Maryland Man Arson Probe Ends With Attempted Murder Charges Against Maryland Man
Arson Probe Ends With Attempted Murder Charges Against Maryland Man Maryland fire investigators say a blaze that tore through a Glen Burnie home last week was actually an attempted killing, leading to attempted murder and arson charges against a 64-year-old man. The fire broke out around 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 21, at a home in the 1200 block of Aster Drive, where Anne Arundel County firefighters quickly brought the flames under control. But for investigators, the case was only beginning. After spending the next several days examining the scene, members of the Anne Arundel County Fire Department's Fire/Arson & Explosives Investigative Bureau conclu…

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Takoma Park GF Found Strangled In Vanished BF's Bedroom: Cops Takoma Park GF Found Strangled In Vanished BF's Bedroom: Cops
Takoma Park GF Found Strangled In Vanished BF's Bedroom: Cops A Maryland woman walked into her boyfriend's bedroom. She never walked back out. Now, detectives say the man she was dating has vanished. Howard County police have obtained a murder warrant for 24-year-old Darwin Carcamo-Santiago, who investigators say killed his girlfriend, 35-year-old Esmeralda Perez-Mendez of Takoma Park, inside a Columbia home before disappearing. The investigation began Sunday afternoon, July 26, when one of Carcamo-Santiago's friends went to the residence in the 9000 block of Watchlight Court and made a horrifying discovery. Perez-Mendez was dead inside the susp…

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Police Search For Missing Maryland Mother, Infant Last Seen In Pennsylvania (DEVELOPING) Police Search For Missing Maryland Mother, Infant Last Seen In Pennsylvania (DEVELOPING)
Police Search For Missing Maryland Mother, Infant Last Seen In Pennsylvania (Developing) A Maryland mother and her infant have vanished, and police are asking for the public's help to bring them home. Baltimore County detectives are searching for 27-year-old Skyler Seitz and her 8-month-old son, Antonio Asencio, who were reported missing from the Dundalk area. Investigators said the pair's last known location was in Good Hope, Pennsylvania, though it remains unclear when or under what circumstances they traveled there. Police have not released any additional details about the disappearance. Seitz is described as standing 5-foot-2 and weighing approximately 108 pounds. Anyone…

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