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DC Duo Pepper-Sprays Beauty Store Workers During Maryland Robbery Spree, Sheriff Says DC Duo Pepper-Sprays Beauty Store Workers During Maryland Robbery Spree, Sheriff Says
DC Duo Pepper-Sprays Beauty Store Workers During Maryland Robbery Spree, Sheriff Says Two women from DC with an eye for beauty products have been arrested and released after traveling into Maryland and pepper-spraying employees during a robbery.  Amonie Lashawn Anderson, 23, and Diamond Markevia Shepard, 31, tried to get away, but were ultimately apprehended by officers from the Charles County Sheriff's Office following an investigation into a wild armed robbery.  Officers were called shortly after 6:15 p.m. on Friday, April 24, to investigate a reported theft in progress at a beauty shop in Waldorf, though the two suspects had already fled by the time they arrived…
Dad Who Decapitated Seagull For Stealing Daughter's Fry At Jersey Shore Gets 8 Months Dad Who Decapitated Seagull For Stealing Daughter's Fry At Jersey Shore Gets 8 Months
Dad Who Decapitated Seagull For Stealing Daughter's Fry At Jersey Shore Gets 8 Months A Cape May man who witnesses said decapitated a seagull at Morey’s Piers in North Wildwood has been sentenced to about eight months in jail. Police first responded to the incident on July 6, 2024, at Morey’s Piers, located at 2501 Boardwalk Ave., after receiving reports of animal cruelty, the North Wildwood Police Department said. Witnesses told officers that a man later identified as then-29-year-old Franklin Zeigler of Cape May had decapitated a seagull at the boardwalk attraction. Zeigler told officers that he killed the bird after it tried taking his daughter's fries, NJ Advance Media s…
Child Assaulted, Woman Threatened With Knife Before Maryland Barricade: Sheriff Child Assaulted, Woman Threatened With Knife Before Maryland Barricade: Sheriff
Child Assaulted, Woman Threatened With Knife Before Maryland Barricade: Sheriff A man threatened a woman's life and assaulted a child in Maryland before barricading himself inside a La Plata home, according to the Charles County Sheriff's Office. Christopher Dale Buchanan, 37, is behind bars after a scary scene played out last week involving a woman and young child, the agency announced on Thursday, Sept. 18.  Officers from the sheriff's office were called around 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 10 to the 6300 block of Nelson Drive in La Plata, where there was a reported domestic disturbance.  During the incident it is alleged Buchanan choked the woman, as…
5 Children Locked In 'Dungeon' With Feces-Covered Walls, No Beds By Parents: Officials 5 Children Locked In 'Dungeon' With Feces-Covered Walls, No Beds By Parents: Officials
5 Children Locked In 'Dungeon' With Feces-Covered Walls, No Beds By Parents: Officials Five children were trapped in a locked room described as a “dungeon,” where authorities say they lived among filth, boarded-up windows, and no beds. A Pennsylvania couple, James Russell Kahl and Carly Kahl, is accused of holding their children, ages five to 14, in “deplorable conditions” at a home in Redstone Township, Fayette County, according to Pennsylvania State Police. The investigation began in early August after Children and Youth Services received a complaint about the family, authorities said. When troopers responded to the home with CYS, they discovered no beds, boarded-up windows…
Cold Case Murder Of ‘Reputed Mob Affiliate’ Solved 26 Years Later: Police Cold Case Murder Of ‘Reputed Mob Affiliate’ Solved 26 Years Later: Police
Cold Case Murder Of ‘Reputed Mob Affiliate’ Solved 26 Years Later: Police A 26-year-old cold case has been cracked with the arrest of a South Philadelphia man accused of gunning down Guerino “Gino” Marconi outside his home in 1999, court documents say. Richard Leidy, 60, was arrested at his Girard Estates home on Monday, Aug. 25, and charged with murder, attempted murder, and multiple related offenses, according to Philadelphia court records. On Saturday, April 10, 1999, Guerino “Gino” Marconi Sr., 42, an auto body shop owner and reputed low-level mob associate, was ambushed outside his house on the 2400 block of South 20th Street. His longtime girlfriend, Patric…
Prince George's County Man Tried To Kill Woman Sitting In Car On PA Street, Police Say Prince George's County Man Tried To Kill Woman Sitting In Car On PA Street, Police Say
Prince George's County Man Tried To Kill Woman Sitting In Car On PA Street, Police Say A Maryland man is accused of firing two rounds at a woman as she sat in her car in Lancaster, police announced. David Terrell Porter Jr., 29, of Bowie, Maryland, allegedly approached the victim shortly after midnight on Sunday, June 29, as she sat in the driver’s seat of her vehicle in the first block of Caroline Street, according to the Lancaster City Bureau of Police. Porter is accused of firing a gun twice into the car, with both rounds striking the driver’s side of the vehicle, investigators said. The woman was not injured. Porter was charged with felony attempted criminal homicide, fe…
Toddler Dies From Assault: Dad ‘Never Should Have Gotten Out For 1st Kid He Beat' Family Says Toddler Dies From Assault: Dad ‘Never Should Have Gotten Out For 1st Kid He Beat' Family Says
Toddler Dies From Assault: Dad ‘Never Should Have Gotten Out For 1st Kid He Beat' Family Says A father is accused of violently assaulting his 2-year-old son, who was later found dead in Bradford, the McKean County District Attorney’s Office announced on Friday, Aug. 15. Tyler Lee Prescott, 32, who has no permanent address, was charged with multiple counts of aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of a child for injuries allegedly inflicted on his son between July 17 and Aug. 14, according to District Attorney Stephanie Vettenburg-Shaffer and court records. EMS and police were called to a home on the 60 block of Sherman Street early Thursday, Aug. 14, for an unresponsive chil…
Naked Maryland Teen Tried To Hide; Caught With Weed, Gun After Assault: Sheriff Naked Maryland Teen Tried To Hide; Caught With Weed, Gun After Assault: Sheriff
Naked Maryland Teen Tried To Hide; Caught With Weed, Gun After Assault: Sheriff He ditched the clothes, but couldn’t shed the charges. A Maryland teen accused of beating and choking a woman took off running half-naked with a loaded ghost gun and over a pound of weed, according to the Charles County Sheriff’s Office. Ky-Mari Monte Bowman, 18, was arrested around 10:45 p.m. on Friday, July 18, after a patrol officer spotted a woman running from a man in a car near Golden Eagle Place in Waldorf, authorities said. As the officer approached, Bowman sped off, struck a curb, and disabled the vehicle, a spokesperson for the sheriff's office said. He bailed out with a red bac…
Blood-Covered Woman Stabs Elderly Man In Face, Chest, Kicks Cop: Mt. Poconos Police Blood-Covered Woman Stabs Elderly Man In Face, Chest, Kicks Cop: Mt. Poconos Police
Blood-Covered Woman Stabs Elderly Man In Face, Chest, Kicks Cop: Mt. Poconos Police A woman was found walking through a quiet Poconos neighborhood, drenched in blood, moments after stabbing an 71-year-old man in the face and chest and assaulting a police officer, authorities announced on Tuesday, July 22. Colleen B. Hall, 56, of Tobyhanna, launched a brutal, unprovoked attack on the elderly man she lived with at a home on Starlight Terrace around 9:50 p.m. on Monday, July 21, according to the Pocono Mountain Regional Police Department. While officers were responding to the stabbing call, dispatchers received a report of a blood-covered woman wandering nearby on Winding Way…
Fourth Detainee Who Escaped New Jersey ICE Facility Captured 2,700 Miles Away Fourth Detainee Who Escaped New Jersey ICE Facility Captured 2,700 Miles Away
Fourth Detainee Who Escaped New Jersey ICE Facility Captured 2,700 Miles Away The fourth and final detainee who escaped from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in New Jersey last month was captured Thursday, July 17, in Los Angeles, more than 2,700 miles away, the FBI said. Andres Felipe Pineda-Mogollon, 25, a Colombian national, escaped from Delaney Hall in Newark following a riot on June 12, as previously reported by Daily Voice. The FBI did not release further details about Pineda-Mogollon's escape. The three other detainees were identified as: Franklin Norberto Bautista-Reyes, a Honduran national who entered the U.S. illegally in 2021, was arreste…
Domestic Call In Maryland Ends With Car In Creek, Fugitive In Cuffs: Sheriff Domestic Call In Maryland Ends With Car In Creek, Fugitive In Cuffs: Sheriff
Domestic Call In Maryland Ends With Car In Creek, Fugitive In Cuffs: Sheriff A man with multiple warrants led deputies on a wild chase after crashing into a Maryland creek, then assaulted two officers before he was finally apprehended, authorities said. Kent Leroy Smith Jr., 34, is facing a stack of new charges after an early morning incident on Friday, July 4, in Waldorf, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office announced. Deputies responded just after 7:15 a.m. to a home in the 9400 block of Super Street after a woman called 911, saying she was hiding from a man who had just threatened her.  Investigators later identified him as Smith and learned he had three act…
Feds ID Four Migrants Who Escaped NJ ICE Facility, $10K Reward Offered Feds ID Four Migrants Who Escaped NJ ICE Facility, $10K Reward Offered
Feds ID Four Migrants Who Escaped NJ ICE Facility, $10K Reward Offered Federal officials are offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of four criminal illegal aliens who escaped from Delaney Hall Detention Facility in Newark on Thursday, June 12, the Department of Homeland Security said. The agency maintained that no widespread unrest occurred at the facility, contradicting various media reports including some saying 50 inmates pushed down a wall after meals were served late.  Officials said Delaney Hall remains “dedicated to providing high-quality services” and maintains 24/7 medical care, visitation, legal access, meals, reli…
Baby Shower Turns Violent As Maryland Woman Rams Guests With Car: Sheriff Baby Shower Turns Violent As Maryland Woman Rams Guests With Car: Sheriff
Baby Shower Turns Violent As Maryland Woman Rams Guests With Car: Sheriff A Maryland baby shower turned into a demolition derby when a woman got behind the wheel and intentionally plowed into guests during a heated parking lot fight, police said. Robin Lessette Alexander, 53, of Indian Head, was arrested after a wild scene in Waldorf, where she is accused of striking several people with her vehicle after an argument, according to the Charles County Sheriff’s Office. It happened around 5 p.m. on Saturday, June 1, in the 1300 block of Smallwood Drive West. Investigators said Alexander was attending a baby shower when she got into a heated argument with another wom…
Whip/Nae Nae Rapper Silentó Pleads Guilty In Cousin’s Killing Whip/Nae Nae Rapper Silentó Pleads Guilty In Cousin’s Killing
Whip/Nae Nae Rapper Silentó Pleads Guilty In Cousin’s Killing A Georgia rapper who went viral for the Whip/Nae Nae dance pleaded guilty but mentally ill in the 2021 shooting death of his cousin, DeKalb County District Attorney Sherry Boston announced on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. Ricky Lamar Hawk, 27, best known by his stage name Silentó, admitted to killing Frederick Rooks III, 34, on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, in the Panthersville area of unincorporated Decatur. He pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, and concealing the death of another. A murder charge was dropped as par…
US Marshals Capture NJ Homicide Suspect In Prince George's: Prosecutor US Marshals Capture NJ Homicide Suspect In Prince George's: Prosecutor
US Marshals Capture NJ Homicide Suspect In Prince George's: Prosecutor A 28-year-old Maryland man wanted for a deadly stabbing in New Jersey has been captured and is now facing multiple charges, including homicide, prosecutors announced. Jamari E. Dortch, of Rossville, MD, was arrested on Saturday, May 17, by the U.S. Marshals Capitol Area Regional Fugitive Task Force in connection with a stabbing Friday, May 16 on Anderson Street in Phillipsburg, according to Warren County Acting Prosecutor Jessica L. Cardone. Phillipsburg Police were flagged down around 3 a.m. after a 26-year-old woman was found unresponsive with injuries consistent with being stabbed, autho…
House Of Horrors: NJ Couple Kept Girl Chained In Bathroom, Dog Crate For Years, Officials Say House Of Horrors: NJ Couple Kept Girl Chained In Bathroom, Dog Crate For Years, Officials Say
House Of Horrors: NJ Couple Kept Girl Chained In Bathroom, Dog Crate For Years, Officials Say A South Jersey couple was arrested and charged on Saturday, May 10, after they held a child captive for years before her escape, authorities said. Law enforcement began investigating in Gloucester Township after an 18-year-old girl said she had been held captive for years and was the victim of sexual abuse, Camden County Prosecutor Grace MacAulay and Gloucester Township Police Chief David Harkins said. Brenda Spencer, 38, and Branndon Mosley, 41, had been abusing the girl since 2018, authorities said. She was removed from school while in 6th grade and confined to her home, authori…
Shooter Who Fired At Dad Protecting 5-Year-Old Daughter Learns Prison Fate Shooter Who Fired At Dad Protecting 5-Year-Old Daughter Learns Prison Fate
Shooter Who Fired At Dad Protecting 5-Year-Old Daughter Learns Prison Fate The man who shot a father and his 5-year-old daughter as they were enjoying a day out in DC will spend more than a decade behind bars, authorities announced. Alante Partlow, 30, was sentenced to 13 years in prison for the April 2024 shooting in Northeast DC when he fired shots at the family, who investigators said he knew before the incident. At around 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, police say officers were called to the 4800 block of North Capitol Street NE, where they found a man and his daughter suffering from gunshot wounds outside an apartment building in the Fort Totten neighb…
M&M Factory Fight: Coworker Beaten Outside By 2 Employees, Police Say M&M Factory Fight: Coworker Beaten Outside By 2 Employees, Police Say
M&M Factory Fight: Coworker Beaten Outside By 2 Employees, Police Say A brutal attack outside the M&M Mars factory in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, left one employee with serious injuries, borough police announced in a release on Thursday, April 17. Angel L. Sanchez-Abreu and Wilbert A. Sanchez allegedly beat a fellow coworker at the sweet plant just after noon outside the candy plant on South Brown Street on Thursday, April 3, investigators said. The victim suffered a broken nose and a hairline skull fracture in the assault, which unfolded around 1:31 p.m., police said. Angel L. Sanchez-Abreu has since turned himself in and is cooperating with authoritie…
Cody Balmer Set Fire At Gov. Josh Shapiro’s Residence While Family Slept, State Police Say Cody Balmer Set Fire At Gov. Josh Shapiro’s Residence While Family Slept, State Police Say
Cody Balmer Set Fire At Gov. Josh Shapiro’s Residence While Family Slept, State Police Say A Harrisburg man is accused of setting fire to the Pennsylvania Governor’s Residence while Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family slept inside, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Sunday, April 13. The blaze broke out around 2 a.m. at the mansion on North Front Street in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, authorities said. Shapiro, his wife Lori, and their children were safely evacuated by Pennsylvania State Police and Capitol Police after troopers banged on their door to wake them. The Harrisburg Bureau of Fire quickly extinguished the flames. No injuries were reported, though the fire caused “signi…