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MD Grad Student, 24, Killed By Fugitive Wanted In 3 States Fleeing Cops In U-Haul Van: PD MD Grad Student, 24, Killed By Fugitive Wanted In 3 States Fleeing Cops In U-Haul Van: PD
MD Grad Student, 24, Killed By Fugitive Wanted In 3 States Fleeing Cops In U-Haul Van: PD A 24-year-old Maryland woman has been identified as the victim killed by a man wanted out of multiple states when he plowed into pedestrians and parked cars in a stolen U-Haul van in Delaware, authorities announced. Gordon Turner, 22, of New Castle, DE was arrested and is facing multiple charges in the Monday, April 29 crash that left Marina Vasconcelos, of Northeast, MD, dead, police said in a news release Thursday, May 1. Last summer, Vasconcelos announced that she had gotten engaged while in Cape May, NJ. According to LinkedIn, she was a third-year Ph.D. candidate at UDel pursuing a…
Teen Charged As Adult After Pulling Gun In I-270 Road Rage Incident, State Police Say Teen Charged As Adult After Pulling Gun In I-270 Road Rage Incident, State Police Say
Teen Charged As Adult After Pulling Gun In I-270 Road Rage Incident, State Police Say A 17-year-old is being charged as an adult after allegedly pulling a loaded gun on another driver during a road rage confrontation on I-270 in Montgomery County, state police said. The teen, from Frederick, was arrested Monday, March 31, after a driver called 911 around 2 p.m. reporting someone pointed a gun at her during an aggressive encounter near Falls Road in Rockville, according to Maryland State Police. The victim gave troopers enough information to identify the vehicle and suspect. Troopers from the Rockville and Frederick barracks — along with the Highway Gun Crimes Initiative — tr…
Dealer Rams Police Car, Buyer Caught With Drugs In Maryland, Police Say Dealer Rams Police Car, Buyer Caught With Drugs In Maryland, Police Say
Dealer Rams Police Car, Buyer Caught With Drugs In Maryland, Police Say A convicted felon is back behind bars after a botched drug deal in downtown Silver Spring ended with a police car getting rammed, a loaded stolen gun recovered, and felony charges stacked high, according to Montgomery County Police. The chaos kicked off around 10 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 25, when plainclothes officers from the department's 3rd District spotted a suspected drug transaction during a proactive criminal enforcement operation. When officers moved in, the suspected buyer was caught with marijuana, cocaine, and prescription pills—some of which they admitted buying from the dealer, po…