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Maryland Man Sexually Abused 10-Year-Old Child In His Home, Jury Finds Maryland Man Sexually Abused 10-Year-Old Child In His Home, Jury Finds
Maryland Man Sexually Abused 10-Year-Old Child In His Home, Jury Finds A Maryland jury has convicted a man of sexually abusing a child under 10 years old inside his home, prosecutors announced Wednesday. Logan Littleton, 29, of Seaford, Delaware, was found guilty of three counts of sexual abuse of a minor after a three-day trial in Wicomico County Circuit Court, officials said. The abuse happened between 2014 and 2015 and involved a minor who lived in the same household as Littleton, according to the Wicomico County State’s Attorney’s Office. Littleton will remain in custody while the court awaits a pre-sentence investigation and mental health assessment, aut…

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by Zak Failla
Business
Ocean State Job Lot Moving Into Three Former Big Lots Stores In MD: Here's Where Ocean State Job Lot Moving Into Three Former Big Lots Stores In MD: Here's Where
Ocean State Job Lot Moving Into Three Former Big Lots Stores In MD: Here's Where Ocean State Job Lot is taking over more than a dozen former Big Lots locations, bringing the discount retail chain to new communities across the Northeast and mid-Atlantic. Ocean State Job Lot has acquired 15 former Big Lots stores, the company said in a news release on Wednesday, Mar. 19. The acquisitions come after Big Lots filed for bankruptcy in September 2024. The expansion will include Ocean State opening its first store in Delaware. "This is an exciting chapter for us," said Ocean State CEO and principal owner Marc Perlman. "Expanding into new markets has long been part of…

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
Maryland Man Who Threatened To Kill, Locked Victim In Closet Arrested In Delaware: Sheriff Maryland Man Who Threatened To Kill, Locked Victim In Closet Arrested In Delaware: Sheriff
Maryland Man Who Threatened To Kill, Locked Victim In Closet Arrested In Delaware: Sheriff A Maryland man is facing multiple charges after allegedly pulling a gun during an argument and locking victims in rooms, authorities said. Deputies from the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office responded to a home on the 28000 block of Waller Road in Delmar on Thursday, Dec. 12, where there was a reported incident involving a firearm. Richard Lee Luffman, 45, is accused of pointing a firearm at one victim during an argument and threatening to kill them and others in the home, according to the sheriff's office. During the incident, Luffman allegedly shoved one victim into a closet and locked an…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
University Of Maryland Eastern Shore Students Killed, Critically Injured In Wrong-Way Crash: PD University Of Maryland Eastern Shore Students Killed, Critically Injured In Wrong-Way Crash: PD
University Of Maryland Eastern Shore Students Killed, Critically Injured In Wrong-Way Crash: PD Two University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) students were killed, and two others suffered critical injuries after being struck head-on by a suspected intoxicated wrong-way driver in Delaware. Delaware State Police identified 22-year-old Eric Staley, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, and Willow Grove, Pennsylvania resident Makayla Belton, 18, as the two who were killed in a fatal crash on Sunday in Seaford involving a Honda Pilot and Nissan Rogue. Two others, the 22-year-old driver from DC, and a rear passenger, an 18-year-old from Bethesda, where also hospitalized with serious injuries, …

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by Zak Failla
Obituaries
DUI Driver Charged For Wrong-Way Crash That Killed Infant, Young Parents In MD: State Police DUI Driver Charged For Wrong-Way Crash That Killed Infant, Young Parents In MD: State Police
DUI Driver Charged For Wrong-Way Crash That Killed Infant, Young Parents In MD: State Police A Delaware man who allegedly was driving under the influence is facing criminal charges weeks after a wrong-way crash that claimed the lives of a young family from New York traveling from New York with their 1-year-old son in Maryland, state police announced. State Police investigators identified Dean Alexander Dennison, 21, Sierra Rain Merchant, 20, and 1-year-old Grayson Dennison as the three people killed in a crash early on Sunday, May 19 on US Route 13.  According to investigators, shortly before 2:50 a.m. on May 19, troopers were called to investigate a head-on crash that was rep…

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by Zak Failla
Obituaries
Infant, Young Parents Killed By Wrong-Way Driver In Maryland Crash Infant, Young Parents Killed By Wrong-Way Driver In Maryland Crash
Infant, Young Parents Killed By Wrong-Way Driver In Maryland Crash A young family with a 1-year-old son from New York was killed in a crash while traveling through Maryland over the weekend.  State Police investigators identified Dean Alexander Dennison, 21, Sierra Rain Merchant, 20, and 1-year-old Grayson Dennison as the three people killed in a crash early on Sunday morning on US Route 13.  According to investigators, shortly before 2:50 a.m. on May 19, troopers were called to investigate a head-on crash that was reported in Wicomico County south of St. Luke's Road involving the family and a Delaware man. The preliminary investigation determined that Ja…

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by Zak Failla