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Anti-Semitic Propaganda Under Investigation In Maryland Communities
Anti-Semitic propaganda has been plastered throughout communities in Calvert County, the sheriff's office advised. The Calvert County Sheriff's Office announced that it is investigating the littering of anti-Semitic propaganda that has been strewn throughout several neighborhoods in the region. Flyers are contained in plastic zipper bags and are thrown from cars onto lawns or placed in mailboxes, officials said. Deputies have responded and removed materials when the problem is reported. The nature of the propaganda was not announced by investigators. Similar flyers have been reported in C…
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Maryland Man Charged With Bias-Motivated Assaults, Posing As Police In DC Park: DOJ
A Maryland man who posed as a police officer is facing multiple charges for allegedly assaulting multiple men in bias-motivated attacks due to their sexual orientation, federal officials announced. Michael Thomas Pruden, 48, was arrested and charged for several assaults at a popular Washington, DC park, several of which were due to his victims’ perceived sexual orientation, according to the US Attorney’s Office. Specifically, Pruden was charged by a federal grand jury of: Five counts of assault on federal land; Impersonating a federal officer; Hate crimes sentencing enhancement alleging …
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Pictures Of Woman Maybe Linked To Child Sexual Exploitation Released By FBI In DC
The FBI's D.C. office released pictures on July 13 of a woman who may have information related to a child sexual exploitation case, officials said. Video footage revealed this woman was likely with the child around May 2022, the FBI reported. Though her face is not visible, officials are asking anyone who recognizes the woman's wrist tattoo, ring, or anything else in the video's screenshots to call the FBI's tip-line at 1-800-225-5324. No further information about the woman or the child is available at this time.
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Four Inmates Escape From Federal Prison In Virginia
A search was under way for four inmates who escaped from a federal prison in Virginia Saturday, June 18, officials said. Corey Branch, Tavares Lajuane Graham, Lamonte Rashawn Willis and Kareem Allen Shaw went missing from the Federal Correctional Complex Petersburg’s satellite camp in Hopewell around 1:45 a.m., the FBI of Prisons said in a news release. Four federal inmates escaped this morning from FCC Petersburg’s camp in Virginia. The Bureau of Prisons says it notified the US Marshals, FBI and other law enforcement agencies. BOP has faced scrutiny in recent years for allowing inmates…
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Ex-BF Gets Plea-Bargained 30 Years For Killing NJ Mom, Abducting Son
UPDATE: A New Jersey man who admitted killing his former girlfriend, kidnapping their young son and fleeing to Tennessee last summer was sentenced to a plea-bargained 30 years in state prison, authorities said. Tyler Rios, 28, must serve 25½ years before he’ll be eligible for parole under the deal brokered with the Union County Prosecutor’s Office for killing 24-year-old Yasemin Uyar, taking his son with him as he drove her body to Tennessee in the trunk of her car and dumping the corpse in a field there on July 8, 2021. That means he’d still be in his early 50s when he’s eventually releas…
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Hero Cops: New Details, IDs Of Troopers Involved In Mass Maryland Shooting Released
Law enforcement agencies in Maryland are celebrating the state police troopers that came to the aid of their colleague who was struck by a bullet before apprehending a mass shooting suspect. Joe Louis Esquivel, age 23, of Hedgesville, West Virginia, is facing more than two dozen charges after opening fire at his Washington County workplace, killing three, and injuring two others, including a Maryland State Police trooper on Thursday, June 9. On Monday, June 13, the department identified the trooper who was struck as Det. Sgt. Phillip Martin, who was assigned to the Criminal Enforcement Div…
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Shooting Suspect Sentenced For Murdering Man With Rifle In Harford County
A convicted felon from Baltimore will spend decades in prison after being sentenced for murdering his victim with a rifle in Harford County, the State's Attorney’s Office announced. Sheron Garrett, 30, has been sentenced to 92 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised probation if he were to be released after being found guilty of murdering his victim after threatening him during an argument. Specifically, Garrett was convicted of: First-degree murder; Conspiracy to commit murder; Possession of a regulated firearm by a person with a felony conviction. Harford County State's A…
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Details Released In Mass Maryland Manufacturing Plant Shooting
UPDATE: Victims of Smithsburg workplace shooting identified. The gunman who killed four people and injured several others was being sought for homicide when he struck a 25-year Maryland State Police veteran Thursday, June 9, authorities said. Deputies responded to Columbia Machine Inc. on Bikle Road at approximately 2:30 p.m., where they found four victims, three of whom were pronounced dead at the scene, the Washington County Sheriff's Office said. The fourth remains critical. The shooter fled the scene before law enforcement agencies arrived, and a description was released to responding…
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Details Released In Deadly Mass Smithsburg Shooting
Details have been released in the mass Smithsburg shooting that left three people dead Thursday, June 9. Deputies responded to Columbia Machine Inc. on Bikle Road at approximately 2:30 p.m., where they found four victims, three of whom were pronounced dead at the scene, the Washington County Sheriff's Office said. The fourth remains critical. The shooter fled the scene before law enforcement agencies arrived, and a description was released to responding units. The suspect vehicle was tracked down by Maryland State Police troopers near Maplesville Road and Mount Aetna Road, where they excha…
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Feds Charge MD Man In $246,390 401(k) Theft From NJ Employee
A Maryland man conspired with others to steal $246,390 from a New Jersey worker’s 401(k), federal authorities charged. Oladapo Sunday Ogunbiyi, 40, of Greenbelt, and others secretly tapped into the fund, added a bank account belonging to someone else and began steering money into it, an indictment returned by a grand jury in U.S. District Court alleges. “Ogunbiyi and others directed that the fraud proceeds be converted into cashier’s checks, which were provided to Ogunbiyi,” U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. “He then deposited the cashier’s checks into bank accounts under his control…
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Maryland HS Volleyball Coach Pretended To Be Teen Boy To Get Explicit Photos Online: Sheriff
A Volleyball coach posing as a high school boy to trick minor girls into sending him explicit photos has been arrested on child pornography charges, authorities say. Evan Thomas Harris Frock, 32, of Taneytown used several Snapchat accounts to send, receive, and solicit explicit photos and videos of underage girls. He was arrested on Monday, May 9, according to the Carroll County Sheriff's Office. Frock used the Snapchat usernames of volleygirlhan, volleygirl1025, laxguy2323, and pictures1025 to exchange photos and videos. Frock is employed as a long-term substitute and head Varsity Vo…
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Gang Leader Gets 22 Years Without Parole For Smuggling Heroin, Fentanyl Into NJ Prison
A Hudson County gang leader must spend the next 22 years in a federal penitentiary for trafficking heroin and fentanyl into a New Jersey state prison. Noel "Kuko" Salgado, 41, was serving time when he had associates on the outside sneak the drugs into Bayside State Prison in Leesburg (Cumberland County), federal authorities said. One inmate who used the smuggled drugs suffered an overdose and was revived with Narcan after remaining senseless for nearly 20 minutes before having to be hospitalized, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. Salgado -- who headed the "Loyal Hoody Gang," a l…
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