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Flannel-Wearing Firestarter Sought After $50K Maryland Business Blaze: Fire Marshal Flannel-Wearing Firestarter Sought After $50K Maryland Business Blaze: Fire Marshal
Flannel-Wearing Firestarter Sought After $50K Maryland Business Blaze: Fire Marshal Fire investigators are turning to the public for help identifying the suspect who set a Cumberland tire shop ablaze early Saturday morning, causing $50,000 in damages. The fire broke out around 4:42 a.m. at D&K Tires on Greene Street after surveillance footage captured the suspect igniting a flammable device on a window air conditioning unit. Cumberland Fire Department crews arrived at the two-bay auto repair shop to find flames shooting from a window. Firefighters contained the blaze to an office area, but smoke, soot, and water damage spread throughout the business. Video surveillanc…

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by Zak Failla
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Murder Suspect Wanted For Prince George’s County Woman’s Death Captured By SWAT Team Murder Suspect Wanted For Prince George’s County Woman’s Death Captured By SWAT Team
Murder Suspect Wanted For Prince George’s County Woman’s Death Captured By SWAT Team A fugitive wanted for the murder of a Prince George’s County woman on St. Patrick's Day has been arrested during a late-night SWAT operation in North Carolina, authorities said. Raheem Hawkins-Boseman, 23, of Silver Spring, was taken into custody on Nov. 21 at an apartment on Kings Meadow Circle in Leland after deputies from the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant following a tip from the FBI regarding his location. Prince George's County Police Department BCSO’s Vice and Narcotics Unit and SWAT team apprehended Hawkins-Boseman without incident, according to t…

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by Zak Failla
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Deputy Fire Chief In Maryland Accused Of Setting Blaze He Helped Extinguish Deputy Fire Chief In Maryland Accused Of Setting Blaze He Helped Extinguish
Deputy Fire Chief In Maryland Accused Of Setting Blaze He Helped Extinguish A Cecil County fire official has been arrested for allegedly setting a brushfire on the property of a local addiction treatment center, leaving a community stunned. Robert "Bobby" Bennett, 39, the deputy fire chief of Hacks Point Volunteer Fire Company, was taken into custody Tuesday morning after investigators identified him as the person allegedly responsible for a blaze earlier this month, according to the Maryland Fire Marshal. The incident occurred on Tuesday, Nov. 4 when a brushfire burned two acres of land on Grove Neck Road at the Recovery Centers of America’s property, officials sa…

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by Zak Failla
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Suspects In Two Vehicles At Large After Stabbing Food Delivery Driver In Maryland: Sheriff Suspects In Two Vehicles At Large After Stabbing Food Delivery Driver In Maryland: Sheriff
Suspects In Two Vehicles At Large After Stabbing Food Delivery Driver In Maryland: Sheriff Look familiar?  The Charles County Sheriff's Office is seeking the public's assistance as they attempt to identify the suspects involved in a Waldorf stabbing late last month.  New surveillance photos of vehicles reportedly involved in an incident late on June 30 were released on Saturday. According to the sheriff's office, the initial investigation has determined the food delivery driver was stopped at a red light on St. Patrick’s Drive at Crain Highway in Waldorf when two vehicles pulled up and positioned themselves on either side of his car. An argument ensued, with the …

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by Zak Failla
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Suspects Sought After Credit Card Skimmer Found At Maryland Dollar General Store, Sheriff Warns Suspects Sought After Credit Card Skimmer Found At Maryland Dollar General Store, Sheriff Warns
Suspects Sought After Credit Card Skimmer Found At Maryland Dollar General Store, Sheriff Warns New photos have been released by the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office as thy attempt to identify and locate two men who installed a credit card skimming device that was found in an area Dollar General Store. An alert was issued last week by the agency as they attempt to locate a suspect who placed the device on a debit/credit card machine at the store in the 30000 block of Potomac Way in Charlotte Hall.  Google Maps street view According to the sheriff's office, an employee advised investigators on Sunday, May 26 that the day before, a machine was malfunctioning, and while inspecti…

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by Zak Failla
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Credit Card Skimmer Found At Maryland Dollar General Store, Sheriff Warns Credit Card Skimmer Found At Maryland Dollar General Store, Sheriff Warns
Credit Card Skimmer Found At Maryland Dollar General Store, Sheriff Warns The St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office is cautioning shoppers that a credit card skimming device was found at an area Dollar General Store, and now investigators are on the hunt for a mustachioed man who installed it.  An alert was issued on Thursday by the agency on Thursday as they attempt to locate a suspect who placed the device on a debit/credit card machine at the store in the 30000 block of Potomac Way in Charlotte Hall.  Google Maps street view According to the sheriff's office, an employee advised investigators on Sunday that the day before, a machine was malfunctioning…

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by Zak Failla
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ID Sought For Suspect In String Of Prince George’s County Apartment Break-Ins (VIDEO) ID Sought For Suspect In String Of Prince George’s County Apartment Break-Ins (VIDEO)
ID Sought For Suspect In String Of Prince George’s County Apartment Break-Ins (Video) Police are attempting to identify the person caught on surveillance footage breaking into several apartments in Prince George’s County throughout the past week. The most recent was a residential robbery with an implied weapon on the 9900 block of Good Luck Road in Lanham around 5 a.m. on Monday, April 8, the PGPD said. Three other incidents occurred on the 9800 block of Good Luck Road: A residential armed robbery around 5:50 a.m. on Sunday, April 7 An attempted residential armed robbery around 6:55 a.m. Saturday, April 6 Breaking and entering around 9 a.m. on Thursday, April 4 Video from …

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by Valerie Musson
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Man Wanted For Murder Of Prince George’s County Woman, 27: Police Man Wanted For Murder Of Prince George’s County Woman, 27: Police
Man Wanted For Murder Of Prince George’s County Woman, 27: Police Police have identified and obtained an arrest warrant for one of the two men believed to be connected to last weekend's deadly shooting of a Prince George’s County woman. Raheem Hawkins-Boseman, 22, of Silver Spring, was charged on an arrest warrant with first-degree murder, the PGPD said Friday, March 22. The charges come following the shooting of Jessica Somerville, 27, of Suitland, who was found suffering from a gunshot wound in a parking lot on the 5800 block of Silver Hill Road in District Heights around 2:15 a.m. Sunday, March 17. Surveillance footage released shortly after the incid…

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by Valerie Musson
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ID Sought For Suspect Wanted For Murder Of Maryland Convenience Store Owner ID Sought For Suspect Wanted For Murder Of Maryland Convenience Store Owner
ID Sought For Suspect Wanted For Murder Of Maryland Convenience Store Owner Detectives have released surveillance footage in hopes of identifying the man they believe is responsible for last week’s murder of a Maryland convenience store owner. Mohammad Hanif of Annandale, VA, was found suffering from head trauma as officers responded to a report of an unresponsive man at a business on the 900 block of Larchmont Avenue in Capitol Heights around 7:50 a.m. on Tuesday, March 5. He was taken to a nearby hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries three days later. Investigators believe the suspect attacked Hanif while stealing items from the store before fleeing on a b…

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by Valerie Musson
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Footage Shows Suspects Moments Before Knifepoint Sexual Assault In Prince George's County Footage Shows Suspects Moments Before Knifepoint Sexual Assault In Prince George's County
Footage Shows Suspects Moments Before Knifepoint Sexual Assault In Prince George's County Police have released surveillance footage of the two men they say held a woman at knifepoint and sexually assaulted her in a wooded area of Prince George’s County earlier this week. The woman was walking near the 6000 block of Ager Road in Hyattsville when two men grabbed her and sexually assaulted her at knifepoint in a nearby wooded area around 5:00 p.m. Monday, March 4. The surveillance footage shows the suspects following her beforehand and running away after the assault. No other sexual assaults have been reported in the area, police added. Investigators are offering a cash reward fo…

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by Valerie Musson
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Man Attempted To Sexually Assault Woman On Baltimore County Trail, Police Say Man Attempted To Sexually Assault Woman On Baltimore County Trail, Police Say
Man Attempted To Sexually Assault Woman On Baltimore County Trail, Police Say Police in Baltimore are investigating another attempted sexual assault on a Maryland trail. An alert was issued by the Baltimore Police Department advising that shortly before 8:30 a.m. on Thursday morning, officers were called to the entrance of the Red Run Valley Stream Trail in Owings Mills to probe a reported attempted sexual assault that had just happened. The woman involved said that she was approached by a Black man with a thin build who was between 18 and 25 years old, standing between 5-foot-7 and 5-foot-9 at around 8:15 a.m. and attempted to assault her sexually. Investigators sp…

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by Zak Failla
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Maryland Man Accused Of Premeditated Double Murder, Assault In Southeast DC Maryland Man Accused Of Premeditated Double Murder, Assault In Southeast DC
Maryland Man Accused Of Premeditated Double Murder, Assault In Southeast DC Federal officials say that a Maryland man is behind bars for a double murder and shooting of a third victim in Southeast DC last year. Bowie resident Amarii Fontanelle, 20, is facing multiple counts of murder and other offenses after being indicted for the October 2022 killings of Reginald Cooper, Jr., and Davonte Berkley. Fontanelle was indicted this week by a grand jury in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia after he led his victims to their deaths, US Attorney Matthew Graves announced on Friday. According to the indictment, on Oct. 17, 2022, Cooper and Berkley, both 19, drove…

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by Zak Failla
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Suitland Stabbing Suspect Sentenced For Butchering Victim After Southeast DC Crash: Feds Suitland Stabbing Suspect Sentenced For Butchering Victim After Southeast DC Crash: Feds
Suitland Stabbing Suspect Sentenced For Butchering Victim After Southeast DC Crash: Feds A Maryland man has been sentenced to more than two decades in prison for butchering a friend to death in Southeast Washington, DC, federal prosecutors announced. Suitland resident Herbert Smallwood, 42, has been sentenced to 275 months in prison for the murder of Joseph Ogundoju after following his far for several blocks in June 2021. Prosecutors said that at approximately 7 p.m. on June 30, 2021, Smallwood was traveling in an SUV that was following another vehicle being driven by an acquaintance. The other vehicle, a Ford Focus, crashed during the incident and flipped in the rear of the …

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by Zak Failla
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Hotel Rapist Sought By Police Locks Eyes With Surveillance Camera In Virginia Hotel Rapist Sought By Police Locks Eyes With Surveillance Camera In Virginia
Hotel Rapist Sought By Police Locks Eyes With Surveillance Camera In Virginia As if he knew he was being watched, an armed man locked eyes with surveillance cameras at a Virginia hotel where he burst into a hotel room and sexually assaulted a woman on Saturday, Oct. 1, according to footage and information released by police. The man physically and sexually assaulted the victim in a room at a hotel on the 8600 block of Westwood Center Drive in Vienna around 5:30 p.m. and then fled, county police said. A man who knew the victim began chasing the suspect, who pointed a gun at him and continued his escape.  The victim was taken to a nearby hospital t…

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by Cecilia Levine
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VIDEO: Suspect At-Large After Strong-Armed Robbery Of Maryland Wendy's VIDEO: Suspect At-Large After Strong-Armed Robbery Of Maryland Wendy's
Video: Suspect At-Large After Strong-Armed Robbery Of Maryland Wendy's Police have released surveillance footage in hopes of identifying a suspect who robbed a Montgomery County Wendy's, authorities say. Detectives responded to reports of a strong-armed robbery at the restaurant in the 14000 block of Connecticut Avenue around 6:30 p.m., Thursday, July 21, according to Montgomery County police.  Video suggests the suspect entered the Wendy's and approached the counter to order food, according to investigators. When the employee opened the register to accept change, the suspect lunged over the counter and ripped the register tray out of the drawer. The emp…

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by Annie DeVoe
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Baltimore Man Facing 75 Years For Shooting Victim 7 Times In Broad Daylight Baltimore Man Facing 75 Years For Shooting Victim 7 Times In Broad Daylight
Baltimore Man Facing 75 Years For Shooting Victim 7 Times In Broad Daylight A Baltimore man is facing up to 75 years in prison for a brutal homicide that occurred last year, the Baltimore State's Attorney's Office reports.  Andre Preston was convicted of the second-degree murder of Gary Wilson, who Preston shot seven times in the Rosemont neighborhood in May 2021, the office reports.  FBI surveillance footage captured the shooting on video and Preston even admitted to being the person in the footage during trial.  "One of the most chilling aspects of this case is the brazenness of the defendant's violent behavior," said State's Attorney Marilyn…

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by David Cifarelli
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2 Suspects Sought In March Silver Spring Shooting (VIDEO) 2 Suspects Sought In March Silver Spring Shooting (VIDEO)
2 Suspects Sought In March Silver Spring Shooting (Video) Montgomery County Police are seeking the public's help in identifying two suspects behind a Silver Spring shooting that happened last month. Police responded to Kaldi's Social House, located in the 900 block of Silver Spring Avenue, for a reported shooting around 7 p.m. on Sunday, March 20, police said. Upon arrival, officers learned that a fight broke out in front of the coffee shop that resulted in two suspects firing gunshots, police said.  Police also said an additional shooting took place in the parking garage located in the 8110 block of Fenton Street. Both suspects th…

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by David Cifarelli
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18-Year-Old Male Shot Outside Dunbar High School: Police 18-Year-Old Male Shot Outside Dunbar High School: Police
18-Year-Old Male Shot Outside Dunbar High School: Police An 18-year-old man was shot outside a high school in Baltimore County while school was still in session on the afternoon of Tuesday, Mar. 15, police said. Officers were called to the Paul Laurence Dunbar High School for a reported shooting just before 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Baltimore Police said.  Upon arrival, police found the victim suffering from an apparent gunshot wound to his leg. He was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. During a press conference later in the day, authorities said a group of students were outside of the gym when another group…

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by David Cifarelli