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Teen To Be Charged As Adult With Attempted Murder For Targeted Shooting In Maryland, Police Say Teen To Be Charged As Adult With Attempted Murder For Targeted Shooting In Maryland, Police Say
Teen To Be Charged As Adult With Attempted Murder For Targeted Shooting In Maryland, Police Say A 17-year-old is being charged as an adult after a person was shot in the middle of the day in Hagerstown, police say. Micah Ricks is facing multiple counts of attempted murder in connection to the Hagerstown shooting of Deangelo Rouzer. Shortly before 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 28, officers were called to the 100 block of East Washington Street, where they investigated a reported shooting involving the teen and treated the 41-year-old man for a gunshot wound to the leg. According to a spokesperson from the Hagerstown Police Department, Ricks was identified as a suspect by investigators and…

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by Zak Failla
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Peeping Tom Caught By Minor At Maryland Target Location Busted With Child Porn: Sheriff Peeping Tom Caught By Minor At Maryland Target Location Busted With Child Porn: Sheriff
Peeping Tom Caught By Minor At Maryland Target Location Busted With Child Porn: Sheriff A Peeping Tom who was caught holding a phone under the door at a changing room in Washington County was also busted with child pornography, according to the sheriff's office. In June, the sheriff's office was advised about a suspicious suspect who targeted an underage girl who was trying on clothing at Target on Cole Road in Hagerstown. According to investigators, the minor spotted a black cellphone being held under the door by an unknown man who was later identified as 48-year-old Hancock resident Terry Lee Smith. During the investigation, a search and seizure warrant was served at S…

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by Zak Failla
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Arsonist, 25, Booted By Brother Torches Trailer In Hagerstown: Cops Arsonist, 25, Booted By Brother Torches Trailer In Hagerstown: Cops
Arsonist, 25, Booted By Brother Torches Trailer In Hagerstown: Cops A Hagerstown man has been charged with setting fire to his brother's utility trailer hauling brush this week, authorities announced. Christian Reyes Torres, 25, had been staying with his brother but was asked to leave on Thursday, Dec. 14, the State Fire Marshal's Office said. Torres later returned and began arguing with family members, and threatened to burn down the house, officials said. It wasn't long before it was discovered that Torres' brother's trailer was found engulfed in flames, along with the brush and tree limbs it had been hauling, officials said. Firefighters extinguished t…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Inmate Busted Plotting Prison Break From Maryland Cell: AG Inmate Busted Plotting Prison Break From Maryland Cell: AG
Inmate Busted Plotting Prison Break From Maryland Cell: AG An inmate already in trouble with the law for shenanigans at a local prison is facing a fresh fresh charges for scheming to break out in Maryland. Jose Miguel Tapia, 38, who was already charged in connection to a drone contraband conspiracy at the Roxbury Correctional Institution (RCI) in Hagerstown, continues to plot, despite being behind bars, according to the Attorney General's Office. Prosecutors say that Tapia allegedly forged court documents and posed as a representative from the Office of the State's Attorney in an effort to cut time from his sentence. The document was forged with t…

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by Zak Failla
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Homeless Man Accused Of Killing Wife Found Under Washington County Porch: Police Homeless Man Accused Of Killing Wife Found Under Washington County Porch: Police
Homeless Man Accused Of Killing Wife Found Under Washington County Porch: Police A Maryland man has been indicted for his alleged role in the murder of his wife in Hagerstown, authorities announced on Thursday. Anthony Lee Donnelly, 41, who has no fixed address, has been charged by a grand jury with multiple counts of murder following the death of his wife, Rachela Virginia Disandro, 37, earlier this year. In late May, officers from the Hagerstown Police Department were called to the Hagerstown City Park at the Jonathan Hager House, where they found Disandro's dead body inside a stone alcove under the porch of a house. She was pronounced dead at the scene from multiple…

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by Zak Failla
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Teen Firebug Torched Vehicle In MD Lot: Fire Marshal Teen Firebug Torched Vehicle In MD Lot: Fire Marshal
Teen Firebug Torched Vehicle In MD Lot: Fire Marshal More than a week after a Toyota was intentionally set on fire in Washington County, authorities announced that a teenage suspect has been taken into custody. Jaden William Kline, 18, of Hagerstown, is facing charges after admitting to intentionally setting a Toyota Land Cruiser on fire in a seeming act of vandalism, the Maryland Fire Marshal announced. It is alleged that shortly before 3 a.m. on Sunday, June 25, members of the Hagerstown Police and Fire departments were called to Land Cruiser Heaven on Frederick Street in Hagerstown, where there was a reported vehicle fire that was threaten…

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by Zak Failla
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MD Robber Stole At Least $15K From Three Central PA Banks, State Police Say MD Robber Stole At Least $15K From Three Central PA Banks, State Police Say
MD Robber Stole At Least $15K From Three Central PA Banks, State Police Say A Maryland woman who threatened to shoot tellers during three separate robberies months apart has been arrested on Thursday, February 2, according to the Pennsylvania state police. The woman pictured was identified as Tiffany Lawanda Martin after being linked to two cars used in the robberies at: Community State Bank on Lincoln Way West in St. Thomas Township on Sept. 19. Community State Bank on North Main Street in Mercersburg Borough on Nov. 1. F&M Trust Bank on Waterfall Road in Harrisonville on Jan. 20.  Each time she would arrive in the vehicles with Maryland license plates w…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Mass Workplace Shooter Indicted By Maryland Grand Jury Mass Workplace Shooter Indicted By Maryland Grand Jury
Mass Workplace Shooter Indicted By Maryland Grand Jury A grand jury in Maryland has indicted West Virginia resident Joe Louis Esquivel following the fatal mass shooting at Columbia Machine, Inc. in Washington County last month. Esquivel, 23, is facing a total of 34 charges, according to WBALTV, after he opened fire at his workplace, killing three and critically injuring others. The charges Esquivel faces include multiple murder, attempted murder, assault, and weapons offenses. Deputies responded to Columbia Machine Inc. on Bikle Road at approximately 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 9 in Smithsburg, where they found four victims, three of whom were…

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by Zak Failla
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Suspect Charged For Maryland Mass Workplace Shooting That Killed Three Suspect Charged For Maryland Mass Workplace Shooting That Killed Three
Suspect Charged For Maryland Mass Workplace Shooting That Killed Three West Virginia resident Joe Louis Esquivel, 23, is facing a host of charges in connection to the fatal mass shooting at Columbia Machine, Inc. in Maryland. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office announced that the Hedgesville resident is facing multiple murder, assault, and other charges after the shooting in his workplace that left three dead and one critically injured. Specifically, Esquivel was charged with: Three counts of first-degree murder; Three counts of second-degree murder; Five counts of first-degree assault; Five counts of second-degree assault; First-degree attempted murder…

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by Zak Failla
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STANDOFF: Maryland Gunman Shoots At Deputies, Into Neighbor's Home, Authorities Say STANDOFF: Maryland Gunman Shoots At Deputies, Into Neighbor's Home, Authorities Say
Standoff: Maryland Gunman Shoots At Deputies, Into Neighbor's Home, Authorities Say A suspect was in custody and an assault rifle was seized after a standoff with police in Washington County where a man fired several rounds at deputies and into a neighboring home, authorities said. Gerald Wayne Koogle, 42, opened fire at officers shortly before midnight on Friday, June 3 in his Hagerton home as police investigated a report of a domestic incident at the residence, the Washington County Sheriff's Office said. Deputies responded to the 16900 block of Longfellow Court in Hagerstown after a woman was heard on a 911 call stating that a man was threatening her before the pho…

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by Zak Failla
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PA Man Burning Plastic Christmas Wreathes At MD Cemetery Was 'Trying To Save The Earth' PA Man Burning Plastic Christmas Wreathes At MD Cemetery Was 'Trying To Save The Earth'
PA Man Burning Plastic Christmas Wreathes At MD Cemetery Was 'Trying To Save The Earth' A Pennsylvania man was arrested after authorities found him torching Christmas wreathes at a Maryland cemetery apparently because they weren't biodegradable and he was trying to save the planet, authorities said. Witnesses called 911 after spotting Peter J. Custer, 43, taking the plastic wreathes from three or more burial plots, placing them on an access road and lighting them on fire at the Cedar Lawn Memorial Park cemetery in Hagerstown around 1 a.m., the Maryland Fire Marshal said. Washington County Sheriff's Office, Maryland and the Office of the State Fire Marshal responded. Durin…

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by Cecilia Levine