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Maryland Man Built Ecuador Home, Paid Mothers For Explicit Images Of Girls, Feds Say
It started with a broken cellphone.
Now, the Maryland man who brought it in for repairs is headed to federal prison for more than a decade.
William Foster Alger, 76, of Hagerstown, was sentenced on Thursday, Sept. 24 to 138 months behind bars after admitting to sexually exploiting girls in Ecuador, including one who was just 6 years old.
The case first surfaced in November 2024, when Alger walked into the Boost Mobile on Maryland Avenue in Hagerstown to have his phone repaired.
Employees working on it discovered nude images of underage girls and alerted police, according to previous Daily…
Man Shot Twice In Trump Assassination Attempt In PA Dies 2 Years Later
A Pennsylvania man who survived being shot twice during the 2024 assassination attempt on President Donald Trump has died two years after the attack.
James “Jim” Copenhaver, 76, of Moon Township, Allegheny County, died Wednesday, Sept. 23, according to the Republican Committee of Allegheny County. His death was announced publicly Thursday, Sept. 24, by U.S. House Republicans. A cause of death has not been released.
Copenhaver was among the spectators at the Butler Farm Show grounds on July 13, 2024, when 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire from the roof of a nearby building …
Wanted In 3 States, Man Gets Away Twice Before Stolen Ford Gives Out In Harford County: Police
A wanted man driving a stolen car led police across state lines before twice ramming Maryland State Police cruisers while trying to get away, authorities said.
Justin Burchett, 42, of Elkton, was arrested on Wednesday, Sept. 23, following a pursuit that began in Cecil County, crossed into Pennsylvania, and ended hours later at a gas station in Harford County.
Burchett was already wanted on multiple felony warrants in Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania, including for first-degree assault in connection with a recent Pennsylvania State Police investigation, according to MSP.
Shortly before …
Maryland Funeral Set For Grandmother Killed In PA Route 30 Crash
A grandmother killed in a Route 30 crash in Pennsylvania has been identified, the authorities announced Wednesday, Sept. 23.
Estelle Ann Cook, 75, of Fayetteville, died in the crash on Wednesday, Sept. 16, according to the York County Coroner’s Office.
Cook was the wife of Charles L. Cook Sr., a mother, and a grandmother of three, as stated in her obituary published by Connelly Funeral Home of Essex.
The coroner’s office was dispatched at 9:45 p.m. for a reported fatal crash at Rambler Road and Lincoln Highway West in Jackson Township, York County, according to the release.
Deputy Coroner…
