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Lifestyle
From Scratch-Off To Starting Over: Harford County Couple Eyes New Home With $1M Lottery Prize
An Aberdeen couple is planning their next big move—literally—after a $1 million Maryland Lottery win on a scratch-off ticket purchased at their local Wawa. The husband and wife, who have played Lottery games together for more than 30 years, hit the jackpot on the $20 Gold Rush 777 scratch-off game, claiming the life-changing prize earlier this week. “He said, ‘Mama, it’s a million-dollar winner,’” the wife recalled of her husband’s calm announcement after scratching off the ticket at home. Still skeptical, she checked it herself. “I still don’t believe it,” she said. The winning number, 1…
Lifestyle
Harford County Couple Hits $1M Lottery Jackpot Thanks To Scratch-Off Routine
An Aberdeen couple’s long-standing lottery tradition turned into a million-dollar moment when they hit the top prize on the Maryland Lottery’s $20 Gold Rush 777 scratch-off game. The husband and wife team, who first started playing scratch-offs together over 30 years ago, struck gold on a ticket purchased at the Wawa on North Philadelphia Boulevard. “He said, ‘Mama, it’s a million-dollar winner,’” the wife recalled, still in disbelief even after confirming the life-changing news on the Maryland Lottery app. The lucky ticket revealed the number 18 matched a $1 million prize square, setting …
News
Shooter Who Attempted To Kill Longtime Friend In Harford County Learns Fate In Court
A man who stalked his prey and shot a longtime friend was convicted this week on attempted murder and other charges for a 2022 shooting in Harford County, the state's attorney's office announced. Kory Putney, 46, was found guilty following a three-day trial in Harford County Circuit Court of attempting to gun down his friend of 20 years, who was able to identify him after surviving the shooting. According to the Harford County State's Attorney's Office, members of the sheriff's office were called to investigate a shooting late on Aug. 21, 2022, where they found a gunshot victim in a grassy …
Police & Fire
Sheriff IDs Gunman, Victim Following Shooting Outside Harford County Businesses
One person was hospitalized overnight, and a suspect is in custody following a shooting outside a Harford County business late on Monday afternoon. Aberdeen resident resident Justin Matthew Schlotterbeck, 41, has been identified as the alleged gunman who left Bel Air 27-year-old Bel Air native Eric Chi Fonong Igwacho with serious injuries in Abingdon. According to the Harford County Sheriff's Office, shortly after 4 p.m. on Nov. 4, deputies were called to the 3500 block of Woodsdale Road, where they found Igwacho suffering from a gunshot wound to the lower body. 3500 block of W…
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Harford Gang Member Gets Prison Term 'Well Over' Maryland Sentencing Guidelines: Authorities
A gang member in Maryland who opened fire on a pair of teens believed to be rivals over a rap video posted on YouTube got more than the maximum sentence, according to the Harford County State's Attorney's Office. Nigel Pearson was sentenced to life in prison plus 138 years suspending all but 60 to serve, with the last 20 years to be served without the possibility of parole - well over Maryland Sentencing Guidelines - which called for a sentence of 25 years with 50 to serve. Prosecutors "argued for the upward deviation from the guidelines, citing the permanent injury to the victim and h…
Police & Fire
Teen Arrested After High School Football Player, 14, Killed In Harford County Shooting: Police
A 16-year-old will be charged as an adult after a 14-year-old high school football player from Harford County was shot in the head and died from his injuries. Jai'den Alexander Winchester has been identified by the Aberdeen Police Department as the person who was found shot shortly before midnight on Saturday night. ‼️ SHOOTING INVESTIGATION - The Aberdeen Police Department is on the scene of a shooting in the 200 block of Center... Posted by Aberdeen Police Department on Saturday, November 2, 2024 Following the fatal shooting, police say that a 16-year-old from Havre de Grace has…
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High School Football Player, 14, Killed In Harford County Shooting: Police
A community is mourning after a 14-year-old high school football player from Harford County was shot in the head and died from his injuries. Jai'den Alexander Winchester has been identified by the Aberdeen Police Department as the person who was found shot shortly before midnight on Saturday night. ‼️ SHOOTING INVESTIGATION - The Aberdeen Police Department is on the scene of a shooting in the 200 block of Center... Posted by Aberdeen Police Department on Saturday, November 2, 2024 Officers were called to the 200 block of Center Deen Avenue on Nov. 2 to investigate a reported shoot…
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Harford County Man Sentenced To Double The Top Maryland Sentencing Guideline For Motel Rape
The Maryland man who admitted to a motel rape earlier this year in Harford County, was handed a heavy prison term that exceeds the state's sentencing guidelines, prosecutors announced. In February, Whiteford resident Earl Samuel Jones, 44, pleaded guilty to the first-degree rape of a 36-year-old woman at a Red Roof Inn in Aberdeen in September 2022. According to the state's attorney's office, on Sept. 12, 2022, police were called to the motel when a woman reported being asleep in a room when she was awoken by a naked man she did not know after her boyfriend left the door open to use t…
Business
Jackpot-Winning $50K 'Bonus Match 5' Ticket Sold At Maryland Shop Rite
A winning Maryland Lottery ticket worth $50,000 was sold at an area grocery store, and the winner has not yet come forward to claim their five-figure jackpot. One top-prize winning Bonus Match 5 ticket worth was sold at Klein's Shop Rite on Beards Hill Road in Abedeen for the drawing on Thursday, Aug. 15, though it has not been cashed in a day later. The winning numbers for the Thursday drawing were 06-07-11-12-19 with a Bonus Ball of 16. This represents the 22nd jackpot-winner Bonus Match 5 drawing sold in 2024. "Lottery officials urge the winner to sign the back of the ti…
News
Convicted Sex Offender In Maryland Gets 40 Years For Sexually Exploiting Minor With Wife: Feds
A man who repeatedly sexually abused a prepubescent minor with his wife in Maryland while documenting it will spend decades in prison, federal authorities announced on Wednesday. Aberdeen resident Nicholas Paul Bryson, 41, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of sexual exploitation by a minor. According to his plea agreement, between 2011 and 2013, Bryson and wife Heather Clark, "repeatedly sexually abused a prepubescent minor in their care and produced numerous sexually explicit videos and images of the abuse." During a search by federal offic…
Police & Fire
Botched Bank Robbery In Harford County Lands Man Behind Bars Without Any Cash: Police
A botched bank robbery in Harford County resulted in a man finding himself behind bars after failing to ascertain any cash in Aberdeen, police say. Thomas Warren Butler, 56, has been identified as a suspect who passed a threatening note to a bank teller, though his pockets were still empty when he fled from the M&T Bank branch last month. Officers from the Aberdeen Police Department were called to the bank on West Bel Air Avenue early on May 11 when employees reported that a man - later identified as Butler - passed on a not that read "I have a weapon; please give me all your money," ac…
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