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Pair Interviewed After Blaze Causes $2.5M In Damage To Maryland Dollar Store: Fire Marshal Pair Interviewed After Blaze Causes $2.5M In Damage To Maryland Dollar Store: Fire Marshal
Pair Interviewed After Blaze Causes $2.5M In Damage To Maryland Dollar Store: Fire Marshal State officials have located a couple who are being interviewed after a fire caused $2.5 million in damage to a Maryland dollar store over the holiday weekend, authorities said. Shortly after 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 3, first responders in Hampstead were dispatched to the Dollar General Store on South Main Street for a reported building fire. The fire was upgraded to a two-alarm blaze shortly after first responders arrived, bringing firefighters from Carroll, Baltimore counties, and nearby Pennsylvania to the scene. It took a team of more than 100 firefighters approximately an hour to co…

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by Zak Failla
Lifestyle
'Cash4Life' Drawing Delivers $1,000 A Day For Life Prize In Maryland 'Cash4Life' Drawing Delivers $1,000 A Day For Life Prize In Maryland
'Cash4Life' Drawing Delivers $1,000 A Day For Life Prize In Maryland One lucky Maryland Lottery player won the prize of a lifetime. There are happy days ahead for a Cecil County resident who became the fourth person in Maryland to win a $1,000 a day for life by playing the “Cash4Life” game. The lotto player bought the top-prize winning ticket in the Monday, Aug. 29 drawing from the Eagles Nest gas station on Augustine Herman Highway in Chesapeake City. Once the winning ticket is cashed in, the player will have the choice of $1,000 a day for life paid in annual installments of $365,000; or a one-time cash payment of $7 million, both before taxes. The winnin…

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by Zak Failla
News
Registered Sex Offender Admits To Exploiting Two Minors To Produce Child Porn In Maryland: DOJ Registered Sex Offender Admits To Exploiting Two Minors To Produce Child Porn In Maryland: DOJ
Registered Sex Offender Admits To Exploiting Two Minors To Produce Child Porn In Maryland: DOJ A registered sex offender in Maryland is facing decades in prison after admitting to the sexual exploitation of two young girls to produce child pornography, federal officials said. Rocky Ridge resident Dennis James Harrison, 40, pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a child to produce child pornography, related to the sexual exploitation of two minors who were between the ages of 10 and 12 at the time of the abuse. As part of his plea, Harrison admitted that between 2018 and 2021, he sexually exploited two minor girls beginning when the one victim was 12 years old and when another vict…

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by Zak Failla
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Recall Issued For Butter Brand Sold At Wegmans In MD Due To Listeria Concerns Recall Issued For Butter Brand Sold At Wegmans In MD Due To Listeria Concerns
Recall Issued For Butter Brand Sold At Wegmans In MD Due To Listeria Concerns A company is recalling tubs of butter that were sold at Wegmans Food Markets because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Epicurean Butter LLC recalled its three-and-a-half-ounce tubs of "Wegmans Lemon Dill Finishing Butter" on Friday, Aug. 19, due to a recall from its frozen dill supplier, SupHerb Farms. The products were distributed at Wegmans Food Markets in the following locations: New York Massachusetts Pennsylvania New Jersey Maryland Virginia North Carolina Washington, DC The recalled products come in black plastic cups with a Wegmans label around and on the lid, …

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by Nicole Valinote
News
Wendy's E. Coli Outbreak Sickens 100+ People: Report Wendy's E. Coli Outbreak Sickens 100+ People: Report
Wendy's E. Coli Outbreak Sickens 100+ People: Report The number of people sickened by an E. coli outbreak linked to Wendy's sandwiches continues to climb, the New York Post reports. While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention initially said 37 people in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania were sickened from eating lettuce in the sandwiches, that number has since jumped to more than 100, the outlet said. Wendy's said it's taking precautions by throwing out and replacing the lettuce. More than 98 reports were received in Michigan for the month of August, compared to this time last year when the number was 20, the state's hea…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Suspects Apprehended During Drug Trafficking Investigation In Maryland: Sheriff Suspects Apprehended During Drug Trafficking Investigation In Maryland: Sheriff
Suspects Apprehended During Drug Trafficking Investigation In Maryland: Sheriff Two men in Maryland are facing charges following an investigation into drug trafficking throughout the state, authorities announced. Desmond Griffin and Gregory Hendricks were both arrested and charged following an investigation by members of the Carroll County Drug and Firearms Trafficking Task Force, which received multiple complaints about trafficking in the area. “The investigation and related operations involved a collaboration between multiple law enforcement agencies, including the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP),” according to a spokesperson from the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office…

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by Zak Failla
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5-Gallon Buckets Of Organs Among Human Body Parts Purchased On Facebook By PA Man: Police 5-Gallon Buckets Of Organs Among Human Body Parts Purchased On Facebook By PA Man: Police
5-Gallon Buckets Of Organs Among Human Body Parts Purchased On Facebook By PA Man: Police "Human organs" and "human skin" inside 5-gallon buckets in a Pennsylvania home are just some of the unusual details emerging in the case of human body parts purchased on Facebook and being shipping through the US mail.  Jeremy Lee Pauley has been under investigation by local police and the FBI since the East Pennsboro Township police first received a call of "suspicious activity"⁠— which is what they are calling it when a landlord discovered those buckets⁠— in the 200 block of North Enola Road around 7 a.m. on June 14, according to a release by the department. The items seized during the…

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by Jillian Pikora
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'Human Body Parts' Purchased On Facebook By Pennsylvania Man Police Say 'Human Body Parts' Purchased On Facebook By Pennsylvania Man Police Say
'Human Body Parts' Purchased On Facebook By Pennsylvania Man Police Say A 40-year-old man purchased human body parts from a woman in Arkansas using Facebook, police in Pennsylvania say.  Jeremy Pauley has been under investigation by local police and the FBI since the East Pennsboro Township police first received a call of "suspicious activity" in the 200 block of North Enola Road around 7 a.m. on June 14, according to a release by the department.  The local police worked with the FBI Harrisburg, FBI Scranton, FBI Arkansas, Arkansas State Police, Cumberland County Coroners office, Cumberland County Forensics Division, Bloomsburg Police Department,…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Prison Time For Members Of Maryland Drug Trafficking Organization Ordered To Forfeit $2M: DOJ Prison Time For Members Of Maryland Drug Trafficking Organization Ordered To Forfeit $2M: DOJ
Prison Time For Members Of Maryland Drug Trafficking Organization Ordered To Forfeit $2M: DOJ Two members of an alleged drug distribution operation in Maryland have been sentenced to time in federal prison and were ordered by a judge to forfeit $2 million that was seized during the investigation, according to authorities. Raymond Zamora, 24, was sentenced to two years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute cocaine, US Judge George Russell III announced on Thursday, Aug. 11. The sentence came days after co-conspirator Hugo Maldonado Ortiz, 53, was sentenced to five years behind bars, fol…

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by Zak Failla
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Man Who Made Threats Against Fauci, Other Feds Sentenced In Maryland Man Who Made Threats Against Fauci, Other Feds Sentenced In Maryland
Man Who Made Threats Against Fauci, Other Feds Sentenced In Maryland The man who admitted to making threats toward Dr. Anthony Fauci, his family, and other federal officials will spend years behind bars after being sentenced to federal prison time in Maryland. West Virginia resident Thomas Patrick Connally, Jr., 57, was sentenced to 37 months in prison by US District Judge Paula Xinis for making threats against a federal official, specifically for sending emails threatening to harm Fauci. Connally also admitted to threatening Dr. Francis Collins, the former Director of the NIH, Dr. Rachel Levine, the former Secretary of Health for the State of Pennsylva…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
PA Man Killed After Being Ejected From SUV During One-Vehicle Crash In Maryland PA Man Killed After Being Ejected From SUV During One-Vehicle Crash In Maryland
PA Man Killed After Being Ejected From SUV During One-Vehicle Crash In Maryland A 51-year-old Pennsylvania man was killed when he lost control of his SUV and rolled over multiple times on a Maryland roadway, state police announced. John Thomas Green III, 51, was driving his 2004 silver Toyota Highlander in Washington County at approximately 1:20 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 2 in the area of Downsville Pike at Rench Road in Hagerstown when he unexpectedly crashed, authorities said. The preliminary investigation determined that Green was driving north on Downsville Pike when he lost control for unknown reasons, left the roadway to the right, and rolled over multiple times befor…

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by Zak Failla
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Alert Issued For Missing Maryland Teen Known To Frequent Different Parts Of The State Alert Issued For Missing Maryland Teen Known To Frequent Different Parts Of The State
Alert Issued For Missing Maryland Teen Known To Frequent Different Parts Of The State Seen him? An alert was issued by law enforcement agencies in Maryland for a 17-year-old teen who has been reported missing and has ties to multiple areas of the state and Pennsylvania. Parker Fick was last seen on Wednesday, July 27 in the Westminster area, according to the Sykesville Police Department, and last had phone contact during the week of Monday, July 11. Officials noted that Fick has family in Sykesville, Westminster, and Hanover in Maryland and in parts of Pennsylvania. He also has friends in the downtown Westminster area and is known to frequent City Park, the Greens, and th…

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by Zak Failla