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Officers Seize Replica Handguns, Pot From Students In Two Separate Cases In Maryland: Sheriff
Two replica handguns were seized from two students in separate incidents on the same school day in Maryland after the teens brought them into the building. The Charles County Sheriff announced on Wednesday, Oct. 19, that school resource officers were busy all day, busting a pair of students who were caught with the very real-looking guns during separate instances that are reportedly unrelated. First, shortly before 10 a.m., school administrators at the Robert D. Stethem Educational Center said that they detected the smell of marijuana on a 14-year-old student, leading to further investigati…
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Man Banned From Public Library In Maryland Caught Setting Intentional Fires Inside Bathroom
A man barred from visiting a public library in Maryland was busted causing an intentional fire inside the building, officials announced. Shortly after 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 18, the Maryland State Fire Marshal said that two witnesses caught a suspect lighting paper towels on fire in one of the bathrooms at the Cecil County Public Library in Waldorf. Officials advised that the suspect had originally been banned from the library staff for earlier incidents at the same location. The fire marshal did not identify the man. No injuries or damage were reported as a result of the incendiary …
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Police Impersonator Sentenced For Assault During Robbery Of Man, Mother In Maryland
It will be a decade behind bars for a man with a violent history who posed as a police officer in a tactical vest and robbed a Maryland family at gunpoint, Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced. Suitland resident Clyde William Peterson, 52, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty earlier this year to first-degree assault for an incident in Bryans Road last year. On July 13, 2021, officers responded to a residence in the 6900 block of Surrey Place in Bryans Road for the report of an assault with a weapon, the state’s attorney said. Upon arriv…
Police & Fire
Driver Busted With Pot, Loaded Handgun During Commercial Vehicle Stop In Maryland
A truck driver traveling through Maryland is facing a pair of weapons charges after being busted by investigators during a routine commercial truck inspection, the Charles County Sheriff announced. Capitol Heights resident Marlon Davon Murray, 25, was arrested at approximately 10:40 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 20, when a patrol officer was inspecting a vehicle in the 12300 block of Billingsley Road in Waldorf. Marlon MurrayCharles County Sheriff During the inspection, officials said that suspected marijuana was recovered from Murray, and a semi-automatic weapon was located inside his vehicle…
Police & Fire
Wanted Woman Tased After Assaulting Officer, Attempting To Flee In Maryland: Sheriff
A 24-year-old woman with multiple warrants out for her arrest is facing new charges after allegedly becoming combative with police officers who were forced to tase her in Maryland, authorities said. Waldorf resident Jasmine Leayre Cooper is being held without bond at the Charles County Detention Center after allegedly assaulting sheriff’s deputies attempting to apprehend her during an investigation into a domestic dispute, the agency announced on Thursday, July 7. Deputies responded to a neighborhood in the 2600 block of Poplar Court in Waldorf at approximately 8 p.m. on Tuesday, June 28, …
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