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Two Teens Arrested For Murder Of 26-Year-Old Father Found Shot To Death In Maryland Two Teens Arrested For Murder Of 26-Year-Old Father Found Shot To Death In Maryland
Two Teens Arrested For Murder Of 26-Year-Old Father Found Shot To Death In Maryland Two teens have been arrested for their alleged roles in the murder of a popular 26-year-old father who was gunned down in Southern Maryland earlier this month. Jo’Mir Omar Norman, 18 and Brian Jermaine Wongus, Jr. 15, both of Cambridge have been arrested and charged in connection to the fatal shooting of Virgil Simms last weekend in Dorchester County.  According to Maryland State Police, at around 7 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 20, officers from the Cambridge Police Department responded to the area of Pine Street and Dunns Court to investigate a reported shooting. Upon arrival, they foun…

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Maryland Man Burns His Own Home With Daughter Inside: Fire Marshal Maryland Man Burns His Own Home With Daughter Inside: Fire Marshal
Maryland Man Burns His Own Home With Daughter Inside: Fire Marshal A Maryland man was apprehended after a struggle with officials arresting him for attempting to light his own house on fire while his daughter was home, officials said. Dorchester resident Larry Herd, Jr., 38, of Madison has been charged with multiple crimes after allegedly attempting to burn down his house, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal. First responders from the Madison Volunteer Fire Department were dispatched to a White Marsh Road home shortly before 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 14, when a neighbor reported a fire in a one-story single-family home. It took crews an esti…

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Eleventh Suspect Apprehended In Connection With Fourth Of July Murder: Maryland State Police Eleventh Suspect Apprehended In Connection With Fourth Of July Murder: Maryland State Police
Eleventh Suspect Apprehended In Connection With Fourth Of July Murder: Maryland State Police Maryland State Police investigators have announced the 11th arrest in connection to the Fourth of July murder of Tyuane Johnson in Dorchester County. Zakai Curtis, 18, was apprehended in Easton and charged for his role in Johnson’s murder as state police continue to investigate the circumstances of the fatal shooting. Curtis was charged with: Attempted first-degree murder; Attempted second-degree murder; Two counts of second-degree assault; Use of a firearm in the commission of a felony or violent crime; “Other criminal charges.” He was extradited from Gloucester, Massachusetts, and is …

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Victim ID'd, Second Suspect Arrested For Murdering 20-Year-Old Man In Maryland: State Police Victim ID'd, Second Suspect Arrested For Murdering 20-Year-Old Man In Maryland: State Police
Victim ID'd, Second Suspect Arrested For Murdering 20-Year-Old Man In Maryland: State Police Investigators in Maryland have charged a second suspect in the fatal shooting of a 20-year-old man in Dorchester County earlier this year, state police officials announced. Frederick resident Raykquon Dijon Molock, 25, was arrested on Brighton Court on Tuesday, Aug. 16 by members of the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office and the US Marshals Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force (CARFTF) Western Maryland agency following a lengthy investigation into the murder of Cambridge resident A’Corie Young in April. On Wednesday, Aug. 17, officials announced that a second suspect, Cambridge residen…

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Five More Facing Charges In Felony Fourth Of July Shooting In Maryland: State Police Five More Facing Charges In Felony Fourth Of July Shooting In Maryland: State Police
Five More Facing Charges In Felony Fourth Of July Shooting In Maryland: State Police Five new suspects have been apprehended in connection to a fatal Fourth of July shooting in Maryland, bringing the total to nine arrests, according to state police. In Dorchester County, Tyuane Johnson, 24, of Cambridge was shot on Monday, July 4 in the 1000 block of Cosby Lane, police said, later succumbing to his injuries after being rushed to the Dorchester General Hospital. The autopsy results from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled Johnson’s death was a homicide from a gunshot wound, officials said. According to state police, the investigation into the fatal shooting has …

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