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Abusive Stepfather Tormented Children 'Almost Every Day' In Maryland: Prosecutors Abusive Stepfather Tormented Children 'Almost Every Day' In Maryland: Prosecutors
Abusive Stepfather Tormented Children 'Almost Every Day' In Maryland: Prosecutors A Maryland stepfather who physically tormented two children nearly every day, leaving them with lasting injuries, has been convicted of child abuse and assault, prosecutors announced. Douglas Grazuties, 36, of Middle River, was found guilty of second-degree child abuse, two counts of second-degree assault, and two counts of reckless endangerment following a three-day jury trial in Harford County Circuit Court. According to prosecutors, Child Protective Services was called to a home in Abingdon on Jan. 10, 2024, after receiving a safety concern regarding two minor children.  What they …

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Gunman Who Opened Fire In Maryland Mall Learns Fate After 28-Day Manhunt Gunman Who Opened Fire In Maryland Mall Learns Fate After 28-Day Manhunt
Gunman Who Opened Fire In Maryland Mall Learns Fate After 28-Day Manhunt A Maryland man convicted of attempted murder for opening fire inside Harford Mall will spend the majority of his life behind bars, authorities announced. Wesley Larry Lyons Jr. was sentenced to 93 years in prison, with all but 65 years to serve, after being found guilty in December 2024 of attempted second-degree murder and multiple firearm-related charges stemming from a shooting in June that year, according to the Harford County State’s Attorney’s Office. Prosecutors argued for the full 93-year sentence, citing the reckless nature of the attack and the danger posed to the public. “This s…

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Shooter Who Attempted To Kill Longtime Friend In Maryland Learns Fate In Court Shooter Who Attempted To Kill Longtime Friend In Maryland Learns Fate In Court
Shooter Who Attempted To Kill Longtime Friend In Maryland 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 …

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Harford Gang Member Gets Prison Term 'Well Over' Maryland Sentencing Guidelines: Authorities Harford Gang Member Gets Prison Term 'Well Over' Maryland Sentencing Guidelines: Authorities
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…

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Maryland Educators Accused Of Failing To Report Alleged Rape, Police Say Maryland Educators Accused Of Failing To Report Alleged Rape, Police Say
Maryland Educators Accused Of Failing To Report Alleged Rape, Police Say Two former educators are facing criminal charges after failing to disclose a reported rape involving a student in Harford County, authorities announced. Former Aberdeen Middle School Principal Regina Jones, 44, and paraeducator Tonya Johnson, 56, were both arrested for failing to report alleged child abuse/neglect after a student came forward to advise them that they were the victim of a rape. According to the Aberdeen Police Department, on April 18, 2023, police were alerted by a local hospital about a past rape involving a minor, and it was later determined that the incident happened…

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Repeat Offender Busted With Gun, Drugs During Hospital X-Ray In Maryland Gets Prison Time Repeat Offender Busted With Gun, Drugs During Hospital X-Ray In Maryland Gets Prison Time
Repeat Offender Busted With Gun, Drugs During Hospital X-Ray In Maryland Gets Prison Time A violent repeat offender who violated his probation will spend decades in prison after being sentenced, the Harford County State's Attorney's Office announced on Friday. In May 2023, members of the Havre de Grace Police Department were called to the Harford Memorial Hospital to investigate reports of an armed person, later identified as Sathrie Zach Robinson, Jr., according to authorities. Prosecutors say that Robinson was admitted for treatment and evaluation following a crash, and during a review of an X-ray, hospital staff discovered a loaded gun with hallow point ammunition, more …

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Man Beat, Choked Wife During Argument At Maryland Motel: State's Attorney Man Beat, Choked Wife During Argument At Maryland Motel: State's Attorney
Man Beat, Choked Wife During Argument At Maryland Motel: State's Attorney A 62-year-old man who beat his wife during an argument inside and outside a Maryland motel before taking her on a hellish ride is facing prison time, authorities announced. Havre de Grace resident Alexander Beniquez was found guilty of multiple counts of assault following an incident last summer involving his wife and an Edgewood motel, according to the Harford County State's Attorney's Office. Prosecutors said that Beniquez struck the woman on July 23, 2023, and eventually strangled her by placing his hands around her neck and squeezing with so much force that marks and bruises w…

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Man Convicted Years After Victim Found Shot Under The Eye In Maryland Man Convicted Years After Victim Found Shot Under The Eye In Maryland
Man Convicted Years After Victim Found Shot Under The Eye In Maryland Loose lips sunk a Maryland man who was convicted of murder after spilling the details of a shooting to other inmates while behind bars, the Harford County State's Attorney's Office announced. Edgewood resident Alton Cumbo, 30, was found guilty following a five-day trial of second-degree murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and illegal possession of a firearm following an incident in December 2021 that left one man dead after being shot in the face. On Dec. 10, 2021, deputies from the Harford County Sheriff's Office were called to Dembytown Road in Joppa, where there was a…

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Man Who Killed Ex-GF While Teen Was On The Phone With Police Likely To Spend Life In Prison Man Who Killed Ex-GF While Teen Was On The Phone With Police Likely To Spend Life In Prison
Man Who Killed Ex-GF While Teen Was On The Phone With Police Likely To Spend Life In Prison A Maryland man is likely to spend the rest of his life in prison after shooting and killing his ex-girlfriend in Harford County, the state's attorney's office announced. Edgewood resident Jamar Deverick Wise, 43, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder this week and agreed to a sentence range of life suspended with all but 80 years suspended without parole for the murder of 46-year-old Kisha Blackwall. On Dec. 20, 2022, deputies from the Harford County Sheriff's Office were called to an Edgewood home when a teen girl advised that Wise and her mother were arguing in the front yard, noting that…

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Rapist Who Assaulted Officer With 'Bodily Fluid' Sentenced In Maryland: State's Attorney Rapist Who Assaulted Officer With 'Bodily Fluid' Sentenced In Maryland: State's Attorney
Rapist Who Assaulted Officer With 'Bodily Fluid' Sentenced In Maryland: State's Attorney A 29-year-old rapist may spend the rest of his life in prison after being convicted of a host of crimes following his arrest in Harford County, authorities announced on Monday. Tavon Harvey has been sentenced to life in prison, with all but 67 years to serve, despite prosecutors from the Harford County State's Attorney's Office pushing for 85 years behind bars for a host of crimes. Harvey was arrested by members of the Aberdeen Police Department last year following an investigation into the rape of a woman in the unit block of North Law Street in December 2022.  He pleaded guilty in O…

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Max Sentence For Man Who Attempted To Rape Woman, Stole Wedding Rings In MD: State's Attorney Max Sentence For Man Who Attempted To Rape Woman, Stole Wedding Rings In MD: State's Attorney
Max Sentence For Man Who Attempted To Rape Woman, Stole Wedding Rings In MD: State's Attorney A 68-year-old Maryland man will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars after pleading guilty to violently raping a woman in a Motel 6, the Harford County State's Attorney's Office announced. Edgewood native Bernard Lamont Staten received the maximum sentence after pleading guilty in separate cases to attempted second-degree rape and possession with intent to distribute cocaine. In January, prosecutors say that his victim was stranded on the side of the road waiting for a tow truck, and despite not knowing her, offered to give the woman a ride to her home in Westminster; how…

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'Just Plain Evil:' Jealous Inmate Sentenced For Viciously Beating CO With Phone In Maryland 'Just Plain Evil:' Jealous Inmate Sentenced For Viciously Beating CO With Phone In Maryland
'Just Plain Evil:' Jealous Inmate Sentenced For Viciously Beating CO With Phone In Maryland An inmate who threw everything but the kitchen sink at a corrections officer in a jealous rage-fueled fury will spend the rest of his days in the Big House. Matthew Dwight Tingler, 39, of Joppa, was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to one count of attempted first-degree murder for attacking Cpl. Michael Vesek in the Harford County Detention Center on Nov. 20, 2022, the state’s attorney’s office announced. The vicious assault happened when Vesek, a Correctional Deputy at the detention center for more than two decades, was supervising Tingler during a phone call at the facili…

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Gunman Nabbed In Aberdeen Shooting: Police Gunman Nabbed In Aberdeen Shooting: Police
Gunman Nabbed In Aberdeen Shooting: Police A shooting suspect is in custody in Maryland after allegedly shooting another man in Harford County, officials announced. Havre de Grace resident Anthony Jai Wilson, 24, has been apprehended and is facing multiple charges in connection to the shooting of a man at approximately 2:45 a.m. on Thursday, July 28, in Aberdeen, police announced over the weekend. The alleged shooting happened in the unit block of Aberdeen Avenue, when officers located a subject who was suffering from a gunshot wound. On Saturday, July 30, police said that they tracked down Wilson, who was arrested without inciden…

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VIDEO: Body-Cam Footage Released From Fatal Officer-Involved Shooting In Maryland VIDEO: Body-Cam Footage Released From Fatal Officer-Involved Shooting In Maryland
Video: Body-Cam Footage Released From Fatal Officer-Involved Shooting In Maryland Body-worn camera and dashboard footage has been released days after the Harford County State's Attorney's Office announced that no charges would be filed against those involved in a fatal officer-involved shooting in Maryland. In late June, State Attorney Albert Peisinger, Jr. announced that his office is declining to bring charges against the deputies involved in the Harford County shooting death of 53-year-old John Fauver on Saturday, April 23 in Forest Hills. On Thursday, July 7, the Independent Investigations Division (IID) of the Office of the Attorney General released footage from th…

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Officials Decline To Charge Deputies Involved In Fatal Officer-Involved Shooting In Maryland Officials Decline To Charge Deputies Involved In Fatal Officer-Involved Shooting In Maryland
Officials Decline To Charge Deputies Involved In Fatal Officer-Involved Shooting In Maryland No charges will be filed against the sheriff’s deputies involved in a fatal officer-involved shooting in Maryland, the Harford County State's Attorney's Office announced. State's Attorney Albert Peisinger, Jr. announced that his office is declining to bring charges against the deputies involved in the Harford County shooting death of John Fauver on Saturday, April 23 in Forest Hills. Fauver, 53, was shot by a sheriff's sergeant and corporal after he was located behind CVS on Rock Spring Road following an hour-long search for him, according to the sheriff's office. At the time of the s…

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Teen Charged After Costly Maryland Barn Fire Teen Charged After Costly Maryland Barn Fire
Teen Charged After Costly Maryland Barn Fire A 15-year-old Maryland boy is facing charges for allegedly intentionally setting a Harford County barn fire that caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages, state officials announced. Deputy State Fire Marshals announced that the teen has been arrested and charged following an investigation into a barn fire that was reported in the 5300 block of Onion Road on Sunday, June 19. Crews from the Norrisville Volunteer Fire Company and surrounding agencies were dispatched at approximately 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, where there was a report of a barn that was set ablaze, authorities said. The…

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Shooting Suspect Sentenced For Murdering Man With Rifle In Harford County Shooting Suspect Sentenced For Murdering Man With Rifle In Harford County
Shooting Suspect Sentenced For Murdering Man With Rifle In Harford County A convicted felon from Baltimore will spend decades in prison after being sentenced for murdering his victim with a rifle in Harford County, the State's Attorney’s Office announced. Sheron Garrett, 30, has been sentenced to 92 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised probation if he were to be released after being found guilty of murdering his victim after threatening him during an argument. Specifically, Garrett was convicted of: First-degree murder; Conspiracy to commit murder; Possession of a regulated firearm by a person with a felony conviction. Harford County State's A…

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