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Man Who Fatally Stabbed Victim 19 Times Near Maryland HS Gets Life In Prison: State's Attorney
A 46-year-old Maryland man will spend the rest of his life behind bars after being convicted of luring his victim to a premeditated murder near Great Mills High School, the St. Mary's County State's Attorney's Office announced. Great Mills resident Cherron Montril Waul was convicted earlier this year of first-degree murder following a three-day trial for the brutal slaying of a 33-year-old man in February 2022. On Friday, St. Mary's County State's Attorney Jaymi Sterling announced that Waul has been sentenced to life in prison. “This horrific attack was pre-meditated and calculat…
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Kidnapper Convicted For Taking Car Dealership Employee On Wild Ride In Maryland: Prosecutors
The man who took an unexpected joyride with an unwitting car dealership employee in Southern Maryland has been convicted, according to the St. Mary's County State's Attorney's Office. Lusby resident Joshua Terrell Tripplet, 28, was found guilty of kidnapping and false imprisonment for an incident that was reported in November last year, authorities announced on Wednesday afternoon. State's Attorney Jaymi Sterling said that Tripplet kidnapped the employee under the guise of a test drive, then took him on a terrorizing ride, refusing to return to the dealership, despite the employee's pleas t…
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Man Convicted For Fatal Shooting At Maryland Fire Department Carnival
A second man has been convicted for his role in the murder of a 16-year-old at the annual Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department's Carnival, the St. Mary's County State's Attorney's Office announced. Lexington Park resident Thomas Moreland, 21, is facing life in prison after being convicted this week to first-degree murder for the summer shooting in 2022 that left a 16-year-old dead and another teen suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, officials say. Moreland was convicted by a jury following a five-day trial of: First-degree murder; Second-degree murder; Attempted first-degree murd…
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Man Convicted Of Fatally Stabbing Victim 19 Times Near Maryland HS: State's Attorney
A 46-year-old Maryland man will face life in prison after being convicted of luring his victim to a premeditated murder near Great Mills High School, the St. Mary's County State's Attorney's Office announced. Great Mills resident Cherron Montril Waul was convicted on Wednesday of first-degree murder following a three-day trial for the brutal slaying of a 33-year-old man in February 2022. According to prosecutors, Waul lured his victim to a secluded place not far from the school, where he stabbed him more than a dozen times. “This horrific attack was pre-meditated and calculated,” Stat…
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Drug Bust Leads To Seizure Of 197 Fentanyl Capsules, 25 Cocaine Vials In Maryland: Sheriff
Nearly 200 capsules of fentanyl are off the street after members of the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office made a drug bust during a traffic stop in Charlotte Hall. Deputies from the sheriff's office executed a search warrant on Mechanicsville resident Kevin Jason Copsey on Tuesday, leading to the seizure of "significant quantities" of fentanyl and cocaine, officials say. Copsey was stopped for an equipment violation on April 2 in Charlotte Hall, where a police K9 was alerted to controlled substances inside his vehicle. During the subsequent search, deputies recovered a plastic bag contain…
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Convict With 'Total Disregard For Human Life' Sentenced For Shooting Into Maryland Home
A man with a history of violence in Southern Maryland is heading to prison for a shooting incident in St. Mary's County, the state's attorney's office announced. Marbury resident James Stephen Gass, Jr., 32, was sentenced to 25 years in prison with 13 years to serve for shooting into an occupied home in June 2022. Shortly after 12:30 a.m. on July 2, 2022, prosecutors say that several bullets were recovered from inside a home, fired by Gass, who was prohibited from possessing weapons due to previous convictions. No injuries were reported, but property was damaged during the incident.&…
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Woman Who Accidentally Shot Boyfriend, Dismembered Body In Maryland Faces 61 Years In Prison
New details have been released after a woman was convicted of murdering and dismembering a missing man in Maryland, the St. Mary's County State's Attorney's Office announced. Michelina Goodwin, 46, was convicted by a jury for the dismemberment murder of 50-year-old James Volodimir Nalborczyk, who was reported missing in December 2022 and later found dead. According to Maryland State Police investigators, Goodwin and Larry Murphy, 40, both of Great Mills, were arrested in January last year for their alleged roles in Nalborczyk's death. #MISSING Maryland State Police Leon…
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Woman Convicted For Dismemberment Murder Of Missing Man In Maryland: State's Attorney
The woman implicated in the decapitation of a missing man in Maryland has been convicted, the St. Mary's County State's Attorney's Office announced. Michelina Goodwin, 46, was convicted by a jury for the dismemberment murder of 50-year-old James Volodimir Nalborczyk, who was reported missing in December 2022 and later found dead. According to Maryland State Police investigators, Goodwin and Larry Murphy, 40, both of Great Mills, were arrested in January last year for their alleged roles in Nalborczyk's death. #MISSING Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack and Criminal En…
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Convict Caught With Drugs, Weapons, Heading Back Behind Bars in Maryland: State's Attorney
A man with a checkered criminal past is heading back to prison after finding himself running afoul of the law once more in St. Mary's County. Lexington Park resident Dimitri Paul Brooks, 28, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison with all but 15 suspended after being busted earlier this year on felony drug and weapon offenses, the St. Mary's County State's Attorney's Office announced. According to a sheriff’s office spokesperson, earlier this year, detectives from the sheriff office's Vice/Narcotics Unit, Emergency Services Team, and a K-9 Unit executed search and seizure warrants in the …
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Children Held Hostage By Father With Gun For 90 Minutes In Maryland, State Police Say
Authorities say that a potentially dangerous situation was resolved peacefully in St. Mary's County on Wednesday afternoon when a man barricaded himself in a Leonardtown home with his three children. Mark Anthony Buckler, 40, is facing multiple charges following a near 90-minute standoff with Maryland State Police and members of the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office following an incident in the 23800 block of Point Lookout Road when he fired a gun in the air. Investigators were called to the home shortly after 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 28. According to state police, Buckler was inside t…
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Man Convicted For Dog Fighting In Maryland
Animals have been seized and are being rehabilitated after a Maryland man was convicted for his role in a dogfighting operation, according to the St. Mary’s County State’s Attorney’s Office. Damien Terrell Wilson has been convicted of five felony counts for dog fighting and 14 misdemeanor counts related to dog fighting activities following his arrest in 2021, State’s Attorney Richard Fritz announced on Tuesday, July 12. Charges were filed after 10 Pit Bulls and one Rottweiler were rescued from “a deplorable makeshift dog camp” in Chaptico, according to a spokesperson for the state's attorn…
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