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Firefighter Falls Through Floor Battling Two-Alarm Building Blaze In Maryland Firefighter Falls Through Floor Battling Two-Alarm Building Blaze In Maryland
Firefighter Falls Through Floor Battling Two-Alarm Building Blaze In Maryland A firefighter was able to return to duty after falling through the floor of a multi-use building that went up in the flames in Maryland on Wednesday morning. All hands were on deck at approximately 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 28, when an electrical fire broke out in a two-story multi-use building on West Bel Air Avenue in Aberdeen. The fire broke out in 20 W. Bel Air Ave. in AberdeenCpl. Neidig - Aberdeen Police Department Multiple agencies responded to the scene, where there was smoke billowing through the area until crews could get the flames under control after approximately a half-…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
BB-Gun Wielding Hotel Guest In Maryland Busted For Armed Robberies Near Neighboring Businesses BB-Gun Wielding Hotel Guest In Maryland Busted For Armed Robberies Near Neighboring Businesses
Bb-gun Wielding Hotel Guest In Maryland Busted For Armed Robberies Near Neighboring Businesses The investigation into a pair of armed robberies on the same block in Aberdeen led to the apprehension of a wanted suspect from Baltimore, authorities announced. Baltimore resident Eric Lamont Porter, Jr., 43, is facing charges following the investigation by the Aberdeen Police Department into a pair of reported robberies over the past week. On Wednesday, Aug. 17, a 22-year-old man reported to the department that he was robbed days earlier at the Travel Lodge hotel at 820 W. Bel Air. Ave. in Aberdeen as he was returning to his room. In that incident, the victim reported that he was approa…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Investigators ID Man Found Shot Multiple Times Near Maryland Parking Lot Investigators ID Man Found Shot Multiple Times Near Maryland Parking Lot
Investigators ID Man Found Shot Multiple Times Near Maryland Parking Lot A shooting suspect is at large after a man was found bleeding near a Maryland parking lot after being shot multiple times, according to the Harford County Sheriff’s Office. Havre de Grace resident Delon Wiggleton, 45, is recovering in Harford County as detectives from the sheriff's office investigate a shooting that happened in Aberdeen on Sunday, Aug. 21. Deputies assigned to the Southern Precinct received a report at approximately 4:10 p.m. on Sunday night, when Wiggleton was found in the 200 block of Mayberry Drive laying in the grass near a parking lot with multiple gunshot wounds. Re…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Support Surges For Family Of Young Maryland Homicide Victim Support Surges For Family Of Young Maryland Homicide Victim
Support Surges For Family Of Young Maryland Homicide Victim Support is surging for the family of a 20-year-old homicide victim in Maryland. Kayla Hamilton, 20, was found dead on Wednesday, July 27, on the 100 block of East Inca Street, Aberdeen police said. She had suffered injuries consistent with homicide, they said. No further details were released. More than $3,600 had been raised for the family on a GoFundMe page as of Sunday, July 31. No cause of death has been released by investigators, as her body was transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Boston for further evaluation. Police said that the investigation into Hamilton’…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Separate Homicide, Shooting Investigations Underway In Maryland City: Police Separate Homicide, Shooting Investigations Underway In Maryland City: Police
Separate Homicide, Shooting Investigations Underway In Maryland City: Police A woman was killed and a man hospitalized in serious condition after a pair of separate incidents in Harford County over the course of fewer than 10 hours, authorities announced. First responders in Aberdeen are investigating an apparent homicide and shooting that required a man to be airlifted to a Maryland trauma center for treatment. Shortly before 5:15 p.m. on Wednesday, July 27, officers and paramedics from the Aberdeen Fire Department responded to the unit block of East Inca Street for a reported cardiac arrest, according to the Aberdeen Police Department. Upon arrival, officials sai…

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by Zak Failla
News
Maryland Man Who Coerced, Enticed Teens Into Sexual Actions Sentenced: Feds Maryland Man Who Coerced, Enticed Teens Into Sexual Actions Sentenced: Feds
Maryland Man Who Coerced, Enticed Teens Into Sexual Actions Sentenced: Feds A 40-year-old Maryland man will spend more than a decade in prison after engaging in sexually explicit conversations with multiple minors and traveling to a hotel to engage in sexual acts in Pennsylvania, federal officials announced. Aberdeen resident Anthony Gonzalez was sentenced to 13 years in prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release for coercing and enticing minors, US Attorney Erek Barron announced in Maryland. In addition to that sentence, Gonzalez will also be required to register as a sex offender under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act upon his rel…

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by Zak Failla
Lifestyle
Woman Wins $30K - Not $100 - From Gifted Maryland Lottery Scratch-Off Ticket Woman Wins $30K - Not $100 - From Gifted Maryland Lottery Scratch-Off Ticket
Woman Wins $30K - Not $100 - From Gifted Maryland Lottery Scratch-Off Ticket A Maryland woman turned a $3 scratch-off lottery ticket gifted by a friend into $30,000. In Harford County, an Aberdeen woman was gifted six scratch-off tickets from a friend who stopped to buy cigarettes and opted to decide a package of “Diamond Bingo” instant tickets from an area Wawa, including one lucky top-prize winner. Lottery officials said that among the six tickets was a $30,000 winner that was sold at Wawa on North Philadelphia Boulevard in Aberdeen, just weeks after the latest edition of the game went up for sale in June. It represents the first of seven $30,000 top prizes avail…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Maryland Armed Robbery Suspects Had 5 Illegal Firearms, 1,000 Rounds Of Ammo: Police Maryland Armed Robbery Suspects Had 5 Illegal Firearms, 1,000 Rounds Of Ammo: Police
Maryland Armed Robbery Suspects Had 5 Illegal Firearms, 1,000 Rounds Of Ammo: Police Four people were charged Wednesday in connection to the recent armed robbery of two Maryland teenagers, according to authorities who allegedly recovered five illegal guns and more than 1,000 rounds of ammo at the arrest scene. Malachi Smith, 18, and Kahlil Hill, 18, both of Columbia, were charged with armed robbery, robbery, assault, motor vehicle theft, and theft, Howard County Police said. Meanwhile, a 17-year-old Aberdeen boy was charged as an adult with the same offenses, and a 15-year-old Columbia boy was charged as a juvenile in the robbery, according to police. The four suspects are…

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by Valerie Musson