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Recently Released Convict Caught With Rifle, Drugs In Maryland: Police Recently Released Convict Caught With Rifle, Drugs In Maryland: Police
Recently Released Convict Caught With Rifle, Drugs In Maryland: Police Daquan Hammond can't keep himself out of trouble with the law. The 29-year-old Hammond is facing fresh charges in Howard County after recently being released from custody in Delaware for a shooting and setting up shop in Howard County, police say. According to the Elkton Police Department, at around 2:20 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 3, officers completed a weeks-long investigation into the distribution of drugs out of the New Eastern Motel on East Pulaski Highway - specifically room 309. New Eastern Motel Google Maps street view Investigators say that a serach and seizure warrant execute…

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by Zak Failla
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30-Year-Old Woman ID'd As 2nd Victim Of Cecil County Crash 30-Year-Old Woman ID'd As 2nd Victim Of Cecil County Crash
30-Year-Old Woman ID'd As 2nd Victim Of Cecil County Crash Police have identified the second victim killed in a Memorial Day Weekend crash in Cecil County. Both Daisy Glyen, 30, of Elkton, and Virginia Thomas, 61, of North East, were killed in the Sunday, May 26 crash on Pulaski Highway, Maryland State Police said. A Toyota Camry was heading west in the left turn lane when it was struck by an eastbound BMW 528 at Wells Camp Road in North East around 9 p.m., State Police said. Thomas, a passenger in the Camry, was airlifted to a local trauma center where she was pronounced dead. Glyen, a passenger in the BMW, also was killed. The driver of the Toy…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Two Dead, 2 Airlifted In Memorial Day Weekend Cecil County Crash Two Dead, 2 Airlifted In Memorial Day Weekend Cecil County Crash
Two Dead, 2 Airlifted In Memorial Day Weekend Cecil County Crash Two people were killed in a crash Sunday night, May 26 in Cecil County, Maryland State Police said. A Toyota Camry was heading west in the left turn lane when it was struck by an eastbound BMW 528 on Pulaski Highway (Route 40) at Wells Camp Road in North East around 9 p.m., State Police said. A passenger in the Toyota Camry, Virginia Thomas, 61, of North East, was airlifted to a local trauma center where she was pronounced dead. The second person who died was a female passenger of the BMW, whose identity is being withheld pending notification of kin. The driver of the Toyota Camry, a 54-ye…

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by Cecilia Levine
Obituaries
Friends, Family Mourn Death Of Missing Man Found After Yearlong Search In Maryland Friends, Family Mourn Death Of Missing Man Found After Yearlong Search In Maryland
Friends, Family Mourn Death Of Missing Man Found After Yearlong Search In Maryland A man who has been missing for nearly a year in Cecil County has been found dead, police in Elkton confirmed, offering a sense of closure for his family. Last April, the Elkton Police Department issued an alert for Charles Robert "Bobby" Steele, who was reported missing days after disappearing after leaving a family member's home on foot. On Tuesday, the agency announced that "with a heavy heart and great sadness," Steele had been located dead after last being seen on April 11, 2023. He was reportedly found in a vacant Delaware building. No details surrounding his death were released. …

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by Zak Failla
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Woman Restrained By Grandma After Stabbing Father, Sister In Maryland Home Heading To Prison Woman Restrained By Grandma After Stabbing Father, Sister In Maryland Home Heading To Prison
Woman Restrained By Grandma After Stabbing Father, Sister In Maryland Home Heading To Prison The Delaware woman who went to her family's Cecil County home with the intent of "making sure her father was no longer a threat" is heading to prison. Rajah Smith, 33, of Newark, has been sentenced to 35 years behind bars after brutally attacking her father and sister in a fatal incident that only ended when her grandmother stepped in to stop the assault. On March 11, officers from the Elkton Police Department were called to a Locust Lane home, where there was a reported domestic incident involving Smith and other members of the family that was seemingly started intentionally. According to…

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by Zak Failla
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SILVER ALERT: 89-Year-Old George Boswell Reported Missing In Maryland SILVER ALERT: 89-Year-Old George Boswell Reported Missing In Maryland
Silver ALERT: 89-Year-Old George Boswell Reported Missing In Maryland A Silver Alert has been issued for a vulnerable 89-year-old man in Maryland. Maryland State Police issued an alert on Friday morning for George Ronald Boswell, who has a cognitive impairment and has ben reported missing by friends and family. Boswell was described as being 6-foot-2, weighing 180 pounds with white hair and glasses. He was last seen at around 8:40 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 3 in Thomas Jefferson Terrace in Elkton wearing gray sweatpants, a blue sweater, brown slippers, and a camouflage hat. His vehicle was described as being a dark gray 2009 Nissan Altima with the Maryland license…

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by Zak Failla
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Shooter Who Killed Man Inside Ex's Maryland Bedroom Gets Decades In Prison: State's Attorney Shooter Who Killed Man Inside Ex's Maryland Bedroom Gets Decades In Prison: State's Attorney
Shooter Who Killed Man Inside Ex's Maryland Bedroom Gets Decades In Prison: State's Attorney Justice has been served for the family of Daquon Colson after the 22-year-old was shot to death inside an Elkton home last year, the Cecil County State's Attorney's Office announced on Monday. Isaiah Solomon Pearson, 24, has been sentenced to 70 years in prison for the second-degree murder of Colson in March 2022 in a bout of possible jealous rage, according to authorities. Prosecutors say that on March 20, 2022, Pearson found Colson at an Abbott Drive home with Pearson's former girlfriend with whom he shares a child. The following day, he returned to the same address and shots were fired i…

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Search Is On For 3-Year-Old Boy Reported Missing In Maryland Search Is On For 3-Year-Old Boy Reported Missing In Maryland
Search Is On For 3-Year-Old Boy Reported Missing In Maryland Friends and family of a missing 3-year-old boy are desperate for the public's assistance as they continue to attempt to track the child down in Cecil County. An alert was issued by local law enforcement agencies as they attempt to locate Mykell Richardson, who was last seen on Sunday, May 14, between 3:30 p.m. and 4:20 p.m. in the area of Quail Court in Elkton. Please Share: The Elkton Police Department are currently attempting to locate Mykell Richardson. Mykell is 3 years old,... Posted by Cecil County Sheriff's Office on Sunday, May 14, 2023 It is believed that the boy was wearing a…

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by Zak Failla
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'Armed, Dangerous' Murder Suspect Wanted In Maryland For Shooting Man With Ex: Police 'Armed, Dangerous' Murder Suspect Wanted In Maryland For Shooting Man With Ex: Police
'Armed, Dangerous' Murder Suspect Wanted In Maryland For Shooting Man With Ex: Police A murder suspect who confronted a man at his ex-girlfriend’s home in front of their child is wanted in Maryland. The Elkton Police Department issued an alert on Monday, Sept. 19 for Mikal Djuan Keller, who is wanted following a fatal shooting in the 100 Block of Rudy Park over the summer. Shortly before 1:45 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 17, police said that officers responded to a residence on Rudy Park for a reported shooting. Upon arrival, officers found a man in an upstairs bedroom suffering from a single gunshot wound to his head. He was treated and transported to Christiana Hospital for tr…

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by Zak Failla
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One Hospitalized When Tent Fire Breaks Out In Maryland Homeless Encampment One Hospitalized When Tent Fire Breaks Out In Maryland Homeless Encampment
One Hospitalized When Tent Fire Breaks Out In Maryland Homeless Encampment One person was hospitalized when a fire broke out in a homeless encampment in Maryland, authorities announced. In Cecil County, first responders were dispatched to the 400 block of Booth Street in Elkton shortly before 4:15 a.m. on Thursday, July 14, where there was a reported fire in a tent within the encampment. Members of the Elkton Police Department were first on the scene, and “were able to extinguish the majority of the fire with fire extinguishers,” according to the office of the state fire marshal, until crews from the Singerly Fire Company arrived to completely knock down the flame…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Cigarette Thieves Busted With Box Cutter, Pepper Spray After Armed Robbery In Maryland: Police Cigarette Thieves Busted With Box Cutter, Pepper Spray After Armed Robbery In Maryland: Police
Cigarette Thieves Busted With Box Cutter, Pepper Spray After Armed Robbery In Maryland: Police Fast-acting police officers in Cecil County were swift to apprehend two suspects implicated in an armed cigarette robbery at an area convenience store, police said. Teeaira Bessix, 23, and Roderick Galloway, 47, both of New Castle, Delaware, were arrested after allegedly robbing Royal Farms on East Pulaski Highway in Elkton over the weekend. The Elkton Police Department received an alert at approximately 5 a.m. on Saturday, June 11 of an armed robbery in progress at the store, according to a police spokesperson. Bessix and Galloway allegedly entered Royal Farms armed with a box cutter and …

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by Zak Failla