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Five Adults Charged With Murder In Death Of 15-Year-Old Boy In MD: Police Five Adults Charged With Murder In Death Of 15-Year-Old Boy In MD: Police
Five Adults Charged With Murder In Death Of 15-Year-Old Boy In MD: Police The family of a 15-year-old whose body was found months ago after he was reported missing in Frederick County are nearing some closure in the case. In February, family members of Limber Lopez Funez alerted the Frederick County Police Department that the teen had gone missing, prompting a massive, multi-agency search that came to a head on Sunday, Feb. 26 wen detectives found a crime scene in a wooded area near Orchard Way. At that scene, police say that investigators found evidence “that indicated a serious assault had occurred there. The scene was processed, and detectives continued their …

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Homeless Man In Custody For Killing Victim Outside MD Store, Police Say Homeless Man In Custody For Killing Victim Outside MD Store, Police Say
Homeless Man In Custody For Killing Victim Outside MD Store, Police Say Police say that a 47-year-old homeless man has been apprehended for a murder in Prince George’s County earlier this week. Andrew Dougal, who has no fixed addrsss, has been charged with the murder of 31-year-old Langley Sloan on Wednesday, May 24 in Landover Hills, according to the Prince George’s County Police Department. At approximately 7:50 p.m. on Wednesday night, officers from the Landover Hills Police Department were called to the 6500 block of Annapolis Road, where there was a report of an unconscious man outside of the store. Upon arrival, officers found the man, later identified a…

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Brother Who Butchered Sleeping Young Sister, Cousins In Cold Blood In MD Gets Life Sentences Brother Who Butchered Sleeping Young Sister, Cousins In Cold Blood In MD Gets Life Sentences
Brother Who Butchered Sleeping Young Sister, Cousins In Cold Blood In MD Gets Life Sentences The Maryland man who violently killed three young girls, including his sister in Prince George's County while they were asleep, has been hit with several life sentences, the state's attorney's office announced. Clinton resident Antonio Shark Williams was sentenced to multiple life sentences on Friday, May 19, for the murders of his 6-year-old sister, and two visiting cousins who he was taking care of while his mother went to work.  In August 2017, Williams, then 25, was tasked by his mother with watching his 6-year-old sister, Nadira Withers, and New Jersey cousins Ajayah Decree, 6, and Ar…

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Shooting Suspect Extradited From El Salvador For Fatal 2020 Shooting In MD Shooting Suspect Extradited From El Salvador For Fatal 2020 Shooting In MD
Shooting Suspect Extradited From El Salvador For Fatal 2020 Shooting In MD Years after a fatal shooting in Anne Arundel County, police say that a wanted suspect is back in the country and facing a host of criminal charges in Maryland. Wilber Oswaldo Nunez-Menendez, 25, formerly of Crownsville, has been taken into custody for his alleged role in a November 2020 shooting that left Annapolis resident Ronal Alcidis Maldonado Quijada, 52, dead and a 28-year-old hospitalized, authorities announced on Monday, May 15. According to police, on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020, officers were called to Brick Church Road in Edgewater to investigate a reported shooting, which was a targ…

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Shooter Who Killed Victim Holding GFs Hand At MD Motel Gets Life In Prison Shooter Who Killed Victim Holding GFs Hand At MD Motel Gets Life In Prison
Shooter Who Killed Victim Holding GFs Hand At MD Motel Gets Life In Prison The final suspect implicated in a motel murder in Montgomery County will spend the rest of his life behind bars after being sentenced for the violent assault in front of his girlfriend, the state’s attorney’s office announced. Sergey Danshin, 35, of Rockville, was sentenced to life in prison, plus 20 years, after being convicted in January of first-degree murder and related weapons charges for his role in the death of 39-year-old Javier Gonzalez-Mena last summer. Javier Gonzalez-MenaMontgomery County State's Attorney Prosecutors say that on June 22, 2022, Danshin and Virginia resident M…

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Kidnapper Who Killed, Burned Victim In MD Over Reported Stolen Cell Phone Dispute Convicted Kidnapper Who Killed, Burned Victim In MD Over Reported Stolen Cell Phone Dispute Convicted
Kidnapper Who Killed, Burned Victim In MD Over Reported Stolen Cell Phone Dispute Convicted Years after the grisly murder of a mother who was found dead nude inside a burning, vacant home in Maryland, a second suspect will face justice for her role in the fatal 2018 kidnapping, Baltimore City State’s Attorney Ivan Bates announced. Bobie Barncord, 33, of Glen Burnie was found guilty of all counts for the murder of 29-year-old Tiffany Jones in August 2018, who was kidnapped and left for dead inside a burning building. On Aug. 21, 2018, prosecutors say that members of the Baltimore Police Department were alerted that Jones had been taken at knifepoint by a man known only as “Philly” …

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Funeral Home Murderer Admits To Gunning Down Teen Behind Brooklyn Business: State's Attorney Funeral Home Murderer Admits To Gunning Down Teen Behind Brooklyn Business: State's Attorney
Funeral Home Murderer Admits To Gunning Down Teen Behind Brooklyn Business: State's Attorney A teenager may spend the rest of his life behind bars after admitting to scheming and executing a plan to murder his robbery victim right at death's door in Brooklyn last year, the Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney announced. Jaden Kemetrius Crowner, 19, of Brooklyn, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony for his role in the premeditated murder of 19-year-old Devin Scott Freeman behind Gonce Funeral Services in March 2022, according to officials on Monday, April 10. Shortly after 10 a.m. on Feb. 27, 2022, witnesses found blood in the park…

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Teen Suspect Behind Ernest Hall Murder, Mass Shooting Arrested Teen Suspect Behind Ernest Hall Murder, Mass Shooting Arrested
Teen Suspect Behind Ernest Hall Murder, Mass Shooting Arrested A 15-year-old boy has been arrested after being connected to a mass shooting that killed one and injured several others in Baltimore, authorities say. The teen was located by officers on the afternoon of Tuesday, April 4 in the 2800 block of Baker Street after being believed to be responsible for the shooting that killed 33-year-old Ernest Hall on Thursday, March 23, according to Baltimore Police. Investigators say that the 15-year-old injured five others in the shooting, which occurred in the 2800 block of Edmondson Avenue. The teen is currently being held at the Central Booking Intake Fa…

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Decapitation Victim's Drunken Maryland Killer Gets Life In Prison Decapitation Victim's Drunken Maryland Killer Gets Life In Prison
Decapitation Victim's Drunken Maryland Killer Gets Life In Prison A Maryland man will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars for his role in the murder and near-decapitation of a 21-year-old man in Montgomery County two years ago, the state’s attorney announced on Tuesday, March 28. Jose Lara-Chacon, 26, of Wheaton, has been sentenced to life in prison with all but 40 years suspended after he twice hit Dimer Diaz Martinez with a baseball bat before stabbing him in the neck in 2021, authorities said. Lara-Chacon was convicted of first-degree murder stemming from the Jan. 22, 2021 incident, in an apartment in the 12000 block of Viers Mill Road i…

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Suspects Apprehended For Murder Following Silver Spring Shooting: Montgomery County Police Suspects Apprehended For Murder Following Silver Spring Shooting: Montgomery County Police
Suspects Apprehended For Murder Following Silver Spring Shooting: Montgomery County Police Two men are in custody for their alleged roles in the murder of a 20-year-old Takoma Park man in Montgomery County earlier this month. Silver Spring resident Javier Reyes, 21, and Brian Gaitan-Sanchez, 20, of Bladensburg, were both arrested this week following an investigation into the fatal shooting of Walter Woods, authorities announced on Tuesday, March 21. Woods was shot on Tuesday, March 7 in the 1700 block of Hampshire Green Lane in Silver Spring. The investigation ultimately led detectives to identify the pair as suspects in the homicide, and both were picked up this week by the pol…

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Teen Girl Accused Of Killing Severn Man Last Summer, Police Say Teen Girl Accused Of Killing Severn Man Last Summer, Police Say
Teen Girl Accused Of Killing Severn Man Last Summer, Police Say A teenage girl has been arrested after being accused of murdering a 20-year-old Severn man in August 2022, authorities announced. On Tuesday, March 14, officers announced that Vanae Lewis, 18, has been identified as the primary suspect believed to be responsible for the murder of 20-year-old Naim Rashid Addison last year, according to the Anne Arundel County Police Department.  On the night of Aug. 21, 2022, Anne Arundel County Police Officers say they found Addison suffering from a gunshot wound inside of a vehicle in the area of Pioneer Drive and Arwell Court in Severn. Addison was …

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Gunman Gets Life For Fatal Ambush Of Father Of Seven, Ride Share Passenger In Baltimore: AG Gunman Gets Life For Fatal Ambush Of Father Of Seven, Ride Share Passenger In Baltimore: AG
Gunman Gets Life For Fatal Ambush Of Father Of Seven, Ride Share Passenger In Baltimore: AG The Maryland Attorney General’s Office announced on Wednesday that Quanta Worrell will spend decades behind bars for the fatal ambush of two men in Baltimore in 2020. Worrell, 31, was sentenced to life in prison with all but 60 years suspended after pleading guilty to the 2020 murders of Dimarcus Waldo and Stephen Sanders, according to Attorney General Anthony Brown. On March 25, 2020, Waldo, a father of seven who was working as a part-time driver-for-hire, gave Sanders a lift to the area of Queensberry Avenue and Oakley Avenue in Northwest Baltimore, where the latter was to meet Worrell. …

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