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Arrest Made In Murder Of Maryland Mom Rachel Morin, Officials Say Arrest Made In Murder Of Maryland Mom Rachel Morin, Officials Say
Arrest Made In Murder Of Maryland Mom Rachel Morin, Officials Say An arrest has been made nearly a year after Rachel Morin was found dead near a Harford County trail, authorities said on Saturday. Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez, 23, was taken into custody in Tulsa, OK, in connection with Morin's August 2023 killing, according to the Harford County Sheriff and Morin's family's legal team. Harford County Sheriff Gahler said that DNA evidence was key in linking Martinez-Hernandez to the murder. "Three weeks ago, on May 20, which should have been Rachel's 38th birthday, investigators uncovered a lead, and we're here today to tell you Rachel's murde…

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Dirt Bike Rider Convicted Of Shooting At Family Stopped At Red Light Near Maryland Intersection Dirt Bike Rider Convicted Of Shooting At Family Stopped At Red Light Near Maryland Intersection
Dirt Bike Rider Convicted Of Shooting At Family Stopped At Red Light Near Maryland Intersection The man who tried to pull a fast one over on police investigators in Edgewood has been convicted of attempted murder after a shooting in September last year, the Harford County State's Attorney announced. Luke Edward Powell, 24, is facing a lengthy prison stay after being arrested for a shooting near his Cherry Road home in Edgewood while he was riding his dirt bike, which he subsequently tried to hide from investigators. According to prosecutors, on Sept. 5, 2022, deputies from the Harford County Sheriff's Office were called to investigate a reported shooting near the intersection of Hanso…

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Harford County Officials May Have Been Subject To Illegal Wiretaps: Sheriff (DEVELOPING) Harford County Officials May Have Been Subject To Illegal Wiretaps: Sheriff (DEVELOPING)
Harford County Officials May Have Been Subject To Illegal Wiretaps: Sheriff (Developing) “The Wire” has come to Harford County. An investigation has been launched by the Harford County Sheriff’s Office after the agency received a criminal complaint alleging that some elected and government officials were illegally recorded on a possible wiretap. The allegations are now being investigated by the sheriff’s office, which stated it “as with any report of a crime, we have a duty to investigate, treating reports of crime without bias toward the victims or suspect’s identity.” If they prove true, investigators said that the case would be “particularly egregious, as Maryland boasts…

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Jealous Inmate Admits To Attempting To Kill Veteran Corrections Officer With Phone In MD Jealous Inmate Admits To Attempting To Kill Veteran Corrections Officer With Phone In MD
Jealous Inmate Admits To Attempting To Kill Veteran Corrections Officer With Phone In MD Some top cops in Harford County were on hand this week to watch an inmate admit to “his brutal attack” of a sheriff’s corporal in a detention center last year while seeing red in a jealous rage. Matthew Dwight Tingler, 37, of Elkton, pleaded guilty to one count of attempted first-degree murder for attack 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 facility,…

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Pervy Passenger Gets Life For Raping, Robbing Woman Who Gave Him A Ride In MD: State's Attorney Pervy Passenger Gets Life For Raping, Robbing Woman Who Gave Him A Ride In MD: State's Attorney
Pervy Passenger Gets Life For Raping, Robbing Woman Who Gave Him A Ride In MD: State's Attorney The man who raped and tortured a driver during a harrowing ride in Maryland will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars.  Devon Allen Odell Scott, 40, of Edgewood, was sentenced to life plus 50 years in prison after being convicted earlier this year on rape and robbery charges, the Harford County State’s Attorney announced. The traumatic trip played out when Scott flagged down his 28-year-old victim - who sometimes worked as an unlicensed taxi driver for extra cash - in Baltimore and asked for a ride to the Edgewood area in August 2019, though he would not commit to a specific h…

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Man Got Teen Neighbor Drunk In MD, Sexually Assaulted Her As Family Arrived Home: Officials Man Got Teen Neighbor Drunk In MD, Sexually Assaulted Her As Family Arrived Home: Officials
Man Got Teen Neighbor Drunk In MD, Sexually Assaulted Her As Family Arrived Home: Officials A Maryland man has been convicted of luring a teen neighbor into his Harford County home and sexually abusing her, the state’s attorney’s office announced. Forest Hill resident Steven Jay Friedman, 40, was convicted this week on rape and other charges for allegedly supplying a 16-year-old girl with alcohol before sexually assaulting her in February last year. Specifically, Friedman was convicted of: Second-degree rape; Sexual offense in the third degree; Second-degree assault; Furnishing for or allowing underage consumption. Harford County State’s Attorney Alison Healey said that th…

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Life In Prison For Maryland Murderer Who Set Townhouse Blaze That Killed Four: State's Attorney Life In Prison For Maryland Murderer Who Set Townhouse Blaze That Killed Four: State's Attorney
Life In Prison For Maryland Murderer Who Set Townhouse Blaze That Killed Four: State's Attorney The woman convicted of setting a Maryland townhouse ablaze in 2019 that led to the deaths of multiple people will likely never see the light of day after being sentenced on arson, murder, and other charges, according to the Harford County State's Attorney. Edgewood resident Bobbie Sue Hodge, 63, was sentenced to four consecutive life sentences plus 20 years in prison for her role in the fatal May 9, 2019 fire at 1862 Simons Court in her hometown. Specifically, Hodge received: A life sentence for each of four counts of felony murder; Five years for the assault of Brenda Ayres; Five years…

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Maryland Firebug Convicted Of Arson, Murdering Four People In Townhouse Fire Maryland Firebug Convicted Of Arson, Murdering Four People In Townhouse Fire
Maryland Firebug Convicted Of Arson, Murdering Four People In Townhouse Fire Prosecutors announced that the Maryland woman who set a townhouse on fire in May 2019 has been found guilty of arson, murder, and assault charges for killing her housemates. Edgewood resident Bobbie Sue Hodge, 63, is likely to spend the rest of her life in prison for her role in a massive townhouse fire in the early hours of May 9, 2019, Harford County State’s Attorney Albert Peisinger, Jr. announced on Tuesday, Oct. 25. Specifically, Hodge was convicted of: Arson; Four counts of felony murder; Three counts of second-degree assault. Shortly before 2:30 a.m. on the night of the fatal fir…

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