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Maryland State Police Caution About Fraudsters Posing As Officers Maryland State Police Caution About Fraudsters Posing As Officers
Maryland State Police Caution About Fraudsters Posing As Officers Maryland residents are being advised to be on high alert following a recent rash of fraudsters posing as police. An alert was issued by Maryland State Police over the weekend warning residents to be aware of possible phone scam fraud attempts by police impersonators. Officials say that they've received multiple reports from several residents throughout the state who advised that they'd been contacted by people claiming to be either state troopers or police officers in an attempt to scam victims out of cash or personal information. According to police, the poser tells possible victims that …

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One Killed, Three Hospitalized In Head-On Route 295 Crash In MD One Killed, Three Hospitalized In Head-On Route 295 Crash In MD
One Killed, Three Hospitalized In Head-On Route 295 Crash In MD One person was killed in an early-morning head-on crash in Anne Arundel County with an allegedly impaired driver, state police say. Maryland State Police have launched an investigation into a fatal two-vehicle crash between two drivers from Baltimore, one of whom was killed at approximately 2:45 a.m on Thursday, June 1. According to investigators, Brittany Sherlock, 33, was driving a Lincoln MKC north in the southbound lanes of Maryland Route 295 near Arundel Mills Boulevard when she struck a Hyundai being driven by 62-year-old Marien Haider in Hanover. Police say that Haider was pronounc…

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Cellmate Under Investigation For Homicide At Maryland Prison: State Police Cellmate Under Investigation For Homicide At Maryland Prison: State Police
Cellmate Under Investigation For Homicide At Maryland Prison: State Police An investigation has been launched after an inmate was found dead in the Jessup Correctional Institution in Maryland. Maryland State Police issued an alert on Sunday, May, 28, advising that Nicholas Joseph Delfosse, 27, a state prison inmate serving time for a burglary, was found dead inside the facility. Police say that an inmate has been identified as a suspect. He’s being held in a separate part of the prison and possible charges are pending. According to state police, on Saturday, May 27, investigators were notified about an inmate’s death inside the facility, and upon arrival found De…

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Man Ejected From Mercedes Dies At Maryland Hospital: State Police Man Ejected From Mercedes Dies At Maryland Hospital: State Police
Man Ejected From Mercedes Dies At Maryland Hospital: State Police Alcohol is believed to have been a factor in a late night crash that left a Pennsylvania man dead on Monday morning, according to Maryland State Police. Police say that shortly before 11:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 21, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania resident Antonio Jhamel Farmer, 37, was ejected from a Mercedes E400 that was involved in a single-vehicle crash into an embankment alongside a Carroll County road. The initial investigation determined that 27-year-old Elizabeth Nicole Jones, also of Chambersburg, was driving north on MD 97 (Littlestown Pike) south of Hanover Road in the area of the Unio…

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State Police Trooper Hospitalized After Crash With Suspected Impaired Driver In Maryland State Police Trooper Hospitalized After Crash With Suspected Impaired Driver In Maryland
State Police Trooper Hospitalized After Crash With Suspected Impaired Driver In Maryland A potentially intoxicated driver hospitalized a Maryland State Police trooper early on Monday morning after crashing through his cruiser while it was parked in a Montgomery County construction zone, officials say. Charges are pending against Washington, DC resident Anthony Bowser, 31, who injured a trooper inside a work zone area in the inner loop of I-495 near University Boulevard at approximately 4:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 22. Police say that Bowser was driving a white Mercedes SUV when he lost control and sped into the construction zone, rear-ending the Maryland State Police patrol veh…

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Police Recover Body Of Missing Toddler In Waterway Near His MD Home Police Recover Body Of Missing Toddler In Waterway Near His MD Home
Police Recover Body Of Missing Toddler In Waterway Near His MD Home The body of a 3-year-old boy who was reported missing in Cecil County was found in a creek on Monday afternoon, police confirmed. A massive search was mobilized for Mykell Richardson on Monday, May 15, as they sought to locate the boy, who was reported missing the previous afternoon in the area of Quail Court in Elkton. However, the story ended in tragedy when members of the Maryland State Police team located Richardson at approximately 3 p.m. on Monday in a body of water not far from his Cecil County home. EPDis saddened to report this afternoon around 3 PM, members of the MSP Dive Te…

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Naked Kidnapped Woman Found In U-Haul After Pursuit-Crash In Prince George's County Naked Kidnapped Woman Found In U-Haul After Pursuit-Crash In Prince George's County
Naked Kidnapped Woman Found In U-Haul After Pursuit-Crash In Prince George's County A naked woman kidnapped from a Washington DC convenience store was found in the back of a U-Haul after a police pursuit and crash in Prince George's County. The woman tells police that a man later identified as Dennis Bell, 62, of Lanham, pushed her into the back of the truck while at a store on Minnesota Avenue Southeast in Washington, D.C. Saturday morning, May 13, and threatened her life if she didn't comply with his demands, Maryland State Police said. Bell drove around all day with the victim sitting on the floor board in the front seat, where Bell removed her clothing and used a pocke…

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Tree Trimmer Airlifted After Industrial Incident In MD, State Police Say Tree Trimmer Airlifted After Industrial Incident In MD, State Police Say
Tree Trimmer Airlifted After Industrial Incident In MD, State Police Say A tree trimmer in Carroll County suffered serious injuries on Tuesday morning and had to be airlifted away from a worksite for treatment and evaluations at a Maryland trauma center. Silver Spring resident Ramon Hernandez, 69, was transported by a Maryland State Police medevac helicopter to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore on Tuesday, May 9, where there was a reported industrial incident after he was struck by a truck. The incident was reported shortly before 8:40 a.m. on Tuesday morning in the 1500 block of Old Taneytown Road in Westminster, where there was an ongoing tre…

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Maryland State Police Trooper Charged With False Imprisonment, Sex Offense: Authorities Maryland State Police Trooper Charged With False Imprisonment, Sex Offense: Authorities
Maryland State Police Trooper Charged With False Imprisonment, Sex Offense: Authorities A veteran Maryland State Police trooper has been suspended with pay following his arrest by the Anne Arundel Police Department over the weekend, law enforcement officials confirmed. Trooper First Class Ryan Bandy was arrested shortly before 4 a.m. on Saturday, May 6 following an investigation into his alleged misdeeds, according to a state police spokesperson. Specifically, Bandy was charged with: False imprisonment; Second-degree assault; Fourth-degree sex offense. He made his initial appearance before a district court commissioner and was released on his own recognizance. He has been …

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Officers Shot Responding To Burglary In MD; Suspect Busted Soliciting Ride Home: Police Officers Shot Responding To Burglary In MD; Suspect Busted Soliciting Ride Home: Police
Officers Shot Responding To Burglary In MD; Suspect Busted Soliciting Ride Home: Police A suspect who couldn't find a getaway driver is in custody after shooting a Maryland State Police trooper and two deputies from the Cecil County Sheriff’s Office during a botched burglary attempt, authorities announced. Daniel Padraig Colin Donnelly, 23, of Elkton, opened fire shortly before midnight on Sunday morning when he was caught by police investigating a reported burglary. An emergency call came in from a neighbor regarding a burglary in progress in the unit block of Twin Lakes Drive in Port Deposit, prompting a response from state police and the sheriff’s office, according to offi…

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Weapon, Drug Charges For Teen From Delaware Wanted By Maryland State Police Weapon, Drug Charges For Teen From Delaware Wanted By Maryland State Police
Weapon, Drug Charges For Teen From Delaware Wanted By Maryland State Police A Delaware man is behind bars as he awaits his fate following a lengthy drug and weapon investigation in Maryland. William Ferguson, V, 19, of New Castle, Delaware, has been charged with 23 counts tied to felony drug distribution and firearm violations in Maryland following a strange scene that played out last fall. In October last year, state police investigators in Cecil County were on patrol in the Winding Brook community in Elkton when they spotted a group of people surrounding a 2019 Ford Fusion with a temporary Delaware registration that was blasting loud music, police say. As invest…

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Body Of Missing 4-Year-Old Found In Maryland: State Police Body Of Missing 4-Year-Old Found In Maryland: State Police
Body Of Missing 4-Year-Old Found In Maryland: State Police For the second time this week, the body of a missing child was found dead in Maryland. Maryland State Police investigators confirmed that 4-year-old Garrett County resident Fox Piper was found dead at approximately 10 p.m. on Thursday, April 20 by members of the Deep Creek Fire Department's Dive team hours after he was declared missing. The body was found amid a multi-agency search for the child, who was reported critically missing from the unit block of Temperance Way in Oakland at approximately 7:15 p.m. on Thursday.  Piper was last seen at approximately 6:30 p.m. on Thursday on the…

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