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Police ID 18-Year-Old Found Shot To Death In Playground Area Of Maryland Park
An investigation has been launched in Montgomery County after an 18-year-old from Silver Spring was shot to death in an area playground, authorities say. Christian Ortiz has been identified by police as the person who was found suffering from a fatal gunshot wound near Seek Lane Park earlier this week, investigators announced on Thursday. According to the Montgomery County Department of Police, officers were called at around 9:45 p.m. on Oct. 1 to the area of Barron Street Drive and Domer Avenue, where there were reports of shots fired. Upon arrival, officers found Ortiz in the playground …
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Second Teen Charged As Adult For Murders At Maryland Park Months Later: Police
A second teenager will be charged as an adult following an ongoing investigation after two men were found murdered at a Silver Spring park over the summer, the Montgomery County Department of Police announced. Quincy Johnson, of Takoma Park, and Lanham resident D'Andre Wint, both 20, were found shot to death at the Nolte Local Park in the 200 block of Denver Road late in the afternoon on Sunday, May 26. Our officers along with @mcpnews are on scene of a shooting a Nolte Local Park in Silver Spring.Officers located two shooting victims. More information will be released as it be…
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Hunt For Attempted Murder Suspect In Maryland Lands Three Behind Bars, Sheriff Says
The search for a Maryland man wanted for attempted murder in St. Mary's County led to a hit-and-run, police pursuit and three behind bars, according to the sheriff's office. A long afternoon for deputies began on Wednesday afternoon when they spotted Lexington Park resident Davione Syheme Mason, 23 - who was wanted on an open warrant for multiple offenses - inside the passenger's seat of a GMC Yukon in Hollywood. The incident began shortly after 4 p.m. on Oct. 2 in the southbound lanes of MD Route 235 and ended with a vehicle in the front yard of a California home. According to the St. Mar…
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Serial Bank Robber Who Made Multiple Murder Threats In Baltimore Heading To Prison: Feds
A 34-year-old man who terrorized banks and business owners over the course of several weeks in 2022 will spend more than a decade behind bars, federal authorities announced. Baltimore resident Dexter Nikoe Eaton was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for armed bank robbery, related to a series of bank and armed commercial robberies. According to his plea agreement, Eaton admitted to committing six separate robberies between June 3, 2022, and July 30, 2022, during which he made several murder threats. The spree began at a bank in the…
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Family With Baby Displaced By Maryland House Fire, Officials Say
Seven people and a baby were displaced by an early morning fire that is believed to have broken out in a family's garage in Montgomery County. At approximately 5 a.m., first responders were called to a two-story home on Duvall Street near West Deer Park, where they were met by flames showing through the roof of the residence with smoke billowing through the area. A team of around 50 firefighters were able to get the fire under control quickly, though there was enough damage that seven adults, an infant, and dog were all displaced. First responders believe that the fire began in the garage,…
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US Marshals Join Search For HS Student Wanted In Connection To Mall Murder Of MD Teen: Police
Reinforcements are on the way as the US Marshals have joined the Howard County Police Department are they attempt to locate a fugitive who allegedly killed 17-year-old Angelo Little at the Mall in Columbia over the summer. Officers were called late in the afternoon on Saturday, July 27, where there was a reported shooting in the area of the food court with one person - later identified as Little - dead in the mall before the shooter fled the area. That shooter was identified by police on Wednesday, Aug. 28 as Columbia resident William Marshall III - who also goes by "Junior" - and…
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Gunman Caught On Camera Moments Before Prince George's County Murder (
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The Prince George's Police Department has released a new video of a suspect wanted in connection to the fatal shooting of a 30-year-old man over the weekend in Oxon Hill. District Heights resident Daryl McCall was killed over the weekend following an incident that broke out late on Friday afternoon, police say. He was found at approximately 7:40 p.m. on Sept. 27 in the 5100 block of Indian Head Highway. According to a spokesperson from the Prince George's County Police Department, first responders found McCall in a parking lot suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. They treated him…
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Sexual Abuser Who Targeted Three Minors In Same Maryland Household Convicted: State's Attorney
A 25-year-old man who turned himself in to the Charles County Sheriff's Office last year has been convicted by a jury at trial of sexually abusing several children. Katravien Tyrieus Vercher will face 115 years in prison for preying on three minors under the age of 13 over the course of three years after moving into a family's Waldorf home, officials say. In March 2023, members of the Charles County Sheriff's Office were called to that home, where there was a report of child sexual abuse from Vercher's victims' mother. Investigators say that Vercher moved in in 2020, and began targeting hi…
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Police ID 57-Year-Old Man Struck, Killed By SUV In Maryland
New details have been released by the Montgomery County Department of Police following the death of a 57-year-old man who passed away at the hospital after being struck by an SUV. Victor Perez has been identified as the person involved in a fatal pedestrian strike on Thursday night after being hit by a 2015 Honda CR-V on Thursday in Silver Spring. First responders were called shortly before 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 26 to the intersection of East Franklin Avenue and Seminole Street, where they found Perez in the roadway suffering from critical injuries. Google Maps street view Perez was treated…
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Search For Killer Underway As Loved Ones Mourn Elkridge Dad Shot Dead In Roadway
A 40-year-old father from Elkridge is being mourned as police search for his killer in Prince George's County. Bracston Pitt has been identified as the man killed over the weekend in a late-night shooting in Temple Hills, authorities announced on Monday. At approximately 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 28, officers from the Prince George's County Police Department responded to the 2900 block of Oxon Park Street to investigate reports of shots fired, where they found Pitt suffering from multiple gunshot wounds in the roadway. He was pronounced dead at the scene. No details about a possib…
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Hyattsville Shooter Accused Of Killing District Resident Arrested In Maryland: Police
An 18-year-old suspect from Maryland linked to the the fatal shooting of a 26-year old District man has been apprehended, authorities announced on Monday night. Hyattsville resident Dartrell Bryant was identified by the Prince George's County Police Department's Homicide Unit and charged in connection to the fatal shooting of Jawaun Jackson in September. Officers were called at around 8:45 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 19, to investigate reports of shots fired, and upon arrival, they found Jackson in a Hyattsville roadway. According to a spokesperson from the Prince George's County Police Depart…
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Traffic Stop Leads To Three Behind Bars For Exchanging Pills, Drug Possession In MD: Sheriff
What could have been a simple traffic stop of a suspect driver in Calvert County landed three people behind bars, according to the sheriff's office. The sticky situation began when deputies conducted a traffic stop of Prince Frederick resident Barbara Ann Magruder, 46, after she made multiple traffic violations in the area of Fairground Road. During the stop, a bag containing Alprazolam was observed in plain view, and Magruder advised investigators that she had just exchanged pills with a woman identified as Kimberly Marie Hamm in a red Pontiac. Further investigation led to the r…
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