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Two Teens Arrested For Murder Of 26-Year-Old Father Found Shot To Death In Maryland Two Teens Arrested For Murder Of 26-Year-Old Father Found Shot To Death In Maryland
Two Teens Arrested For Murder Of 26-Year-Old Father Found Shot To Death In Maryland Two teens have been arrested for their alleged roles in the murder of a popular 26-year-old father who was gunned down in Southern Maryland earlier this month. Jo’Mir Omar Norman, 18 and Brian Jermaine Wongus, Jr. 15, both of Cambridge have been arrested and charged in connection to the fatal shooting of Virgil Simms last weekend in Dorchester County.  According to Maryland State Police, at around 7 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 20, officers from the Cambridge Police Department responded to the area of Pine Street and Dunns Court to investigate a reported shooting. Upon arrival, they foun…

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Maryland State Police ID 26-Year-Old Father Found Shot To Death In Cambridge Maryland State Police ID 26-Year-Old Father Found Shot To Death In Cambridge
Maryland State Police ID 26-Year-Old Father Found Shot To Death In Cambridge A 26-year-old man affectionately known as "Porky" has been identified by police as the man gunned down in Southern Maryland overnight. Cambridge resident Virgil Simms was pronounced dead at the scene by Maryland State Police investigators on Sunday night in the 600 block of Pine Street, officials say. Members of the Cambridge Police Department were called to the scene of the shooting, where they found Simms suffering from fatal gunshot wounds. It is with a heavy heart that I post this video. My heartfelt condolences to Virgil Simms-Porky’s family. Today I ask... Posted by United 4C Str…

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Man Shot By Co-Worker At Maryland Gas Station Airlifted To Hospital: State Police Man Shot By Co-Worker At Maryland Gas Station Airlifted To Hospital: State Police
Man Shot By Co-Worker At Maryland Gas Station Airlifted To Hospital: State Police A man who shot his co-worker at a Maryland gas station before attempting to flee in a work van has been apprehended and charged with attempted murder, state police say. Antonio Lamont Bolden, 36, is behind bars following a reported shooting at a Talbot County gas station that left a 29-year-old man hospitalized days later. Investigators say that first responders were called shortly after 9 a.m. on Tuesday morning to the 4100 block of Ocean Gateway in Trappe, where they found 29-year-old Salisbury resident Aigner Smith suffering from gunshot wounds to his arm and face. He was airlifted to a…

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Butcher Shop, Century-Old Home Destroyed By Two-Alarm Blaze: Maryland Fire Marshal Butcher Shop, Century-Old Home Destroyed By Two-Alarm Blaze: Maryland Fire Marshal
Butcher Shop, Century-Old Home Destroyed By Two-Alarm Blaze: Maryland Fire Marshal Nearly a million dollars in damage was caused when a butcher shop fire spread to a home of a vacant home that has stood for more than a century in Maryland, officials say. First responders were called shortly before 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 21, to the 5000 block of Stone Boundary Road in Cambridge, where the owner of a butcher shop reported a fire that rapidly spread to nearby structures. According to the Office of the Maryland Fire Marshal, the fire originated inside the Dorchester County butcher shop while the owner was working inside, and embers landed on the cedar shingles of the vacan…

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Lifestyle
Meet The Men: 'Golden Bachelorette' Releases Seniors Maryland Grandmother Joan Vassos Will Date Meet The Men: 'Golden Bachelorette' Releases Seniors Maryland Grandmother Joan Vassos Will Date
Meet The Men: 'Golden Bachelorette' Releases Seniors Maryland Grandmother Joan Vassos Will Date The men have arrived. Joan Vassos, a 61-year-old Maryland grandmother will soon star as the first-ever leading lady on ABC's "The Golden Bachelorette." And producers have released the names of her suitors. Some of them are local to the Northeast, including 62-year-old Charles L, a retired financial analyst from Philadelphia; 64-year-old Christopher, a contractor from West Babylon, NY; 60-year-old Ken, a property management treasurer from Peabody, MA; 63-year-old Pablo, a retired UN agency director from Cambridge, MD; 62-year-old Thomas, and an FDNY chief from New York, NY. Introducin…

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Man Indicted For Kidnapping, Murder Of Missing Mother In Maryland: State Police Man Indicted For Kidnapping, Murder Of Missing Mother In Maryland: State Police
Kenneth Bradley Indicted For Murder Of Tiyavauna Britt In MD Maryland State Police investigators have arrested a man who has been charged in connection to the kidnapping and murder of Tiyavauna Britt earlier this year. On Tuesday, authorities announced that Cambridge resident Kenneth Stefan Bradley, 40, has been indicted for the February kidnapping of 31-year-old Tiyavauna Britt.  Tiyavauna Britt Easton Police Department According to investigators, Britt - who knew Bradley before her disappearance - was last seen at work in Delaware on Wednesday, Feb. 7 and her vehicle was later located in the Easton area in Maryland. Her body has never been rec…

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News
Man Breaks Out Of Psychiatric Hospital In Maryland: Police Man Breaks Out Of Psychiatric Hospital In Maryland: Police
Man Breaks Out Of Psychiatric Hospital In Maryland: Police A 19-year-old patient housed in a Maryland hospital made a great escape from the facility, authorities are cautioning. Darrin Lee Jeter, 19, of Rockville, orchestrated a ruse that played out at approximately 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday at the Eastern Shore State Hospital Center in Cambridge. Security officers inside the building said that a black vehicle approached the building and shot several times into a window. Jeter then kicked the broken window out, escaped from the hospital, and fled in the black vehicle. Jeter was described as being a Black man who is 5-foot-7 weighing approximately 140 …

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by Zak Failla
Weather
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings Issued For Parts Of DMV Region Amid Latest Bout Of Wild Weather Severe Thunderstorm Warnings Issued For Parts Of DMV Region Amid Latest Bout Of Wild Weather
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings Issued For Parts Of DMV Region Amid Latest Bout Of Wild Weather Some parts of the DMV region can expect extreme weather to continue as storms bringing hail and whipping winds continue to roll through the area. Some relief is on the horizon for residents in Maryland and Virginia, but not before Mother Nature goes one more round with winds reaching 60 mph and quarter-sized hail possible to fall in certain neighborhoods. Special Marine Warning including the Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA, Chesapeake Bay from North Beach to Drum Point MD, Chesapeake Bay from Sandy Point to North Beach MD and Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Li…

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Police & Fire
Two Dogs Dead, One Missing From Fast-Moving Two-Alarm Maryland House Fire Two Dogs Dead, One Missing From Fast-Moving Two-Alarm Maryland House Fire
Two Dogs Dead, One Missing From Fast-Moving Two-Alarm Maryland House Fire Two dogs were killed and a third is unaccounted for after ashes from a wood stove that were improperly stored inside a plastic continue sparked a rapidly moving blaze, the Maryland State Fire Marshal announced. On Wednesday, Dec. 21, members of the Cambridge Rescue Fire Company were called to an Algonquin Road home in Cambridge, when a neighbor reported a fire that had spread from hot embers to a fence, and then to the residence. Posted by Rescue Fire Company Cambridge, MD on Wednesday, December 21, 2022 It took a team of 30 firefighters approximately 45 minutes to get the two-alarm fir…

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Fast-Moving Blaze Devastates Single-Family Maryland Home: Fire Marshal Fast-Moving Blaze Devastates Single-Family Maryland Home: Fire Marshal
Fast-Moving Blaze Devastates Single-Family Maryland Home: Fire Marshal An investigation has been launched by the Office of the Maryland State Fire Marshal after a dwelling burned down overnight in Dorchester County. First responders from the Vienna Volunteer Fire Company in Cambridge were called to Griffith Neck Road shortly before 11 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 3, when a neighbor reported a fire that broke out in a vacant two-story home. Officials say that it took a team of nearly two dozen firefighters approximately a half hour to get the flames under control, but not before it caused an estimated $40,000 ($25,000 to the structure, $15,000 to its contents) in dam…

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Murder Suspect In Custody After Dead Body Found Shot In The Woods Near Maryland Roadway: Police Murder Suspect In Custody After Dead Body Found Shot In The Woods Near Maryland Roadway: Police
Murder Suspect In Custody After Dead Body Found Shot In The Woods Near Maryland Roadway: Police US Marshals helped Maryland State Police investigators apprehend a man wanted in connection to a fatal shooting earlier this month. Cambridge resident Geett Cornish, 30, is facing multiple murder and other charges for allegedly shooting and killing Kevin Dwayne Raeford and dumping his body in a wooded area in Dorchester County. Specifically, Cornish was charged with: First-degree murder; Second-degree murder; First-degree assault; Use of a firearm in a felony; Illegal possession of a firearm; Second-degree assault; Reckless endangerment; Illegal possession of a handgun in a vehicle; Ille…

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Police & Fire
Dead Body Found Shot In The Woods Near Maryland Roadway, State Police Say Dead Body Found Shot In The Woods Near Maryland Roadway, State Police Say
Dead Body Found Shot In The Woods Near Maryland Roadway, State Police Say Police have identified a 20-year-man who was found shot to death in the woods near a quiet Maryland roadway, authorities announced. Salisbury resident Kevin Dwayne Raeford, 20, was found along the 600 block of Edgewood Avenue shortly after 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 20 in Cambridge following reports of shots fired. Officers from the Cambridge Police Department responded to the scene, and officials said that as they canvassed the area, they located Raeford’s body with at least one gunshot wound. The Cambridge Police Department secured the scene, according to investigators, and the Maryland St…

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Police & Fire
Eleventh Suspect Apprehended In Connection With Fourth Of July Murder: Maryland State Police Eleventh Suspect Apprehended In Connection With Fourth Of July Murder: Maryland State Police
Eleventh Suspect Apprehended In Connection With Fourth Of July Murder: Maryland State Police Maryland State Police investigators have announced the 11th arrest in connection to the Fourth of July murder of Tyuane Johnson in Dorchester County. Zakai Curtis, 18, was apprehended in Easton and charged for his role in Johnson’s murder as state police continue to investigate the circumstances of the fatal shooting. Curtis was charged with: Attempted first-degree murder; Attempted second-degree murder; Two counts of second-degree assault; Use of a firearm in the commission of a felony or violent crime; “Other criminal charges.” He was extradited from Gloucester, Massachusetts, and is …

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Victim ID'd, Second Suspect Arrested For Murdering 20-Year-Old Man In Maryland: State Police Victim ID'd, Second Suspect Arrested For Murdering 20-Year-Old Man In Maryland: State Police
Victim ID'd, Second Suspect Arrested For Murdering 20-Year-Old Man In Maryland: State Police Investigators in Maryland have charged a second suspect in the fatal shooting of a 20-year-old man in Dorchester County earlier this year, state police officials announced. Frederick resident Raykquon Dijon Molock, 25, was arrested on Brighton Court on Tuesday, Aug. 16 by members of the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office and the US Marshals Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force (CARFTF) Western Maryland agency following a lengthy investigation into the murder of Cambridge resident A’Corie Young in April. On Wednesday, Aug. 17, officials announced that a second suspect, Cambridge residen…

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Police & Fire
Maryland Man Faces Murder Charge After Being Busted By US Marshals Maryland Man Faces Murder Charge After Being Busted By US Marshals
Maryland Man Faces Murder Charge After Being Busted By US Marshals A fugitive wanted for murder in Maryland has been apprehended by US Marshals, authorities announced. Frederick resident Raykquon Moloch, 25, was arrested on Brighton Court on Tuesday, Aug. 16 by members of the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office and the US Marshals Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force (CARFTF) following a lengthy investigation into a murder in Cambridge. Officials said that CARFTF members conducted surveillance in the 6900 block of Brighton Court, and at about 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning when they observed Molock exit the apartment, where he was detained without inciden…

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Police & Fire
Multiple Houses Damaged In Maryland When Illegal Fireworks Spark Outdoor Blaze Multiple Houses Damaged In Maryland When Illegal Fireworks Spark Outdoor Blaze
Multiple Houses Damaged In Maryland When Illegal Fireworks Spark Outdoor Blaze A late-night fireworks show in Maryland led to multiple Dorchester County homes getting damaged when one went awry and set an outdoor trash pile ablaze, according to the state fire marshal. A team of nearly two dozen firefighters from the Rescue Fire Company in Cambridge responded to a Hubbard Street home shortly before midnight on Tuesday, Aug. 2, where there was a reported trash fire that broke out. It took first responders approximately a half-hour to control the fire, which caused an estimated $10,000 to the structure. The initial investigation determined that it was accidental in nat…

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Five More Facing Charges In Felony Fourth Of July Shooting In Maryland: State Police Five More Facing Charges In Felony Fourth Of July Shooting In Maryland: State Police
Five More Facing Charges In Felony Fourth Of July Shooting In Maryland: State Police Five new suspects have been apprehended in connection to a fatal Fourth of July shooting in Maryland, bringing the total to nine arrests, according to state police. In Dorchester County, Tyuane Johnson, 24, of Cambridge was shot on Monday, July 4 in the 1000 block of Cosby Lane, police said, later succumbing to his injuries after being rushed to the Dorchester General Hospital. The autopsy results from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled Johnson’s death was a homicide from a gunshot wound, officials said. According to state police, the investigation into the fatal shooting has …

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Police & Fire
Unattended Stove Sparks Two-Alarm Fire During Scorcher In Maryland Unattended Stove Sparks Two-Alarm Fire During Scorcher In Maryland
Unattended Stove Sparks Two-Alarm Fire During Scorcher In Maryland An unattended stovetop that was left inside a Maryland kitchen made a hot day even hotter as it caused $100,000 in damage to a single-family home in Dorchester County, state officials announced. Shortly before 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 21, crews from multiple agencies responded to a Washington Street home in Cambridge, when a passerby alerted the Rescue Fire Company to smoke and flames coming from the side of the residence. Crews were able to knock down the bulk of the fire within a few minutes of arriving, according to fire officials, but due to the heat, overhaul, and lack of manpower…

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Police & Fire
Four Facing Charges In Felony Fourth Of July Shooting In Maryland: State Police Four Facing Charges In Felony Fourth Of July Shooting In Maryland: State Police
Four Facing Charges In Felony Fourth Of July Shooting In Maryland: State Police Multiple arrests have been made in connection to a fatal Fourth of July shooting in Maryland, state police announced. In Dorchester County, Tyuane Johnson, 24, of Cambridge was shot on Monday, July 4 in the 1000 block of Cosby Lane, police said, later succumbing to his injuries after being rushed to the Dorchester General Hospital. The autopsy results from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled Johnson’s death was a homicide from a gunshot wound, officials said. According to state police, the investigation into the fatal shooting led to the arrest of four men who are facing these …

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Obituaries
Maryland Dad Gunned Down While Watching Fireworks Maryland Dad Gunned Down While Watching Fireworks
Maryland Dad Gunned Down While Watching Fireworks A loving father was trying to take in some Fourth of July fireworks over the holiday weekend when he was struck and killed by a stray bullet, according to his family. Cambridge resident Tyuane Johnson, Jr., 24, was an innocent bystander watching fireworks on Monday, July 4, when he got caught in the crossfire and was fatally hit by a bullet. Johnson was watching fireworks in the area of the 1000 block of Cosby Lane in Cambridge at approximately 9 p.m. on Monday night when he was struck, police said. He was rushed to the Dorchester General Hospital for treatment, where he was later pronounce…

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Police & Fire
Second Arrest Made In Annapolis Bank Robbery Second Arrest Made In Annapolis Bank Robbery
Second Arrest Made In Annapolis Bank Robbery A second suspect has been arrested in Maryland following a lengthy investigation into a May bank robbery in Anne Arundel County, authorities announced. Cambridge resident Jamaar Cornish, 34, was arrested on Thursday, July 7, according to the Annapolis Police Department, which has been investigating the robbery of Wells Fargo in the 900 block of Bay Ridge Road earlier this year. Officers from the department responded to Wells Fargo on Wednesday, May 18, where there was a reported bank robbery that had just taken place, police said. A suspect - later identified as Annapolis resident Pedro Ngu…

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Police & Fire
Police ID 24-Year-Old Man Shot, Killed In Maryland, Suspect Remains At Large Police ID 24-Year-Old Man Shot, Killed In Maryland, Suspect Remains At Large
Police ID 24-Year-Old Man Shot, Killed In Maryland, Suspect Remains At Large A fatal Fourth of July homicide remains under investigation by state police after a 24-year-old man was fatally shot in Dorchester County, authorities said on Thursday, July 7. Cambridge resident Tyuane Johnson, Jr. was pronounced dead at the Dorchester General Hospital on Monday, July 4 after he was found with a gunshot wound by members of the Maryland State Police Department. Shortly before 9 p.m. on Monday night, officers from the Cambridge Police Department responded to the 1000 block of Cosby Lane in Cambridge for a reported shooting, a spokesperson for the department said. Upon thei…

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