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'Ride Free, JStud': Maryland Community Mourns Justin Rhodes, 22, Just Months From Birthday 'Ride Free, JStud': Maryland Community Mourns Justin Rhodes, 22, Just Months From Birthday
'Ride Free, JStud': Maryland Community Mourns Justin Rhodes, 22, Just Months From Birthday In just three months, Justin Rhodes would have celebrated his 23rd birthday in Maryland. Instead, friends, family, and fellow riders across Cecil County are mourning the sudden loss of the 22-year-old known simply as "JStud," a dirt-bike and Harley enthusiast remembered as fiercely loyal, endlessly generous, and always ready to help those around him. A GoFundMe campaign launched to help cover funeral expenses describes Rhodes as someone who "left a lasting impact on everyone he met" through his adventurous spirit, kindness, and unwavering support for friends and family. Photos shared by lo…

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'She Lost Her Father, Best Friend': Community Mourns Ricky Hickman After Fatal Maryland Crash 'She Lost Her Father, Best Friend': Community Mourns Ricky Hickman After Fatal Maryland Crash
'She Lost Her Father, Best Friend': Community Mourns Ricky Hickman After Fatal Maryland Crash The photos tell the story before the words ever do. At the beach. At school events. Dressed up for special occasions. Nearly every image shared since Richard "Ricky" Hickman III's death shows him alongside his daughter, Kimber. Now, after the 38-year-old Port Deposit father was killed in a motorcycle crash late Thursday night, family and friends are mourning a man they describe as a doting dad, loyal friend, and larger-than-life presence whose world revolved around his little girl. The crash was reported around 11 p.m. on May 29 on Camp Meeting Ground Road near Port Deposit, according to a…

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Funeral Set For Cpl. Barry Foust Who Died From 9/11-Related Cancer After Pentagon Response Funeral Set For Cpl. Barry Foust Who Died From 9/11-Related Cancer After Pentagon Response
Funeral Set For Cpl. Barry Foust Who Died From 9/11-Related Cancer After Pentagon Response A longtime police officer in Virginia who spent days working the Pentagon crash site after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks will be laid to rest next week following his death from 9/11-related cancer. Arlington Police Cpl. Barry Foust, a veteran officer whose decades-long career stretched across some of the region’s darkest and most demanding moments, died Friday, May 22, after battling cancer linked to his response to American Airlines Flight 77 crashing into the Pentagon in 2001. Now, Arlington County officials have announced funeral arrangements for Foust, whose death has been classified a…

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Maryland Family Demands Answers After Father Killed In Front Of 18-Month-Old Daughter Maryland Family Demands Answers After Father Killed In Front Of 18-Month-Old Daughter
Maryland Family Demands Answers After Father Killed In Front Of 18-Month-Old Daughter An 18-month-old girl is growing up without her father after 23-year-old Dwight Arthur Young was shot and killed inside a Maryland apartment in the middle of the night, leaving behind a devastated family now pleading publicly for answers. “My brother was murdered,” his sister, Desare Young, wrote in a social media post shared days after the shooting. “Please spread awareness.” Prince George’s County Police say officers were called around 2:45 a.m. Monday, May 18, to the 3500 block of Terrace Drive in Suitland for a reported shooting inside an apartment. Young was found suffering from a g…

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Legendary Maryland Fire Chief David Dwyer Dies After More Than 65 Years Of Service Legendary Maryland Fire Chief David Dwyer Dies After More Than 65 Years Of Service
Legendary Maryland Fire Chief David Dwyer Dies After More Than 65 Years Of Service Few names carried more weight in Montgomery County fire and rescue circles than Chief David Dwyer. The longtime Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad leader, mentor, and architect of generations of volunteer service has died, according to announcements shared Tuesday, May 26, by fire officials. For more than six decades, Dwyer was a constant presence in Montgomery County emergency services.  Not just at ceremonies and banquets, but on firegrounds, rescue calls, command scenes, and inside the institutions that helped shape the county’s modern volunteer fire and EMS system. BCCRS called hi…

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19-Year-Old Found Hanging From Tree Near DC Police Station; Now His Family Searches For 'Truth' 19-Year-Old Found Hanging From Tree Near DC Police Station; Now His Family Searches For 'Truth'
19-Year-Old Found Hanging From Tree Near DC Police Station; Now His Family Searches For 'Truth' Weeks after 19-year-old Isaac Carlos Aguirre was found hanging from a tree near a DC police station, loved ones are still searching for answers and refusing to let his death fade quietly into another headline. Aguirre was discovered unresponsive on Monday, April 13, near the Metropolitan Police Department’s Fourth District station on Quackenbos Street NW, where officers say he was found hanging from a tree limb. DC Fire and EMS attempted lifesaving measures, but the teenager was pronounced dead at the scene. Police later said investigators found no indication of foul play and were treating…

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‘Deeply Loved’: 25-Year-Old Maryland Motorcyclist Remembered After Fatal Crash Near I-270 Ramp ‘Deeply Loved’: 25-Year-Old Maryland Motorcyclist Remembered After Fatal Crash Near I-270 Ramp
‘Deeply Loved’: 25-Year-Old Maryland Motorcyclist Remembered After Fatal Crash Near I-270 Ramp Roger Gustavo Pineda Cardona was just 25 years old when tragedy struck his family after his motorcycle crashed near an I-270 ramp in Maryland. Now, his family is trying to bring his body back to his native country for a proper homecoming and funeral. Around 9:45 on Saturday, May 16, Pineda Cardona was riding his green 2008 Kawasaki EX250 eastbound on West Diamond Avenue when he struck the back of a Toyota Camry in Gaithersburg. Investigators say the Camry was attempting to turn left from West Diamond Avenue onto the southbound I-270 ramp at the time of the collision. Pineda Cardona w…

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'She Always Put Others First': Maryland Mom Allegedly Stabbed By Son Remembered By Loved Ones 'She Always Put Others First': Maryland Mom Allegedly Stabbed By Son Remembered By Loved Ones
'She Always Put Others First': Maryland Mom Allegedly Stabbed By Son Remembered By Loved Ones Support is swelling for a Maryland mother and grandmother who was allegedly stabbed to death by her 28-year-old son, who fled the state. Glenda Reyes, 50, is being remembered as a doting family member "whose kindness touched so many people" after she was found dead in her Burtonsville home over the weekend. Officers from the Montgomery County Department of Police were called shortly before 6 p.m. on Saturday, May 16, to a home in the 3900 block of Blackburn Lane in Burtonsville to investigate a reported stabbing. Investigators say Ricardo Adelso Colato Salamanca assaulted his mother, then …

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Jonathan Ferreyra Remembered As ‘Kind-Hearted’ Son After Gas Station Murder Jonathan Ferreyra Remembered As ‘Kind-Hearted’ Son After Gas Station Murder
Jonathan Ferreyra Remembered As ‘Kind-Hearted’ Son After Gas Station Murder The 20-year-old Virginia man who was stabbed to death by a gas station employee during an altercation is being remembered as a "kind-hearted individual who always put his family first."  Support is swelling for the family of Woodbridge native Jonathan Ferreyra, who was assaulted over the weekend and found near the gas pump of a Shell station in Prince William County. Police say Ferreyra was involved in a fight with an employee shortly after midnight on Sunday, May 17, at the Dumfries Road gas station. Investigators say Ferreyra got into an argument with Michael Orl…

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‘His Final Act Of Kindness’: Maryland Teen Killed In Crash Saves Lives Through Organ Donation ‘His Final Act Of Kindness’: Maryland Teen Killed In Crash Saves Lives Through Organ Donation
‘His Final Act Of Kindness’: Maryland Teen Killed In Crash Saves Lives Through Organ Donation A Maryland community already shattered by a devastating crash is now mourning the loss of 16-year-old Andrew Sober — a Dulaney High School sophomore remembered as the kind of kid who showed up for everyone around him, even in death. Sober died Thursday, May 7, nearly a week after suffering critical injuries in a violent crash in Cockeysville that also claimed the life of 18-year-old Ryan Duvall and left two other teens seriously hurt. But as classmates, teammates, coworkers, friends, and family continue trying to process the unimaginable loss, one detail about Sober has continued to echo th…

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'Every Time I Hear A Bike, I Hope It’s You': Virginia Mom Pens Tribute After Motorcycle Crash 'Every Time I Hear A Bike, I Hope It’s You': Virginia Mom Pens Tribute After Motorcycle Crash
'Every Time I Hear A Bike, I Hope It’s You': Virginia Mom Pens Tribute After Motorcycle Crash A Virginia family is mourning the loss of 27-year-old Joseph Skinner after the father was killed in a motorcycle crash, leaving behind his longtime partner and two young daughters. The Hopewell native died on Wednesday, May 13, in a crash involving his 2016 Kawasaki motorcycle and a sedan in Prince George County, according to police. But in the days since the crash, the heartbreak left behind for Cassidy Childress and the couple’s daughters, Gracelyn and Madelyn, has become the real story. “Never in my lifetime did I think I’d be sitting here typing this,” Childress wrote in a tribute…

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‘He Would Do Anything To Protect His Family’: Tribute Emerges For Slain Maryland Attorney ‘He Would Do Anything To Protect His Family’: Tribute Emerges For Slain Maryland Attorney
‘He Would Do Anything To Protect His Family’: Tribute Emerges For Slain Maryland Attorney Robert "Bob" MacMeekin died a hero. The 74-year-old's Maryland family is reeling after the beloved personal attorney, grandfather, coach, and community figurehead was shot and killed by his son-in-law. Loved ones say he was protecting his wife, daughter, and young grandchildren during the Saturday, May 2, shooting in Baltimore County. Authorities say MacMeekin was fatally shot during what investigators described as a domestic-related incident in his Phoenix home by his son-in-law, 41-year-old Mark Ryan. But in the days since the shooting, the story emerging from friends, family, and cowor…

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