Fair 75°
News
Cross-State Chaos: Pennsylvania Teens Wanted After Maryland Assault, Police Say Cross-State Chaos: Pennsylvania Teens Wanted After Maryland Assault, Police Say
Cross-State Chaos: Pennsylvania Teens Wanted After Maryland Assault, Police Say Police investigators in Maryland are seeking the public's assistance in identifying a group tied to a reported assault in Ocean City that may be connected to Pennsylvania. An alert was issued by the Ocean City Police Department on Thursday as they continue to probe an assault that was reported in the middle of the night shortly after the Fourth of July holiday. According to police, at around 3 a.m. on July 5, officers were called to the area of 14th Street and St. Louis Avenue, where there was a reported assault in the area. Now, investigators believe that the responsible group may live in…

SHARE

by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
160+ MPH Driver Who Cost Montgomery County Sergeant His Legs In I-270 Crash Gets Max Sentence 160+ MPH Driver Who Cost Montgomery County Sergeant His Legs In I-270 Crash Gets Max Sentence
160+ MPH Driver Who Cost Montgomery County Sergeant His Legs In I-270 Crash Gets Max Sentence A Maryland man who drove more than 160 mph before intentionally striking a Montgomery County police sergeant — leaving him catastrophically injured — received the maximum possible sentence, authorities announced on Wednesday. Judge Harry Storm sentenced Raphael Mayorga, 21, of Frederick, to 22 years and 60 days in prison for the 2023 I-270 crash that left Sgt. Patrick Kepp without the use of his legs, according to the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office. Prosecutors said Mayorga was driving a Dodge Challenger in the early morning hours of Oct. 18, 2023, when officers attempted to st…

SHARE

by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Man Shot By Security Guard During Maryland Grocery Store Struggle Charged: Police Man Shot By Security Guard During Maryland Grocery Store Struggle Charged: Police
Man Shot By Security Guard During Maryland Grocery Store Struggle Charged: Police A Maryland man who opened fire during a fight with security guards at an area grocery store has been released from the hospital and is now facing charges. Rasheed Franklin, 30, of Glen Burnie, is facing multiple assault charges following a midday altercation that broke out outside an Elkridge store last Friday. The incident was reported around 12:40 p.m. on Aug. 22, outside the Green Valley Marketplace on the 7200 block of Montgomery Road, police said. Investigators believe a fight erupted between an armed security guard and Franklin, during which, one security guard suffered a head injury…

SHARE

by Zak Failla
News
Husband Who Opened Fire At Man Found With Drunk Wife Learns Prison Fate In Maryland Husband Who Opened Fire At Man Found With Drunk Wife Learns Prison Fate In Maryland
Husband Who Opened Fire At Man Found With Drunk Wife Learns Prison Fate In Maryland A bout of jealousy will land a 39-year-old decades in prison after he carried out threats against a man he found with his drunk wife in Maryland, authorities announced. Edward Stanley Stewart was sentenced to 20 years in prison for assault and weapons charges after pleading guilty in July to a violent assault last year. According to the Charles County State's Attorney's Office, on April 20, 2024, officers responded to a Waldorf apartment complex to investigate reports of shots fired in the area. Upon arrival, they made contact with Stewart, who was bleeding, had a torn shirt, and told firs…

SHARE

by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Man Who Violently Assaulted Clerk On Valentine's Day Gets Fresh Prison Time In Maryland Man Who Violently Assaulted Clerk On Valentine's Day Gets Fresh Prison Time In Maryland
Man Who Violently Assaulted Clerk On Valentine's Day Gets Fresh Prison Time In Maryland There was no love in the air during a violent Valentine's Day assault in Maryland that left a store clerk bloodied and landed a man behind bars. Nathaniel Eckard, 26, of Woodbine, will spend a decade in prison after storming into a Westminster Penny Mart on Feb. 14 and going after an employee during a holiday attack. Masked up, prosecutors say he demanded the clerk empty the register. But instead of walking away with money, prosecutors say, he punched the clerk in the face and body — then ran off empty-handed. At the time of the attack, Eckard was on probation for a previous conviction on …

SHARE

by Zak Failla
News
Heroic NY Paramedic, Model Stabbed While Saving Women From Attackers In Germany Heroic NY Paramedic, Model Stabbed While Saving Women From Attackers In Germany
Heroic NY Paramedic, Model Stabbed While Saving Women From Attackers In Germany An EMT and model from upstate New York is fighting to recover after he was brutally stabbed while protecting two women from a tram assault in Germany. John Rudat, 21, of Colonie, – who recently completed paramedic school and works as an EMT in Albany County – intervened after seeing two women being attacked in Dresden on Sunday, Aug. 24, according to a GoFundMe campaign. In the struggle, he was slashed in the face with a six-inch blade, leaving him with severe injuries that required emergency surgery overseas. Photos from the aftermath show blood across the tram floor as passengers used ti…

SHARE

by Michael Mashburn
News
Uber Driver Knocks Biotech CEO Unconscious Over Service Dog, Lawsuit Claims (Video) Uber Driver Knocks Biotech CEO Unconscious Over Service Dog, Lawsuit Claims (Video)
Uber Driver Knocks Biotech CEO Unconscious Over Service Dog, Lawsuit Claims (Video) A biotechnology executive is reportedly suing Uber after a video showed one of its drivers punching him in the face while he was holding his service dog. Bryan Kobel, CEO of United Kingdom-based TC BioPharm, filed the lawsuit on Monday, Aug. 18, according to The Post and Courier newspaper in Charleston, South Carolina.  The suit claims that Kobel was knocked unconscious while waiting for a ride with his girlfriend outside Maison, a French restaurant on Upper King Street in Charleston, on Thursday, April 24. According to the lawsuit, the driver, identified as 42-year-old Vadim Nik…

SHARE

by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
Wanted Teen Tried Fooling Deputies Before Kicking Cop In Front Of Kids On Bus, Sheriff Says Wanted Teen Tried Fooling Deputies Before Kicking Cop In Front Of Kids On Bus, Sheriff Says
Wanted Teen Tried Fooling Deputies Before Kicking Cop In Front Of Kids On Bus, Sheriff Says What started as a probe into a possible burglary in Spotsylvania led to the arrest of a wanted Woodbridge teen who tried to pull a fast one on deputies — all in front of children, officials say. Samantha Rodriguez, 19, is being held behind bars after a strange scene played out last week during a call for an alleged burglary in progress at an area home. According to the Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office, deputies were called shortly after 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 14 to the 12200 block of Chewing Lane, where they found Rodriguez outside of the residence — though the homeowner said that …

SHARE

by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Shoplifting Suspect Bit Officer So Hard He Broke Finger During Arrest In DMV: Police Shoplifting Suspect Bit Officer So Hard He Broke Finger During Arrest In DMV: Police
Shoplifting Suspect Bit Officer So Hard He Broke Finger During Arrest In DMV: Police A shoplifting stop in Virginia turned violent when a handcuffed suspect spat on arresting officers, biting one so hard his finger broke, police said. Fredericksburg Police said 45-year-old Clifton Rhines was taken into custody on Wednesday, Aug. 13, following a shoplifting incident at a CVS on Emancipation Highway that rapidly escalated.  Officers said Rhines was initially compliant after being handcuffed behind his back, but quickly grew agitated, refused commands, and threatened to spit on officers repeatedly. As officers attempted to restrain him, Rhines spat on one of them before …

SHARE

by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Wawa Turns Into Rodeo As Cowboy Hat-Sporting Suspect Fights Deputies In DMV, Sheriff Says Wawa Turns Into Rodeo As Cowboy Hat-Sporting Suspect Fights Deputies In DMV, Sheriff Says
Wawa Turns Into Rodeo As Cowboy Hat-Sporting Suspect Fights Deputies In DMV, Sheriff Says It wasn’t deputies’ first rodeo at a Virginia Wawa, but this one ended with a cowboy hat-wearing suspect squaring off with deputies, assaulting one, and landing in jail. Stafford County deputies said 43-year-old Samuel Thompson IV, who has no fixed address, caused chaos outside the Wawa on South Gateway Drive just after midnight Sunday, Aug. 17. Callers reported a man in a sleeveless shirt and cowboy hat was kicking cars and threatening to punch a woman in the face. When deputies showed up around 12:15 a.m., Thompson bolted toward the nearby Clarion Inn, the sheriff’s office said. But inst…

SHARE

by Zak Failla
News
Child Gunned Down At July 4 Maryland Cookout: Shooter Convicted After Arrest In South America Child Gunned Down At July 4 Maryland Cookout: Shooter Convicted After Arrest In South America
Child Gunned Down At July 4 Maryland Cookout: Shooter Convicted After Arrest In South America The man responsible for the fatal shooting of 6-year-old Ahsan Payton on the Fourth of July last year in Maryland is facing decades in prison after being arrested in South America last year, authorities announced. Rakeem Gilgeours, 34, who opened fire during a neighborhood event on July 4, 2024, has been convicted of assault and other offenses after the child was shot and killed in crossfire, according to the Prince George's County State's Attorney's Office. During a neighborhood celebration over the holiday in Temple Hills, gunshots rang out at around 7:50 p.m. in the 4500 block of Akron S…

SHARE

by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
DC Man Tied To Rape After Armed Bank Heist In Montgomery County, Police Say DC Man Tied To Rape After Armed Bank Heist In Montgomery County, Police Say
DC Man Tied To Rape After Armed Bank Heist In Montgomery County, Police Say A smiling suspect is behind bars in Maryland after police say he carried out a violent rape at an area gas station and an armed bank robbery the very next morning. Montgomery County Police said Carlos St. James Hover, 34, of Washington, DC, was arrested on Friday, Aug. 15, after walking into a Capital One Bank on Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring and committing an armed robbery. Detectives quickly linked Hover to a rape that happened the night before at a Rockville gas station, where police say he “entered the store, physically attacked, and sexually assaulted the lone employee before leaving…

SHARE

by Zak Failla