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Woman Killed In Virginia Bus Crash Was Headed To Long-Awaited Vacation Woman Killed In Virginia Bus Crash Was Headed To Long-Awaited Vacation
Woman Killed In Virginia Bus Crash Was Headed To Long-Awaited Vacation A Massachusetts woman killed in the deadly Virginia charter bus crash was looking forward to a long-awaited Florida vacation and promised a friend she would call when she arrived.  That call never came. Priscilla R. Mafalda, 25, of Worcester, was identified as the fifth victim killed in the crash on I-95 near Quantico, Virginia. The wreck happened early Friday morning as travelers made their way south. A family of four from Greenfield, Massachusetts, was also killed.  The day before the crash, Mafalda shared her excitement about the trip in a text message to her friend and c…

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by Josh Lanier
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Pantsless Man Compared To Hagrid Tased During Wild Montgomery County Struggle (WATCH) Pantsless Man Compared To Hagrid Tased During Wild Montgomery County Struggle (WATCH)
Pantsless Man Compared To Hagrid Tased During Wild Montgomery County Struggle (Watch) Police in Maryland are clarifying the circumstances that went viral on social media involving a pantsless man in Montgomery County on Monday morning. Shortly after 10:30 a.m. on June 1, first responders were called to the 21900 block of Frederick Road in Boyds, where there were reports of a man in crisis. According to the Montgomery County Department of Police, a crisis response officer responded to the scene and determined the man needed to be taken to an area hospital for evaluation. Officers spoke with the man and assured him that he was not in trouble, officials said. However, whe…

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by Zak Failla
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Knight's Final Call: Virginia Honors Fallen K9 Killed In Shootout That Wounded Officers Knight's Final Call: Virginia Honors Fallen K9 Killed In Shootout That Wounded Officers
Knight's Final Call: Virginia Honors Fallen K9 Killed In Shootout That Wounded Officers Days after a domestic disturbance turned into a gun battle that left two officers critically wounded, Virginians are mourning the member of the department who never made it home. His name was Knight. The 5-year-old German Shepherd/Malinois mix was killed in the line of duty during the May 31 shooting on Gumfork Place, where two officers were also wounded while responding to a call for help. Now, flowers are being left outside police headquarters, tributes are pouring in from across Virginia, and residents are learning the story of the K9 officer who spent four years serving alongside Cpl. …

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by Zak Failla
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Former Maryland Prison Lieutenant Helped Hide Inmate Assault. Now He's Going To Prison: DOJ Former Maryland Prison Lieutenant Helped Hide Inmate Assault. Now He's Going To Prison: DOJ
Former Maryland Prison Lieutenant Helped Hide Inmate Assault. Now He's Going To Prison: DOJ A former prison lieutenant who helped cover up an assault on an inmate is going to spend years behind the same bars he was once tasked with protecting. Jermaine Sturgis, 41, of Laurel, Delaware, was sentenced to 33 months in prison, followed by a year of supervised release for conspiring to obstruct justice and lying to federal officers, authorities announced. Sturgis was convicted by a federal jury in December following a five-day trial tied to a 2021 assault inside Eastern Correctional Institution in Westover. At the time, Sturgis was not just another officer at the prison. He was a lie…

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by Zak Failla
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Texas Man Used Fake Government ID After Demanding Stolen Packages At Kensington CVS: Police Texas Man Used Fake Government ID After Demanding Stolen Packages At Kensington CVS: Police
Texas Man Used Fake Government ID After Demanding Stolen Packages At Kensington CVS: Police A 24-year-old man, hundreds of miles from home, tried to pull a fast one on police in Maryland. Now he's facing criminal charges for using a false government ID, police say. Houston native Elijah Gonzalez is facing charges following a strange theft scheme that played out last month in Montgomery County, ending with him in handcuffs. According to the Montgomery County Department of Police, in May, a victim's credit card was used to make multiple unauthorized transactions at Costco. The next day, investigators were notified of the fraudulent purchases, prompting an investigation that led…

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by Zak Failla
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Maryland Man Survives Screwdriver Stabbing During Bar Fight, Ends Night In Handcuffs: Sheriff Maryland Man Survives Screwdriver Stabbing During Bar Fight, Ends Night In Handcuffs: Sheriff
Maryland Man Survives Screwdriver Stabbing During Bar Fight, Ends Night In Handcuffs: Sheriff David Reidy Brosnahan's night in Maryland started with him being stabbed with a screwdriver during a fight outside a bar. It ended in handcuffs. The 54-year-old District resident joined Chesapeake native Nathan Oliver White, 44, behind bars following a fight that was reported outside Traders Steak & Ale over the weekend, according to the Calvert County Sheriff's Office. Deputies were called around 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 30, to the restaurant in the 3800 block of Gordon Stinnett Avenue in Chesapeake Beach to investigate a reported altercation involving two men. Investigators say th…

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by Zak Failla
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Maryland Firefighter Demair Lloyd Dies Unexpectedly At 44 After 24-Hour Shift Maryland Firefighter Demair Lloyd Dies Unexpectedly At 44 After 24-Hour Shift
Maryland Firefighter Demair Lloyd Dies Unexpectedly At 44 After 24-Hour Shift For nearly 20 years, Demair Lloyd answered the call. Then, after finishing a routine 24-hour shift serving Prince George's County, the veteran firefighter-paramedic went home and suffered a medical emergency. He never made it back to the firehouse. Lloyd, 44, died after completing his shift, according to the Prince George's County Fire/EMS Department, which announced the loss of the longtime firefighter over the weekend. A member of the department since 2006, Lloyd spent his career serving out of Station 841 in Calverton, where colleagues remembered him not only as a firefighter and param…

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by Zak Failla
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Teen Charged Months After Fatal Shooting Of 15-Year-Old Girl In Maryland, Police Say Teen Charged Months After Fatal Shooting Of 15-Year-Old Girl In Maryland, Police Say
Teen Charged Months After Fatal Shooting Of 15-Year-Old Girl In Maryland, Police Say More than three months after 15-year-old Tyonna Pierce was shot and killed in Baltimore, the teenager accused of pulling the trigger is finally in custody. A 15-year-old boy surrendered at Juvenile Bookings on Saturday, May 23, after Baltimore homicide detectives secured a first-degree murder warrant in Pierce's killing, police announced Monday. Pierce was found suffering from a gunshot wound inside a home in the 2100 block of Druid Hill Avenue shortly after 2 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 15. The Baltimore teen was rushed to a hospital, where she later died. Investigators spent the next several m…

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by Zak Failla
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Two Officers Shot, K9 Killed During Domestic Disturbance Call In Virginia, Police Say Two Officers Shot, K9 Killed During Domestic Disturbance Call In Virginia, Police Say
Two Officers Shot, K9 Killed During Domestic Disturbance Call In Virginia, Police Say A violent domestic disturbance in Virginia on Sunday afternoon ended in a firefight that left two officers wounded, a suspect hospitalized, and a police K9 dead. Officers from the Chesterfield County Police Department were called around 4:40 p.m. on May 31 to the 12900 block of Gumfork Place, where a woman alerted authorities that she was hiding in a bedroom after a man fired several shots during an argument. The woman advised that she had gotten into an argument with the man, during which he fired multiple shots, sending her scurrying upstairs to a bedroom as the man tried to get in the ro…

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by Zak Failla
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Armed Fugitive Accused Of Killing Virginia Deputy Logan Utt Captured After Massive Manhunt Armed Fugitive Accused Of Killing Virginia Deputy Logan Utt Captured After Massive Manhunt
Armed Fugitive Accused Of Killing Virginia Deputy Logan Utt Captured After Massive Manhunt The manhunt is over. Days after Carroll County Deputy Logan Utt was killed while responding to a welfare check in Virginia, the armed fugitive accused of pulling the trigger was captured just across state lines in North Carolina, authorities announced on Sunday night. Michael Puckett was taken into custody shortly after 8:30 p.m. on May 31 in Surry County, ending an intense search that had stretched across Virginia and North Carolina since Utt's death. According to the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, agents tracked Puckett's movements using a drone before moving in to make…

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by Zak Failla
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Holy Cow: Manure Fire Destroys $100K Poultry Farm Building In Maryland (PHOTOS) Holy Cow: Manure Fire Destroys $100K Poultry Farm Building In Maryland (PHOTOS)
Holy Cow: Manure Fire Destroys $100K Poultry Farm Building In Maryland (Photos) Holy cow, indeed. A massive manure storage building at a Caroline County poultry farm went up in flames Saturday morning after the contents inside spontaneously combusted, according to Maryland fire investigators. The fire broke out shortly after 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 30, at a farm in the 13400 block of Oakland Road in Ridgely. A family member spotted fire burning inside the outbuilding and called 911. By the time firefighters arrived, the blaze was already tearing through the 100-foot-by-50-foot structure. Photos released by the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office show flames roll…

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by Zak Failla
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PA Officer Killed Responding To Call, Department Says PA Officer Killed Responding To Call, Department Says
PA Officer Killed Responding To Call, Department Says A police officer was killed while responding to an emergency call Friday, May 29, after her patrol vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree, according to Pennsylvania State Police. Central Berks Police Officer Kristen Yeager, 42, a married mom of three from Boyertown, was responding with emergency lights and sirens activated when the crash occurred on West Philadelphia Avenue near Manatawny Road in Earl Township, state police said. According to investigators, Yeager's patrol vehicle traveled off the paved portion of the roadway, crossed the grass shoulder, entered a ditch, and struck a tr…

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by Cecilia Levine