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Armed DC Carjacking Suspects Captured After Chase Ends On Busy Maryland Road: Police Armed DC Carjacking Suspects Captured After Chase Ends On Busy Maryland Road: Police
Armed DC Carjacking Suspects Captured After Chase Ends On Busy Maryland Road: Police A driver in a stolen car did not make it far from the nation's capital. Two suspects were taken into custody early Monday morning after a vehicle stolen in an armed DC carjacking crossed into Maryland, according to the Montgomery County Department of Police. Montgomery County police said officers, along with Gaithersburg police, located the stolen vehicle near Quince Orchard Road and Route 28 after receiving information from DC police that it had been taken in an armed carjacking. Officers attempted a traffic stop, but the driver had other plans. According to the department, the driver sp…

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Search Underway For Missing Kayaker After Susquehanna River Capsizing Near PA-MD Border Search Underway For Missing Kayaker After Susquehanna River Capsizing Near PA-MD Border
Search Underway For Missing Kayaker After Susquehanna River Capsizing Near Pa-md Border A search is underway after a kayaker disappeared in the Susquehanna River near the Maryland-Pennsylvania border Sunday evening, Aug. 2, authorities said. Emergency crews were called to the area of Rock Run Landing in Port Deposit at approximately 6:25 p.m. after receiving reports that a man had capsized while kayaking in the Susquehanna River. The man did not resurface after the kayak overturned, Maryland Natural Resources Police told wmar2news. Multiple agencies responded to the scene, including Cecil County emergency crews and the Robert Fulton Fire Company in Lancaster County, Pennsylva…

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Gunman Who Killed Relative Near Maryland Border Captured After Manhunt: Police (UPDATED) Gunman Who Killed Relative Near Maryland Border Captured After Manhunt: Police (UPDATED)
Gunman Who Killed Relative Near Maryland Border Captured After Manhunt: Police (Updated) He didn't stay on the run for long. Virginia homicide detectives have arrested the 23-year-old man accused of gunning down his family member inside a Woodbridge apartment complex last week, ending a nearly weeklong manhunt. Thomas Lynwood Brown, of Triangle, was taken into custody on Sunday, Aug. 2, by members of the US Marshals Fugitive Task Force at a location on Westfields Boulevard in Centreville, according to Prince William County police. Brown is accused of fatally shooting 21-year-old Ricardo Xavier Haley, of Gainesville, during a family dispute around 9:12 p.m. on Monday, July 27, …

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Firefighter Hurt As Flames Tear Through Massive Virginia Home (DEVELOPING) Firefighter Hurt As Flames Tear Through Massive Virginia Home (DEVELOPING)
Firefighter Hurt As Flames Tear Through Massive Virginia Home (Developing) The back of the house is almost unrecognizable. In Arlington, firefighters spent more than an hour battling a destructive blaze at a home in the 4400 block of 33rd Road North Sunday afternoon, leaving behind blown-out windows, smoke-blackened walls and one injured firefighter. Fire crews were dispatched shortly before 1:30 p.m., prompting officials to urge drivers to avoid the neighborhood as a heavy emergency response converged on the scene. By 2:28 p.m., Arlington County Fire and EMS announced the fire had been extinguished. One firefighter was taken to a hospital with non-life-threaten…

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Maryland Officer, Marine Veteran Faces Biggest Battle Yet After Stage 3 Cancer Diagnosis Maryland Officer, Marine Veteran Faces Biggest Battle Yet After Stage 3 Cancer Diagnosis
Maryland Officer, Marine Veteran Faces Biggest Battle Yet After Stage 3 Cancer Diagnosis Some battles can't be won with a badge. In Maryland, US Park Police Officer Andre Lassiter is facing the toughest fight of his life as he undergoes chemotherapy for stage 3 cancer that has spread to his lungs. The husband and father of four has spent much of his adult life serving others.  After more than nine years in the US Marine Corps, where he held leadership roles as an infantry team leader, infantry squad leader and career planner, Lassiter joined the US Park Police in June 2023. He also earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from Mount St. Mary's University last…

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Gunfire Erupts At Maryland Car Meetup As Police Issue Blunt Warning Gunfire Erupts At Maryland Car Meetup As Police Issue Blunt Warning
Gunfire Erupts At Maryland Car Meetup As Police Issue Blunt Warning Another overnight car meetup in Maryland ended with gunfire. A woman was shot during an illegal gathering in Landover early Sunday, Aug. 2, prompting Prince George's County police to once again warn that the increasingly popular events continue to put lives at risk. The victim walked into the University of Maryland Capital Region Hospital around 3:51 a.m. with a gunshot wound, according to the Prince George's County Police Department. As officers investigated, they learned the shooting happened during a car meetup in the 2300 block of Beaver Road. Police responded to the scene, interviewe…

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Teen Shot During Massive Car Meet In Virginia Fighting For Life, Police Say (DEVELOPING) Teen Shot During Massive Car Meet In Virginia Fighting For Life, Police Say (DEVELOPING)
Teen Shot During Massive Car Meet In Virginia Fighting For Life, Police Say (Developing) What started as a massive overnight car meet in Virginia ended with a teenager fighting for his life. Prince William County police are investigating a shooting that left a 16-year-old boy critically wounded early Saturday, Aug. 1, after gunfire erupted at a gathering in Woodbridge. Officers were notified of the shooting around 2:02 a.m. after the teen arrived at an area hospital with a gunshot wound to the upper body, according to police. Investigators determined the shooting had happened earlier in the 14100 block of Crossing Place, where a large car meet had drawn a crowd. By the time o…

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Three Motorcycles Go Up In Flames After Overnight Blaze Erupts In Maryland Shed: Fire Marshal Three Motorcycles Go Up In Flames After Overnight Blaze Erupts In Maryland Shed: Fire Marshal
Three Motorcycles Go Up In Flames After Overnight Blaze Erupts In Maryland Shed: Fire Marshal A fast-moving fire turned a backyard shed into an inferno before sunrise in Maryland. Firefighters were called to a property on Calvary Road in Churchville around 2:13 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 1, after flames broke out inside a wood-framed shed, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office. By the time crews from the Level Volunteer Fire Company arrived, the Harford County structure was heavily involved in fire. About 25 firefighters brought the blaze under control in just 10 minutes, preventing it from spreading beyond the property. Investigators determined the fire started inside…

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'SinningPastor' Gets Fresh Prison Term After Trying To Lure '14-Year-Old' Again: Feds 'SinningPastor' Gets Fresh Prison Term After Trying To Lure '14-Year-Old' Again: Feds
'SinningPastor' Gets Fresh Prison Term After Trying To Lure '14-Year-Old' Again: Feds There was nothing subtle about the name. In Virginia, prosecutors say a convicted child sex offender who went by the online handle "SinningPastor" was back looking for another child less than two years after getting out of federal prison. Now, Christopher Charles Collins, 40, of Hampton, is headed back behind bars. According to prosecutors, Collins was released from federal prison on Nov. 24, 2023, after serving time for a 2018 conviction involving possession of child sexual abuse material and attempting to transfer obscene material to someone under 16. Authorities say it didn't take long…

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Illegal Immigrant Convicted In Fatal Maryland Hit-Run Of US Marine Faces Third Deportation: ICE Illegal Immigrant Convicted In Fatal Maryland Hit-Run Of US Marine Faces Third Deportation: ICE
Illegal Immigrant Convicted In Fatal Maryland Hit-Run Of US Marine Faces Third Deportation: ICE The man convicted in the hit-and-run death of a young US Marine in Maryland is headed toward deportation once again after illegally returning to the United States not once, but twice, according to federal officials. Martin Martinez-Ballinas, 38, a Mexican national, was sentenced Friday, July 31, to 21 months in federal prison for illegally reentering the United States after a prior felony conviction, the US Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland announced. The conviction traces back to a 2017 Montgomery County case in which Martinez-Ballinas was found guilty of a deadly automotive o…

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Teen Charged As Adult After Shooting 13-Year-Old Near Kid's Play Area At Maryland Mall: Police Teen Charged As Adult After Shooting 13-Year-Old Near Kid's Play Area At Maryland Mall: Police
Teen Charged As Adult After Shooting 13-Year-Old Near Kid's Play Area At Maryland Mall: Police A Friday night shopping trip turned into chaos in Maryland. A 17-year-old accused of opening fire inside Westfield Wheaton Mall has now been charged as an adult after police say a 13-year-old boy was shot near a busy children's play area as families scrambled for cover. The shooting happened just before 6 p.m. on Friday, July 31, at the shopping center on Veirs Mill Road in Wheaton, according to Montgomery County Police. Investigators identified the suspect as Diego Rafael Turcios Avalos, of Silver Spring. Before officers arrived, Montgomery County's Emergency Communications Center was fl…

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Open-Air Drug Market Thrived In West Baltimore Until Massive Federal Takedown: DOJ Open-Air Drug Market Thrived In West Baltimore Until Massive Federal Takedown: DOJ
Open-Air Drug Market Thrived In West Baltimore Until Massive Federal Takedown: DOJ It wasn't just a corner operation. Federal investigators say it was a full-blown street-level drug enterprise that kept West Baltimore stocked with fentanyl, heroin, and crack for years. In Maryland, federal prosecutors announced that 14 Baltimore men have been indicted following a lengthy investigation into what authorities describe as an organized open-air drug market operating in West Baltimore. The indictment, unsealed by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland, names: Walter Epps, 41; Luther Amos, 54; Antoine Benjamin, 34; Wendell Boykins Jr., 37; Davon Brown, 30; Zy'…

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