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Police & Fire
Police ID Gunman, Victims In Mass Maryland Shooting
A 43-year-old man is facing multiple murder charges following Sunday's mass shooting in Annapolis. The Anne Arundel County State's Attorney's Office has charged Annapolis resident Charles Robert Smith for the sextuple-shooting that left three dead on Sunday, June 11. Authorities said that at approximately 8 p.m. on Sunday, members of the Annapolis Police Department were called to a home in the 100 block of Paddington Place to investigate a shooting that left six men with injuries. Three men were killed in the incident: Nicholas Miereles, 55, of Odenton; Mario Antonio Mireles Ruiz, 27, …
Police & Fire
'Person Of Interest' In Custody For Mass Shooting In MD That Left Three Dead, Three Injured: PD
Three people were killed and three injured during a mass shooting inside an Annapolis home overnight during a large gathering, police say, though a suspect has been apprehended. Authorities said that at approximately 8 p.m. on Sunday, June 11, members of the Annapolis Police Department were called to a home in the 100 block of Paddington Place to investigate a shooting that left six men with injuries. The victims’ ages ranged between early 20s and about 50 years old, according to Annapolis Police Chief Edward Jackson. Update on the shooting incident in the 1000 block of Paddington Pla…
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Tens Of Thousands Of Residents, Businesses Without Power In Maryland Due To Outages
Tens of thousands in Maryland remain without power on Thursday afternoon after a reported transformer explosion in Anne Arundel County. As of 5:15 p.m. on Thursday, June 1, Baltimore Gas and Electric were reporting 175 active outages that were impacting more than 34,000 of the company's 1.33 million customers. The majority of the outages were reported in Anne Arundel on Thursday afternoon, due to an issue in Annapolis. There is an extensive Citywide power outage. We are working with BGE to identify the impacts and restoration times. We have received reports that all traffic lights are…
Police & Fire
MD Girls Orphaned After Murder-Suicide Enveloped By Community
Two Marylands girls who will live the rest of their lives without either of their parents, who died in a double-murder suicide, are being embraced by their community. Alexandra "Ally" Abbott Huff, 34, was shot and killed by her husband, George Edward Huff, 42, outside of an Annapolis Holiday Inn Express on Friday, May 5, Anne Arundel police said. George also fatally shot innocent bystander George Michael Petrullo, 38, before turning the gun on himself, police said. A GoFundMe launched for the Huffs' daughters, Maddie and Emily, ages 3 and 5, says Ally loved them "more than anything in the …
Police & Fire
Shooting Suspect Extradited From El Salvador For Fatal 2020 Shooting In MD
Years after a fatal shooting in Anne Arundel County, police say that a wanted suspect is back in the country and facing a host of criminal charges in Maryland. Wilber Oswaldo Nunez-Menendez, 25, formerly of Crownsville, has been taken into custody for his alleged role in a November 2020 shooting that left Annapolis resident Ronal Alcidis Maldonado Quijada, 52, dead and a 28-year-old hospitalized, authorities announced on Monday, May 15. According to police, on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020, officers were called to Brick Church Road in Edgewater to investigate a reported shooting, which was a targ…
Obituaries
Father Of Two Killed In Murder-Suicide In MD Remembered As Beloved Family Member, Friend
Support is swelling for the family of a father of two who was at the wrong place at the wrong time when he was shot and killed in a grisly murder-suicide involving a husband and wife in Maryland. Annapolis native George Michael Petrullo, 38, was murdered in a triple shooting on Friday, May 5 in the area of the Holiday Inn Express in the 2100 block of Somerville Road. The shooter, George Edward Huff, 42, of Riva, shot his wife Alexandra Abbott Huff, 34, then Petrullo, before turning the gun on himself in the parking lot of the hotel. Since his death, the community has rallied around Petrull…
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: Police ID Husband Who Killed Wife, 2nd Victim At Maryland Hotel
The gunman and two victims involved in a murder-suicide late last week outside a Maryland hotel have been identified by the Anne Arundel County Police Department. Police say that George Edward Huff, 42, of Riva, shot wife Alexandra Abbott Huff, 34, and Annapolis resident George Michael Petrullo, 38, in the 2100 block of Somerville Road on Friday, May 5, in the parking lot outside the Holiday Inn Express in Annapolis. Investigators determined that Huff shot both of his victims in the parking lot, then shot himself. Both he and his wife were pronounced dead at the scene, while Petrullo wa…
Police & Fire
Multiple Victims Shot Near Annapolis Shopping Center (
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Several people were shot outside an Annapolis shopping center on Friday afternoon, according to the Anne Arundel County Police Department. Officials say that at approximately 2:40 p.m. on Friday, May 5, officers were called to the 2000 block of Somerville Road in Annapolis, where there were reports of gunshots fired with multiple victims. #MultipleVictimShooting 2000 block of Somerville Road in Annapolis. PIO en route, media staging will be in the Truist Bank parking lot 2360 Solomons Island Road. — Anne Arundel County Police Department (@AACOPD) May 5, 2023 The incident was reported n…
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Police Impersonator Terrorizes MD Medical Center Security Day After Arrest: Officials
A man with bad intentions who posed as law enforcement at the Anne Arundel Medical Center is facing fresh charges after being busted returning to the scene of the crime with bad intentions, police say. Annapolis resident Glenn Anthony Atkins, 64, is facing multiple charges following trespassing incidents that were reported on consecutive days, according to officials from the Anne Arundel County Police Department. The strange week began at approximately 5 p.m. on Monday, May 1, when officers were called to investigate an allegedly intoxicated man outside the Anne Arundel Medical Center on Me…
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Threats Targeting Congressman With 'His Militia' Gets MD Man Prison Time: DOJ
Federal officials say that a Maryland man will spend time behind bars after sending messages over the Internet threatening to maim and injure a US member of Congress. Annapolis resident Justin Kuchta, 40, has been sentenced to four months in federal prison, followed by a year of supervised release, after pleading guilty to making what turned out to be idle threats, authorities announced on Thursday, April 27. US Attorney Erek Barron said that a Congressman’s district office in Texas reported in July last year that it received a threatening message through an event management website t…
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Mom Dies In Labor Leaving Kids, Husband To Grieve In Maryland
What was supposed to be a day of dreams turned into one of nightmares for a Maryland family mourning the loss of their matriarch. Maria Mejia and her husband were ready to welcome their third child, Nuestro Regaló Dilan Gael, to the world on Wednesday, April 12, though fate had more pernicious plans in mind for the family that day. While in labor with the child, there were complications, according to her husband, and she died from severe preeclampsia while giving birth. “My beloved wife, or as I called her, my 'China,' came to the hospital to give birth to our third child, and this moment…
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Morgan State Teacher, Annapolis Principal Arrested On Armed Robbery Charge
The principal of Annapolis's Phoenix Academy has been arrested on an armed robbery charge, police confirm. Mark Steward Brown, who also serves as a faculty member at Morgan State University, was taken into custody on Tuesday, April 12, according to Baltimore police. Baltimore police say that Brown was charged with Armed Robbery, but did not disclose additional information. Morgan State University released the following statement regarding the incident: "The University is aware of the reports surrounding Mark Steward Brown and can confirm that he joined the University in January of 2023, t…
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