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Arrest Made In Murder Of Maryland Mom Rachel Morin, Officials Say Arrest Made In Murder Of Maryland Mom Rachel Morin, Officials Say
Arrest Made In Murder Of Maryland Mom Rachel Morin, Officials Say An arrest has been made nearly a year after Rachel Morin was found dead near a Harford County trail, authorities said on Saturday. Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez, 23, was taken into custody in Tulsa, OK, in connection with Morin's August 2023 killing, according to the Harford County Sheriff and Morin's family's legal team. Harford County Sheriff Gahler said that DNA evidence was key in linking Martinez-Hernandez to the murder. "Three weeks ago, on May 20, which should have been Rachel's 38th birthday, investigators uncovered a lead, and we're here today to tell you Rachel's murde…
Teen Charged As Adult For Rape, Murder Of Woman Found By Daughter In Maryland: Sheriff Teen Charged As Adult For Rape, Murder Of Woman Found By Daughter In Maryland: Sheriff
Teen Charged As Adult For Rape, Murder Of Woman Found By Daughter In Maryland: Sheriff A 17-year-old will be charged as an adult for the alleged sexual assault and murder of a woman in Frederick County whose body was found by her daughter. Brunswick resident Juwan Terry Stewart has been arrested by local police following a weeks-long investigation into the January murder of Tammy Sue Coates, the Frederick County Sheriff's Office announced on Wednesday. On Jan. 22, officers from the Brunswick Police Department were called to a report of cardiac arrest in the 300 block of Ninth Avenue, where they were met by Coates' daughter, who advised that she found her mother dead inside th…
Rapist Who Assaulted Officer With 'Bodily Fluid' Sentenced In Maryland: State's Attorney Rapist Who Assaulted Officer With 'Bodily Fluid' Sentenced In Maryland: State's Attorney
Rapist Who Assaulted Officer With 'Bodily Fluid' Sentenced In Maryland: State's Attorney A 29-year-old rapist may spend the rest of his life in prison after being convicted of a host of crimes following his arrest in Harford County, authorities announced on Monday. Tavon Harvey has been sentenced to life in prison, with all but 67 years to serve, despite prosecutors from the Harford County State's Attorney's Office pushing for 85 years behind bars for a host of crimes. Harvey was arrested by members of the Aberdeen Police Department last year following an investigation into the rape of a woman in the unit block of North Law Street in December 2022.  He pleaded guilty in O…
New DNA Hit Ties Maryland Man To 20-Year-Old Attempted Murder, Rape Cold Case, State Police Say New DNA Hit Ties Maryland Man To 20-Year-Old Attempted Murder, Rape Cold Case, State Police Say
New DNA Hit Ties Maryland Man To 20-Year-Old Attempted Murder, Rape Cold Case, State Police Say Two decades after a 20-year-old woman was found raped and dropped unconscious in a ditch off the side of I-95 in Cecil County, Maryland State Police investigators have apprehended a suspect in the cold case. Harford County resident Bryant Nakia White, 48, of Edgewood, is facing multiple charges for the 2002 attack of a woman whose body was ditched on the side of the interstate off of Frenchtown Road near Port Deposit. Investigators said that at approximately 4 a.m. on April 6, 2002, a truck driver noticed the body of a woman - whose name has not been released "due to the nature of the crime…
Four Decades Later, Police In Maryland Identify, Arrest Alleged Serial Rapist Four Decades Later, Police In Maryland Identify, Arrest Alleged Serial Rapist
Four Decades Later, Police In Maryland Identify, Arrest Alleged Serial Rapist A man accused of raping women in Prince George's County over forty years ago has been arrested, authorities say. Marion Edward Pearson Jr., 65, was linked to the crime through the FBI's National DNA Index System on Monday, Oct. 31 after Cold Case detectives submitted evidence from the open rape case to the system in March of 2022, according to Montgomery County Police. Pearson Jr. lived in Prince George's County, and frequented the University of Maryland/College Park area during the time of the crime. He had been arrested several times for assault, indecent exposure, and had recently been r…
Juvenile Suspect Apprehended In Connection To Two Sexual Assaults In Maryland, Police Say Juvenile Suspect Apprehended In Connection To Two Sexual Assaults In Maryland, Police Say
Juvenile Suspect Apprehended In Connection To Two Sexual Assaults In Maryland, Police Say A minor is in custody following two sexual assaults in Owings Mills earlier this week, authorities say. The young suspect was apprehended on the morning of Tuesday, Aug. 23 after reports of the assaults the previous two nights in the Lakeside Boulevard area of Owings Mills, according to Baltimore County police. The first assault occurred around 11:45 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 21 with the second assault happening around 10:30 p.m., Monday, Aug. 22, police say. The suspect has been charged as an adult with first degree rape, second degree rape, kidnapping and armed robbery. They are being held…
Maryland Man Raped Teen Girl: Police Maryland Man Raped Teen Girl: Police
Maryland Man Raped Teen Girl: Police An 18-year-old man from Montgomery County has been charged with raping a 16-year-old girl from Rockville, authorities said.  Caden Riley allegedly assaulted the girl when she was riding her bike on the pedestrian bridge near Lakewood Elementary School around 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 16, Montgomery County Police said.  After alerting authorities, police canvassed the area and later arrested Riley at this home. He is being charged with three counts of first-degree rape and one count of first-degree assault, police said.
Maryland Man Arrested For Raping Victim At PG County Gas Station: Sheriff's Office Maryland Man Arrested For Raping Victim At PG County Gas Station: Sheriff's Office
Maryland Man Arrested For Raping Victim At PG County Gas Station: Sheriff's Office A Maryland man has been arrested in connection with raping a victim outside a gas station in Prince George's County, authorities said.  Kristian Daniel Colon-Gomez was arrested on a warrant for first-degree rape on Wednesday, April 13, the Prince George's County Sheriff's Office said.   Colon-Gomez allegedly approached the victim while they were leaving a gas station in Oxon Hill on March 30, the office said. Colon-Gomez then ordered the victim to get into his car where he started performing sexual acts against the victim's will.   The victim was able to escape and…
Convicted Rapist Serving Life Sentence Charged In Mysterious Maryland Cold Case Killing Convicted Rapist Serving Life Sentence Charged In Mysterious Maryland Cold Case Killing
Convicted Rapist Serving Life Sentence Charged In Mysterious Maryland Cold Case Killing The family of a 27-year-old woman raped and murdered in Maryland is one step closer to seeing justice served, after more than three decades. James Clinton Cole, 64, has been arrested in 27-year-old Cynthia Rodgers of Forestville 1989 slaying, Prince George's County Police announced. Cole was already serving a life sentence from an unrelated first degree rape conviction, the department said.  He was charged with first degree murder, rape first degree and several other offenses in Rodgers' death. Rodgers was found dead in a wooded area in the 6000 block of Surrey Square Lane Service Ro…
Baltimore County Man Gets Life Without Parole For Rape Of 11-Year-Old Girl: Prosecutors Baltimore County Man Gets Life Without Parole For Rape Of 11-Year-Old Girl: Prosecutors
Baltimore County Man Gets Life Without Parole For Rape Of 11-Year-Old Girl: Prosecutors A Baltimore man was sentenced to life in prison for the 2019 kidnapping and rape of an 11-year-old girl outside a Dundalk school, multiple news outlets report. Royal Jamar Quinn, 26, received life without parole after a jury previously convicted him of first-degree rape, attempted first-degree rape, and kidnapping in connection with the kidnap and rape. Baltimore County Circuit Court Judge Andrew Battista handed down the life sentence on Dec. 16. State Prosecutors said Quinn attacked the girl from behind and dragged her from school grounds to a grassy area, where he sexually assaulted her.…