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Man Dies At Hospital After Being Struck By Woman During Dispute Over Dogs In Maryland: Police
A heated dispute between neighbors over dogs in Montgomery County resulted in a man dying at the hospital, police confirmed. On Tuesday, the Montgomery County Department of Police announced that they are investigating the death of 40-year-old Marvin Rolando Guevara Guevara, who died at an area hospital over the weekend after getting into it with a woman about his dogs running loose. According to investigators, shortly before 7:30 p.m. on Friday, June 14, first responders were called to the 20200 block of Bucklodge Road in Boyds, where there was a reported assault involving a woman and …
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Raccoon Trapped Near School Tests Positive For Rabies In Prince George's County
A raccoon found between a school and daycare in Prince George’s County Tuesday tested positive for rabies, police confirmed. Officers responded to a report of a raccoon “behaving strangely” near the 5200 block of 43rd Avenue around 4:40 p.m., Hyattsville Police said. The raccoon was between a school, which had just dismissed for the day, and a daycare, which was still open. Police trapped the raccoon and took it with help from an Animal Control officer to a nearby veterinarian, where it tested positive for rabies. No direct contacts with other people or animals were reported. We are t…
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Dog Walker Wielding Shotgun Following Suspicious Incidents Busted In Charles County: Sheriff
Police say that a man caught creeping in the area of Holly Station in Charles County for several weeks is facing new charges after becoming hostile with members of the sheriff’s office. Waldorf resident Jovon Delonte Keys, 36, was arrested by members of the Charles County Sheriff’s Office over the weekend after becoming combative with officers following a lengthy investigation into a suspicious person. Over the course of several weeks, investigators said that the sheriff’s office received multiple complaints from separate people about a suspicious man in the Holly Station in Waldorf who was…
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Cruella Deville: Woman Arrested After Chasing Dog, Fatally Running It Over With Vehicle
A small dog is dead after being chased by a woman who then ran it over with a vehicle in Anne Arundel County, authorities say. Police received a call about a suspicious subject in the 500 block of Leelyn Drive around 9:15 a.m., Friday, Oct. 21 after a woman was observed pulling on door handles in the area and chasing a small black and white dog, according to Anne Arundel County police. A witness stopped their vehicle and asked the woman, identified as Theresa Cooper, 41, if she needed help. Cooper handed the witness the dog and then got into the witness's vehicle and attempted to drive off,…
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Bestiality Suspect Sentenced For Sexually Abusing Dogs In Maryland: State's Attorney
A Maryland dog owner with a checkered criminal history will spend years behind bars after sexually abusing his animals, the Frederick County State's Attorney's Office announced. Ijamsville resident Jason Paul Havelt, 44, was sentenced by Judge Scott Rolle to 39 years in prison with all but 12 suspended on bestiality charges following an investigation by the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office. Specifically, Havelt pleaded guilty to: Three counts of aggravated animal cruelty; Possession of a shotgun with a prior conviction; Possession of a rifle with a prior conviction. The investigation in…
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Same Dog Quarantined In Maryland After Second Attack In Three Years
A dog with a checkered history was back at it in Maryland after it got loose and attacked another canine and its walker in Prince George’s County, officials say. At approximately 2:40 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 22, police officers and members of the Prince George's County Animal Control responded to reports of an animal bite in the 3700 block of Longfellow Street in Hyattsville. A large white dog that had been tied to a post in the yard at the location broke free and attacked another dog and a dog walker who were passing by, according to the Hyattsville Police Department. Police said that the…
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Cat In Maryland Tests Positive For Rabies: Health Department
A health department in Maryland has issued an alert after receiving a report of a pet cat that tested positive for rabies. Officials advised that the Frederick County Health Department received a report that a cat that lives on Warner Road between Renner Road and Matthews Road has tested positive for the virus. The cat was brought to Animal Control on Tuesday, July 12, officials said, who described the cat as being an 8-month-old, black, domestic shorthair. “Rabies is a viral disease that mainly infects mammals and is spread through the saliva of the infected animal, usually by a bite,” a…
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Man Convicted For Dog Fighting In Maryland
Animals have been seized and are being rehabilitated after a Maryland man was convicted for his role in a dogfighting operation, according to the St. Mary’s County State’s Attorney’s Office. Damien Terrell Wilson has been convicted of five felony counts for dog fighting and 14 misdemeanor counts related to dog fighting activities following his arrest in 2021, State’s Attorney Richard Fritz announced on Tuesday, July 12. Charges were filed after 10 Pit Bulls and one Rottweiler were rescued from “a deplorable makeshift dog camp” in Chaptico, according to a spokesperson for the state's attorn…
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