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Police & Fire
Career Criminal Caught With Ghost Gun While Acting Suspiciously In MD, Police Say
A 22-year-old man with a lengthy rap sheet is back on the wrong side of the law after being busted carrying a ghost gun in Prince George’s County. Capitol Heights resident Chaz Jones, who is no stranger to the police, has been arrested by members of the Seat Pleasant Police Department after he was caught acting oddly and was busted with an illegal weapon, according to authorities. Police say that early on Monday, July 10, Chaz was walking in the 6100 block of MLK Jr. Highway while holding his waistband as if he was concealing a handgun. When officers noted the suspicious behavior, they st…
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Teen To Be Tried As Adult For Shooting 17-Year-Old Near MD Apartments: Sheriff
The St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office has apprehended a teenage shooting suspect who will face prison time when he is tried as an adult, authorities announced. A 16-year-old shooter is in custody after deputies from the sheriff's office found a 17-year-old teen who had been struck multiple times in Lexington Park late on Friday, June 23 during an investigation. Shortly after 11:30 p.m. on Friday night, deputies were called to the area of Gloucester Court to investigate reports of shots fired. Upon arrival, they found the teen suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, and he was treate…
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Teen Shooter To Be Tried As Adult For Murder Of 18-Year-Old In MD Metro Station: Police
A teen suspect has been apprehended following the latest fatal shooting inside the Wheaton Metro Station in Montgomery County earlier this month. Gaithersburg resident Emmanuel Leonard Simmonds, 16, has been charged with murder in connection to the death of 18-year-old Tenneson Vaughn Leslie, Jr., of Greenbelt, earlier this year in a fight that rapidly escalated and turned deadly. The arrest came after detectives learned that Simmonds and other minors were on an escalator, along with Leslie and a second group of friends, when the altercation broke out on Thursday, May 18 at the Georgia Aven…
Police & Fire
BB Gun-Brandishing Bandit Shoots Relative, Breaks Door During Disturbance In Waldorf: Sheriff
Members of the Charles County Sheriff’s Office had to be called in to help diffuse a sticky situation when a woman attacked her family with a weapon during a tirade in Waldorf. Tonnaysha Wilkins, 24, of Waldorf, is facing charges following a bizarre domestic disturbance that ended up with her in custody after she was found storming about outside a Seal Place home. The incident was reported shortly before 2 a.m. on Sunday, May 7 in the 6200 block of Seal Place in Waldorf. Upon arrival, officers said that they found Wilkins in the front yard holding what appeared to be a rifle. Officers de-…
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Teen To Be Tried As An Adult For Fatal Shooting At St. Mary's County Sheetz, Sheriff Says
Investigators have apprehended a teenage suspect who will be tried as an adult after he allegedly gunned down a popular 26-year-old man outside a Sheetz gas station in St. Mary's County last month. A 15-year-old minor from Lexington Park is allegedly responsible for the murder of Marcus Anthony Day, 26, in Great Mills, according to investigators from the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office. Officers from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office were called shortly after 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 4, to the Great Mills Sheetz in the 20700 block of Old Great Mills Road to investigate a report…
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Student Chokes, Spits On Girl After Stealing Cell Phone At Maryland HS: Sheriff
A student at a Maryland high school is facing multiple assault charges after allegedly stealing a girl's cell phone and attacking her, according to the Charles County Sheriff's Office. Officials say that at approximately noon on Wednesday, may 3, a male student at St. Charles High School took a girl's phone and refused to give it back, and when she attempted to recover it outside the building, he got physical with her. It is alleged that when confronted by the girl, he grabbed her throat, choked her, and spat on her. She reported injuries and had to be treated by a school nurse after…
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Tow Truck Driver Tracked Down After Crashing Through MD Restaurant During Assault
The tow truck driver from Washington, DC who intentionally rammed his vehicle into the side of a Prince George’s County restaurant in an attempt to gain access to an employee has been tracked down by investigators weeks after a reported assault. Josyah Brown, 24, who had been wanted for reckless endangerment since an incident earlier this month, has been apprehended after nearly three weeks on the run, according to the Prince George’s County Police Department on Monday, April 24. The incident was called in shortly before 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 4 at a restaurant in the 2900 block of Col…
Police & Fire
Gun-Toting Felon Found Asleep In Woman's Laundry Room Busted Returning To Crime Scene: Sheriff
A convicted felon who broke into a Charles County home and fell asleep on the job is facing multiple assault and weapons charges following a strange and scary series of events that played out in Bryans Road. Avery Dwayne Lancaster, 35, of Bryans Road, was arrested following an incident shortly before midnight on Thursday, Feb. 16 in the 3000 block of Shurbeys Place, according to a spokesperson for the Charles County Sheriff’s Office this week. Officials say that on the night of the break-in, a homeowner walked into her laundry room and found Lancaster, someone she knows, sleeping on the fl…
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Driver Accused In Deadly Secret Service Pursuit Once Robbed MD Gas Station At Gunpoint: Reports
A 35-year-old man who once apparently robbed a Maryland gas station at gunpoint has been charged with murder and related offenses for killing a female pedestrian and critically injuring another while fleeing members of the US Secret Service last week near the White House, authorities announced. Spiro Stafilatos was in a 2001 Buick LeSabre when he was pulled over by the Secret Service on the 700 block of 15th Street around 4:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 30, the Metropolitan Police Department said. The Buick was apparently not registered and was displaying an incorrect license plate. That'…
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Wanted Rapist Rips Off GPS Tracker Ahead Of Maryland Trial: Sheriff
An alleged rapist in Southern Maryland is at large in St. Mary’s County after removing his electric monitor in advance of his upcoming trial, authorities said. The St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office issued an alert on Tuesday, Dec. 27 as they seek the public's assistance in tracking down Walter Crouse Prentiss, 42, who has no fixed address, and is wanted on a host of charges. Specifically, Prentiss is wanted for: First-degree rape; Three counts of first-degree assault; Three counts of second-degree assault; Malicious destruction of property. It is alleged that Prentiss was incarcerated a…
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Baby Abducted By Gunman Who Left Victim For Dead In Christmas Attack: Baltimore PD
A 31-year-old gunman abducted a baby and fled in his victim's car after shooting her and leaving her to die in a Christmas attack, authorities in Baltimore County said. Dariel Williams allegedly shot the woman on Joggins Court in Bowley's Quarters, then stole her car and took a 1-year-old boy with him sometime after 11 p.m., county police said. The woman was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, police said. Williams was later identified as the suspect and charged with attempted first-degree murder, first-degree assault, motor vehicle theft, and the use of a firear…
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Attempted Murder, Weapons Charges For Shooter Looking To Settle Dispute In Maryland: Police
Officials say that an attempted murder suspect is in custody in Maryland following a weeks-long investigation into the shooting of a man looking to settle a dispute in Prince George’s County. Rohan Dwayne Patterson has been arrested on an outstanding warrant for attempted first-degree murder following an incident in Fort Washington earlier this month, according to the Prince George's County Sheriff's Office on Tuesday, Nov. 22. The incident began on Tuesday, Nov. 8 in the 9500 block of Allentown Way, investigators say. When police spoke with Patterson’s victim, it was determined that the …
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