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Popular Police Officer Killed In Crash With Box Truck In Maryland Popular Police Officer Killed In Crash With Box Truck In Maryland
Popular Police Officer Killed In Crash With Box Truck In Maryland A veteran police officer in Maryland died when he accidentally rear-ended a box truck this week in Queen Anne's County, authorities said. Sam Ferracane, 53, who worked for the Federalsburg and more recently the Centreville police departments, died when he rear-ended the vehicle at a light on Queen Anne Highway around 9 a.m. Monday, May 22, State Police said. The FPD welcomed our newest officer, Sam Ferracane, to our ranks. Here Town Clerk Kristy Marshall administers the Oath of Office at Town Hall. When you see Sam, say "hello." Posted by Federalsburg Police Department on Monday, March …

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Police & Fire
State Police Trooper Hospitalized After Crash With Suspected Impaired Driver In Maryland State Police Trooper Hospitalized After Crash With Suspected Impaired Driver In Maryland
State Police Trooper Hospitalized After Crash With Suspected Impaired Driver In Maryland A potentially intoxicated driver hospitalized a Maryland State Police trooper early on Monday morning after crashing through his cruiser while it was parked in a Montgomery County construction zone, officials say. Charges are pending against Washington, DC resident Anthony Bowser, 31, who injured a trooper inside a work zone area in the inner loop of I-495 near University Boulevard at approximately 4:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 22. Police say that Bowser was driving a white Mercedes SUV when he lost control and sped into the construction zone, rear-ending the Maryland State Police patrol veh…

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Former Police Lieutenant In MD Gets Prison Time For Tax Evasion Scheme: Feds Former Police Lieutenant In MD Gets Prison Time For Tax Evasion Scheme: Feds
Former Police Lieutenant In MD Gets Prison Time For Tax Evasion Scheme: Feds A former top cop in Maryland will spend more than a year with some of the people he helped locked up after attempting to dupe federal investigators amid an ongoing tax evasion scheme. Edward Scott Finn, 48, of Dunkirk, a former lieutenant with the Prince George’s County Police Department, was sentenced on Monday, May 15, to 16 months in federal prison, followed by two years of supervised release for a tax evasion charge, according to officials. At the time he working with the department - between December 1995 and April 2021 - Finn also owned and operated Edward Finn Inc., a private compan…

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Fugitive Shooter Convicted Of Killing Sheriff's Corporal In MD During Police Pursuit Fugitive Shooter Convicted Of Killing Sheriff's Corporal In MD During Police Pursuit
Fugitive Shooter Convicted Of Killing Sheriff's Corporal In MD During Police Pursuit The 21-year-old man implicated in the fatal shooting of a beloved father and sheriff’s deputy in Maryland has been convicted following a six-day trial. Austin Jacob Allen Davidson, formerly of Delmar, has been convicted of multiple murder and other charges for his role in the death of Wicomico County Sheriff’s Cpl. Glenn Hilliard in Pottsville last summer, the state’s attorney’s office announced. Prosecutors say that on June 12, 2022, officers were advised that Davidson was in the area of the Pottsville Park, and Hilliard was among the deputies to respond to the area to arrest the suspect,…

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Schools
Student Subdued After Striking Officer During Pot Bust At MD Middle School Student Subdued After Striking Officer During Pot Bust At MD Middle School
Student Subdued After Striking Officer During Pot Bust At MD Middle School A School Resource Officer assigned to a Charles County middle school had to go to extreme measures to subdue an unruly student who was busted with weed on Monday morning. Administrators at the John Hanson Middle School were advised early on Monday, May 1 that a student was in possession of suspected cannabis, prompting further investigation that led to a wild scene. When confronted by officials, the student reportedly became aggressive with school employees and the School Resource Officer assigned to the building, refusing to follow their commands. As additional officers arrived at the s…

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Thousands Of Fentanyl Pills Off DMV Region Streets Following Charles County Drug Bust: Sheriff Thousands Of Fentanyl Pills Off DMV Region Streets Following Charles County Drug Bust: Sheriff
Thousands Of Fentanyl Pills Off DMV Region Streets Following Charles County Drug Bust: Sheriff Thousands of fentanyl pills didn’t make it to the streets in the DMV region following a massive drug bust of narcotics being shipped from California into Maryland, authorities announced. Quecealla Turner, 22, of Waldorf, and Oxon Hill resident Marvin Anthony Bussie, 20, are facing charges for their roles in a wide-ranging fentanyl distribution conspiracy after recently being indicted by a grand jury in Charles County, the sheriff’s office announced on Friday, April 14. A multi-agency investigation was launched in November 2022 into the coordination of the shipment of thousands of pills, whi…

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Sexual Abuser Wanted In MD Busted By Border Patrol At Dulles International Airport: Officials Sexual Abuser Wanted In MD Busted By Border Patrol At Dulles International Airport: Officials
Sexual Abuser Wanted In MD Busted By Border Patrol At Dulles International Airport: Officials An El Salvador native who was wanted in Maryland for sexual assault charges was busted by US Customs and Border Protection agents minutes after landing at Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia, authorities announced. Calixto Lazo Cabrera, 57, was arrested shortly after midnight on Friday, March 31 as he arrived on a flight from El Salvador. Lazo Cabrera is wanted in Montgomery County on multiple felony sex assault charges, including sex abuse of a minor, sex abuse second degree, and third-degree sex abuse offenses, according to officials. Prior to landing, officers were tippl…

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Baltimore Native Lance Reddick, Star Of 'The Wire,' 'John Wick' Dies At 60 Baltimore Native Lance Reddick, Star Of 'The Wire,' 'John Wick' Dies At 60
Baltimore Native Lance Reddick, Star Of 'The Wire,' 'John Wick' Dies At 60 Best known for portraying a hard-nosed police lieutenant from his hometown city on The Wire, Baltimore native Lance Reddick has reportedly died at the age of 60. Multiple outlets have reported that the John Wick star died from natural causes, days after he was forced to pull out of the New York City premiere of the latest film from the franchise during a press tour. His body was reportedly found in his Studio City home in California. TMZ was the first to report his death. While best known for his roles on the big and small screen, Reddick also made a name for himself among gamers, actin…

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Customs Officers Bust Two Men Wanted For Sex Offenses At Dulles International Airport Customs Officers Bust Two Men Wanted For Sex Offenses At Dulles International Airport
Customs Officers Bust Two Men Wanted For Sex Offenses At Dulles International Airport Two men wanted for felony sex offenses in the DMV region were apprehended by US Customs and Border Protection officers as they attempted to board an international flight at Washington Dulles International Airport. Officials announced that officers arrested Kadian Andre Mitchell, 42, of Alexandria, Virginia, and Gaithersburg, Maryland resident Alexander Mercado Amaya, 31, in two separate stops at the airport over the weekend. Mitchell is wanted in Prince George’s County on rape charges and was apprehended as he was heading on a flight to Panama. Amaya was wanted in his hometown Montgomery Co…

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Former Police Chief In Maryland Convicted Of Targeted Arson Attacks: State's Attorney Former Police Chief In Maryland Convicted Of Targeted Arson Attacks: State's Attorney
Former Police Chief In Maryland Convicted Of Targeted Arson Attacks: State's Attorney The Howard County State’s Attorney’s Office is seeking multiple life sentences for a former police chief in Maryland who was connected to a dozen different arson cases that spanned multiple counties over two decades. David Crawford, 71, was found guilty by a jury on multiple attempted murder and other charges for his lengthy crime spree that stretched out for years, Howard County State’s Attorney Rich Gibson announced on Thursday, March 9. Specifically, Crawford was found guilty on Thursday of: Eight counts of first-degree attempted murder; Three counts of first-degree arson; Malicious …

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Former DC Police Officer From MD Gets Jail Time For Assaulting, Threatening Coworkers: DOJ Former DC Police Officer From MD Gets Jail Time For Assaulting, Threatening Coworkers: DOJ
Former DC Police Officer From MD Gets Jail Time For Assaulting, Threatening Coworkers: DOJ A former Metropolitan Police officer will be joining some of the suspects he put away during a decades-long career for a short spell after being sentenced for assaulting members of the department, federal authorities announced. Robert Anderson, 55, of Hanover, Maryland, was sentenced to five months of incarceration for a series of simple assaults that involved offensive touching and his brandishing of a knife toward a man who attempted to intervene, prosecutors say. According to federal officials, in January 2019, a female officer working at the Metropolitan Police Department’s (MPD) Fifth …

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Schools
Unruly Student Causes Chaos At Charles County Middle School, Sheriff Says Unruly Student Causes Chaos At Charles County Middle School, Sheriff Says
Unruly Student Causes Chaos At Charles County Middle School, Sheriff Says The school day got off to a hectic start at the Milton Somers Middle School in Charles County on Thursday morning, officials say. Administrators at the middle school advised School Resource Officers at the beginning of the day on Thursday, March 2, that a fight involving multiple students had just taken place, with at least one continuing to cause trouble in the aftermath of the incident. Officials said that the students were separated, however, one remained defiant, behaving disorderly and refusing to comply with administrators’ demands, according to the Charles County Sheriff’s Office. W…

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