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District Man Joins Teen Carjacker Behind Bars After Police Pursuit, Crash In Maryland (VIDEO) District Man Joins Teen Carjacker Behind Bars After Police Pursuit, Crash In Maryland (VIDEO)
District Man Joins Teen Carjacker Behind Bars After Police Pursuit, Crash In Maryland (Video) A 19-year-old District man will join his teenage co-conspirator behind bars after being sentenced for a armed carjacking that ended in a violent crash in Maryland. Zyier Brown has been sentenced to 30 years in prison with all but 13 years suspended after he and 17-year-old Upper Marlboro resident Victor Noel carjacked both an Uber and later a Toyota driver at gunpoint, the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office announced on Wednesday. The prison term stems from a pair of separate carjacking incidents:  On Oct. 25, 2022 when they attacked an Uber driver in the 1500 block of Shady Gro…

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Wisconsin Inmate Arrested 900 Miles Away In Virginia After Breaking Out: Police Wisconsin Inmate Arrested 900 Miles Away In Virginia After Breaking Out: Police
Wisconsin Inmate Arrested 900 Miles Away In Virginia After Breaking Out: Police An escaped inmate made it across the country but couldn't outwit members of the Alexandria Police Department. Dustin Bone, 38, of Oneida, Wisconsin, a wanted fugitive who escaped from the Sanger B. Powers Correctional Center on Monday, Sept. 11, made it hundreds of miles before he was tripped up by the department's tech. Officials say that Bone was picked up by members of the department's Community Assistance Safety Team who used the agency's License Plate Readers to locate and apprehend Bone, who was found in a stolen vehicle and was taken into custody without incident.  "This a…

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Community Mourns Man Killed While 'Trying To Right A Wrong' For Family Member In MD Community Mourns Man Killed While 'Trying To Right A Wrong' For Family Member In MD
Community Mourns Man Killed While 'Trying To Right A Wrong' For Family Member In MD Support is swelling for the family of Darrell Benner, who was shot and killed in Baltimore while defending his family. The 57-year-old man was shot and killed after three men carjacked a 29-year-old relative of his during an armed robbery in the 1000 block of South Curley Street early on Friday, Aug. 18. Shortly before 12:30 a.m. on Aug. 18, officers from the Baltimore Police Department were called to investigate aa shooting in the area, where they found Benner suffering from a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators say that three unidentified Black men approac…

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Police & Fire
Man Killed Chasing Down Relative's Carjackers In Maryland, Police Say Man Killed Chasing Down Relative's Carjackers In Maryland, Police Say
Man Killed Chasing Down Relative's Carjackers In Maryland, Police Say Police have identified the man who was gunned down defending a relative who was carjacked in Baltimore. Darrell Benner, 57, was shot and killed after three men carjacked a 29-year-old relative of his during an armed robbery in the 1000 block of South Curley Street early on Friday morning. Shortly before 12:30 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 18, officers from the Baltimore Police Department were called to investigate aa shooting in the area, where they found Benner suffering from a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators say that three unidentified Black men approached the y…

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Jewelry Store Robber Gets Decades In Prison For Daylong Trail Of Terror In MD: Feds Jewelry Store Robber Gets Decades In Prison For Daylong Trail Of Terror In MD: Feds
Jewelry Store Robber Gets Decades In Prison For Daylong Trail Of Terror In MD: Feds It'll be 26 years for a 29-year-old man who terrorized several businesses during a daylong crime spree throughout Baltimore, federal officials announced. Baltimore resident Keith Poynter, Jr. has been sentenced to 26 years in prison for his role in a 2019 series of armed robberies, all committed in one day, and for firing a gun during one of the incidents. He was convicted by a jury following a four-day trial in April. Federal prosecutors say that on Dec. 6, 2019, Poynter conspired with others, including Benjamin Bunn, Jr., and Tiffany Gardner, to rob businesses in both Baltimore…

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Police & Fire
Police Release Video Of Scary Home Invasion In MD Police Release Video Of Scary Home Invasion In MD
Police Release Video Of Scary Home Invasion In MD Video of a harrowing home invasion has been released by the Montgomery County Department of Police. An investigation has been launched after a man was approached by a group of armed suspects who announced they were robbing him as he parked his car in the garage of his Rockville apartment complex. The armed robbery was reported at approximately 1:25 a.m. on Monday, July 10 on Key West Avenue in Rockville. Police say that the suspects stabbed and assaulted the man before tying his hands behind his back with zip ties. He was then forced into their vehicle after being forced to give them acce…

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Drug-Seeking Man Sentenced For Killing Ex's Friend In 'Jealous Rage' In Maryland Drug-Seeking Man Sentenced For Killing Ex's Friend In 'Jealous Rage' In Maryland
Drug-Seeking Man Sentenced For Killing Ex's Friend In 'Jealous Rage' In Maryland A retrial over a 2019 murder in Maryland will land a career criminal back behind bars for decades. The jealous rage of a man with a history of violence who was on probation in Maryland will see him back in prison for at least 50 years for murdering a friend of his ex-girlfriend during a frenzied attack, the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office announced. Kyle Noble, 30, who has no known address, but is familiar to law enforcement throughout the state, was convicted of second-degree murder and armed robbery for his role in the death of 31-year-old Efrain Arias in 2019, according to …

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PA Robber Wanted For Child Sex Abuse Nabbed By US Marshals In MD PA Robber Wanted For Child Sex Abuse Nabbed By US Marshals In MD
PA Robber Wanted For Child Sex Abuse Nabbed By US Marshals In MD A York County, PA robber was caught by US Marshals in Northern Maryland — three months after a second child told authorities they were sexually abused by him.  Anthony James Raimo, 35, of the 700 block of Harrisburg Pike, Dillsburg, was arrested on July 7 by the U.S. Marshals Service and the Washington County, MD Sheriff's Office, according to a release on Friday. Raimo had been under investigation by the Upper Allen Township Police Department since April for allegedly sexually abusing a child. During the investigation, police learned of the second victim and an ar…

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'Stick-Up Steve' Heading To Prison For Crime Spree After Fleeing MD Drug Treatment Center 'Stick-Up Steve' Heading To Prison For Crime Spree After Fleeing MD Drug Treatment Center
'Stick-Up Steve' Heading To Prison For Crime Spree After Fleeing MD Drug Treatment Center Not even a drug treatment center could contain a Maryland man who is no stranger to law enforcement and is set to spend decades behind bars. Serial bank robber Steven Ray Beitzel, 33, of Germantown, was sentenced to 85 years in prison, with all but 32 suspended, after he attempted to disarm a sheriff’s deputy while he was in custody after he went rogue in Montgomery County, the state’s attorney’s office announced. In November 2021, Beitzel was being held in connection to a stolen vehicle before he was transferred to the Avery Road Drug Treatment Center on a court order, which he bailed fro…

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Woman Shot In Chest By Maryland Sex Offender On I-83 In PA: State Police Woman Shot In Chest By Maryland Sex Offender On I-83 In PA: State Police
Woman Shot In Chest By Maryland Sex Offender On I-83 In PA: State Police A 22-year-old registered sex offender from Baltimore, Maryland was arrested following a nearly eight-hour manhunt along Interstate 83— which involved an innocent bystander getting shot in the chest, according to Pennsylvania State Police.  Jajayevoune Jerome Lee also known as Jajyevoune Lee-Jenkins was fleeing from an armed robbery in Springettsbury Township around 7:15 on Monday, June 5, 2023, PSP explained.  The troopers were given a description of Lee, the vehicle he escaped in, and were told a woman was driving— which helped troopers spot him on I-83S near Exit 10 and initiate a traffi…

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Three Accused Of Attempted Murder During Harford County Robbery: Sheriff Three Accused Of Attempted Murder During Harford County Robbery: Sheriff
Three Accused Of Attempted Murder During Harford County Robbery: Sheriff Investigators say that three men are in custody on Monday following an investigation into a weekend stabbing in Harford County. At approximately 9 p.m. on Friday, June 2, members of the Harford County Sheriff’s Office were called to the 1600 block of Swallow Crest Drive in Edgewood to investigate a stabbing that left local resident William Merrill McKinney, 39, with multiple stab wounds to his upper body. Responding deputies were able to provide enough aid until McKinney was airlifted to a local trauma center, where he was listed in critical, but stable condition. The investigation led sh…

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Six Suspects In Custody In Connection To Body Found in Woods Behind MD Apartment Complex Six Suspects In Custody In Connection To Body Found in Woods Behind MD Apartment Complex
Six Suspects In Custody In Connection To Body Found in Woods Behind MD Apartment Complex Six suspects have been arrested in connection to the November killing of 20-year-old Edvin Moises Agustin Leon in Montgomery County last year. On Wednesday, May 31, the Montgomery County Department of Police announced that they have identified and apprehended six men who were implicated in the murder of Leon in Northwest Branch Stream Valley Park. Those charged:  Jonathan Edwardo Videz, 28, of Montgomery Village with: First-degree murder; Conspiracy to commit murder; First-degree assault; Use of a firearm in the commission of a felony; "Several other charges."  Edwin Armando Sa…

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