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Lost Baltimore DUI Driver In Stolen Car Lands Behind Bars In VA: Authorities
A Baltimore woman heading south on I-95 made a pit stop in Stafford County that ended with her behind bars after deputies caught her driving drunk in a stolen car, authorities say. The bizarre incident unfolded shortly before 10 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 26, just before 10 a.m., when deputies received reports of Baltimore resident Nicole Wallace driving recklessly down the interstate. Witnesses said the car, which had no tags, was swerving on the shoulder, unable to stay in a lane, and nearly caused several crashes. According to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office, Wallace's Hyundai was spotte…
Police & Fire
DUI Driver Strikes Police Car In Maryland: Cops
A drunk driver’s dangerous decision ended with a police cruiser smashed and a night behind bars after a collision in Montgomery County, authorities say. The crash happened shortly after 2:30 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 11, when a black Acura barreled into a marked Montgomery County Police cruiser on I-270 near I-370. An officer had parked the vehicle with its emergency lights activated, blocking lanes to protect state police investigators at the scene of a prior crash, according to officials. The aftermath of the crash in Montgomery County. Montgomery County Department of Police The imp…
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'Real Housewives' Star Karen Huger Convicted Of Maryland DUI, May Seek Appeal: Reports
Karen Huger, who made her name starring on Bravo's "The Real Housewives of Potomac" has reportedly been convicted of an alleged DUI crash in Maryland earlier this year, according to FOX and other national outlets. The 61-year-old was found guilty by a jury of driving under the influence, negligent driving, and other offenses following a March crash in Montgomery County. She has been on the show since it premiered in 2016. She is also a graduate of the University of Virginia, and is the "Grand Dame of Potomac," according to Bravo. Not Karen Huger telling the cop who arrested her after he…
Police & Fire
Tractor-Trailer Driver Charged For Causing Fatal Chain-Reaction Crash On I-70: MD State Police
A truck driver from Georgia who got behind the wheel of his tractor-trailer while intoxicated is facing charges in Maryland for causing a fatal five-vehicle crash in Washington County. Ray Pittman, 62, was arrested on Thursday night after setting off a chain-reaction crash that resulted in the death of 27-year-old Hagerstown resident Morgan Suter. ** I-70 WB CLOSED at DUAL HWY / US40 / Exit 32 ** IAO I70 WB & BEAVER CREEK RD PERS INJURY COLLISION CO10 E03 RS10... Posted by Washington County MD Fire Calls on Thursday, October 3, 2024 Investigators say that shortly after 5 p.m.…
Obituaries
DUI Driver Charged For Wrong-Way Crash That Killed Infant, Young Parents In MD: State Police
A Delaware man who allegedly was driving under the influence is facing criminal charges weeks after a wrong-way crash that claimed the lives of a young family from New York traveling from New York with their 1-year-old son in Maryland, state police announced. State Police investigators identified Dean Alexander Dennison, 21, Sierra Rain Merchant, 20, and 1-year-old Grayson Dennison as the three people killed in a crash early on Sunday, May 19 on US Route 13. According to investigators, shortly before 2:50 a.m. on May 19, troopers were called to investigate a head-on crash that was rep…
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Boozy Brunch Lands DUI Driver Behind Bars After Killing Security Guard In MD Crash
A boozy brunch will land a Maryland man behind bars for years, the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office announced. Rockville resident Kevin Orihuela, 22, had a few too many mimosas during a 21st birthday celebration before getting behind the wheel and T-boning his Audi into 62-year-old Noel Powell's Ford Fusion, resulting in the father of two's death. On Friday, Orihuela was sentenced to 10 years in prison with all but four years suspended, according to the state's attorney's office. Orihuela went to brunch in the afternoon of Aug. 14, 2022 at a restaurant in the Pik…
Police & Fire
Pennsylvania Inmate Escapes To Maryland: State Police
An inmate escaped police custody while going to a doctor's appointment, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Aug. 22. Joshua Allen Nicholl, 26, of Greencastle was "temporarily authorized" to go to the "outside doctor's appointment" from the Franklin County Jail on Aug. 9, according to the state police release. By 6:41 p.m. officers became concerned that Nicholl hadn't returned, PSP Chambersburg was notified, and a warrant for Nicholl's arrest issued was soon issued. Nicholl was located in Washington County, Maryland sometime between that evening and Aug. 22, and the exact dat…
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Maryland Attacker Who Strangled Woman In Pennsylvania Sheetz Restroom Arrested: Police
A woman was beaten in the handicapped stall at a central Pennsylvania Sheetz and two months later police say they have found the Maryland man who attacked her, authorities announced on Thursday, January 26, 2023. Elijah Richard Jennings, 25, originally from Harrisburg, most recently living in Maryland, was arrested on a warrant issued by Lower Allen Township police in connection with the assault on Monday, January 23, according to an updated release. The Lower Allen Township police were called for a welfare check on a woman who was crying in the bathroom at the Sheetz located at 1508 …
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School Bus Driver Charged With DUI For Cecil County Crash Into Ditch
Authorities say that a Cecil County school bus driver has been charged with alleged impaired driving after crashing in Charlestown. Late in the afternoon on Thursday, Dec. 22, officials say that Rising Sun resident Susan Janet Small, 60, crashed an empty bus into a ditch near the intersection of Cecil Street and Market Street in Charlestown, according to investigators. It is alleged, that Small, who reportedly had the smell of alcohol on her and failed sobriety tests, was intoxicated at the time of the crash. No students were on the bus at the time of the crash, though she was heading to C…
Police & Fire
Corporal Injured By Frenzied Intoxicated Driver Weaving Through Traffic In Maryland: Sheriff
Like a scene out of a movie, an allegedly intoxicated driver took sheriff’s deputies on a wild midday ride, striking police cruisers, and speeding into oncoming traffic before crashing into a ditch in Maryland. Mechanicsville resident Jerry Michael Weber proved he can't drive 55 and is now facing a host of charges in St. Mary’s County for a midday chase that kicked off at approximately 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 25, near the area of Loveville Road and Old Red Oak Lane in his hometown. The eventful afternoon began when the St. Mary's County Sheriff’s Office received a complaint about a black Ex…
Police & Fire
Allegedly Impaired Driver In Custody Following Reported Fatal Hit-Run Crash In Maryland
Police say that a 33-year-old man has been charged in connection with a fatal pedestrian crash that happened late on Monday night in Dundalk. Edwin Rivera was reportedly intoxicated when he struck Gabriel Cedeno Hurtado, 63, as he was attempting to cross Dundalk Avenue at approximately 8 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 10, according to a Baltimore Police Department spokesperson. Rivera was reportedly driving east on Dundalk Avenue when he struck Hurtado in the 3800 block near Main Street before fleeing the area. Investigators were able to identify Rivera as a suspect, and both he and his vehicle were…
Police & Fire
Passenger Dies After Multi-Vehicle I-270 Crash In Maryland, State Police Say
One person was killed and two others injured in an early-morning crash on I-270 in Maryland, state police said Thabiso Mandela Mokuena, 24, was allegedly impaired and driving a Tesla shortly after 3:30 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 18 when a chain-reaction crash led to the death of 35-year-old Sandra Lorena Morales De Arevala. On Sunday morning, troopers from the Maryland State Police Rockville Barrack were dispatched to a stretch of I-270 south near Montrose Road, where there were two separate, but related crashes reported. Police said that the preliminary investigation determined that a 2015 Tes…
Police & Fire
Speed, Alcohol Factors In Rollover Crash That Killed Maryland Woman: Sheriff
A 47-year-old woman was killed in Maryland after being ejected from her vehicle when she struck a tree while potentially driving while impaired, authorities announced. St. Mary’s County resident Michelle Lee Twigg, of Lexington Park, was driving in Chesapeake Bay in Calvert County on Breezy Point Road in the area of Blue Heron Drive when she struck a tree on Saturday, June 4, according to the Calvert County Sheriff. Twigg was driving west on Breezy Point Road when she struck the tree, rolled over her Nissan Altima, and was partially ejected from the vehicle. She was the only occu…
Police & Fire
Dad Was Racing Before Crash That Killed Toddler In Maryland: Authorities
Two drivers who were racing moments before a crash that killed one driver's 4-year-old daughter in Maryland have been charged by indictment, authorities said. The girl's dad, Felipe Hernandez of Silver Spring, was racing Gilberto Duvan Guerra Posadas, of Germantown, in the moments leading up to the crash on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021 at Georgia and Dexter avenues, Montgomery County police said. Hernandez was driving a black 2005 Acura RSX and Posadas was in a silver 2021 Honda Civic, both heading southbound on Georgia Avenue when the driver of a black 2020 Ford Fusion tried to make a left…
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