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Inmate Death In Maryland Prison Under Investigation: State Police (DEVELOPING) Inmate Death In Maryland Prison Under Investigation: State Police (DEVELOPING)
Inmate Death In Maryland Prison Under Investigation: State Police (Developing) A death investigation has been launched in Maryland after an 80-year-old inmate died at the Western Correctional Institution.  Ralph Ruark has been identified as the inmate who was reported dead by EMS personnel on Saturday, June 22 at the Allegany County facility. Officials say that shortly after 4 p.m. on Saturday, the Maryland State Police Homicide Unit was contacted by investigators from the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services Internal Investigative Unit (DPSCS IIU) about an inmate death that occurred minutes earlier. Details about his death have not been re…

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Triple Homicide In Pennsylvania Lands Maryland Man Life In Prison: USDOJ Triple Homicide In Pennsylvania Lands Maryland Man Life In Prison: USDOJ
Triple Homicide In Pennsylvania Lands Maryland Man Life In Prison: Usdoj More than seven years after a triple homicide in Pennsylvania, a Maryland man has been brought to justice.  Johnny Jenkins-Armstrong, 26 of Baltimore, MD was sentenced to life in prison and an additional consecutive 20 years for a "companion robbery charge," the United States Department of Justice stated in a release on Tuesday, Dec. 5.  His December 4th sentencing was for his role in the execution-style slayings of Wendy Ann Chaney, 39 of Hagerstown, MD; Brandon Cole, 47 of Fayetteville, PA; and Phillip Matthew Jackson, 36 of Mercersburg, PA, United States Attorne…

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Dead Body Found Shot In The Woods Near Maryland Roadway, State Police Say Dead Body Found Shot In The Woods Near Maryland Roadway, State Police Say
Dead Body Found Shot In The Woods Near Maryland Roadway, State Police Say Police have identified a 20-year-man who was found shot to death in the woods near a quiet Maryland roadway, authorities announced. Salisbury resident Kevin Dwayne Raeford, 20, was found along the 600 block of Edgewood Avenue shortly after 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 20 in Cambridge following reports of shots fired. Officers from the Cambridge Police Department responded to the scene, and officials said that as they canvassed the area, they located Raeford’s body with at least one gunshot wound. The Cambridge Police Department secured the scene, according to investigators, and the Maryland St…

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Victim ID'd, Second Suspect Arrested For Murdering 20-Year-Old Man In Maryland: State Police Victim ID'd, Second Suspect Arrested For Murdering 20-Year-Old Man In Maryland: State Police
Victim ID'd, Second Suspect Arrested For Murdering 20-Year-Old Man In Maryland: State Police Investigators in Maryland have charged a second suspect in the fatal shooting of a 20-year-old man in Dorchester County earlier this year, state police officials announced. Frederick resident Raykquon Dijon Molock, 25, was arrested on Brighton Court on Tuesday, Aug. 16 by members of the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office and the US Marshals Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force (CARFTF) Western Maryland agency following a lengthy investigation into the murder of Cambridge resident A’Corie Young in April. On Wednesday, Aug. 17, officials announced that a second suspect, Cambridge residen…

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Police ID 24-Year-Old Man Shot, Killed In Maryland, Suspect Remains At Large Police ID 24-Year-Old Man Shot, Killed In Maryland, Suspect Remains At Large
Police ID 24-Year-Old Man Shot, Killed In Maryland, Suspect Remains At Large A fatal Fourth of July homicide remains under investigation by state police after a 24-year-old man was fatally shot in Dorchester County, authorities said on Thursday, July 7. Cambridge resident Tyuane Johnson, Jr. was pronounced dead at the Dorchester General Hospital on Monday, July 4 after he was found with a gunshot wound by members of the Maryland State Police Department. Shortly before 9 p.m. on Monday night, officers from the Cambridge Police Department responded to the 1000 block of Cosby Lane in Cambridge for a reported shooting, a spokesperson for the department said. Upon thei…

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Fugitive Charged In Wicomico County Deputy's Murder Fugitive Charged In Wicomico County Deputy's Murder
Fugitive Charged In Wicomico County Deputy's Murder A wanted 20-year-old man has been charged with murdering a Wicomico County Sheriff’s deputy during an attempted arrest in Pittsville on Sunday, June 12, state police announced. Delmar resident Austin Jacob Allen Davidson was apprehended after shooting and killing Deputy First Class Glenn Hilliard, a 16-year veteran officer who was murdered days before his 42nd birthday, according to State Police and Hilliard's department. Shortly before 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 12, Hilliard found Davidson - who was wanted on multiple felony warrants in multiple jurisdictions - near Talbot Street Apartments…

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by Zak Failla
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Details Released In Mass Maryland Manufacturing Plant Shooting Details Released In Mass Maryland Manufacturing Plant Shooting
Details Released In Mass Maryland Manufacturing Plant Shooting UPDATE: Victims of Smithsburg workplace shooting identified. The gunman who killed four people and injured several others was being sought for homicide when he struck a 25-year Maryland State Police veteran Thursday, June 9, authorities said. Deputies responded to Columbia Machine Inc. on Bikle Road at approximately 2:30 p.m., where they found four victims, three of whom were pronounced dead at the scene, the Washington County Sheriff's Office said. The fourth remains critical. The shooter fled the scene before law enforcement agencies arrived, and a description was released to responding…

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