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Maryland Teens Charged In Double Homicide Linked To Pennsylvania Boy’s Killer's Gun Maryland Teens Charged In Double Homicide Linked To Pennsylvania Boy’s Killer's Gun
Maryland Teens Charged In Double Homicide Linked To Pennsylvania Boy’s Killer's Gun As the anniversary of Jason Rivera’s tragic killing approaches, investigators have uncovered a web of violence spanning two states, connecting the gun used to kill the 13-year-old in South Lebanon Township to a Maryland double homicide and two teenage suspects charged as adults. Jason Rivera’s life was cut short on Feb. 15, 2022, when he was shot 12 times outside his uncle’s apartment in South Lebanon Township. The seventh grader’s murder weapon—a Glock 26—has since become a key piece in a broader investigation, tied to multiple violent crimes in Maryland. The same gun was linked to a drive…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Maryland Pair Kidnapped Woman From Restaurant, Left Her Beaten Body On Roadside: Police Maryland Pair Kidnapped Woman From Restaurant, Left Her Beaten Body On Roadside: Police
Maryland Pair Kidnapped Woman From Restaurant, Left Her Beaten Body On Roadside: Police A pair of Maryland man have been arrested for kidnapping and assaulting a victim, authorities said. Javier Antonio Ortiz and Edwin Manuel Reyes, both 22 of Hyattsville, convinced the woman to leave the Unplugged Restaurant and Sports Bar, located on Georgia Avenue in Wheaton with them on Feb. 5, Montgomery County police said. The victim, who knew the men, got in their car and, once inside, was beaten and threatened with a handgun when she tried to get out, police said. Reyes and Ortiz drove away from the location with the victim, who, before losing consciousness, was pulled out o…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Missing Maryland Teen Girl Found Safe Missing Maryland Teen Girl Found Safe
Missing Maryland Teen Girl Found Safe UPDATE:  Amel Abdurezak has been found safe and unharmed  ---- A 17-year-old girl from Montgomery County has gone missing and police need the public's help to find her. Amel Abdurezak was last seen on Jan. 29, at around 12 p.m., leaving her Treetop Lane apartment in Silver Spring, according to Montgomery County Police. She is approximately 5-feet, 2 inches tall and weighs 130 pounds. She has brown eyes, black hair and a pieced right nostril. Abdurezak was last seen wearing a grey hoodie, blue jeans and a pair of black fury Crocs. Police and family are concerned for her welfar…

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by Joe Gomez
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Maryland Inmate Attempts Daring Escape In Bathroom, Fights Cops: Police Maryland Inmate Attempts Daring Escape In Bathroom, Fights Cops: Police
Maryland Inmate Attempts Daring Escape In Bathroom, Fights Cops: Police A Montgomery County inmate tried to fight his way out of custody inside of a hospital bathroom, according to police.  Steven Ray Beitzel, 31, feigned an illness at Holy Cross Hospital and was escorted to a bathroom by police where he began to assault the deputies when his restraints  were taken off on Jan. 25, Montgomery County Police said. Beitzel even tried to get ahold of a deputy's firearm, according to officials.  The officers involved sustained minor injuries while taking Beitzel back into custody, they were treated and released at the hospital. Beitzel is being held …

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by Joe Gomez
Obituaries
Authorities ID 3 Killed In Maryland Snowplow Crash Authorities ID 3 Killed In Maryland Snowplow Crash
Authorities ID 3 Killed In Maryland Snowplow Crash Authorities have revealed the identities of three people killed when their car crashed into a snowplow in Montgomery County. Montgomery County Police say Shawde Ajee Nayonta Wicks, 27, of Clinton; Natasha Ann Hunter, 41, of Baltimore and Gary Eugene Early of Baltimore all died when their Cadillac collided into the back of a Peterbilt snowplow dump truck at Columbia Pike near Briggs Chaney Rd., on Jan 3. Montgomery Fire-Rescue extricated a fourth person from the rear of the Cadillac and transported him to an area hospital with serious injuries. The driver of the Peterbilt truck was uninjured…

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by Joe Gomez
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Massive Search Under Way For Maryland Girl Who Vanished Before Christmas Massive Search Under Way For Maryland Girl Who Vanished Before Christmas
Massive Search Under Way For Maryland Girl Who Vanished Before Christmas Police are asking for the public's help in finding a missing teenage girl from Silver Spring. Jennifer Esmeralda Orellana Ventura, 14, was last seen by her family on Dec. 23, in the 1600 block of Northcrest Drive, according to Montgomery County Police.  She is approximately 5-feet, 2-inches tall, weighs 130 pounds, has brown eyes, long brown hair and a nose piercing. Police and family are concerned for her welfare. Anyone who has information regarding the whereabouts of Jennifer Esmeralda Orellana Ventura is asked to call the Montgomery County Police at 240-773-5400 or the police non…

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by Joe Gomez