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Gaithersburg, MD
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Man Randomly Going Door To Door With Assault Rifle In MD Facing Charges: Police
The man who put a scare into a Montgomery County neighborhood when he went door to door while carrying an assault rifle last month has been hit with multiple weapon offenses, authorities announced on Tuesday. Police say that Trevor Copeland, 30, of Silver Spring, has been arrested and charged following an incident where he was caught walking around Germantown while openly carrying an assault rifle, causing concern for some area residents. Montgomery County Department of Police personnel received a report late last month regarding a man - later identified as Copeland - walking around an apar…
Gaithersburg, MD
News
Shooter Who Killed Victim Holding GFs Hand At MD Motel Gets Life In Prison
The final suspect implicated in a motel murder in Montgomery County will spend the rest of his life behind bars after being sentenced for the violent assault in front of his girlfriend, the state’s attorney’s office announced. Sergey Danshin, 35, of Rockville, was sentenced to life in prison, plus 20 years, after being convicted in January of first-degree murder and related weapons charges for his role in the death of 39-year-old Javier Gonzalez-Mena last summer. Javier Gonzalez-MenaMontgomery County State's Attorney Prosecutors say that on June 22, 2022, Danshin and Virginia resident M…
Springfield, MA
Police & Fire
Heroin, Cocaine Found On Western Mass Man Wanted On Gun Charges: Police
A 30-year-old man wanted on weapons charges was arrested this week while riding around one Western Massachusetts city with drugs in his possession, authorities said. Tre Watson, of Springfield, already had active warrants for firearms charges out of Hampden Superior Court when police tracked him down, the department reports. Officers arrested Watson after following the car in which he was a passenger from the Orange Street area to Canon Circle around 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 3. Officers also seized crack-cocaine in the car as well as a pouch containing heroin and po…
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Trio Targeted Dunkin' In North Jersey Robbery Spree: Police
Three people have been arrested and charged by Secaucus Police for robbing multiple Dunkin' locations on the same night in April. Ocean Roberts, a 19-year-old Bayonne resident, Yanik Pendleton, a 22-year-old Bayonne resident and Wilmer Arias-Dejesus, a 22-year-old East Newark resident were arrested by police this month, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. On Sunday April 9, at 2:56 a.m., the group robbed the Dunkin' at 216 County Ave., at gunpoint, stealing $350 from the register, with Arias-Dejesus and another man acting as lookouts while Pendelton and Roberts took the loot, Mil…
Newark, NJ
News
Gang
WAR: Brick City Teen Seized In Modified Machine-Gun Shooting Of Rival Trio
A 19-year-old reputed Newark street gang member wanted for shooting three rivals with a modified machine gun last weekend is in federal custody. Munir “Mu” Muhammad was carrying the converted 9mm handgun when he was arrested on Wednesday, April 12, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger said. The gun had fired 28 rounds in the April 8 shooting at the Oscar Miles Housing Complex and was fitted with an extended magazine loaded with another 30, Sellinger said Thursday. Three opponents were wounded, one critically, in what the U.S. attorney said is part of a bloody ongoing gun battle between rivals on…
Manassas, VA
News
Drunk Virginia Man Shoots Inside Super 8 Hotel Room
A 39-year-old man has been arrested after reportedly shooting a gun inside a Dumfries hotel room, authorities announced. Officers responded to the Dumfries Super 8 on Richmond Highway after receiving reports of shots fired around 7 p.m., Saturday, March 25, according to the Prince William County Police Department. Investigators located an intoxicated Jesse Lee Meadows inside of a hotel room after a bullet was shot through another room in the business. The shooting was reported after the occupants of the room next door notified the front desk. Meadows was charged with reckless handli…
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Illegal Gun Owner Fires At Bucks County Home: Police
A man in Bucks County faces felony gun charges after police say he opened fire at a Warminster home on Tuesday, March 21. Township police were called to the 300 block of Beech Street at about 11:30 p.m. for a report of shots fired, the department wrote in a release. On the scene, the alleged victim also told police they had received "harassing voicemails" from the suspect in the hours before the shooting, according to the department. Another witness said they heard the shot and immediately looked out the window to see the suspect fleeing in a vehicle, police said. Investi…
Springfield, MA
Police & Fire
Suspected Drug Trafficker, Felon Modified Pistol To Make It Machine Gun: Springfield Police
Two men busted in Springfield on gun and drug charges allegedly altered a pistol to make it fire like a fully-automatic weapon, authorities said. Carlos Dejesus, 31, of Holyoke, and Jamian Velez-Berrios, 19, of Chicopee, face several charges after they were arrested in a traffic stop last week, Springfield police said. Firearms detectives had monitored Velez-Berrios for months on an alleged gun change and were tipped off that he would be armed at a house on Andrew Street Saturday, Feb. 18, authorities said. Police got a warrant and were prepared to raid the home, but…
Allentown, PA
Police & Fire
Allentown Footchase Leads To Arrest
A man sits in a Lehigh County jail cell following a brief pursuit with police in Allentown, authorities say. City police witnessed a man draw a handgun during an argument near South 6th Street and West Hamilton Street just after midnight on Sunday Jan. 29, the department said in a statement. When an officer tried to intervene, the man fled on foot, police said. Officers claimed they saw him toss the firearm while running away. Johnnie Cooks, 43, was tracked down and arrested a short distance from the scene, they added. He faces multiple firearm charges, one count of evide…
Harrison, NY
Police & Fire
Caught! Man Wanted For Out Of State Attempted Murder Nabbed In Harrison, Police Say
A man wanted for attempted murder in another state was found in Westchester County thanks to a chance observation by a police officer. On Thursday, Dec. 8, around 7:40 p.m., an officer in Harrison noticed an expired New Jersey temporary license plate on a vehicle on Westchester Avenue and pulled the vehicle over. During the stop, the officer then realized that the driver had an arrest warrant from Maryland for first-degree attempted murder, first-degree assault, and firearm charges, according to police. Police then arrested the man, who had been in Westchester County to p…
Dorchester, MA
Police & Fire
Drugs, Gun Arrest In Chelsea As Police Increase Patrols In One Neighborhood
Chelsea police have increased their presence around Congress, Shawmut, and Maverick streets as officers have noticed an uptick in drug crimes there. Investigators arrested a 37-year-old man on drug and gun charges over the weekend. Ramon Valdez was arrested on Sunday, Nov. 6, after police spotted him making "illegal transactions" around 9 p.m., Chelsea police said. When officers went to handcuff him, Valdez fought back. Officers said they found a handgun strapped to his chest during the struggle. Officers Seize Firearm, Drugs and Cash in Sunday Arrest https://t.co/TQpYFYvDJk — Chelsea…
Arlington, VA
Police & Fire
Arrest Made In Birthday Trip Killing Of Virginia NAACP Leader Kent Carter
A 31-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a shooting that killed the Virginia NAACP leader during a birthday trip to Turks and Caicos, authorities said. Andre De Souza was arrested during a traffic stop on Oct. 6, on accusations he was linked to the Sunday, Oct. 2 ambush that killed Kent Carter, the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force said. Carter, celebrating his 40th birthday, and five others were shot in the random gang-related attack, police tell various news reports. "Kent was a leader, a friend, a loving father to his 14-year-old daughter, a partner to …
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