Maryland Inmate Charged With Murder In Prison Death, State Police Say Maryland Inmate Charged With Murder In Prison Death, State Police Say
Maryland Inmate Charged With Murder In Prison Death, State Police Say A Maryland inmate has been indicted on first-degree murder charges in the death of another prisoner at the Eastern Correctional Institution in Somerset County, state police announced. Tyjuan Chapple, 26, was served with an arrest warrant Wednesday, Sept. 3, and remains in the custody of the Maryland Division of Corrections, according to Maryland State Police. Chapple was indicted by a Somerset County Grand Jury on July 25 after homicide investigators presented the case, police said.  He is charged with first-degree murder and related offenses. The charges stem from the March 29 death…
FBI Ramps Up Search For Killer Of 'Outgoing, Smart, Energetic' 10-Year-Old Maryland Boy FBI Ramps Up Search For Killer Of 'Outgoing, Smart, Energetic' 10-Year-Old Maryland Boy
FBI Ramps Up Search For Killer Of 'Outgoing, Smart, Energetic' 10-Year-Old Maryland Boy Federal authorities are ramping up their efforts to find the person responsible for killing 10-year-old Tyron "Ty" Colbert Jr. in Maryland more than a year ago. The FBI, Maryland State Police, and local agencies are now offering a massive reward as they hope to identify a shooter. Colbert was killed on Aug. 5, 2024, while inside a Clay Street home in Salisbury with his mother and two other young children, according to Maryland State Police, who found him suffering from a fatal gunshot wound around 10:30 p.m. that night after a 911 call. No suspect has been identified 57 weeks later, as the…
Cold Case Cracked: Silver Spring Man Arrested For 2022 Apartment Murder, Police Say Cold Case Cracked: Silver Spring Man Arrested For 2022 Apartment Murder, Police Say
Cold Case Cracked: Silver Spring Man Arrested For 2022 Apartment Murder, Police Say Nearly three years after a deadly shooting outside a Maryland apartment complex, detectives say they’ve arrested the man responsible. Montgomery County Police announced Wednesday, Sept. 3, that Jason Duane Moore, 47, of Silver Spring, has been charged in connection with the 2022 killing of Nathaniel Potts, 29. On Friday, Dec. 2, 2022, at about 3:05 a.m., officers responded to the 8500 block of 16th Street at the Summit Hills apartments in Silver Spring for a report of a shooting.  Potts was found in the parking lot suffering from gunshot wounds and was rushed to a hospital, where he l…
Community Rallies For Gaithersburg Mom Killed By Partner Arrested After Fleeing To Texas Community Rallies For Gaithersburg Mom Killed By Partner Arrested After Fleeing To Texas
Community Rallies For Gaithersburg Mom Killed By Partner Arrested After Fleeing To Texas Support is swelling for the family of a mother of four who was killed by her partner in Maryland before he was arrested for murder in Texas. Luis Antonio Quintanilla, 39, is behind bars waiting to be brought back to Montgomery County after he allegedly killed Maritza Dinora Ferman Sorto. On Sunday, Aug. 31, at about 2:42 a.m., officers responded to a 911 call reporting a shooting in the 9000 block of Centerway Road in Gaithersburg. First responders found Sorto suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. Despite lifesaving efforts, the 35-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene, …
Gaithersburg Murder Suspect Nabbed In Texas Hours After Partner Shot To Death, Police Say Gaithersburg Murder Suspect Nabbed In Texas Hours After Partner Shot To Death, Police Say
Gaithersburg Murder Suspect Nabbed In Texas Hours After Partner Shot To Death, Police Say A wanted fugitive accused of killing his partner in Maryland was tracked down hundreds of miles away in Texas, authorities announced. Luis Antonio Quintanilla, 39, is sitting in a Texas jail after being arrested in Irving on Monday, Sept. 1 after local authorities were alerted that he was wanted for murder in Montgomery County, according to police. Detectives say Quintanilla fatally shot his partner, 35-year-old Maritza Ferman Sorto, outside their shared home in the 9000 block of Centerway Road in Gaithersburg. On Sunday, Aug. 31, at about 2:42 a.m., officers responded to a 911 call report…
Suspect Caught Minutes After Fatal Labor Day Weekend Shooting In Yonkers, Police Say Suspect Caught Minutes After Fatal Labor Day Weekend Shooting In Yonkers, Police Say
Suspect Caught Minutes After Fatal Labor Day Weekend Shooting In Yonkers, Police Say A fast-moving police response led to the arrest of a murder suspect just minutes after a deadly Labor Day weekend shooting in Westchester, authorities said. The incident happened in Yonkers at around 10:30 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 31, when officers were called to 27 Ludlow St., where they found 42-year-old Felix Santiago of Yonkers suffering from a gunshot wound to the abdomen, the city's police department announced on Monday, Sept. 1. Santiago was rushed to a local hospital but did not survive, police said. Investigators determined the shooting stemmed from a dispute between the suspect and a…
Bike-Riding Gunman Caught On Gas Station Video Behind Bars For Laurel Murder: Police Bike-Riding Gunman Caught On Gas Station Video Behind Bars For Laurel Murder: Police
Bike-Riding Gunman Caught On Gas Station Video Behind Bars For Laurel Murder: Police Justice may have been served for a Maryland family after a 33-year-old man was gunned down over the summer. James King IV, 48, has been taken into custody weeks after a video was released of a suspect wanted in connection with the murder of William Denard Askew. Askew was heading home from work when a bullet ended his life in the middle of the street.  Now, new details have been released about a person believed to be the gunman who was caught on camera riding through an area gas station. The wanted bicyclist out of Prince George's County. Prince George's County Police In…
Water Bottle DNA Finally Jails DC Man Who Killed Ex’s Mom In Chevy Chase Shower 24 Years Ago Water Bottle DNA Finally Jails DC Man Who Killed Ex’s Mom In Chevy Chase Shower 24 Years Ago
Water Bottle DNA Finally Jails DC Man Who Killed Ex’s Mom In Chevy Chase Shower 24 Years Ago After 24 years of silence and questions, justice has finally been served for a Maryland family. A DC man who admitted to murdering his ex-girlfriend’s mother inside her Chevy Chase home more than two decades ago — a cold case that stunned a quiet Montgomery County neighborhood and baffled detectives for years — is heading to prison for decades, authorities announced. Eugene Teodor Gligor, now 45, pleaded guilty in Montgomery County Circuit Court on Wednesday, May 7, to second-degree murder in the 2001 slaying of 50-year-old Leslie Preer, who was found face-down and bloodied in her shower af…
Gunman Who Killed Golden Gloves Boxing Champion In Odenton Gets Life In Prison: Prosecutors Gunman Who Killed Golden Gloves Boxing Champion In Odenton Gets Life In Prison: Prosecutors
Gunman Who Killed Golden Gloves Boxing Champion In Odenton Gets Life In Prison: Prosecutors The gunman who shot and killed rising Maryland boxer Oludayo Olugbemi will spend the rest of his life in prison. Nicholas Francis Giroux, 37, of Odenton, was sentenced to life in prison plus 20 years for the murder of the 27-year-old Olugbemi, who was killed last year in cold blood, according to the Anne Arundel County State's Attorney's Office. Specifically, Giroux pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and use of a firearm in a crime of violence in February for the apparently targeted shooting. Multiple residents in the neighborhood reported shots fired at approximately 9:4…
'Violent And Inhumane': Mass Man Charged With 2 Brutal Cold Case Killings In Lowell, Cambridge 'Violent And Inhumane': Mass Man Charged With 2 Brutal Cold Case Killings In Lowell, Cambridge
'Violent And Inhumane': Mass Man Charged With 2 Brutal Cold Case Killings In Lowell, Cambridge A former Lowell man is facing two murder charges after investigators say he was behind the violent deaths of two homeless men more than a decade ago, authorities announced.  Kevin Lino, 38, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of 54-year-old Gary A. Melanson in Lowell and 30-year-old Douglas Leon Clarke in Cambridge, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan announced on Wednesday, Aug. 27.  In 2010, police found Melanson’s body near the Rogers Street Bridge in Lowell. He had suffered multiple visible wounds, but the medical examiner at the time lis…
US Marshals Capture Vineland Murder Suspect At Villanova Parking Garage: Authorities US Marshals Capture Vineland Murder Suspect At Villanova Parking Garage: Authorities
US Marshals Capture Vineland Murder Suspect At Villanova Parking Garage: Authorities A 26-year-old New Jersey man wanted for fatally stabbing his grandfather was arrested in Pennsylvania, authorities announced Tuesday, Aug. 27. On Tuesday, Aug. 26 at 11 p.m., officers responded to a stabbing at Diamond Drive and found Albert Moir, 59, who had been stabbed in his home and died of his injuries, Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae said. Shawn Moir, Albert's grandson was charged with murder and multiple weapons offenses, Webb-McRae said.  Moir fled the scene prior to arrival, but was apprehended by the US Marshal's Service in his vehicle, which was parked ins…
Cold Case Murder Of ‘Reputed Mob Affiliate’ In PA Solved 26 Years Later: Police Cold Case Murder Of ‘Reputed Mob Affiliate’ In PA Solved 26 Years Later: Police
Cold Case Murder Of ‘Reputed Mob Affiliate’ In PA Solved 26 Years Later: Police A 26-year-old cold case has been cracked with the arrest of a South Philadelphia man accused of gunning down Guerino “Gino” Marconi outside his home in 1999, court documents say. Richard Leidy, 60, was arrested at his Girard Estates home on Monday, Aug. 25, and charged with murder, attempted murder, and multiple related offenses, according to Philadelphia court records. On Saturday, April 10, 1999, Guerino “Gino” Marconi Sr., 42, an auto body shop owner and reputed low-level mob associate, was ambushed outside his house on the 2400 block of South 20th Street. His longtime girlfriend, Patric…