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Fairfax Arrest Exposes 73-Year-Old's Alleged Burglary Spree Across State Lines: Police
A 73-year-old suspected burglar left a trail of rattled homeowners across Maryland and Virginia before his luck finally ran out, police say.
Michael Spillino, 73, who Montgomery County police identified as a Newport, Oregon, resident, is facing new charges in connection with two Bethesda break-ins after being arrested in Fairfax County, where investigators say he was linked to a third burglary.
The alleged eight-day crime spree began on Monday, Oct. 19, when a Maryland mother was upstairs with her young child and heard a loud noise coming from the back of her home, according to the Montgome…
Murder: Nearly Six Weeks After Maryland Shooting, Suspect Tracked Down, Police Say
A Baltimore man has been arrested and charged with murder nearly six weeks after a 61-year-old man was shot and killed in Maryland, authorities announced.
Andre Smith Jr., 43, was arrested on Wednesday, Nov. 4, in connection with the Sept. 25 shooting death of Rodney Harrison, according to the Baltimore Police Department.
Officers were called to the 3800 block of Moravia Road shortly before 10 p.m. that night, where they found Harrison suffering from an apparent gunshot wound.
He was rushed to an area hospital, where he later died.
Homicide detectives subsequently identified Smith as a su…
Retired Nypd Cop Recounts 14-Minute Call Before Daughter's Murder-Suicide: Report
A retired NYPD officer from Dutchess County said he spent 14 minutes on the phone with his daughter as her boyfriend held a gun to her head, desperately pleading for her life before hearing the shot that killed her.
Rudy Cantarini, of Poughkeepsie, described the horrifying final moments of his daughter, Andrea Cantarini, 37, who was killed in an apparent murder-suicide inside her Bronx apartment on Tuesday night, Nov. 3, the New York Post reported.
Andrea, a Brooklyn native and nurse at St. Barnabas Hospital, was allegedly shot in the head by her boyfriend, Juan Cornelio D…
DC Dad Called Out To Daughter's Boyfriend, Then Shot Him Dead When He Turned Around: Feds
Police thought the argument was over. Shortly after they left, a DC father grabbed a revolver, followed his daughter's boyfriend outside as he headed to work, and shot him dead.
Nearly a decade later, Wilbert Whitaker, 77, of Washington, DC, has been convicted of murdering Leo Hackett, 30, following a deadly confrontation in Northeast DC on April 30, 2016, according to federal prosecutors.
A jury found Whitaker guilty of second-degree murder while armed and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence on Wednesday, Nov. 4, the US Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia announce…