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Facebook Friend Stabbed, Burned Alive By Gang Member: Life Sentences Mount Facebook Friend Stabbed, Burned Alive By Gang Member: Life Sentences Mount
Facebook Friend Stabbed, Burned Alive By Gang Member: Life Sentences Mount The final member of a violent Lehigh Valley gang has been convicted in the 2018 torture-killing of 18-year-old Tyrell Holmes, Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced on Thursday, Oct. 9. Zahmire Welcome, 27, of Whitehall, was found guilty of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and kidnapping by a Northampton County jury after more than a week of testimony. He faces a mandatory life sentence when he is formally sentenced on Jan. 14, 2026. Welcome was the last of four men charged in connection with Holmes' killing — all members of a gang that called itself “Money Rul…

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Maryland Man Wanted After Brutal Stabbing Leaves Victim In Critical Condition: Sheriff Maryland Man Wanted After Brutal Stabbing Leaves Victim In Critical Condition: Sheriff
Maryland Man Wanted After Brutal Stabbing Leaves Victim In Critical Condition: Sheriff A violent feud in Southern Maryland exploded into bloodshed when a man was stabbed multiple times inside a Lexington Park home, and now deputies say the suspect is on the run. Deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office were called around 5:17 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, to the 21000 block of Essex Drive, where they found a man suffering from multiple stab wounds to the torso.  The victim was flown to a trauma center and remains in critical but stable condition, according to the sheriff’s office on Sunday afternoon. Investigators said the stabbing was the result of an “ongoing d…

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by Zak Failla
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Pair Identified After Stuffing Woman In Mercedes Trunk, Throwing Her Off Maryland Bridge Pair Identified After Stuffing Woman In Mercedes Trunk, Throwing Her Off Maryland Bridge
Pair Identified After Stuffing Woman In Mercedes Trunk, Throwing Her Off Maryland Bridge It reads like a scene from a horror movie — a Maryland woman dragged from her car, stuffed into the trunk, and hurled off a bridge into a creek — and cops say the suspected duo is still on the loose two years later. But now they've been identified. Halethorpe resident Crystal Humphries, 35, and Baltimore native David Jiles, 39, have been identified by the Anne Arundel County Police Department as the pair responsible for a harrowing Mercedes carjacking and kidnapping that nearly killed a Glen Burnie woman in April 2023. At around 7 a.m. on April 15, 2023, officers were called to Crewboats T…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Maryland Teen’s Fast & Furious Fantasy Ends With Spray Paint, Gun Bust, Jail, Police Say Maryland Teen’s Fast & Furious Fantasy Ends With Spray Paint, Gun Bust, Jail, Police Say
Maryland Teen’s Fast & Furious Fantasy Ends With Spray Paint, Gun Bust, Jail, Police Say An 18-year-old driver who was a bit too fast and too furious is now facing charges after striking a woman during an illegal car takeover in Maryland. Millersville native Naef Salmo was taken into custody after doing donuts during an event in Landover, striking a woman — and then attempting to cover it up, according to the Prince George's County Police Department. Officers said the illegal vehicle takeover happened around 1:45 a.m. in a shopping center parking lot in the 8500 block of Landover Road last weekend.  According to PGPD, vehicle takeovers are "large, unauthorized gatherings …

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by Zak Failla
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Maryland School Bus Driver Slapped Student On Last Day Of Class — Now He’s Jailed: Prosecutors Maryland School Bus Driver Slapped Student On Last Day Of Class — Now He’s Jailed: Prosecutors
Maryland School Bus Driver Slapped Student On Last Day Of Class — Now He’s Jailed: Prosecutors A school bus driver who slapped a young student in the face in Maryland will spend time behind bars, authorities announced. Mark Travis Bright, 60, has been convicted of second-degree assault after allegedly striking an elementary school student, according to the Calvert County State's Attorney's Office. The assault involving the Prince Frederick man was reported on the last day of the 2024-2025 school year. Prosecutors said that Bright was driving a school bus when he and an elementary school student had an exchange of words. During the exchange, Bright slapped the student in the face — …

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
DC Man Punched Girlfriend So Hard She Choked On Blood — Then Did It Again: Feds DC Man Punched Girlfriend So Hard She Choked On Blood — Then Did It Again: Feds
DC Man Punched Girlfriend So Hard She Choked On Blood — Then Did It Again: Feds A DC man repeatedly beat his girlfriend so badly she was choking on her own blood — then did it again two months later, according to federal prosecutors. Nyzir Miles, 22, was arraigned Thursday, Sept. 18, in Superior Court of the District of Columbia on charges stemming from multiple assaults on his former girlfriend, the US Attorney’s Office announced. Prosecutors said the violence began on Sept. 2, 2024, around 11 p.m. near the 700 block of Decatur Place NE.  Miles and his girlfriend were driving when an argument broke out. He punched her in the face, according to the government’s e…

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by Zak Failla
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Engagement Turns Into Horror As Virginia Man Fatally Stabs New Fiancée: Police Engagement Turns Into Horror As Virginia Man Fatally Stabs New Fiancée: Police
Engagement Turns Into Horror As Virginia Man Fatally Stabs New Fiancée: Police A Virginia man is behind bars after stabbing his new fiancée in Maryland, police say. Rondale Dickerson, 34, of Mappsville in Virginia, is facing multiple murder charges following the fatal stabbing of Shelaya Broadwater in her Ellicott City apartment following their recent engagement, according to the Howard County Police Department. Officers were called shortly after 3 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 18, to an apartment in the 3100 block of West Springs Drive, where they found Broadwater suffering from stab wounds. She was pronounced dead at the scene by first responders. According to police, t…

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by Zak Failla
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Child Assaulted, Woman Threatened With Knife In DMV Barricade: Sheriff Child Assaulted, Woman Threatened With Knife In DMV Barricade: Sheriff
Child Assaulted, Woman Threatened With Knife In DMV Barricade: Sheriff A man threatened a woman's life and assaulted a child in Maryland before barricading himself inside a La Plata home, according to the Charles County Sheriff's Office. Christopher Dale Buchanan, 37, is behind bars after a scary scene played out last week involving a woman and young child, the agency announced on Thursday, Sept. 18.  Officers from the sheriff's office were called around 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 10 to the 6300 block of Nelson Drive in La Plata, where there was a reported domestic disturbance.  During the incident it is alleged Buchanan choked the woman, as…

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by Zak Failla
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Infant Strangled In Virginia Home, Suspect Arrested After Manhunt, Police Say Infant Strangled In Virginia Home, Suspect Arrested After Manhunt, Police Say
Infant Strangled In Virginia Home, Suspect Arrested After Manhunt, Police Say A 21-year-old Virginia man is behind bars after an infant was rushed to the hospital in critical condition following a violent assault, police said. Alvaro Mejia Ayala, 21, was arrested after a brief manhunt and charged with strangulation in Leesburg on Wednesday, Sept. 17, authorities said. Shortly after 10 a.m., officers from the Leesburg Police Department were called to the unit block of Hancock Place NE for a report of a child not breathing. The infant was taken to an area hospital and listed in critical condition after investigators said the child was the victim of an assault. A manh…

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by Zak Failla
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Assault Suspect's Shifting Story Exposed After Woman Placed On Life Support: Sheriff Assault Suspect's Shifting Story Exposed After Woman Placed On Life Support: Sheriff
Assault Suspect's Shifting Story Exposed After Woman Placed On Life Support: Sheriff A Maryland man who couldn't keep his story straight, after nearly killing a woman, is facing multiple charges, the Charles County Sheriff's Office announced. Matthew Alexander Buchannon, 20, was arrested following an investigation into a reported assault that left a woman on life support, officials said on Wednesday, Sept. 17. Shortly before 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 12, officers were called to the 3300 block of Patapsco Place in Waldorf, where there was a report of a woman who had been knocked unconscious.  According to the sheriff's office, upon arrival, Buchannon told first r…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Man Linked To 2024 Shooting With Same Gun While Already Jailed For Road Rage In DMV: State PD Man Linked To 2024 Shooting With Same Gun While Already Jailed For Road Rage In DMV: State PD
Man Linked To 2024 Shooting With Same Gun While Already Jailed For Road Rage In DMV: State PD The man who pointed a gun at a Maryland father, his wife, and his 2-year-old daughter during a bout of road rage has been linked to another incident last year, state police announced. Javoughn Berbick, 27, is facing an attempted murder charge for an alleged road rage shooting that was reported in 2024, following his arrest in May for an unrelated incident. On July 31, 2024, troopers from the Maryland State Police North East Barrack responded to the 300 block of Fletchwood Road in Elkton for a reported shooting. The victims, an adult man and woman, told troopers that a motorist they were in…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Teen Tried To Run Down Pair Outside Store During Wild Late-Night Fight In DMV: Sheriff Teen Tried To Run Down Pair Outside Store During Wild Late-Night Fight In DMV: Sheriff
Teen Tried To Run Down Pair Outside Store During Wild Late-Night Fight In DMV: Sheriff A teen in Maryland will be tried as an adult after attempting to run down two people during a raucous dispute, officials say. Members of the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office were called early on Sunday morning to break up a crowd that was engaged in an argument outside a convenience store in the 23000 block of Three Notch Road in Leonardtown.  The incident was reported around 2:40 a.m. on Sept. 14. According to the sheriff's office, as deputies were attempting to disperse the group, they spotted a vehicle, driven by a 17-year-old, "aggressively reverse and then accelerate forward at…

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by Zak Failla