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Tow Truck Driver From DC Tracked Down After Crashing Through MD Business Tow Truck Driver From DC Tracked Down After Crashing Through MD Business
Tow Truck Driver From DC Tracked Down After Crashing Through MD Business The tow truck driver from Washington, DC who intentionally rammed his vehicle into the side of a Prince George’s County restaurant in an attempt to gain access to an employee has been tracked down by investigators weeks after a reported assault. Josyah Brown, 24, who had been wanted for reckless endangerment since an incident earlier this month, has been apprehended after nearly three weeks on the run, according to the Prince George’s County Police Department on Monday, April 24. The incident was called in shortly before 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 4 at a restaurant in the 2900 block of Col…

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by Zak Failla
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Gun-Wielding DC Man Busted By Police For Armed Robbery Of USPS Carrier In Montgomery County Gun-Wielding DC Man Busted By Police For Armed Robbery Of USPS Carrier In Montgomery County
Gun-Wielding DC Man Busted By Police For Armed Robbery Of USPS Carrier In Montgomery County Police say that a 41-year-old Washington, DC man has been apprehended a week after he robbed a mailman in Montgomery County at gunpoint. Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police announced on Tuesday, Jan. 31 that DC resident Harold Barnes has been charged with the armed robbery of a US Postal carrier last week in the 800 block of Hudson Avenue in Silver Spring. The joint investigation by detectives from the department and US Postal Inspection Service determined that the mailman was delivering mail on Hudson Avenue on Monday, Jan. 23 when he was approached by Barnes. It i…

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Driver Accused In Deadly Secret Service Pursuit Once Robbed MD Gas Station At Gunpoint: Reports Driver Accused In Deadly Secret Service Pursuit Once Robbed MD Gas Station At Gunpoint: Reports
Driver Accused In Deadly Secret Service Pursuit Once Robbed MD Gas Station At Gunpoint: Reports A 35-year-old man who once apparently robbed a Maryland gas station at gunpoint has been charged with murder and related offenses for killing a female pedestrian and critically injuring another while fleeing members of the US Secret Service last week near the White House, authorities announced. Spiro Stafilatos was in a 2001 Buick LeSabre when he was pulled over by the Secret Service on the 700 block of 15th Street around 4:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 30, the Metropolitan Police Department said. The Buick was apparently not registered and was displaying an incorrect license plate.  That'…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Kidnapping, Assault Suspect Apprehended In Maryland: Sheriff Kidnapping, Assault Suspect Apprehended In Maryland: Sheriff
Kidnapping, Assault Suspect Apprehended In Maryland: Sheriff A kidnapping suspect in Maryland who allegedly assaulted a victim in a quest to retrieve a cellphone password, set a vehicle on fire, and fired gunshots at her, has been apprehended, authorities announced. Dijon Cornelle Blunt was arrested on a warrant for kidnapping by members of the Prince George’s County Sheriff’s Office Domestic Violence Intervention Division, the agency announced on Monday, Aug. 15, following an investigation into a series of incidents in the region. According to the warrant, on Monday, Aug. 8, deputies responded to an address in the 1000 Block of Glen Willow Drive in…

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Former Police Officer In Virginia Ordered To Serve Home Detention For Death Of Infant Daughter Former Police Officer In Virginia Ordered To Serve Home Detention For Death Of Infant Daughter
Former Police Officer In Virginia Ordered To Serve Home Detention For Death Of Infant Daughter A former police officer in Virginia could avoid prison time after being sentenced for his role in the death of his 6-month-old daughter in Maryland in 2017. Monrovia resident Jason Michael Colley, 42, a former 10-year veteran of the Fairfax County Police Department, pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree assault in connection to the death of his infant daughter Harper on Oct. 31, 2017, the state’s attorney for Frederick County announced. Colley entered an Alford plea in Frederick County Circuit Court on Thursday, Aug. 4. An Alford plea “is a type of guilty plea in which a defendant…

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by Zak Failla
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'Lock Me Up': Man Assaults Deputies Escorting Him Out Of Baltimore Court, Report Says 'Lock Me Up': Man Assaults Deputies Escorting Him Out Of Baltimore Court, Report Says
'Lock Me Up': Man Assaults Deputies Escorting Him Out Of Baltimore Court, Report Says "Lock me up," is what Leo Byrd said while assaulting a pair of Baltimore County Sheriff's Deputies trying to get him to leave the Mitchell Courthouse last week, WBALTV reports. The Owings Mills man was asked to leave after refusing to put his phone away several times, the outlet said citing the sheriff's office. When a female deputy asked him to "step out," he apparently hit her, according to footage from inside the court room. Byrd then shoved her head into a marble wall, and pushed her to the floor outside the courtroom, WBALTV says. Byrd continued to fight other deputies who came ov…

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by Cecilia Levine