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Security Guard Fatally Shoots Knife-Wielding Man During Fight At Maryland Bar: Police Security Guard Fatally Shoots Knife-Wielding Man During Fight At Maryland Bar: Police Security Guard Fatally Shoots Knife-Wielding Man During Fight At Maryland Bar: Police
Security Guard Fatally Shoots Knife-Wielding Man During Fight At Maryland Bar: Police A security guard shot and killed a knife-wielding man during a fight inside a Maryland bar that also left a woman injured, police said. The deadly confrontation unfolded at approximately 12:45 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 25, inside the Crackpot Bar in the 8100 block of Loch Raven Boulevard in Towson, according to Baltimore County Police. Investigators said a physical altercation broke out inside the bar, during which a man brandished a knife. An armed security guard working at the establishment then fired his handgun, striking the man, who was pronounced dead at the scene. A woman who was also i…

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'Report To Deport': Police In Virginia Hunt For Answers After Disturbing ICE Graffiti 'Report To Deport': Police In Virginia Hunt For Answers After Disturbing ICE Graffiti 'Report To Deport': Police In Virginia Hunt For Answers After Disturbing ICE Graffiti
'Report To Deport': Police In Virginia Hunt For Answers After Disturbing ICE Graffiti Recognize him? A series of brazen graffiti messages invoking ICE and urging residents to report undocumented immigrants for deportation has sparked a police investigation in Virginia, where detectives are asking the public to help identify a person caught on surveillance footage. The messages, which included "ICE," "REPORT TO DEPORT," and the federal immigration enforcement hotline "1-866-DHS-2-ICE," were discovered at multiple locations along the Mount Jefferson Park pathway in Alexandria. Police believe the graffiti appeared sometime between 11 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 23, and 6:30 a.m. on S…

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Medical Emergency At Maryland Royal Farms Takes Wild Turn When Police Find Loaded Gun Medical Emergency At Maryland Royal Farms Takes Wild Turn When Police Find Loaded Gun Medical Emergency At Maryland Royal Farms Takes Wild Turn When Police Find Loaded Gun
Medical Emergency At Maryland Royal Farms Takes Wild Turn When Police Find Loaded Gun A medical emergency at a Maryland convenience store took an unexpected turn when responding police encountered a man potentially wanted on firearms charges and allegedly found him carrying a loaded handgun. Officers were called to the Royal Farms on Snow Hill Road in Salisbury on Tuesday, Oct. 20, to assist someone experiencing a medical issue, according to the Salisbury Police Department. What began as a call for medical assistance soon turned into a criminal investigation when officers came into contact with a man who identified himself as Dynel Wise. During the encounter, police discove…

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Arsonist Sets Maryland Home Ablaze, But Five Unexpected Survivors Beat The Odds: Fire Marshal Arsonist Sets Maryland Home Ablaze, But Five Unexpected Survivors Beat The Odds: Fire Marshal Arsonist Sets Maryland Home Ablaze, But Five Unexpected Survivors Beat The Odds: Fire Marshal
Arsonist Sets Maryland Home Ablaze, But Five Unexpected Survivors Beat The Odds: Fire Marshal An intentionally set fire tore through a Maryland family's home, leaving behind $175,000 in damage and two displaced residents, but five furry family members somehow escaped the flames unharmed. The blaze broke out around 5:35 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24, at a home in the 6000 block of Hunters Mill Drive in Salisbury, where family members discovered the fire and alerted authorities. By the time firefighters got the flames under control, the home's attached garage had been gutted, leaving behind a charred shell and extensive damage to the property. Investigators with the Maryland State Fire M…

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Caught On Camera: DC Man Scrambles Through Building With Gun After Killing Girlfriend, Feds Say Caught On Camera: DC Man Scrambles Through Building With Gun After Killing Girlfriend, Feds Say Caught On Camera: DC Man Scrambles Through Building With Gun After Killing Girlfriend, Feds Say
Caught On Camera: DC Man Scrambles Through Building With Gun After Killing Girlfriend, Feds Say A DC man was caught on camera scrambling through an apartment building with a gun after shooting his girlfriend in the head. Tyjuan Bazemore, 35, was seen repeatedly running up and down the stairs of a 16th Street apartment building after killing 27-year-old Nyesha Walden-Hatcher on Feb. 2, prosecutors said. Tyjuan Bazemore running towards the staircase with a black handgun. US Attorney's Office He later put on shoes and a hoodie, tried to knock down a surveillance camera, and fled. He wasn't swift enough. Authorities tracked Bazemore to Connecticut, where he was apprehended and e…

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Woman Found Dead In Roadway After Late-Night Maryland Crash Shuts Down Traffic For Hours Woman Found Dead In Roadway After Late-Night Maryland Crash Shuts Down Traffic For Hours Woman Found Dead In Roadway After Late-Night Maryland Crash Shuts Down Traffic For Hours
Woman Found Dead In Roadway After Late-Night Maryland Crash Shuts Down Traffic For Hours A woman was struck and killed by a vehicle along a busy Maryland roadway overnight, authorities confirmed. Officers from the Prince George's County Police Department were called to the 8800 block of Greenbelt Road near Goddard Road at approximately 11:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 23, to investigate a reported pedestrian crash. When officers arrived, they found the woman lying in the roadway. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the vehicle involved remained at the scene and is cooperating with investigators, police said. Greenbelt Road was closed near Goddard Road for several ho…

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Firefighters Called For Help At Maryland Apartment Fire Before Deadly Police Shooting Firefighters Called For Help At Maryland Apartment Fire Before Deadly Police Shooting Firefighters Called For Help At Maryland Apartment Fire Before Deadly Police Shooting
Firefighters Called For Help At Maryland Apartment Fire Before Deadly Police Shooting An apartment fire in Maryland took a deadly turn when a man encountered by firefighters ran from the building and was fatally shot by responding police officers. The deadly encounter unfolded at approximately 4:50 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 23, when Hagerstown firefighters responded to an apartment fire in the unit block of Randolph Avenue and encountered a man inside, prompting them to request assistance from police. According to the Maryland Attorney General's Office, responding officers established a perimeter around the building before the man ran outside toward them, prompting officers to is…

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Sleeping DC Man Set Ablaze In Deadly Sidewalk Attack That Ended With Killer Behind Bars Sleeping DC Man Set Ablaze In Deadly Sidewalk Attack That Ended With Killer Behind Bars Sleeping DC Man Set Ablaze In Deadly Sidewalk Attack That Ended With Killer Behind Bars
Sleeping DC Man Set Ablaze In Deadly Sidewalk Attack That Ended With Killer Behind Bars A man sleeping on a DC sidewalk was set ablaze in a vicious late-night attack, but managed to get to his feet and walk toward help before dying from his burns two days later. More than six years after the deadly attack along H Street NE, D’Aundrey Scott, 32, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for a late-night arson spree that killed 62-year-old Darryl Finney and nearly injured another man, federal prosecutors announced on Friday, Oct. 23. The violence began shortly after midnight on May 13, 2020, when Scott approached a man lying on the sidewalk in the 1300 block of H Street NE, accor…

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Transgender Virginia Sex Offender's Disturbing Webcam Scheme Targeted Boys As Young As 10: Feds Transgender Virginia Sex Offender's Disturbing Webcam Scheme Targeted Boys As Young As 10: Feds Transgender Virginia Sex Offender's Disturbing Webcam Scheme Targeted Boys As Young As 10: Feds
Transgender Virginia Sex Offender's Disturbing Webcam Scheme Targeted Boys As Young As 10: Feds A transgender Virginia sex offender used her exposed breasts to deceive boys as young as 10 into performing sexually explicit acts on camera, federal prosecutors said. Joseph Downing Barnes Jr., 35, of Virginia Beach, was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison after recording the encounters, years after a previous conviction for distributing child sexual abuse material, prosecutors announced on Friday, Oct. 23. According to court documents, Barnes engaged in webcam conversations with boys between approximately 10 and 15 years old, using deception to persuade them to engage in sexually expl…

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Man Charged With Murder Of 7-Month-Old DC Boy More Than 3 Years After His Death: Police Man Charged With Murder Of 7-Month-Old DC Boy More Than 3 Years After His Death: Police Man Charged With Murder Of 7-Month-Old DC Boy More Than 3 Years After His Death: Police
Man Charged With Murder Of 7-Month-Old DC Boy More Than 3 Years After His Death: Police More than three years after 7-month-old King Phelps died from blunt force trauma in DC, a 29-year-old man has been charged with his murder. Metropolitan Police Department officers were called to the 1300 block of Morris Road SE at approximately 2:18 a.m. on Thursday, March 16, 2023, where they found the infant unconscious and unresponsive. DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services personnel responded, but King showed no signs of life and was pronounced dead at the scene. His body was transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, which determined that he died from complications of b…

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Another Arrest Made In Deadly NJ Hit-Run After Drugs Found In U-Haul: Prosecutor Another Arrest Made In Deadly NJ Hit-Run After Drugs Found In U-Haul: Prosecutor Another Arrest Made In Deadly NJ Hit-Run After Drugs Found In U-Haul: Prosecutor
Another Arrest Made In Deadly NJ Hit-Run After Drugs Found In U-Haul: Prosecutor A search of the Acura and U-Haul trailer involved in a deadly hit-and-run on Route 17 in Paramus turned up hundreds of THC cartridges, leading to a second arrest and new drug charges against the driver accused of killing a Bronx woman, authorities said. Michael C. Marciano, 47, of Fairport (Monroe County), NY, who was driving a Jeep in tandem with the Acura at the time of the crash, owned the Acura and had rented the U-Haul trailer, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Marciano surrendered to authorities Friday, Oct. 23, and was charged with two counts of second-degree possession wit…

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Man Accused Of Decapitating Virginia Iwo Jima Statue Has Surprising Immigration History Man Accused Of Decapitating Virginia Iwo Jima Statue Has Surprising Immigration History Man Accused Of Decapitating Virginia Iwo Jima Statue Has Surprising Immigration History
Man Accused Of Decapitating Virginia Iwo Jima Statue Has Surprising Immigration History The man accused of taking a sledgehammer to a Virginia war memorial and knocking the head off a Marine statue was once protected from deportation, federal officials say. Miguel Alonso Maldonado Soriano, 27, of Stafford, is a Mexican national who previously received protection under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which has since expired, according to the Department of Homeland Security. The revelation comes two days after Maldonado Soriano was arrested for allegedly attacking the Iwo Jima memorial near Marine Corps Base Quantico, causing damage estimated in the hu…

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