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Man Arrested For Sexually Abusing Girl Who Walked In During Burglary In Maryland, Police Say Man Arrested For Sexually Abusing Girl Who Walked In During Burglary In Maryland, Police Say
Man Arrested For Sexually Abusing Girl Who Walked In During Burglary In Maryland, Police Say A 33-year-old man has been arrested following a break-in where he allegedly raped an underage girl who came home while he was burglarizing their apartment in Montgomery County, police say. Eric Bacon was arrested and charged with burglary and first-degree rape of a minor late last month, now investigators are concerned that there could be additional victims. According to the Montgomery County Department of Police, on Wednesday, April 24, Bacon entered an apartment in the 15000 block of Frederick Road, and at approximately 3 p.m. that day, a girl arrived home to find him inside her home. It…

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by Zak Failla
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Escapee Who Ditched Court-Ordered GPS Device Apprehended In Maryland, Sheriff Says Escapee Who Ditched Court-Ordered GPS Device Apprehended In Maryland, Sheriff Says
Escapee Who Ditched Court-Ordered GPS Device Apprehended In Maryland, Sheriff Says A woman is back behind bars months after she escaped from custody in St. Mary's County. An alert was issued in March by the sheriff's office after Lexington Park native Ashley Lauren Markart managed to escape her home detention following her arrest for a weapons offense. According to officials, Markart was on home detention when she removed her court-ordered GPS monitoring device and fled the area. The 31-year-old woman was reported missing on Wednesday, March 6 by the sheriff's office, which said that she had been located and apprehended on Friday. No details about possible new charges w…

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by Zak Failla
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Maryland Man Charged For Nationwide Swatting Scheme With Online Group: Feds Maryland Man Charged For Nationwide Swatting Scheme With Online Group: Feds
Maryland Man Charged For Nationwide Swatting Scheme With Online Group: Feds Men from Maryland and Virginia are among three who have been charged in connection to a string of swatting incidents across the country, federal authorities announced.  This week, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Owen Jarboe, 18, of Hagerstown, Evan Strauss, 26, of Moneta, Virginia, and Brayden Grace, 18, of Columbus, Ohio with a host of offenses for making swatting calls to multiple police and emergency departments across the country. According to the six-count indictment, between December 2023 and January 2024, the three, along with others, were part of an online …

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by Zak Failla
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Murder-Suicide Being Probed By Police After Welfare Check In Maryland (UPDATED) Murder-Suicide Being Probed By Police After Welfare Check In Maryland (UPDATED)
Murder-Suicide Being Probed By Police After Welfare Check In Maryland (Updated) Police in Prince George's County are investigating an apparent domestic-related murder-suicide inside a Beltsville home after two were found dead overnight during a welfare check.  Ji Tu, 78, and his wife, Li Tu, 72, have been identified by police as the pair found shot to death during on Thursday night. At around 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 9, officers were called to the 3600 block of Stonehall Drive in Beltsville to conduct a welfare check, where they found two people inside a home suffering from gunshot wounds. Both were pronounced dead at the scene by first responders, according to…

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by Zak Failla
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Church Burglar Caught On Camera Wanted In Maryland: Police Church Burglar Caught On Camera Wanted In Maryland: Police
Church Burglar Caught On Camera Wanted In Maryland: Police A thief stealing copper pipes is at large in Montgomery County after being caught on camera robbing a church in Chevy Chase, police say. An alert was issued and photo released on Friday morning following an incident that was reported in April at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the 5400 block of Western Avenue. According to the Montgomery County Department of Police, on Tuesday, April 16, officers were called to the church to investigate a reported burglary after a man forced his way into the building and began cutting sections of copper piping. Investigators say that the…

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by Zak Failla
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Fleeing Driver Busted With Drugs, Weapons Following Traffic Stop In St. Mary's County: Sheriff Fleeing Driver Busted With Drugs, Weapons Following Traffic Stop In St. Mary's County: Sheriff
Fleeing Driver Busted With Drugs, Weapons Following Traffic Stop In St. Mary's County: Sheriff A 29-year-old man wasn't quick enough to evade members of the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office after attempting to flee on foot from a traffic stop, officials say. Rico Kinta Keyes, Jr. tried to pull a fast one on deputies, but ultimately found himself in custody and facing drug charges following what started as a routine traffic stop in Lexington Park. According to a spokesperson from the sheriff's office, deputies conducted a vehicle stop in the area of Briarwood Court and Fox Ridge Road when the driver made traffic violations. During the stop, Keyes, the only person inside the vehicle…

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by Zak Failla
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Rare Severe Geomagnetic Storm Watch Issued For First Time In Nearly 20 Years Rare Severe Geomagnetic Storm Watch Issued For First Time In Nearly 20 Years
Rare Severe Geomagnetic Storm Watch Issued For First Time In Nearly 20 Years You may soon get a view of a rare spectacle. According to the NOAA National Weather Service's Space Weather Prediction Center, a series of solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) began on Wednesday, May 8. CMEs are explosions of plasma and magnetic fields from the sun’s corona. Space weather forecasters have issued a Severe (G4) Geomagnetic Storm Watch for the evening of Friday, May 10. It's the first time a G4 Watch has been issued since January 2005. The watch says CMEs may linger into Sunday, May 12. Geomagnetic storms can also trigger spectacular displays of aurora (…

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Penn State Coach's Harassment Made Maryland Majorette Suicidal: Complaint Penn State Coach's Harassment Made Maryland Majorette Suicidal: Complaint
Penn State Coach's Harassment Made Maryland Majorette Suicidal: Complaint Penn State is required to respond to a former Blue Band Majorette's lawsuit within 14 days, a federal judge ruled on May 7, 2024, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice.  Kaitlyn Wassel, of Hagerstown, Maryland developed a "passion for twirling" during a "free 8-week trial clinic in her hometown," as stated in the complaint filed in Dec. 2023.  When the clinic ended, she joined the local twirling club, quickly advancing to a national competition team, her lawyer explained on her and her family's behalf in the background portion of the case documen…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Hit-Run Driver Arrested Months After Victim Dies At Maryland Hospital, Sheriff Says Hit-Run Driver Arrested Months After Victim Dies At Maryland Hospital, Sheriff Says
Hit-Run Driver Arrested Months After Victim Dies At Maryland Hospital, Sheriff Says A hit-and-run driver in Maryland is behind bars months after a man was struck and died at an area hospital days later in December, authorities announced. Catherine Ann Thornton, 39, has ben arrested and charged with multiple homicide offenses for her role in the fatal crash involving Aaron Douglas III last year. Shortly after 8 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, deputies from the Wicomico County Sheriff's Office were called to the area of South Upper Ferry Road and Siloam Road in Eden, where they found Douglas suffering from life-threatening injuries. He was flown to an area hospital for treatm…

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by Zak Failla
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Police ID Pedestrian Struck, Killed By BMW After Crashing Van In Maryland Police ID Pedestrian Struck, Killed By BMW After Crashing Van In Maryland
Police ID Pedestrian Struck, Killed By BMW After Crashing Van In Maryland A man who crashed his van and got out to investigate the damage in Montgomery County was struck and killed by a BMW driver, police say. Clinton resident Earl William Smith, 43, has been identified as the person who was pronounced dead at the scene of a crash in Rockville early on Wednesday morning. The incident was reported shortly after 5:30 a.m. on May 8 near the intersection of Muncaster Mill Road and Norbeck Road. According to the Montgomery County Department of Police, Smith was driving a Ford transit T350 when he struck a sign, causing the van to become disabled in the median. For u…

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One Airlifted To Trauma Center After Five-Vehicle Crash On Route 50 In Maryland: State Police One Airlifted To Trauma Center After Five-Vehicle Crash On Route 50 In Maryland: State Police
One Airlifted To Trauma Center After Five-Vehicle Crash On Route 50 In Maryland: State Police One person was airlifted to a shock trauma center and another was hospitalized following a five-vehicle crash that remains under investigation in Maryland, state police say. Shortly after 7 a.m. on Thursday morning, troopers were called to a stretch of the westbound lanes of US Route 50 near the Malkus Bridge, where there was a reported multi-vehicle crash involving a tractor-trailer. Investigators say that a Ford pick-up was heading west on the highway when it struck a tractor-trailer and became disabled, causing the Ford to head into the travel lanes, where it was struck by oncoming traff…

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by Zak Failla
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Volunteer FD Bilked By Cyber Criminals Out Of $200K Earmarked For New Ambulances In Maryland Volunteer FD Bilked By Cyber Criminals Out Of $200K Earmarked For New Ambulances In Maryland
Volunteer FD Bilked By Cyber Criminals Out Of $200K Earmarked For New Ambulances In Maryland Cyber criminals got the best of a Maryland fire department that is out of more than $200,000 that had been earmarked to purchase two ambulances.  The Rockville Volunteer Fire Department issued an alert on Thursday advising that a group posing as a vendor the agency had been working with had been bilked in late April as they continue to recover the cash. According to the department, the Montgomery County Department of Police, US Secret Service, and FBI have all been notified, and their bank has been able to return approximately half of the stolen funds. County government is also involv…

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by Zak Failla