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Police & Fire
'I Just Talked To You Last Night': Southern Maryland Man, 27, Killed In Early Morning Crash
He was alive the night before. By Tuesday morning, friends were struggling to believe 27-year-old Malik Javonn Somerville was gone after a single-vehicle crash claimed his life in Maryland. The Chaptico resident was killed around 7:40 a.m. on Tuesday, June 30, after his pickup truck left Thompson Corner Road in Mechanicsville, according to the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office. When first responders arrived in the 27500 block of Thompson Corner Road, they found Somerville trapped inside his green pickup truck after it had crashed. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators…
Police & Fire
Girl Escapes Alleged Kidnapping Attempt Near Maryland Pond, Man Arrested: Police
A Maryland man who violently assaulted a young girl over the weekend has been tracked down and taken into custody, authorities announced. Conowingo resident Christopher Jene Lane, 32, has been arrested in connection with the June 27 Majors Choice incident, in which he attacked a child, according to the Bel Air Police Department. At around 4:40 p.m. on Saturday, officers were called to the area of Majors Choice Drive and Grayson Square, where there was a report of an assault involving an underage girl. Police say the girl was walking along the sidewalk near the community pond when she passe…
Police & Fire
Teen Driver Crashes Into Maryland House After Striking Off-Duty Officer, Fleeing Scene: Police
A 15-year-old driver is in custody after police say they struck an off-duty police officer, fled the scene, and then crashed into a house on Tuesday afternoon in Maryland. The series of crashes unfolded in the 12800 block of Bushey Drive in Montgomery County, where officers responded to reports of a vehicle that had plowed into a home, according to a police spokesperson. Investigators say the initial collision involved an off-duty police officer. Instead of stopping, the teen driver allegedly fled before slamming into the house a short time later. The teen was taken into custody following…
Police & Fire
Second Alarm Struck As Tire-Filled Trailers Burn Outside Maryland Business (
Developing
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Black smoke poured into the Maryland sky as trailer after trailer loaded with tires erupted in flames Tuesday afternoon. Firefighters rushed to Pulaski Tire Service in Rosedale after a commercial fire broke out in the 7800 block of Pulaski Highway, where crews found multiple trailers burning and quickly struck a second alarm, according to the Baltimore County Fire Department. The fire was reported shortly after 3 p.m. on Tuesday, June 30. When crews arrived, they found multiple trailers fully involved, each packed with tires that continued fueling the fast-moving blaze. Baltimore County…
Police & Fire
Maryland Murder Suspect Believed To Be Getting Help While On Run Nearly 6 Years, Police Say
Justice has been waiting nearly six years. So has the family of a 22-year-old Maryland man whose accused killer is still on the run, despite years of investigative work and now a growing federal manhunt. Prince George's County police are once again asking for the public's help in finding 34-year-old Dayvon Gordon, who is wanted in the October 2020 fatal shooting of Andre Lamont Cox Jr. in Landover. With Gordon still nowhere to be found, the US Marshals Service is now offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to his arrest. Cox was gunned down on Oct. 27, 2020, after offic…
Police & Fire
Teen Busted With Two Guns After Pair Shot At Place Of Worship In DC: MPD (
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Not even a place of worship was sacred enough to avoid gun violence in the nation's capital. Two men were shot on the grounds of a Northeast DC church on Monday afternoon before police uncovered another alarming surprise inside the building: a teenage witness carrying two firearms in two backpacks. The violence was reported around 4:05 p.m. on June 29 in the Rosedale neighborhood near 17th and Gales streets, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. Officers already in the area heard gunfire and rushed toward the scene, where bystanders directed them to a place of worship in the 700…
Police & Fire
Toddler Turns Blue, Nearly Chokes To Death At BWI Airport Before CBP Personnel Save His Life
His second birthday was suddenly in doubt. A toddler is expected to celebrate the milestone after four CBP personnel sprang into action when the child began choking and turned blue inside Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. The frightening medical emergency unfolded inside the international arrivals area at BWI, where the child had just arrived from Germany with his US citizen mother and father, according to Customs and Border Protection. While the family waited in the primary inspection line, the toddler suddenly began seizing. An alert CBP officer immediately r…
Police & Fire
Woman Settled Bicycle Dispute By Throwing Cup Of Bleach At Man, Police Say
There are arguments. And then there's this one. A woman with no fixed address is accused of throwing a cup of bleach at a man during a predawn confrontation in Virginia after insisting he had stolen her bicycle, police said. The strange scene played out around 3:30 a.m. on Monday, June 29, near Richmond Highway and Featherstone Road in Woodbridge, where police say 53-year-old Talia Marie Nesemeier approached a 50-year-old man with an accusation instead of a conversation. According to investigators from the Prince William County Police Department, Nesemeier claimed the victim had stole…
Police & Fire
Family Uncovers Month-Long Scam After Victim Changes Phone Number, Sheriff Says
They didn't ask for a gift card. They wanted gold. A new phone number. And more than a month of complete trust. A Virginia resident spent weeks following the orders of scammers who claimed they were investigating an international crime ring, convincing the woman that her identity had been hijacked to open bank accounts used by organized criminals around the world, authorities said. The bizarre scheme finally came apart in Stafford County after one last instruction: Change your phone number. That unexpected move caught the attention of the victim's family, who quickly realized something wa…
Police & Fire
Victim's Crashed SUV, Shell Casing Lead To Arrest In Maryland Murder: Police
The shell casing broke the case. A Maryland teenager has been arrested in the killing of a Gaithersburg man whose SUV was later found abandoned after crashing just minutes after the fatal shooting, Montgomery County police announced. North Potomac resident Earl Deangelo Charles Jr., 18, has been arrested more than two months after the April 9 death of 32-year-old Christopher Gove. Specifically, Charles was charged with: First-degree murder; Armed carjacking; Use of a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence. The investigation began shortly before 6 a.m. that morning when officers…
Police & Fire
Woman Wakes To Find Masked Intruder Standing At Foot Of Her Bed In Maryland Home: Sheriff
She opened her eyes to every homeowner's nightmare. A Maryland woman woke up in the middle of the night to find a masked stranger standing at the foot of her bed before the intruder took off running through her home and disappeared into the darkness, authorities said. The terrifying home invasion happened during the early morning hours of Saturday, June 27, at an apartment in the 1000 block of Beaglin Park Drive in Salisbury. According to the Wicomico County Sheriff's Office, the woman awoke to find an unknown man inside her bedroom. The suspect was described as a Black man standing betwe…
Police & Fire
Hours After Hosting Community Event, Maryland Mom Killed In Crash That Left Family Heartbroken
She had just spent the evening bringing people together. Hours later, a Maryland mother was dead after a single-vehicle crash in Prince George's County, leaving behind grieving loved ones who say her children were "her entire world." The crash happened at approximately 12:50 a.m. on Sunday, June 28, along northbound Woodyard Road near Pine View Lane in Clinton. Prince George's County Police later identified the victim as 32-year-old Janae Mathis, of Clinton. According to investigators, Mathis was driving north on Woodyard Road when, for reasons still under investigation, she appeared …
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