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No Prison Time For Ex-Cop Convicted Of Attempted Murder In Maryland No Prison Time For Ex-Cop Convicted Of Attempted Murder In Maryland
No Prison Time For Ex-Cop Convicted Of Attempted Murder In Maryland A former police officer convicted of attempted murder in Maryland won't spend a day of his sentence behind bars. Robert Warrington, 37, a former City of Bowie police officer, was sentenced on Friday, Sept. 11 in Prince George's County Circuit Court in connection with a September 2024 shooting along Collington Road in Bowie. The sentence: 30 years, with all but 18 months suspended. Those 18 months will be served on home detention. The punishment came nearly four months after the same judge found Warrington guilty following a two-day bench trial in May. Prosecutors had asked that Warringto…

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by Zak Failla
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ICE Refused To Tell Maryland Cops If Agents Had Warrant Before Clash: Chief ICE Refused To Tell Maryland Cops If Agents Had Warrant Before Clash: Chief
ICE Refused To Tell Maryland Cops If Agents Had Warrant Before Clash: Chief ICE agents had a blunt response when Maryland police asked whether they had a warrant during an operation that ended in a violent confrontation with protesters. “We’re not gonna discuss that with you.” That’s what Frederick Police Chief Kevin Meyer said federal agents told his officers during the Sept. 4 operation in the Taskers Chance neighborhood, according to Hagerstown Rapid Response, citing a Sept. 9 interview with WFMD. The exchange is the latest development following a nearly two-day ICE presence in Frederick that ended with agents using batons to remove protesters who had linked ar…

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by Zak Failla
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Six Kids Hurt After Vehicle Leaves Road, Strikes Group Near Maryland High School (DEVELOPING) Six Kids Hurt After Vehicle Leaves Road, Strikes Group Near Maryland High School (DEVELOPING)
Six Kids Hurt After Vehicle Leaves Road, Strikes Group Near Maryland High School (Developing) A group of kids wound up in the hospital after a vehicle veered off a Maryland roadway near a high school. At least six juveniles were struck near Dundalk High School in Baltimore County at approximately 2:45 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 11, according to Baltimore County Police. Investigators say the vehicle reportedly left the roadway in the area of Delvale and Holabird avenues before striking the pedestrians. All six were taken to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. The crash prompted a response from the department's Crash Team and caused delays in the area during t…

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by Zak Failla
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Virginia Teacher Spends Last Day Stepping Up For Students Before Immigration Delay Forces Exit Virginia Teacher Spends Last Day Stepping Up For Students Before Immigration Delay Forces Exit
Virginia Teacher Spends Last Day Stepping Up For Students Before Immigration Delay Forces Exit Darwin De La Cruz spent one of his last days as a Virginia teacher making sure his students would have instruments after he was gone. On Thursday, Sept. 3, the Herndon orchestra teacher drove to a warehouse in Springfield, loaded up 100 instruments for young musicians at Dranesville and Herndon elementary schools, hauled them back and prepared them for students, according to colleague Allison Devereux. Then he went to Back to School Night. By the next day, De La Cruz could no longer work for Fairfax County Public Schools. "He could have said I’m done, but he went. He always goes abov…

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by Zak Failla
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Mom Who Dumped Bloody Jacket After Daughter Said She 'Caught A Body' In Maryland Learns Fate Mom Who Dumped Bloody Jacket After Daughter Said She 'Caught A Body' In Maryland Learns Fate
Mom Who Dumped Bloody Jacket After Daughter Said She 'Caught A Body' In Maryland Learns Fate A mother's love knows no bounds. Yolanda Wilkes pleaded guilty to attempting to conceal an assault committed by her daughter and two others in Baltimore, though she avoided additional time behind bars, according to the State's Attorney's Office. The charges stem from an alleged aggravated assault involving three juveniles that unfolded in the 800 block of West Lombard Street on Feb. 15, an incident that escalated enough that a police officer ultimately fired his weapon. On February 15, 2026, at approximately 12:05 a.m., a Southwest District patrol officer was called to a home in th…

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Second Person Bitten By Beaver At Cunningham Falls In Less Than 2 Weeks Second Person Bitten By Beaver At Cunningham Falls In Less Than 2 Weeks
Second Person Bitten By Beaver At Cunningham Falls In Less Than 2 Weeks High school got off to a rough start for a Maryland boy who was mauled by a massive beaver that left him hospitalized with critical injuries. “D” was swimming in the designated swimming area at Cunningham Falls State Park near Thurmont in July, when his family says a roughly 4-foot-long beaver came out of the deeper water and attacked him. His aunt, Leigh Cebula, said “D” had been swimming underwater looking for fish while his mother and 8-year-old brother watched from shore. It was a place the family knew well. Cebula said “D” had been swimming there since he was little, and that she had…

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Lyft Driver's Discount Deal With 2 Maryland Women Takes Terrifying Turn In Virginia: Police Lyft Driver's Discount Deal With 2 Maryland Women Takes Terrifying Turn In Virginia: Police
Lyft Driver's Discount Deal With 2 Maryland Women Takes Terrifying Turn In Virginia: Police The Lyft driver who abducted two Maryland women in Virginia has been tracked down after a rideshare from hell. Falls Church resident Adar Bulut, 25, was arrested after two women returning from an event out of state found themselves trapped in his vehicle over a dispute about how much they owed him, according to the Prince William County Police Department on Friday, Sept. 11. The 32- and 25-year-old women had requested a ride through the Lyft app to take them home to Woodbridge early Sunday morning, Sept. 6, according to investigators. Police say their driver, later identified as Bulut, pic…

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by Zak Failla
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Teen Survives Days On Overturned Boat In Frigid Sea After Brother, Cousin Die Teen Survives Days On Overturned Boat In Frigid Sea After Brother, Cousin Die
Teen Survives Days On Overturned Boat In Frigid Sea After Brother, Cousin Die A teen boy was rescued from an overturned boat in the Bering Sea after surviving for days without food or water while his brother and cousin died, officials said. Derek Parker Aghnaanga was found sitting on top of a capsized skiff about four miles east of St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, on Monday, Sept. 7, the Coast Guard said in a news release. The 15-year-old had been fishing for halibut with his older brother and cousin when the small boat overturned. The three had left on Friday, Sept. 4, from Savoonga, a city on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska's News Source reported. …

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by Chris Spiker
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Maryland Parents Charged After 2-Month-Old Daughter Dies With Signs Of Trauma: Police Maryland Parents Charged After 2-Month-Old Daughter Dies With Signs Of Trauma: Police
Maryland Parents Charged After 2-Month-Old Daughter Dies With Signs Of Trauma: Police Two parents are facing multiple charges for their alleged roles in an infant's death in Maryland. Officers from the Baltimore Police Department were called shortly after 1 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 9, to Harbor Hospital to investigate a reported infant death. Upon arrival, officers learned that 2-month-old Aida Alvarado had recently been pronounced deceased by medical staff. Members of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner responded and recovered the infant’s remains. Investigators say the preliminary findings indicate that the infant suffered trauma to the body. During the investigati…

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by Zak Failla
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Occupied School Bus With Students On Board Rear-Ended In Maryland (DEVELOPING) Occupied School Bus With Students On Board Rear-Ended In Maryland (DEVELOPING)
Occupied School Bus With Students On Board Rear-Ended In Maryland (Developing) A Friday morning ride to school ended with three people headed to the hospital in Maryland. The crash happened at approximately 7:05 a.m. on Sept. 11 near Woodfield and Greenel roads in Damascus, where a vehicle rear-ended an occupied school bus, according to Montgomery County officials. Five students, two aides and the driver were on the bus at the time. Two adults and one student were taken to an area hospital with minor, non-life-threatening injuries, authorities said. No other students aboard the bus reported injuries. Initial reports indicated there were no serious injuries, and fir…

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Pilot's Final Facebook Post May Have Revealed Couple's Destination Hours Before Deadly Crash Pilot's Final Facebook Post May Have Revealed Couple's Destination Hours Before Deadly Crash
Pilot's Final Facebook Post May Have Revealed Couple's Destination Hours Before Deadly Crash Hours before a training aircraft crashed in a wooded area in Massachusetts, killing both people aboard, one of the victims shared where he was headed that morning. Kenneth R. Moore, 66, of Pembroke, posted on Facebook at 9:39 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 5, that he was flying to Northampton for the Three County Fair. Moore and Marcy Asbury,  62, of East Falmouth, were later identified as the victims on board the plane. Asbury's Facebook profile shows the two were dating. Both were killed in the crash. Final post by Ken Moore Ken Moore Facebook About 12 hours after the post, the Piper P…

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by Cecilia Levine
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100+ Babies Hit Heads, Prompting Urgent Warning About Popular Bouncers 100+ Babies Hit Heads, Prompting Urgent Warning About Popular Bouncers
100+ Babies Hit Heads, Prompting Urgent Warning About Popular Bouncers Federal regulators are warning about a popular type of baby rocker chair after more than 100 infants hit their heads when the bouncers collapsed. The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a warning for about 14,200 Flyboss 3-in-1 Portable Baby Bouncer and Rocker Chairs on Thursday, Sept. 10. The bouncers can collapse while in use, creating a risk of impact injuries to infants. The CPSC has received 191 reports of the bouncers collapsing, with an infant's head striking the surface underneath the bouncer in 115 incidents. Adults "sought medical attention" for at least 20 ba…

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by Chris Spiker