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Gary Shifler Dies Days After Being Struck By Driver In Early-Morning Maryland Crash: Police Gary Shifler Dies Days After Being Struck By Driver In Early-Morning Maryland Crash: Police Gary Shifler Dies Days After Being Struck By Driver In Early-Morning Maryland Crash: Police
Gary Shifler Dies Days After Being Struck By Driver In Early-Morning Maryland Crash: Police For two days, Gary Shifler fought to survive. The 60-year-old Clinton man died on Wednesday, Sept. 30, from injuries suffered when he was struck by a driver in Prince George’s County two days earlier, police announced on Friday, Oct. 2. Officers were called to the area of Surratts Road and Lormar Court in Clinton at around 6 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 28, where they found Shifler in the roadway suffering from serious injuries. He was rushed to an area hospital, where he remained until his death. Investigators say the driver was traveling west on Surratts Road when, for reasons still under inve…

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'Your Mom Loves You': Bodycam Captures Moments Before Fatal Maryland Police Shooting (VIDEO) 'Your Mom Loves You': Bodycam Captures Moments Before Fatal Maryland Police Shooting (VIDEO) 'Your Mom Loves You': Bodycam Captures Moments Before Fatal Maryland Police Shooting (VIDEO)
'Your Mom Loves You': Bodycam Captures Moments Before Fatal Maryland Police Shooting (Video) "I love you." Those were some of the last words 21-year-old Sadie Holman said to her loved ones before she was involved in a deadly officer-involved shooting in Maryland. Holman was fatally shot in the 1000 block of Carroll Island Road in Middle River on Thursday, Sept. 3, following a brief standoff with officers as she remained in her car and pulled a gun from the center console. In bodycam footage released by the Attorney General's Office on Friday afternoon, Cpl. James Haddix, an eight-year veteran assigned to the department's Operations Bureau, can be seen attempting to negotiate with …

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Witness Gets Plate, Police Find Driver After Deadly Montgomery County Hit-Run Crash Witness Gets Plate, Police Find Driver After Deadly Montgomery County Hit-Run Crash Witness Gets Plate, Police Find Driver After Deadly Montgomery County Hit-Run Crash
Witness Gets Plate, Police Find Driver After Deadly Montgomery County Hit-Run Crash Police have tracked down the driver who left a 62-year-old woman dying in the roadway after a fatal hit-run in Maryland. Montgomery County Police identified the victim as Rockville resident Saijuan Chen and confirmed on Friday, Oct. 2 that investigators located both the driver and the green 2023 Jeep Wrangler that struck her. Chen was crossing Arctic Avenue in Aspen Hill at approximately 7:21 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 30, when she was struck by the Jeep, according to police. Investigators say the driver was making a left turn onto Arctic Avenue from Bel Pre Road when the Jeep struck Chen. …

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Serious Crash Shuts Down US 50 In Maryland, Forces Drivers Onto Capital Beltway (DEVELOPING) Serious Crash Shuts Down US 50 In Maryland, Forces Drivers Onto Capital Beltway (DEVELOPING) Serious Crash Shuts Down US 50 In Maryland, Forces Drivers Onto Capital Beltway (DEVELOPING)
Serious Crash Shuts Down US 50 In Maryland, Forces Drivers Onto Capital Beltway (Developing) A serious three-vehicle crash brought westbound US 50 to a halt in Maryland on Friday afternoon, forcing drivers off the highway as crews worked to free a trapped person. The crash was reported at approximately 12:54 p.m. on Oct. 2 in Prince George's County, just before the Capital Beltway, according to the Maryland Department of Transportation. All four westbound travel lanes were shut down as firefighters, police and other first responders converged on the scene. Traffic was being diverted onto the ramp to the Outer Loop of I-95/I-495, according to the Metropolitan Area Transportation Op…

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Four Arrested After Maryland Drug Raid Uncovers Fentanyl, Cocaine, Loaded Ghost Gun: Sheriff Four Arrested After Maryland Drug Raid Uncovers Fentanyl, Cocaine, Loaded Ghost Gun: Sheriff Four Arrested After Maryland Drug Raid Uncovers Fentanyl, Cocaine, Loaded Ghost Gun: Sheriff
Four Arrested After Maryland Drug Raid Uncovers Fentanyl, Cocaine, Loaded Ghost Gun: Sheriff A suspected drug house in Maryland had a little bit of everything when detectives came knocking, authorities say. Detectives descended on a Chapman Drive home in Lexington Park on Tuesday, Sept. 29, armed with search warrants tied to an ongoing drug investigation, according to the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office. What they allegedly found inside was extensive. There was cocaine. Crack. Fentanyl. Suspected K-2. Dozens of Suboxone film packages. And sitting among it all, according to investigators, was a loaded .40-caliber handgun with no serial number. By the time detectives finished s…

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Special Prosecutor Named In Cornell Fraternity Gang Rape Investigation Special Prosecutor Named In Cornell Fraternity Gang Rape Investigation Special Prosecutor Named In Cornell Fraternity Gang Rape Investigation
Special Prosecutor Named In Cornell Fraternity Gang Rape Investigation New York Attorney General Letitia James is taking over the criminal investigation after members of a Cornell University fraternity were accused of a gang rape. Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the move in an executive order on Thursday, Oct. 1. The woman, identified as Jane Doe in a civil lawsuit, accused seven current and former members of the Chi Phi fraternity of drugging, sexually assaulting, and gang raping her in October 2024. Hochul said newly released information raised "serious questions" about the Cornell University Police Department's investigation and Tompkins Cou…

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Virginia Sex Offender Sent Back To Prison After Smartphone In Plain Sight Exposes Secret Stash Virginia Sex Offender Sent Back To Prison After Smartphone In Plain Sight Exposes Secret Stash Virginia Sex Offender Sent Back To Prison After Smartphone In Plain Sight Exposes Secret Stash
Virginia Sex Offender Sent Back To Prison After Smartphone In Plain Sight Exposes Secret Stash A convicted Virginia offender who had already served years in federal prison for child sexual abuse material is headed right back after an unauthorized smartphone sitting in plain sight helped expose what he was doing again. William Oyster, 50, of Chesapeake, was sentenced to 10 years and one month in federal prison on Wednesday, Sept. 30, for possession of child sexual abuse material, federal prosecutors announced. It wasn't Oyster's first conviction involving the material. Oyster was convicted in the Eastern District of Virginia in 2012 of receiving child sexual abuse material and remain…

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Virginia Sex Offender Now Has 14 Convictions With 14 More Charges Pending: Prosecutors Virginia Sex Offender Now Has 14 Convictions With 14 More Charges Pending: Prosecutors Virginia Sex Offender Now Has 14 Convictions With 14 More Charges Pending: Prosecutors
Virginia Sex Offender Now Has 14 Convictions With 14 More Charges Pending: Prosecutors A Virginia sex offender accused of repeatedly showing up in places where children were changing has now been convicted of a dozen more felonies. Richard Kenneth Cox, 59, pleaded no contest to 12 felony sex-offender loitering charges in Arlington County Circuit Court on Thursday, Oct. 1, and was found guilty on every count, according to the Commonwealth's Attorney's Office. The convictions stem from a case involving Cox's presence at public school facilities and women's locker rooms, according to an August opinion from the Virginia Court of Appeals. In one incident detailed by the court, po…

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Police Seek Missing Footage After Lamar Garvin Dies In Two-Vehicle Maryland Crash (UPDATED) Police Seek Missing Footage After Lamar Garvin Dies In Two-Vehicle Maryland Crash (UPDATED) Police Seek Missing Footage After Lamar Garvin Dies In Two-Vehicle Maryland Crash (UPDATED)
Police Seek Missing Footage After Lamar Garvin Dies In Two-Vehicle Maryland Crash (Updated) A Maryland driver has died after a two-vehicle crash that remains under investigation, police announced. rLamar Garvin, 61, of Suitland, was identified on Thursday, Oct. 1, as the driver killed in the Temple Hills collision, according to the Prince George's County Police Department. Officers were called to the 4400 block of Branch Avenue at approximately 2:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 30, where two vehicles had crashed. Garvin was rushed to an area hospital, where he died a short time later. The other driver involved in the crash was not injured, police said. Investigators have not releas…

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83-Year-Old Woman Seriously Hurt In PA Hit-Run; Maryland Driver Charged: Police 83-Year-Old Woman Seriously Hurt In PA Hit-Run; Maryland Driver Charged: Police 83-Year-Old Woman Seriously Hurt In PA Hit-Run; Maryland Driver Charged: Police
83-Year-Old Woman Seriously Hurt In PA Hit-Run; Maryland Driver Charged: Police An 83-year-old woman was seriously injured when a pickup truck struck her and fled in Pennsylvania, leading police to a Maryland driver hours later, authorities announced on Thursday, Oct. 1. The crash happened in the 100 block of South Reading Road in Ephrata at approximately 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 29, according to Ephrata Police. The woman was walking south along South Reading Road when a dark-colored pickup truck traveling in the same direction struck her, police said. The driver continued from the scene without stopping, according to police. The Lancaster County Crash Team respon…

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Witness Gets License Plate After Hit-Run Driver Fatally Strikes Woman In Aspen Hill: Police Witness Gets License Plate After Hit-Run Driver Fatally Strikes Woman In Aspen Hill: Police Witness Gets License Plate After Hit-Run Driver Fatally Strikes Woman In Aspen Hill: Police
Witness Gets License Plate After Hit-Run Driver Fatally Strikes Woman In Aspen Hill: Police The driver of a Jeep took off after fatally striking a woman in Maryland, but there was one problem: Someone saw it happen. The 62-year-old woman was struck at approximately 7:21 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 30, near Arctic Avenue and Bel Pre Road in Aspen Hill, Montgomery County police officials said. The driver didn't stick around. Instead, police say the Jeep Wrangler left the scene while the woman was suffering from serious injuries in the roadway. But a witness to the crash was able to give responding officers both a description of the Jeep and its license plate. Officers arriving at th…

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Justice For Honesty: Gunman Admits Killing 3-Year-Old In Family's Parked Car Justice For Honesty: Gunman Admits Killing 3-Year-Old In Family's Parked Car Justice For Honesty: Gunman Admits Killing 3-Year-Old In Family's Parked Car
Justice For Honesty: Gunman Admits Killing 3-Year-Old In Family's Parked Car More than a year after 3-year-old Honesty Cheadle was shot in the head while sitting in a car with her family in DC, the man who pulled the trigger has admitted to killing her. Charles Rucker, 25, pleaded guilty on Thursday, Oct. 1 to first-degree murder while armed and three counts of assault with a dangerous weapon in connection with the July 2025 shooting, according to federal prosecutors. Under the plea agreement, Rucker is expected to spend 35 years behind bars. Honesty had spent the Fourth of July with her family at cookouts and watching fireworks before they returned to Southeast DC…

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