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(RHODES POINT, MD) – Maryland State Police, Natural Resources Police, and US Coast Guard resources were on the scene of the crash of a small plane in the waters of the Chesapeake Bay off Smith Island last night and investigators are interviewing the pilot who swam ashore from the wreckage. Shortly before 4:30 p.m. Sunday, [...]
Maryland State Police homicide investigators are continuing their investigation into the murder of a state prison inmate last night in Allegany County. The victim is identified as Saleem N. Abdullah, 53. He was an inmate at the Western Correctional Institution in Cresaptown. A preliminary ruling today from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner indicates [...]
Montgomery County residents experiencing homelessness are invited to participate in Homeless Resource Day on Wednesday, October 19 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Bohrer Park Activity Center in Gaithersburg. Sponsored by Montgomery County and the City of Gaithersburg, this one-day event will offer a wide range of resources for homeless residents in one [...]
GREENBELT, MD—Nicolas Kantartzis, age 62, of Bethesda, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to wire fraud in connection with a six-year scheme to fraudulently obtain payments from over 200 victims, including federal government agencies, a homeless shelter, banks, and airlines, for toll-free phone calls placed from his payphones. The guilty plea was announced by United States Attorney [...]
Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett today celebrated the completion of a 3,400-foot extension of Woodfield Road from north of Main Street (Maryland Route 108) to Ridge Road (Maryland Route 27) that will provide critical traffic congestion relief and improve safety. Without the extension, an analysis showed that five intersections in Damascus would be inadequate to [...]
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(CHEVERLY, MD) – Maryland State Police and area law enforcement are on the lookout for a suspect vehicle and suspects who are believed to have fired shots at a car on Rt. 50 in Prince George’s County early today. Three men, two of whom are 24 and one who is 22, were victims of the [...]
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Maryland State Police have charged a suspect in connection with last night’s murder of a student at Bowie State University. The accused is identified as Alexis D. Simpson, 19, who is a student at Bowie State University and resides on campus. She is from District Heights, Md. She is charged with first degree murder, second [...]
An autopsy has revealed the cause and manner of death for a missing Wicomico County woman whose body was found in Somerset County last Sunday. The victim was identified on Monday as Alice E. Davis, 55, of the 3500-block of Allen Road, Eden, Md. Her body had been found on September 11th, in a wooded [...]
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Rockville – Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service rescued a 10-year-old boy from a burning house in the 200 block of Elizabeth Avenue in Rockville yesterday morning. Firefighters were dispatched at 0727 for the report of a house fire. First-arriving units encountered heavy smoke and fire from the structure. Firefighters rushed in and pulled an [...]
Cell phones can now be used to pay for parking at nearly 12,000 meters in County Parking Lot Districts with the recent conversion of 1,089 meters in North Bethesda. Since March of this year, parking meters in Bethesda, Silver Spring, Wheaton and Montgomery Hills were converted. To use pay-by-cell, first-time patrons register for the program [...]
