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Aldi To Replace Baltimore County
Joann
Store: Report
Cockeysville residents will soon be getting a new grocery store and saying goodbye to a fabric favorite later this month, reports WMAR 2 News. Aldi supermarket will replace the JOANN fabric store located at the Church Lane Center near Cranbrook Road after the fabric store closes its doors Jan. 15. Aldi previously went before the county last summer to propose a Cockeysville location. No official opening date for the new supermarket has been revealed, the outlet continues. After word of the JOANN closure got out, customers began to worry about a rumored "list" of stores set for cl…
Bowie, MD
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Hit-Run Driver Apprehended Days After Setting Off Fatal I-95 Crash: Maryland State Police
A routine traffic stop near Baltimore led to the apprehension of a hit-and-run suspect who was wanted in connection to a fatal chain-reaction crash that killed a pedestrian in Prince George's County earlier this month. Lidia Parada Benitez, 63, of Baltimore, has been charged with leaving the scene of an injury collision and failing to report a collision to police following the fatal incident on Sunday, Dec. 4 that claimed the life of Columbia resident Ceasar Alfred Charles Burke. Shortly before 9:50 a.m. on Dec. 4, troopers from the Maryland State Police College Park Barrack responded to …
Bowie, MD
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Maryland State Police ID Nissan Altima That Kicked Off Fatal Hit-Run Crash On I-95
Recognize this vehicle? Maryland State Police investigators are seeking the public's assistance in tracking down the driver of a vehicle sporting new Jersey tags that is believed to have been involved in a fatal hit-and-run crash in Prince George’s County over the weekend. Investigators say that they are looking for a black 2009 Nissan Altima with the New Jersey license plate “P92NJE” that may have been involved in the fatal crash that killed 23-year-old Columbia resident Ceasar Alfred Charles Burke on Sunday, Dec. 4. Shortly before 10 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 4, troopers from the Maryland S…
Bowie, MD
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Driver Struck, Killed By Cars, Tractor-Trailer During Argument Outside Vehicle On I-95: Police
A violent scene played out on I-95 in Maryland early on Sunday morning when a man attempting to assist a woman who wandered into the roadway during an argument on the side of the road was struck by multiple cars, state police announced. Howard County resident Ceaser Alfred Charles Burke, 23, of Columbia, was pronounced dead after being struck by three vehicles - two of which fled the area - while offering aid to a woman he had been talking with in the shoulder of the roadway, police say. Shortly before 10 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 4, troopers from the Maryland State Police College Park Barrack r…
Columbia, MD
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Group Of Teens Charged With Stealing 16 Vehicles In Maryland: Police
Howard County police have charged a group of teenage suspects for stealing numerous vehicles during a six-month period in 2022. The arrests of the teens closed 16 vehicle thefts occurring from February-July in Laurel, Elkridge, Hanover, and neighboring jurisdictions, according to Howard County police. Alexander Bennett, 19, of Laurel, is charged with 15 counts of motor vehicle theft and 30 total counts of felony theft. An 18-year-old boy from Elkridge, who was 17 years old at the time of the incidents, is charged in 11 vehicle thefts. He also is charged with weapon violations for a handgu…
Columbia, MD
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Rifle-Wielding Shooter Sentenced For 'Disturbing' 2019 Maryland Murder: State's Attorney
A Maryland man is facing life in prison for his role in the violent murder of a man in Howard County after a physical altercation went sideways, the state’s attorney’s office announced. Franck Herman Ngande, 25, was convicted on murder and other charges, Howard County State’s Attorney Rich Gibson announced on Tuesday, Oct. 25, for his role in the death of Columbia resident Taiwan Dashon Dorsey in 2019. Prosecutors said that shortly before 1:30 p.m. on July 20, 2019, Howard County Police officers responded to the 12000 block of Little Patuxent Parkway for a report of a shooting. Upon arriv…
Columbia, MD
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One Killed, One Hospitalized Following Multi-Vehicle I-95 Crash In Maryland: State Police
One person was killed, and another was hospitalized with serious injuries as a strange scene unfolded on I-95 in Howard County, according to Maryland State Police. Baltimore resident Alcira Garcia De Dubon, 50, was ejected from a vehicle at approximately 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 25 after a Porche rear-ended a Mazda she was a passenger in while driving through Elkridge, police said. Maryland State Police troopers responded to a stretch of I-95 near Maryland Route 100, where there was a reported multi-vehicle crash involving a 2016 Porsche Cayenne and 2008 Mazda CX-9 when the former struck…
Columbia, MD
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Maryland Boy Killed Alleged Antagonist In Brutal Parking Lot Assault: Police
Police have arrested a 15-year-old boy in connection to the murder of a 36-year-old man in Howard County, authorities say. The teen is accused of shooting Rakki Miguel Jones-Onyejiaka in a parking lot in the 10400 block of Hickory Ridge Road around 8:17 p.m., Friday, Oct. 7, according to Howard County police. Rakki Jones was a one of a kind individuals, when you met him you couldn't help but like him, some of us came to love... Posted by David Emerson on Sunday, October 9, 2022 Investigators say that the boy's family and the suspect had been engaged in an ongoing dispute before the mur…
Columbia, MD
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Police ID Man Killed In Maryland Apartment Parking Lot, Police Say
Police investigators in Maryland have identified the man who was found shot to death while parked in a Howard County apartment. The body of Columbia resident Rakki Miguel Jones-Onyejiaka, 36, was found late on Friday, Oct. 7 in the 10400 block of Hickory Ridge Road following an investigation into shots fired, police in Howard County announced. Upon arrival, police said that they found Jones-Onyejiaka with a gunshot wound in the parking lot of the complex. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Jones-Onyejiaka was a Hickory Ridge Road resident, according to police, thou…
Columbia, MD
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Man Killed In Maryland Apartment Parking Lot, Police Say
Police in Maryland are investigating after a man was found shot to death in the parking lot of a Howard County apartment complex. In Columbia, officers responded shortly after 8:15 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 7 to the 10400 block of Hickory Ridge Road to a reported shooting in the area. Upon arrival, police said that they found a man - whose name has not been released - with a gunshot wound in the parking lot of the complex. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators have not released any additional information about the shooting or potential suspect. The murder remains under investigati…
Columbia, MD
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Biker Ejected From Ride Killed By Hit-Run Driver, Struck By Second Vehicle In Maryland: Police
A hit-and-run driver who killed a 55-year-old man in Maryland is at large following an early morning crash in Howard County. Columbia resident Timothy Joseph Wise was riding a motorized bike shortly after 3 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 25 on Maryland Route 175 between I-95 and Route 108 in Elkridge when he was struck by an unknown driver, according to a spokesperson with the Howard County Police Department. Wise was ejected from his bike into the roadway after the initial contact, police said, at which point he was struck by a second vehicle. The driver of the first vehicle sped away, while the …
Gaithersburg, MD
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Feds Allege Man Obstructed Death Investigation Of University Of Maryland Football Coach's Son
A Maryland man is being accused of interfering with the investigation into the death of the son of University of Maryland football coach Mike Locksley, according to court documents. Meiko Locksley, 25, was shot in the chest and killed in September 2017 in Howard County in the 5500 block of Harpers Farm Road in Columbia, though no killer has ever been brought to justice for the murder. 4/24/92-9/3/17 pic.twitter.com/NPC6Gk2s2R — Michael Locksley (@CoachLocks) September 3, 2022 According to reports, Gaithersburg resident John Willie Kennedy, Jr. is the latest to bring renewed attention t…
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