Glen Burnie, MD
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Home Invaders Thwarted By Rifle-Wielding Homeowner In Maryland, Police Say Home Invaders Thwarted By Rifle-Wielding Homeowner In Maryland, Police Say
Home Invaders Thwarted By Rifle-Wielding Homeowner In Maryland, Police Say A group of home invaders picked the wrong person to mess with on Tuesday night after being met by a rifle-wielding homeowner in Anne Arundel County, police say. Officers were called at around 9:30 p.m. on May 28 to the 1400 block of Colony Road in Pasadena, near the White Rocks Marina and Boatyard, where a 21-year-old man reported that he had been followed into his home by several armed suspects.  Police say that the would-be victim was able to retreat into his home, retrieved a rifle, and fired several shots, causing the suspects to scatter and flee. It is unclear if any of the suspe…

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by Zak Failla
Lower Merion-Narberth, PA
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More Sought For Questioning After Off-Duty Cop Robbed Of Gun: Philly PD More Sought For Questioning After Off-Duty Cop Robbed Of Gun: Philly PD
More Sought For Questioning After Off-Duty Cop Robbed Of Gun: Philly PD Several men are sought for questioning in connection with the assault and robbery of an off-duty Philadelphia police officer, according to authorities.  The officer's personal gun was stolen in an attack on the 2100 block of West Oxford Street on Sunday morning, May 12, police said previously.  He "managed to disarm this offender and fire the attacker's weapon in self-defense" before the suspect fled in a black BMW sedan, according to PPD.  The suspect was arrested in Kensington on Sunday afternoon, and four women who were previously wanted for questioning have since be…

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by Mac Bullock
Albany, NY
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Gunman Who Killed Dad On 21st Birthday In Capital Region Gets Decades In Prison Gunman Who Killed Dad On 21st Birthday In Capital Region Gets Decades In Prison
Gunman Who Killed Dad On 21st Birthday In Capital Region Gets Decades In Prison Two years after a young father was gunned down on his 21st birthday in the region, the man who pulled the trigger is facing decades in prison. Anthony Romero, age 25, was sentenced to 37 years to life in prison in Schenectady County Court on Wednesday, May 1, after a jury convicted him of murdering Treavine Tate. Schenectady Police were called at around 11:30 p.m. on May 30, 2022, with reports of multiple gunshots near State and Hulett streets. Earlier Report: Suspect Sought After Man Fatally Shot In Schenectady On 21st Birthday Officers later learned that Tate, a former Bronx res…

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by Michael Mashburn
Lower Merion-Narberth, PA
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Security Guard Critical After Shooting At Philly Gas Station: Police Security Guard Critical After Shooting At Philly Gas Station: Police
Security Guard Critical After Shooting At Philly Gas Station: Police One person is dead and a security guard is critically injured following a confrontation at a Fairmount gas station Tuesday night, April 9, Philadelphia police say.  Authorities said it happened at 900 W. College Avenue around 7 p.m. The 30-year-old security guard and a 39-year-old man got into a "verbal altercation" before they exchanged gunfire, police believe.  The security guard was hit in the left thigh and hospitalized in "critical but stable condition," while the 39-year-old was shot in the face and torso and pronounced dead minutes later, PPD said.  Authorities b…

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by Mac Bullock
Bristol, PA
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Pennsylvania Pizzeria Owner Admits To Killing Partner, Prosecutors Say Pennsylvania Pizzeria Owner Admits To Killing Partner, Prosecutors Say
Pennsylvania Pizzeria Owner Admits To Killing Partner, Prosecutors Say The part owner of Pina's Pizza in Chalfont admitted to killing her partner on Monday, April 8, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office.  Anna Maria Tolomello, 50, pleaded guilty to the third-degree murder of Giovanni Gallina, prosecutors said in a release.  Tolomello was arrested in March 2022 after police said they found 64-year-old Gallina's body wrapped in a blue tarp in a bedroom of their shared Hilltown home. Officers were sent for a welfare check when Gallina's son said he hadn't heard from his father in over a week.  Tolomello reportedly told him…

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by Mac Bullock
Arlington, VA
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Man Shot By Victim During Armed Carjacking In Northeast DC Gets Prison Time Man Shot By Victim During Armed Carjacking In Northeast DC Gets Prison Time
Man Shot By Victim During Armed Carjacking In Northeast DC Gets Prison Time The District man who got himself shot during an attempted carjacking in Northeast DC will spend years in prison after admitting to the crime in November.  Marcus Thompson, 28, has been sentenced to seven years in prison for an early morning carjacking last summer that resulted with him being shot by his would-be victim, who was carrying his own weapon and took matters into his own hands, authorities say. According to court documents, at around 6 a.m. on July 17, 2023, Thompson admitted that he approached his victim armed with a handgun, which he put to his back as he was taking items o…

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by Zak Failla
Bowie, MD
Obituaries
Family Mourns 21-Year-Old Killed During Domestic-Related Stabbing Inside Maryland Home Family Mourns 21-Year-Old Killed During Domestic-Related Stabbing Inside Maryland Home
Family Mourns 21-Year-Old Killed During Domestic-Related Stabbing Inside Maryland Home Loved ones are mourning after the tragic death of a 21-year-old Maryland man in what police say was a domestic-related stabbing. Cristo Johnson of Lanham was fatally stabbed at a home on the 8000 block of Greenfield Drive around 7:15 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 25, Prince George’s County Police Department said. Police Corporal Antonia Washington said in a statement to WUSA9 at the time that Johnson was stabbed by a woman he lived with and that the the incident was being investigated as a “possible self-defense case amongst family members.” Her identity was not released, and detectives are workin…

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by Valerie Musson
Towson, MD
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Woman Shoots Ex-BF Who Broke Into Baltimore Home, Police Say Woman Shoots Ex-BF Who Broke Into Baltimore Home, Police Say
Woman Shoots Ex-BF Who Broke Into Baltimore Home, Police Say A woman shot her ex-boyfriend as he broke into her Maryland home overnight on Tuesday, Feb. 6, police said. Baltimore Police responded to investigate the reported shooting on the 3000 block of West Garrison Avenue and found a 28-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the stomach around 1:30 a.m. The man was taken to a nearby hospital in stable condition. A follow-up investigation found that the man had broken into his ex-girlfriend’s house and "attempted to get into her locked bedroom" before she shot him, police said. The investigation is being led by Northern District Shooting detectives.…

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by Valerie Musson
Reading, PA
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PA Dad Killed Woman Before His Son Shot Him In Self-Defense: Authorities PA Dad Killed Woman Before His Son Shot Him In Self-Defense: Authorities
PA Dad Killed Woman Before His Son Shot Him In Self-Defense: Authorities A Northumberland County man was shot dead by his son after killing a woman and threatening to harm others at a Lower Mahanoy home on Sunday night, Jan. 7, according to officials.   State police previously announced they were investigating the deaths of Tracey Adams and Brandi Hauck, who they said were found at 844 Malta Road around 5 p.m.  Investigators now say Adams was involved in a "verbal and physical" domestic dispute at a house on Adams Road earlier in the evening. The fight caused an adult woman and a daughter of Adams' to flee the home and go to Hauck's house on Malta…

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by Mac Bullock
Newburgh, NY
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Man Convicted Of Assaulting Woman Who Stabbed Him In Self-Defense In Hudson Valley Man Convicted Of Assaulting Woman Who Stabbed Him In Self-Defense In Hudson Valley
Man Convicted Of Assaulting Woman Who Stabbed Him In Self-Defense In Hudson Valley A 50-year-old man has been found guilty of assaulting a woman who tried jumping out of a window to flee before stabbing him in self-defense inside a Hudson Valley apartment, officials announced.  Orange County resident Brian Powell of Newburgh, age 50, was convicted on charges related to an assault that happened in Middletown in January 2023. According to officials, on Saturday, Jan. 7, the woman who was assaulted went to an apartment in Middletown with an acquaintance. Inside this apartment were Powell and other people whom the victim did not know, Orange County Distric…

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by Ben Crnic
Albany, NY
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Gunman Who Killed 24-Year-Old Postal Worker In Capital Region Sentenced To Prison Gunman Who Killed 24-Year-Old Postal Worker In Capital Region Sentenced To Prison
Gunman Who Killed 24-Year-Old Postal Worker In Capital Region Sentenced To Prison More than a year after a young postal worker was shot to death in the region, his killer is heading to prison. Laquan Fallen, age 24, of Albany, was sentenced to between five and 15 years in prison in Albany County Supreme Court on Friday, Dec. 1. It followed his guilty plea to manslaughter for shooting and killing 24-year-old Czsar Lewis in Albany. Earlier Report: Postal Worker From Albany Who Died At Age 24 Remembered As 'Bright Light' According to prosecutors, the two were near Central Avenue and Robin Street on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022, when Fallen shot Lewis with a handgun. He was…

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by Michael Mashburn
Lancaster, PA
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Cowboy Homicide: Feud Between Men Ends With Murder, Affidavit Cowboy Homicide: Feud Between Men Ends With Murder, Affidavit
Cowboy Homicide: Feud Between Men Ends With Murder, Affidavit A cowboy has been killed in a shooting marking the tragic end of a feud with another man in a neighboring county, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice.  Aiden Kimmet, 25 of New Providence, died at Lancaster General Hospital after being shot with a pistol "multiple times," by 24-year-old Bryan Charles Hollister, 24 of Windsor, as stated in the PSP release.  Troopers were called to "a reported shooting and possible homicide" at a home in the 60 block of Main Street, near Truce Road, in New Providence at 11:20 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 27, police said. When Troopers arrived they fo…

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by Jillian Pikora