Tag: Howard County Police Department
From Proposal To Murder: Man Accused Of Killing New Fiancée In Ellicott City, Police Say
A Virginia man is behind bars after stabbing his new fiancée in Maryland, police say.
Rondale Dickerson, 34, of Mappsville in Virginia, is facing multiple murder charges following the fatal stabbing of Shelaya Broadwater in her Ellicott City apartment following their recent engagement, according to the Howard County Police Department.
Officers were called shortly after 3 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 18, to an apartment in the 3100 block of West Springs Drive, where they found Broadwater suffering from stab wounds.
She was pronounced dead at the scene by first responders.
According to police, t…
Howard County Police ID 1971 Jane Doe, Reunite Her Children Decades Later
For more than half a century, she was known only as “Jane Doe.”
Her beaten body was found in a Howard County field in 1971, She died days later, was never identified, and her name was lost to time.
For 54 years, the case gathered dust — the police department's oldest cold case homicide.
Now police say they finally know who she was.
Authorities announced Wednesday, Sept. 4, that DNA profiling has revealed the victim as Sadie Belle Murray, born in 1924 in Pennsylvania, who at the time of her death went by Sarah Belle Sharkey.
And in a stunning twist, detectives also tracked down her …
Toddler Found Beaten, Malnourished In Columbia Home; Mother Arrested: Police
A mother was arrested in Pennsylvania after being found responsible for neglecting her 3-year-old child, leading to the child’s death in Maryland last year.
Shalyne Brown, 27, is behind bars following an investigation into the death of her toddler in November last year, according to the Howard County Police Department.
On Nov. 1, 2024, investigators from the agency were called to a Columbia home, following a report of a dead child. Upon arrival, officers found the 3-year-old with multiple bruises and scars on its body.
According to a subsequent autopsy that was completed in March, the deat…
2 Men Charged With Murder In Deadly I-70 Shooting After Frederick Fairgrounds Event: MSP
Weeks after a young Silver Spring man was shot and killed on I-70 in Maryland, police say they’ve arrested two suspects in the highway ambush that left two others hurt.
Francisco Javier Sanchez-Juarez, 28, and Jeffrey Josue Diaz, 24, both of Howard County, were taken into custody without incident on Saturday, June 29, 2025, according to Maryland State Police.
They are charged with first-degree murder and multiple firearm-related offenses and are being held without bond at the Frederick County Detention Center, officials said.
The arrests stem from a deadly June 14 shooting that occurred ar…
Man Ran Sex Trafficking, Armed Robbery Ring At Maryland Motel, Police Say
A Baltimore man known on the streets as “RoFo” is behind bars after allegedly trafficking women, robbing his victims—sometimes at gunpoint—and running a prostitution ring out of a Maryland motel, authorities announced.
Robert Bennett Jr., 27, was charged with 47 total counts of sex trafficking, prostitution, armed robbery, theft, and weapons violations in connection to a two-month crime spree at the Terrace Motel in Elkridge, according to the Howard County Police Department.
He is being held without bond at the Howard County Detention Center.
Detectives launched an investigation into Benne…
Second Teen Dies After Columbia Mall Shooting, Suspect Faces New Charges: Police
A second teen victim has died after a targeted shooting outside a Columbia grocery store, and the accused gunman now faces additional charges, authorities announced.
Blake McCray, 15, of Columbia, succumbed to his injuries after spending days in critical condition following the Feb. 22 double shooting near the Lidl in the 10300 block of Little Patuxent Parkway, according to Howard County Police.
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The suspected shooter, Emmetson Zeah, 18, of Columbia, was already charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of 16-year-old Michael Robert…
Teen Football Star Killed In Columbia Mall Shooting Was A Standout On, Off The Field
A 16-year-old high school football player was shot and killed in a targeted attack outside the Columbia Mall, leaving family, friends, and teammates grieving an immeasurable loss, authorities said.
Michael Jerome Robertson III, a sophomore at Wilde Lake High School, was gunned down on Saturday, Feb. 22 in the parking lot near the Lidl grocery store on Little Patuxent Parkway, according to Howard County Police.
A second teen, Roberton's 15-year-old friend Blake McCray, was critically wounded in the shooting and remains hospitalized.
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Police arrested 18…
Rockville Driver Found With Loaded, Stolen Weapons As Police Shut Down NYE Car Rallies: Cops
A collaborative law enforcement effort dismantled multiple illegal car rallies across Maryland on New Year’s Eve, leading to the arrests of three individuals, including one found with firearms, authorities said.
From 11 p.m. on Dec. 31, 2024, to 4 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2025, the Maryland Car Rally Task Force (MCRTF) shut down four large-scale exhibition driving events and prevented another five from forming, authorities said.
The rallies, organized to involve roadway shutdowns and disruptive car-related activities, targeted industrial areas, public streets, and parking lots in Prince George…
Police ID Family Involved In Overnight Murder-Suicide In Maryland
New details have been released by the Howard County Police Department after the patriarch of a family died at the hospital following a murder-suicide in Elkridge on Thursday night.
Nayyar Abbas Syed, 61, the believed shooter, was pronounced dead at St. Agnes hospital overnight, according to officials, who also identified his other victims.
The shooting suspect's wife, Syeda Aalia Nayyar, 57; daughter, Syeda Fatima, 25; and daughter-in-law, Alizey Fatima, 33, were all pronounced dead at the scene.
His son, Muhammad Ali Hamza, 31, is currently at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma…
