Maryland Man Among Two Busted In DC For Weapon Possession During Shooting Investigation: Police
Two men are facing charges in Virginia after a shooting incident in DC that left one person hospitalized, police said.
Maryland resident Kristian Allen, 30, of Upper Marlboro in Prince George’s County, and Horacio Rose Daswell, Jr., 37, of Northwest DC are both in trouble with the law following an overnight incident, Metropolitan Police announced on Saturday, Oct. 8.
Shortly after 3 a.m. on Saturday morning, members of the department’s Fourth District responded to a stretch of the 7400 block of Georgia Avenue in Northwest DC, where there were reports of shots fired.
Upon arrival, investig…
Man Out On Bond Busted Beating Woman With 'Ghost Gun,' In Maryland, Police Say
A man released from jail on a $10,000 bond for violating his probation is facing multiple new charges following an alleged violent assault of a woman in Maryland.
Branden Alfred Holland, 23, of Indian Head, was arrested following an investigation into a domestic assault when he pistol-whipped his female victim and threatened her in Charles County, authorities announced on Monday, Sept. 26.
It is alleged that Holland attacked a woman, during which he threw her to the ground, dragged her across the asphalt, pistol-whipped her, and pointed the gun at her while threatening to shoot her.
She m…
Drunk South Jersey Woman Found With Heroin, Gun In Suburban Philly, Police Say
A New Jersey woman was arrested after police say they found her with drugs and a gun after stopping her for public intoxication in the Philadelphia suburbs.
Officers on drug surveillance stopped Colleen L. Brooks, 32, of Mantua, in the 1400 block of Chester Pike in Sharon Hill when they noticed she appeared drunk on Tuesday, Aug. 16, they said.
During her arrest, cops looked through her backpack and found suspected heroin, drug packaging, and a handgun, police said.
Detectives later discovered that she had a criminal history that forbid her from possessing firearms, they said.
Brooks was …
Maryland Man Admits To Possessing Fentanyl, Other Drugs, Weapons In A School Zone: DOJ
A Baltimore trafficker has pleaded guilty to a federal drug charge and for illegal possession of a firearm in a school zone, authorities say.
Vashawn Watkins, 21, was involved with the trafficking of a large amount of drugs in Pikesville from October 2020 through March 2021, according to the Department of Justice.
Watkins and his associates operated a drug house in the unit block of Clovelly Street, where they processed and packaged fentanyl and other drugs for resale, prosecutors said.
The drugs were then driven to drug shops along Stricker Street, School Street, and Gilmor Street i…
Man Sentenced For Roles In Assault, Shooting, Armed Carjacking Of Woman, 84, In Maryland
A 20-year-old man will spend decades behind bars after being sentenced for his alleged role in four separate incidents that concluded with him carjacking an 84-year-old woman in Maryland.
Frederick resident Titus Lamont Diggs, Jr. was sentenced to a combined 40 years in prison, suspending all but 20 years of active incarceration, the State’s Attorney’s Office announced.
Specifically, in late May, Diggs pleaded guilty to:
Armed carjacking;
Armed robbery;
Assault;
Illegal possession of a firearm;
Loaded handgun on a person.
In December 2020, Diggs reportedly brandished a handgun and struck…
