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Waldorf, MD
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Kidnapper From MD Caused 34-Hour Standoff In VA: Police
A Maryland woman is facing a host of charges for abducting a victim and then causing a 34-hour standoff with police that ultimately ended in her peaceful surrender in Virginia, authorities said. What started as an investigation into a missing 25-year-old woman over the weekend rapidly escalated into a kidnapping probe involving Brittany A. Copelin, 29, who made her way from Charles County, MD to Fairfax County, VA, police said. The near-weeklong ordeal began on Friday, March 24, in Laurel, when police were called to investigate the kidnapping of Lauren L. Kingsbury, police said. Two days l…
Fairfax, VA
News
Negotiators Coaxed Barricade Suspect With Doughnuts During 34-Hour Standoff
In exchange for doughnuts, negotiators were able to get Brittany Copelin to throw out the magazine inside of her semiautomatic pistol during a 34-hour standoff that brought Richmond Highway to a halt up until her surrender on Thursday, March 30. Police are detailing the negotiation tactics and the events that led up to the barricade situation in Fairfax County, VA. Officers were called to the scene by a victim reported missing out of Laurel, MD on Tuesday, March 28. That victim told authorities she'd been abducted, Chief Kevin Davis said during a press briefing Thursday, March 30. That…
Fairfax, VA
Police & Fire
Woman Surrenders After 36-Hour Standoff; Barricade Linked To Missing MD Woman Case
A driver peacefully surrendered to authorities in Fairfax County around midnight on Thursday, March 30, ending a nearly 36-hour standoff on Richmond Highway. Police told the NBC4 that the incident was linked to the disappearance of Lauren Kingsbury, 25, of Laurel MD. She had been located safely on Tuesday, shortly before the standoff began. UPDATE AS OF 1:15 PM ON 3-28-23: We are glad to report that the Missing Person Alert for Lauren Kingsbury is cancelled.... Posted by Laurel Police Department on Monday, March 27, 2023 Video from NBC4 shows the barricade suspect emerging from a blac…
Towson, MD
News
Six Construction Workers Killed In I-695 Crash ID'd By Maryland State Police
Additional details have been released by Maryland State Police as they continue their probe into the fatal Baltimore Beltway crash that killed six highway workers. The day after the crash, on Thursday, March 23, the six victims of the fatal crash were positively identified by state police investigators, hours after they laid out the details of the events leading up to the fatal incident. The victims were identified as: Rolando Ruiz, 46, of Laurel; Carlos Orlando Villatoro Escobar, 43, of Frederick; Jose Armando Escobar, 52, of Frederick; Mahlon Simmons III, 31, of Union Bridge; Mahlon …
Columbia, MD
News
Former Police Chief In Maryland Convicted Of Targeted Arson Attacks: State's Attorney
The Howard County State’s Attorney’s Office is seeking multiple life sentences for a former police chief in Maryland who was connected to a dozen different arson cases that spanned multiple counties over two decades. David Crawford, 71, was found guilty by a jury on multiple attempted murder and other charges for his lengthy crime spree that stretched out for years, Howard County State’s Attorney Rich Gibson announced on Thursday, March 9. Specifically, Crawford was found guilty on Thursday of: Eight counts of first-degree attempted murder; Three counts of first-degree arson; Malicious …
Glen Burnie, MD
Police & Fire
Sleeping Laurel Man Arrested After Police Find Hundreds Of Painkillers In Vehicle
A 22-year-old Laurel man has been arrested after being found in possession of a large amount of suspected drugs, authorities say. Shortly before 1 a.m., Thursday, March 9, Anne Arundel County police officers were called to 3500 block of Laurel Fort Meade Road for reports of a man who was slumped over inside of a vehicle. According to investigators, officers were able to wake up the man, identified as Abdul Aziz Kandeh, and performed a search of his vehicle after smelling what they believed to be an odor of marijuana coming from it. Police were able to recover 247 suspected Oxyc…
Glen Burnie, MD
Police & Fire
Man Asking For Help Lighting Cigarette Arrested After Allegedly Attacking Laurel Resident
A 27-year-old man has been arrested after an argument turned physical near a home in Laurel, according to Anne Arundel County Police. Around 10 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 22, officers responded to a report of a possible home invasion in the 3500 block of Lindenwood Drive, where they spoke to the victims. The victims stated that the suspect, later identified as Justin Robert Wilson, knocked on his door and asked for help lighting a cigarette, police said. Wilson and the suspect began to argue, which turned into a physical altercation. The suspect reportedly landed on top of the victi…
Bowie, MD
Police & Fire
Victim Stabbed Near Laurel 7-Eleven In Critical Condition, New Info On Suspect Released: Police
Police have launched a manhunt in Maryland as they attempt to track down a wanted man who stabbed a man in broad daylight near 7-Eleven in Laurel and left his victim with critical injuries. Carlos Corrales-Ramirez, 20, has been identified as the main suspect involved in a stabbing shortly before noon on Tuesday, Feb. 21 at the convenience store in the 14600 block of Laurel Bowie Road, according to the Laurel Police Department. Police say that the victim was found on Tuesday afternoon and rushed to a local hospital in critical condition. On Wednesday, Feb. 22, a police spokesperson said tha…
Bowie, MD
Police & Fire
Elderly Woman Escapes Hatchet-Wielding Attacker In Maryland: Police
An elderly woman was able to escape into her vehicle and drive to the police station while a 54-year-old woman struck her multiple times with a hatchet outside of her home in Maryland, authorities said. Wendy Yvette Shabazz, of Laurel, is facing a first-degree assault charge for hitting the 83-year-old woman with the weapon multiple times the morning of Tuesday, Feb. 14 on the 30 block of Orchard Towne Court, Laurel police said. The victim was able to get in her car and drive to the police station, where police treated her for non life-threatening injuries before she was hospitalized. …
Glen Burnie, MD
News
Liquor Store Purse Snatcher Detained By Good Samaritans Who Robbed Jessup Man: Police
A 22-year-old man accused of multiple robberies has been charged after attacking a woman at a Laurel liquor store, authorities say. Duane Raymond Allen, was arrested after trying to steal a woman's purse in the parking lot of Total Wine, located in the 3300 block of Corridor Marketplace around 12:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 10, according to an Anne Arundel County Police Department spokesperson. The victim stated that she was getting out of her vehicle in the parking lot when the suspect stopped his car behind her and came up to her with a crowbar, attempting to snatch her purse. The two st…
Glen Burnie, MD
News
First Suspect Apprehended After Laurel Shopping Center Murder
Police have arrested a suspect believed to have killed a New Carrollton man outside of a Laurel shopping center earlier this week, authorities announced. Rakyia Talley, 46, of Laurel, is the first suspect to be arrested and taken into custody following the fatal shooting of Antwaun D. Conyers earlier this week, according to an Anne Arundel County Police spokesperson. Conyers, 32, was shot in the 3500 block of Russett Green East around 10:15 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 8. He was found by police on the sidewalk and was pronounced dead on the scene. Officers are at the scene of a shooting 350…
Glen Burnie, MD
News
Police ID Man Killed Outside Laurel Shopping Center
Police have identified the New Carrollton man killed in a shooting outside of a Laurel shopping center, authorities announced. Antwaun D. Conyers, 32, was allegedly shot in the 3500 block of Russett Green East around 10:15 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 8, according to an Anne Arundel County police spokesperson. The suspect, described as a Black man, fled the scene in a dark-colored sedan toward Laurel Fort Meade Road after the shooting, police said. Conyers was found by police on the sidewalk and was pronounced dead on the scene. Officers are at the scene of a shooting 3500 block of Russett …
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