Fredericksburg, VA
Police & Fire
Police ID Victim In Stafford Motel Murder
Authorities have identified the man killed at a Red Roof Inn in Stafford County over the weekend. Deputies said Leo Franklin, 47, of Maryland, died at the Warrenton Road motel in Stafford just after 8 a.m. on Sunday, June 19. George Pearson III, 44, of Stafford, reportedly shot him and then fled the scene in a silver Toyota Tacoma, still armed with the handgun, the Stafford County Sheriff's Office said. A Crisis Negotiation Team spoke with Pearson on FaceTime in an attempt to get him to turn himself in. He told them he wouldn't be taken alive, deputies said. However, when offic…
Fredericksburg, VA
Police & Fire
FaceTime Fugitive: Motel Murder Suspect Surrenders During I-95 Pursuit
Authorities got a murder suspect to surrender over FaceTime as he led a police pursuit on Interstate 95 in Virginia, they said. George Pearson III, 44, of Stafford, shot the victim in his chest at a Red Roof Inn on Warrenton Road around 8:15 a.m. June 19, then fled the scene in a silver Toyota Tacoma, still armed with a handgun, the Stafford County Sheriff's Office said. Once able to identify the suspect, authorities called him on FaceTime and added a member of the Crisis Negotiation Team joined to the call. While attempting to negotiate a peaceful surrender, Pearson indicated he …
Fredericksburg, VA
Police & Fire
Drunk Driver Leads 'Low Speed' Police Pursuit In Stafford County: Sheriff's Office
A Virginia man is being held without bail after he was arrested for trying to evade police officers while driving under the influence, authorities said. Adwain Sharrier, 38, of Stafford, was charged with a DUI after leading deputies on a "low speed pursuit" in North Stafford, the Stafford County Sheriff's Office said on Facebook. A deputy responded to a report of a suspicious person at the Red Roof Inn, located at 153 Garrisonville Road, around 2:37 a.m. on Wednesday, May 11, the office reports. A man, later identified as Sharrier, was found slumped over in the back of a car that was pa…
New Haven, CT
Police & Fire
Man Accused Of Assaulting Woman At CT Red Roof, Not Allowing Her To Leave
A Connecticut man was arrested after allegedly assaulting a woman in a hotel room and not allowing her to leave. The New Haven County incident took place in Milford on Friday, April 22. When police arrived at the Red Roof Inn, 10 Rowe Ave., an investigation found Troy Gosbin, age 29, of Milford, assaulted the woman in the room and refused to let her leave, said the Milford Police Department. He also choked the woman during the altercation, restricting her airway, and she sustained minor injuries to her face, neck, and arms, police added. Gosbin was arrested and c…
Towson, MD
Police & Fire
US Marshals Nab Baltimore Gunman In New Jersey: Police
Members of the US Marshals Service arrested a Maryland man wanted in a Baltimore shooting in New Jersey, authorities said. Luel F. Mekonnen, 22, of Silver Spring, was located on Friday, March 18 at the Red Roof Inn in Westampton, NJ, a spokesman for the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office said. Officers responded to a local hospital for reports that someone was brought there after being shot in the 1300 block of Colbury Road around 5 a.m. on Thursday, March 17, police said. Police were able to identify Mekonnen as a suspect and arrested him on Monday. Mekonnen has been charged as a fugit…
New Haven, CT
Police & Fire
CT Man Accused Of Stealing Catalytic Converter From Car At CT Red Roof Inn
A 32-year-old man was arrested and accused of stealing a catalytic converter from a victim's vehicle at a Connecticut hotel. Saul Melendez, of New Britain, turned himself in to police on Tuesday, March 8, according to the Milford Police Department. Saul MelendezMilford Police Department Police responded to a report of a catalytic converter theft in New Haven County at the Red Roof Inn, located at 10 Rowe Ave. in Milford, on Tuesday, Dec. 28, authorities said. The victim reportedly interrupted the suspects while they were trying to steal the catalytic converter from his vehicle, and a s…
Towson, MD
Police & Fire
Maryland Man Gets 28 Years In Prison For 2020 Shooting
A Baltimore judge has issued the maximum sentence to a man for shooting another man in 2020, according to the Baltimore City State’s Attorney Office. Edward Foster was sentenced to 28 years in prison, with the first five years to be served without the possibility of parole, on Tuesday, March 8. Foster was convicted on several charges including second degree assault, illegal possession of a regulated firearm and reckless endangerment stemming from a shooting on April 19, 2020. On that day Baltimore Police responded to the 5200 block of Cedgate Road for a reported shooting. When they …
Gaithersburg, MD
Police & Fire
Trespasser Laying In Rockville Red Roof Inn Parking Lot Run Over By Car: Police
A trespasser in a Red Roof Inn parking lot was in serious condition after being run over by a vehicle earlier this month, authorities in Montgomery County said. Rockville were called to the motel on Shady Grove Road on reports of a trespassing when they got a second call saying the suspect had been struck by a car in the lot around 9:30 p.m. on Feb. 3, county police said. There, officers found the man lying in the parking lot with trauma to his body. The victim was transported to an area hospital in serious condition. Investigation has determined that for unknown reasons the pedestrian lai…
Lower Paxton, PA
News
PA Man Jumps Out Of Moving Vehicle During High Speed Chase From State Police
A car slammed into a central Pennsylvania business after the driver jumped out of it during a police chase on Saturday, according to a release by Pennsylvania state police. Darryl "DJ" Edward Royal Jr., 32, of Middletown, jumped out of a moving vehicle, continuing to run away-- while the car slammed into a local business, according to Pennsylvania state police. Police initially attempted a traffic stop of a dark blue 2004 Honda Pilot PA license LRX2021 operated by Royal along Interstate 283 in Swatara Township on Jan. 15 at approximately 1:15 a.m., according to the release. Instead of sto…
Lower Paxton, PA
Police & Fire
2 Charged In Central PA Boy's Fentanyl OD Death, Police Say
A 48-year-old Harrisburg man has been charged with providing the drugs that a 14-year-old boy overdosed and died using at a Central Pennsylvania hotel, according to local police and PennLive. Susquehannah police responded to Red Roof Inn on Corporate Circle on reports of the juvenile's suspicious death around 12:30 a.m. Oct. 29, authorities said. Court records obtained by PennLive say the boy was identified only as H.B., and had purchased fentanyl for Cheyenne McGuinness, 23. She apparently allowed H.B. to be with her in the hotel when he used the fentanyl, overdosed and died, the outlet s…
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Hotel Guest From Alabama Had Handgun Loaded With 16-Round Mag, Secaucus Police Say
Police seized a handgun loaded with a 16-round magazine from a hotel guest in Secaucus, authorities said. Quinterious Jones, 23, of Alabama, was stopped by Secaucus Police Officer David Delseni in the Red Roof Inn parking lot on the Meadowlands Parkway, when the officer learned Jones had a weapon, Police Chief Dennis Miller said. A search of Jones' vehicle turned up a loaded Glock 27 .40 caliber handgun, loaded with a 16 round magazine -- and also had a round in the chamber, police said. Some hollow point ammunition was also seized. “This is another example how proactively poli…
Marlton-Evesham, NJ
News
South Jersey Stranger Arrested For Touching 4 Young Utah Girls At Burlington Hotel, Police Say
Four sleeping teenagers were sexually assaulted by a 54-year-old stranger at a South Jersey hotel, authorities said. The high school graduates, ages 17 and 18, from Utah, were asleep during a two-week religious history retreat, Westampton Township police said. The youths were traveling from Washington,, D.C., to NYC this week with an overnight stay in Burlington County, police said on Friday. The man allegedly accosted them about 4 a.m., according to police, who reviewed hotel security video before the arrest. William Wise of Winslow Township, was arrested in a separate room at the Red Ro…
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