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Gaithersburg, MD
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Boozy Brunch Lands DUI Driver Behind Bars After Killing Security Guard In MD Crash
A boozy brunch will land a Maryland man behind bars for years, the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office announced. Rockville resident Kevin Orihuela, 22, had a few too many mimosas during a 21st birthday celebration before getting behind the wheel and T-boning his Audi into 62-year-old Noel Powell's Ford Fusion, resulting in the father of two's death. On Friday, Orihuela was sentenced to 10 years in prison with all but four years suspended, according to the state's attorney's office. Orihuela went to brunch in the afternoon of Aug. 14, 2022 at a restaurant in the Pik…
Gaithersburg, MD
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Police ID Driver Wanted For Hit-Run Crash That Hospitalized 3 Near Maryland Courthouse
Know anything? Police in Montgomery County are seeking the public's assistance as they attempt to track down a hit-and-run driver who struck and hospitalized three people near a Rockville courthouse on Thursday. An alert was issued by the Rockville City Police Department regarding a crash that was reported shortly after 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 14 in the area of the 100 block of East Montgomery Avenue. Police say that the driver, Walter Giovanni Marquez-Aviles, 44, of Gaithersburg, fled the scene in a dark-colored SUV after striking the pedestrians. According to officials, a…
Gaithersburg, MD
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Multiple Pedestrians Struck By Vehicle Near Courthouse In Maryland: Police (
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Three people were hospitalized in Rockville when a driver struck them not far from Montgomery County Circuit Court. Shortly after 2:30 p.m. on Thursday afternoon officers from the Rockville City Police Department were called to the the 100 block of East Montgomery Avenue, where there was a reported crash with pedestrians involved. Police say that three people were taken to area hospitals with "various injuries." At approximately 2:36 p.m. Rockville City Police responded to 199 East Montgomery Avenue for the report of multiple injured persons struck by a vehicle. Three people were …
Gaithersburg, MD
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Teen Arrested For Separate Robbery To Be Charged As Adult For Carjacking In Maryland: Police
Two teens are adding to their rap sheets after being implicated for their roles in an armed carjacking last month in Montgomery County. Samuel Fikru, 18, of Silver Spring, and a 16-year-old - who will be tried as an adult - have been arrested and charged for a carjacking and robbery in Rockville, police announced on Thursday. The carjacking was reported at around 9:10 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 8 on Leonard Court. Police say that three people approached a woman while she was parking her 2017 Honda Pilot, one holding a gun, one holding a knife, and a third who went to the passenger's side. Th…
Gaithersburg, MD
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Pedestrian Killed By Hit-Run Driver In I-495 Work Zone: Maryland State Police (
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A deadly hit-and-run is under investigation in Maryland after a work zone crash on I-495 on Wednesday morning, state police say. The crash was reported at around 10:15 a.m. on the Inner Loop of the Beltway near the Georgia Avenue exit in Montgomery County, resulting in several lane closures while police investigated the crash and cleared the scene. Traffic was tied up on the interstate during the investigation in Silver Spring. Traffic on I-495 on Wednesday Maryland DOT No information about the victim has been released. Police urge anyone who witnessed the fatal pedestria…
Gaithersburg, MD
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Sergeant Who Lost Use Of Legs In Intentional Crash Escorted To Walter Reed Hospital (
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It was a day of celebration for the Montgomery County police family as they escorted Sgt. Patrick Kepp out of the hospital weeks after he was severely injured in a crash on I-270 in late October. Kepp received a proper hero's welcome on Thursday as he was discharged from the UMD Medical Center Shock Trauma Center and was escorted by a decorated motorcade to Walter Reed Medical Center in Virginia. Today is a day of celebration!Sgt. Pat Kepp has been discharged from the UMD Medical Center, Shock Trauma. Surrounded by family, friends, brothers&sisters in Blue and an amazing medical team…
Gaithersburg, MD
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Max Sentence For Man Convicted Of Murder, Assault During Stabbing Spree In Maryland
A man with a name familiar to fans of the Baltimore-based hit show “The Wire” will decades behind bars after being convicted of two stabbing attacks in Montgomery County earlier this year. Two separate juries convicted Scorpio Alexander Stanfield, 33, who has no known address, of second-degree murder and first-degree assault for two Rockville stabbing incidents in May, according to the Montgomery County State’s Attorney. A judge sentenced Stanfield to 65 years in prison after he was found guilty of the two separate assaults, a spokesperson for the state's attorney announced on Monday…
Gaithersburg, MD
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Man Rear-Ended, Assaulted Woman On Side Of I-270 In Maryland, State Police Say
The man who assaulted a woman after rear-ending her on I-270 in Montgomery County has been apprehended weeks after assaulting her, authorities announced. Gaithersburg resident Jeremy Orellana, 21, has been charged in connection to a hit-and-run that led to him allegedly attacking a woman on the side of the road after he rear-ended her late last month. According to Maryland State Police investigators, late in the afternoon on Thursday, Oct. 26, troopers were called to the northbound lanes of I-270 near Shady Grove Road in Rockville, where there was a reported crash and assault in the shoulde…
Gaithersburg, MD
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Man Rear-Ended, Assaulted Woman On Side Of I-95 In Maryland, State Police Say
The man who assaulted a woman after rear-ending her on I-270 in Montgomery County has been apprehended weeks later, authorities announced. Gaithersburg resident Jeremy Orellana, 21, has been charged in connection to a hit-and-run that led to him allegedly attacking a woman on the side of the road after he rear-ended her. According to Maryland State Police investigators, late in the afternoon on Thursday, Oct. 26, troopers were called to the northbound lanes of I-270 near Shady Grove Road in Rockville, where there was a reported crash and assault in the shoulder of the roadway. Police say t…
Glen Burnie, MD
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Police ID Two Young Men Killed Crashing SUV Into Ditch In Maryland
Two men in their 20s were killed after losing control of their SUV and violently crashing in Anne Arundel County. Police say that Rockville resident Jason Jose Solano, 24, was driving with 27-year-old Christian Alvarado in his 2022 Toyota Rav4 on Sunday morning on Shady Side Road near the intersection of Deep Cove Road in Shady Side when the two were involved in a crash. According to investigators, the pair were traveling east on the road when the vehicle went off the right side of the road, into a drainage ditch, and through a fence before coming to rest when it struck a Baltimore Gas and …
Bowie, MD
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Former Healthcare Worker Behind Bars For Abandoning Vulnerable Man To Make Food Deliveries: DOJ
A Maryland man who worked at a care facility will have time to think about his actions after pleading guilty to leaving a vulnerable adult under his supervision alone in a vehicle that was taken from his Rockville-based employer while he made food deliveries. Upper Marlboro resident Kelly Barry, 25, was sentenced to 180 days in jail - with a portion suspended - followed by probation and 90 hours of community service after admitting to abusing a person while on the job. According to court documents, Barry, was a former Direct Support Professional for Community Options, Inc., a res…
Gaithersburg, MD
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Two-Alarm Fire Devastates Maryland Businesses; Causes Millions In Damage (
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Millions of dollars worth of damage was caused overnight when an early morning two-alarm fire broke out inside a Montgomery County strip mall. Several businesses suffered extensive damage on Thursday morning when flames tore through several neighboring buildings on Lofstrand Lane in Rockville. First responders were called around 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 2 to knock down a commercial building fire that was largely under control by around 8:30 a.m., but not before causing an estimated $2.75 million in damage. Update - Lofstrand La, fire extinguished & under control, no injuries, @m…
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