Rowdy ATV Rider Who Dragged DC Cop Across Gas Station Nabbed In Armed Maryland Raid: Feds Rowdy ATV Rider Who Dragged DC Cop Across Gas Station Nabbed In Armed Maryland Raid: Feds
Rowdy ATV Rider Who Dragged DC Cop Across Gas Station Nabbed In Armed Maryland Raid: Feds A convicted felon accused of ramming his ATV into a DC police officer and dragging him across a gas station has been captured in Maryland, federal authorities announced. Gerard Stokes, 30, had been wanted for felony assault of a police officer after a March 15 attack near 14th and U Street NW during a rowdy gathering, the US Marshals Service said. That night, officers from the Metropolitan Police Department approached a group of people riding ATVs and dirt bikes at a gas station when Stokes allegedly gunned his engine, popped the front wheels, and drove straight at them. One officer jumped…
SWAT Team Arrests 20-Year-Old In Hamilton: Guns, Cocaine, High-Capacity Mags Seized, Cops Say SWAT Team Arrests 20-Year-Old In Hamilton: Guns, Cocaine, High-Capacity Mags Seized, Cops Say
SWAT Team Arrests 20-Year-Old In Hamilton: Guns, Cocaine, High-Capacity Mags Seized, Cops Say A 20-year-old Hamilton man was arrested by SWAT Team and charged with multiple narcotics and weapons offenses, authorities announced Tuesday, Aug. 12. Jack Green was arrested following the conclusion of an ongoing investigation into suspected narcotics and weapons offenses in the area of Mercer Street, Hamilton police said. A search resulted in the recovery of cocaine, MDMA, DMT, LSD Hashish, alprazolam, tapentadol, ketamine, psilocybin mushrooms and marijuana, along with three firearms, high-capacity magazines, and armor piercing ammunition, police said. Green was charged with multiple co…
Gunrunner Drove Hundreds Of Miles To Traffick 200+ Guns To DC-Area Felons: Feds Gunrunner Drove Hundreds Of Miles To Traffick 200+ Guns To DC-Area Felons: Feds
Gunrunner Drove Hundreds Of Miles To Traffick 200+ Guns To Dc-area Felons: Feds A repeat offender who funneled hundreds of illegal firearms up the East Coast to the DC area — selling many to convicted felons — is headed to federal prison, authorities announced. Michael Pittman, 30, of Washington, DC, was sentenced to 84 months in federal prison for his role in a large-scale firearms trafficking operation, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. Prosecutors said Pittman rented cars and drove to Georgia and North Carolina, where he bought firearms from illegal gun suppliers.  He then returned to the DC region and resold the weapons — oft…
20-Year-Old Cousin Of Prince William, Prince Harry Found Dead 20-Year-Old Cousin Of Prince William, Prince Harry Found Dead
20-Year-Old Cousin Of Prince William, Prince Harry Found Dead A 20-year-old cousin of Princes William and Harry has been found dead at her family’s country home in England, jolting Britain’s extended royal circle. The woman was identified by the coroner as Rosie Jeanne Burke Roche, granddaughter of Princess Diana’s uncle.  An initial inquest hearing confirmed that she died from a “traumatic head injury,” according to People. Authorities say she was discovered by her mother and sister slumped over a firearm on Monday, July 14, at her family's home in the village of Norton in Wiltshire, about 100 miles west of London. The police have ruled the de…
‘I Think I Shot Him’: Stafford Woman Kills Ex, Waits For Deputies, Sheriff Says ‘I Think I Shot Him’: Stafford Woman Kills Ex, Waits For Deputies, Sheriff Says
‘I Think I Shot Him’: Stafford Woman Kills Ex, Waits For Deputies, Sheriff Says A Stafford woman called 911 after fatally shooting her ex-boyfriend and waited in a grocery store parking lot for deputies, according to the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office. Ashlynn Blair, 32, made the call just after 12:40 p.m. on Friday, July 19, after a shooting on Rocky Run Road in South Stafford, officials said. Deputies said she told dispatchers, “I think I shot and killed my ex-boyfriend.”  When deputies arrived at the Giant parking lot on Celebrate Virginia Parkway, Blair was waiting with the gun believed to have been used. At the Rocky Run Road home, deputies found a 31-yea…
Drug Raid At Muhlenberg Home Uncovers LSD, Fentanyl, And Mason Jars Packed With Pot Drug Raid At Muhlenberg Home Uncovers LSD, Fentanyl, And Mason Jars Packed With Pot
Drug Raid At Muhlenberg Home Uncovers LSD, Fentanyl, And Mason Jars Packed With Pot A Berks County man is facing felony charges after authorities found a lush marijuana grow, LSD, fentanyl, and cocaine — much of it packed into mason jars — during a drug raid, the Berks County District Attorney’s Office announced on Friday, July 18. Sandrew Gonzalez, 29, was arrested after detectives with the Berks County DA’s Drug Task Force executed a search warrant at his home on the 2600 block of Kutztown Road in Muhlenberg Township, according to the release. Investigators began tracking Gonzalez in May for suspected drug sales in the area. The Friday morning search of both his home and…
Cherry Hill Man Busted For Child Porn Had Bomb Making Materials: Prosecutor Cherry Hill Man Busted For Child Porn Had Bomb Making Materials: Prosecutor
Cherry Hill Man Busted For Child Porn Had Bomb Making Materials: Prosecutor Six South Jersey men were arrested and charged with possessing child sex abuse material last month in Camden County, authorities announced Thursday, July 17.  Robert Cormier, a 50-year-old Cherry Hill resident, was arrested and charged after he used a Snapchat account and Google account to possess and distribute child sexual abuse material, authorities said. Cormier was taken into custody after briefly barricading himself inside his residence. Cormier, who ran a government contracting business, had firearms, large capacity magazines, bomb making materials and crystal methamphetamine i…
Wiretaps Reveal Westminster Man Ran Crack Ring, Sold Cocaine, Plotted Murder: Feds Wiretaps Reveal Westminster Man Ran Crack Ring, Sold Cocaine, Plotted Murder: Feds
Wiretaps Reveal Westminster Man Ran Crack Ring, Sold Cocaine, Plotted Murder: Feds A Westminster drug dealer who cooked crack, buried drugs in the woods, and ordered a man’s murder is heading to federal prison for more than two decades, authorities announced. Rodney Gaines, 35, was sentenced to 23 years in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release on Thursday, July 10, the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland said. Back on April 4, a federal jury convicted Gaines of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and cocaine base, possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime, and two counts of cocaine distribution. US District Judge A…
Meth Trafficker Caught With Stolen Gun Learns His Fate: Lancaster DA Meth Trafficker Caught With Stolen Gun Learns His Fate: Lancaster DA
Meth Trafficker Caught With Stolen Gun Learns His Fate: Lancaster DA A Lancaster man who sold meth four times in the city and was later found with a stash of the drug and two handguns — including one that was stolen — has been sentenced to up to 27 years in state prison, prosecutors announced. Jovan Anthony Martin, 33, pleaded guilty in April to more than a dozen felony and misdemeanor charges, including four counts of delivery of methamphetamine and two counts of person not to possess a firearm, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office. Judge David Ashworth handed down the sentence of seven and a half to 27 years earlier this week. Inve…
Guns Stolen As Masked Man Breaks Into Manheim Township Home While Victim Sleeps: DA Guns Stolen As Masked Man Breaks Into Manheim Township Home While Victim Sleeps: DA
Guns Stolen As Masked Man Breaks Into Manheim Township Home While Victim Sleeps: DA A masked man broke into a Lancaster Township home while the resident slept upstairs, stealing two handguns and other items before fleeing into the night, authorities announced on Wednesday, July 2.  Brandon Emanuel Thomas, 22, of the 700 block of Sterling Place in Lancaster Township, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, June 25 to Felony Burglary, Felony Theft by Unlawful Taking, Misdemeanor Theft From a Motor Vehicle, and Misdemeanor Loitering and Prowling at Nighttime, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office. Thomas entered the victim’s home in the 400 block of Elmshire Dr…
$43K, Crack, PCP, Guns Seized; 5 Arrested In Massive Germantown Drug Bust: Police $43K, Crack, PCP, Guns Seized; 5 Arrested In Massive Germantown Drug Bust: Police
$43K, Crack, PCP, Guns Seized; 5 Arrested In Massive Germantown Drug Bust: Police Five men were busted and thousands in cash, crack, and guns were seized in Maryland after a months-long drug investigation, authorities said. Detectives with the Montgomery County Police Department executed a trio of search warrants on Wednesday, June 25, targeting properties in connection to drug activity on Gunners Branch Road in Germantown, according to the department. The takedown stemmed from community complaints that the department received beginning last fall. During the searches, police say detectives recovered: Four firearms; Distribution quantities of crack cocaine, PCP, and MD…
Online Deal Goes Bad For Spotsy Fugitive Busted With Gun, Fentanyl: Sheriff Online Deal Goes Bad For Spotsy Fugitive Busted With Gun, Fentanyl: Sheriff
Online Deal Goes Bad For Spotsy Fugitive Busted With Gun, Fentanyl: Sheriff A convicted felon in Virginia who thought he was making a deal on social media was instead busted by undercover deputies — with a loaded gun and hundreds of fentanyl pills in his possession, authorities said. Austin Kile, of Spotsylvania, was arrested without incident after deputies from the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office posed as interested buyers and arranged a meet-up through social media, according to investigators on Monday, June 30. “When deputies arrived, the suspect… didn’t manage to close the deal,” the department said. “Instead, he was taken into custody… and with a lot more…