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One year since Brooklyn Homes mass shooting
One year ago, gunshots rang out at a celebration in the Brooklyn Homes community. Two young adults, Kylis Fagbemi and Aaliyah Gonzalez, died, and 28 others were shot. “This tragic incident is another glaring, unfortunate example of the deep issues of violence in Baltimore, in Maryland, in this country, particularly gun violence,” Mayor Brandon Scott…
Read MoreHagerstown man charged after threat to blow up Maryland MVA
A Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration employee has been charged with making a threat of mass violence after allegedly threatening to blow up his workplace south of Hagerstown, according to the Maryland Office of the State Fire Marshal. Investigators would later search Anthony Jacob Fritz’s home in Hagerstown’s North End and find 26 guns and 67…
Read MoreNeo-Nazi charged with plotting to attack power grid has a new defender — the ACLU
Attorneys from the American Civil Liberties Union’s National Security Project have joined the defense team for Brandon Clint Russell, the neo-Nazi accused of plotting to attack power substations around Baltimore. Their involvement stems from questions raised in recent weeks by Russell’s attorneys about whether federal authorities used and have failed to disclose the use of…
Read MoreRockville student receives indictment for alleged manifesto with school shooting plan
Formal indictments were filed against a Rockville, Maryland student accused in April of writing a manifesto that detailed a potential school shooting as the teen is expected to make another court appearance in late June. Friday was supposed to be a court appearance for Andrea Ye, known as Alex, to set a trial date for…
Read More15-year-old Montgomery County student charged with threats of mass violence at school
Montgomery County Police charged a student after a bomb threat was phoned in at a high school on June 7th. Police were called to Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda just before 11:00 am. After the threat, school officials evacuated students and staff. Authorities later determined the threat was not valid and there was no…
Read MoreThree Americans implicated in a coup attempt in Congo go on trial before a military court
Three Americans accused of being involved in last month’s coup attempt in Congo appeared in a military court in the country’s capital, Kinshasa, on Friday, along with dozens of other defendants who were lined up on plastic chairs before the judge on the first day of the hearing. The proceedings before the open-air military court…
Read MoreNew website created to collect hate crime, bias data in Maryland
The Maryland Attorney General’s Office created a new website to report hate crimes and bias incidents. Authorities said the online portal is intended to help track hate crimes, identify trends with hate crimes and help officials create recommendations to address such incidents in Maryland. Users can anonymously report incidences of hate and\or bias. “For too…
Read MoreMarried Maryland doctors accused of conspiracy with ties to Russia have charges dismissed
Married Maryland doctors accused of a conspiracy case tied to Russia are having their charges dropped, according to our media partner The Baltimore Banner. Prosecutors moved too slow in re-trying a former Johns Hopkins doctor and her spouse, an Army major, according to the Banner. Johns Hopkins anesthesiologist Dr. Anna Gabrielian and her spouse Dr.…
Read MoreMaryland Man Arrested for Assaulting Law Enforcement and Other Charges During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
A Maryland man has been arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges, including for allegedly assaulting law enforcement during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020…
Read MoreCongo Names Third American In A Foiled Coup Plot As Mourners Gather In Utah To Remember Plot Leader
Congo’s army spokesman on Tuesday released the name of the third American involved a foiled coup plot in Kinshasa, while family members in Utah gathered to mourn Christian Malanga, the eccentric leader of the brazen and ill-fated attack targeting the presidential palace over the weekend. Brig. Gen. Sylvain Ekenge told The Associated Press the third…
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