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Maryland U.S. Navy Vet turned contractor accused of stealing secret national defense information
A U.S. Navy Veteran turned federal government contractor is accused of stealing secret classified national defense information. Aurelio Luis Perez-Lugones was granted top security clearance as a systems engineer and information technology specialist for a federal government contractor based out of Annapolis Junction located near the border of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties. The FBI…
Read MoreMS-13 Members Sentenced For Racketeering and Murder for Killing and Stabbing Five Victims, Including a 16-Year Old Girl
Wilson Arturo Constanza-Galdomez, also known as Humilde, also known as Marco Saravia, 26, of El Salvador, Edis Omar Valenzuela-Rodriguez, also known as Little Felon, 24, of Honduras, and Jonathan Pesquera-Puerto, also known as Truney, 24, of Honduras were each sentenced today to life in prison for their convictions at trial of Racketeering (RICO) Conspiracy involving…
Read MoreNew criminal case filed against man accused of threatening to ‘blow Perryville up’
A man who allegedly threatened to “blow Perryville up” during a phone conversation with a police officer in October and later that day listed the Great Wolf Lodge as one of his targets was back in jail Tuesday night after police re-arrested him in the wake of prosecutors filing a new criminal case, one that…
Read MoreBWI-Marshall concourse reopens after officials determine no threat following investigation
Normal operations have resumed at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, officials said in a post on X. BWI-Marshall said a portion of the concourse was cleared for a law enforcement investigation around 6 p.m. Officials determined there was no threat, and normal operations resumed around 6:30 p.m. Partial evacuations were reported at the airport on…
Read MoreBaltimore firefighter trainee threatened classmates, multiple weapons found in vehicle at academy, sources say
A trainee at the Baltimore City Fire Academy was reportedly threatening to harm his classmates, and multiple weapons were found in his vehicle, according to details exclusively obtained by WJZ Investigates. Police responded to the incident at the academy on Tuesday. The call came into the Southeast District around noon on Tuesday, police said. According…
Read MoreHoward Police take down father-and-son firearms trafficking operation
Howard County Police said a father and son face charges stemming from a months-long investigation into an alleged firearms trafficking operation. Police received information in July about an individual selling firearms in and around the county. From there, undercover officers purchased firearms from the individual and in the process learned he was working with his…
Read MoreFort McHenry back open after bomb squad removes cannonball
The gates of Fort McHenry are back open after the bomb squad gave the all clear this weekend. The park was cleared of all visitors and staff quickly on Friday after renovation crews unearthed a cannonball buried beneath the historic site. The Baltimore Police Hazardous Device Team and Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal moved in,…
Read MoreGainesville man arrested on federal terrorism threat charges for TikTok posts
The U.S. Department of Justice indicted a man residing in Gainesville for threatening people on social media in connection with a known terrorist group. Arsham Rashidi Dizajgan, 27, a citizen, was arrested on Wednesday in Gainesville. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland unsealed an indictment, charging him with six counts of transmitting…
Read MoreMontgomery Co. man pleads guilty to mailing threats against Jewish institutions in DC region
A Montgomery County, Maryland, man has pleaded guilty in federal court to mailing threatening letters and postcards to more than a dozen Jewish institutions in Maryland, Virginia, D.C. and elsewhere over the past 18 months, suggesting that buildings would be destroyed and people killed. Clift Seferlis, 55, of Garrett Park, entered guilty pleas Monday in…
Read MoreMan charged in 2022 Stricker Street fire that killed 3 Baltimore firefighters
A man has been charged with arson in connection with a 2022 fire on Stricker Street that killed three Baltimore firefighters, WBAL-TV 11 News Investigates has learned. James Edwin Barnett, 57, of Baltimore, was arrested Friday and charged with three counts each of second-degree arson, second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment, according to online…
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