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CRIME & SAFETY
Silver Spring, Md., contractor dies after what appears to be electrocution in Williamsport
Maryland Occupational Safety and Health (MOSH) is investigating an incident Wednesday in Williamsport in which a contractor from Silver Spring, Md., died after he was apparently electrocuted, authorities said. Sgt. Carly Hose, spokesperson for the Washington County Sheriff's Office, confirmed on Friday that the 47-year-old man working for a contractor's company died at...
Fugitive sought in street stabbing captured, agents say
WBFF (Hagerstown, MD) — Just one day after appearing on Maryland’s Most Wanted the fugitive wanted in connection to the stabbing of a man in Baltimore has been captured. According to the US Marshals Service Tyrone Price, 29, was arrested at a medical facility in Hagerstown, Maryland after someone recognized him on Maryland’s Most Wanted and contacted authorities.
Godmother who shot at gunman now faces eviction
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — The godmother police credited with preventing loss of life or injury in a shooting incident in Martinsburg now says she and her family are being evicted. Katrina Addie said when she realized a man who had confronted her godson in the parking lot of her apartment...
Walkersville Man Convicted For A Hagerstown Murder
The homicide occurred on Hagerstown’s West End. Hagerstown, Md (KM) A Walkersville man was convicted recently in Washington County for killing a man in Hagerstown on Saint Patrick’s Day in 2022. Kyeron Zamierer Cottingham, 27, was found guilty by a jury on June 28th, of 1st-degree murder and 17 other offenses for the shooting death of Jermaine Reed. This verdict followed a one-week trial.
Frederick, Md., man found guilty in murder of Hagerstown man after accomplice testifies
A Washington County jury recently found a Frederick, Md., man guilty in the St. Patrick's Day 2022 shooting death of Hagerstown resident Jermaine Reed II in Hagerstown's West End. The weeklong trial included testimony on Thursday, June 27, from a co-defendant in the case who supplied Hagerstown Police with information that Kyeron, or Kye'ron, Zaimere Cottingham, also referred to as "Kruddy," was the second shooter in the car both men were in during the daylight shooting. ...
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