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CRIME & SAFETY
Were you surprised by another assassination attempt?
I was sitting under a pavilion at a local brewery in South County the other day listening to some good music and an old-time song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers was being sung by a local band. Mary Jane’s Last Dance was an old favorite of mine that I’ve listened to many times. ‘This song was first released as part of Tom Petty’s Greatest Hits album in 1993. It rose to No. 14 on the...
Hagerstown Shooting Being Investigated As Homicide; Suspect In Custody, Police Say (UPDATED)
A midday shooting in Hagerstown is now being investigated as a homicide, police say.Shortly before 1 p.m. on Thursday, July 18, officers were called to investigate a shooting in the 200 block of East Washington Street. According to the Hagerstown Police Department, a suspect was taken into cus…
Woman in critical condition after accident involving three freightliners
BERKELEY COUNTY, WV (LOOTPRESS) A driver has been left in critical condition following a Monday morning accident involving multiple vehicles including three freightliners. The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office reports that, at 3:26am on the morning of Monday, July 22, 2024, a collision involving multiple vehicles was reported to have occurred at the 14.6 mile marker […]
Christopher Van Johnson Gets 7 Life Sentence For 3 Murders
Eight years after a triple homicide in Pennsylvania, a Maryland man has been brought to justice, according to ta release by the US Department of Justice on Fiday, July 19, 2024. Christopher Van Johnson, 36 of Baltimore, MD was sentenced to seven consecutive life in prison sentences by United States...
Trapped Man Rescued From House In Frederick
Two dogs were also taken from the home. House fire in the 5700 block of Bartonsville Road. (Photos from Frederick County Fire & Recue) Frederick, Md (KM) One man was rescued from a burning house and medivaced to Bayview Burn Center with critical injuries following a house fire Tuesday night.
BCSD and ATF investigate a gun store robbery in Martinsburg
Berkeley County Sheriff’s Department report by email a robbery at a Martinsburg gun store. On the morning of July 19 at approximately 4:50 BCSD Deputies responded to the report of an alarm sounding at 1514 Winchester Avenue Martinsburg. The location is Green Monstah Firearms, but deputies did not find...
The Day after Thieves Tried to Ram into a Gun Shop and Tattoo Parlor, Another Breaking and Entering is reported at a Berkeley County Gun Shop
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — One day after police say thieves tried to ram a vehicle into a gun shop and a tattoo studio, another breaking and entering happened at a local gun shop. The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Department reports they were dispatched just before 5:00 in the morning of July 19, 2024 to Green Monstah Firearms.
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