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A serial killer who once lurked around Baltimore killing and dismembering sex workers and homeless people in the 1990s would sometimes turn his victims into burgers and sold them to unsuspecting people as part of a sick game. Joe Metheny, 62, was convicted for the murder of two women in...
A minor and two men were wounded in a triple shooting Wednesday night in the Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood, according to Baltimore Police. Officers responded at 10:02 p.m. to the 1700 block of North Calhoun Street to the discharging of a firearm and found the three victims with gunshot wounds to their bodies. All three were transported to local hospitals and are listed in stable condition. ...
BALTIMORE, MD (WBFF) — Police say an elderly man was struck and killed in a Northeast Baltimore crash on Thursday morning. At approximately 11:47AM officers responded to the 6600 block of Belair Road for a report of a pedestrian-involved crash. Once officers arrived at the scene they located a...
Deportation officers with Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Baltimore’s Fugitive Operations Team arrested Henry Argueta-Tobar this week in Waldorf, authorities announced on Thursday. According to ICE, US Border Patrol apprehended Argueta-Tobar in May 2019 near El Paso as an unaccompanied minor, where he was issued a notice to appear...
Life in prison is the sentence for Hector Marroquin-Galdamez, a 41-year-old member of the 18th Street gang, following a conviction for the 2021 murder of Orlando Carranza-Portillo, according to Fox Baltimore. The verdict reached in May found Marroquin-Galdamez guilty of first-degree murder after the incident in a Baltimore County bar, where the victim allegedly signaled an affiliation with the rival MS-13 gang.
A former Dundalk resident who worked as a police officer in Fort Worth, Texas, was killed in the line of duty this week by a drunk driver.
(WBFF) — A Maryland man was sentenced to thirty months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit bank fraud, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said. Theodore Sapperstein, 67, formerly of Pikesville, and his coconspirators unlawfully debited money from the bank accounts of...
Thank you for reading Baltimore Witness. Help us continue our mission into 2024. On Aug. 14, at approximately 9:36 p.m., Southwest District patrol officers responded to an area hospital for a walk-in shooting victim seeking treatment. Upon arrival at the hospital, Baltimore Police Department officers spoke with the 23-year-old male...
Happy Thursday! The week is winding down, but the stories are not! Here's your top headlines for Thursday, August 15.