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Two Men Admit To Assaulting Atlantic County Juvenile Corrections Officers: Prosecutors
Two Atlantic County men admitted to assaulting two juvenile corrections officers, authorities said.
Bilal Rex, 20, of Atlantic City, and Samir Abdullah, 21, of Galloway, pleaded guilty on Thursday, May 16 to third-degree aggravated assault on a corrections employee. The Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office announced their guilty pleas in a news release.
Investigators said Rex and Abdullah assaulted two corrections officers while they were held in the Harborfields Youth Detention Center on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022.
Prosecutors said they're recommending three-year prison sentences for Rex a…
Suspended Great Mills Driver Found With Cocaine In Routine Traffic Stop, Sheriff Says
A 41-year-old driver was charged with drug offenses during a routine traffic stop, authorities said.
St. Mary's County Sheriff's deputies said they recognized a driver as having a suspended Maryland license and owing child support.
Deputies pulled over a Chevrolet Tahoe driven by Shawn Maurice Dickens, 41, of Great Mills, near FDR and MacArthur boulevards in California, MD, they said.
As the Tahoe approached the intersection of FDR Boulevard and Buck Hewitt Road, deputies said they saw Dickens throw an object from the vehicle, immediately turn, park, exit, and walk away.
The deputie…
Cops ID Pedestrian, 37, Killed In Hit-Run Crash As Landover Woman
Police have identified a 37-year-old pedestrian struck and killed earlier this week.
Lashaviao Spriggs of Landover.was killed in the crash, Prince George's County Police said on Friday, May 17.
The hit-and-run sedan was located on Thursday, May 16, but no charges had been filed as of press time.
On Tuesday, May 14, at approximately 10:30 p.m., patrol officers responded to Martin Luther King Jr. Highway and Bell Haven Drive in Landover for the report of a collision involving a pedestrian. Officers found the victim in the roadway suffering from trauma, they said. She was pronounced dead at t…
Man Exposes, Touches Himself At Roosevelt Field Mall, Police Say
A Long Island man has been arrested after he allegedly exposed himself to a woman in a mall food court.
It happened in Garden City on Thursday, May 16, according to Nassau County Police.
At approximately 10 a.m., Irvin Acevedo Ayala, age 27 of Hempstead, was at the Roosevelt Field Mall food court, located at 630 Old Country Road.
He allegedly approached a 62-year-old woman, who was also in the food court, and began exposing and touching his genitals.
Police located him nearby and he was arrested without incident.
Ayala is charged with public lewdness.
He pleaded not guilty at his a…
Westminster Widow Accused Of Killing Husband Dies Awaiting Trial, Officials Say
A 77-year-old woman accused of beating her husband dead with a cane died while awaiting trial, authorities announced.
Gail D’Anthony died on May 13, 2024, while in the custody of the Maryland Department of Health, the Carroll County State’s Attorney’s Office said in a news release on Friday, May 17.
D’Anthony was being held in custody by MDH because it was determined she was not competent to be tried on charges that she'd beaten her husband, John D’ Anthony III, 72, to death with a cane in March 2023. A competency hearing was scheduled for July 9, 2024.
“Gail D’Anthony did …
