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Will Justice Be Served? White University of Maryland Student Will Now Face Hate Crime Charge in Fatal Stabbing of Richard Collins III
Looks like Army 2nd Lt. Richard Collins III may still get justice yet, now that a Prince George’s County, Md., grand jury decided Tuesday to hand up a hate crime charge against Sean Urbanski, a white University of Maryland student accused of fatally stabbing Collins. Urbanski, 22, is already facing a murder charge in Collins’…
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Md. Man Confesses to Killing 6-Year-Old Sister, 2 Young Cousins: Report
A 25-year-old man has confessed to killing his 6-year-old sister and his two young cousins while he was supposed to be baby-sitting the little girls at a family home in Maryland, authorities say. CNN reports that the man in question, Antonio Williams, is facing charges of first- and second-degree murder in the deaths of his…
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Md. Father Accused of Punching Infant Son to Death and Burying Body in the Woods Pleads Guilty
A Maryland father who was accused of fatally punching his infant son to death before burying the child’s body in the woods has pleaded guilty. According to the Washington Post, 33-year-old Antoine Petty was convicted of first-degree child abuse resulting in death in the killing of 2-month-old Antoine Flemons. Authorities said that Petty attacked the…
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HIV-Positive Md. High School Track Coach Accused of Sexual Assault Is Indicted on 119 Counts, Could Face 1,500-Year Sentence
A former Maryland school aide and track coach was hit with a staggering 119-count indictment that could have him sentenced to over 1,500 years in prison if convicted, after being accused of sexually assaulting several male students while he was HIV-positive. According to Fox News, authorities accuse Carlos Deangelo Bell, 30, of assaulting at least…
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Maya Rockeymoore ‘Seriously Looking’ at 2018 Run for Md. Governor
Maya Rockeymoore, a policy consultant and head of Global Policy Solutions, a consulting firm based in Washington, D.C., says that she is strongly considering a run for governor of Maryland in 2018. “I’m seriously looking at this race because I have a bold vision for a better, stronger Maryland,” she said in a statement to…
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HIV-Positive Md. High School Track Coach Accused of Sexually Assaulting at Least 7 Male Students
A Charles County, Md., former school aide and track coach is facing multiple charges after being accused of molesting at least seven male students, the sheriff’s office confirmed. According to WUSA 9, Carlos Bell told investigators that he was HIV-positive, and evidence was recovered to confirm his status. The 30-year-old was arrested Friday on two…
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Noose Found Hanging From Tree in Montgomery County, Md.
Yet another noose has been found in the Washington, D.C.-Maryland-Virginia area, with police responding to reports of a noose seen hanging from a tree in a Montgomery County, Md., condominium community Thursday. Authorities say that they responded to a call in the Heron’s Cove Condominium neighborhood at 9:09 a.m. The synthetic rope noose found in…
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Open-Heart Surgery Isn’t Going to Stop This 15-Year-Old From Dancing
It’s a beautiful sight to see: a 15-year-old dancing from his hospital bed, living life to the fullest. And the video was taken only six days after the young man had lifesaving open-heart surgery. According to CNN, Amari Hall, who hails from Capitol Heights, Md., was born with a heart defect that required him to…
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Radical Extremist Discovered Working in Police Department After Praising Terrorist on Facebook
According to the Capital Gazette, a civilian employee of the Anne Arundel County, Md., Police Department has been suspended after making an insensitive comment on Facebook about the slaying of Richard Collins III. Now let’s run this story through the media-bias algorithm and translate this story as if the offender were black: After an extremist…
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Md. Becomes 1st State to Fund Planned Parenthood if Feds Cut Funding
Without the support of its governor, Maryland has become the first state to decide to make up the funds should there be any federal cuts to Planned Parenthood. Republican Gov. Larry Hogan did not sign the bill, but nor did he veto it, and so the bill, which would allow women to have comprehensive health…