(FREDERICK, MD) – Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal pedestrian crash that occurred this afternoon in Frederick County. Shortly before 3:30 p.m., troopers from the Maryland State Police Frederick Barrack responded to the intersection of US Route 15 and Catoctin Furnace Road for a report of a crash between a vehicle and a bicyclist. According to a preliminary investigation, a Toyota 4Runner was traveling in the first lane of northbound US-15, just south of Catoctin Furnace Road. The bicyclist, identified as Scott Cornell Binde, 64, of Alexandria, Virginia, was crossing US-15 from w ..read more

(PRINCESS ANNE, MD) – Maryland State Police investigators are continuing an investigation into the death of a state prison inmate in Somerset County. The inmate is identified as Eugene Stanford, 49.  Stanford was declared deceased by emergency medical service personnel. He was a state prison inmate serving time at the Eastern Correctional Institution in Princess Anne. A suspect, also an inmate, has been identified.  He has not been charged at this time and is not being identified until charges are placed. At 12:45 p.m. today, the Maryland State Police Homicide Unit was contacted by i ..read more

(FINKSBURG, MD) — Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal crash that claimed the life of a 41-year-old Carroll County man last night. The deceased is identified as Geoffrey Brittingham, 41, of Hampstead. EMS personnel from Carroll County pronounced him deceased on the scene.  He was the driver of a 2022 Ford Explorer involved in the crash. Brittingham’s 7-year-old son was a passenger in the rear of the Explorer. He was transported by ground to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore for treatment. The preliminary investigation indicates Brittingham was traveling northbound on Emory Ro ..read more

(SALISBURY, MD) — Maryland State Police are investigating the death of a Wicomico County woman who was found deceased on May 26, 2024 by officers from the Salisbury City Police Department.  The victim is identified as Patoria Giddens, 33, of Salisbury. Giddens was found in a vacant apartment near her residence in the 1000-block of Adams Avenue. She was pronounced deceased on the scene by EMS personnel.  Giddens was transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for an autopsy. The results indicate her manner of death as homicide.  On May 29, 2024, the Salisbury City Pol ..read more

(SALISBURY, MD) – Following a grand jury indictment, a Somerset County man has been charged with murder following a fatal hit-and-run crash involving a utility worker earlier this year in Wicomico County. The Wicomico County State’s Attorney’s Office presented the case to the Wicomico County Grand Jury on May 20, 2024. The Grand Jury returned an indictment against Jamal Scarborough, 27, of Marion Station, Maryland. Scarborough is charged with second-degree murder, first-degree assault, negligent vehicular manslaughter, criminally negligent vehicular manslaughter, failure to return/remain at an ..read more

(INDIAN HEAD, MD) – Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal single-vehicle crash that occurred Wednesday night in Charles County. The driver and sole occupant of a Chevrolet Suburban involved in the crash, identified as Tyvon Gray, 34, of Cheltenham, Maryland, was pronounced deceased on the scene by Charles County emergency medical services personnel. Shortly before 9:30 p.m. Wednesday night, troopers from the Maryland State Police La Plata Barrack responded to the area of westbound Livingston Road, east of Marbury Freeland Place for a report of a single-vehicle crash. According to a p ..read more

Lieutenant Krystle Rossignol  Barrack “T” Leonardtown  23200 Leonard Hall Drive  Leonardtown, MD 20650  301-475-8955 Main 301-475-2948 Fax   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 29, 2024 On 5/22/2024, Sr Trooper Oyler responded to an address on Bayside Road, Leonardtown, MD for the report of an assault. While on scene assisting with the assault investigation, Carol Marie Thompson, 36 of Leonardtown, MD became disorderly and failed to comply with orders given by Troopers on scene. During her arrest, Thompson assaulted Troopers and Deputies on scene. Thompson was transported to ..read more

(CLARKSBURG, MD) – Maryland State Police are asking for the public’s assistance as it continues to investigate a fatal crash that occurred earlier this month in Montgomery County. At approximately 10:10 a.m. on May 13, troopers from the Maryland State Police Rockville Barrack responded to southbound Interstate 270 at Route 109 for a report of a crash. According to a preliminary investigation, a dump truck and a 2019 Ford Transit were involved in a crash. The dump truck, driven by Rodney Lee Gibson, 54, of Frederick, Maryland, subsequently struck a bridge abutment and overturned into a ravine ..read more

(North East, MD) – Maryland State Police are actively investigating a double fatal crash that occurred last night in Cecil County. The deceased is identified as Virginia Thomas, 61, of North East, Maryland. Thomas was the passenger in a Toyota Camry. She was transported from the scene by Maryland State Police Aviation Command to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center where she was later pronounced deceased.  The identity of the second deceased victim is being withheld pending next of kin notification. She was the passenger in a BMW 528 involved in the crash. The preliminary investigation ..read more

(Westminster, MD) – Maryland State Police made five arrests in connection with an alleged kidnapping and assault that occurred in Carroll County on May 21, 2024. The accused are identified as Dequan Tyheem Gaines, 27, Brian Scott Johnson, 30, Jordan Gabrielle Riley, 29, Marc Anthony Rivera, 21, and his sister Sylena Marie Rivera, 19, all of Westminster. Gaines, Riley, and Marc Rivera are criminally charged with kidnapping, second degree assault, false imprisonment and extortion. Johnson and Sylena Rivers are charged with kidnapping, false imprisonment and extortion.  All five are currentl ..read more