NOTTINGHAM, MD – A Baltimore County Circuit Court judge on Monday sentenced two of the three remaining teens involved in the May 2018 murder of Officer Amy Caprio. Derrick Matthews, 17, and Eugene Genius, 18, have been sentenced to life in prison with all but 30 years suspended. Back in August, 17-year-old Dawnta Harris was sentenced to life in prison […]
BALTIMORE, MD – The teen who ran down Officer Amy Caprio in the line of duty in 2018 has been sentenced to live in prison. On Wednesday, Dawnta Harris was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole in the first-degree felony murder case. In May 2018, Officer Caprio, who was from Fallston, was investigating a suspicious vehicle […]
PERRY HALL, MD – A hero is being remembered at a local dog park. Perry Paw Dog Park has erected a plaque honoring Officer Amy Caprio who was killed in the line of duty on May 21, 2018, in Perry Hall. The plaque reads: “This plaque is dedicated to the memory of Officer Caprio; a wife daughter, sister, aunt, dog […]
PARKVILLE, MD – Officer Amy Caprio may be gone, but she will never be forgotten. On Wednesday, her fellow officers at the Parkville Precinct posted to social media, saying that they were displaying a tribute to the Baltimore County Police Department officer who was killed in the line of duty more than a year ago. The tribute consists of the […]
TOWSON, MD – The three remaining teens involved in the death of Officer Amy Caprio have pleaded guilty. The teens pleaded guilty to felony murder charges on Monday. Dawnta Harris was found guilty by a jury on May 1st. The officer from the Baltimore County Police Department’s Parkville Precinct was investigating a suspicious vehicle in Perry Hall in May, 2018, […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD – One year has already gone by. On May 21, 2018, Baltimore County Police Officer Amy Sorrells Caprio, 29, responded to a call for a suspicious vehicle with multiple suspicious subjects walking between homes on Linwen Way in Perry Hall. When the Parkville Precinct officer arrived and located the vehicle, she got out of her police car and […]
TOWSON, MD – Slain Baltimore County Police Department officer Amy Caprio will be honored at this year’s fallen officers’ memorial service. She was also recently posthumously presented with a Valor Award. Baltimore County Police Foundation Awards On April 29, the Baltimore County Police Foundation honored 18 sworn officers and two civilians for exceptional service at its annual awards ceremony. The […]
KINGSVILLE, MD – An annual tradition continues this year in honor of a fallen hero. As a police officer in the Baltimore County Police Department, Amy Caprio gave her life protecting the citizens of Perry Hall on May 21, 2018. On June 3, 2018, there was a bike ride held at Jerusalem Mill to honor and remember her sacrifice. On […]