BALTIMORE, MD—The Maryland Car Rally Task Force has expanded its crackdown on illegal exhibition driving, resulting in several additional last weekend. Maryland State Police say 26-year-old Jose Manuel Zapata of Pennsylvania was charged with loaded handgun on person, handgun on person, handgun in vehicle, and loaded handgun in vehicle after he was stopped by police on August 25 in Baltimore. […]
UPDATE: Quwan Lamar Gordon has been convicted in this case. Original story below… TOWSON, MD—A Baltimore County man has been charged with attempted murder following a reported highway shooting on Interstate 95 in Howard County. Quwan Gordon, 48, of Owings Mills, has been charged with attempted murder, use of a gun in the commission of a felony, and other related […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A Pennsylvania man has been arrested on charges of attempted murder after he shot at another driver during a road rage incident in Frederick County, Maryland State Police say. The incident happened shortly after 7:30 a.m. Wednesday on southbound U.S. 15 at Tippin Drive. A motorist called 9-1-1 to report that the driver of a maroon Chevrolet SUV with […]
NOTTINGHAM, MD—Crews responded to a crash involving a pedestrian in the Perry Hall area on Friday. At just before 4 p.m. on August 9, units responded after a pedestrian was struck in the area of Belair Road and Joppa Road. A Maryland State Police medevac unit landed at Perry Hall High School to transport the patient to a trauma center […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland State Police are warning residents to beware of a new telephone scam carried out by scammers pretending to be police officers. According to the police, the scammers are able to fraudulently identify themselves using the names of real Maryland State troopers. The caller IDs can even be made to look like legitimate numbers from the police. Police are […]
JOPPA, MD—One lane of southbound I-95 was closed on Tuesday morning following a fatal crash involving a dump truck and a construction worker in Harford County. Maryland State Police say troopers were dispatched to the area of southbound I-95 near Mountain Road for reports of a crash involving a dump truck and a pedestrian at around 8:30 a.m. on August […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal crash that occurred overnight in Baltimore County. The accident resulted in the death of a man after a suspected impaired driver traveled the wrong way on I-695. At just before 2:45 a.m. on August 1, troopers responded to a two-car crash reported on westbound I-695 at Stevenson Road. Investigators have determined that […]
JESSUP, MD—A $12.1 million building will be built to house a variety of Maryland State Police and Office of the State Fire Marshal units, including a K-9 training center and a bomb squad. The Maryland State Police Tactical Services Administration Building will be built in Jessup, Maryland, and will also house units for emergency operations. “Our officers and public safety […]