Lawmakers approved a measure Friday that would end the death penalty in Maryland and sent the bill to Gov. Martin O’Malley, a long-time supporter of abolishing capital punishment in the state. The House measure, which had passed the Senate earlier this month, passed with a 82-56 vote Friday. The governor has tried to repeal the…
A Prince William man is scheduled to stand trial again and will once again face the possibility of a death sentence after a federal appeals court vacated his original conviction in August. Thirty-one-year-old Justin Michael Wolfe has served more than 11 years after being convicted of ordering the killing of Daniel R. Petrole Jr., who…
Murder charges have been dropped in a 2011 shooting of a 30-year-old outside an Edmonston bar, according to an article on the Washington Post web site. According to the article, Malik Huff, 25, pleaded guilty to a first-degree assault charge and was sentenced to five years in prison Friday. A representative of the prosecutor said they were…
One patient at a psychiatric care facility was arrested and charged with murder in the death of another patient Thursday morning in Fairfax County. According to reports, 24-year-old Mark Shelor allegedly stabbed 57-year-old Grady Alexander Vickers about 9:30 a.m. in the 1700 block of Old Meadow Road. Vickers was taken to a local hospital and…
A man serving a house arrest sentence has been charged in the stabbing death of his pregnant girlfriend. According to reports, 22-year-old Nathan Cedric Rogers has been charged with first-degree murder. Police found 23-year-old Jasmine Nichelle Moss’ body when they went to investigate a suspicious car report Friday night in District Heights. Moss was pregnant,…
A patient in the maximum-security wing of a Maryland state psychiatric hospital was charged with killing his roommate Friday. According to officials, 24-year-old Vitaly Davydov came out of his room of the Clifton T. Perkins Hospital in Jessup, Md. about 2:30 Friday afternoon to request help for his roommate, 22-year-old David Rico-Noyola. When staff entered the…
A 22-year-old man was released after posting bond in a hit-and-run crash that killed another man. According to officials, Michael Charles Dalton, 22, hit a 30-year-old man riding a scooter in Rockville early Thursday morning. The accident occurred near Edmonston Road and Rockville Pike just before 1:30 a.m. Thursday. Police said he dragged the scooter…
A Bowie State college student is charged with the murder of her roommate after the pair apparently argued about the volume of the roommate’s music. According to police, 19-year-old Alexis Danielle Simpson stabbed 18-year-old Dominique Tiarra Frazier Thursday evening in their apartment. The two had not been getting along and had been arguing for the past week.…
Police arrested a 15-year-old in connection with the beating and stabbing death of an elderly neighbor who was described as like a grandmother to him. Officials said 92-year-old Thelma Steele was found in her home in Prince George’s County Monday evening after neighbors noticed her mail piling up. The longtime resident of the neighborhood had…
A D.C. man accused of having a incestuous relationship with his daughter, pleaded guilty to murdering her Friday. Rodney McIntyre, 45, was charged in the stabbing death of his 17-year-old daughter Ebony Franklin. He pleaded guilty to first-degree murder while armed in his daughter’s death. Prosecutors said McIntyre stabbed Franklin at least 15 times before…