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Maryland Inmate Found Dead In Cell; Death May Be Homicide
CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) — Corrections officials are investigating the death of an inmate in a Cumberland prison as a possible homicide. The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services says the...
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Prison Corrections Officer Arrested On Drug-related Offenses
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — Authorities say a Maryland prison corrections officer has been charged with multiple drug-related offenses. The Herald-Mail of Hagerstown reports that Washington County District...
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Restrictions Placed On Use Of Jetpacks At Deep Creek Lake
MCHENRY, Md. (AP) — Officials say the use of jetpacks has been restricted at Deep Creek Lake. The Cumberland Times-News reports that Deep Creek Lake Policy and Review Board spokesman Bob Hoffmann says...
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More Than A Dozen Snakes, 3 Venomous, Seized From Maryland Home, Pet Shop
ALLEGANY COUNTY, Md. (WJZ) — Three venomous snakes and a dozen other snakes were seized from an Allegany County home and pet shop Thursday by the Maryland Natural Resources police. Police acted on a...
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Authorities: Woman Faces Over 150 Animal Cruelty Charges
CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) — Authorities say a Cumberland woman has been charged with more than 150 counts of animal cruelty. The Cumberland Times-News reports that officials say 42-year-old Pepper R. Taylor...
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Cumberland Supports Plan For Medical Marijuana Operation
CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) — A firm that has an option on part of the old Kelly-Springfield Tire Co. plant hopes to establish a medical marijuana indoor growing and processing operation there. Peak Harvest...
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Car Races Returning To Western Maryland Airport
CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) — Timed automobile races are resuming at the Greater Cumberland Regional Airport after a one-year break to address safety concerns. The Cumberland Times-News reports that the...
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1-Year-Old Child Critical After Apparent Near-Drowning
CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) — Cumberland police say a 1-year-old child is in critical condition after an apparent near-drowning in a bathtub. The agency said in a statement Thursday that the child’s father...
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C&O Canal Extending Launch Boat Rides At Williamsport
WILLIAMSPORT, Md. (AP) — The end of summer doesn’t mean the end of boat rides in the C&O Canal at Williamsport. Managers of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park say the weekend...
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Truck Carrying Bacon, Other Pork Products Catches Fire Near Cumberland
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A tractor-trailer carrying bacon and other pork products burned on Interstate 68 near Cumberland Monday night, fire officials tell the Cumberland Times-News newspaper. Westbound...
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Police: Man Breaks Into Cumberland Home, Assaults 2 People
CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) — Cumberland police say a man was arrested after he broke into a home and assaulted both a woman and a man inside. The break-in occurred on Saturday. Police say they had to...
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Tri-State Zoo Cited for Lion’s Ailing Health
CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has cited the Tri-State Zoological Park for an alleged violation of the Animal Welfare Act regarding the health of a 13-year-old lion. The...
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Police: Woman Punched Officer During Sporting Event
CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) — Authorities say a woman punched a Cumberland police officer in the face after he responded to a disturbance call at an Allegany College of Maryland sporting event....
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2 Hospitalized After Crashing Car During Police Chase
CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) — Maryland State Police say two men are recovering and awaiting charges after their vehicle crashed into a carport during a chase in western Maryland. The Cumberland Times-News...
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5 Robbed At Gunpoint In Maryland; 1 Shot
CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) — Cumberland police say two teenagers robbed five people at gunpoint and shot one of the victims in the leg. Police say the robbery occurred on Saturday afternoon, and the...
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Cumberland Hosts Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit on Labor
CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) — A museum in Cumberland is partnering with the Smithsonian Institution to tell the story of the area’s workers over the last 150 years. The Allegany Museum says local businesses,...
View ArticleCellphone Jamming System Tested At Maryland Prison
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Federal prisons officials on Wednesday tested a jamming technology inside the walls of a federal prison, a rare move that authorities said they hope will help combat the danger...
View ArticleFire Destroys 2 Buildings In Cumberland’s Historic District
CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) — Officials say a fire has destroyed two buildings in Cumberland’s historic district. The state fire marshal’s office said Saturday no injuries have been reported. Nearly 125...
View ArticleMaryland Town Named Most Affordable Place To Buy A Home
BALTIMORE (AP) — Whether you can afford a home depends — a lot — on the city you want to call home. A modest income can go a long way in Cumberland, Maryland, the metropolitan area with the nation’s...
View ArticleWoman Thrown From Car Stuck On Maryland Railroad Tracks Dies
CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) — Police have identified a Virginia woman who was killed when she was thrown from a vehicle stuck on railroad tracks in Maryland. The Cumberland Times-News reports that 51-year-old...
View ArticleMd. Man Arrested In Cold Case Kidnapping Thanks To DNA, Fingerprints
SOMERSET, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say DNA and fingerprints helped lead to an arrest in the kidnapping of a Pennsylvania girl nearly 20 years ago. Pennsylvania State Police on Thursday provided more...
View ArticleMan Charged After Maryland House Is Burglarized Twice
CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) — Police in Maryland say they’ve arrested a man accused of burglarizing the same house twice. The Cumberland Police issued a news release saying they had served a criminal summons...
View ArticlePolice Investigating State Prison Inmate’s Death
CUMBERLAND, Md. (WJZ) — Maryland State Police are investigating the death of an inmate who was found unresponsive this weekend in his cell at a state prison in Allegany County. The inmate is identified...
View ArticleMaryland Landlord Arrested, Charged With Disorderly Conduct
CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) — Police in Maryland say they’ve arrested a landlord accused of disorderly conduct after throwing items out of a home during an illegal eviction. The Cumberland Police Department...
View ArticleVictim Identified In State Prison Inmate Death
CUMBERLAND, Md. (WJZ) — Maryland State Police have identified the victim in a state prison inmate death investigation. The inmate was identified as Wilbur Moyer II, 30, of the Western Correctional...
View ArticleTrump Hosts Oval Office Celebration For Maryland World War II Vet & Friends
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump treated four World War II veterans to an Oval Office meeting Thursday, fulfilling a birthday wish for 95-year-old Allen Jones and giving three other veterans...
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17 Arrested In Drug Trafficking Ring That Distributed Fentanyl, Heroin And...
CUMBERLAND, Md. (WJZ) — Seventeen people were arrested and charged in connection with a drug trafficking ring in Allegany County and surrounding areas. The ring allegedly distributed fentanyl, heroin...
View ArticleCarroll County Man Accused In Virginia Murder, Abduction
CARROLL COUNTY, MD. (WJZ) — A Carroll County man was arrested for murder over the weekend, but the woman he’s suspected of abducting is still missing. George Knisley was taken into custody after a...
View ArticleMississippi Dig May Have Found Bones Of Missing Maryland Man
FERNWOOD, Miss. (AP) — Investigators in southwest Mississippi may have found human remains in the search for a Maryland college student who disappeared in May 1995. “They have found some items that...
View ArticleAllegany County Animal Shelter Seeks Donations For Mama Dog, Nine Babies...
ALLEGANY COUNTY, Md. (WJZ) — Allegany County Animal Shelter is asking for donations to help a family of dogs that were found tied to a guardrail Friday morning. A Good Samaritan discovered the dog–...
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Two People, Including Firefighter, Injured In Three-Alarm Christmas Day Fire...
CUMBERLAND, Md. (WJZ) — One person was hospitalized and a firefighter suffered a minor injury in a three-alarm fire in western Maryland on Christmas Day, the state fire marshal’s office said. The fire...
View ArticleState Prison Inmate Death Being Investigated In Cumberland
CUMBERLAND, Md. (WJZ) — Maryland State Police investigators are looking into the death of a state prison inmate Sunday in Allegany County. Bradley Rinehart, 52, was serving time at the Western...
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Cumberland Man Allegedly Doused House With Gasoline, Made Arson Threat On...
CUMBERLAND, Md. (WJZ) — Deputy State Fire Marshals have charged a Cumberland man after he reportedly doused the front of a house with gasoline and later made an arson threat on social media. Michael...
View ArticleWoman Arrested For Allegedly Abandoning Her Child, Two Young Children Along...
CUMBERLAND, Md. (WJZ) — Maryland State Police arrested a woman who allegedly abandoned her child and two young children along the shoulder of an interstate in Garrett County. Maryland State Police from...
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18-Year-Old Cumberland Man Charged In Child Porn Case
CUMBERLAND, Md. (WJZ) — Maryland State Police arrested an 18-year-old man from Allegany County for possession of child porn and related charges following a multi-state investigation. Brent Bittner, of...
View ArticleMaryland Woman Accused Of Setting False Alarm At Hospital
CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) — Officials have accused a Maryland woman of setting off a fire alarm at a hospital, which delayed treatment for dialysis patients. Deputy State Fire Marshals said firefighters in...
View ArticleWho Is Jeffrey Burnham, The Maryland Man Suspected In 3 Homicides?
MARYLAND (WJZ) — Jeffrey Burnham, the Maryland man wanted in the murders of his brother, sister-in-law and a third person, was arrested Friday in West Virginia, authorities said. Burnham, 46, of...
View ArticleJudge Orders Jeffrey Burnham Extradited To Maryland To Face Charges In 3...
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Jeffrey Burnham, the Allegany County man suspected of killing three people including his brother and sister-in-law, will be extradited to Maryland to face charges, a West Virginia...
View ArticleDid COVID-19 Misinformation Play A Role In This Howard County Couple’s Murders?
ELLICOTT CITY, Md. (WJZ) — Court records suggest medical misinformation might have been the motive behind last week’s double murder in Howard County. Jeffrey Burnham of Cumberland is charged in the...
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Maryland Man Accused Of Killing Pharmacist Brother In Rampage Ruled...
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A Howard County judge has found Jeffrey Burnham—the 47-year-old Cumberland man accused of killing his brother, sister-in-law, and an elderly family friend—incompetent to stand trial....
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