BALTIMORE, MD—An undocumented Salvadoran national and alleged member of MS-13 was arrested in Maryland, on January 25, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Anderson Geovany Romero, 19, was apprehended in Hyattsville by ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Baltimore after he was released from the Prince George’s Detention Center. Romero had been arrested by the Prince George’s County […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Enforcement and Removal Operations Baltimore apprehended an unlawfully present 28-year-old Salvadoran gang member who was previously removed from the United States. Officers from ERO Baltimore and the Aberdeen Police Department arrested Kevin Mauricio Guzman-Martinez, a member of the notorious MS-13 street gang, on Thursday, September 26 in Aberdeen. “Not only did Kevin Mauricio Guzman-Martinez unlawfully re-enter the United States […]
ROSEDALE, MD—The Community College of Baltimore County will hold a candlelight vigil for a former student who was killed earlier this week at Rice University. Andrea Rodriguez Avila, 21, of Nottingham, died on Monday in an apparent murder-suicide. Investigators have learned that Avila and the suspect had been in a dating relationship. Avila, a junior, had transferred from CCBC to […]
UPDATE: CCBC will hold a candlelight vigil for Andrea Rodriguez Avila in September. Original story below… NOTTINGHAM, MD—A former Perry Hall High School student has been killed in an apparent murder-suicide at Rice University, officials say. At around 4 p.m. on Monday, August 26, Houston authorities responded to a welfare check call in a campus dormitory room. Officers entered the […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A Baltimore man is one of nearly 200 people who have been charged as part of a series of arrests targeting large-scale drug-trafficking organizations operating throughout the United States. “Over just three days and across 10 states, the Justice Department has charged nearly 200 individuals for their alleged roles in major drug trafficking operations,” said Attorney General Merrick B. […]
ANNAPOLIS, MD—A Maryland man has been sentenced to federal prison for threatening a Member of Congress. U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett on Thursday sentenced Justin Kuchta, 40, of Annapolis, to four months in federal prison, followed by one year of supervised release, for threatening to murder a United States Member of Congress. The sentence was announced by Erek L. […]
BALTIMORE, MD—No, that’s not pollen. White powder from a mid-week dust storm has been spotted falling from the skies in parts of West Virginia and Maryland. The dust began appearing in the eastern panhandle of West Virginia on Thursday night and by Friday morning, it was also falling in western Maryland. The Hampshire County 911 Center on Thursday night asked […]
BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown on Wednesday announced the indictments of six defendants for their participation in an interstate cocaine trafficking conspiracy that resulted in the seizure of 15 kilograms of cocaine, 400 grams of crack cocaine, 10 firearms including two assault-style rifles and a fully automatic Glock 30 handgun, and over $493,000 of narcotics proceeds. The investigation, […]