Ex-Virginia State Police Trooper Dead After Abducting California Teen, Killing Her Family
A former Virginia State Police trooper was killed in a shootout with police who say he traveled across the country to Riverside, California, where he abducted a teenage girl he met online, before killing her mom, grandmother, and grandfather.
Austin Lee Edwards, 28, of North Chesterfield, parked in a neighbor’s driveway and allegedly set the family’s home on fire before kidnapping the teen he “catfished” on Friday, Nov. 25, according to the Riverside Police Department.
Edwards had previously worked as a trooper with Virginia State Police in Henrico County from early January until his resign…
Mother, Man Charged With Child, Sex Abuse In Death Of 5-Year-Old Boy In Maryland: Sheriff
A man and mother of a 5-year-old boy are facing multiple charges in Maryland after the child was allegedly assaulted, sexually abused, and later died in a children's hospital in Washington, DC.
Williamsport resident Timothy Lee Haseldon, 33, and the boy’s mother, Catherine Thrasher, 30, of Hagerstown, are both in custody after allegedly abusing the boy, the Washington County Sheriff's Office announced.
Shortly after 2:30 p.m. on Friday, July 22, deputies from the sheriff's office responded to a White Pine Drive residence in Hagerstown, where there was a reported unconscious child, according…
Mass Workplace Shooter Indicted By Maryland Grand Jury
A grand jury in Maryland has indicted West Virginia resident Joe Louis Esquivel following the fatal mass shooting at Columbia Machine, Inc. in Washington County last month.
Esquivel, 23, is facing a total of 34 charges, according to WBALTV, after he opened fire at his workplace, killing three and critically injuring others.
The charges Esquivel faces include multiple murder, attempted murder, assault, and weapons offenses.
Deputies responded to Columbia Machine Inc. on Bikle Road at approximately 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 9 in Smithsburg, where they found four victims, three of whom were…
Hero Cops: New Details, IDs Of Troopers Involved In Mass Maryland Shooting Released
Law enforcement agencies in Maryland are celebrating the state police troopers that came to the aid of their colleague who was struck by a bullet before apprehending a mass shooting suspect.
Joe Louis Esquivel, age 23, of Hedgesville, West Virginia, is facing more than two dozen charges after opening fire at his Washington County workplace, killing three, and injuring two others, including a Maryland State Police trooper on Thursday, June 9.
On Monday, June 13, the department identified the trooper who was struck as Det. Sgt. Phillip Martin, who was assigned to the Criminal Enforcement Div…
Victims Of Smithsburg Workplace Rampage Identified
Joshua Wallace went to work at Columbia Machine Inc. in Smithsburg the same way he would any other day.
With just two hours left on the clock, he was getting ready to start his weekend.
That's when his coworker — a 23-year-old Hispanic man from West Virginia whose name has not been released — came inside and shot Wallace and three other employees.
Wallace, 30, Mark Alan Frey, 50, Charles Edward Minnick, Jr., 31, are dead, while Brandon Chase Michael, 42, remains critical.
"This is not how this was supposed to end," reads a GoFundMe campaign launched in Wallace's memo…
