Killer back in cell after transplant related release
Condemned killer Steven Shelton, who gave a kidney to his mother, left Wilmington Hospital Wednesday and returned to Delaware Correctional Center near Smyrna. His mother Vesta Shelton underwent surgery in Philadelphia. she remains hospitalized. Shelton, 29, is sentenced to die for the 1992 beating death of Wilson Mannon Jr. His brother Nelson Shelton and cousin Jack Outten were also sentenced to death. Nelson was executed in March. Shelton and Outten have filed appeals. Fire calls in the last 24 hours include addresses in Emmitsburg and Libertytown with a structure fire on Liberty Road and other incidents.
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Smyrna
Del
Steven Shelton
Shelton
Wilmington Hospital
Vesta Shelton
Philadelphia
Jack Outten
Nelson Shelton
Outten
Lottery results Maryland Wednesday drawings summary
Maryland lottery results show Wednesday evening draws for Daily Lottery 4 37 Play Four 9 9 3 3 Lotto 5 9 26 27 35 44 and Wednesday afternoon draws Daily Lottery 2 50 Play Four 6 7 5 0 with numbers listed.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Gaithersburg 19 year old charged with first degree murder
A 19 year old Gaithersburg man, Brian Stephen Simpkins, admitted shooting 31 year old Gilbert Kouadio during a dispute at 17740 Towne Crest Drive at 1 a.m. on April 27. The prosecution cited shell casings found in Kouadio’s apartment and a discovered 38 caliber handgun nearby. Simpkins was charged with first degree murder and use of a handgun in the crime and held without bond. A May 26 hearing was scheduled.
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Rockville
Brian Stephen Simpkins
Sunnybrook Terrace
Gilbert Kouadio
Towne Crest Drive
Montgomery County
Frank Young
Simpkins
Kouadio
Robert Reed
Craig L Wittenberger
Mr. Simpkins
Mount Airy Man Dies of Burns in Washington Hospital
William Billy Hanlin a 27 year old Mount Airy man died at Washington Hospital Center Medstar Unit from burns suffered April 18 at a Germantown area construction site. He entered a vapor filled basement with a lit cigarette and ran upstairs to a coworker who extinguished the flames with water. He was airlifted by state police helicopter to the burn unit. Another worker had hair singed. The basement sprinkler was activated and put out the fire.
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Washington Hospital Center
Medstar
Germantown
William “Billy” Hanlin
Montgomery County
Hanlin
WHC
Cable TV Service Hit by Construction Mishap
About 1,200 customers in Walkersville and Discovery lost service around 11 am on Wednesday due to a construction mishap at a Sheetz store under construction on Md. 194. Cable equipment mounted on a Potomac Edison pole was damaged. Frederick Cablevision crews completed repairs by 1:30 pm, then outages recurred at 2 and 4:30 pm with further work finishing by 5:30 pm.
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Discovery
Sheetz
MD. 194
Potomac Edison
Frederick Cablevision
Police puzzled by theft of hydrant in Westminster
Westminster police probe the disappearance of a heavy fire hydrant after a car collision left only fragments. Detective Dean Brewer says the hit and run appears deliberate as no skid marks were found and the city faces a $600 loss while investigators seek clues on who took the hydrant. There is also notice of a family supper at Lewistown Volunteer Fire Co with details for attendees.
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Dean Brewer
State forecast for Frederick County and area
A compact forecast notes tonight with showers and possibly a thunderstorm, with lows in the 50s and 40s in the far west. Friday brings mostly cloudy skies, lingering showers and a few thunderstorms mainly in the east, highs in the 50s to 60s, cooler west.
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Cumberland
Frederick
Hagerstown
Westminster
Boy 13 Credited With Saving Dad After Hunting Accident
In a West Virginia hunting accident 13 year old David Crook kept his father Joseph Crook alive by placing his bleeding head in his lap and urging him to breathe. David was hit by 40 pellets 11 in the face while his father endured over 300 hits. Ray Lee Neff 41 of York Pa faces charges of negligent shooting and hunting without a license after mistaking a turkey call for game. David and the elder Crook were flown and driven to medical care with David’s vigil noted by doctors as lifesaving.
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Baltimore
David Crook
West Virginia
David
Ferndale
Joseph P. Crook
College Park
Maryland Shock Trauma Center
Crooks
Middlebourne
W.va
Ray Lee Neff
York
Ing
Joseph Crook
Knifepoint robbery attempt foiled in Gaithersburg
Montgomery County police report two teen suspects armed with a knife tried to rob an ice cream truck driver on North Summit Avenue but could not reach him as the door remained closed. All three fled empty handed. description details provided. A separate holdup on West Side Drive involved two suspects, a black male 18 to 20 and a white male 18 to 20, who demanded money and fled after the wallet was discarded.
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Gaithersburg
Montgomery County
North Summit Avenue
Streamside
West Side Drive
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