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Man facing attempted murder charges in Cecil County arson case
NORTH EAST – A man is facing attempted murder charges after he allegedly set fire to his neighbor’s North East-area home while it was occupied by four people – an alleged act of arson that was caught on video by a nearby security camera, according to the Maryland Office of the State Fire Marshal. Investigators identified the suspect as 27-year-old Joshua Edward Alexander Larkins, who was living in the unit block of Bay View Woods Lane near North East when he allegedly torched his neighbor’s...
Police Unity Tour rides for the fallen
GALENA — About 2100 participants, bicyclists, motorcycle police, emergency services and volunteers rolled down the street on a sunny Saturday, heading for Galena Volunteer Fire House. They began their trip at 8 a.m. mingling with the traffic down the road from the Dogwood Festival. These men and women are a part of the Police Unity Tour, a four-day bicycle ride from New Jersey to Washington, DC “to raise public awareness...
Cecil County Sheriff's Office celebrates 350th anniversary
ELKTON — When this country’s Revolutionary War started in 1775, the Cecil County Sheriff’s Office had already been in operation for 101 years. The agency was founded in 1674, a mere 24 years after the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock, and this year marks CCSO’s 350th anniversary. CCSO celebrated that milestone on Saturday during a public event at the agency’s headquarters on Chesapeake Boulevard near Elkton, where attendees enjoyed drone and K9 demonstrations given by deputies assigned to those special units and free hamburgers and...
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