Maryland State Police

Harford County sheriff's deputies and Maryland State Police report: Aberdeen Robert Christopher Fleming, 21, of the first block of Mitchell Avenue, was charged Wednesday with second-degree assault. Darrick Calvin James, 21, of the 100 block of West Aztec Street, was arrested Wednesday on a bench warrant in a case in which he was charged with possession of marijuana. Andre Mitchell Green, 28, of the first block of Pritchard Avenue, was arrested Wednesday on two bench warrants in cases in which he was charged with driving without required license and authorization and driving while his license and privilege were suspended.

Harford County sheriff's deputies and Maryland State Police report: Aberdeen Clarence Edward Weaver Sr., 53, of the first block of East Inca Street, was arrested Monday on a bench warrant in a case in which he was charged with driving an uninsured vehicle. Dwayne Cecil Webb, 43, of the 500 block of Pleasant Wind Drive, was charged Thursday with making false statement to police, driving while his license and privilege were suspended, driving while his license and privilege were revoked, driving without required license and authorization, driving while his license was suspended, failure to display registration card on demand, failure to display license on demand, driving without current tags, operating unregistered vehicle, giving false and fictitious name to uniformed police and following too closely.

Harford County sheriff's deputies and Maryland State Police report: Aberdeen Samantha Welch, 20, of the 400 block of Ruby Drive, was charged Monday with driving while her license and privilege were revoked, displaying suspended license, possessing suspended license, negligent driving, passenger age 16 or older in outboard front seat without seat belt restraint, failure to obey properly placed traffic control device instructions, operating...

Maryland State Police at the Westminster barracks were investigating a three-vehicle collision Tuesday evening in Carroll County that killed a 64-year-old Pennsylvania woman. Elisabeth Catherine Osorio of the first block of Frock Drive in Hanover, Pa., was driving her 2011 Subaru Legacy north along Hanover Pike in Manchester, near the Pennsylvania border, at about 6 p.m. when the left rear tire of a truck traveling in front of her — a 2002 Chevrolet Silverado — fell off, police said.

The 24-year-old woman killed in a crash Friday in Howard County was identified as Ashley Marie Matthews, who died at the scene of the single-vehicle accident, Maryland State Police said Sunday. Authorities said Matthews was driving a Ford Expedition that overturned off westbound Interstate 70 near Bethany Lane in Ellicott City. A passenger in the truck told state police that the vehicle was approaching an unknown white SUV that was traveling slower than the Ford Expedition. Matthews swerved to avoid the SUV and lost control of the vehicle, authorities said.

Maryland State Police say a 73-year-old man was struck and killed by a car when he was walking across Western Pike in Hancock to get his mail. It happened Thursday about 6:40 p.m. Troopers say a car driven by 54-year-old Ronda Ward of Hancock was traveling west on Western Pike when she struck Mark Martin of Hancock. Martin was pronounced dead at the scene. Ward was not hurt, but was taken to a hospital as a precaution. The accident is under investigation.

National journalism groups have weighed in at the Court of Appeals in a high-profile dispute over whether the Maryland State Police should turn over to the Maryland NAACP files showing how the agency handled five years' worth of complaints of racial profiling in traffic stops. The NAACP's effort to see the internal police documents has drawn a brief from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, joined by the Society of Professional Journalists. The national NAACP had also filed a brief in support of the state NAACP.

Maryland State Police are investigating the stabbing death of a Westminster man found early Saturday. The victim is identified as Steven R. Hobson, 40, of the unit-block of Main Street, according to police. Shortly before 2:30 a.m., Westminster Police responded to a 911 call from a building in the unit-block of East Main Street. Officers found the victim in an apartment in the residential and commercial building. Responding medics pronounced the victim dead at the scene.

Maryland State Police are looking for a motorist who struck a 20-year-old West Virginia man as he walked on I-70 in Hagerstown. After the driver left the scene, the struck man was hit by a second vehicle and later pronounced dead. The victim was identified as James Lloyd Weatherholtz of Martinsburg, W.Va. Police say he had gotten into an argument with a passenger while driving westward on the highway shortly before 11 p.m. on Saturday. Weatherholtz stopped just east of exit 29, got out, and began walking away on the left shoulder of the interstate, according to the police account.