Frederick Man

A Frederick, Md., man has been charged with breaking into his former girlfriend's Hagerstown home on Tuesday and pulling a knife on her, police said. Libni Hernandez, 18, of 1467 Key Parkway in Frederick, was charged with one count each of first-degree burglary, third-degree burglary, fourth-degree burglary, first-degree assault, second-degree assault, fourth-degree sex offense, malicious destruction of property and reckless endangerment, according to a Hagerstown Police Department news release.

A 62-year-old Frederick man died at Meritus Medical Center on Wednesday following a two-vehicle accident on the 600 block of East Church Street, Frederick Police said. Eugene Ross Holland, address unavailable, was flown by Maryland State Police helicopter to Hagerstown following the 8:40 a.m. accident where he later died, police said. Holland might have had a medical issue that caused him to lose control of his vehicle and crash into another, police said. The driver of the other vehicle was unhurt, police said.

Police said they have a first-degree murder warrant for a Frederick man in connection with the shooting death Friday night of a Frederick woman in the Orchard Terrace area. The suspect has been identified as Melvin William Smith, 27, also known as “Rock,” according to a news release from the Frederick Police Department. Police said they consider Smith to be armed and extremely dangerous. He is described as 5 feet 8 inches tall and 150 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - A Frederick, Md., man was sentenced Thursday to serve four, one- to five-year penitentiary sentences after entering guilty pleas to four counts of first degree sexual abuse involving two girls between 2008 and 2009. Michael Alan Chipley, 45, who was remanded to Eastern Regional Jail, will be placed on 15 years of supervised release after being completing the penitentiary sentence ordered by 23rd Judicial Circuit Judge Gina M. Groh. He also is required to register as a sex offender with the West Virginia State Police and restitution could still be awarded.

A Frederick, Md., man died early Wednesday when the car he was driving  missed a curve in the road and apparently went airborne into a building, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department. Deputies reported seeing Ryan Thomas Andre, 24, pulled off on the side of the road and asleep at about 1 a.m., some five hours before he was found at the crash scene, Chief of Staff Jesse Jones said. He seemed fine at that time, Jones said. At about 6:20 a.m., Andre was found inside a wrecked Mazda3, Sgt. Shan Sell said.

The body of a 54-year-old Frederick, Md., man was pulled from the Potomac River at Point of Rocks State Park on Sunday, according to a Maryland State Police news release. Police found a suicide note in the man's home, state police said. The body was taken to the chief medical examiner's office in Baltimore to determine the cause and manner of death. A bicyclist reported seeing the body in the water along the river bank around 4 p.m. Sunday, police said. Carroll Manor Fire Co. firefighters recovered the body, which was in a cove along the river.

A Frederick man was killed in a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 270 in Frederick County, Maryland State Police said. Peter Anthony Halpert, 47, no address given, was pronounced dead at the scene of the collision, police said in a news release. Police did not say where the accident occurred. Halpert was driving a 2012 Ford Escort that collided with a 2001 Ford Windstar driven by Joseph Grant, 51, of Martinsburg, W.Va., police said. Grant was listed in stable condition at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Md., police said in the release.

A Frederick, Md., man was arrested Thursday in connection with a report of shots fired earlier this week, Frederick police said. Derrick Goines, 25, of the 200 block of Washington Street, is charged with first- and second-degree assault and reckless endangerment, police said. On July 9, police responded to the area of Hope Circle at 11:43 p.m. Officers determined that a firearm had been discharged in the area, police said. An investigation revealed Goines and a person identified as the victim knew one another and were playing basketball nearby before shots were fired, police said.

FREDERICK, Md. -- A Frederick man was killed in a one-vehicle accident early Saturday morning on Interstate 270 south of Frederick, according to Maryland State Police. The victim was identified as Walter Wesley Williams, 50, of 1822 Meadowgrove Lane. He was pronounced dead at Frederick Memorial Hospital. According to police, Williams was northbound on the highway around 1 a.m. near New Design Road in his 1987 Jeep Cherokee when he ran onto the right shoulder and into the grass.

The body of a 54-year-old Frederick, Md., man was pulled from the Potomac River at Point of Rocks State Park on Sunday, according to a Maryland State Police news release. Police found a suicide note in the man's home, state police said. The body was taken to the chief medical examiner's office in Baltimore to determine the cause and manner of death. A bicyclist reported seeing the body in the water along the river bank around 4 p.m. Sunday, police said. Carroll Manor Fire Co. firefighters recovered the body, which was in a cove along the river.

A Frederick, Md., man who was helping to push a disabled car in the slow lane of eastbound Interstate 70 was killed Tuesday evening when the vehicle that was being pushed was struck by another car, according to Maryland State Police . The accident was reported at 6:43 p.m., and it occurred in Washington County just west of the Frederick County line where National Pike (U.S. 40) crosses the interstate. State police said that Adam C. Gammon, 37, of Bethel Road, Frederick, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident.

A Frederick, Md., man was found not guilty by a jury this week in Washington County Circuit Court of second-degree attempted murder, but guilty of the armed robbery of three women at Motel 6 last year. Judge Daniel P. Dwyer ordered a presentence report be prepared before sentencing for Tony Anthony Jones, 24, formerly of 1153 Orchard Terrace. In addition to three counts of armed robbery, Jones was also convicted of first-degree assault for stabbing one of the women during the May 21, 2012, incident.

A Frederick, Md., man was pronounced dead at the scene of a crash between a tractor-trailer and a passenger car Friday afternoon on U.S. 340 east (Jefferson Pike) near Md. 67 (Rohrersville Road) in southern Washington County, according to a Maryland State Police news release. David James Forward, 56, of Frederick, was killed in the 5:55 p.m. crash, troopers said. Gregory Steven Givens, 31, of Yemassee, S.C., was taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital for treatment of minor injuries, troopers said.

A Frederick, Md., man told Washington County liquor officials on Wednesday that he wanted to open a restaurant at the site of the former Hot Shots Tavern on North Mulberry Street in Hagerstown. Abdul Kamara said during a hearing before the Board of License Commissioners for Washington County, known as the liquor board, that he needed a liquor license to open a franchise in the Sardi's Pollo A La Brasa restaurant chain. Sardi's is a Peruvian-style restaurant that specializes in charbroiled chicken.

A Frederick man was killed in a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 270 in Frederick County, Maryland State Police said. Peter Anthony Halpert, 47, no address given, was pronounced dead at the scene of the collision, police said in a news release. Police did not say where the accident occurred. Halpert was driving a 2012 Ford Escort that collided with a 2001 Ford Windstar driven by Joseph Grant, 51, of Martinsburg, W.Va., police said. Grant was listed in stable condition at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Md., police said in the release.

Police are investigating a Sunday morning homicide in which a Frederick man with multiple gunshot wounds was pronounced dead at Frederick Memorial Hospital, according to a news release from the Frederick Police Department. Police identified the shooting victim as Lamont George-Lee Ellis, 36, of the 3700 block of Hope Commons Circle, according to the release. Hope Commons Circle is in the Urbana area south of Frederick. Police received a call for shots fired in the 100 block of West All Saints Street at about 1:53 a.m. Sunday, police said.

Two Hagerstown men pleaded guilty this week to the shooting of a Frederick, Md., man in November and were sentenced to one to three years in prison, Berkeley County Prosecutor Pamela Games-Neely said Tuesday. Leon William Racks, 29, and Joseph Wayne Mason, 27, entered their pleas Monday before 23rd Circuit Judge Christopher Wilkes. Their sentences were mandatory, Games-Neely said. Racks and Mason were given credit for time served, she said. The two pleaded guilty in the shooting of Kevin R. Mullen, 28, in the parking lot of Club Twisted at 5268 Williamsport Pike.

A Frederick, Md., man has been charged with breaking into his former girlfriend's Hagerstown home on Tuesday and pulling a knife on her, police said. Libni Hernandez, 18, of 1467 Key Parkway in Frederick, was charged with one count each of first-degree burglary, third-degree burglary, fourth-degree burglary, first-degree assault, second-degree assault, fourth-degree sex offense, malicious destruction of property and reckless endangerment, according to a Hagerstown Police Department news release.

A Frederick, Md., man was arrested Thursday in connection with a report of shots fired earlier this week, Frederick police said. Derrick Goines, 25, of the 200 block of Washington Street, is charged with first- and second-degree assault and reckless endangerment, police said. On July 9, police responded to the area of Hope Circle at 11:43 p.m. Officers determined that a firearm had been discharged in the area, police said. An investigation revealed Goines and a person identified as the victim knew one another and were playing basketball nearby before shots were fired, police said.