Cumberland

Man charged with DUI after truck hits utility pole

January 17, 2022 GMT

CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) — A Maryland man was charged with driving under the influence after his pickup truck struck a utility pole. causing a widespread power outage in a Cumberland neighborhood, police said.

Police: Man wanted in 3 Md. deaths found in W. Virginia

October 1, 2021 GMT

ELLICOTT CITY, Md. (AP) — A man wanted in the killings of three people in Maryland has been arrested in West Virginia, police announced Friday.

West Virginia State Police arrested Jeffrey Burnham, 46, who was wanted in the death of an 83-year-old woman in Cumberland and the shooting deaths of his his brother and sister-in-law in Ellicott City, according to Howard County and Cumberland police.

Man charged in death of woman found in Maryland apartment

September 11, 2021 GMT

CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) — A man remained jailed Saturday for the death of a woman found lying on the floor of her Maryland apartment, cut on her head and neck, authorities said.

Travis Allen Duckworth, 44, was charged with first-degree murder in the death of Krystal Rose Gallen, 34, of Cumberland, according to a Cumberland Police Department news release.

Maryland woman accused of setting false alarm at hospital

May 29, 2021 GMT

CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) — A Maryland woman is accused of setting off a hospital fire alarm, which delayed treatment for dialysis patients, according to deputy state fire marshals.

A news release from the office of the Maryland State Fire Marshal on Friday said Cumberland firefighters who responded to an automatic fire alarm on May 18 at UPMC Western Maryland determined the activation was an intentional false alarm.

The Latest: More N Carolina counties qualify for federal aid

September 18, 2018 GMT

WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on Tropical Depression Florence (all times local):...

Wawa tops Sheetz as the place to ‘go’ in Pennsylvania, survey finds

by BRIAN C. RITTMEYERMay 17, 2018 GMT

Apparently, if you need to wee-wee in Pennsylvania, Wawa is the place to, well, go.

Wawa, based out of Delaware County, topped Altoona-based Sheetz, according to gas pricing service GasBuddy and its analysis of the best restrooms.

Cellphone jamming system tested at Maryland prison

By MEG KINNARDJanuary 17, 2018 GMT

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Federal prisons officials on Wednesday tested a jamming technology inside the walls of a federal prison, a rare move that authorities said they hope will help combat the danger posed by inmates with cellphones...

Maryland doctor with sex charge surrenders license

September 2, 2014 GMT

CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) — A Maryland physician at the center of a medical licensing scandal is surrendering his license to practice medicine to resolve charges that he molested a female patient.