By Carl Hamilton
cahamilton@cecilwhig.com Apr 29, 2021
PHOTO COURTESY OF SAMANTHA MALLOY
A neighbor captured this photo of a Cherry Lane house on fire,
just moments after the blaze was intentionally set Thursday
afternoon.
CECIL WHIG PHOTO BY CARL HAMILTON
Firefighters battle a blaze in the unit block of Cherry Lane,
northeast of Elkton, on Thursday afternoon.
CECIL WHIG PHOTO BY CARL HAMILTON
Averee Hammond, 24, and Travis Sellers, 25, were doing work
across the street when they watched a woman set fire to a house on
Cherry Lane. Sellers rescued another woman who was trapped in the
basement.
CECIL WHIG PHOTO BY CARL HAMILTON
Delaware News Journal
An Elkton, Maryland, woman is accused of setting multiple fires inside her home while someone was still inside and then watching her handiwork from a lawn chair. She has been charged with arson and attempted murder, the Maryland State Fire Marshal s office announced.
The Thursday incident occurred less than a mile from the Delaware state line on Cherry Lane, not far from the border intersection of Fletchwood and Elkton roads just west of the University of Delaware.
Fire officials say they were called to the residence Thursday around 1:15 p.m.
Witnesses told investigators that Gail J. Metwally, 47, set multiple fires in the home and then watched from a chair on the front lawn before walking away from the scene, the fire marshal s office said.
ELKTON â Investigators have filed arson and attempted murder charges against a woman who allegedly torched her occupied home near Elkton on Thursday afternoon, gutting the house and displacing herself and three other adults who lived there, according to the Maryland Office of the State Fire Marshal.
Charging documents allege that the suspect â Gail J. Metwally, 47 â remained on the property and watched for several minutes after intentionally setting fire to the house in the unit block of Cherry Lane, which is a short distance away from Fletchwood Road, northeast of Elkton.
âVideo footage and witness statements provided that Metwally set fire within the dwelling and then retreated to the front yard. She then sat down on a chair and watched the fire progress. She is observed saying, âHasta-la-vista, Bitch,â in one of the videos while the fire is observed within the dwelling,â court records allege.
ELKTON - A man is facing numerous charges after investigators confiscated 401 baggies holding suspect heroin mixed with fentanyl, in addition to bags containing other purported drugs, while raiding his guest room at a motel in Elkton, according to the Cecil County Sheriff s Office.
Investigators identified the suspect as James Jamar Jordan, a 37-year-old North East resident who goes by Country as a nickname, reported Lt. Michael Holmes, a CCSO spokesman.Â
CCSO s Street Level Crimes Unit investigators raided Jordan s room - Room 118 - at the Deluxe Inn in the 600 block of East Pulaski Highway (Route 40) on Thursday, with the assistance of Cecil County Drug Task Force agents, Maryland State Police Apprehension Team members and CCSO patrol deputies, Holmes said.
ELKTON â A man who allegedly fired several gunshots outside a home near Elkton is in custody, after a two-day-long search that included a high-speed police chase covering approximately eight miles, according to Cecil County District Court records.
Investigators identified the suspect as James Wayne Bowman III, 23, of the unit block of Arthur Cameron Circle in Elkton.
Maryland State Police Trooper McDowell started his investigation at approximately 7:40 a.m. on Wednesday, when he went to a residence in the unit block of South Simpers Road near Elkton in response to a âshots firedâ complaint, police reported.
One of the complainants â a 25-year-old man who lives at that South Simpers Road residence â told the trooper that he noticed a blue car with dark tinted windows parked at the end of his driveway at about 7:15 a.m., some 25 minutes earlier, when he was going to work, court records show.