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Elizabeth Lindenau, 49, and her husband, Brady Decker, 47, were found guilty in January of failing to provide sufficient food, air, space and veterinary care to numerous, dogs, cats and birds, according to the Howard County State’s Attorney’s Office.
A Waldorf man was sentenced Wednesday to serve five years in prison, with the judge suspending all but 18 months, for stalking his former fiancee in Howard County over the course of six years.
Deputy has been placed on paid administrative leave during investigation By Dan Schere |
February 9, 2021
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office has identified a deputy sheriff who fatally shot a man attacking him over the weekend in Laytonsville. Police say the man used a large piece of wood to attack the deputy.
Sgt. Frank Pruitt, an 18-year veteran of the sheriff’s office, shot 52-year-old Kevin Costlow on Saturday morning, according to a press release from the sheriff’s office on Tuesday morning.
County Sheriff Darren Popkin said previously that a man almost drove into one car Saturday morning on Olney Laytonsville Road (Md. 108), and front-ended another. The driver then used a large piece of wood to try to attack the people in the car he had hit, Popkin said on Saturday.
A sheriff’s deputy shot and killed an erratic driver in Maryland after the man caused two car crashes and attacked the deputy with a piece of wood, authorities said.