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BALTIMORE, Md. - More than 30 pounds of cocaine was found inside a man's electric wheelchair at Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport last week. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers made the drug bust and Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) Police officers arrested Gabriel Ruiz, 34, of Union City, N.J.Authorities say CBP officers referred Ruiz on June 20 to a secondary examination after he arrived from Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. During that secondary examination, officers x-rayed his Jazzy 614 electric wheelchair and detected anomalies within the seat and back cushions. Officers probed the cushions and extracted 13 plastic-wrapped bricks that contained a white powdery substance.CBP officers used field test kits and a handheld elemental isotope analysis tool and the powdery substance was confirmed to be cocaine.   SUBSCRIBE TO FOX 5 DC ON YOUTUBECBP officers subsequently turned Ruiz and the cocaine over to MDTA Police officers.

Police say Philip Dulude hid under a blanket to avoid arrest. (Credit: Belfast Police Department) BELFAST, Maine - Police in Maine thought that they had seen it all until they found a wanted man hiding under a blanket in plain sight to avoid arrest. Belfast police said they were recently called to the Admiral Ocean Inn to respond to reports of an intoxicated man causing a disturbance.The man was later identified as Philip Dulude.RELATED: Stink bomb deployed at Anne Arundel County Council meeting by man in 'poop emoji' costumePolice said Dulude was removed from the property and threatened with arrest if he returned. A few hours later, officers returned to the inn’s parking lot and found someone in a chair hiding under a blanket. Officers said they pulled off the blanket and found Dulude hiding under it.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - A former MTV reality show star was arrested in Annapolis on sex trafficking charges. The Anne Arundel County Police Department says Kevin Barnes, who appeared on the show "Making the Band 2" and goes by the name "Chopper," was arrested on a Las Vegas warrant on April 14. Detectives believe Barnes, 37, used his large social media following to recruit women to be sex workers. They think there may be local victims.SUBSCRIBE TO FOX 5 DC ON YOUTUBEDownload the FOX 5 DC News App for Local Breaking News and WeatherBarnes starred on MTV's "Making the Band 2" for three seasons.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Authorities say seven people are in custody and two others were hospitalized after being stabbed and cut when violence erupted at a high school in Anne Arundel County Wednesday.Download the FOX 5 DC News App for Local Breaking News and WeatherThe incident was reported around 9 a.m. at Annapolis High School after a fight broke out outside of the building and carried inside.School resource officers in the vicinity of the fight quickly intervened.

CAPE ST. CLAIRE, Md. - Residents sheltered in place in an Anne Arundel County neighborhood Monday morning after the window of a police vehicle was shattered by what officers originally believed was gunfire.Download the FOX 5 DC News App for Local Breaking News and WeatherThe incident was reported near Hilltop Drive and Cape St.

CAPE ST. CLAIRE, Md. - A shelter in place has been ordered in a part of Anne Arundel County after officers say an armed person fired and struck the window of a police vehicle.Download the FOX 5 DC News App for Local Breaking News and WeatherThe incident was reported around 10 a.m.

CHURCHTON, Md. - A Maryland man who plunged a semen-filled syringe into a woman in an Anne Arundel County grocery store is headed to prison.Download the FOX 5 DC News App for Local Breaking News and WeatherThomas Bryon Stemen was sentenced to 10 years in prison for first and second-degree assault.He pleaded guilty in June.READ MORE: Substance used in Maryland syringe attack was semen, police sayStemen attacked Katie Peters in February at Christopher's Fine Foods on Shady Side Road in Churchton.The incident was caught on surveillance video.Exclusive Interview: Maryland syringe attack victim describes moment she was stabbedAccording to investigators, Stemen tried to attack two other people before Peters.AdvertisementStemen had recently moved

Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as they gather at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on January 6, 2021. - Demonstrators breeched security and entered the Capitol as Congress debated the a 2020 presidential election Electoral Vot WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - An Anne Arundel County police officer has been suspended with pay pending an investigation into the officer's involvement in the riot at the U.S.

GLEN BURNIE, Md. - A 7-year-old boy who was taken from his bed in an Anne Arundel County home last night, triggering an Amber Alert, has been located.Police say Prophet Marquis Matthew Johnson has been "safely located."The Amber Alert was cancelled shortly before 3 p.m.Download the FOX 5 DC News App for Local Breaking News and WeatherAuthorities say the boy was in his bed in an apartment in the 400 block of Glen Mar Circle in Glen Burnie at around 10:50 p.m.

GLEN BURNIE, Md. - An Amber Alert has been issued for a young boy who police say was taken from his bed Thursday night in Anne Arundel County.Download the FOX 5 DC News App for Local Breaking News and WeatherProphet Marquis Matthew Johnson Authorities say 7-year-old Prophet Marquis Matthew Johnson was in his bed in an apartment in the 400 block of Glen Mar Circle in Glen Burnie at around 10:50 p.m. when his mother, maternal grandmother and two other men forced open the door.Police say the group assaulted the father and paternal grandparents before taking Prophet from his bed and fleeing the apartment.Prophet was last seen with his mother, 30-year-old Tiffany Sharquita Johnson, and two other unknown individuals around 11 p.m.

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will be one such voting venue in the November election.By using a few large locations, officials are hoping to process voters faster with fewer staff, while allowing for COVID-19 precautions such as physical distancing.“The biggest challenge has been educating everybody about all the changes,” Garreis says.Maryland is also encouraging voters to use mail-in ballots where possible.Of the 400,000 eligible voters in Anne Arundel County Maryland, Garreis estimates nearly half will vote by mail this year.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Baltimore’s disgraced former mayor Catherine Pugh, who was embroiled in a scandal involving her “Healthy Holly" children's books, is expected to plead guilty to perjury Friday, the state prosecutor said. A plea hearing on the state misdemeanor charge is scheduled Friday in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court.

N95 masks wait for deployment at the Anne Arundel County Fire Department supply depot on April 9, 2020 in Glen Burnie, Maryland. (Photo by Alex Edelman / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE (Photo by ALEX EDELMAN/AFP via Getty Images) ( (Photo by ALEX EDELMAN/AFP via Getty Images) )

Police in the US have recovered the body of Robert Fitzgerald Kennedy's great-grandson who went missing during a canoeing trip.