ELKTON - Investigators arrested a Harford County man on Thursday, after a Cecil County grand jury handed up an eight-count indictment against him in connection with an intentionally-set fire of
ELKTON - An investigation is continuing after a fire destroyed an unoccupied pickup truck that was parked outside a residence in an Elkton neighborhood, according to the Maryland Office of the State Fire Marshal.
Residents called 911 at 12:27 a.m. on Friday, after discovering the burning vehicle in the 100 block of Hollingsworth Manor, fire officials said.
Four firefighters with Singerly Volunteer Fire Company of Elkton responded to the scene and extinguished the blaze in about 10 minutes, fire officials added.
The fire destroyed the 2002 Dodge Ram 2500, which had an estimated value of $3,000, according to Sr. Deputy State Fire Marshal Oliver J. Alkire, an agency detective and spokesman.
ELKTON — Investigators are blaming an electrical problem for trigging a blaze that destroyed a shed on the property of an Elkton residence, according to the Maryland Office of the
ELKTON â An investigation is continuing after a blaze destroyed a pull-behind camper near Elkton over the weekend, displacing a mother and daughter who had been living there, according to the Maryland Office of the State Fire Marshal.
One of the occupants called 911 at 8:51 p.m. on Sunday after discovering the fire inside a residence in the 1600 block of Dixie Line Road, northeast of Elkton, fire officials said. The occupants were able to escape without injury, fire officials added.
The camper was enveloped in flames when approximately 20 firefighters with area volunteer fire companies arrived at that scene, fire officials reported.
Firefighters battled the blaze for about 15 minutes, before bringing it under control, fire officials said. Singerly Volunteer Fire Company of Elkton served as the on-scene command unit, fire officials added.
ELKTON â A man with schizophrenia who had been missing for eight days was found dead over the weekend in the Elk River, a short walking distance from his Elkton residence, and an investigation is continuing to determine how he wound up in the water and what caused his death, according to the Elkton Police Department.
EPD Lt. Lawrence Waldridge, an agency spokesman, told the Cecil Whig that a resident discovered the body of William Paul âBillyâ Acklin, 28, at approximately 1 p.m. on Saturday in âless than two feet of water during an extremely low tideâ on a section of the Elk River that runs by a community park in the Kensington Courts neighborhood.