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Md. 'joker' suspect to provide progress update to court
Baltimore :: MD :: USA | 9 months ago
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The man who owns a cache of two-dozen firearms and stands accused of calling himself "a joker" while allegedly threatening a workplace shooting is scheduled to appear in a courtroom today. A spokesman for the Prince George's County State's Attorney
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Maryland ‘Dark Knight' copycat can't be charged: authorities
Baltimore :: MD :: USA | 10 months ago
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Mike Cochran, a friend of Neil Prescott, accused of threatening to shoot up his workplace, is a "gentle giant," who collected weapons and had expressed concerns about break-ins near his apartment complex. Cochran thinks Prescott did not intend for
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Maryland 'joker' case raises questions about warrant disclosures
Reisterstown :: MD :: USA | 10 months ago
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Maryland police regularly send heavily armed tactical officers to raid houses searching for criminal suspects or evidence. Sometimes the operations turn deadly, as in a recent case in Reisterstown when a Baltimore County officer shot a man who police
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'Dark Knight; Copycat suspect called sarcastic, not psychotic
Crofton :: MD :: USA | 10 months ago
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Prince Georges County Police/EPA;Mike Cochran/AP Alleged "Dark Knight" copycat Neil Prescott, at left in mug shot and at right in photo taken by pal Mike Cochran that Cochran gave to The Associated Press. A friend of the hulking Maryland man nabbed
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Friend: Md. man held in shooting plot gentle giant
Washington :: DC :: USA | 10 months ago
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Prescott was a "gentle giant" — a physically towering young man with a background in computers and electronics and a sarcastic, even biting, sense of humor that people close to him knew to shrug off as innocuous. But police say
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Man being fired called himself 'joker'
Prince George :: Canada | 10 months ago
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The man is undergoing a mental health evaluation at Anne Arundel Medical Center, officials said. The evaluation could take a week, according to Julie Parker, spokeswoman for Prince George's County police. County authorities directed reporters to an
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Police: Md. man made threat, 'joker' reference
Police :: Poland | 10 months ago
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Md. (AP) — A week after the Colorado movie theater massacre, a Maryland man was taken into custody when police said he made a "joker" reference and threatened to shoot up a business he was being fired from. Neil E. Prescott, 28,
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Man calling himself 'a joker' threatened shooting
Washington :: DC :: USA | 10 months ago
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A Maryland man calling himself "a joker" is accused of threatening to shoot up the business from which he was about to be fired and was wearing a T-shirt that read "Guns don't kill people. I do," when he first talked to officers who arrested him,
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Md. man arrested in workplace shooting plot
Washington :: DC :: USA | 10 months ago
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Police in Maryland have arrested suspect who referred to himself as "a joker" and threatened to shoot up his workplace, investigators said Friday. An official with knowledge of the investigation told The Associated Press that Neil Prescott of Crofton,
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