Man sought in knife attack
on Gaithersburg family
Police are looking for a man charged with attacking four family members with a knife and stabbing one of them. Franklin A. Chirinos, 32, is wanted in connection with the attack that happened during the early-morning hours of Jan. 17 on the 19600 block of Kildonan Way in Gaithersburg. The stabbing victim survived. Chirinos is a Hispanic male, 5-foot-9 and 165 pounds. He had long brown hair but he might have cut it all off. Anyone with any information about Chirinos is asked to call Montgomery County police detectives at 301-840-2500 or Crime Solvers at 1-866-411-TIPS . Crime Solvers will pay a cash reward of up to $1,000.
Attorney: ‘Horrorcore’ rapper
regrets Virginia slayings
A “horrorcore” rapper who sang about the thrill of killing before he was charged in the bludgeoning deaths of four people in Virginia is feeling remorseful about the deaths, his attorney reportedly said after a hearing Tuesday. Richard “Sam” McCroskey, 21, is accused of killing his girlfriend, 16-year-old Emma Niederbrock, and her parents and Emma’s 18-year-old friend, Melanie Wells. The father, Mark Niederbrock, was a minister, and the mother, Debra Kelley, was a professor at Longwood University. “This isn’t something that he’s real proud about,” McCroskey’s court-appointed attorney Cary Bowen told the Associated Press.
Paralyzed cop pedals across U.S.
A former Los Angeles police officer who was paralyzed from the chest down in a 2006 shooting has completed a journey across America on a hand-crank bicycle. Kristina Ripatti-Pearce finished the Race Across America in Annapolis on Monday. The 37-year-old mother of two covered 3,000 miles as part of a relay team. Her husband, an active Los Angeles cop, accompanied her alongside three able-bodied cyclists.
Compiled by Scott McCabe
