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Two-year-old Cody Guest was moments away from drowning at Rokewood Swimming Lagoon when his friend Gracie Fuchshofer saw him flailing as if he were in trouble. Gracie made her way to him and pushed the toddler, who was by then face down in the water and motionless, to the shore and called lifeguards. At the same time, Gracie’s mother saw her daughter pushing the lifeless body and ran to the shore to pull the two-year-old out. Another bystander cleared his…

A Parkville, MD volunteer firefighter died earlier this month in a four-alarm Parkville apartment fire after rescuing a woman and searching for more possible survivors on the second and third floors when a flashover occurred, reports say. The firefighter, Mark Falkenhan, 43, of the Lutherville Volunteer Fire Company, died at a local hospital, reports say, while his partner managed to escape by throwing himself from a window, say reports. Two other people were also injured in the blaze. A flashover…

The case of an armed robbery suspect who was shot and killed at 809 Thornton about 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 2nd will be referred to a Harris County grand jury, reports say. The male suspect, whose identity is pending verification by the Harris County Medical Examiner’s Office, suffered a gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene. Three other suspects, described only as Hispanic males, remain at large. The incident began as four unknown – but armed —…

A man whose body was found partially submerged in the Schuylkill River early this month has been identified, reports say, as Alan Ruggles, 54, of Reading, PA. The man’s body was found in the river, between the Berks County Fire Training Center and the Thun Trail, in Cumru Township, but authorities had no idea how he had died or who he was. And although the coroner could apparently not determine when he died or how long he was in the…

A suspect arrested following an incident in which two Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputies discharged their duty weapons at 9903 South Dairy Ashford about 8 p.m. on Tuesday (Jan. 19) has been changed with aggravated assault of a public servant in the 262nd State District Court. The suspect, Don Jamar Boston, 27, suffered two gunshot wounds and was transported to Ben Taub General Hospital in stable condition. Two females, 26 and 27 years of age, also suffered gunshot wounds and…