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Md. man charged with stabbing family dog

WASHINGTON — A Laurel, Maryland, man is facing charges after he was accused of disemboweling his family’s dog, among other offenses.

The Howard County police said in a statement Friday that Omar Beniah-Jovan Gertman, 24, was indicted July 11 on charges of felony animal cruelty, second-degree assault and malicious destruction of property.

The incident happened June 12, at a home on Covered Wagon Drive; a woman reported that someone in their family had stabbed and disemboweled the dog — a Yorkshire terrier named Boo — and fled.

Boo was not expected to survive, the police said, but has recovered after being taken to an emergency animal hospital.

Gertman is also accused of assaulting an acquaintance and destroying a TV and coffee maker, among other items. He was found at a later date and is being held without bond.

2 firefighters injured in fire at Howard Co. townhouses

Two firefighters were injured Monday morning while battling a two-alarm fire in Howard County, Maryland, that put seven people out of their home. Flames broke out inside a vacant townhouse near the corner of Resort Road and Legends Way in Ellicott City. The fire spread to a nearby townhome where four adults and three children lived, according to a social media post from the Howard County Fire and EMS Department.
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