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Carl Kearney, Jr. charged with murdering girlfriend Patrina Best in Maryland home: police
Carl Kearney, Jr. charged with murdering girlfriend Patrina Best in Maryland home: police
Authorities have charged Carl Kearney, Jr., a high school football coach from Georgia, with murder after they say he admitted to strangling his girlfriend, Patrina Best, inside her Maryland home.
ACCOKEEK, Md. – Carl Kearney, Jr., a high school football coach from Georgia, is facing murder charges after authorities say he admitted to strangling his girlfriend, Patrina Best, inside her Maryland home.
Police in Prince George’s County say 43-year-old Kearney of Griffin, a city of about 23,000 located 45 miles south of Atlanta, walked into a police station in Clinton, Maryland on Saturday around 9:20 a.m. and told officers he strangled Best inside of her Accokeek home earlier that morning.
Officers checked the residence in the 800 block of St. James Court where they found Best dead inside. Detectives say Kearney confessed to strangling Best during an argument.
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He has been charged with first- and second-degree murder and other related charges. He remains in the custody of the Department of Corrections.
According to FOX 5 Atlanta, Kearney is the head coach of the Spalding High School varsity football team and Best was a graduate of Georgia Southern University.
Our sister-station reports Kearney was born and raised in Griffin and played for the high school team in the 90s before being hired as the head coach in 2020.
They say he was signed by the New York Jets as a wide receiver in 2004 but did not play that year.
The investigation is continuing. Anyone with information is asked to contact detectives at 301-516-2512.
WBFF — A Powerball ticket sold in Lanham has made one lucky player $1 million richer following Wednesday night’s drawing.
The ticket, which matched all five white balls but missed the red Powerball, is one of three significant wins in Maryland from the Dec. 10 drawing. The other two winning tickets include a $150,000 prize in Hughesville and a $50,000 prize in Bel Air.
The $1 million ticket was purchased at the 7-Eleven located at 7730 Finns Lane in Lanham, Prince George’s County.
Meanwhile, the $150,000 ticket, which included the Power Play option, was sold at the Jameson-Harrison American Legion Post 238 in Hughesville, Charles County.
The $50,000 ticket was bought at Klein’s Shoprite on North Main Street in Bel Air, Harford County.
None of these winning tickets have been claimed yet, and the Maryland Lottery is urging winners to sign their tickets and store them safely. Prizes over $25,000 must be claimed by appointment at Lottery headquarters within 182 days of the drawing date.
The Powerball jackpot, which has not been won since Sept. 6, has now rolled over to an estimated annuity value of $1 billion, with a cash option of $461.3 million for the next drawing on Saturday night. This marks the seventh-largest jackpot since Powerball began in 1992.
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For more details on the winning tickets and other information, visit the Maryland Lottery’s website.
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