Baltimore County Police: Essex Man Charged With First-Degree Murder

Press release from the Baltimore County Police Department:

December 28, 2021

On December 27, at approximately 1 p.m., Baltimore County police officers responded to the Unit block of Moline Circle for a stabbing. Upon arrival, they located the victim 32-year-old Dominic Thornton. Medics transported Thornton to an area hospital where he died from his injury.

Homicide detectives arrested 24-year-old Diamond A. Dingle for first-degree murder. Dingle is being held without bond at the Baltimore County Detention Center.

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