Edgewood woman charged in the 2021 murder of Joppatowne man

(Alton William Cumbo, Jr. mugshot, Image credit: HARCO)

Yesterday, Maryland’s Harford County Sheriff’s Office (HARCO) announced that their department has made an additional arrest connected to a shooting murder that occurred back in December 2021.

On December 10, 2021, at 6:45 p.m., HARCO patrol deputies responded to the 500 block of Dembytown Road in Joppatowne for the report of a single vehicle collision. Upon the arrival of deputies, medics were already performing CPR on an adult male, identified as William James Doran, 29, of Joppatowne. While evaluating Doran for care, medics discovered he had been shot in the upper body. Medics transported Doran to the University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

The investigation was assumed by detectives with the Harford County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division who were supported by investigators with the Sheriff’s Office Forensic Services Unit.

Through their investigation, detectives identified Alton William Cumbo, Jr., 28, of Edgewood as a suspect, and took him into custody on December 15, 2021, and charged him with 1st and 2nd degree murder, and 1st and 2nd degree assault.

Fox News Baltimore reported that the two men knew each other; and Cumbo had threatened Doran earlier in the day.

As the investigation progressed, further information was developed, indicating Cumbo’s girlfriend, Mahealani Linne Donawa, 22, of Edgewood, was the driver of the vehicle used by Cumbo during the homicide.

On May 18, an arrest warrant was obtained for Donawa, who was charged with conspiracy to commit 1st and 2nd degree murder. She was taken into custody and transported to the Harford County Detention Center on May 19, where she is being held without bail.

The investigation is active and ongoing. Anyone with information about this crime is asked to call Detective Moro, with the Harford County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division, at 443-409-3154. Those who wish to remain anonymous, may report their information through Metro Crime Stoppers Tipline at 1-866-7Lockup.

(Source and Mahealani Linne Donawa mugshot: HARCO)

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