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Cecilia Levine

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Maryland Chef Wins James Beard Award Three chefs in the DMV have earned a prestigious James Beard Award. The James Beard Foundation announced the winners last weekend. Among them, Harley Peet, of Bas Rouge in Easton, MD; Michael Rafaidi, of Albi in Washington DC; and Masako Morishita, of Perry's in Washington DC. Peet won Best Chef, Rafidi won outstanding chef, and Morishita won emerging chef. Best of luck to Chef Harley Peet at tonight’s @beardfoundation awards at the Lyric Opera House in Chicago. Chef Peet is... Posted by Bas Rouge on Monday, June 10, 2024 Peet is the first chef on Maryland's Eastern Shore to…

by Cecilia Levine

06/11/2024

Police & Fire

Spotsy Triple Murder Suspect Arrives In Virginia The woman accused of killing three of her roommates then leading police in a wild pursuit along a New York highway has arrived back in Virginia. Alyssa Jane Venable, 23, was lodged in the Rappahannock Regional Jail on Tuesday, June 11. Venable is accused of killing three of her roommates, whose bodies were found in a home on the 10500 block of White Street Court on June 4, the county sheriff said. Venable was captured with help from the US Marshals Service on Thursday, June 6 around 5:45 p.m., following a pursuit that reached speeds of up to 100 mph on I-86 in Steuben County, NY, the …

by Cecilia Levine

06/11/2024

Police & Fire

Armed Robber Takes Himself To Police Station After Attempted Gunpoint Woodbridge Robbery: Cops A 21-year-old man was arrested in what police say was a drug deal gone bad in Prince William County. The victim, also 21, had arranged to buy marijuana from Dorian Hugh Wilhoit, county police said. The victim and other acquaintances met Wilhoit at the Woodbridge Station Apartments located in the 1400 block of Ranger Lp. around midnight on Monday, June 10, police said. While the victim was outside of the vehicle and near the apartment building, Wilhoit bypassed the victim and ran towards the vehicle. He demanded the female occupants, who were between the ages of 17-23, get out of …

by Cecilia Levine

06/11/2024

Police & Fire

Motel Guest Tries Stabbing Employee With Scissors, Bites Officer In Dumfries, Police Say An 18-year-old woman has been arrested after police say she tried stabbing a motel employee with scissors and smashed the glass of the hotel door, then bit an arresting officer in Virginia. Ashja Elaine Wakefield was a patron at the Red Carpet Inn in Dumfries when she got into an argument around 2:10 a.m. Tuesday, June 11, Prince William County police said. Wakefield refused to leave the property and struck the 53-year-old employee before trying to stab him with scissors, police said. She then smashed the glass front door of the hotel before walking outside. Responding office…

by Cecilia Levine

06/11/2024

News

Former Bergen County Dad Fights For Better Life Quality For Disabled Son Two steps forward, one step back. Lately, that's how progress looks for 17-year-old Jason Leider, a former Elmwood Park resident who lives with Hunter Syndrome, like his 15-year-old brother, Justin. The genetic and degenerative disease comes with a life expectancy of between 15 and 20 years, according to the boys' father, Jeff Leider. The disease impacts the entire body, most notably, making it impossible to break down waste. Leider — who recently moved to Florida from Elmwood Park with his wife, Deanna, Jason, Justin, and their daughter — credits two enzyme-replacement medications for the…

by Cecilia Levine

06/11/2024

News

Video Shows Mom 4X Legal Limit Picking Up Child From Bergen County School Newly-released bodycam footage shows the arrest of a Bergen County mother who showed up more than four times the legal limit to pick up her son from school. The video shared by DriveThruTours shows the DUI investigation and subsequent arrest of Mayowa Kubikisha, 28, outside of Memorial Elementary School on Thursday, May 9, as first reported by Daily Voice. Montvale PD bodycam footage via DriveThruTours Officers conducted a series of field sobriety tests and found 40 airplane bottles of vodka, a bottle of EJ rum, a tall white can of beer, and a green bottle of beer — all open containe…

by Cecilia Levine

06/11/2024

Police & Fire

Trooper Struck In Chain Reaction Crash On I-495 Involving 2 DUI Drivers, Police Say A Virginia State Police trooper was hospitalized after being struck in a chain reaction crash on I-495 caused by a two DUI drivers, authorities said. The trooper was dispatched to a sedan in a northbound lane around 3 a.m. to help a sedan that had stopped near Exit 52 in Fairfax County, a spokesperson for the VSP said. The sedan's driver was still in the vehicle and was refusing to cooperate with the trooper to exit the vehicle or move the vehicle to a safer location on the shoulder. While the trooper was working to engage the individual, a Jeep Cherokee struck a tractor-trailer that h…

by Cecilia Levine

06/11/2024

Police & Fire

Officer Hospitalized With Medical Episode While Arresting Wanted Person, Police Say An Allentown police officer was hospitalized after suffering a medical episode while trying to arrest a wanted person, officials said. Police said only that the officer suffered some sort of medical episode while attempting to apprehend the suspect around 12:45 p.m. Monday, June 10 on the 600 block of N. 9th Street. Emergency aid was rendered on scene and the officer was taken to an area hospital for treatment. The officer is expected to survive. No further details were released.

by Cecilia Levine

06/10/2024

Police & Fire

Mom Of Woman Killed In Trenton Hit-Run Lost 3 Kids In 5-Year Span Support is on the rise for a Trenton mother who lost three of her four children in a five-year span. Toshawn West first lost her first-born, Nuna, then her second-born, Nyshirah, and now, her third, Shydasia Merrick. Merrick, 26, was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver at approximately 4:30 a.m. Saturday, June 1, as previously reported by Daily Voice. More than $2,900 had been raised as of Monday, June 10 on a GoFundMe that West launched for herself. "I have suffered over the years losing two of my other children as well. Mentally, I’m trying to hold myself together and it…

by Jon Craig & Cecilia Levine

06/10/2024

Police & Fire

Cocaine, Firearms Seized In Search Of Suspected Drug Dealer's Leesburg Home, Police Say A search of Loudoun County man's home turned up a substantial amount of cash, cocaine, scales, firearms, and more, local police said. Nicholas T. Roach, 28, was stopped around 12:30 p.m. Saturday, June 8 on Plaza Street NE by officers on foot as he appeared to be under the influence, police in Leesburg said. Roach was arrested for public intoxication and, after conducting a search incident to arrest, officers found a large amount of cash and drugs on him, authorities said. A search of his home at 75 Plaza Street NE turned up additional drugs including cocaine, scales, cell phone…

by Cecilia Levine

06/10/2024

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