District Heights. Father Supplied Son With Fentanyl Before $1.7M Maryland Drug Bust, Feds Say
Like father, like son, federal prosecutors say.
A Maryland father and son are facing federal charges after a months-long fentanyl investigation culminated on Thursday, Aug. 27, with searches that allegedly turned up approximately $1.7 million worth of drugs, according to the US Attorney's Office.
Rashad Deondre Hicks, 36, of Largo, and his father, Lawrence Alonzo Hicks, 62, of District Heights, were arrested following an investigation that prosecutors say began in January.
Investigators initially set their sights on the younger Hicks, who authorities believed was moving large quantities of…
Westfield Roofer Impaled By Railing In Fall, Airlifted To Hospital: Friends
A New Jersey business owner suffered life-threatening injuries when he fell from a roof and landed on a railing that impaled him through his side over the weekend, according to authorities and a fundraiser launched by a longtime friend.
Stavros Makris, 24, of Westfield, fell from the roof of a home on the 300 block of Wychwood Road around 1:34 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, Westfield Police Chief Christopher Battiloro said.
Makris, a roofing contractor, had apparently been inspecting the roof to prepare a quote for repairs when he fell onto the pointed metal edge of a staircase railing, Battiloro …
Long Island Garbage Truck Catches Fire, Items Dumped In Wantagh Parking Lot
A garbage truck caught fire on Long Island, but quick thinking and a fast emergency response limited the damage.
A Hempstead town sanitation truck began smoking at 1132 Wantagh Avenue in Wantagh on Friday morning, Aug. 28, the Wantagh Fire Department said.
The fire was contained to garbage inside the truck, so the items were dumped into a parking lot, the department said. Several firetrucks then arrived, and emergency crews doused the blaze with little issue, officials said.
“All fire was knocked down quickly, while overhaul continued for a while as firefighters, assisted by a Town of Hemp…
0.27-bac Driver Crashes Into Ditch On Moreau Road, Cops Say
A drunk driver’s BAC was measured at 0.27% after he drove into a ditch in the Capital Region, authorities said.
Clifford E. Murphy III, 57, of Northumberland, was found at the crash scene in Moreau on Wednesday, Aug. 26 around 9 p.m., the Saratoga County Sheriff’s office said.
Officers responded to Mott Road and found Murphy’s car in a ditch on the side of the road, authorities said. No other vehicles or people were involved in the incident, police said.
After the investigation, Murphy’s BAC was measured at 0.27%, more than three times the legal limit, and he was booked on two DWI counts, …
DC Police Officer Dies Of Gunshot Wound Sustained At Police Station
A Washington, DC, police officer has died after suffering a gunshot wound at a local police station, the department confirmed.
The officer, who was not identified, was critically wounded at the Metropolitan Police Department's Second District station on the 3300 block of Idaho Avenue NW just after 5 a.m. Monday, Aug. 31, an MPD spokesperson tells Daily Voice. The officer was taken to a hospital, where he died.
"Nothing currently indicates that another party was involved," the spokesperson said.
At approximately 12:20 p.m., DC Mayor Muriel Bowser shared the following statement to X:
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'White Girl,’ ‘Half A Brick’: Wiretaps Detail Montco Cocaine, Marijuana Ring
A suspected drug network used code words including “white girl,” “dirtbike,” and even the names of NFL players while moving cocaine and marijuana through the region, investigators announced on Monday, Aug. 31.
Ten people have been charged following the months-long investigation, which led authorities to seize more than 250 pounds of marijuana, 7.5 ounces of cocaine, 12 firearms, and approximately $110,000 in cash, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele explained.
But a nearly 200-page affidavit obtained by Daily Voice on Monday details how investigators say the sprawling operat…
18-Year-Old Thief Took $3K From Wilton Mall: Police
A Capital Region teenager was arrested for swiping cash and items from a store over several days, police said Sunday, Aug. 30.
Angel M. DeJesus Jr., 18, of Ballston Spa, was nabbed Wednesday, Aug. 26 for the thefts at Wilton Mall in Saratoga Springs, the Saratoga County Sheriff’s office said.
Cops responded to an active larceny complaint at the mall around 7:20 p.m. Wednesday, and the ensuing investigation led to DeJesus’s arrest, authorities said. Detectives determined DeJesus had stolen currency and merchandise from a store between Wednesday, Aug. 19 and Monday, Aug. 24, according to the …
