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'Angel On Earth:' Grandmother Killed In DC Carjacking Mourned As Selfless 'Angel On Earth:' Grandmother Killed In DC Carjacking Mourned As Selfless
'Angel On Earth:' Grandmother Killed In DC Carjacking Mourned As Selfless A 55-year-old woman who died as the result of a carjacking in Washington DC is being mourned for her altruism Leslie Gaines was sitting in the front seat of a Mazda SUV outside of Washington Hospital Center around 1:10 p.m. Monday, June 3, when her daughter got out to get her a wheelchair, DC Metro police said. That's when 22-year-old Kayla Brown hopped behind the wheel and drove away, Gaines still in the car. Around 1:30 p.m., Brown tried to turn left from 6th Street NW onto D Street, but failed to negotiate the turn and crashed into a building. Brown got out and tried to flee on foot but…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Jailed Man, Teen Charged In Connection To Mass Shooting In Maryland Jailed Man, Teen Charged In Connection To Mass Shooting In Maryland
Jailed Man, Teen Charged In Connection To Mass Shooting In Maryland One day after the after-action report on the Brooklyn Homes mass shooting in Baltimore was released, city officials announced that two more arrests have been made in the case. Aaron Brown, 18, and a 14-year-old are the latest to be arrested for the July shooting in the 800 block of Gretna Court that left two dead and 28 others wounded at a summer block party. Aaliyah Gonzalez, 18, and Kylis Fagbemi, 20, were killed in the shooting, which is believed to have the largest number of shooting victims in any one single history in Baltimore’s bloody history. Brown was arrested earlier this month…

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by Zak Failla
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Sheriff Cracks 44-Year-Old Cold Case Of Mother Found Raped, Murdered In MD Woods: Officials Sheriff Cracks 44-Year-Old Cold Case Of Mother Found Raped, Murdered In MD Woods: Officials
Sheriff Cracks 44-Year-Old Cold Case Of Mother Found Raped, Murdered In MD Woods: Officials Justice has been served for a Maryland family more than four decades after Vickie Lynn Belk was abducted and murdered in Charles County. The Charles County Sheriff's Office announced on Thursday, July 13 that an arrest has been made in the death of Belk, who was found in Bryans Road on Metropolitan Church Road after she was killed 44 years ago.  Vickie Lynn BelkCharles County Sheriff Washington, DC resident Andre Taylor, now 62, is facing charges that include rape and murder for his alleged role in Belk's disappearance and death decades ago. In August 1979, Belk was reported missing to…

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by Zak Failla
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Shooter Admits To Gunning Down MTA Driver In Baltimore Shooter Admits To Gunning Down MTA Driver In Baltimore
Shooter Admits To Gunning Down MTA Driver In Baltimore Family and friends of an MTA Mobility driver who was killed on the job in 2021 have gotten justice after his shooter copped to the crime.  Marquis Poteat, 35, pleaded guilty this week to first-degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison, with all but 60 years suspended, for killing Frankye Duckett two years ago, prosecutors announced on Tuesday, May 2. Additionally, Poteat pleaded guilty to the use of a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence and was sentenced to an additional 20 years on that offense for shooting Duckett, 49, on January 2021 in the 4400 block of Mo…

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by Zak Failla
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'Justice Served' After Man Accused Of Killing Naval Academy Midshipman's Mother Found Guilty 'Justice Served' After Man Accused Of Killing Naval Academy Midshipman's Mother Found Guilty
'Justice Served' After Man Accused Of Killing Naval Academy Midshipman's Mother Found Guilty A jury has found a man accused of killing a Naval Academy midshipman's mother guilty on all charges after deliberating for around four hours, according to multiple reports. Angelo Harrod, 31, was convicted of killing Michelle Cummings, 57, after she was struck by a stray bullet in Annapolis while on the patio of the Graduate Hotel on June 29, 2021 shortly after she had dropped off her son at the nearby Naval Academy, the reports continue. Cummings, who had traveled from Houston, was staying at the hotel with her husband. Harrod was also found guilty of the attempted murder of a couple in a …

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by Annie DeVoe
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Bethesda Man Was Last Remaining Member Of His Family — Then He Was Killed Bethesda Man Was Last Remaining Member Of His Family — Then He Was Killed
Bethesda Man Was Last Remaining Member Of His Family — Then He Was Killed Zackary Freeling was the last surviving member of his immediate family. His brother Sam died by suicide in 2013. Four years later, his father died the same way. Then in 2020, his mom passed away. On Oct. 18, 2021, the 26-year-old former Bethesda resident was killed in the entryway of his D.C. home. His murder still remains unsolved and, while his immediate family is not here to fight for justice, many who loved him are.  "We know who took Zack's young life, but the police require more evidence," they said on a GoFundMe launched in an effort to solve the case. "We are fundraising for a re…

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by AJ Goldbloom