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Silver Spring Son Brings Home $250K Lottery Jackpot For Mom Silver Spring Son Brings Home $250K Lottery Jackpot For Mom
Silver Spring Son Brings Home $250K Lottery Jackpot For Mom A Maryland resident who stopped to pick up scratch-offs after running errands last weekend ended up with a $250,000 winning ticket for his mother. The Montgomery County son stopped for gas at Casa Blanca Sunoco on Piney Branch Road in Silver Spring on Sunday, March 10 and picked up five of the $10 $250,000 Cash Winfall games due to his sister’s recent $500 win. He then took the tickets home for his mother, who didn’t get around to playing them until the following day. “She was on the phone and scratching the games,” the winner’s son, a Silver Spring resident, told lottery officia…

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by Valerie Musson
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Alert Issued For Teen Missing For More Than A Week In Silver Spring Alert Issued For Teen Missing For More Than A Week In Silver Spring
Alert Issued For Teen Missing For More Than A Week In Silver Spring Concerns are mounting for a missing teen in Montgomery County who hasn’t been seen or heard from in more than a week. An alert was issued by the Montgomery County Department of Police regarding 17-year-old Silver Spring resident Christopher Sanchez, who was last seen on Saturday, June 10 in the 9000 block of Piney Branch Road. Police described Sanchez as being 5-foot-6, weighing 125 pounds with brown eyes and brown hair. He has a tattoo of a “$” behind his ear, “Catarina,” on his forearm, and “Karina” on his chest. It is known what he was last wearing. Anyone with information regarding S…

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by Zak Failla
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Six Suspects In Custody In Connection To Body Found in Woods Behind MD Apartment Complex Six Suspects In Custody In Connection To Body Found in Woods Behind MD Apartment Complex
Six Suspects In Custody In Connection To Body Found in Woods Behind MD Apartment Complex Six suspects have been arrested in connection to the November killing of 20-year-old Edvin Moises Agustin Leon in Montgomery County last year. On Wednesday, May 31, the Montgomery County Department of Police announced that they have identified and apprehended six men who were implicated in the murder of Leon in Northwest Branch Stream Valley Park. Those charged:  Jonathan Edwardo Videz, 28, of Montgomery Village with: First-degree murder; Conspiracy to commit murder; First-degree assault; Use of a firearm in the commission of a felony; "Several other charges."  Edwin Armando Sa…

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by Zak Failla
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Got Grub? String Of Food Truck Robberies Hits Montgomery County, Police Say Got Grub? String Of Food Truck Robberies Hits Montgomery County, Police Say
Got Grub? String Of Food Truck Robberies Hits Montgomery County, Police Say Surveillance images have been released of suspects believed to be responsible for multiple food truck robberies throughout Montgomery County, authorities say. Two men, appearing to be in their late teens to early twenties, began robbing the food trucks in January 2023, according to a Montgomery County Police Department spokesperson.  Detectives began investigating the string of robberies on Monday, Jan. 23, after reports of a robbery in the 14000 block of Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring at Elvira's Kitchen Food Truck, police say. Investigators say that the suspects vaulted the barrier…

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by Annie DeVoe
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Winning $1M Powerball Ticket Sold To Lucky Maryland Lottery Player Winning $1M Powerball Ticket Sold To Lucky Maryland Lottery Player
Winning $1M Powerball Ticket Sold To Lucky Maryland Lottery Player It wasn’t a $2 billion windfall, but some Maryland Lottery players are still feeling lucky after cashing in big in the latest Powerball drawing, including a seven-figure prize on a ticket sold in Catonsville. Powerball players had to wait overnight to get their results, but it was worth it for some in Maryland, where there were nine prizes of at least $50,000 on tickets sold in Maryland, including a $1 million second-tier winner. In California, one person is holding on to a ticket worth the largest single jackpot prize in lottery history after it swelled to $2.04 billion, with a cash valu…

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by Zak Failla
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Teens Busted For Armed Robbery, Police Pursuit That Ended With Metro Bus Crash In Montgomery Teens Busted For Armed Robbery, Police Pursuit That Ended With Metro Bus Crash In Montgomery
Teens Busted For Armed Robbery, Police Pursuit That Ended With Metro Bus Crash In Montgomery Three teens are facing multiple charges after taking police in Maryland on a high-speed pursuit while attempting to flee from a reported armed robbery in Montgomery County, officials say. Silver Spring resident Natnael Akalu, 18, Wesley Jose Nunez, 18, and Lorenzo Antonio Madrid, 19, both of Washington, DC, have been identified by police investigators as the suspects who took off from police before coming to a fiery halt when the driver crashed into a Metro Bus. The incident began shortly before 2:45 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 31, according to a Montgomery County Police Department spokesperson. …

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by Zak Failla
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Two Men Charged In Two Days On Gun Offenses In Montgomery County: State Police Two Men Charged In Two Days On Gun Offenses In Montgomery County: State Police
Two Men Charged In Two Days On Gun Offenses In Montgomery County: State Police Maryland State Police troopers arrested two men on gun charges following a pair of separate traffic stops in Montgomery County this week, officials announced on Friday, Oct. 28. First, Robel Habtu, 20, of Silver Spring, was stopped at approximately 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 26, by troopers from the Rockville Barrack on Piney Branch Road near Ray Drive for illegally tinted windows. While conducting that stop, troopers say that they suspected illegal drugs inside Habtu’s vehicle, and a search of his vehicle led to the seizure of a handgun that was reported stolen in South Carolina. Habtu …

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by Zak Failla