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Decapitation Victim's Drunken Wheaton Killer Gets Life In Prison Decapitation Victim's Drunken Wheaton Killer Gets Life In Prison
Decapitation Victim's Drunken Wheaton Killer Gets Life In Prison A Maryland man will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars for his role in the murder and near-decapitation of a 21-year-old man in Montgomery County two years ago, the state’s attorney announced on Tuesday, March 28. Jose Lara-Chacon, 26, of Wheaton, has been sentenced to life in prison with all but 40 years suspended after he twice hit Dimer Diaz Martinez with a baseball bat before stabbing him in the neck in 2021, authorities said. Lara-Chacon was convicted of first-degree murder stemming from the Jan. 22, 2021 incident, in an apartment in the 12000 block of Viers Mill Road i…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Driver Suspected Of Causing Metro Bus Crash Reportedly Failed To Wear Glasses: Officials Driver Suspected Of Causing Metro Bus Crash Reportedly Failed To Wear Glasses: Officials
Driver Suspected Of Causing Metro Bus Crash Reportedly Failed To Wear Glasses: Officials  The driver of a van police say was responsible for a massive Metro bus accident has been charged with several infractions, police say. Metro Transit Police announced that the driver of the van was charged with unsafe lane change, failure to control speed to avoid a collision, improper right turn, and failure to wear a corrective lens after the accident caused a Metro bus to drive into a Wheaton jewelry store. Drivers in Wheaton were delayed the morning of Thursday, March 2 after the bus collided with the store in the area of Viers Mill Road and University Boulevard East, according to a Mo…

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by Annie DeVoe
Police & Fire
What We Know About The Wheaton Jewelry Store Collision What We Know About The Wheaton Jewelry Store Collision
What We Know About The Wheaton Jewelry Store Collision Drivers in Wheaton were delayed this morning after a bus crashed into a jewelry store, authorities say. A Metro bus collided with the store in the area of Viers Mill Road and University Boulevard East around 9:30 a.m., Thursday, March 2, according to a Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesperson. The building was luckily unoccupied at the time of the crash, which saw the Metro bus drive fully inside the store.  Update @MCFRSNews (~930a) Viers Mill Rd. & University Blvd E, collision, involved bus & building, unoccupied bldg, @MCFRS_EMIHS transported bus driver & 2 from…

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by Annie DeVoe