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Police Clear Suspicious Van, Arrest Driver For Bringing Guns To Capitol Grounds Police Clear Suspicious Van, Arrest Driver For Bringing Guns To Capitol Grounds
Police Clear Suspicious Van, Arrest Driver For Bringing Guns To Capitol Grounds Three people were detained while US Capitol Police investigated a suspicious illegally parked vehicle loaded with guns near Capitol Hill, officials said. Tony Payne, 80, of Tunnel Hill, Georgia, was arrested and charged on Wednesday afternoon and charged for bringing weapons to Capitol Grounds following a lengthy investigation by US Capitol Police, according to authorities. A Capitol Police K9 Unit identified the suspicious van at approximately 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 19 in the 100 block of East Capitol Street, which led to a lengthy investigation that ended with two men and a woman in c…

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by Zak Failla
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Police ID Man Who Shot Himself Driving Into US Capitol Barricade, Potentially Set Car Fire Police ID Man Who Shot Himself Driving Into US Capitol Barricade, Potentially Set Car Fire
Police ID Man Who Shot Himself Driving Into US Capitol Barricade, Potentially Set Car Fire Police investigators have identified the suspect who shot himself after crashing his car into a US Capitol barricade before possibly setting his vehicle on fire early on Sunday, Aug. 14. Delaware resident Richard A. York III, 29, has been identified as the suspect who drove his vehicle into the barricade shortly after 4 a.m. on Sunday morning near the intersection of East Capitol Street and Second Street, according to US Capitol Police. While York was getting out of the car, investigators noted that it became engulfed in flames, which reportedly were potentially set intentionally. Police…

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by Zak Failla
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DOT Turns I-295 Into 'New Mario Kart Course' In Wet Tar Snafu DOT Turns I-295 Into 'New Mario Kart Course' In Wet Tar Snafu
DOT Turns I-295 Into 'New Mario Kart Course' In Wet Tar Snafu Twitter users stuck around Thursday, June 30, to roast transportation officials after road crews damaged dozens of tires after drivers got stuck in wet tar on Interstate 295.  Officials closed a section of the heavily trafficked highway for hours on Wednesday night to make repairs east of East Capitol Street in Washington, D.C., The Washington Post reported. Crews had repaved the road earlier that day, but officials aren't sure what caused the sticky situation. They believe the culprit was the application process rather than the materials crews used, District Department of Transportation of…

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by Josh Lanier