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Trip For Gas Turns Into $1M 'Mega Million' Win For Regular Maryland Lottery Player
A Maryland Lottery player won twice on a recent Mega Millions drawing, though one prize was decidedly larger than the other.
When "Ping Pong Champ," a self-described Lottery regular, realized she had two winning tickets, one for $3, and one worth $1,000,000, she says that she had an immediate plan.
The woman opted to cash out the $3 winning ticket for a $2 Mega Millions ticket for the next drawing, plus a $1 scratcher, while stashing the $1 million ticket in a safe place until she could make it down to Lottery Headquarters, officials said on Tuesday.
She said that she went about her …
Red Lobster Restaurant Closings: 4 MD Locations Among Dozens Abruptly Shuttered In U.S.
Red Lobster has abruptly closed dozens of locations across the United States.
According to a Bloomberg, the fast-casual seafood restaurant has considered filing for bankruptcy.
The following locations are listed as being temporarily closed on the Red Lobster website, with some set to be auctioned off.
MD: Columbia, Laurel, Silver Spring, Gaithersburg
NJ: Ledgewood, Lawrenceville, East Brunswick, Bridgewater
PA: Erie
VA: Newport News, Williamsburg, Colonial Heights
TAGeX Brand, which bills itself as the world's largest after-marketplac…
Hagerstown Carjacker With An Eye For BMWs In DMV Region Gets 10 Years In Prison: Feds
A carjacker from Maryland who targeted high-end vehicles throughout the DMV region will spend years in prison for a series of incidents, federal authorities announced.
Hagerstown native Carlos Guardado-Eagle, 22, was sentenced to 10 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for a series of armed carjackings and an attempt that was thwarted back in 2022.
According to his guilty plea, between May 15, 2022, and June 1, 2022, Guardado-Eagle and a second suspect carjacked four victims at gunpoint - all BMWs - and attempted a fifth, though the victim would not surrender…
These Maryland Cities Among Most Culturally Diverse In The US, New Study States
Several Maryland cities were ranked among the US’s most culturally diverse in a new study by personal finance company WalletHub.
The study breaks down the cultural diversity of more than 500 cities using key indicators like ethnoracial diversity, linguistic diversity, and birthplace diversity, according to 2024 US Census Bureau data.
WalletHub ranked the top five ethnically diverse cities as:
1. Gaithersburg, MD
2. Jersey City, NJ
3. Germantown, MD
4. Silver Spring, MD
5. Kent, WA
Rockville, MD ranked at no. 8 on the list, as well.
According to the study, Gaithersburg was chosen la…
Fingerprints Lead Officers To Burglar Wanted For Months In Maryland, Police Say
Fingerprints led investigators to a man who broke into a mobile phone shop in Montgomery County months ago, police said.
The burglary occurred around 4 a.m. at the Cricket Wireless store in the 11300 block of Georgia Avenue in Wheaton on Friday, Nov. 17, Montgomery County Police said in a Monday release. Mukhtar Ali Mohamed, 27, allegedly broke into the store, stole merchandise and left.
Mohamed, of Silver Spring, touched a glass door with his right hand just before he tried to burglarize the Montgomery County Liquor Store just one block down about an hour beforehand, ultimately leavin…
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Maryland Man Admits To Murder Of Beloved Virginia School Worker Sitting On Church Steps In DC
A Maryland man accused of gunning down a popular Fairfax, VA schools employee on Memorial Day in 2022 has copped to the crime, federal authorities announced on Wednesday.
Montgomery County resident James Carl Jackson, 28, of Silver Spring, will face up to 23 years in prison after pleading guilty on Feb. 14 to second-degree murder while armed for the fatal shooting of Christian Monje.
At approximately 4:30 a.m. on Monday, May 30, 2022, members of the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch responded to the 1700 block of Rhode Island Avenue in Northwest, DC, where there w…
Maryland Lottery Ticket Worth $1,000 A Week For Life Sold At Area Grocery Store
A Maryland lottery player purchased a ticket winning $1,000 a week for life at a Maryland grocery store for the Thursday, Feb. 8 drawing, officials confirmed.
The winning ticket — Maryland’s first 2024 ticket to score a second-tier $1,000-a-week-for-life Cash4Life prize — was purchased at Giant on International Drive in Silver Spring.
The winning numbers were 5, 10, 25, 38 and 57; the Cash Ball was 4. The winner matched the first five numbers, but did not match the Cash Ball.
The winner can choose between an annuity of $52,000 a year, or a $1 million cash opti…
Maryland Woman Who Killed Teen Brother With Help From BF, Twin Sister Gets 25 Years In Prison
A Prince George's County woman who killed her teen brother with help from her boyfriend and twin sister is heading to prison for 25 years, authorities announced.
Leaundra Matthews, 25, of Accokeek, was found guilty of second-degree murder for the death of her brother, Christian Matthews, who was strangled during an attack by Matthews' boyfriend, Tyson Lipford, and another man, Daniel Howard, while he was asleep in their family's Silver Spring home in March 2017, Daily Voice reported.
She was sentenced on Monday, Feb. 5 to 30 years in prison with all but 25 years suspended and five years of …
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Maryland Duo Sold Thousands Of Pills To Undercover DEA Officers In DMV Region: Feds
A dubious duo is facing prison time after admitting to selling fentanyl pills to undercover DEA agents in Washington, DC and Maryland, authorities announced.
Beltsville resident Edward Steven Monge, 22, and 26-year-old Jennifer Echeverria Flores, of Silver Spring, have both pleaded guilty for their roles in a fentanyl distribution ring, officials say.
According to prosecutors, between February and August last year, Monge sold more than 4,500 pills containing fentanyl to Echeverria Flores, who then sold those pills to an undercover DEA agent on five separate occasions in the DMV re…
