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Man Returned $300K Of Items To Home Depots That He Never Paid For, Including MD Stores: Feds Man Returned $300K Of Items To Home Depots That He Never Paid For, Including MD Stores: Feds
Man Returned $300K Of Items To Home Depots That He Never Paid For, Including MD Stores: Feds A Connecticut man is accused of ripping off nearly $300,000 from more than two dozen Home Depot stores across eight states, including Maryland, authorities said.  Henrique Costa-Mota, age 26, of West Hartford, is charged with conspiracy and wire fraud in the scheme that he allegedly ran from June 2021 until February 202, the US Attorney for Rhode Island said.  Costa-Mota is accused of going to Home Depot locations across the Northeast dressed as a contractor. He would walk in empty-handed, take several doors from the back of the store, and then "return" them to a customer service …

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by Josh Lanier
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Virginia Data Engineer ID'd As Victim Of Deadly Secret Service Pursuit Virginia Data Engineer ID'd As Victim Of Deadly Secret Service Pursuit
Virginia Data Engineer ID'd As Victim Of Deadly Secret Service Pursuit A 31-year-old data engineer from Virginia has been identified as the woman killed by an erratic driver fleeing from US Secret Service agents in Washington DC last month. Shuyu Sui, of McLean, VA, was walking south in the intersection of 14th Street and New York Avenue, Northwest, on Friday, Dec. 30, when Spiro Stafilatos ran a red light and was struck by another vehicle — sending his Buick into Sui and the other pedestrian, Metropolitan police said. Spiro StafilatosSpiro Stafilatos Facebook Sui and the other victim were rushed to the hospital, where Sui died and the other remains critic…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Driver Accused In Deadly Secret Service Pursuit Once Robbed MD Gas Station At Gunpoint: Reports Driver Accused In Deadly Secret Service Pursuit Once Robbed MD Gas Station At Gunpoint: Reports
Driver Accused In Deadly Secret Service Pursuit Once Robbed MD Gas Station At Gunpoint: Reports A 35-year-old man who once apparently robbed a Maryland gas station at gunpoint has been charged with murder and related offenses for killing a female pedestrian and critically injuring another while fleeing members of the US Secret Service last week near the White House, authorities announced. Spiro Stafilatos was in a 2001 Buick LeSabre when he was pulled over by the Secret Service on the 700 block of 15th Street around 4:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 30, the Metropolitan Police Department said. The Buick was apparently not registered and was displaying an incorrect license plate.  That'…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Ex-Trump Stalker Gets 6 Years, No Parole, For Threatening Secret Service Agent, Vets Officer Ex-Trump Stalker Gets 6 Years, No Parole, For Threatening Secret Service Agent, Vets Officer
Ex-Trump Stalker Gets 6 Years, No Parole, For Threatening Secret Service Agent, Vets Officer UPDATE: A former longtime stalker of former President Trump must spend nearly six years in federal prison for threatening to assault a Secret Service agent and "shoot up" an officer at a VA hospital in New Jersey. Frank Monte, 52, of Passaic County, NJ, must serve out just about all of the sentence because there's no parole in the federal court system. Monte, of the Oak Ridge section of West Milford, "repeatedly called the emergency line of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Police at the VA Lyons hospital campus" in Somerset County, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said on Tuesd…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Secret Service Officers Hospitalized After Being Exposed To 'Powdery Substance' In DC Secret Service Officers Hospitalized After Being Exposed To 'Powdery Substance' In DC
Secret Service Officers Hospitalized After Being Exposed To 'Powdery Substance' In DC Two US Secret Service agents were hospitalized after being exposed to an undisclosed “powdery substance" believed to be narcotics, a spokesperson said. At approximately 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 11, officers from the Secret Service Uniformed Division conducted a traffic stop in the 1700 block of New York Avenue in Washington, DC, according to Anthony Guglielmi, the Chief of Communications for the agency. One person was taken into custody during the incident, and officers are being evaluated at an area hospital. Investigators did not release any information on the suspect. Shortly befor…

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by Zak Failla
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DC Man Admits To Impersonating Federal Law Enforcement To Live Rent Free, $1M Bank Fraud Scheme DC Man Admits To Impersonating Federal Law Enforcement To Live Rent Free, $1M Bank Fraud Scheme
DC Man Admits To Impersonating Federal Law Enforcement To Live Rent Free, $1M Bank Fraud Scheme A second man has admitted to impersonating a Department of Homeland Security officer in Washington, DC to run a series of elaborate schemes to live a luxurious lifestyle. District of Columbia resident Haider Ali, 36, admitted this week to charges stemming from a scheme in which he pretended to be a federal law enforcement officer for a range of purposes, the Department of Justice announced. The impersonation scheme allowed Ali to maintain a series of apartments in which he then failed to pay rent, officials said. He also admitted carrying out a bank fraud scheme in which he obtained more …

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by Zak Failla
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No Charges For Secret Service Officers Who Killed Teen Outside Ambassador's DC Residence: DOJ No Charges For Secret Service Officers Who Killed Teen Outside Ambassador's DC Residence: DOJ
No Charges For Secret Service Officers Who Killed Teen Outside Ambassador's DC Residence: DOJ Two US Secret Service offers will not face charges who were involved in the fatal shooting of a teen near an ambassador’s residence in DC earlier this year, federal officials announced. The US Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia announced that there is insufficient evidence to pursue federal criminal civil rights or District of Columbia charges against two officers from the Secret Service Uniformed Division who were involved in the April shooting of 19-year-old Gordon Casey outside an ambassador’s residence in Northwest Washington. Shortly before 8 a.m. on Wednesday, April 20, of…

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by Zak Failla
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Virginia Military Aide Brings Gun To White House: Report Virginia Military Aide Brings Gun To White House: Report
Virginia Military Aide Brings Gun To White House: Report A 54-year-old military aide from Virginia was arrested after US Secret Service found a loaded and unregistered firearm in his bag during a security check, the Washington Post reports. Patrick James Tansey works at the White House and is allowed on the grounds but is not authorized to be armed, a Secret Service spokesman told the outlet. Records show Tansey is from Manassas. A hearing was set for Oct. 5, and Tansey was freed. His lawyer declined comment to the Washington Post and it wasn't immediately clear which military branch he was assigned to. Click here for more from the Washington Po…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Maryland Man Sentenced For Firing 'Ghost Gun' At Secret Service Security Guards Maryland Man Sentenced For Firing 'Ghost Gun' At Secret Service Security Guards
Maryland Man Sentenced For Firing 'Ghost Gun' At Secret Service Security Guards A Maryland man will spend a decade behind bars after admitting to firing a "ghost gun" at multiple US Secret Service security guards during a parking dispute, federal officials announced. Jeremiah Peter Watson, 24, of Hanover, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release after pleading guilty to assault of a federal officer with a deadly or dangerous weapon, and using, carrying, or brandishing a firearm in relation to a violent crime. On Feb. 25, 2021, Watson drove to the entrance of a Secret Service facility in the area, positioning his veh…

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by Zak Failla