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'Two Dead Bodies': Chilling Video Looms Large In Virginia Teen Murder Conviction 'Two Dead Bodies': Chilling Video Looms Large In Virginia Teen Murder Conviction
'Two Dead Bodies': Chilling Video Looms Large In Virginia Teen Murder Conviction What was first described as a deadly home invasion in Virginia looked very different by the time a jury saw the video. Tyler Chase Butler was convicted in Spotsylvania County Circuit Court in connection with the murder of 18-year-old Michael Bosworth Jr. in May last year. All over a TikTok prank. The verdict followed a three-day trial that filled in the chaotic moments before and after Butler fired 10 shots outside his home in the River Club subdivision. Bosworth and two friends had been out pulling a late-night prank, banging and kicking on a neighbor's garage door before running away, a…

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by Zak Failla
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Where Is Carolyn Taylor? Search Presses On Five Days After Virginia Woman, 81, Vanished Where Is Carolyn Taylor? Search Presses On Five Days After Virginia Woman, 81, Vanished
Where Is Carolyn Taylor? Search Presses On Five Days After Virginia Woman, 81, Vanished Five days later, the search isn't letting up for an 81-year-old woman who vanished after going for a walk in Virginia. A large law enforcement presence remained in the Lincoln Road area of Purcellville on Friday, Aug. 28, as the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office continued searching for Carolyn Taylor, who hasn't been seen since Sunday morning. Taylor was last spotted at approximately 10:40 a.m. on Aug. 23 in the 18000 block of Foundry Road, according to the sheriff's office. The search in Loudoun County is intensifying. Loudoun County Sheriff She had left for a walk and never returne…

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Former Maryland Teacher Sexually Abused, Exploited Student While On School Staff: Sheriff Former Maryland Teacher Sexually Abused, Exploited Student While On School Staff: Sheriff
Former Maryland Teacher Sexually Abused, Exploited Student While On School Staff: Sheriff A former educator in Maryland who preyed on a student is facing a host of charges following his arrest, authorities announced. Chance Michael Hogue was taken into custody following a weeks-long investigation into reports of sexual abuse involving a child in Wicomico County. According to the sheriff's office, detectives developed evidence that Hogue sexually abused and exploited the victim during the time he was employed by Wicomico County Public Schools. The victim was a student at Wicomico High School, where Hogue was employed as a teacher. Investigators determined that Hogue began …

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Arson Charges For Man Who Torched Himself In Google NYC Building: NYPD Arson Charges For Man Who Torched Himself In Google NYC Building: NYPD
Arson Charges For Man Who Torched Himself In Google NYC Building: Nypd A 63-year-old Brooklyn man has been charged with arson after setting himself on fire in the lobby of a Manhattan building housing Google offices, authorities said. John Butch, of Brooklyn, was charged with arson, criminal mischief, and reckless endangerment following the incident on Friday, Aug. 28, according to the NYPD. Police responded to multiple 911 calls reporting a man who had set himself on fire inside 315 Hudson St. in Hudson Square just before 3 p.m., authorities said. Responding officers found Butch with burns throughout his body, police said. He was taken by EMS to New York-Pre…

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Khat's Going On? Nearly 2,400 Pounds Seized In Wild Run Of Busts At Dulles, BWI Airports Khat's Going On? Nearly 2,400 Pounds Seized In Wild Run Of Busts At Dulles, BWI Airports
Khat's Going On? Nearly 2,400 Pounds Seized In Wild Run Of Busts At Dulles, BWI Airports At this point, khat smugglers seem determined to keep DMV airport officers busy. Another 764 pounds of the leafy stimulant turned up in passenger luggage at Washington Dulles International Airport on Thursday, Aug. 20, leading to two arrests and pushing a remarkable recent run of seizures at Dulles and BWI to nearly 2,400 pounds, according to US Customs and Border Protection. CBP officers assigned to Dulles International Airport discovered 764 pounds of khat, a controlled substance, in the suitcases of two men arriving from overseas. CBP This time, two men allegedly arrived separate…

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Turtle Abuse In New York Draws Outrage, Animal Was Left To Die In Cage Turtle Abuse In New York Draws Outrage, Animal Was Left To Die In Cage
Turtle Abuse In New York Draws Outrage, Animal Was Left To Die In Cage A turtle was brutally abused and left to die on Long Island until it was rescued by a local animal agency, officials said. The turtle was trapped inside a cage that had been secured with zip ties and submerged underwater at Geiger Park in Deer Park, the Suffolk County SPCA said Friday, Aug. 28. Town of Babylon park rangers found the turtle while responding to a complaint about e-bikes in the park and pulled the cage out of the lake, the SPCA said. The turtle also had a fishhook stuck in its mouth, which was then tied to the cage, preventing the animal from escaping, officials said. It was …

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Multiple Patients Hospitalized After Possible Mercury Spill In Maryland (DEVELOPING) Multiple Patients Hospitalized After Possible Mercury Spill In Maryland (DEVELOPING)
Multiple Patients Hospitalized After Possible Mercury Spill In Maryland (Developing) Something potentially hazardous sent multiple people to the hospital in Maryland on Friday afternoon. Baltimore County firefighters responded to the 8600 block of Tower Bridge Way in Lutherville for a reported hazardous materials incident involving a possible mercury spill on Aug. 28, according to the department. Multiple patients were transported from the scene for evaluation and decontamination, fire officials said. Exactly how many people were taken to the hospital and their conditions, were not immediately disclosed. Officials also have not said what led to the possible spill, how…

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by Zak Failla
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$80K Discovery Lands Maryland Man Behind Bars After Months-Long Drug Probe: Sheriff $80K Discovery Lands Maryland Man Behind Bars After Months-Long Drug Probe: Sheriff
$80K Discovery Lands Maryland Man Behind Bars After Months-Long Drug Probe: Sheriff More than $80,000 worth of drugs are off the streets, and a suspected dealer is behind bars following a months-long investigation in Maryland. Aberdeen resident Kevin G. Scott Jr., 35, is facing a host of charges following a probe into reports of illegal narcotics being distributed from an apartment complex in June, according to the Harford County Sheriff's Office. Detectives identified Scott as the primary suspect during the investigation and developed probable cause to search him and his home, the sheriff's office said. On Tuesday, Aug. 25, members of the Harford County Task Force execut…

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Woman Found Dead In Maryland Home Was Asphyxiated; Man Now Charged With Her Murder: Police Woman Found Dead In Maryland Home Was Asphyxiated; Man Now Charged With Her Murder: Police
Woman Found Dead In Maryland Home Was Asphyxiated; Man Now Charged With Her Murder: Police What began as a medical emergency in Maryland is now a murder case. Jason Timothy Simpson, 28, of Cecilton, was arrested Thursday morning, nearly 10 weeks after 28-year-old Ashley Silverman was found dead inside a home on West Main Street, Maryland State Police announced Friday. The case dates back to around 1:45 a.m. on June 18, when troopers from the Maryland State Police North East Barrack were called to the 100 block of West Main Street for a report of a person in medical distress. Inside, they found Silverman. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Simpson was also at the residence w…

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Father Supplied Son With Fentanyl Before $1.7M Maryland Drug Bust, Feds Say Father Supplied Son With Fentanyl Before $1.7M Maryland Drug Bust, Feds Say
Father Supplied Son With Fentanyl Before $1.7M Maryland Drug Bust, Feds Say Like father, like son, federal prosecutors say. A Maryland father and son are facing federal charges after a months-long fentanyl investigation culminated on Thursday, Aug. 27, with searches that allegedly turned up approximately $1.7 million worth of drugs, according to the US Attorney's Office. Rashad Deondre Hicks, 36, of Largo, and his father, Lawrence Alonzo Hicks, 62, of District Heights, were arrested following an investigation that prosecutors say began in January. Investigators initially set their sights on the younger Hicks, who authorities believed was moving large quantities of…

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17 Years, Thousands Of Videos: Virginia Man Admits Secretly Filming Kids In Bathroom, Feds Say 17 Years, Thousands Of Videos: Virginia Man Admits Secretly Filming Kids In Bathroom, Feds Say
17 Years, Thousands Of Videos: Virginia Man Admits Secretly Filming Kids In Bathroom, Feds Say For nearly two decades, children inside a Virginia home had no idea they were being watched. Jackson Quentin Crocker, 54, of Woodbridge, admitted in federal court on Thursday, Aug. 27, that he secretly recorded minors inside his bathroom for years, ultimately creating thousands of videos, according to federal prosecutors. Crocker, a former employee of the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration, pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of children and possession of child sexual abuse material. The hidden recordings dated back to at least March 2008. According to court…

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by Zak Failla
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'Gentle Giant': Beloved MCPS Bus Driver Remembered After Heart Attack On Final Route 'Gentle Giant': Beloved MCPS Bus Driver Remembered After Heart Attack On Final Route
'Gentle Giant': Beloved Mcps Bus Driver Remembered After Heart Attack On Final Route Tuesday morning, Rodney Givens was right where generations of Maryland schoolchildren had come to expect him. Behind the wheel. Hours later, the longtime Montgomery County Public Schools bus driver, husband, father and union leader was gone after suffering what his family says was a heart attack while driving his bus on Tuesday, Aug. 25. Givens was driving MCPS Route 4105 when the medical emergency struck shortly after 3 p.m., according to his family and police. The bus crashed into a utility pole near Central Avenue and Route 355. There were no students aboard, and nobody else was in…

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