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Teacher From PG County Recorded Sex Abuse On Student's Phone After Sneaking Into Bedroom: Feds Teacher From PG County Recorded Sex Abuse On Student's Phone After Sneaking Into Bedroom: Feds
Teacher From PG County Recorded Sex Abuse On Student's Phone After Sneaking Into Bedroom: Feds The allegations were disturbing.  Now, the teacher from Maryland accused of sneaking through a student's bedroom window at night has admitted to the federal crime. John Aaron Gass, 35, of Hyattsville, pleaded guilty on Monday, Aug. 10, in Washington, DC, to coercion and enticement of a minor stemming from the sexual abuse of a 16-year-old student, US Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro announced. Gass was a history teacher at District of Columbia International School, a charter school in Northwest DC, until November 2025, according to court papers. The abuse began months earlier. Beginnin…

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WATCH: Workers Cling To Scaffolding As It Swings 9 Stories Up Outside Maryland Building WATCH: Workers Cling To Scaffolding As It Swings 9 Stories Up Outside Maryland Building
Watch: Workers Cling To Scaffolding As It Swings 9 Stories Up Outside Maryland Building Two construction workers suddenly found themselves along for a terrifying ride nine stories above Maryland. The workers were on scaffolding outside Washingtonian Towers at 9701 Fields Road in Gaithersburg shortly after 4:10 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 10, when wind and rain hit the area, and the rig became unsecured, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson David Pazos. Then it started flying around. Video shared by Pazos shows the workers clinging to the scaffolding as it swung away from the high-rise, leaving them dangling high above the ground during the storm. 9…

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First Beavers, Now Kids May Have Played With Potentially Rabid Bat At Maryland Park First Beavers, Now Kids May Have Played With Potentially Rabid Bat At Maryland Park
First Beavers, Now Kids May Have Played With Potentially Rabid Bat At Maryland Park Apparently, two rabid beavers weren't enough wildlife drama for one corner of Maryland. Days after two separate people were attacked by two separate beavers that both tested positive for rabies, Frederick County health officials are now warning that children may have played with a potentially rabid bat at Riverwalk Park in Frederick. And no, officials say the bat and the beavers aren't connected. The latest wildlife scare surfaced on Monday, Aug. 10, when the Frederick County Health Department announced that rabies testing on a bat found at the park on Schifferstadt Boulevard came back inc…

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Have A Seat Right Over There: Chris Hansen Returns To Maryland For Third ‘Takedown’ Sting Have A Seat Right Over There: Chris Hansen Returns To Maryland For Third ‘Takedown’ Sting
Have A Seat Right Over There: Chris Hansen Returns To Maryland For Third ‘Takedown’ Sting Apparently, twice wasn’t enough to get the message across. Chris Hansen returned to Maryland for a third “Takedown” sting with the Harford County Sheriff’s Office, and this time, investigators say some of the alleged predators were coming from their own backyard. The weeklong operation wrapped up after Hansen and his team again partnered with Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler’s investigators to target adults allegedly seeking children online. Harford County Sheriff Harford County Sheriff Several adults were arrested during the sting, according to the sheriff’s office. “We had hoped the messa…

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He Thought He Was Meeting 14-Year-Old Girl, But Deputies In Maryland Were Waiting: Sheriff He Thought He Was Meeting 14-Year-Old Girl, But Deputies In Maryland Were Waiting: Sheriff
He Thought He Was Meeting 14-Year-Old Girl, But Deputies In Maryland Were Waiting: Sheriff He thought he was meeting a 14-year-old girl in Maryland. Instead, deputies were waiting. Laurence B. Purser, 31, of Aberdeen, was arrested after investigators say he engaged in explicit communications with an undercover detective posing as a teenage girl, Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler announced on Monday, Aug. 10. And investigators say Purser knew exactly how young the girl was supposed to be. Throughout the investigation, Purser was repeatedly told that the person he was communicating with was 14 years old, according to the sheriff. That allegedly didn't stop him. Purser ultim…

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Maryland Man Who Opened Fire Twice In An Hour Before Fleeing Hundreds Of Miles Learns Fate Maryland Man Who Opened Fire Twice In An Hour Before Fleeing Hundreds Of Miles Learns Fate
Maryland Man Who Opened Fire Twice In An Hour Before Fleeing Hundreds Of Miles Learns Fate Semaj Ames fled hundreds of miles after a wild domestic dispute involving multiple family members in Maryland. Now, he's heading to prison. The 20-year-old Salisbury man was sentenced in Wicomico County to 50 years in prison, with half of the term to actively serve, after admitting earlier this year to a strange conflict involving his girlfriend, the father of his girlfriend's child, and later his child's mother. All within an hour. On the evening of July 20, 2025, Ames and his girlfriend got into a conflict with the father of her child, prosecutors said. Ames and his girlfriend then dro…

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Street Takeover Turns Ugly As Teen Assaults Officers In Prince George's County, Police Say Street Takeover Turns Ugly As Teen Assaults Officers In Prince George's County, Police Say
Street Takeover Turns Ugly As Teen Assaults Officers In Prince George's County, Police Say Another illegal car rally in Maryland ended with flashing lights, an arrest, and a fresh warning from police. Yohan Ramirez, 18, of Woodland, was arrested following a street takeover in Temple Hills on Saturday, Aug. 8, after police say he assaulted officers who responded to break up the gathering, according to the Prince George's County Police Department. Police announced Ramirez's arrest on Monday, Aug. 10. Few details about the alleged assault have been released, including what led up to the confrontation, whether any officers were injured, or what charges Ramirez is facing. But police…

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Man, Woman Found Dead As Shooting Investigation Unfolds In Maryland (DEVELOPING) Man, Woman Found Dead As Shooting Investigation Unfolds In Maryland (DEVELOPING)
Man, Woman Found Dead As Shooting Investigation Unfolds In Maryland (Developing) Two people are dead, and a Maryland neighborhood is now at the center of a developing homicide investigation. Baltimore County police descended on the unit block of Banyan Wood Court in Essex on Monday afternoon following reports of a shooting that quickly grew into a larger investigation spanning multiple nearby locations. Details were scarce as detectives worked to piece together what happened. Police initially alerted residents shortly before 1 p.m. on Aug. 10 that investigators had been called to Banyan Wood Court, warning of a heavy police presence and possible road closures. Minutes…

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Things Get Spicy At Mexican Restaurant When Drunken Diner Pulls Gun, Drives Off: Police Things Get Spicy At Mexican Restaurant When Drunken Diner Pulls Gun, Drives Off: Police
Things Get Spicy At Mexican Restaurant When Drunken Diner Pulls Gun, Drives Off: Police Things went from tequila to trouble in a hurry at a Virginia restaurant when an allegedly drunk diner turned a war of words into an armed encounter, police say. Officers were called over the weekend to the El Tio Restaurant in the 7500 block of Linton Hall Road in Gainesville, where a man was reportedly brandishing a handgun during a dispute that turned violent. Manassas man Robert Patrick Block Jr., 27, is accused of getting into an argument at the eatery shortly after 10:10 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 7, that rapidly escalated from a verbal altercation to a physical one, according to the Prince …

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McSnooze: Teen Found Asleep In Maryland McDonald's Drive-Thru Had Loaded Gun, Sheriff Says McSnooze: Teen Found Asleep In Maryland McDonald's Drive-Thru Had Loaded Gun, Sheriff Says
McSnooze: Teen Found Asleep In Maryland McDonald's Drive-Thru Had Loaded Gun, Sheriff Says One Maryland teen apparently took the "drive-thru" part a little less literally than intended, according to the Calvert County Sheriff's Office. Deputies were called to the McDonald's on North Solomons Island Road in Prince Frederick during an early morning call earlier this month, where employees reported a 19-year-old man had passed out behind the wheel in the drive-thru lane, officials announced on Monday, Aug. 10. When investigators arrived, they found the vehicle stopped between the restaurant's two drive-thru windows. Then came the wake-up call. Deputies repeatedly knocked on the wi…

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Stafford Crosses Into Prince William County, Things Go Off With A Bang In Triangle: Police Stafford Crosses Into Prince William County, Things Go Off With A Bang In Triangle: Police
Stafford Crosses Into Prince William County, Things Go Off With A Bang In Triangle: Police Stafford crossed into Prince William County and apparently brought some firepower with him. A man with a familiar last name found himself in the wrong part of Northern Virginia after shots rang out in Prince William County, police said. Quantico resident Christan Stafford, 25, was arrested after officers were called to investigate reported gunfire in Triangle shortly after 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 8, according to the Prince William County Police Department. Police were called to the 16600 block of Pleasant Road, where responding officers found Stafford sitting inside a vehicle with a fi…

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Man Dies, Woman Rushed To Burn Center After Early-Morning Maryland House Fire Man Dies, Woman Rushed To Burn Center After Early-Morning Maryland House Fire
Man Dies, Woman Rushed To Burn Center After Early-Morning Maryland House Fire The day began with tragedy inside a Maryland home. A 64-year-old man died, and a 77-year-old woman was injured after a fire broke out at a home in the 1800 block of Old Westminster Pike in Finksburg on Monday, Aug. 10, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal. Firefighters from the Reese Volunteer Fire Company and surrounding departments were called to the home at approximately 5:23 a.m., officials said. Both were inside when the fire broke out. The man was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, officials said. His body was later transported to the Office of the Chief Medi…

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