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9 Hurt, 4 Airlifted To Burn Centers After Fourth Of July Boat Explosion In Maryland (PHOTOS) 9 Hurt, 4 Airlifted To Burn Centers After Fourth Of July Boat Explosion In Maryland (PHOTOS)
9 Hurt, 4 Airlifted To Burn Centers After Fourth Of July Boat Explosion In Maryland (Photos) A Fourth of July afternoon on the water turned into chaos in Maryland when a boat suddenly exploded, sending nine people to the hospital and forcing four victims to be airlifted to regional burn centers. The explosion happened just after 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 4, at Schaefer's Canal House in Chesapeake City, where emergency crews rushed to the waterfront after multiple 911 callers reported that an approximately 32-foot-long boat had exploded while tied up at the dock. According to the Maryland Office of the State Fire Marshal, seven of the injured were aboard the vessel, while two others …

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by Zak Failla
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Maryland Family Loses Everything After Home Firebombed With Flaming Gasoline Container (PHOTOS) Maryland Family Loses Everything After Home Firebombed With Flaming Gasoline Container (PHOTOS)
Maryland Family Loses Everything After Home Firebombed With Flaming Gasoline Container (Photos) Everything they owned was gone before the sun came up. A Maryland family returned to unimaginable devastation after investigators say someone threw a flaming gasoline container onto the front porch of their home, turning it into a raging overnight fire that destroyed nearly everything inside. The attack was reported around 1:30 a.m. on the Fourth of July, at a home in the 4300 block of Cooper Road in Whiteford, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office. Investigators say home surveillance cameras captured an unknown suspect approaching the house, throwing a flaming gasoline con…

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by Zak Failla
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Maryland EMT Removed As Child Exploitation Probe Expands Across Fire/EMS Stations (DEVELOPING) Maryland EMT Removed As Child Exploitation Probe Expands Across Fire/EMS Stations (DEVELOPING)
Maryland EMT Removed As Child Exploitation Probe Expands Across Fire/EMS Stations (Developing) The investigation didn't end with an arrest. A Maryland EMT has been removed from a Harford County fire company after his arrest in a child exploitation investigation that officials say involved multiple Fire/EMS stations across the county. Jurel Daquone Leo Bowman, 32, of Lusby, was arrested shortly before 9 p.m. on Thursday, July 2, by Maryland State Police and charged with six counts of sexual solicitation of a minor. State police said the Maryland Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force launched the investigation in November 2025 into the alleged sexual exploitation of a minor. In…

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by Zak Failla
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Maryland Man Posed As Women To Steal Private Boudoir Photos, State Police Say Maryland Man Posed As Women To Steal Private Boudoir Photos, State Police Say
Maryland Man Posed As Women To Steal Private Boudoir Photos, State Police Say He wasn't looking for dates. Police say he was shopping for boudoir photos. Maryland investigators say an Allegany County man spent months posing as women online so he could sneak into strangers' private boudoir galleries, a bizarre identity theft scheme that ended with a conviction and 16 criminal charges across two separate cases. Mathew Mark Schartiger, 39, was sentenced this week after Maryland State Police said their investigation uncovered fake email accounts, stolen identities, and unauthorized copies of victims' intimate photographs. The investigation began in March after troopers …

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by Zak Failla
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Woman In Wheelchair Dies After Being Struck By Pickup Truck In Virginia: Police Woman In Wheelchair Dies After Being Struck By Pickup Truck In Virginia: Police
Woman In Wheelchair Dies After Being Struck By Pickup Truck In Virginia: Police A Virginia woman who was using a mobility device died after she was struck by a pickup truck while crossing a roadway in Fairfax County, police said. The fatal crash happened around 7:45 p.m. on Thursday, July 2, at the intersection of Richmond Highway and Dart Drive in Hybla Valley, according to Fairfax County Police. Crash Reconstruction Unit detectives said the driver of a 2026 Ford F-250 was turning right from Dart Drive onto northbound Richmond Highway when the truck struck the woman as she crossed Dart Drive from north to south in her mobility device. She was rushed to a nearby hospi…

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by Zak Failla
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Beagle Kicked Airborne At Dulles Refuses To Quit, Still Busting Smugglers A Year Later Beagle Kicked Airborne At Dulles Refuses To Quit, Still Busting Smugglers A Year Later
Beagle Kicked Airborne At Dulles Refuses To Quit, Still Busting Smugglers A Year Later You can't keep a good beagle down. A Virginia detector dog who was kicked so hard by an international traveler at Dulles Airport that he went airborne has made a full recovery and is back doing what he does best, catching smugglers one sniff at a time. One year after the shocking assault, Freddie, the 6-year-old US Customs and Border Protection agriculture detector beagle stationed at the Sterling airport, is thriving and still protecting America's food supply. In fact, Freddie celebrated a milestone this week. On Tuesday, June 30, the veteran beagle recorded his 200th agriculture detecti…

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Dad Jailed On Drug, Gun Charges. Deputies Make Sure His Kids Get Dinner Dad Jailed On Drug, Gun Charges. Deputies Make Sure His Kids Get Dinner
Dad Jailed On Drug, Gun Charges. Deputies Make Sure His Kids Get Dinner Deputies in Virginia say a convicted felon was driving through Spotsylvania County with multiple narcotics, a firearm, and two young children inside his SUV before a routine traffic stop brought everything to a halt. William Maynard, 35, of Louisa, was arrested late on Sunday, June 28, by members of the Spotsylvania Sheriff's Office after he was spotted driving with a suspended license in the 10100 block of Patriot Highway. Maynard couldn't legally drive away. And no one else in the vehicle could either. With no licensed driver available to take the SUV, deputies prepared to tow it an…

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NY Woman Ran Sex Trafficking Ring Out Of Boston-Area Brothels, Feds Say NY Woman Ran Sex Trafficking Ring Out Of Boston-Area Brothels, Feds Say
NY Woman Ran Sex Trafficking Ring Out Of Boston-Area Brothels, Feds Say A New York woman and Chinese national has been federally indicted after prosecutors accused her of running an alleged sex trafficking operation out of residential brothels in the Boston area. Zengzeng Liu, 40, of Flushing, New York, also known as "Bella," is accused of managing an international operation beginning no later than August 2025. Investigators say women, many of them foreign nationals from Japan, Vietnam, China, and the Philippines, were recruited to travel to the Greater Boston area to engage in commercial sex acts, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts said. She is…

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by Josh Lanier
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'That's Some Karma': Maryland Man's Getaway Truck Stolen During Verizon Break-In (VIDEO) 'That's Some Karma': Maryland Man's Getaway Truck Stolen During Verizon Break-In (VIDEO)
'That's Some Karma': Maryland Man's Getaway Truck Stolen During Verizon Break-In (Video) Karma always has a way of biting back. For one man in Maryland, calling 911 to report his stolen truck turned out to be a spectacularly bad idea. Police say the truck was only parked in a Howard County shopping center because its owner had just burglarized the Verizon store across the lot, only to come back and discover someone else had stolen his ride. The strange scene played out in Howard County. Howard County Police Newly released body camera footage shows the bizarre encounter as the man reports his truck missing, while officers simultaneously begin connecting him to the smash…

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by Zak Failla
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Third Teen Arrested In Virginia Killing Of 18-Year-Old Found Dead In Backyard: Police Third Teen Arrested In Virginia Killing Of 18-Year-Old Found Dead In Backyard: Police
Third Teen Arrested In Virginia Killing Of 18-Year-Old Found Dead In Backyard: Police The arrests aren't over yet. A third teenager has been charged in the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old Virginia man who was shot inside a Manassas mobile home community before staggering away and collapsing in a nearby backyard, Prince William County police announced on Thursday, July 2. The latest arrest came a day earlier, when detectives, assisted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the US Marshals Task Force, arrested a 17-year-old Manassas Park resident at his home. He is now charged with: Felony murder; Use of a firearm in the commission of a felony; Cons…

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by Zak Failla
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8-Year-Old Climbs Out Of Hot Car To Find Help During Dangerous Virginia Heat: Police 8-Year-Old Climbs Out Of Hot Car To Find Help During Dangerous Virginia Heat: Police
8-Year-Old Climbs Out Of Hot Car To Find Help During Dangerous Virginia Heat: Police The heat warnings stopped being theoretical in Virginia when a child was left alone in a hot car. With the region contending with temperatures approaching 100 degrees on Wednesday, police in Prince William County say an 8-year-old girl was left alone inside a parked vehicle in direct sunlight for nearly an hour before climbing out and seeking assistance. The incident unfolded around 3:55 p.m. on Wednesday, July 1, when officers from the Prince William County Police Department were called to the 8100 block of Flannery Court in the Manassas area to investigate a report of child neglect. Inve…

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by Zak Failla
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Driver Crashes Into Pickup, Tree Before Police Discover Texas Wants Him For DUI: Police Driver Crashes Into Pickup, Tree Before Police Discover Texas Wants Him For DUI: Police
Driver Crashes Into Pickup, Tree Before Police Discover Texas Wants Him For DUI: Police The crash wasn't the end of the trouble. A Virginia driver accused of causing a hit-and-run crash before plowing through a field and into a tree is also wanted hundreds of miles away in Texas on separate DUI-related charges, police say. The bizarre chain of events unfolded around 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 1, when Culpeper Police were called after a witness reported a gray SUV weaving along Madison Road and repeatedly striking curbs. Before officers could catch up, investigators say the SUV entered the Southgate Shopping Center parking lot, then pulled back onto the road. Google Maps …

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by Zak Failla