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Politics
Trump International Airport? Bill Introduced By Republicans Would Rename Dulles In Virginia
Could major changes be coming at Dulles International Airport in Virginia? A bill has been introduced by Republicans in the House of Representatives proposing that Washington Dulles International Airport be designated as the "Donald J. Trump International Airport." The airport was originally named for former Secretary of State John Foster Dulles in 1962. This week, North Carolina Rep. Addison McDowell proposed a fresh change in the wake of Trump's second election. We all know everything @realDonaldTrump touches turns to gold. Let’s Make Dulles Great Again. https://t.co/eJHLq…
News
Montco's Double Homicide Linked To Pennsylvania Boy’s Killer's Gun
As the anniversary of Jason Rivera’s tragic killing approaches, investigators have uncovered a web of violence spanning two states, connecting the gun used to kill the 13-year-old in South Lebanon Township to a Maryland double homicide and two teenage suspects charged as adults. Jason Rivera’s life was cut short on Feb. 15, 2022, when he was shot 12 times outside his uncle’s apartment in South Lebanon Township. The seventh grader’s murder weapon—a Glock 26—has since become a key piece in a broader investigation, tied to multiple violent crimes in Maryland. The same gun was linked to a drive…
Police & Fire
Hit-Run Driver Apprehended At Dulles Airport After Killing DOT Employee In MoCo: Police
A driver wanted in connection to the fatal hit-and-run crash involving a Montgomery County Department of Transportation employee has been apprehended at Dulles International Airport after leaving the country, authorities announced. Potomac resident Ricky Rohan Kapoor, 30, was arrested over the weekend after traveling to Bogota in Columbia following the fateful hit-and-run in November. According to the Montgomery County Department of Police, at around 9:10 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 24, officers were called to investigate a reported crash involving a pedestrian and driver who fled the…
Police & Fire
Second Teen Charged As Adult For Murders At Montgomery County Park Months Later: Police
A second teenager will be charged as an adult following an ongoing investigation after two men were found murdered at a Silver Spring park over the summer, the Montgomery County Department of Police announced. Quincy Johnson, of Takoma Park, and Lanham resident D'Andre Wint, both 20, were found shot to death at the Nolte Local Park in the 200 block of Denver Road late in the afternoon on Sunday, May 26. Our officers along with @mcpnews are on scene of a shooting a Nolte Local Park in Silver Spring.Officers located two shooting victims. More information will be released as it be…
News
Flying High: Bag Filled With 34 Pounds Of Ketamine From Amsterdam Seized At Dulles Airport
Nearly $1 million worth of ketamine never made it to the streets in the DMV after a package coming from Amsterdam into Dulles International Airport was intercepted, according to US Customs and Border Protection officials. Last month, nearly 34 pounds of ketamine hydrochloride arrived in an airline’s rushed baggage, but, officers at the airport made sure it did not go any further than that. CBP agriculture specialists initially detected anomalies when they x-rayed the suitcase on Aug. 8 when it arrived from the notoriously liberal nation, and officers were alerted. The anomalies c…
Police & Fire
Teen Suspect, 15, Arrested Months After Two Men Found Shot To Death In MoCo Park: Police
Three months to the day that two men were found murdered at a Silver Spring park, the Montgomery County Department of Police announced that a teen shooting suspect has been identified. Quincy Johnson, of Takoma Park, and Lanham resident D'Andre Wint, both 20, were found shot to death at the Nolte Local Park in the 200 block of Denver Road late in the afternoon on Sunday, May 26. Our officers along with @mcpnews are on scene of a shooting a Nolte Local Park in Silver Spring.Officers located two shooting victims. More information will be released as it becomes available. — Park Police MC (…
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Trafficker Bringing Fentanyl From LAX To DMV In Laundry Products Gets 10+ Years In Prison: Feds
A 23-year-old Maryland man who was one of two dozen charged in connection to a massive cross-country fentanyl smuggling ring will spend more than a decade in prison. Temple Hills resident Andre Edmond - also known as "Draco" - was sentenced to 130 months in prison for his role in the drug ring that shipped hundreds of thousands of fake Oxycodone pills from Southern California to the East Coast. Prosecutors say that the pills were shipped from LAX in California to Dulles International Airport in laundry product bottles. The probe into Edmond and his cohorts was launched in Washington, DC wh…
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Man Who Muled Teen From Mexico To Maryland Sentenced For Sexual Abusing Minor: Prosecutor
A Maryland drug and sex trafficker who ferried a young girl from Mexico into the DMV region will spend decades behind bars for his role in a nefarious scheme, the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office announced. Gaithersburg resident Francisco Barahona, 46, has been sentenced to 45 years in prison with all but 30 years suspended after pleading guilty last year to sexually abusing a minor. According to prosecutors, in 2019, Barahona was in the middle of serving a 10-year sentence for federal drug trafficking charges when the victim in the second case came forward to the police to …
News
Traveler With Measles Passed Through Dulles, Reagan Airports In Virginia: Health Officials
Health officials are cautioning about potential measles exposure in Northern Virginia airports. The Virginia Department of Health was notified about a person who returned stateside after an international trip and traveled through Dulles International Airport and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport earlier this month and may have exposed other travelers to the virus. VDH was notified of a confirmed case of measles in a person who traveled through Northern Virginia when returning from international travel. Out of an abundance of caution, VDH is informing people who were at vari…
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Nazi Flag Found In U-Haul Truck Intentionally Rammed Into Barrier Near White House
Police in Washington, DC say that a teen intentionally crashed a U-Haul into a security barrier near the White House on Monday night. Shortly before 10 p.m. on Monday, May 22, Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi said that the driver of a box truck struck the gate on the north side of Lafayette Square near 16th Street. The driver was later identified as Missouri resident Sai Varshith Kandula, who was arrested and charged by US Park Police investigators. The truck has been deemed safe by @DCPoliceDept & preliminary investigation reveals the driver may have intentionally str…
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Handgun Seized From Traveler By TSA Officers At Dulles International Airport
For the second time this week, a traveler from Virginia was busted attempting to bring a handgun onto a flight. TSA officers were able to prevent a man from King George from bringing an unloaded 9mm handgun onto a plane at Dulles International Airport after it was flagged by security as he entered attempted to go through checkpoint. An X-ray captured the gun and alerted officers to the weapon in the man’s carry-on bag. Members of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police were then called in to confiscate the gun, and the traveler was cited on a weapons charge. He alleged that h…
News
Maryland Couple Stripped Of Trusted Traveler Status Over Nearly $100K In Goods
A Maryland couple will no longer be Global Entry trusted travelers members after they violated duty laws at Dulles International Airport, officials said. On August 14, the couple repeatedly failed to declare nearly $100,000 in designer brand items that they purchased overseas, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Upon arriving at Dulles from Paris, the couple told a CBP officer that they declared only what they had, which they claimed was between $300 and $900 in merchandise, authorities said. Once law enforcement sensed the couple was not being honest, they checked their bags …
News
Dulles Airport Worker Killed Charity Founder While He Slept Next To His Wife: Report
A Virginia airport worker was arrested on accusations he killed a beloved charity founder in his own bed while sleeping next to his wife, FOX 5 reports. Joshua Danehower, 33, of Arlington, has been charged with shooting Gret Glyer, 32, while he slept next to his wife in his Fairfax home around 3 a.m. Friday, June 24, FOX 5 says citing police. Danehower was arrested Tuesday, June 28 while heading to work at Dulles International Airport, officials said Wednesday. He and Glyer were acquaintances but it was unclear how they knew each other, police said at a press conference. Glyer was the fou…
Police & Fire
Murder
: Girlfriend Wanted For Killing Boyfriend Arrested After Landing At Dulles Airport
A 23-year-old Prince George's woman, who fled the country after allegedly murdering her boyfriend in 2021, was arrested at Dulles International Airport. after her flight landed, according to authorities and NBC4. Norma Rivas-Villacorta, of Riverdale, is accused fatally shooting 20-year-old Kayshaun Daly, also of Riverdale, in the 6700 block of Oakland Avenue on May 22, 2021, Prince George's County Police said. Rivas-Villacorta allegedly left the country in the days after the murder. She was eventually arrested on Sunday, May 15, police said. The motive for the murder remains unde…
News
Uber Refunds Passenger $600 After Getting Stranded On I-95 For Hours
Uber has refunded a $600 bill a Virginia man was slapped with after he got stuck on I-95 due to snow, according to People. Andrew Peters flew in from San Francisco to Dulles International Airport but said he "didn't really realize" how bad the weather was going to be on Jan. 3. He ordered an Uber and ended up getting stuck on the snow-packed I-95 for 9 hours with his driver and was eventually charged a $600 bill for the ordeal, as was originally reported by WTOP. After the story went viral, People magazine reached out to Uber who confirmed that Peters would be refunded for the experience: …
News
Uber Passenger Slapped With $600 Bill After Hours Stranded On I-95
A Virginia Uber passenger ended up paying hundreds of dollars after the car he was in got stranded on I-95 due to snow, according to WTOP. Andrew Peters, of Richmond Virginia, told the station he was going home after arriving from San Francisco at Dulles International Airport and was clueless of the weather nightmare he was going to encounter. “It was kind of scary,” Peters told WTOP. “We didn’t have any food or water.” He finally made it home after a grueling nine hours and paid a $200 Uber bill. But -- to add insult to injury -- Peters said Uber added $400 in additional charges…
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