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Man Accused Of Killing Roommate, Leaving Body Behind Bus Stop In Maryland: Police Man Accused Of Killing Roommate, Leaving Body Behind Bus Stop In Maryland: Police
Man Accused Of Killing Roommate, Leaving Body Behind Bus Stop In Maryland: Police Two weeks after 19-year-old Diego Edilberto Borja-Cardona was found suffering from traumatic injuries behind a Montgomery County bus stop, his roommate has been arrested for his murder, police say. Silver Spring resident Abraham Luna Perez, 26, has been arrested in connection to Borja-Cardona's death late last month after his death was ruled a homicide by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore. Shortly after 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 22, officers from the Montgomery County Department of Police were called to the 9300 block of Piney Branch Road, where they found Borja-Ca…

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by Zak Failla
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Maryland Lottery Player Gets $100K Surprise While Scanning Ticket Days After $1K Win Maryland Lottery Player Gets $100K Surprise While Scanning Ticket Days After $1K Win
Maryland Lottery Player Gets $100K Surprise While Scanning Ticket Days After $1K Win He can't miss. A Maryland Lottery player scratched his way to a six-figure prize, though he didn't realize it until he scanned his instant ticket days after claiming a separate $1,000 prize, officials say. The Silver Spring resident says that he didn't notice his lucky win after scratching off the ticket, though when he scanned it out of habit, realized that he was in fact holding on to a golden ticket worth $100,000 sold at KW Beer and Wine on Piney Branch Road in his hometown. Thinking he missed out on a top prize after scratching his $50 ticket with a penny, the Montgomery County man is…

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by Zak Failla
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Maryland Son Brings Home $250K Lottery Jackpot For Mom Maryland Son Brings Home $250K Lottery Jackpot For Mom
Maryland Son Brings Home $250K Lottery Jackpot For Mom A Maryland resident who stopped to pick up scratch-offs after running errands last weekend ended up with a $250,000 winning ticket for his mother. The Montgomery County son stopped for gas at Casa Blanca Sunoco on Piney Branch Road in Silver Spring on Sunday, March 10 and picked up five of the $10 $250,000 Cash Winfall games due to his sister’s recent $500 win. He then took the tickets home for his mother, who didn’t get around to playing them until the following day. “She was on the phone and scratching the games,” the winner’s son, a Silver Spring resident, told lottery officia…

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by Valerie Musson
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Alert Issued For Teen Missing For More Than A Week In MD Alert Issued For Teen Missing For More Than A Week In MD
Alert Issued For Teen Missing For More Than A Week In MD Concerns are mounting for a missing teen in Montgomery County who hasn’t been seen or heard from in more than a week. An alert was issued by the Montgomery County Department of Police regarding 17-year-old Silver Spring resident Christopher Sanchez, who was last seen on Saturday, June 10 in the 9000 block of Piney Branch Road. Police described Sanchez as being 5-foot-6, weighing 125 pounds with brown eyes and brown hair. He has a tattoo of a “$” behind his ear, “Catarina,” on his forearm, and “Karina” on his chest. It is known what he was last wearing. Anyone with information regarding S…

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by Zak Failla
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Got Grub? String Of Food Truck Robberies Hits Montgomery County, Police Say Got Grub? String Of Food Truck Robberies Hits Montgomery County, Police Say
Got Grub? String Of Food Truck Robberies Hits Montgomery County, Police Say Surveillance images have been released of suspects believed to be responsible for multiple food truck robberies throughout Montgomery County, authorities say. Two men, appearing to be in their late teens to early twenties, began robbing the food trucks in January 2023, according to a Montgomery County Police Department spokesperson.  Detectives began investigating the string of robberies on Monday, Jan. 23, after reports of a robbery in the 14000 block of Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring at Elvira's Kitchen Food Truck, police say. Investigators say that the suspects vaulted the barrier…

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by Annie DeVoe
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Winning $1M Powerball Ticket Sold To Lucky Maryland Lottery Player Winning $1M Powerball Ticket Sold To Lucky Maryland Lottery Player
Winning $1M Powerball Ticket Sold To Lucky Maryland Lottery Player It wasn’t a $2 billion windfall, but some Maryland Lottery players are still feeling lucky after cashing in big in the latest Powerball drawing, including a seven-figure prize on a ticket sold in Catonsville. Powerball players had to wait overnight to get their results, but it was worth it for some in Maryland, where there were nine prizes of at least $50,000 on tickets sold in Maryland, including a $1 million second-tier winner. In California, one person is holding on to a ticket worth the largest single jackpot prize in lottery history after it swelled to $2.04 billion, with a cash valu…

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by Zak Failla
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Teens Busted For Armed Robbery, Police Pursuit That Ended With Metro Bus Crash In Maryland Teens Busted For Armed Robbery, Police Pursuit That Ended With Metro Bus Crash In Maryland
Teens Busted For Armed Robbery, Police Pursuit That Ended With Metro Bus Crash In Maryland Three teens are facing multiple charges after taking police in Maryland on a high-speed pursuit while attempting to flee from a reported armed robbery in Montgomery County, officials say. Silver Spring resident Natnael Akalu, 18, Wesley Jose Nunez, 18, and Lorenzo Antonio Madrid, 19, both of Washington, DC, have been identified by police investigators as the suspects who took off from police before coming to a fiery halt when the driver crashed into a Metro Bus. The incident began shortly before 2:45 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 31, according to a Montgomery County Police Department spokesperson. …

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by Zak Failla
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Two Men Charged In Two Days On Gun Offenses In Maryland: State Police Two Men Charged In Two Days On Gun Offenses In Maryland: State Police
Two Men Charged In Two Days On Gun Offenses In Maryland: State Police Maryland State Police troopers arrested two men on gun charges following a pair of separate traffic stops in Montgomery County this week, officials announced on Friday, Oct. 28. First, Robel Habtu, 20, of Silver Spring, was stopped at approximately 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 26, by troopers from the Rockville Barrack on Piney Branch Road near Ray Drive for illegally tinted windows. While conducting that stop, troopers say that they suspected illegal drugs inside Habtu’s vehicle, and a search of his vehicle led to the seizure of a handgun that was reported stolen in South Carolina. Habtu …

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by Zak Failla