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DC Carjacker Jumps From Moving Car During Wild Maryland Police Chase, Gets Prison Time DC Carjacker Jumps From Moving Car During Wild Maryland Police Chase, Gets Prison Time
DC Carjacker Jumps From Moving Car During Wild Maryland Police Chase, Gets Prison Time Dartanian Owens wasn't ready to give up the car. The 22-year-old DC man who terrorized early-morning commuters during an armed carjacking and robbery spree later led police on a wild chase through Maryland and the District, jumped from the stolen vehicle while it was still moving, and tried hiding behind homes before officers finally caught him. Now he's going to prison for more than 13 years. Owens was sentenced on Monday, Aug. 24, to 162 months behind bars following a three-day crime spree that began with a DoorDash driver and ended after a high-speed pursuit through Prince George's Coun…

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Man Hauls Guillotine 2,300 Miles To DC In Pickup Truck, Arrested Near US Capitol: Police Man Hauls Guillotine 2,300 Miles To DC In Pickup Truck, Arrested Near US Capitol: Police
Man Hauls Guillotine 2,300 Miles To DC In Pickup Truck, Arrested Near US Capitol: Police Somewhere between California and the nation's capital, no one told Philan-Tam-Duy Le to leave his guillotine at home. Le, 35, made it thousands of miles from his Julian home in California with the strange weapon safely stationed in the bed of his pickup truck, but a poor parking job ultimately landed him behind bars on Tuesday, Aug. 25. After driving across the country with the medieval execution device towering over the bed of his pickup truck, Le made a pit stop in the 100 block of East Capitol Street in DC, where he made a critical error. He parked illegally. US Capitol Police…

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Rutgers Dean Placed On Leave Following 'Disturbing' Upskirt Accusation, University Says Rutgers Dean Placed On Leave Following 'Disturbing' Upskirt Accusation, University Says
Rutgers Dean Placed On Leave Following 'Disturbing' Upskirt Accusation, University Says A Rutgers University dean has been placed on leave amid accusations he surreptitiously took recorded "upskirt" videos while working at the school, university officials said. Joshua Kohut, 51, of Cranbury, dean of research at Rutgers' School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, was arrested and charged with fourth-degree invasion of privacy, New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport and the Division of Criminal Justice announced. “The defendant is alleged to have used his mobile phone to record ‘upskirt’ videos without his victim’s knowledge,” Davenport said. “An invasion of privac…

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Maryland Woman Stole DC Grandma's Money, Spent It On Designer Shoes, Football Tickets, Feds Say Maryland Woman Stole DC Grandma's Money, Spent It On Designer Shoes, Football Tickets, Feds Say
Maryland Woman Stole DC Grandma's Money, Spent It On Designer Shoes, Football Tickets, Feds Say It took a federal jury less than five hours to find a Maryland woman guilty of taking advantage of her elderly grandmother. Cordova resident Linda Laird, 62, was found guilty of her role in an elaborate scheme to abuse her position as the co-guardian and co-conservator of what prosecutors described as an 81-year-old vulnerable adult. According to court documents, in November 2017, Laird, her late father, James Blizzard, and her late mother, Joyce Blizzard, were appointed by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to look after Laird's grandmother and estate. At the time, Laird’s gra…

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Girls Under 4 Among Victims In Files Found In Maryland Man's Gmail, Prosecutors Say Girls Under 4 Among Victims In Files Found In Maryland Man's Gmail, Prosecutors Say
Girls Under 4 Among Victims In Files Found In Maryland Man's Gmail, Prosecutors Say They weren't just files sitting in a Maryland man's Gmail account. Behind them were real children, including two who hadn't even reached kindergarten. Christopher Willard Clendenin, 38, of Davidsonville, was sentenced in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court to 35 years in prison, with all but 10 1/2 years suspended, months after a jury convicted him of seven counts of possession of child pornography. But as Clendenin learned his fate, Anne Arundel County State's Attorney Anne Colt Leitess revealed disturbing new details about two of the children depicted in files prosecutors said he possessed.…

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Nobody Was Shot, But Williamsport Apartment Fight Still Led To 8 Attempted Murder Charges Nobody Was Shot, But Williamsport Apartment Fight Still Led To 8 Attempted Murder Charges
Nobody Was Shot, But Williamsport Apartment Fight Still Led To 8 Attempted Murder Charges A fight on an apartment landing in Maryland came one trigger pull away from ending very differently, authorities say. Deputies were called to the Milestone Apartments on Oak Tree Lane in Williamsport around 8:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 24, after a disturbance ended with a gunshot, according to the Washington County Sheriff's Office. By the time they arrived, the bullet had hit brick, but nobody had been struck. Investigators say the trouble started with a verbal confrontation on a third-floor landing involving Timothy Blake Miller, 34, and another man. Words turned physical. During the figh…

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Passing Truck Topples Pole Onto Virginia Ambulance, Injuring Firefighter During Rescue (PHOTOS) Passing Truck Topples Pole Onto Virginia Ambulance, Injuring Firefighter During Rescue (PHOTOS)
Passing Truck Topples Pole Onto Virginia Ambulance, Injuring Firefighter During Rescue (Photos) One crash somehow turned into another while Virginia firefighters were trying to rescue a trapped driver. Fairfax County Fire and Rescue crews were called to Bracknell Drive and Baron Cameron Avenue in Reston shortly after 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 25, where two vehicles had crashed, and one slammed into a utility pole. One person was trapped inside. Firefighters went to work getting the occupant out, but the damaged pole had left electrical wires hanging over the roadway. Then things got weird. While crews were still working the crash, a passing truck caught the dangling wires, accord…

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Maryland Woman Dies 5 Days After Shooting In 'Historic' Neighborhood;' Gunman Held Without Bail Maryland Woman Dies 5 Days After Shooting In 'Historic' Neighborhood;' Gunman Held Without Bail
Maryland Woman Dies 5 Days After Shooting In 'Historic' Neighborhood;' Gunman Held Without Bail A Maryland woman who had been fighting for her life since being shot last week died from her injuries on Tuesday, Aug. 25, police announced. Shawanda Alston, 38, of Bowie, was pronounced dead Tuesday afternoon at a local hospital, according to the Bowie Police Department. She had been hospitalized in critical condition since Thursday, Aug. 20, when officers were called to the 8500 block of Myrtle Avenue around 4:20 p.m. for reports of gunfire. Officers arrived to find Alston suffering from a gunshot wound to her upper body. She was rushed to the hospital. Police recovered a Sig Sauer .38…

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National Night Out Tip Ends With Stolen AR-15, 18 Charges For Virginia Suspect: Police National Night Out Tip Ends With Stolen AR-15, 18 Charges For Virginia Suspect: Police
National Night Out Tip Ends With Stolen AR-15, 18 Charges For Virginia Suspect: Police This year's "National Night Out" led to a major arrest for one department in Northern Virginia. Junior Gonzales-Coello, 31, who has no fixed address, is now facing 18 criminal charges after being busted with a stolen gun after members of the Fairfax County Police Department were tipped off at the annual community event. Detectives from the department's Criminal Investigations Division (CID) attended NNO events throughout Reston on Tuesday, Aug. 4.  After speaking with a detective at one of the events, a community member later provided video showing a man entering an unlocked vehicle. …

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AI 'Intruder' Sent Cops Racing To Maryland Home, Now Prankster Has Very Real $1K Bill AI 'Intruder' Sent Cops Racing To Maryland Home, Now Prankster Has Very Real $1K Bill
AI 'Intruder' Sent Cops Racing To Maryland Home, Now Prankster Has Very Real $1K Bill The machine couldn't get Moesha Gardener out of this one. The 28-year-old North Bethesda resident agreed on Tuesday, Aug. 25, to pay $1,000 to the Montgomery County Police Department to resolve charges stemming from the AI-generated home invasion prank that sent officers racing to her home last fall, prosecutors announced. The agreement was reached in Montgomery County Circuit Court before Judge Rachel McGuckian, according to the State's Attorney's Office. Gardener has 90 days to make the payment. Once the money is transferred, prosecutors said the state will dismiss charges of making…

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Journalist's Viral Courtroom Wink Cost Her VF Credentials At Lindsay Clancy Trial: Report Journalist's Viral Courtroom Wink Cost Her VF Credentials At Lindsay Clancy Trial: Report
Journalist's Viral Courtroom Wink Cost Her VF Credentials At Lindsay Clancy Trial: Report A New York City journalist who says she grew up with Lindsay Clancy is going viral after cameras caught her smiling and winking from the courtroom during the Massachusetts mother's triple-murder trial. Brittany Romano, a Wallingford, CT, native, was seated in the courtroom gallery wearing a green dress and Vanity Fair media credentials on Monday, Aug. 24, when a live Court TV camera panned toward her. The moment quickly spread across social media, drawing backlash from viewers. Romano later said she was laughing because of her personal connection to Clancy and that the two had looked at eac…

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School Bus Driver Dies After Crashing Into Utility Pole In Maryland (UPDATED) School Bus Driver Dies After Crashing Into Utility Pole In Maryland (UPDATED)
School Bus Driver Dies After Crashing Into Utility Pole In Maryland (Updated) A routine Tuesday afternoon took a deadly turn on a Maryland roadway. A school bus driver died after crashing into a utility pole near Central Avenue and Route 355 in Montgomery County shortly after 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 25, police said. First responders were called to the area at approximately 3:04 p.m. following reports of the crash. There were no students on board the bus when it struck the pole, according to police. Less than an hour later, investigators confirmed that the driver had been pronounced dead. Police said the death is being handled as a medical emergency. The driver's i…

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