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Death Of Missing Maryland Man Branson Oduor Ruled Accident Due To Head Injuries, Drowning Death Of Missing Maryland Man Branson Oduor Ruled Accident Due To Head Injuries, Drowning
Death Of Missing Maryland Man Branson Oduor Ruled Accident Due To Head Injuries, Drowning The death of a missing Maryland man whose body was pulled from the Inner Harbor in Baltimore last month has been ruled accidental, according to the Maryland Medical Examiner's Office. Branson Oduor, 27, was reported missing in early April after a night out with friends in Fells Point, according to the Baltimore Police Department. His disappearance sparked an intensive search that ended tragically. Oduor's body was found in the water in the 500 block of East Pratt Street on Monday, April 14, and he was taken to the Chief Medical Examiner for an autopsy. This week, authorities announced tha…

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Drunk Virginia Man Accused Of Inappropriate Contact With Officer While In Custody: Police Drunk Virginia Man Accused Of Inappropriate Contact With Officer While In Custody: Police
Drunk Virginia Man Accused Of Inappropriate Contact With Officer While In Custody: Police A Woodbridge man is facing charges after police say he attempted inappropriate contact with an officer while being taken into custody in Prince William County. The incident happened around 7:36 p.m. on Friday, May 2, along Joplin Road between mile markers 19 and 20 in Triangle, where officers responded to a report of a man walking in the roadway. When officers arrived, they made contact with the man — later identified as 27-year-old Christian Ricardo Guzman Llanos — and determined he was intoxicated. He was detained at the scene. While in custody, police say Guzman Llanos attempted inappr…

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DUI Suspect Sparks Chase, Fence-Smashing Crash, Foot Pursuit In Virginia: Police DUI Suspect Sparks Chase, Fence-Smashing Crash, Foot Pursuit In Virginia: Police
DUI Suspect Sparks Chase, Fence-Smashing Crash, Foot Pursuit In Virginia: Police A routine traffic stop in Virginia quickly spiraled into a police chase, a smashed residential fence, and a foot pursuit through a Culpeper neighborhood after a driver suspected of being drunk tried to make a run for it. The chaos began around the 400 block of James Madison Highway on Monday, March 2, when Officer G. Hutchinson with the Culpeper Police Department attempted to stop a vehicle for suspected drunk driving and driving without tail lights. The driver — later identified as Michael Jolliffe of Culpeper — initially pulled over. His vehicle came to a stop in the Dominion Square park…

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Man Passed Out At The Wheel Hit With Second DUI In DMV In Two Years, Sheriff Says Man Passed Out At The Wheel Hit With Second DUI In DMV In Two Years, Sheriff Says
Man Passed Out At The Wheel Hit With Second DUI In DMV In Two Years, Sheriff Says Thomas Wright found himself in a familiar position after being spotted by deputies in Virginia as he was taking a nap at a red light in the middle of the day, officials say. The 56-year-old Stafford man was found intoxicated after falling asleep at the wheel shortly before 4:20 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 25, according to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office. A deputy patrolling Warrenton Road spotted an SUV stopped at a red light at the intersection of Cardinal Forest Drive, and when the light turned green, the vehicle did not move. Upon further investigation, officials say the deputy found W…

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Two Kids Hurt After Drunk Driver Crashes Into Virginia School Bus: Sheriff Two Kids Hurt After Drunk Driver Crashes Into Virginia School Bus: Sheriff
Two Kids Hurt After Drunk Driver Crashes Into Virginia School Bus: Sheriff An allegedly intoxicated West Virginia man was arrested on Wednesday afternoon after a crash involving a Loudoun County Public School bus, authorities announced. Thomas Allen Broomall, 49, of Charles Town, West Virginia, is facing charges following a crash that sent one to the hospital, according to investigators. Deputies from the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office were called shortly before 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 3 to the 34000 block of Leesburg Pike, where there was a reported crash involving Broomall and the school bus. A spokesperson for the sheriff's office said that one man was taken …

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Man With 2 Prior DUIs Found Passed Out Behind Wheel After Nearly Hitting Runner: Sheriff Man With 2 Prior DUIs Found Passed Out Behind Wheel After Nearly Hitting Runner: Sheriff
Man With 2 Prior DUIs Found Passed Out Behind Wheel After Nearly Hitting Runner: Sheriff A 36-year-old man with two prior DUI convictions in Virginia is back behind bars after deputies found him passed out behind the wheel with drugs and brass knuckles in his truck, authorities said. Deputies responded to Nelson Street around 7:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, after a runner reported nearly being hit by a bronze pickup that later stopped in the street with the driver slumped over, according to the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office. The truck was still running when deputies arrived, and the driver — identified as Stafford resident Seth Roscoe — eventually woke up, officials said. …

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Virginia-To-LA Flight Diverted Over Passenger’s Racist Slurs, Restraint Breaks: Police Virginia-To-LA Flight Diverted Over Passenger’s Racist Slurs, Restraint Breaks: Police
Virginia-To-LA Flight Diverted Over Passenger’s Racist Slurs, Restraint Breaks: Police A flight from Virginia heading to LA had to be rerouted to Colorado after an unruly passenger put on a scene and refused to stay down — even after being restrained. At around 11:15 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 13, a flight destined for Los Angeles International Airport had to make an unexpected stop after going on a tirade that disrupted passengers and staff alike, according to the Grand Junction Police Department. During the flight, police say that an allegedly intoxicated man - identified as David Leroy Carter, 46 - became "agitated," yelling racial slurs at airline staff while waving a skateb…

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Man Hits Student Driver, Crashes Into Fence During Wild DUI Chase In DMV: Sheriff (PHOTOS) Man Hits Student Driver, Crashes Into Fence During Wild DUI Chase In DMV: Sheriff (PHOTOS)
Man Hits Student Driver, Crashes Into Fence During Wild DUI Chase In DMV: Sheriff (Photos) A Springfield man is facing a stack of charges after he tried to flee from deputies by U-turning wildly through traffic before crashing through a fence and getting pepper-balled, authorities said. Jose Caballero, 31, was arrested in Stafford County on Saturday, July 12 after a pursuit on Richmond Highway that ended when his silver Lexus left the road, hit multiple posts, and got tangled in a chain link fence, the sheriff’s office said. The scene of the crash in Stafford County. Stafford County Sheriff The chaos started around 7:20 p.m., when a deputy traveling southbound on Richmond…

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Maryland Man Who Raped Unconscious Woman In 2018 Arrested Years Later, Police Say Maryland Man Who Raped Unconscious Woman In 2018 Arrested Years Later, Police Say
Maryland Man Who Raped Unconscious Woman In 2018 Arrested Years Later, Police Say A Maryland man wanted for a violent sexual assault in Frederick more than seven years ago is finally behind bars. Roberto Carlos Campos Roque, 43, was arrested on Monday, June 30, in the Baltimore area after being on the run since September 2019, police announced. Campos Roque was wanted in connection with a kidnapping and rape investigation stemming from an incident in downtown Frederick in March 2018.  Surveillance video showed him dancing with an intoxicated woman at the Cellar Door restaurant on East Church Street, where he and another man were seen dragging her out toward his car…

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911 Caller Arrested, Pal Charged With Assault In Maryland: Cops 911 Caller Arrested, Pal Charged With Assault In Maryland: Cops
911 Caller Arrested, Pal Charged With Assault In Maryland: Cops A belligerent Maryland man who repeatedly called 911 to report an assault ended up in handcuffs himself after police say he became belligerent and threatening. Michael Cook Oswald, 52, of Lusby, was arrested after multiple calls to 911 late last month, claiming he had been assaulted and making concerning statements about potential violence, according to the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responded to the 10200 block of Tickle Lane and spoke with Oswald, who appeared intoxicated and accused Khalaia Myasha Brown, 24, of assaulting him.  Brown, however, denied the claim an…

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University Of Maryland Eastern Shore Students Killed, Critically Injured In Wrong-Way Crash: PD University Of Maryland Eastern Shore Students Killed, Critically Injured In Wrong-Way Crash: PD
University Of Maryland Eastern Shore Students Killed, Critically Injured In Wrong-Way Crash: PD Two University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) students were killed, and two others suffered critical injuries after being struck head-on by a suspected intoxicated wrong-way driver in Delaware. Delaware State Police identified 22-year-old Eric Staley, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, and Willow Grove, Pennsylvania resident Makayla Belton, 18, as the two who were killed in a fatal crash on Sunday in Seaford involving a Honda Pilot and Nissan Rogue. Two others, the 22-year-old driver from DC, and a rear passenger, an 18-year-old from Bethesda, where also hospitalized with serious injuries, …

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Howard County Man Arrested For DWI, Hit-Run While Driving On Virginia Sidewalk, Police Say Howard County Man Arrested For DWI, Hit-Run While Driving On Virginia Sidewalk, Police Say
Howard County Man Arrested For DWI, Hit-Run While Driving On Virginia Sidewalk, Police Say A teen from Maryland who drove along the sidewalk of a busy Virginia trail while allegedly intoxicated before bailing on his vehicle was apprehended, police say. Luis Funez Medina, 18, of Columbia, Maryland, is facing multiple charges following an incident that played out on Saturday on the Washington and Old Dominion (W&OD) Trail in Loudoun County. According to investigators, at around 11:30 a.m. on Aug. 17, officers from the Leesburg Police Department were called to investigate reports of a driver who was on the sidewalk in the area of Crosstrail Boulevard SE.  Police say that F…

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