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Bronx-Raised Attorney, Long Island Husband Among 4 Americans Killed In Greece Blast Bronx-Raised Attorney, Long Island Husband Among 4 Americans Killed In Greece Blast Bronx-Raised Attorney, Long Island Husband Among 4 Americans Killed In Greece Blast
Bronx-Raised Attorney, Long Island Husband Among 4 Americans Killed In Greece Blast A Bronx-raised attorney and her husband, a Long Island native, were among four American tourists killed in an explosion near the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. Florida Hoxha grew up in the Bronx and was a senior attorney at the New York Legal Assistance Group, according to ABC News. Her husband, Ian Alexander Kirkpatrick, was from Huntington and attended Huntington High School from 2003 to 2007, according to his LinkedIn profile. Hoxha and Kirkpatrick were killed alongside Hoxha’s brother, Florin Hoxha, and his wife, Erisa Cani, on Friday, Sept. 25, when an early-morning explosion destroyed a…

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Two Silver Spring Teens ID'd Among 3 Killed In Stolen Car Crash During Virginia Pursuit Two Silver Spring Teens ID'd Among 3 Killed In Stolen Car Crash During Virginia Pursuit Two Silver Spring Teens ID'd Among 3 Killed In Stolen Car Crash During Virginia Pursuit
Two Silver Spring Teens ID'd Among 3 Killed In Stolen Car Crash During Virginia Pursuit The deadly crash of a stolen Maryland car is coming into clearer focus. Two 16-year-old boys from Silver Spring were among three teens killed early Monday, Sept. 28, after their driver crashed during a brief police pursuit on I-395 in Virginia, State Police announced in an update Tuesday night. A 17-year-old boy whose hometown remains unknown died at the scene, while the two Silver Spring teens were rushed to area hospitals, where they later died. A fourth passenger, a 16-year-old Alexandria girl, survived and remained hospitalized in serious but stable condition Tuesday. The new details …

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Masked Driver Waved 'Rifle' From Van On UMD Campus Before Police Made Surprising Discovery Masked Driver Waved 'Rifle' From Van On UMD Campus Before Police Made Surprising Discovery Masked Driver Waved 'Rifle' From Van On UMD Campus Before Police Made Surprising Discovery
Masked Driver Waved 'Rifle' From Van On UMD Campus Before Police Made Surprising Discovery It looked like the kind of morning that could get much worse in a hurry. A masked driver was spotted cruising through the University of Maryland campus on Tuesday, Sept. 29, allegedly driving aggressively and waving what appeared to be a rifle out the window of a white Dodge van. The first call came in around 9:24 a.m., when Prince George's County dispatchers alerted University of Maryland Police about the van. Then more calls started coming in. Campus cameras later showed the van entering through North Gate at Baltimore Avenue and Campus Drive before heading west on Campus Drive and pass…

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Virginia HS Fentanyl Dealer Waded Across Rio Grande Into US, Now ICE Is Waiting For Him Virginia HS Fentanyl Dealer Waded Across Rio Grande Into US, Now ICE Is Waiting For Him Virginia HS Fentanyl Dealer Waded Across Rio Grande Into US, Now ICE Is Waiting For Him
Virginia HS Fentanyl Dealer Waded Across Rio Grande Into US, Now ICE Is Waiting For Him Isaac Melendez-Carranza's path to a Virginia jail cell apparently began in the Rio Grande a decade ago. The 31-year-old Sterling man accused of dealing fentanyl connected to overdoses involving Park View High School students crossed the river from Mexico into the US in 2016, according to ICE, which has now lodged a detainer against him. Melendez-Carranza has been behind bars in Loudoun County since Aug. 20, when deputies arrested him following an investigation into suspected fentanyl dealing tied to student overdoses in May. Investigators seized suspected narcotics and cash during the bust.…

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Rockville Man Signed Graphic Threats To 20+ Victims With Names Of Mass Murderers: DOJ Rockville Man Signed Graphic Threats To 20+ Victims With Names Of Mass Murderers: DOJ Rockville Man Signed Graphic Threats To 20+ Victims With Names Of Mass Murderers: DOJ
Rockville Man Signed Graphic Threats To 20+ Victims With Names Of Mass Murderers: DOJ Justin Dynlacht vacillated between threats to kill, sexually abuse, and torture employees at a Delaware business, even throwing in a racist message The 57-year-old Rockville resident was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison following what has been described by prosecutors as "a campaign of violent, graphic threats against at least 25 people and their families."  According to court documents, Dynlacht sent more than 20 emails, faxes, and letters between November 2022 and April 2024 to employees of the Delaware company that steadily grew more violent. Prosecutors say Dynla…

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Man Named In Cornell Rape Lawsuit Fired From Banking Job: Report Man Named In Cornell Rape Lawsuit Fired From Banking Job: Report Man Named In Cornell Rape Lawsuit Fired From Banking Job: Report
Man Named In Cornell Rape Lawsuit Fired From Banking Job: Report A man with ties to Connecticut is among seven men accused in a civil lawsuit of raping a woman at a Cornell University fraternity house. A new report says he had lost his job following the allegations.  The woman alleges the assaults happened at the Chi Phi house at the Ithaca, New York, university after two men pressured her to take drugs on Oct. 19, 2024. The former Cornell student's lawsuit names Diego Sarabia as one of the men involved. Court records show that Sarabia’s summons and complaint were mailed to his mother’s home in Bethel, Connecticut. The complaint identifies him as a …

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He Kept Coming Back To A Virginia Massage Spa Until Employees Finally Caught Him, Sheriff Says He Kept Coming Back To A Virginia Massage Spa Until Employees Finally Caught Him, Sheriff Says He Kept Coming Back To A Virginia Massage Spa Until Employees Finally Caught Him, Sheriff Says
He Kept Coming Back To A Virginia Massage Spa Until Employees Finally Caught Him, Sheriff Says Elijah Thomas Deane's burglary spree came to a fiery end. He did not want to go down quietly. The 22-year-old Spotsylvania resident is facing a host of charges following a string of similar burglaries that came to an end last week, according to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office. Deane's gambit came to an end on Monday, Sept. 21, when deputies were alerted to a robbery in progress at a massage spa on Chatham Heights Road. Investigators say Deane entered the business and was directed to one of the rooms. He then left the room and began entering other rooms and the employee area. Then th…

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Woman Held Captive In Attic For 6 Weeks After Meeting Man On Dating App: DA Woman Held Captive In Attic For 6 Weeks After Meeting Man On Dating App: DA Woman Held Captive In Attic For 6 Weeks After Meeting Man On Dating App: DA
Woman Held Captive In Attic For 6 Weeks After Meeting Man On Dating App: DA A landlord checking a water leak found a woman who had been held in a Massachusetts attic for six weeks, where she was forced to have sex with men, prosecutors said. The discovery happened September 20 at a multifamily home on Summer Street in Malden. Police found the woman naked and malnourished on a mat in the unfinished attic, prosecutors said.  Agents arrested Jordende Pierre, 29, last week and charged him with trafficking a person for sexual servitude, kidnapping, and indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or older, authorities said.  “She clearly had not eaten, she was…

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17 Charged After Guns Found In Maryland Apartment As Police Hunt Shooting Suspect (DEVELOPING) 17 Charged After Guns Found In Maryland Apartment As Police Hunt Shooting Suspect (DEVELOPING) 17 Charged After Guns Found In Maryland Apartment As Police Hunt Shooting Suspect (DEVELOPING)
17 Charged After Guns Found In Maryland Apartment As Police Hunt Shooting Suspect (Developing) A search for answers after a weekend shooting in Maryland led detectives to an apartment packed with people and guns, police said. Seventeen people are now facing weapons charges after Baltimore County Police searched an apartment in the 8000 block of York Road in Towson as part of the investigation into a shooting on Sunday, Sept. 27. Detectives from the department's Violent Crimes Unit recovered several firearms inside the apartment while executing the search warrant, according to police. That discovery led to charges against 15 adults ranging in age from 18 to 31, along with two teens w…

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Prosecutors Call Lindsay Clancy’s Lawyer's New Argument 'Laughable' Prosecutors Call Lindsay Clancy’s Lawyer's New Argument 'Laughable' Prosecutors Call Lindsay Clancy’s Lawyer's New Argument 'Laughable'
Prosecutors Call Lindsay Clancy’s Lawyer's New Argument 'Laughable' Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer asked a Massachusetts judge to acquit her in the deaths of her three children, weeks after a jury failed to reach a verdict. Clancy returned to Plymouth Superior Court on Tuesday, Sept. 29, for the first time since her trial ended in a mistrial on Sept. 4. Judge William Sullivan did not immediately rule on the request. Prosecutors have not decided whether to seek a second trial. The next hearing is set for Nov. 2.  Defense attorney Kevin Reddington argued that prosecutors had not proved Clancy killed the children. “This entire case is based on speculation,” he s…

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NJ Man Came To DC With 100+ Explosives And Nine Pages Of Demands: Now He Knows His Fate NJ Man Came To DC With 100+ Explosives And Nine Pages Of Demands: Now He Knows His Fate NJ Man Came To DC With 100+ Explosives And Nine Pages Of Demands: Now He Knows His Fate
NJ Man Came To DC With 100+ Explosives And Nine Pages Of Demands: Now He Knows His Fate Louis Geri didn't show up to negotiate empty-handed. He had big plans after traveling more than 100 miles from New Jersey to DC with broad ambitions. Nearly a year after the Vineland man turned the steps of a DC cathedral into an explosives cache ahead of the annual Red Mass, Geri was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison. The 42-year-old brought more than 100 homemade explosive devices to St. Matthew's Cathedral in the 1700 block of Rhode Island Avenue NW, where Supreme Court justices and other high-ranking government officials were expected the next morning. The defendant …

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Gunman Covers Crew During $600K Virginia Jewelry Store Smash-And-Grab Gunman Covers Crew During $600K Virginia Jewelry Store Smash-And-Grab Gunman Covers Crew During $600K Virginia Jewelry Store Smash-And-Grab
Gunman Covers Crew During $600K Virginia Jewelry Store Smash-And-Grab It was a $600,000 smash-and-grab in the middle of a Sunday afternoon. Four men rolled up to a Northern Virginia jewelry store at around 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 27, broke through the front door and emptied display cases while one of them held an employee at gunpoint, according to Fairfax County Police. The crew arrived at the Brookfield Plaza shopping center in Springfield together in a black Acura sedan. They didn't bother looking for another way in. Investigators say the four shattered the glass front door and rushed inside, where one pulled out a gun and turned his attention to an employee. …

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