86° Mostly Cloudy
Breaking News
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. …

SHARE

by Zak Failla
Breaking News
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…

SHARE

by Zak Failla
Breaking News
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…

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine
Breaking News
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…

SHARE

by Zak Failla
Breaking News
Sisters Seriously Injured In Virginia Four-Wheeler Crash As Community Steps Up For Family Of 8 Sisters Seriously Injured In Virginia Four-Wheeler Crash As Community Steps Up For Family Of 8
Sisters Seriously Injured In Virginia Four-Wheeler Crash As Community Steps Up For Family Of 8 One moment changed everything for a Virginia family of eight. On Tuesday, Aug. 18, sisters Blakeslee and Abbi Gehrke, the two oldest children in the family, were involved in a four-wheeler crash that left both injured and sent Abbi to the hospital by air for emergency treatment. Blakeslee was treated and released later that night, but the effects of the crash have lingered. She has been struggling with mobility in her right arm and is expected to meet with an orthopedic surgeon to determine whether another procedure may be necessary, according to family friend Holly Duncan. For Abbi, the …

SHARE

by Zak Failla
Breaking News
Snapchat Addicts Kids, Lies About Sex, Drug Content, Lawsuit Claims Snapchat Addicts Kids, Lies About Sex, Drug Content, Lawsuit Claims
Snapchat Addicts Kids, Lies About Sex, Drug Content, Lawsuit Claims Snapchat was designed to hook children with disappearing messages, endless scrolling, late-night alerts, and friendship streaks — then marketed as safe for 13-year-olds while sexual, drug-related, and suicide content remained easy to find, Pennsylvania’s attorney general alleges. Attorney General Dave Sunday announced a lawsuit against Snapchat owner Snap Inc. on Tuesday, Aug. 25. Daily Voice obtained the redacted 49-page complaint, which was filed in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas under Pennsylvania’s Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law. You can read the complaint in…

SHARE

by Jillian Pikora
Breaking News
Temple Hills Man, 2-Year Police Veteran ID'd After Deadly Suitland Encounter: AG Temple Hills Man, 2-Year Police Veteran ID'd After Deadly Suitland Encounter: AG
Temple Hills Man, 2-Year Police Veteran ID'd After Deadly Suitland Encounter: AG A deadly late-night encounter in Maryland now has two names attached to it. Tawfiq Abdul Haqq, a 33-year-old Temple Hills resident, was killed shortly after 11:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 21, during a police-involved shooting in the 4500 block of Reamy Drive in Suitland, according to the Maryland Attorney General's Office. On Tuesday, Aug. 25, investigators identified the Prince George's County Police officer involved as Corbin Davis, a two-year veteran of the department. Davis is assigned to the department's District 4 Special Assignment Team, officials said. Exactly what led to the deadly e…

SHARE

by Zak Failla
Breaking News
Firefighters Cut Apart Pickup After 2 Vehicles Crash Down Maryland Embankment (PHOTOS) Firefighters Cut Apart Pickup After 2 Vehicles Crash Down Maryland Embankment (PHOTOS)
Firefighters Cut Apart Pickup After 2 Vehicles Crash Down Maryland Embankment (Photos) A violent two-vehicle crash sent both vehicles careening down an embankment in Maryland, leaving one person trapped and two hospitalized. First responders were called at around 10:50 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 25, to the crash near Route 1 and Kalmia Road, according to the Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company. When crews arrived, they found both vehicles off the roadway and down the embankment, including a pickup truck with one person trapped inside. The crash in Harford County. Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company Firefighters first stabilized both vehicles before turning their attention to th…

SHARE

by Zak Failla
Breaking News
Man Wanted For Sexually Assaulting Virginia Food Lion Employee Nabbed: Police Man Wanted For Sexually Assaulting Virginia Food Lion Employee Nabbed: Police
Man Wanted For Sexually Assaulting Virginia Food Lion Employee Nabbed: Police A man wanted for sexually assaulting an employee at a Virginia grocery store has been tracked down and apprehended. Woodbridge resident Matthew Stephen Porcelli, 41, was arrested over the weekend for allegedly touching a woman inappropriately earlier this month, according to Prince William County Police. Officers were called to the Food Lion on Dillingham Square in Woodbridge at 9:09 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 20, after a 35-year-old employee reported being sexually assaulted inside the store. Investigators say the woman was working when she was approached by a man later identified as Porcelli…

SHARE

by Zak Failla
Your Community
Maryland, Virginia Have Some Hustle, But These States Apparently Work Even Harder Maryland, Virginia Have Some Hustle, But These States Apparently Work Even Harder
Maryland, Virginia Have Some Hustle, But These States Apparently Work Even Harder Maryland and Virginia apparently aren't afraid to put in the work. A new WalletHub ranking put Maryland at No. 14 among the hardest-working states in America, while neighboring Virginia came even closer to cracking the top 10 at No. 11. Turns out, the DMV has some hustle. WalletHub compared all 50 states using 10 measures ranging from average workweek hours and employment rates to unused vacation time, second jobs, commute times and how much leisure time residents get each day. Maryland finished with a score of 50.38, just three spots behind Virginia, which posted a 51.89. But how t…

SHARE

by Zak Failla
National Interest
Dolly Parton Dies: Entertainment Icon Touched Millions Over Decades With Her Songs, Spirit Dolly Parton Dies: Entertainment Icon Touched Millions Over Decades With Her Songs, Spirit
Dolly Parton Dies: Entertainment Icon Touched Millions Over Decades With Her Songs, Spirit One of America’s most recognizable and beloved entertainers, whose songs, humor, and generosity crossed generations, has died. Click here for a new, updated story: Cause Of Death Revealed For Entertainment Icon, American Legend Dolly Parton Country music legend Dolly Parton died Tuesday, Aug. 25, in Nashville, Tennessee, at age 80, her nephew Brian Seaver announced in a video posted to Parton’s Instagram account. She died peacefully surrounded by loved ones, according to the family.  Parton’s death came after a period of health problems that had forced her to step back from several …

SHARE

by Joe Lombardi
Breaking News
Teacher Of The Year To ICE Custody: Nearly $10K Raised To Bring UMD Instructor Home Teacher Of The Year To ICE Custody: Nearly $10K Raised To Bring UMD Instructor Home
Teacher Of The Year To ICE Custody: Nearly $10K Raised To Bring UMD Instructor Home A Maryland teacher went from accepting one of his profession’s highest honors to sitting in ICE custody hundreds of miles from his family. More than a month after University of Maryland School of Pharmacy instructor Dr. Berhanu Kibret was detained at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport on July 21, supporters are rallying to help the husband and father of two fight for his release. A GoFundMe launched for Kibret's legal defense had raised $9,523 of its $15,000 goal from 70 donations as of Tuesday, Aug. 25. The money is intended to help cover immigration attorney fees, court costs, bond-…

SHARE

by Zak Failla