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Virginia Sheriff's Sergeant Secretly Bought Child Sex Abuse Material On Telegram: FBI
A Virginia sheriff's sergeant is facing federal child sexual abuse material charges after investigators say he spent years using Telegram to buy and receive graphic images and videos depicting the abuse of children.
Justin Thomas Lee Forman, 37, of Fredericksburg, a sergeant with the Stafford County Sheriff's Office, was arrested on Thursday, July 30, following an FBI investigation, the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia announced Monday, Aug. 3.
According to federal court documents, Forman allegedly used a Telegram account beginning as early as 2023 to solicit, purch…
Suspect Arrested In Fatal Stabbing Of 18-Year-Old Brielle Handy In Maryland: Police
It took a week, but detectives say the woman accused of killing an 18-year-old in Maryland is finally behind bars.
Baltimore Police have arrested Dasianne Richardson, 34, in connection with the fatal stabbing of Brielle Handy, 18, in Southwest Baltimore.
Richardson was taken into custody on Saturday, Aug. 1, by Warrant Apprehension detectives and transported to the Central Booking Intake Facility, where she was charged with first-degree murder, police announced Monday, Aug. 3.
The arrest stems from a stabbing reported around 8 p.m. Friday, July 25, in the 3200 block of West Baltimore Stree…
Gunman Who Killed Relative Near Maryland Border Captured After Manhunt: Police (Updated)
He didn't stay on the run for long.
Virginia homicide detectives have arrested the 23-year-old man accused of gunning down his family member inside a Woodbridge apartment complex last week, ending a nearly weeklong manhunt.
Thomas Lynwood Brown, of Triangle, was taken into custody on Sunday, Aug. 2, by members of the US Marshals Fugitive Task Force at a location on Westfields Boulevard in Centreville, according to Prince William County police.
Brown is accused of fatally shooting 21-year-old Ricardo Xavier Haley, of Gainesville, during a family dispute around 9:12 p.m. on Monday, July 27, …
Open-Air Drug Market Thrived In This Maryland Community Until Massive Federal Takedown: DOJ
It wasn't just a corner operation. Federal investigators say it was a full-blown street-level drug enterprise that kept West Baltimore stocked with fentanyl, heroin, and crack for years.
In Maryland, federal prosecutors announced that 14 Baltimore men have been indicted following a lengthy investigation into what authorities describe as an organized open-air drug market operating in West Baltimore.
The indictment, unsealed by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland, names:
Walter Epps, 41;
Luther Amos, 54;
Antoine Benjamin, 34;
Wendell Boykins Jr., 37;
Davon Brown, 30;
Zy'…
DC Man Strangled Wife Until She Passed Out During Laundry Detergent Fight: Feds
Something as ordinary as laundry detergent turned into a life-threatening attack in DC.
Washington resident Johnny Gregory, 42, was sentenced on Friday, July 31, to 24 months in prison after a judge found him guilty of strangling his wife during a violent domestic assault earlier this year, the US Attorney's Office announced.
The attack happened on Jan. 5, 2026, after the couple began arguing over laundry detergent, prosecutors said.
According to trial evidence, Gregory shoved his wife to the ground, punched her in the face multiple times, then pinned her down by placing his knee on her ch…
DC Teen's Crime Spree Got More Violent After Assault Arrest, Feds Say
A violent crime spree that began at a Maryland-area commuter gateway ended with a teenager headed to prison for the next decade.
District resident Makai Bridges, 17, was sentenced to 12 years behind bars for a series of violent crimes committed when he was just 16, including an armed robbery, a carjacking, and assaults while locked up, federal prosecutors announced.
The crime spree began around 2 a.m. on May 1, 2025, near the intersection of 3rd Street and Rhode Island Avenue NE, where prosecutors said Bridges and another suspect ambushed a woman waiting at a bus stop.
Both appeared to be …
