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Navy Vet Fought For America For More Than A Decade, Now US Wants To Deport His Wife Navy Vet Fought For America For More Than A Decade, Now US Wants To Deport His Wife
Navy Vet Fought For America For More Than A Decade, Now US Wants To Deport His Wife Benjamin Littlejohn fought for his country for more than a decade. Now that same country is trying to ship his wife out. Littlejohn married his wife Sayaka during his time stationed on a US Navy destroyer in Yokosuka, Japan, he wrote in a GoFundMe based out of Catonsville that quickly took off. The serviceman explained that after marrying his wife and returning stateside, they received a letter from an immigration court stating that Littlejohn's wife must be deported. "Yesterday, (Monday, Aug. 17), we received a letter from an immigration court that stated Sayaka missed a court hearin…

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Khat's Going On? 1,600 Pounds Seized At BWI, Dulles In Wild Four-Day Run Khat's Going On? 1,600 Pounds Seized At BWI, Dulles In Wild Four-Day Run
Khat's Going On? 1,600 Pounds Seized At BWI, Dulles In Wild Four-Day Run Apparently, BWI wasn't the only airport getting buried in khat. After federal officers seized more than 1,250 pounds of the illegal stimulant at the Maryland airport in back-to-back busts, another massive load surfaced one day later and about 60 miles away. This time, someone wound up behind bars. New York native Mohamed Diawara, 25, arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport on a flight from Paris on Friday, Aug. 14, when US Customs and Border Protection officers sent him for a secondary inspection, federal officials announced on Thursday, Aug. 20. Then they opened his luggage. …

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Sick People Reported As High Carbon Monoxide Levels Hit Maryland Bank, High-Rise (DEVELOPING) Sick People Reported As High Carbon Monoxide Levels Hit Maryland Bank, High-Rise (DEVELOPING)
Sick People Reported As High Carbon Monoxide Levels Hit Maryland Bank, High-Rise (Developing) What started as the smell of gas quickly became a bigger concern in Maryland on Thursday afternoon. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service crews were called to the 8300 block of Woodmont Avenue in Bethesda shortly before 12:40 p.m. on Aug. 20 following reports of an odor of gas inside and people feeling sick, according to spokesperson David Pazos. Then the meters started picking something up. Firefighters detected high levels of carbon monoxide inside the Wells Fargo bank at the address, Pazos said. The readings weren't limited to the bank. Elevated carbon monoxide levels were also de…

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Badge To Behind Bars: Ex-Prince George's County Cop Sentenced In Insurance Fraud Scheme: DOJ Badge To Behind Bars: Ex-Prince George's County Cop Sentenced In Insurance Fraud Scheme: DOJ
Badge To Behind Bars: Ex-Prince George's County Cop Sentenced In Insurance Fraud Scheme: DOJ A Maryland cop who helped turn police reports into props for an insurance fraud scheme is trading his badge for a prison jumpsuit. Michael Anthony Owen Jr., 37, of Accokeek, was sentenced on Wednesday, Aug. 19, in Greenbelt to six months in federal prison for falsifying records while serving as a Prince George's County Police officer, federal prosecutors announced. And prison won't be the end of it. US District Judge Lydia Griggsby also sentenced Owen to two years of supervised release, with the first six months to be served on home detention, and ordered him to pay $17,585 in restitution.…

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Maryland's Most Wanted: 'Armed, Dangerous' Teen Suspect At Large After 17-Year-Old Killed Maryland's Most Wanted: 'Armed, Dangerous' Teen Suspect At Large After 17-Year-Old Killed
Maryland's Most Wanted: 'Armed, Dangerous' Teen Suspect At Large After 17-Year-Old Killed A manhunt has been launched as authorities search for a man wanted in connection with the deadly July shooting of a Milford Mill Academy student in Maryland. Metro Crime Stoppers has issued a cash reward as they attempt to hunt down 18-year-old Christian Hursey, who is accused of fatally shooting Jada Sellers, 17, late last month. Sellers was shot on Friday, July 31, in the 700 block of Lyndale Avenue in the Edgewood neighborhood, leaving behind a grieving family who confirmed her death last week. On Thursday, Aug. 20, the Baltimore Police Department confirmed that Hursey was a suspect in …

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12-Year-Old Arrested In Fatal Shooting Of 13-Year-Old Ahmad Mims In DC: Police 12-Year-Old Arrested In Fatal Shooting Of 13-Year-Old Ahmad Mims In DC: Police
12-Year-Old Arrested In Fatal Shooting Of 13-Year-Old Ahmad Mims In DC: Police A child is dead in DC, and police say another child is responsible. More than a month after 13-year-old Ahmad Mims was found shot on a Northeast DC sidewalk, a 12-year-old boy was arrested Wednesday, Aug. 19, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. The arrest comes after a homicide investigation that began on Saturday, July 11, when Fifth District officers were called to the 1600 block of Rosedale Street NE for a report of a man down. What they found was a 13-year-old boy. Ahmad was lying on the sidewalk suffering from a gunshot wound. DC Fire and EMS responded, but there w…

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Three Workers Trapped On Roof As Fallen-Pole Job Takes Fiery Turn In Maryland Three Workers Trapped On Roof As Fallen-Pole Job Takes Fiery Turn In Maryland
Three Workers Trapped On Roof As Fallen-Pole Job Takes Fiery Turn In Maryland The fallen pole was only the beginning of a long day at a Maryland restaurant. Hours after it crashed onto Mi Rancho Restaurant in Silver Spring, three contract workers were on the roof trying to remove it when the situation took a dangerous turn late Wednesday, Aug. 19, officials say. Fire. Montgomery County crews were dispatched to the Ramsey Avenue restaurant at 11:37 p.m. and arrived to find flames on the roof, with three workers trapped. All three workers ultimately made it off the roof and declined medical transport. The cause of the fire remains unclear. Investigators believe the …

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Beaver Tests Positive For Rabies After 10-Year-Old Attacked At Maryland Park Beaver Tests Positive For Rabies After 10-Year-Old Attacked At Maryland Park
Beaver Tests Positive For Rabies After 10-Year-Old Attacked At Maryland Park Maryland's bizarre summer of beaver attacks just took another troubling turn. A dead beaver found at Seneca Creek State Park in Montgomery County on Monday, Aug. 17, tested positive for rabies two days later, days after a 10-year-old girl was bitten by a beaver in the same park, according to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. But there is one lingering question. Officials cannot determine whether the rabid beaver was the same animal that attacked the girl. The child was swimming and wading with a summer camp group near a bend in Seneca Creek by Berryville Road at around 3:30 p.…

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Nearly Half-Kilo Of Cocaine Taken Off Streets In Maryland Drug Bust: Officials Nearly Half-Kilo Of Cocaine Taken Off Streets In Maryland Drug Bust: Officials
Nearly Half-Kilo Of Cocaine Taken Off Streets In Maryland Drug Bust: Officials Cocaine, a Glock and stacks upon stacks of cash. That was the scene investigators say they uncovered during a Maryland drug raid on Tuesday, Aug. 18. The Washington County Narcotics Task Force descended on the 400 block of Gandy Dancer Court in Hagerstown, executing a search warrant tied to an ongoing drug investigation. Inside, investigators say they found approximately 478.7 grams of powdered cocaine. Nearly half a kilo. Then there was the money. Nearly $15,000 in cash was recovered along with a Glock 43X semi-automatic handgun and assorted drug paraphernalia, according to the task fo…

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Doctor, Air National Guard Veteran Killed In Midair Plane Crash With State Police Helicopter Doctor, Air National Guard Veteran Killed In Midair Plane Crash With State Police Helicopter
Doctor, Air National Guard Veteran Killed In Midair Plane Crash With State Police Helicopter The pilot killed when his Cessna collided with a Pennsylvania State Police helicopter at Carlisle Regional Airport has been identified as a 57-year-old Hershey man with decades of experience in emergency medicine. Paul William Sokoloski, 57, of Hershey, was pronounced dead at the scene of the Wednesday, Aug. 19 crash, according to Pennsylvania State Police and Cumberland County Coroner Charley Hall. Sokoloski was the pilot and sole occupant of a Cessna 150 single-engine airplane that collided with a PSP Bell 407GX helicopter at the airport, located at 228 Petersburg Road in South Middleton …

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Pilot Killed, Troopers Injured In Midair Collision Between Police Helicopter And Plane (UPDATE) Pilot Killed, Troopers Injured In Midair Collision Between Police Helicopter And Plane (UPDATE)
Pilot Killed, Troopers Injured In Midair Collision Between Police Helicopter And Plane (Update) A pilot was killed, and two Pennsylvania State Police troopers were injured when a small plane struck a police helicopter during a training exercise at Carlisle Regional Airport on Wednesday evening, Aug. 19, officials said. Cpl. Bryce Corman and Trooper Jason Mills were conducting routine training exercises in a Bell 407 helicopter when a Cessna 150 approached from behind and struck the helicopter, Pennsylvania State Police Acting Commissioner Lt. Col. George Bivens said during a late-night briefing with Gov. Josh Shapiro. The pilot of the Cessna was killed in the crash. Authorities know t…

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Love, Drugs, Guns: DC Couple Busted In Fentanyl Operation Out Of Apartment, Feds Say Love, Drugs, Guns: DC Couple Busted In Fentanyl Operation Out Of Apartment, Feds Say
Love, Drugs, Guns: DC Couple Busted In Fentanyl Operation Out Of Apartment, Feds Say Tainted Love? A DC couple who ran an alleged drug trafficking operation from their apartment in the nation's capital is facing charges, federal authorities announced. Katie Shameka Williams, 33, and Kenneth Darnell Smith Jr., 32, have been arrested for allegedly running their drug distribution operation in the Congress Heights neighborhood. In March, officials say an investigation was launched into a narcotics distribution operation based in the 1600 block of Savannah Street SE. Over the course of several months, investigators say they documented at least nine instances of crack cocaine a…

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Chilling Details Emerge In Virginia Park Killing Involving Knife, Gloves, Gasoline: Reports Chilling Details Emerge In Virginia Park Killing Involving Knife, Gloves, Gasoline: Reports
Chilling Details Emerge In Virginia Park Killing Involving Knife, Gloves, Gasoline: Reports The arrest in Maryland was only the beginning of what Alexis Antonio Cedillos-Campos allegedly told homicide detectives. Cedillos-Campos, 19, was taken into custody without incident in Prince George's County on Wednesday, Aug. 19, two days after 42-year-old Carmen Lizet Puch was found stabbed to death near the Difficult Run Trail in Great Falls, Virginia. Hours after the arrest, Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis said Cedillos-Campos was "offering a full confession for what transpired" as detectives interviewed him about Puch's killing. Investigators believe the killing was premeditat…

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Fatality Confirmed After Reported Propane Explosion Collapses Maryland Home (UPDATED) Fatality Confirmed After Reported Propane Explosion Collapses Maryland Home (UPDATED)
Fatality Confirmed After Reported Propane Explosion Collapses Maryland Home (Updated) A frantic rescue effort at the scene of a Maryland house explosion has taken a deadly turn. One person was killed, and another was rescued after a reported propane explosion caused a significant collapse of a home in the 1100 block of Green Holly Drive in Annapolis on Wednesday, Aug. 19, according to Anne Arundel County Professional Fire Fighters. The blast brought crews to the home shortly before 12:40 p.m., according to the Anne Arundel County Fire Department. Photos from the scene show the force of the explosion left the home heavily damaged, with portions of the structure collapsed and…

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Congress Targets ICE Agents After Gun-Drawn Confrontation With Virginia Woman Goes Viral Congress Targets ICE Agents After Gun-Drawn Confrontation With Virginia Woman Goes Viral
Congress Targets ICE Agents After Gun-Drawn Confrontation With Virginia Woman Goes Viral The viral showdown between ICE agents and a Virginia woman is headed to Capitol Hill. Six House Democrats opened an investigation on Wednesday, Aug. 19, into the encounter involving Northern Virginia counselor Carolina Molina, whose cellphone and dashcam videos show a masked federal agent approaching her vehicle with his gun drawn during an immigration operation in Bailey's Crossroads near Falls Church. And this time, lawmakers want ICE's video. They also want the ICE agents involved pulled from duty and placed on administrative leave while their conduct is investigated. The demands come …

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$100K Crash: Suspected Virginia DUI Driver Takes Out Utility Pole, Gas Station Canopy $100K Crash: Suspected Virginia DUI Driver Takes Out Utility Pole, Gas Station Canopy
$100K Crash: Suspected Virginia DUI Driver Takes Out Utility Pole, Gas Station Canopy A 71-year-old man is facing criminal charges following a single-vehicle crash in Virginia that sent him to the hospital and left several businesses in the dark. Shortly before 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 18, officers from the Culpeper County Police Department were called to the area of Orange Road and Germanna Highway, where a driver struck a utility pole. According to investigators, Culpeper resident David Green was behind the wheel after leaving a business. He then crossed the center line and struck the pole, causing a chain reaction that ended with the pole falling onto the canopy at C&am…

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He Got Fired From A Virginia Company, Then $41K In Wire And Tools Vanished, Sheriff Says He Got Fired From A Virginia Company, Then $41K In Wire And Tools Vanished, Sheriff Says
He Got Fired From A Virginia Company, Then $41K In Wire And Tools Vanished, Sheriff Says Jacob Caudill did not take his firing lightly. The Virginia man is accused of stealing more than $41,000 in industrial wire and tools from Stuart Rush Company on Hillman Highway this week, according to the Washington County Sheriff's Office. During the investigation, deputies learned that some of the stolen industrial wire had been taken to a scrap metal business in Chilhowie. That business had more scruples than Caudill. Employees at the business recognized the wire as being potentially stolen and were able to obtain the ID of the person who attempted to sell it. Further investigat…

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Driver Cited After 74-Year-Old Scooter Rider Dies Weeks After Northern Virginia Crash: Police Driver Cited After 74-Year-Old Scooter Rider Dies Weeks After Northern Virginia Crash: Police
Driver Cited After 74-Year-Old Scooter Rider Dies Weeks After Northern Virginia Crash: Police A 74-year-old scooter rider has died after being struck by a driver who blew through a stop sign in Northern Virginia, police say. Nearly a month after Jorge Valentin Diaz Ramirez struck Manassas man John Wesley Marr, police have cited the driver after the 74-year-old succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday, Aug. 18. Shortly before 8 a.m. on Tuesday, July 21, officers from the Prince William County Police Department were called to the intersection of Coverstone Drive and Aaron Lane in Manassas, where there was a reported crash. Investigators say Diaz Ramirez was driving a 2022 Kia Forte on Aa…

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CBP Thought 412 Pounds Of Khat Was A Big BWI Haul Then This Showed Up (PHOTOS) CBP Thought 412 Pounds Of Khat Was A Big BWI Haul Then This Showed Up (PHOTOS)
CBP Thought 412 Pounds Of Khat Was A Big BWI Haul Then This Showed Up (Photos) Apparently, 412 pounds wasn't enough. Just two days after federal officers intercepted hundreds of pounds of khat at a Maryland airport, an even bigger load came rolling through Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport on Thursday, Aug. 13. This time, there were people there to claim it. Two men from New York arrived at BWI on a flight from London and were referred for a secondary inspection by US Customs and Border Protection officers, according to the agency. Then officers started opening their luggage. Inside, they found a significant amount of what appeared to be …

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2-Month-Old Girl's Death Ruled Homicide After Suspected Domestic Incident In DC: Police 2-Month-Old Girl's Death Ruled Homicide After Suspected Domestic Incident In DC: Police
2-Month-Old Girl's Death Ruled Homicide After Suspected Domestic Incident In DC: Police The death of an infant killed during a suspected domestic incident in DC has been ruled a homicide, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. Shortly after 9:45 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2-month-old Khamyah Honesty was found unresponsive by first responders in an apartment in the 800 block of New Jersey Avenue SE. The child was suffering from blunt force injuries, police said. She was rushed to the hospital by DC Fire and EMS personnel, where she later died. On Tuesday, Aug. 18, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for DC determined the cause of death was blunt force trauma and r…

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ICE Targets 3 Men Charged With Child Sex Crimes At Same Virginia Jail: DHS ICE Targets 3 Men Charged With Child Sex Crimes At Same Virginia Jail: DHS
ICE Targets 3 Men Charged With Child Sex Crimes At Same Virginia Jail: DHS Three men. Three ICE detainers. One Virginia jail. The Department of Homeland Security put the Commonwealth back in its crosshairs on Wednesday, Aug. 19, after immigration officials lodged detainers against three men being held at the Middle River Regional Jail in Staunton on charges involving alleged sex crimes against children. All three were arrested within five days of each other in late July, according to DHS. Efren Ramirez Escobedo, a Mexican national, was arrested on July 24 and charged with sexual assault involving a victim between 13 and 14 years old and forcible intercourse. DHS…

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Possible House Explosion Sparks Heavy Emergency Response In Maryland (UPDATED) Possible House Explosion Sparks Heavy Emergency Response In Maryland (UPDATED)
Possible House Explosion Sparks Heavy Emergency Response In Maryland (Updated) A home explosion is under investigation in Maryland. Fire crews were called to the 1100 block of Green Holly Drive in Annapolis shortly before 12:40 p.m. on Aug. 19, where officials were investigating a possible residential explosion, according to the Anne Arundel County Fire Department. Crews remained on the scene as the developing incident drew a heavy emergency response. Officials warned residents and motorists to avoid the area while firefighters worked at the scene. Details about what may have exploded, the extent of the damage, and whether anyone was injured were not immediately rel…

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SUV Smashes Gas Line In Virginia, Forces School, Shopping Center Evacuations (DEVELOPING) SUV Smashes Gas Line In Virginia, Forces School, Shopping Center Evacuations (DEVELOPING)
SUV Smashes Gas Line In Virginia, Forces School, Shopping Center Evacuations (Developing) One wrong turn left a Virginia roadway reeking of gas and sent students and shoppers scrambling to safety. The trouble started before noon on Wednesday, Aug. 19, when a vehicle crashed into a 12-inch gas line near Ox Road and Burke Centre Parkway in Fairfax Station, according to Fairfax County Fire and Rescue. The impact left the SUV in a precarious position off the roadway and prompted a sizable emergency response as gas poured into the area. Fairfax County Police The driver was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, officials said. With a strong smell of gas lingering…

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Freak Badminton Racket Accident Killed NJ 6-Year-Old: Now, Her Family Is Suing Freak Badminton Racket Accident Killed NJ 6-Year-Old: Now, Her Family Is Suing
Freak Badminton Racket Accident Killed NJ 6-Year-Old: Now, Her Family Is Suing The New Jersey family of a 6-year-old girl killed when a metal badminton racket shaft broke free from its handle and pierced her skull has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Franklin Sports. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Lucy Morgan's family by attorneys Travis M. Brennan and Charles P. Hehmeyer of Berman & Simmons, the Maine law firm announced Wednesday, Aug. 19. Lucy was spending the final day of a family vacation at a lake house in Limerick, Maine, on Saturday, June 1, 2024, when her older siblings began playing badminton in the front yard, according to the complaint. Lucy …

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Molotov Cocktail Plot: Massachusetts Trans Woman Sentenced In Plan To Firebomb Scott Bessent Molotov Cocktail Plot: Massachusetts Trans Woman Sentenced In Plan To Firebomb Scott Bessent
Molotov Cocktail Plot: Massachusetts Trans Woman Sentenced In Plan To Firebomb Scott Bessent A Massachusetts woman will spend more than six years in federal prison after admitting to bringing two homemade firebombs and a knife to Washington, D.C., in an attempt to kill then-Treasury secretary nominee Scott Bessent, federal authorities said. Ryan Michael English, 26, of South Deerfield, previously pleaded guilty to two federal weapons charges. A judge sentenced English to 73 months in prison on Tuesday, Aug. 18, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia announced. English must also serve three years of supervised release. The plot unfolded on Jan. 27, 2025, when Bessen…

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24-Year-Old Drowns After Canoe Capsizes On Lake Montclair In Virginia (DEVELOPING) 24-Year-Old Drowns After Canoe Capsizes On Lake Montclair In Virginia (DEVELOPING)
24-Year-Old Drowns After Canoe Capsizes On Lake Montclair In Virginia (Developing) A late summer night on the water turned deadly for a 24-year-old man in Virginia. Police were called to Lake Montclair in the 4600 block of Spalding Drive in Dumfries at 8:26 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18, where a canoe trip ended in tragedy, according to the Prince William County Police Department. Investigators say two men were paddling across the lake when their canoe capsized. One made it out. The 24-year-old went underwater and never resurfaced. That prompted an extensive search of the lake by the department's Underwater Search and Recovery Team as crews worked to find the missing man. The…

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Child Rapist Won Family's Trust With Trips, Gifts Before Exploiting More Boys In Virginia: Feds Child Rapist Won Family's Trust With Trips, Gifts Before Exploiting More Boys In Virginia: Feds
Child Rapist Won Family's Trust With Trips, Gifts Before Exploiting More Boys In Virginia: Feds Richard Scott Tyson had already spent years behind bars for raping a child when prosecutors say he worked his way into another family's trust. More than two decades after that conviction, the 57-year-old Virginia man was sentenced to life plus 10 years in federal prison for sexually exploiting two more minors after showering them with trips, gifts and activities. Tyson's path to his latest victims began in 2021, when he met the first boy and developed a relationship with him and members of his family, according to court records and evidence presented at trial. Before long, Tyson was buying…

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Cause Of Death Revealed For Man Who Fell At Madison Square Garden Goose Concert Cause Of Death Revealed For Man Who Fell At Madison Square Garden Goose Concert
Cause Of Death Revealed For Man Who Fell At Madison Square Garden Goose Concert New York City officials have ruled the death of a Connecticut father who fell during a concert at Madison Square Garden an accident. Paul Kueker, 51, of Niantic, was attending a Goose concert with his wife on June 20. The couple was celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary. Kueker left his seat to use the bathroom midway through the show. Witnesses told police that Kueker appeared intoxicated and climbed over a plexiglass barrier several sections from his seat, the New York Daily News reported. Authorities said he fell from a 150-foot balcony into the 300-section of the arena shortly be…

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19-Year-Old Nabbed After Woman Found Fatally Stabbed At Virginia Park: Police (DEVELOPING) 19-Year-Old Nabbed After Woman Found Fatally Stabbed At Virginia Park: Police (DEVELOPING)
19-Year-Old Nabbed After Woman Found Fatally Stabbed At Virginia Park: Police (Developing) The teenager who is allegedly behind the fatal stabbing at a park in Northern Virginia has been apprehended, authorities announced. Alexis Antonio Cedillos-Campos, 19, has been arrested in connection with the killing of Reston resident Carmen Lizet Puch earlier this week. Fairfax County police were called to Difficult Run Park in Great Falls at 6:43 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 17, where an unconscious woman had been spotted lying in the parking lot near a 2011 Honda Civic. When officers arrived, they found the 42-year-old Puch suffering from traumatic injuries to her upper body. Investigators la…

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Maryland Mother Killed While Walking With 4-Year-Old Son Identified By Police Maryland Mother Killed While Walking With 4-Year-Old Son Identified By Police
Maryland Mother Killed While Walking With 4-Year-Old Son Identified By Police The little boy survived. His mother did not. Maryland police have identified 44-year-old Raoudha Khelifi as the mother who was fatally struck alongside her 4-year-old son near Chapman Avenue and Twinbrook Parkway at approximately 8:25 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 17. New details released on Wednesday, Aug. 19 also shed more light on the moments surrounding the crash. Investigators say a vehicle was traveling in the area when it struck Khelifi and her son. Both were rushed to an area hospital, where the Rockville woman later died from her injuries. Her 4-year-old son suffered minor injuries,…

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$1M Nightmare: Fire Near Chest Freezer Damages Three Northern Virginia Homes $1M Nightmare: Fire Near Chest Freezer Damages Three Northern Virginia Homes
$1M Nightmare: Fire Near Chest Freezer Damages Three Northern Virginia Homes A fire that started near a chest freezer turned into a million-dollar nightmare for a Northern Virginia neighborhood before most residents were awake. Multiple 911 callers reported the house fire in the 25100 block of Fortitude Terrace in South Riding at approximately 12:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 18, prompting a heavy response from Loudoun County Fire and Rescue. Firefighters arrived to find heavy smoke and flames pouring from the garage and exterior of the two-story home, where investigators say the accidental blaze began near a chest freezer. It didn't stay there for long. The fire quick…

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