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'Unforeseen Challenges' Push Metro Yellow Line Repairs Into Night Before Tuesday Morning Rush
Tuesday morning could come down to the wire for Metro riders. Crews in Maryland and the DC region were working through Monday night, Sept. 21, to repair tracks damaged by a work vehicle derailment, with Metro hoping to restore full Yellow Line service before the Tuesday morning commute. The derailment disrupted service throughout Monday, limiting Yellow Line trains to the stretch between Huntington and Arlington Cemetery as crews worked on the tracks. Riders traveling beyond Arlington Cemetery were directed to use Blue Line trains to and from L'Enfant Plaza, while shuttle buses were runnin…
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Bodycam Captures Final Moments Before Maryland Officer Fatally Shoots 33-Year-Old Man (
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Newly released video is providing the first public look at the moments before a Maryland police officer fatally shot a 33-year-old man during a late-night encounter last month. The Maryland Attorney General’s Independent Investigations Division released body-worn and dashboard camera footage on Monday, Sept. 21, from the Aug. 21 shooting of Tawfiq Abdul Haqq in Suitland. Haqq, a Temple Hills resident, was shot shortly after 11:30 p.m. in the 4500 block of Reamy Drive during an encounter with Prince George’s County Police Officer Corbin Davis. Maryland OAG Independent Investigations…
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Medical Examiner Reaches Ruling In Maryland Hanging Death That Drew Community Concern (
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The death of a man found hanging from a tree in Maryland has been ruled a suicide by the state medical examiner, though police say their investigation remains ongoing. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore notified Prince George’s County Police on Monday, Sept. 21, that the man died by suicide by hanging and had no other signs of trauma to his body, according to the department. The ruling comes one day after officers were called to the 9300 block of D’Arcy Road in the unincorporated Upper Marlboro area, where the man was found hanging outside at approximately 7:55 a.m. on Su…
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Gunmen Held Baltimore Man Hostage Outside While Robbing His Mom As Third Man Found Guilty
A third man has been convicted in the kidnapping and execution-style murder of a Maryland father who was abducted in Baltimore and later found shot to death near an Annapolis middle school. Baltimore resident Marquis Mayo, 37, was found guilty on Monday, Sept. 21, of murder and other offenses following the execution-style killing of 47-year-old David Lewis Winchester Jr. in 2024, according to the Anne Arundel County Police Department. Winchester was found dead on March 28, 2024, in a wooded area near the track and field at Wiley H. Bates Middle School in Annapolis. He had been shot twice in…
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Bomb Threat Posted On Virginia Muslim Center's Own Instagram Page Leads To Arrest: Sheriff
A threat buried in an Instagram comment got the attention of investigators in Virginia. What followed was a multi-agency investigation, several search warrants and the arrest of a 50-year-old man accused of threatening to bring an explosive device to an event at the All Dulles Area Muslim Society Center, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office. Investigators were alerted after someone posted the threatening comment on the ADAMS Center's Instagram page, authorities announced on Monday, Sept. 21. The message indicated that someone intended to deliver an explosive device to an event …
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87-Year-Old Told Witness He Shot His Roommate, Where To Find Body In Maryland: Cops
A Maryland man has been charged with murder after his 63-year-old roommate was found dead in the home they shared, authorities announced. Irwin Joseph Dickstein, 87, has been arrested following an investigation by the Frederick Police Department into the fatal shooting of Michael Roy Bushnell over the weekend. A death investigation was launched on Sunday, Sept. 20, in the unit block of Franklin Street, where they found Bushnell dead inside the home. On Sunday, police say the Frederick County Sheriff's Office notified the department that Dickstein had told a witness that he shot his ro…
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Resident's Tip Leads Police To Damaged Truck After Deadly Maryland Hit-Run (
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Travis Edward Lowe didn't leave Maryland police with much to work with. But he left enough for them to track him down. Less than two days after Dakota Joseph Grimsby was fatally struck outside McDonald's in Poolesville, detectives say debris scattered at the crash scene, a tip from a resident, and a damaged pickup truck led them to the 26-year-old Frederick resident. Lowe was arrested on Monday, Sept. 21, and charged in connection with the hit-run that killed Grimsby, 27, early Sunday morning. Investigators got their first break from what the driver allegedly left behind. Pieces of t…
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Dead Animals, Coffin, Severed Finger Left At Masonic Lodge: Police
Dead animals, cryptic messages, a miniature coffin, and a severed finger were among the disturbing objects repeatedly left outside a Pennsylvania Masonic lodge before a traffic stop led investigators to a suspect, police announced Monday, Sept. 21. Joshua Albert Reisinger, 37, was arrested following an investigation into more than a month of incidents at Paxton Lodge No. 16 Masonic Hall at 410 North Harrisburg Street in Steelton, according to the Steelton Borough Police Department. Between Aug. 15 and Sept. 20, investigators said unusual objects and written messages were intentionally left …
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Brass Knuckles Found Before Virginia Man Kicked Out Police Cruiser Window: Police
What started as an investigation into a suspicious vehicle in Northern Virginia ended with a damaged police cruiser and a 39-year-old man behind bars after a dramatic arrest. Bealeton resident Harrison George Brown III put members of the Prince William County Police Department through their paces following a strange scene that played out in Woodbridge over the weekend. Shortly before 12:30 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 18, officers in the area of Mary's Way and Ranger Loop spotted a parked vehicle with an open door and a driver inside. Investigators say that Brown was intoxicated and placed under …
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Man Exposed Himself To Mom, 2 Young Kids A McDonald's Before Fleeing: Police
A Virginia mom looking to grab a bite with her two young children got an unwelcome sight instead, police said. The 41-year-old woman was with her children at the McDonald’s on Sudley Road in Manassas at around 5:15 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 18, when an unknown man exposed himself, according to the Prince William County Police Department. Then he took off. Police say the man left the area in a gray SUV before officers arrived to investigate the reported indecent exposure. There was no physical contact during the encounter, and no injuries were reported. Investigators described the wanted man …
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Driver Reporting Possible Drunk Motorist Was Chased, Rammed In Virginia, Sheriff Says
Alerting the cops to an erratic driver in Virginia apparently got one motorist more than they bargained for. The strange encounter unfolded at around 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 20, when a driver spotted another motorist allegedly driving recklessly in the Stafford area, according to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office. The driver began notifying law enforcement about a possible drunk driver. Then things took a turn. Investigators say the other driver, later identified as 19-year-old Stafford resident Joshua Daniels, believed the motorist was following him. So Daniels turned around and b…
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Her Parents Died Waiting For Justice, Now Anne McDaniel's Brother Is The Last One Left
Thirty years have passed since Anne Carolyn McDaniel was killed in Virginia. Her parents died without ever learning who did it. Now, three decades after the 20-year-old's body was found along Stringfellow Road in the Lignum area of Culpeper County, investigators are taking another shot at solving the mystery. McDaniel, who lived in Orange and had friends in Culpeper County, was last seen on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 1996. Four days later, on Sunday, Sept. 22, her body was found. Her death was ruled a homicide. No one has ever been held accountable. With the 30th anniversary of McDaniel's…
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Person In Wheelchair Killed By Hit-Run Driver In Maryland: Police (
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A person in a wheelchair was left to die in the roadway after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in Maryland. The victim was crossing Allentown Road in Camp Springs shortly after midnight on Saturday, Sept. 19, when a northbound driver struck him and kept going, according to Prince George’s County Police. Officers were called to the 6300 block at approximately 12:30 a.m., where they found the victim in the road suffering from severe injuries. He died at the scene. Police have not identified the victim as they work to notify his family. Investigators believe the vehicle that struck him …
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Pedestrian Struck Crossing Route 355 In Maryland Dies At Hospital, Police Say
A 34-year-old man has died days after he was struck crossing a Maryland highway before dawn. Police identified the victim on Monday, Sept. 21 as Germantown resident Jow Dodou, who was hit shortly before 3:45 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 17 in Gaithersburg. Dodou was attempting to cross Route 355 near Christopher Avenue when a 2020 Infiniti QX60 traveling south struck him. The crash left Dodou fighting for his life. Paramedics rushed him to an area hospital, where he later died from his injuries. The Infiniti driver stopped at the scene and has been cooperating with police. Investigators are …
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Man Found Hanging From Tree In Maryland Sparks Death Investigation: Police
A disturbing discovery in Maryland prompted a death investigation after a man was found hanging from a tree, police said. Officers were called to the 9300 block of D’Arcy Road in the unincorporated Upper Marlboro area of Prince George’s County at approximately 7:55 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 20, where the man was found hanging. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Prince George’s County Police detectives and evidence technicians responded and began interviewing witnesses and examining evidence as investigators worked to determine what happened. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner also res…
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Warehouse Fire Leaves Popular Maryland Furniture Store Scrambling To Serve Customers
A weekend warehouse fire has left a longtime Maryland furniture business scrambling to keep customers taken care of. The fire broke out Sunday evening, Sept. 20, at Jarrettsville Furniture on Federal Hill Road in Harford County, drawing multiple fire companies to the business and shutting down a stretch of MD 165. By Sunday morning, owner Frank X. Avena said the fire had damaged the company's warehouse and would prevent Jarrettsville Furniture from operating at its normal capacity. Now, some customers are feeling the impact. "We will be reaching out to individual clients who are affected …
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LI Woman Swallowed By Hidden 8-Foot Backyard Hole Thought She Was Going To Die: Reports
A Long Island woman was rescued by neighbors she'd never met after falling into an 8-foot hole in her backyard that she never knew was there last week (scroll down for video). Danielle Tammone told CBS News that she thought she was going to die when she fell in and couldn't get out. She began screaming for help. It happened last Thursday, Sept. 17, Tammone's 47th birthday. Tammone tells 1010 Wins she was walking in her backyard when her feet sank into the ground, and seconds later, she was swallowed into the earth. Once she realized what had happened, panic set in. "Wow, I could die t…
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Pedestrian Killed Outside Maryland McDonald's By Wanted Hit-Run Driver, Police Say (
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A 27-year-old man is dead, and a driver is at large after an overnight hit-run under investigation in Maryland. Officers were called to Fisher Avenue and Milford Mill Road in the area of McDonald's in Pooleville shortly after 1:50 a.m. on Sunday morning, where there were reports of a pedestrian who had been struck, according to the Montgomery County Police Department. The man was struck outside the fast food restaurant, investigators say, and the driver took off westbound on Fisher Avenue toward Elgin Road. MCPD 1D officers and @MCFRS on scene of a pedestrian struck in the 19600 block o…
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DC Man Freed After 20 Years For Assaulting Woman Murdered Her Months Later: Feds
A second chance for a DC man who spent more than 20 years behind bars for assaulting a woman ended nine months later with that same woman dead. Michael Garrett, 70, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for the 2021 murder of Sylvia Matthews, a woman he had a long history of assaulting and threatening, federal prosecutors announced. Garrett had been released from prison on compassionate release in March 2021 after serving more than two decades in a case involving Matthews. That case also involved Garrett breaking into her home. Prosecutors opposed his release, specifically citing his previo…
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'When They Will Come Home': Wes Moore Goes After Trump For Barring White House Reporters
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is accusing President Donald Trump of shutting reporters out of the White House rather than answering questions about the war, deployed service members and rising costs. Moore weighed in on Friday, Sept. 18, hours after Trump announced that CNN, MS NOW and Politico were being banned from the White House, effective immediately. “Trump cannot give service members’ families answers on when they will come home…” Moore wrote on X. “…or tell the American people how this war will end and when they can afford gas and groceries again. “So instead, he is barring the repo…
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MD Hunter Kills Woman After Mistaking Her For Deer In Front Of Kids: Police
A hunter is facing charges after police say he shot and killed a woman walking through a field with a man and two children after mistaking her for a deer in Delaware. Walter Moorhead, 74, of Salisbury, MD, was identified as the hunter in the tragic accident, while the victim has been identified as 39-year-old Santos Maria Chilel Soto, from Georgetown, DE, Delaware State Police said. was charged with manslaughter and other offenses after he fatally shot a woman on Friday night in Ellendale while he was hunting from a ground blind, according to Delaware State Police. Shortly after 7:30 …
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Woman In Wheelchair Struck, Killed While Crossing Route 50 Identified (
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A woman using a wheelchair was killed while trying to cross a busy Virginia highway Friday night. Theresa Flynn, 53, of Chantilly, was attempting to make her way across Route 50 near Plaza Lane in Fairfax County shortly before 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 18 when she was hit by a Kia, police said. Flynn was headed across the westbound lanes in her mobility wheelchair when the driver struck her. She was outside a crosswalk at the time. The impact left Flynn with critical injuries. She was taken to the hospital, but doctors were unable to save her. The driver escaped injury and stopped after the cra…
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Rabid Raccoon Found In Maryland Prompts Warning About Possible Exposure
Maryland health officials are warning residents about a possible rabies exposure after a raccoon tested positive for the virus. The raccoon was found near the 1900 block of Jerrys Road in Street, the Harford County Health Department announced on Friday, Sept. 18. The department received confirmation from the Maryland Department of Health that day that the animal had tested positive for rabies. Officials said the raccoon may have come into contact with people or pets in the surrounding area. Anyone who believes they or their pets had contact with a raccoon in the area has been asked to cal…
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Baltimore Man Accused Of Pointing Gun At I-95 Driver Found Armed At Army Base: Police
A Maryland road rage investigation ended in a place few fleeing drivers would probably choose to hide: a US Army installation. Baltimore resident Adam Kuper, 25, was tracked to Aberdeen Proving Ground on Friday, Sept. 18, after allegedly pointing a gun at another driver on I-95 and continuing north into Harford County, Maryland State Police said. The encounter began shortly before 9:45 a.m. on northbound I-95 near mile marker 72 in Baltimore County, where police say Kuper was driving a white Mazda CX-5. What started as road rage allegedly escalated when Kuper pointed a gun at the other dri…
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Medical Emergencies Delay Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship's Return To NJ Port
Two medical emergencies aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship delayed the cruise ship's return to New Jersey, impacting passengers' travel plans, according to a notice distributed onboard. Medical staff determined that two guests aboard Oasis of the Seas needed urgent medical attention during the voyage, the notice says. The passengers were successfully taken off the ship to receive additional medical care. While the nature of the emergencies was not released, Cruise Hive reports that one involved a critically ill 7-year-old child, prompting the ship to return to Nassau, the closes…
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: VA Widow Speaks Out After Husband Beaten Dead By Walmart Worker's Parents, Report Says
A widow is speaking out months after her husband of 42 years was beaten to death by the parents of a Walmart worker in Virginia, according to a brand-new report. Josephine Atienza and her 77-year-old husband Bert Atienza went to a Walmart store near thei home in Virginia Beach, on June 7, when a 17-year-old employee nearly struck Josephine with a cart, the widow tells WKTR. Bert began arguing with the teen, who reportedly threw a can at them as they walked away, but missed. As they were shopping, Erika Mitchell, 42, and Travis White, 44, identified by WKTR as the teen worker's parents…
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Lindsay Clancy's Attorney Has Blunt Response To Lone Juror Speaking Out
Lindsay Clancy's attorney is refusing to engage with the lone holdout juror in the triple murder case and instead is eyeing his next move. On Monday, Sept. 21, defense attorney Kevin Reddington told "The Hill" he was planning on filing several motions ahead of the Sept. 29 hearing. Among them, a motion seeking dismissal of the case on double-jeopardy grounds. The day after 36-year-old Clancy's ex-husband, Patrick Clancy, appeared on "60 Minutes," Reddington told the outlet that the case was one that "needs to be done." Meanwhile, the lone holdout juror, Michael Péguy Desronvil, 4…
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Maryland Man Refused To Fight Over 'Perceived Slight,' So Teen Shot Him Dead: Prosecutors
A passing comment cost a young Maryland man his life. More than a year later, 18-year-old Jonathan Jobe has been convicted of second-degree murder for shooting Dajaud Rae’heim Townsend in the face behind a Salisbury home after taking offense to something he said. A Wicomico County jury returned the verdict on Wednesday, Sept. 16, following an eight-day trial, according to State's Attorney Jamie Dykes' office. Prosecutors say the deadly encounter unfolded behind a Smith Street home on July 15, 2025. Townsend made a comment that offended Jobe, who responded by putting a gun against his head…
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Passenger Thrown Into Roadway After Car Loses Control, Slams Into Light Pole In Maryland
A late-night ride turned deadly in Maryland when a car went out of control and sent one of its passengers flying into the roadway, police said. The single-vehicle crash happened at approximately 2:30 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 18, in the area of Landover Road and Kent Town Drive in Landover, according to the Prince George’s County Police Department. Investigators say the car was heading south on Landover Road when the driver lost control for reasons that remain under investigation. The car ultimately slammed into a light pole. One passenger was ejected from the vehicle and found in the roadway…
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Former Co-Worker Accused Of Raping 16-Year-Old Girl After Virginia Meetup: Police
A 34-year-old man is accused of turning a meetup with his 16-year-old former co-worker into a rape. Months after the alleged assault at a home in Bristow, Manassas resident Edgar Jose Mendoza was arrested on Monday, Sept. 15, according to the Prince William County Police Department. Investigators say Mendoza and the girl knew each other from working together and agreed to meet at a home on Breeden Hall Court at around 6 p.m. on March 15. She was 16 at the time. During the encounter, Mendoza allegedly sexually assaulted the teen. Police said she did not report suffering any injuries. The …
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Two Men Charged With Killing Maryland Driver They Didn't Know, But Motive Remains Mystery
Brian Vasquez Rodriguez never made it out of the driver's seat. Nearly two weeks after the 33-year-old was found shot to death behind the wheel of his car in Maryland, two men have been arrested on murder charges, though investigators still don't know what led to the killing. Officers found the Adelphi resident shortly after 4:15 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 6, inside his vehicle on the 2200 block of Lewisdale Drive in the Hyattsville area, according to Prince George's County Police. Rodriguez had been shot and could not be saved. For the next 10 days, homicide detectives worked the case before …
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