12 Minutes, 2 Bloody Scenes: Pair Charged With Attempted Murder In Maryland 12 Minutes, 2 Bloody Scenes: Pair Charged With Attempted Murder In Maryland
12 Minutes, 2 Bloody Scenes: Pair Charged With Attempted Murder In Maryland The violence apparently didn't stop after the first victim was left bleeding. Two people are facing attempted murder charges in Maryland after investigators say a man was assaulted during a home invasion Thursday night, Aug. 13, followed minutes later by a stabbing less than a mile away in Lexington Park. Tina Marie Tippett, 37, who has no fixed address, and 35-year-old Lexington Park resident Javone Lawrence Warrick were both arrested following the back-to-back incidents, according to the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office. It started around 9:23 p.m. in the 21000 block of Great Mills Roa…
Third Beaver Attack In 19 Days Leaves 10-Year-Old Girl Hurt At Maryland State Park Third Beaver Attack In 19 Days Leaves 10-Year-Old Girl Hurt At Maryland State Park
Third Beaver Attack In 19 Days Leaves 10-Year-Old Girl Hurt At Maryland State Park Maryland has another beaver problem on its hands. For the third time in less than three weeks, a beaver attacked someone at a Maryland state park, this time biting a 10-year-old girl who was canoeing at summer camp on Thursday, Aug. 13, according to the Department of Natural Resources. The latest attack was reported at about 3:30 p.m. at Seneca Creek State Park in Montgomery County, near a bend in Seneca Creek by Berryville Road and the Potomac River. The girl was canoeing with an organized group when the beaver attacked and bit her, officials said. Then the counselors jumped in. Camp co…
Flock Around, Find Out: NJ Man Praised After Allegedly Destroying Controversial Cop Cam Flock Around, Find Out: NJ Man Praised After Allegedly Destroying Controversial Cop Cam
Flock Around, Find Out: NJ Man Praised After Allegedly Destroying Controversial Cop Cam A 31-year-old New Jersey man was arrested on Thursday, Aug. 13, for cutting down a Flock safety camera, police said. Andrew Wardell, a Brick resident, intentionally cut down the Flock camera at 181 Drum Point Rd. by the Exxon gas station on Wednesday, July 8, Brick Township police said. Wardell is charged with criminal mischief, police said. Wardell's arrest comes amid national controversy over Flock cameras. Earlier this week, three deputies in Georgia were arrested for using the license plate readers to stalk people, some of whom they were dating. In response, Flock rolled out new safegua…
Flat Tire Turns Deadly After Subaru Slams Into Tractor-Trailer On I-95 In Rosedale: MSP Flat Tire Turns Deadly After Subaru Slams Into Tractor-Trailer On I-95 In Rosedale: MSP
Flat Tire Turns Deadly After Subaru Slams Into Tractor-Trailer On I-95 In Rosedale: MSP A flat tire and a split-second collision turned deadly before dawn on a Maryland highway. Francesca Lloyd, 34, of Nottingham, was killed early on Friday, Aug. 14, after the Subaru Outback she was riding in crashed into the back of a tractor-trailer on I-95 in Baltimore County, state police confirmed. Her husband may have been behind the wheel. Gregory Lloyd, 41, also of Nottingham, was driving the Subaru and was taken to an area hospital for treatment following the crash, according to police, who said investigators believe the two were married. It happened shortly before 3 a.m. on the nor…
Former Soccer Coach Sexually Abused Boys As Young As 10: Baltimore County Police Former Soccer Coach Sexually Abused Boys As Young As 10: Baltimore County Police
Former Soccer Coach Sexually Abused Boys As Young As 10: Baltimore County Police A former soccer coach in Maryland who worked with multiple private organizations in the region has been locked up. Roberto Carlos Huezo Garcia, 30, is in police custody following a lengthy investigation into the sexual abuse and solicitation of a child, according to the Baltimore County Police Department. In January, detectives began receiving reports of alleged misconduct involving Huezo Garcia and young boys between the ages of 10 and 15. Following what was described as "an extensive investigation," detectives issued a warrant for Huezo Garcia's arrest last month. He was …
Wife Strangled With Neckties, Husband Charged With Homicide: DA (UPDATE) Wife Strangled With Neckties, Husband Charged With Homicide: DA (UPDATE)
Wife Strangled With Neckties, Husband Charged With Homicide: DA (Update) A husband has been charged with killing his wife, who was found on a bedroom floor with multiple men's neckties wrapped around her neck, authorities announced on Friday, Aug. 14. Michael P. Myers, 59, of Bristol Borough, was arrested after his wife, 54-year-old Dawn Myers, was found dead inside their home at 1305 Wood Street early Thursday, Aug. 13, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Myers is charged with criminal homicide, strangulation, aggravated assault, intimidation of witnesses or victims, possession of an instrument of crime, and false imprisonment. Court recor…
Man Fighting For His Life After Being Struck By MARC Train In Maryland (UPDATED) Man Fighting For His Life After Being Struck By MARC Train In Maryland (UPDATED)
Man Fighting For His Life After Being Struck By MARC Train In Maryland (Updated) A Friday morning trip along the tracks took a terrifying turn in Maryland. A man was airlifted to an area hospital in critical condition after being struck by a MARC train in the 22000 block of Mt. Ephraim Road in Dickerson on Friday, Aug. 14, police said. The call came in at around 10:30 a.m. Montgomery County Police and Fire and Rescue crews were dispatched to the scene after the pedestrian was struck. At first, there was no word on his condition. Then came the update. Police said shortly after 11 a.m. that the man had been flown from the scene and was fighting for his life at an area…
Zero Visibility, Hoarder Conditions: Firefighter Rescues Resident Trapped In Burning Basement Zero Visibility, Hoarder Conditions: Firefighter Rescues Resident Trapped In Burning Basement
Zero Visibility, Hoarder Conditions: Firefighter Rescues Resident Trapped In Burning Basement A Maryland firefighter disappeared into a smoke-filled basement with zero visibility and came back out carrying the resident trapped inside. Shortly after 5 p.m. on Thursday afternoon, crews were called to a one-story rancher on Brooks Road in Bel Air, where there were reports of a fire that broke out, according to the Office of the State Fire Marshal. While en route, members of the Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company were alerted that there was someone trapped inside the burning home. Engine 313 arrived and found the fire burning in the basement as firefighters stretched a hose line and made t…
Divers Make Tragic Discovery After 24-Year-Old Disappears In Lake Anna Divers Make Tragic Discovery After 24-Year-Old Disappears In Lake Anna
Divers Make Tragic Discovery After 24-Year-Old Disappears In Lake Anna A night on the water ended in tragedy at one of Virginia's most popular lakes. Divers recovered the body of a 24-year-old man from Lake Anna late Thursday, Aug. 13, hours after he disappeared in the water near Seay Point Road in Spotsylvania County, officials announced. The first call came in at 7:40 p.m. Louisa County 911 alerted Spotsylvania emergency dispatchers after receiving a call from someone who said the man had been boating with them before entering the lake and failing to return. Spotsylvania Department of Fire, Rescue and Emergency Management crews were dispatched three minute…
Mom Died Fearing Daughter's Accused Killer Would Never Face Trial: Now, He Will Mom Died Fearing Daughter's Accused Killer Would Never Face Trial: Now, He Will
Mom Died Fearing Daughter's Accused Killer Would Never Face Trial: Now, He Will Janet Pizzelli became known for her fight to see the man accused of killing her 27-year-old daughter, Mary Rose Fealey, face justice. But when the 61-year-old mother died of breast cancer in December 2025, less than two years after her daughter's murder, she believed that day might never come. Now, months after her death, the outcome she had hoped for has arrived: David Shroitman, the 30-year-old Somerville man charged in Fealey's killing, has been found competent to stand trial. On Thursday, Aug. 13, Superior Court Judge Peter J. Tober made the ruling, following another…
Sleeping Child Thrown Onto Walmart Parking Lot Pavement: Police Sleeping Child Thrown Onto Walmart Parking Lot Pavement: Police
Sleeping Child Thrown Onto Walmart Parking Lot Pavement: Police A sleeping child was thrown onto the pavement outside a Lancaster County Walmart, leading to a man's arrest, police announced on Wednesday, Aug. 12. Justin Martin Wagner, 41, of Lancaster, was arrested following the incident at the Walmart at 890 East Main St. in Ephrata Township at 6:58 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 11, according to the Ephrata Police Department. Wagner had been causing a disturbance inside the store before witnesses saw him take a sleeping child from a shopping cart, lift the child into the air, and throw the child onto the pavement in the parking lot, police said. Wagner was la…
Family Feud Goes Up In Flames As West Virginia Man Faces Maryland Arson Charges: Fire Marshal Family Feud Goes Up In Flames As West Virginia Man Faces Maryland Arson Charges: Fire Marshal
Family Feud Goes Up In Flames As West Virginia Man Faces Maryland Arson Charges: Fire Marshal A family dispute in Maryland landed a 43-year-old West Virginia man behind bars after intentionally sparking a blaze, authorities announced late on Thursday night. Things apparently got a little Care-less during the family feud. Chad Edward Care, of Hedgesville, was served a criminal summons on Thursday, Aug. 13, at Deep Creek Lake in Garrett County following an investigation by the Office of the Maryland State Fire Marshal. The investigation dates back to approximately 4:50 p.m. on Thursday, July 30, when Deputy State Fire Marshals and accelerant-detection K9 Quinn were called to investig…
Those Safes From The Virginia Chop Shop? Police Just Revealed What Was Inside Those Safes From The Virginia Chop Shop? Police Just Revealed What Was Inside
Those Safes From The Virginia Chop Shop? Police Just Revealed What Was Inside Turns out the stolen cars were only part of the inventory. Prince William County police peeled back another layer of a sprawling Virginia chop shop investigation on Thursday, Aug. 13, revealing cocaine, THC products, scales and DMV documents recovered as detectives dismantled the operation. And those safes police teased a day earlier? They weren't giving up their secrets willingly. New photos released in "CHOP SHOP | Part 2" show investigators using heavy-duty tools to rip into one of four safes seized from the residence. Once they got inside, detectives found THC products they said were…
He Was 17 When Morgan State Homecoming Erupted In Gunfire; Now He Knows His Fate He Was 17 When Morgan State Homecoming Erupted In Gunfire; Now He Knows His Fate
He Was 17 When Morgan State Homecoming Erupted In Gunfire; Now He Knows His Fate He was 17 when bullets started flying at a Maryland homecoming celebration. Now 20, Marquis Brown will be pushing 100 if he ever finishes the sentence handed down in Baltimore for his role in the mass shooting that wounded five people at Morgan State University nearly three years ago. Brown, a District resident, was sentenced to 85 years in prison after being convicted in May of five counts of attempted second-degree murder and related offenses. It was the latest chapter in a case that began with chaos on Morgan State's campus on Oct. 3, 2023. That night, students were spilling out of a c…
Here's Why 440 Pounds Of Seemingly Harmless Cotton Was Seized At Dulles Airport Here's Why 440 Pounds Of Seemingly Harmless Cotton Was Seized At Dulles Airport
Here's Why 440 Pounds Of Seemingly Harmless Cotton Was Seized At Dulles Airport This was no ordinary baggage claim. A family flying into Virginia with plans to make their own bedding instead landed in the middle of an unusual airport seizure when federal agriculture specialists discovered more than 440 pounds of raw cotton packed inside their luggage at Washington Dulles International Airport. And it wasn't the cotton itself that raised the biggest red flag. It was what was still hiding inside. The family arrived at Dulles from Afghanistan and was referred by US Customs and Border Protection officers for a secondary inspection, according to the agency. They were…
He Hit A Homemade Pipe Bomb With A Hammer, Then His Maryland Home Exploded He Hit A Homemade Pipe Bomb With A Hammer, Then His Maryland Home Exploded
He Hit A Homemade Pipe Bomb With A Hammer, Then His Maryland Home Exploded Robert Stojinski Jr. learned the hard way what happens when a homemade explosive meets a hammer. The 43-year-old Gaithersburg man was sentenced to 54 years in prison, with all but 25 years suspended, months after a pipe bomb exploded inside his Montgomery County home, blasting a hole between floors and sending pieces of metal shrapnel flying through the house. Robert Stojinski, Jr. Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office And that was only the beginning of what investigators found inside. The explosion happened at Stojinski's home on Empress Court in Gaithersburg on Oct. 24, 202…
Maryland Grandma Drove 11 Miles Before Realizing 7-Year-Old Grandson Was Gone: Prosecutors Maryland Grandma Drove 11 Miles Before Realizing 7-Year-Old Grandson Was Gone: Prosecutors
Maryland Grandma Drove 11 Miles Before Realizing 7-Year-Old Grandson Was Gone: Prosecutors A 68-year-old grandmother in Maryland is facing time behind bars after her grandson fell out of her vehicle and was killed. She never noticed he was gone. Hagerstown resident Lorraine Marie O'Neill was found guilty following a four-day trial of neglect of a minor in connection with the death of her 7-year-old grandson in November 2024. On Nov. 24, 2024, prosecutors say O'Neill was driving north on I-97 through Millersville in a 2011 Mazda 3 with her grandson riding in a car seat in the back. As she was traveling near I-97 and Benfield Boulevard, the child fell out of the vehicle’s rear pa…
Hiss-terical Surprise: 8-Foot Python Greets Firefighters At Virginia School Blaze (PHOTOS) Hiss-terical Surprise: 8-Foot Python Greets Firefighters At Virginia School Blaze (PHOTOS)
Hiss-terical Surprise: 8-Foot Python Greets Firefighters At Virginia School Blaze (Photos) Firefighters battling a classroom blaze in Virginia early on Thursday had to deal with one very large wrinkle. An 8-foot python. Crews were called to Forest Middle School in Bedford County at approximately 12:45 a.m. after a fire alarm sounded, according to fire officials. The fire in Virginia. Forest Fire Department Crews arrived to find water pouring from the second floor, flames visible inside, and smoke showing through the windows. Then things got a little wild. Firefighters secured a water supply and began forcing their way inside as additional crews arrived and stretched ho…
$98K THC Haul Uncovered During Raids At Three Southern Maryland Smoke Shops, Sheriff Says $98K THC Haul Uncovered During Raids At Three Southern Maryland Smoke Shops, Sheriff Says
$98K THC Haul Uncovered During Raids At Three Southern Maryland Smoke Shops, Sheriff Says Nearly $100,000 worth of illicit cannabis and THC products just disappeared from Maryland store shelves. More than 4,600 THC products and 1,263 grams of cannabis flower were seized on Tuesday, Aug. 11, when investigators raided three tobacco and smoke shops across St. Mary's County as part of a crackdown on unlicensed cannabis sales, the sheriff's office announced Thursday. The combined retail value of the haul: $98,072.23. And investigators weren't looking in just one place. Search warrants were executed at Point Lookout Tobacco in Callaway, Cloud Smoke Shop in California, and a Tobacco …
Teacher Pulled 3-Year-Old's Hair, Shoved Him At Reston Daycare, Police Say Teacher Pulled 3-Year-Old's Hair, Shoved Him At Reston Daycare, Police Say
Teacher Pulled 3-Year-Old's Hair, Shoved Him At Reston Daycare, Police Say A teacher at a Northern Virginia daycare facility is facing charges for allegedly assaulting a young child, police say. Jaspal Bharaj, 61, was arrested on a misdemeanor charge following an investigation into the abuse of a 3-year-old boy in Reston, the Fairfax County Police Department announced on Thursday, Aug. 13. Last week, detectives from the department were called to Bright Horizons Daycare in the 11400 block of Commerce Park Drive in Reston to investigate reports of an assault. Detectives determined that Bharaj, while working as a teacher at the facility, assaulted a child …
Armed Crew Targeted USPS Carriers Before $1M Mail Scheme Exploded Across DMV: Feds Armed Crew Targeted USPS Carriers Before $1M Mail Scheme Exploded Across DMV: Feds
Armed Crew Targeted USPS Carriers Before $1M Mail Scheme Exploded Across DMV: Feds A District man is going to spend nearly two decades behind bars after a jury found him guilty earlier this year of a violent robbery spree targeting mail carriers across Maryland and the DC area. DeAngelo Lewis, 30, was convicted following an eight-day federal trial in Greenbelt on Friday, April 24, tied to a string of armed robberies involving seven USPS workers in 2022. On Thursday, Aug. 13, authorities announced that Lewis has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for the scheme. The scheme stretched across Maryland, Virginia, and DC, where Lewis and his crew tracked down carriers, pulle…
Tick Tock: $50K Powerball Ticket In Virginia Is Days Away From Becoming Worthless Tick Tock: $50K Powerball Ticket In Virginia Is Days Away From Becoming Worthless
Tick Tock: $50K Powerball Ticket In Virginia Is Days Away From Becoming Worthless Check the glove box. Empty the junk drawer. Turn those pockets inside out. Somewhere in Virginia, a $50,000 payday is days away from becoming a worthless piece of paper. The unclaimed Powerball ticket was sold at Quik-E Foods at 4380 Waterlick Road in Forest and has been sitting unclaimed since the Saturday, Feb. 21 drawing, according to the Virginia Lottery. Now the clock is ticking. The ticket expires at 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20, exactly 180 days after the drawing, the deadline set by Virginia law. If nobody comes forward by then, that $50,000 is gone. The mystery winner came tantalizi…
Stray Bullet Through Maryland Home Leads Deputies To Illegal Gun 'Arsenal': Sheriff Stray Bullet Through Maryland Home Leads Deputies To Illegal Gun 'Arsenal': Sheriff
Stray Bullet Through Maryland Home Leads Deputies To Illegal Gun 'Arsenal': Sheriff What started as an investigation into shots fired led to the seizure of what investigators described as an "arsenal of illegal firearms."  In late June, deputies were called to the 400 block of Patrick Avenue in Salisbury to investigate reports of gunshots in the area, according to the Wicomico County Sheriff's Office. What came next was unexpected. First responders determined that a bullet had penetrated the wall of a neighboring residence, traveled through the kitchen, ricocheted off a table, passed through the ceiling and attic, and exited through the roof. No injuries were r…
17-Year-Old Arrested In Quinceañera Shooting That Killed Virginia Teen Samuel Ojeda 17-Year-Old Arrested In Quinceañera Shooting That Killed Virginia Teen Samuel Ojeda
17-Year-Old Arrested In Quinceañera Shooting That Killed Virginia Teen Samuel Ojeda The hunt for the person accused in the deadly shooting of a Virginia 16-year-old at a quinceañera is over. A 17-year-old boy from Dumfries was arrested on Wednesday, Aug. 12, in connection with the killing of Samuel Ojeda, who was shot four days earlier during an altercation at a quinceañera near Catlett, the Fauquier County Sheriff's Office announced. Ojeda, of Triangle, was killed on Saturday, Aug. 8, at a rural property on Bowery Lane, where what began as a milestone celebration suddenly turned deadly. Deputies were already there. They had responded at around 9:30 p.m. to complaints ab…
Worker, 26, Killed In Freak Mobile Trailer Collapse At Virginia Construction Site: Police Worker, 26, Killed In Freak Mobile Trailer Collapse At Virginia Construction Site: Police
Worker, 26, Killed In Freak Mobile Trailer Collapse At Virginia Construction Site: Police A morning on the job turned deadly when a mobile trailer came crashing down at a Virginia construction site, police said. The fatal accident happened at approximately 9:40 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 12, at a construction site in the 13000 block of Telegraph Road in Woodbridge, according to the Prince William County Police Department. Four construction workers were working on the mobile trailer when its supports suddenly collapsed, investigators said. One of the workers, a 26-year-old man, was trapped underneath. He was pronounced dead at the scene by first responders. Police did not identif…
BWI Airport's 'Small' Garage Fire Came With A $300K Price Tag In Maryland (UPDATED) BWI Airport's 'Small' Garage Fire Came With A $300K Price Tag In Maryland (UPDATED)
BWI Airport's 'Small' Garage Fire Came With A $300K Price Tag In Maryland (Updated) A parking headache greeted travelers at one of Maryland's busiest gateways Thursday. The Daily Garage at BWI Marshall Airport was temporarily shut down on Thursday, Aug. 13, after a fire broke out near Bus Stop No. 1, airport officials announced shortly after 11 a.m. BWI's fire and rescue department responded to the garage and quickly got the flames under control. By 11:45 a.m., airport officials confirmed the fire had been extinguished. The garage, however, remained temporarily closed as crews continued handling the incident. Despite the disruption on the ground, the trouble did not spr…
Autopsy Called It Homicide, AG Says Fatal Punch That Killed Owings Mills Man Wasn't A Crime Autopsy Called It Homicide, AG Says Fatal Punch That Killed Owings Mills Man Wasn't A Crime
Autopsy Called It Homicide, AG Says Fatal Punch That Killed Owings Mills Man Wasn't A Crime The autopsy called it a homicide. Maryland prosecutors still say it wasn't a crime. Six months after a middle-of-the-night welfare check in Baltimore County ended with 56-year-old Samuel Brown on the pavement, the Maryland Attorney General's Office announced Thursday, Aug. 13, that Officer Derek Hadel will not face criminal charges in his death. The decision closes an investigation that began after the Feb. 16 encounter near Security Boulevard and Whitehead Court in the Woodlawn area, where Hadel found Brown asleep behind the wheel of an SUV shortly after 3:20 a.m. that morning. But a newl…
Maryland Jan. 6 Rioter Arrested Again After Viral Metro Incidents, Accused Of Stalking: Police Maryland Jan. 6 Rioter Arrested Again After Viral Metro Incidents, Accused Of Stalking: Police
Maryland Jan. 6 Rioter Arrested Again After Viral Metro Incidents, Accused Of Stalking: Police The viral Metro videos have officially caught up with Bryan Betancur. Betancur was found guilty of simple assault in DC Superior Court on Wednesday, Aug. 12, months after prosecutors say he filmed himself stroking an unsuspecting woman's hair aboard a train and posted the video to X seconds later. The conviction is the latest turn for Betancur, whose behavior on Metro first drew widespread attention earlier this year before he was arrested again weeks later in an unrelated stalking case. The assault happened on Saturday, Feb. 28, while Betancur was riding a train at the NoMa-Gallaudet stat…
Are Flock Cameras Watching You? This Map Shows Where They Are Are Flock Cameras Watching You? This Map Shows Where They Are
Are Flock Cameras Watching You? This Map Shows Where They Are You have probably driven past one without realizing it. Flock's license plate readers have spread along roads and through communities across the country, giving police a tool to locate vehicles while fueling a growing debate over just how much the cameras can reveal about where people go. Now, a growing privacy advocacy project is letting you see where those cameras have been spotted. DeFlock, an independent open-source effort opposed to widespread automatic license plate reader surveillance, maintains a searchable nationwide map of the devices. As of Thursday, Aug. 13, the map displayed …
Fire Shuts Down BWI Airport Daily Garage; Flights Not Impacted (DEVELOPING) Fire Shuts Down BWI Airport Daily Garage; Flights Not Impacted (DEVELOPING)
Fire Shuts Down BWI Airport Daily Garage; Flights Not Impacted (Developing) A parking headache greeted travelers at one of Maryland's busiest gateways Thursday. The Daily Garage at BWI Marshall Airport was temporarily shut down on Thursday, Aug. 13, after a fire broke out near Bus Stop No. 1, airport officials announced shortly after 11 a.m. BWI's fire and rescue department responded to the garage and quickly got the flames under control. By 11:45 a.m., airport officials confirmed the fire had been extinguished. The garage, however, remained temporarily closed as crews continued handling the incident. Despite the disruption on the ground, the trouble did not spr…
Man Who Urinated On Family During Morgan Wallen Concert In Baltimore Arrested In NC: Police Man Who Urinated On Family During Morgan Wallen Concert In Baltimore Arrested In NC: Police
Man Who Urinated On Family During Morgan Wallen Concert In Baltimore Arrested In NC: Police A Morgan Waller fan from North Carolina is facing charges for allegedly urinating on concertgoers in Maryland. Jayson Reed, 33, has been arrested following a bizarre incident at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Saturday, July 18, where police say he urinated on people before an altercation broke out during Wallen's show. Now, nearly a month later, Reed is facing charges that include four counts of second-degree assault, public urination, and other related offenses, according to Maryland Transportation Authority Police. MDTA Police officers were helping Baltimore Police at the conc…