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Two Hospitalized, Bedroom Buried After Ceiling Collapses In Maryland (PHOTOS) Two Hospitalized, Bedroom Buried After Ceiling Collapses In Maryland (PHOTOS)
Two Hospitalized, Bedroom Buried After Ceiling Collapses In Maryland (Photos) What started as an ordinary day in Maryland ended with a bedroom buried under a mountain of insulation after the ceiling inside a townhouse suddenly gave way. Two people suffered minor injuries in the collapse at a home in the 1600 block of Meadowood Court in Edgewood, according to the Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company.  Both were taken to area hospitals — one by Harford County Department of Emergency Services and the other by Kingsville Volunteer Fire Company EMS. Photos from the scene show nearly the entire bedroom floor blanketed in pink insulation, with a large section of the …

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Felon Charged After Officers Find Active Drug Manufacturing Operation In Virginia Home: Police Felon Charged After Officers Find Active Drug Manufacturing Operation In Virginia Home: Police
Felon Charged After Officers Find Active Drug Manufacturing Operation In Virginia Home: Police He wasn't just hiding drugs. Police say he was making them. A drug investigation ended with detectives in Virginia catching a convicted violent felon they say was actively manufacturing illegal narcotics inside his home. The months-long investigation led Fredericksburg Police detectives to the 1000 block of Myrick Street, where officers executed a search warrant on Wednesday, July 30, with help from the department's Special Equipment and Tactical Team. According to investigators, Ernesto Courtney, 52, of Fredericksburg, was actively manufacturing illegal narcotics when officers entered the…

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The Man Behind The Ransom Cartel Finally Faces Justice In Virginia The Man Behind The Ransom Cartel Finally Faces Justice In Virginia
The Man Behind The Ransom Cartel Finally Faces Justice In Virginia An international ransomware operation that terrorized companies around the world has officially come to an end in Virginia. Maksim Silnikau, 40, a Belarusian national who created and led the notorious "Ransom Cartel" ransomware operation, was sentenced Wednesday, Aug. 5, to 16 years in federal prison after prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia secured his conviction in one of the district's latest high-profile cybercrime cases. US District Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. handed down the sentence in Alexandria after Silnikau pleaded guilty to:  Conspiracy to commit offenses again…

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Maryland Teen's Robbery Plot Turned Into Attempted Murder, Prosecutors Say Maryland Teen's Robbery Plot Turned Into Attempted Murder, Prosecutors Say
Maryland Teen's Robbery Plot Turned Into Attempted Murder, Prosecutors Say It was supposed to be a robbery. Instead, prosecutors say it became an attempted murder that nearly claimed a young woman's life. A Calvert County judge has sentenced Jasier Isai Aparicio, 16, of Lusby, to life in prison with all but 18 years suspended for shooting a woman in the back during a planned robbery in Southern Maryland. The sentence was handed down this week by Calvert County Circuit Court Judge Mark S. Chandlee, more than a year after the violent attack in the White Sands community of Lusby. According to prosecutors, Aparicio conspired with two other people to rob 24-year-old …

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Teen Hurt After Gun Suddenly Goes Off Inside Maryland Apartment, Police Say (DEVELOPING) Teen Hurt After Gun Suddenly Goes Off Inside Maryland Apartment, Police Say (DEVELOPING)
Teen Hurt After Gun Suddenly Goes Off Inside Maryland Apartment, Police Say (Developing) What first appeared to be a shooting quickly took a different turn. Maryland investigators say a teenage boy was accidentally shot inside an apartment in Glenarden on Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 5, and is expected to survive. Prince George's County Police said the shooting happened inside an apartment in the 3000 block of Roland Kenner Loop, where officers responded after reports of a shooting at the Glenarden Hills Apartments. The preliminary investigation indicates a firearm was accidentally discharged, striking the teen, according to the Prince George's County Police Department. The vict…

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Justice Finally Catches Up 9 Years After Killing Of Off-Duty DC Metro Sergeant In Maryland Justice Finally Catches Up 9 Years After Killing Of Off-Duty DC Metro Sergeant In Maryland
Justice Finally Catches Up 9 Years After Killing Of Off-Duty DC Metro Sergeant In Maryland Justice took nearly nine years to catch up with the man who gunned down an off-duty DC Metro Police sergeant as he sat in his car on a Baltimore street. Dion Thompson was sentenced Wednesday, Aug. 5, to life in prison plus 33 years after being convicted of first-degree murder, conspiracy and related charges in the November 2017 killing of Sgt. Tony Mason Jr., Baltimore City State's Attorney Ivan Bates announced. Mason, a husband, father and veteran Metropolitan Police Department sergeant, had just finished a night out with a woman he had been dating for about a month when the ambush unfolde…

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MS-13 Killers Ditched Target's Body In Maryland After Murder, Feds Say MS-13 Killers Ditched Target's Body In Maryland After Murder, Feds Say
MS-13 Killers Ditched Target's Body In Maryland After Murder, Feds Say Two MS-13 gangsters have been charged with murdering a Long Island teenager and sending another man to his death in Maryland, authorities said. Edwin Chavez Garay, 25, and Jairo Diaz Gamez, 27, were arraigned Tuesday, Aug. 4 in Central Islip federal court, the Justice Department said. The two men first killed Miguel Garcia Moran, a 15-year-old Brentwood High School student, on Feb. 19, 2016, according to investigators. Garcia Moran exchanged a series of text messages with a man identified as “Alexander” about smoking weed in the woods, authorities said. Two people named “Edwin” and “Jairo”…

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Career Criminal Who Hid Cocaine In Infant Formula Can Learns Prison Fate: Feds Career Criminal Who Hid Cocaine In Infant Formula Can Learns Prison Fate: Feds
Career Criminal Who Hid Cocaine In Infant Formula Can Learns Prison Fate: Feds An infant formula can wasn't filled with baby formula in Virginia. It was packed with individually wrapped plastic baggies of cocaine, according to federal prosecutors, and that discovery helped send a career criminal to prison for more than 15 years. David Earl McDaniel, 54, was sentenced in federal court to 188 months behind bars after admitting to drug trafficking and firearms charges, the US Attorney's Office announced on Wednesday, Aug. 5. The case dates back to February 2024, when investigators searched McDaniel's Farmville home after being tipped off that he was selling drugs. Insi…

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Virginia Family Escapes Before Fire Tears Through Townhouse, Officials Say Virginia Family Escapes Before Fire Tears Through Townhouse, Officials Say
Virginia Family Escapes Before Fire Tears Through Townhouse, Officials Say Smoke was already pouring from the townhouse by the time firefighters arrived. Virginia fire crews rushed to the 9600 block of Eaton Woods Place in Lorton just after 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 5, where they found smoke billowing from the rear of a middle-of-row townhouse and immediately launched an aggressive attack, according to Fairfax County Fire and Rescue officials. Crews arrived to find smoke showing from the back of the two-story home and its first-floor balcony before moving quickly to knock down the flames and search the residence. Everyone inside had already made it out safely …

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Getaway Driver Pulled Gun On Virginia Shell Employee During Alleged Shoplifting: Police Getaway Driver Pulled Gun On Virginia Shell Employee During Alleged Shoplifting: Police
Getaway Driver Pulled Gun On Virginia Shell Employee During Alleged Shoplifting: Police What started as a shoplifting turned into a weapons probe. A Fairfax man is accused of pulling a handgun on a Shell gas station employee in Woodbridge after the worker tried to stop an alleged shoplifting incident Monday afternoon, according to Prince William County police. The confrontation happened around 2:08 p.m. Monday, Aug. 3, at the Shell station in the 4110 block of Dale Boulevard. Police said an unidentified woman entered the store, concealed several items, and walked outside to a vehicle where Justin Denzel Gore, 31, was waiting. An employee followed the woman to the vehicle and…

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Man Grabs Sawed-Off Shotgun During Maryland Fight While Detectives Watched, Sheriff Says Man Grabs Sawed-Off Shotgun During Maryland Fight While Detectives Watched, Sheriff Says
Man Grabs Sawed-Off Shotgun During Maryland Fight While Detectives Watched, Sheriff Says The argument was over in seconds. Then a man came back with a loaded sawed-off shotgun. Maryland detectives conducting an unrelated investigation in Waldorf early on Friday, July 31, watched the confrontation escalate before stepping in as the armed suspect allegedly pointed the shotgun at a woman near the 3000 block of Gallery Place, according to the Charles County Sheriff's Office. Investigators said Perrie Stephon Wilson, 40, of Waldorf, walked into an apartment building during the dispute, returned carrying the shotgun, and raised it toward the woman as she stood beside a passenger vehi…

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13-Year-Old Arrested After Shooting Teen Relative During Family Fight: Police 13-Year-Old Arrested After Shooting Teen Relative During Family Fight: Police
13-Year-Old Arrested After Shooting Teen Relative During Family Fight: Police A family argument ended with a gunshot. Prince William County police say a 13-year-old Woodbridge boy is now facing felony charges after he allegedly shot his 18-year-old female relative during a domestic dispute inside a home on Lebourget Court late on Sunday night. Officers were called to the 15500 block of Lebourget Court around 10:36 p.m. on Aug. 2, where detectives say a verbal argument between the two family members escalated inside the home. According to investigators, the boy went into the home, retrieved a firearm, confronted the woman, and fired a single round. The bullet grazed…

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