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Man Carrying Gas Can Across Capital Beltway In Chevy Chase Killed By Hit-Run Driver: Police Man Carrying Gas Can Across Capital Beltway In Chevy Chase Killed By Hit-Run Driver: Police
Man Carrying Gas Can Across Capital Beltway In Chevy Chase Killed By Hit-Run Driver: Police A Maryland man carrying a gas can while attempting to cross the Capital Beltway was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver late Thursday night, police said. The deadly crash happened shortly before 10 p.m. on the outer loop of I-495 near Connecticut Avenue in Chevy Chase, according to Maryland State Police in Montgomery County. Investigators say the man parked a work van on the left shoulder of the inner loop before attempting to cross the outer loop travel lanes while carrying the gas can. Police believe he was hit by an oncoming vehicle that immediately fled the scene. He was then str…

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Kilos Hidden In Secret Car Compartment Fueled Cocaine Pipeline Into DC Region: DOJ Kilos Hidden In Secret Car Compartment Fueled Cocaine Pipeline Into DC Region: DOJ
Kilos Hidden In Secret Car Compartment Fueled Cocaine Pipeline Into DC Region: DOJ A crafty cocaine supplier who trafficked kilos from New York to the DC area in a secret compartment will spend years behind bars. Daryl Smith-Winfree, 44, was sentenced to 96 months in prison for his role in a large-scale drug distribution conspiracy that flooded parts of the region with cocaine, federal authorities announced. The FBI began investigating the conspiracy in the summer of 2024, uncovering a network that moved cocaine through the District, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New York. Authorities say Smith-Winfree personally transported kilogram quantities of cocaine to customers in t…

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Silver Spring Man Killed After Cadillac Escalade Flips In Violent Early-Morning Crash: Police Silver Spring Man Killed After Cadillac Escalade Flips In Violent Early-Morning Crash: Police
Silver Spring Man Killed After Cadillac Escalade Flips In Violent Early-Morning Crash: Police A 33-year-old Maryland man was killed when a Cadillac Escalade veered off a major roadway and flipped onto its roof in a violent early-morning crash, police said. The Montgomery County Department of Police has identified Silver Spring resident Cristhian Francisco Trejo Portillo as the driver killed in a single-vehicle crash early on Sunday morning. The crash was reported shortly after 1:15 a.m. on Sunday, April 12, along Georgia Avenue near Randolph Road in Silver Spring. ICYMI (~115a) Georgia Avenue IAO Layhill Rd, Glenmont, collision, @mcfrs PE718, A742D, PRS742, EMS704 & oth…

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Police & Fire
Trooper Shooting Suspect Charged In Murder Of Millionaire At Potomac Senior Living Facility: PD Trooper Shooting Suspect Charged In Murder Of Millionaire At Potomac Senior Living Facility: PD
Trooper Shooting Suspect Charged In Murder Of Millionaire At Potomac Senior Living Facility: PD The 22-year-old who fired shots at a Maryland State Police trooper during a traffic stop has now been linked to the murder of millionaire philanthropist Robert Fuller Jr. at a senior living facility in Potomac. Marquise Emilio James, a Baltimore resident who was working at the Cogir Potomac Senior Living facility, where Fuller was killed on Valentine's Day, has been charged with his murder, authorities announced on Wednesday, Feb. 25. Fuller was found unresponsive inside his apartment at the Cogir Potomac Senior Living Facility in the 10800 block of Potomac Tennis Lane shortly after 7:…

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Schools
Beltsville Resident, Takoma Park Teacher Competes On Jeopardy!: Here's How It Went Beltsville Resident, Takoma Park Teacher Competes On Jeopardy!: Here's How It Went
Beltsville Resident, Takoma Park Teacher Competes On Jeopardy!: Here's How It Went The champ is here.  North Penn High School graduate and longtime Montgomery County educator Joseph Evans will be back in the bright lights after a stirring win in his first Jeopardy! appearance on Tuesday night. The Takoma Park Middle School teacher who hails from Beltsville went into Final Jeopardy! with a modest $9,000, behind Long Island stay-at-home-dad Aaron Himmel's $15,000 and ahead of defending champion Joyelle McSweeney's $3,600. Then came the final category: "Literary Characters."  Perfect for a teacher (Evans technically teaches World Studies at Takoma Park Middle School, but i…

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Hiker Seriously Hurt After Falling On Billy Goat Trail A In Great Falls, Officials Say Hiker Seriously Hurt After Falling On Billy Goat Trail A In Great Falls, Officials Say
Hiker Seriously Hurt After Falling On Billy Goat Trail A In Great Falls, Officials Say A hiker was seriously injured after falling along the Billy Goat Trail A near Great Falls on Monday, Oct. 13, prompting a major rescue operation involving multiple agencies, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS). Crews were called around 1:00 p.m. to the C&O Canal National Historical Park after reports of an injured person on the rocky “Traverse” section of the trail, MCFRS spokesperson Pete Piringer said. “Rescue @COcanalNPS Billy Goat Trail A, Great Falls, MD, Potomac River, injured person from a fall,” Piringer posted. Firefighters and swift-water rescue tea…

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Obituaries
Expectant Dad Killed During Montgomery County Pursuit Expectant Dad Killed During Montgomery County Pursuit
Expectant Dad Killed During Montgomery County Pursuit Courtney Zentz and Trevor Dean Van Devander were months away from their happy ending before he became one of Montgomery County's first victims of gun violence in 2025. In early January 2025, Van Devander was involved in a dispute with Benjamin Jack Dresbach in Kensington, resulting in the expectant 29-year-old father's murder. The unexpected death left Zentz and their 6-year-old son to fend for themselves as they continue to cope with a new normal following the fatal shooting. "I’m unemployed at this time and we don’t know when we will begin receiving survivor benefits," she wrote in a GoF…

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