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Caught Purple-Handed In Virginia: Paint-Splattered Suspect Hides In Bushes, Police Say Caught Purple-Handed In Virginia: Paint-Splattered Suspect Hides In Bushes, Police Say
Caught Purple-Handed In Virginia: Paint-Splattered Suspect Hides In Bushes, Police Say Qwevonne Tyece Smith took finger painting to a whole new level in Northern Virginia. There was no lack of evidence for detectives from the Fredericksburg Police Department to process after the 30-year-old was caught purple-handed following a reported vandalism incident inside an area business. Officers were called on Monday, March 2, to a building in the 800 block of Caroline Street for reports of a suspicious person with purple paint on their head. Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. A Fredericksburg Sheriff's Office deputy made contact with Smith before he fled on foot down the st…

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by Zak Failla
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Good Samaritans Subdue Woman Who Exposed Herself, Fought Officer At GNC: Police Good Samaritans Subdue Woman Who Exposed Herself, Fought Officer At GNC: Police
Good Samaritans Subdue Woman Who Exposed Herself, Fought Officer At GNC: Police Shoppers inside a busy Virginia nutrition store were caught off guard when a routine trip turned chaotic, police said. Officers were called to the GNC on Linton Hall Road in Gainesville just after 11:25 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 15, after reports of a disorderly woman inside the store, Prince William County police said on Monday. Investigators said Danielle Maria Blaser Diaz, 36, entered the business and began aggressively approaching customers, creating a disturbance inside the store.  Then things took a strange turn when she later stepped outside and exposed herself to customers throug…

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by Zak Failla
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Charges Filed In New Year's Crash That Killed NJ Gov. Murphy Staffer, Prosecutor Says Charges Filed In New Year's Crash That Killed NJ Gov. Murphy Staffer, Prosecutor Says
Charges Filed In New Year's Crash That Killed NJ Gov. Murphy Staffer, Prosecutor Says A woman is facing manslaughter charges after she fled the scene of a fatal six-car crash in Plainsboro that occurred on New Year's Day, authorities announced Thursday, July 31. At 1:56 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 1, first responders responded to Route 1 in Plainsboro for the multi-car crash, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Plainsboro Police Chief Eamon Blanchard said.  Louisa Bradlow Carman, a 25-year-old Princeton resident, who was driving a Ford Fusion, was taken to Capital Health Regional Medical Center where she was later pronounced dead, authorities said. Carman…

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by Sam Barron
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Good Samaritan Killed When Federal Officer's Gun Fires During VA Brawl Identified: Sheriff Good Samaritan Killed When Federal Officer's Gun Fires During VA Brawl Identified: Sheriff
Good Samaritan Killed When Federal Officer's Gun Fires During VA Brawl Identified: Sheriff New details have been released by the Stafford County Sheriff's Office after a 61-year-old man was killed by a federal agent's gun that discharged during a dispute with an unruly family. Deputies responded to Stratford Place subdivision around 6:35 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 28, after an off-duty federal law enforcement officer confronted a motorcyclist riding recklessly through the neighborhood, according to the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office. The motorcyclist initially left the area but later returned with family members, sparking a heated altercation near the intersection of North Jenny Lynn…

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by Zak Failla
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Bystander Killed When Federal Officer's Gun Fires During Virginia Brawl, Sheriff Says Bystander Killed When Federal Officer's Gun Fires During Virginia Brawl, Sheriff Says
Bystander Killed When Federal Officer's Gun Fires During Virginia Brawl, Sheriff Says A reckless motorcycle ride in a Stafford County neighborhood escalated into a deadly confrontation when a federal officer’s gun discharged, killing a 61-year-old bystander, authorities said. Deputies responded to Stratford Place subdivision around 6:35 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 28, after an off-duty federal law enforcement officer confronted a motorcyclist riding recklessly through the neighborhood, according to the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office. The motorcyclist initially left the area but later returned with family members, sparking a heated altercation near the intersection of North Jenny …

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by Zak Failla
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Hospital Ceiling Proves To Be Poor Escape Route For Burglar Busted In Maryland: Sheriff Hospital Ceiling Proves To Be Poor Escape Route For Burglar Busted In Maryland: Sheriff
Hospital Ceiling Proves To Be Poor Escape Route For Burglar Busted In Maryland: Sheriff A trespassing man who attempted his best John McClane impression after being arrested is facing burglary and other charges after being busted in Frederick County.  James Abraham Prevatt III, who has no fixed address, was arrested early on Thursday morning after the sheriff's office received a complaint about a possible trespasser in Woodsboro. According to the Frederick County Sheriff's Office, the call to deputies came in at approximately 7:50 a.m. on May 30 regarding a burglary in progress in the 300 block of Cooper Oaks Drive, when a man was seen inside the residence. That report c…

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by Zak Failla