Seven Broken Vertebrae Leave Young Maryland Father Facing Long Road To Walking Again Seven Broken Vertebrae Leave Young Maryland Father Facing Long Road To Walking Again
Seven Broken Vertebrae Leave Young Maryland Father Facing Long Road To Walking Again One moment, Donovan Raymond was always on the move. Now, the young Maryland father is fighting to learn how to walk again. Raymond, a 27-year-old electrician and father of two, suffered devastating injuries in a serious car crash on Aug. 3, according to his loved ones in District Heights. The crash left Raymond with seven broken vertebrae and the loss of most function in his right leg, his family said Donovan Raymond GoFundMe He has since undergone surgery to fuse the seven damaged vertebrae. Now comes the next fight. Learning to walk again. Donovan Raymond G…
'Marion Murders' Mystery Turns 20 As Detectives In Virginia Hunt For Killer 'Marion Murders' Mystery Turns 20 As Detectives In Virginia Hunt For Killer
'Marion Murders' Mystery Turns 20 As Detectives In Virginia Hunt For Killer Two women. Two miles apart. One killer. And 20 years later, still no murderer. Fairfax County detectives marked a grim anniversary on Friday, Aug. 14, as they renewed their hunt for the person who strangled and beat Marion Marshall and Marion Newman to death in Springfield months apart in 2006. The "Marion Murders" have gone cold. The detectives working them haven't. Marshall was last seen on Aug. 14, 2006, after shopping at the Bradlick Shopping Center. Police believe she encountered her killer after returning to her home in the 6600 block of Bostwick Drive. She was found dead later…
MASS SHOOTING: 5 Shot Outside Virginia State University Dorms As Campus Locks Down MASS SHOOTING: 5 Shot Outside Virginia State University Dorms As Campus Locks Down
Mass Shooting: 5 Shot Outside Virginia State University Dorms As Campus Locks Down Gunfire shattered the early morning quiet at Virginia State University before dawn Saturday. Five people were shot outside residence halls in the 3300 block of Boisseau Street at around 1:28 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 15, triggering a lockdown and massive police response as investigators began searching for answers, campus officials confirmed. One victim was critically injured. The other four suffered injuries that were not considered life-threatening, according to an update from VSU. All five were taken to area hospitals. What led to the shooting remains unclear. In an early-morning alert, …
TV News Star Accused Of Sexual Harassment In Lawsuit Against ABC News: Reports TV News Star Accused Of Sexual Harassment In Lawsuit Against ABC News: Reports
TV News Star Accused Of Sexual Harassment In Lawsuit Against ABC News: Reports Former ABC News Chief Correspondent and New Jersey native Matthew Gutman is named in a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by a former ABC News colleague who alleges he made sexual remarks that contributed to a hostile work environment. Former ABC News producer Samira Said filed the lawsuit Friday, Aug. 14, in Los Angeles Superior Court against 48-year-old Gutman, ABC News, and its parent company, The Walt Disney Co., according to the New York Post and Los Angeles Times. In one incident, Gutman allegedly initiated a conversation rating a female correspondent's appearance, the outlets report,…
MURDER AT QUINCEAÑERA: Teen Charged After 16-Year-Old Shot Dead At Party MURDER AT QUINCEAÑERA: Teen Charged After 16-Year-Old Shot Dead At Party
Murder AT QuinceaÑERA: Teen Charged After 16-Year-Old Shot Dead At Party Four days after a Virginia quinceañera ended with a 16-year-old boy dead, the teenager accused of killing him now faces a murder charge. The 17-year-old Dumfries teen arrested earlier this week in the shooting death of Samuel Ojeda, of Triangle, was ordered held on a charge of second-degree murder during a detention hearing on Friday, Aug. 14, the Fauquier County Sheriff's Office announced. The charge provides the first clear look at just how prosecutors are treating the deadly encounter that played out during a quinceañera near Catlett on Saturday, Aug. 8. Second-degree murder in Virginia…
4 First Responders Injured In Maryland Ambulance Crash On Route 4: Sheriff (DEVELOPING) 4 First Responders Injured In Maryland Ambulance Crash On Route 4: Sheriff (DEVELOPING)
4 First Responders Injured In Maryland Ambulance Crash On Route 4: Sheriff (Developing) Getting home was supposed to be the easy part. Instead, four first responders found themselves being treated for a range of injuries after an ambulance crashed while heading back to the station in Calvert County on Friday morning. Shortly after 10 a.m. on Aug. 14, deputies from the sheriff's office were called to the scene of a crash in the northbound lanes of Route 4 in the area of Calverton School Road involving an ambulance from the Huntingtown Volunteer Fire Department. Two first responders had to be airlifted by a Maryland State Police helicopter, while two others were taken by parame…
Maryland Motor Scooter Rider Killed In Tractor-Trailer Crash While Touring Pennsylvania Maryland Motor Scooter Rider Killed In Tractor-Trailer Crash While Touring Pennsylvania
Maryland Motor Scooter Rider Killed In Tractor-Trailer Crash While Touring Pennsylvania A Maryland woman participating in a tour group was killed in a collision involving a motor scooter and tractor-trailer in Pennsylvania, officials announced on Friday, Aug. 14. Sandra Weinreich, 59 of Baltimore County, Maryland, was operating the motor scooter when the crash happened at the intersection of Summit Hill Drive and Iva Road in Paradise Township at 4:44 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 13, according to the Lancaster County Coroner's Office. Coroner investigators responded to the scene and found Weinreich, who was pronounced dead, officials said. She had been participating in a Lancaster Co…
Maryland Teen Shot During High School Fight Sentenced After Gun Was Traced Back To Him Maryland Teen Shot During High School Fight Sentenced After Gun Was Traced Back To Him
Maryland Teen Shot During High School Fight Sentenced After Gun Was Traced Back To Him Taric Wilson was shot outside a Maryland high school. Then investigators determined the gun was his. Now he's been sentenced. Wilson, now 18, of Silver Spring, was sentenced in Montgomery County Circuit Court to five years in prison with all but 98 days suspended after pleading guilty to possessing a firearm while under the age of 21, the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office announced on Friday, Aug. 14. The sentence closes another chapter in a case that took several turns after gunfire erupted during a fight in the parking lot of Blake High School on April 29. Wilson was 17 at the…
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 Maryland: MSP Flat Tire Turns Deadly After Subaru Slams Into Tractor-Trailer On I-95 In Maryland: MSP
Flat Tire Turns Deadly After Subaru Slams Into Tractor-Trailer On I-95 In Maryland: 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…
Soccer Coach Who Worked With Multiple Maryland Organizations Sexually Abused Children: Police Soccer Coach Who Worked With Multiple Maryland Organizations Sexually Abused Children: Police
Soccer Coach Who Worked With Multiple Maryland Organizations Sexually Abused Children: 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…