Photos Show Devastation After Fire Tears Through Virginia Home Photos Show Devastation After Fire Tears Through Virginia Home
Photos Show Devastation After Fire Tears Through Virginia Home There wasn't much left untouched when the flames were finally knocked down. Firefighters were called to a home in the 100 block of Indian Point Road in Stafford County at approximately 1:45 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 8, where they found heavy fire ripping through an attached garage and spreading into the two-story Virginia residence, according to Stafford County Fire and Rescue. It moved fast. Flames extended from the garage farther into the home before rapidly reaching the attic and roof, fire officials said. The aftermath of the fire in Stafford County. Stafford County Fire and Resc…
Deputies Came For The Gunfire, Then One Heard A Fatal Shot Deputies Came For The Gunfire, Then One Heard A Fatal Shot
Deputies Came For The Gunfire, Then One Heard A Fatal Shot A night of partying in Virginia turned deadly when deputies responding to complaints of gunfire watched an altercation unfold and heard the shot that left a man dead. Fauquier County deputies were called to a rural property on Bowery Lane in Catlett at approximately 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 8, after the county's Emergency Communications Center began receiving complaints about noise from an outdoor party and guns being fired, according to Sheriff Jeremy Falls. When deputies arrived, they found a large crowd and could still hear continuous gunfire in the area. They began leaving the prope…
Residents Were Trapped Upstairs As Flames Raced Through All 3 Floors, Officials Say Residents Were Trapped Upstairs As Flames Raced Through All 3 Floors, Officials Say
Residents Were Trapped Upstairs As Flames Raced Through All 3 Floors, Officials Say Fire was already ripping through all three floors when crews got there. Firefighters made multiple rescues as flames tore through a three-story Virginia apartment building at around 5 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 8, leaving two members of the department injured as the response quickly grew to three alarms. Crews were called to the 15700 block of Tassia Lane in Woodbridge, where the first companies arriving found fire showing from the rear of the garden-style apartment building, according to Prince William Professional Firefighters. And it wasn't confined to one floor. Fire was burning on all th…
Friday Night Fighter: Cancer Won't Sideline Maryland Football Star Jesse Perry Without A Battle Friday Night Fighter: Cancer Won't Sideline Maryland Football Star Jesse Perry Without A Battle
Friday Night Fighter: Cancer Won't Sideline Maryland Football Star Jesse Perry Without A Battle Jesse Perry knows what it means to take a hit. Now, the Maryland football player is facing a fight that has nothing to do with Friday nights. Perry, a Boys' Latin School of Maryland football player who wore No. 42 for the Lakers, is beginning treatment for cancer as family, friends and loved ones rally around the young athlete. A GoFundMe campaign, "Standing with Jesse Through His Treatment," has been launched to help Perry and his family through what comes next. The campaign features a photo of Perry in his Boys' Latin uniform, smiling and flexing both arms after taking the field. It's …
Smoke, Flames Erupt At Virginia Home Before Occupant Is Rushed To Hospital Smoke, Flames Erupt At Virginia Home Before Occupant Is Rushed To Hospital
Smoke, Flames Erupt At Virginia Home Before Occupant Is Rushed To Hospital A house fire in Virginia sent one occupant to the hospital with life-threatening injuries after flames broke out shortly before 6:40 p.m. on  Saturday, Aug. 8, according to the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department. Firefighters were called to a two-story, single-family home in the Dunn Loring area following reports of smoke showing from the residence. By the time crews arrived, they found both smoke and fire showing from the home. Firefighters quickly went to work. Crews began searching the house while simultaneously attacking the flames, officials said. One occupant was ultima…
Suspect Slapped With 5,500+ Charges For Raping Teen 'Almost Daily' For Years: Affidavit Suspect Slapped With 5,500+ Charges For Raping Teen 'Almost Daily' For Years: Affidavit
Suspect Slapped With 5,500+ Charges For Raping Teen 'Almost Daily' For Years: Affidavit A Pennsylvania man accused of raping a teenage girl "almost daily" for years is facing thousands of criminal charges, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Friday, Aug. 7. Nicholas Allen Spencer, 37, of Clearfield, was charged following an investigation that began when a 16-year-old girl went to Pennsylvania State Police to report sexual messages she said she had been receiving from him, according to the affidavit. The teen arrived at the PSP Clearfield station with a parent on Sunday, May 17, and showed investigators messages Spencer had sent her that day, investigators w…
Manhunt Over: Cops Capture Son Wanted In Father's NY Killing, Police Say Manhunt Over: Cops Capture Son Wanted In Father's NY Killing, Police Say
Manhunt Over: Cops Capture Son Wanted In Father's NY Killing, Police Say A multi-day manhunt for a man accused of killing his 70-year-old father and setting his Orange County home on fire ended after tips from the public led New York State Police to him, authorities said. Thomas D. Ryan, 32, was taken into custody at about 12:10 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 9, following a coordinated search in Schoharie County, State Police said. Ryan was wanted in connection with the Thursday, Aug. 6 homicide of his father, Robert Ryan, at his home at 512 Greenville Turnpike in the Town of Greenville, police said. Robert "Bob" Ryan was born May 14, 1956, to Catherine and David Ryan o…
Maryland Mom Detained By ICE During Scheduled Check-In Weeks After Husband Was Taken Maryland Mom Detained By ICE During Scheduled Check-In Weeks After Husband Was Taken
Maryland Mom Detained By ICE During Scheduled Check-In Weeks After Husband Was Taken They came to America hoping to build a better life for their children. Now those children are facing life without either parent at home. Jessica Yojana Hernandez Quintano was detained during a scheduled ICE check-in on Thursday, Aug. 6, according to the Montgomery County Immigrant Rights Collective, leaving her three children without either parent after her husband, Samuel, was previously taken into federal immigration custody. Their children are 19, 16, and 10. "Instead of being allowed to return home to her children, she was detained," organizers wrote in an update to a GoFundMe campaign …
Police Got Call About Withheld Guns Days Before Coach Eric Bieniemy's Wife Was Shot: Report Police Got Call About Withheld Guns Days Before Coach Eric Bieniemy's Wife Was Shot: Report
Police Got Call About Withheld Guns Days Before Coach Eric Bieniemy's Wife Was Shot: Report The trouble at the Bieniemy family home apparently started well before the gunfire. Two days before the wife of former Washington Commanders offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy was shot inside their Ashburn home, a caller at the address told police that his parents were withholding his firearms, according to records obtained by The Athletic. On Sunday, July 26, 27-year-old Elijah Zion Bieniemy was arrested after his mother, Mia Bieniemy, 57, was shot inside the family home in the 20000 block of Northpark Drive in Loudoun County, authorities said. Elijah Bieniemy was charged with malicious …
WATCH: Bodycam Reveals Tense Maryland Bus Stop Standoff Before Six Cops Kill Armed Man WATCH: Bodycam Reveals Tense Maryland Bus Stop Standoff Before Six Cops Kill Armed Man
Watch: Bodycam Reveals Tense Maryland Bus Stop Standoff Before Six Cops Kill Armed Man The waiting was over. Newly released body-worn camera footage shows the tense final minutes before six police officers opened fire on 46-year-old Elliott Powers at a Maryland bus stop last month, ending a prolonged confrontation that began with reports of a man carrying a handgun. The footage was released by the Maryland Attorney General's Independent Investigations Division on Friday, Aug. 7, nearly a month after Powers, a Rockville resident, was killed in Gaithersburg. Officers from the Montgomery County and Gaithersburg police departments were called to the bus stop in the 9600 block of…
'Shocking Crash': Maryland Official Speaks Out After Kids In Stolen Kia Kill Virginia Man 'Shocking Crash': Maryland Official Speaks Out After Kids In Stolen Kia Kill Virginia Man
'Shocking Crash': Maryland Official Speaks Out After Kids In Stolen Kia Kill Virginia Man This one stuck with him. Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich, who acknowledges he doesn't often address crime in his newsletter, is speaking out about the shocking Maryland crash involving young adolescents in a stolen Kia that killed Virginia resident Vance Payne. "I don't often talk about crimes in this newsletter, but this week I felt it was important to address the shocking crash in Germantown involving young adolescents driving a stolen car that killed a Virginia man in Germantown," Elrich wrote on Friday, Aug. 7. The crash he's talking about left a gruesome scene at the intersect…
Maryland Fraudster Admits To Raiding COVID, Key Bridge Relief Programs: AG Maryland Fraudster Admits To Raiding COVID, Key Bridge Relief Programs: AG
Maryland Fraudster Admits To Raiding COVID, Key Bridge Relief Programs: AG COVID contracts. Key Bridge relief. Unemployment benefits. Prosecutors say a Maryland businessman found his way into all three, stealing more than $417,000 from the state while trying to pocket nearly $93,000 more. Windsor Mill resident Walter O'Riley Poindexter, 51, pleaded guilty in Baltimore County Circuit Court to eight charges tied to a series of fraud schemes that stretched from 2020 through 2024, Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown announced. And no single program was apparently enough. Poindexter admitted to three counts of procurement fraud and one count of bribery stemming f…
Man Killed, Five Hospitalized After Saturday Morning Crash In Maryland (DEVELOPING) Man Killed, Five Hospitalized After Saturday Morning Crash In Maryland (DEVELOPING)
Man Killed, Five Hospitalized After Saturday Morning Crash In Maryland (Developing) A quiet Saturday morning in Maryland turned deadly before most people had finished breakfast. A man was killed, and five others were hospitalized following a two-vehicle crash reported at approximately 7:22 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 8, in the 24000 block of Ridge Road outside Damascus in Montgomery County, according to police. The wreck involved a silver Ford Transit van and a black Chrysler Pacifica minivan. And the first reports from the scene were grim. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service crews were initially called to the area near Cedar Grove Elementary School and Hawkes Road for …
Retired NYPD Chief Drowns In Backyard Pool; Found By Family Member: Police Retired NYPD Chief Drowns In Backyard Pool; Found By Family Member: Police
Retired Nypd Chief Drowns In Backyard Pool; Found By Family Member: Police A retired NYPD chief who spent decades protecting New Yorkers drowned in a backyard pool at his Long Island home, authorities said. Anthony J. Izzo, 75, of Stony Brook, was found by a family member in the pool at his Malverne Lane home at approximately 7:45 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 7, according to the Suffolk County Police Department. Sixth Precinct officers and members of the Stony Brook Fire Department pulled Izzo from the pool and performed CPR, police said. Izzo was transported to Stony Brook University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad detective…
VIDEO: Off-Duty Detectives Restrain Unruly Passenger On Flight From Newark To Fort Lauderdale VIDEO: Off-Duty Detectives Restrain Unruly Passenger On Flight From Newark To Fort Lauderdale
Video: Off-Duty Detectives Restrain Unruly Passenger On Flight From Newark To Fort Lauderdale Video shows three off-duty Bergen County sheriff’s detectives and a retired police chief stepping in to restrain an unruly passenger causing a disturbance aboard a United Airlines flight from Newark earlier this week. Bergen County Sheriff’s Office detectives Cesar Fernandez, Jonathan Veloz and Gianina Ocasio were aboard the flight when passenger Daniel Borman appeared intoxicated and began causing a disturbance on Wednesday, Aug. 5, according to Sheriff Anthony Cureton. The flight had departed Newark and was bound for Fort Lauderdale, and Borman, 36, is reportedly from Springfield…
Exposed Breast Shown In Bodycam Released By NJ Police Department, Woman Alleges In Lawsuit Exposed Breast Shown In Bodycam Released By NJ Police Department, Woman Alleges In Lawsuit
Exposed Breast Shown In Bodycam Released By NJ Police Department, Woman Alleges In Lawsuit A New Jersey woman is suing a town and its police department, claiming officials released unredacted video last year showing her exposed breast while she was in police custody, leading to the footage being viewed hundreds of thousands of times online (lawsuit attached at the bottom of this news article). Adrianna Smith, a Mount Olive resident, filed the 17-page lawsuit in Passaic County Superior Court on Tuesday, July 28, against the Township of Little Falls, Little Falls Police Department, civilian records clerk Robert Scalera, and unnamed employees and supervisors. Smith was arrested by L…
Teen Accused Of Firing Handgun Near Virginia Homes Released After Arrest: Police Teen Accused Of Firing Handgun Near Virginia Homes Released After Arrest: Police
Teen Accused Of Firing Handgun Near Virginia Homes Released After Arrest: Police A gunshot near several Virginia homes ended with an 18-year-old behind bars. He didn't stay there long. Amen Giorgis, 18, of Lorton, was arrested after allegedly firing a handgun into the ground in a West Springfield neighborhood at approximately 5:43 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 5, according to Fairfax County Police. Witnesses told officers that Giorgis was among a group of men gathered in the 5000 block of Hall Street when he allegedly fired the weapon near several homes. Then everyone took off. The group split up and left the neighborhood in separate vehicles before police arrived, investig…
14-Year-Old Airlifted After Pair Jumps Out Of Car, Opens Fire In Maryland: Sheriff 14-Year-Old Airlifted After Pair Jumps Out Of Car, Opens Fire In Maryland: Sheriff
14-Year-Old Airlifted After Pair Jumps Out Of Car, Opens Fire In Maryland: Sheriff A Maryland teenager's afternoon walk ended with a flight to the hospital. The 14-year-old was walking near St. Thomas Drive and Alderman's Place in Waldorf when a car approached at approximately 3:27 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 6, according to the Charles County Sheriff's Office. Then two people got out. Both opened fire, investigators said, striking the teen in the leg before the victim was airlifted to a hospital. The injuries do not appear to be life-threatening, according to the sheriff's office. What sparked the shooting remains unclear. Detectives said Friday, Aug. 7, that they are pur…
Business Dispute Turns Deadly In Landover Before Suspect's Fatal I-95 Flight: Police Business Dispute Turns Deadly In Landover Before Suspect's Fatal I-95 Flight: Police
Business Dispute Turns Deadly In Landover Before Suspect's Fatal I-95 Flight: Police A simmering business dispute exploded into gunfire in Maryland, then sent a murder suspect fleeing north before his own death hours later, police say. At approximately 4:40 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 6, Prince George's County Police were called to the 6900 block of Stoddert Lane in the Landover area, where they found 41-year-old Silver Spring resident Malcolm King outside suffering from gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The suspected shooter was already gone. Detectives moved quickly. Within hours of King's killing, investigators identified an adult male suspect and obtain…
‘Wait For Him To Go To Sleep’: Chilling Text Preceded Maryland Killing ‘Wait For Him To Go To Sleep’: Chilling Text Preceded Maryland Killing
‘Wait For Him To Go To Sleep’: Chilling Text Preceded Maryland Killing “Look, wait for him to go to sleep and we'll kill him.” That chilling message came before a 19-year-old man was killed inside a Maryland apartment and dumped behind a bus stop, according to prosecutors. Nearly two years later, a Montgomery County jury in Rockville found Silver Spring resident Abraham Luna Perez, 28, guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the death of his brother-in-law, Diego Edilberto Borja Cardona. The verdict was returned on Tuesday, Aug. 4. Luna Perez now faces up to 10 years in prison when he is sentenced on Tuesday, Oct. 27. The conviction closes another chapter in a …
Homicide Suspect's I-95 Getaway Ends With Fatal Gunshot Near Maryland Military Base: MSP Homicide Suspect's I-95 Getaway Ends With Fatal Gunshot Near Maryland Military Base: MSP
Homicide Suspect's I-95 Getaway Ends With Fatal Gunshot Near Maryland Military Base: MSP A homicide suspect's flight from police ended with a fatal gunshot near a Maryland military installation, according to state police. The pursuit ended near the gate of Aberdeen Proving Ground in Harford County shortly after it spilled off I-95 and onto Maryland Route 152 on Friday, Aug. 7, Maryland State Police said. The driver, later identified as 41-year-old Forestville resident Charles Glenroy Smellie Jr., was pronounced dead at the scene. Police say the preliminary investigation indicates Smellie suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound. No officers fired their weapons. The pursuit be…
WATCH: Fiery End To 96-Second Maryland Police Pursuit Revealed In Dramatic New Footage WATCH: Fiery End To 96-Second Maryland Police Pursuit Revealed In Dramatic New Footage
Watch: Fiery End To 96-Second Maryland Police Pursuit Revealed In Dramatic New Footage It took barely a minute and a half for a Maryland police pursuit to end in an inferno. Newly released body-worn and dashcam footage shows the violent end of the June 9 pursuit in Harford County, where investigators say 45-year-old Tremayne Murphy of Edgewood fled a deputy before a five-vehicle crash erupted into flames at Route 40 and Riverside Parkway in Belcamp. Murphy, who was killed in the crash, was publicly identified on Friday, Aug. 7, when the Maryland Attorney General's Independent Investigations Division released the footage from the fatal police-involved collision. The video put…
Scooter Showdown: Simple Request Sparks Gun Threat At DC Store, Police Say Scooter Showdown: Simple Request Sparks Gun Threat At DC Store, Police Say
Scooter Showdown: Simple Request Sparks Gun Threat At DC Store, Police Say A request to leave a DC convenience store allegedly came with a menacing response: threats and the flash of what appeared to be a gun. The confrontation unfolded at approximately 3:55 p.m. on Sunday, May 17, inside a convenience store in the 4500 block of Benning Road SE, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. Two suspects entered the store, but one brought something extra inside with him. His scooter. An employee asked him to leave, police said. That's when things escalated. Rather than simply heading out, the pair allegedly threatened the employee, and police say they showed…
No Charges For Maryland Officers Who Fatally Shot Armed Man Running At Cop: AG No Charges For Maryland Officers Who Fatally Shot Armed Man Running At Cop: AG
No Charges For Maryland Officers Who Fatally Shot Armed Man Running At Cop: AG A suicidal 911 call turned into gunfire on a Maryland street in a matter of minutes. At approximately 9:12 a.m. on Thursday, May 14, Baltimore City dispatchers were told that 46-year-old Louis Jackson was at 820 S. Caton Ave. with a gun and threatening to kill himself, according to a newly released report from the Maryland Attorney General’s Independent Investigations Division on Friday. Eight minutes later, Baltimore Police Officer Sharod Watson was driving his marked cruiser near South Caton and Wilkens avenues when he radioed that a man on the corner had fired at his patrol vehicle. Tha…
WATCH: Baseball Team's Plane Struck By Lightning WATCH: Baseball Team's Plane Struck By Lightning
Watch: Baseball Team's Plane Struck By Lightning A plane carrying the Party Animals baseball team was struck by lightning while flying into the Lehigh Valley ahead of two games this weekend, officials said. The flight was traveling from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Lehigh Valley International Airport when the lightning strike happened on the way down for landing on Friday, Aug. 7. The plane landed safely at LVIA, according to officials. Party Animals player Garett Delano had been documenting the team's travel troubles on social media before the lightning strike. “30 minute delay to start the trip to Lehigh Valley. Nothing …
Ford Ranger Goes Up In Flames At Maryland Park-And-Ride Before Dawn: Fire Marshal Ford Ranger Goes Up In Flames At Maryland Park-And-Ride Before Dawn: Fire Marshal
Ford Ranger Goes Up In Flames At Maryland Park-And-Ride Before Dawn: Fire Marshal A Maryland passerby stumbled onto quite the wake-up call before sunrise on Friday. The 1998 Ford Ranger caught fire at approximately 2:45 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 7, at the park-and-ride at 250 Silverwood Lane in Prince Frederick, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal. The passerby reported the burning pickup with its owner at the scene, prompting a response from the Prince Frederick Volunteer Fire Department. Ten firefighters had the one-alarm blaze under control within 15 minutes. Investigators determined the fire started in the Ranger's engine compartment, where the flames were conc…
Hit-Run Driver Strikes 10-Year-Old Bicyclist, Takes Off In Virginia, Police Say (DEVELOPING) Hit-Run Driver Strikes 10-Year-Old Bicyclist, Takes Off In Virginia, Police Say (DEVELOPING)
Hit-Run Driver Strikes 10-Year-Old Bicyclist, Takes Off In Virginia, Police Say (Developing) A 10-year-old bicyclist was hit. The driver didn't stick around. Fairfax County police were called to the intersection of Baron Cameron Avenue and Reston Parkway in Reston on Friday morning, Aug. 7, after a child riding a bicycle was struck by a hit-and-run driver. The child was taken to an area hospital with injuries that were not considered life-threatening, police said shortly after 10 a.m. The driver, meanwhile, was nowhere to be found. Police say the striking vehicle fled the scene and was last seen heading east on Baron Cameron Avenue. Investigators described it only as a dark-colo…
Fort Washington Man Needed His Girlfriend's Glasses After Seeing These Lottery Numbers Fort Washington Man Needed His Girlfriend's Glasses After Seeing These Lottery Numbers
Fort Washington Man Needed His Girlfriend's Glasses After Seeing These Lottery Numbers Who says you can’t go home again? A Maryland man turned an old address into a new fortune after playing the same five numbers four times and watching every last ticket hit for a cool $200,000 Lottery payday. Russell Bowie, of Gaithersburg, has a list of numbers he regularly plays in the Maryland Lottery’s Pick games, including one Pick 5 combination pulled from an old home address. That address just paid him back with interest. “I play all three Pick games,” Bowie said. “And I have a list of numbers I play pretty regularly.” Some get a little more love than others. “Some of them are my …
The American Dream? Man Deported 3 Times Returns, Steals US Citizen's Identity The American Dream? Man Deported 3 Times Returns, Steals US Citizen's Identity
The American Dream? Man Deported 3 Times Returns, Steals US Citizen's Identity Three deportations apparently weren't enough to keep Carlos Alexis Chavez-Paz from coming back. The American Dream was apparently too great. Chavez-Paz, a Honduran national, illegally entered or reentered the US four times before stealing an American citizen's identity in an attempt to stay under the radar of immigration authorities in Virginia, federal prosecutors announced. It was a trip to the DMV that ultimately landed Chavez-Paz in federal court. On Jan. 10, 2025, Chavez-Paz walked into a DMV customer service center in Stafford County armed with an authentic Kentucky driver's license…
New Video Shows Drunk Driver Demanding To Call Dad After Killing Bride On Wedding Night New Video Shows Drunk Driver Demanding To Call Dad After Killing Bride On Wedding Night
New Video Shows Drunk Driver Demanding To Call Dad After Killing Bride On Wedding Night “I would like to call my dad right now.” Newly released police video shows Hunterdon County native Jamie Komoroski repeatedly asking to call her father after the drunken South Carolina crash that killed a bride on her wedding night. The series of videos released by South Carolina news station WCSC shows Komoroski at a bar before the 2023 crash in Folly Beach, speaking with police near the wreckage, and later being processed at police headquarters. Police body-camera footage shows Komoroski sitting on the lawn of a home near the crash scene, where her rental car can be seen resting against …
PG County Man Denied His Own Name, Flew To Turks And Caicos, Then Pleaded Guilty To Fraud: DOJ PG County Man Denied His Own Name, Flew To Turks And Caicos, Then Pleaded Guilty To Fraud: DOJ
PG County Man Denied His Own Name, Flew To Turks And Caicos, Then Pleaded Guilty To Fraud: DOJ Apparently, stealing $1.35 million wasn't enough drama for Robert Terrell. Terrell, 51, a DC and Bowie resident, pleaded guilty to wire fraud this week after prosecutors say he falsified documents to secure more than a million dollars in COVID-19 relief funds for his business. That, somehow, may be the least bizarre part of the case. After he was indicted, Terrell initially appeared in federal court and acknowledged that his name was "Robert Alphonso Terrell," according to prosecutors. Then he changed his tune. At his next hearing and several that followed, Terrell denied that he was "Ro…