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Murder For Hire: Maryland Man Had 23-Year-Old Gunned Down In Parking Lot, Police Say
Two men conspired to kill 23-year-old Jonah Kimindu Mutua in Maryland, officials confirmed on Tuesday.
In April, Douglas David Lacey was arrested in connection with the murder of Mutua, 23, who was found shot to death a month earlier in Silver Spring, according to the Montgomery County Police Department.
Mutua was gunned down in the parking lot of an apartment complex in the 2700 block of Fairdale Terrace on Saturday, March 8, 2025.
The murder was just the beginning of a larger plot.
Lacey was arrested in April 2025 and was charged with Mutua's murder.
On Tuesday, Sept. 1, auth…
Nonverbal 5-Year-Old Virginia Girl Found Dead After Wandering From Vacation Rental
A family vacation ended in heartbreak for a 5-year-old Virginia girl.
Saylor Hayes, a nonverbal child from the Bristol area of Washington County, wandered away from her family's rental home in the Pawleys Island area of South Carolina late Sunday morning, Aug. 30, setting off a massive search that stretched into the next day.
Hundreds of law enforcement officers, first responders, volunteers, and neighbors joined the effort to find Saylor, searching by land, air, and water as darkness fell.
Boats patrolled the shoreline. K9 teams and volunteers searched on foot. Divers checked the water ne…
NJ Woman Killed In Times Square Stabbing, Suspect Fatally Shot By Police
A 32-year-old New Jersey woman was killed after she was stabbed in Times Square Monday, Aug. 31, authorities said.
At 4:24 p.m., police responded to Times Square after Pamela Cisneros, a 49-year-old Queens woman, had stabbed Erin Piacenti, a Chester resident, and a 68-year-old man, the New York City Police Department said. The victims were transported to a nearby hospital where Piacenti was pronounced dead, the NYPD said. The other victim was in stable condition, police said.
Cisneros, seen in a video shared to Instagram by bboypop97, displayed two large knives and advanced toward police, w…
$125K 'Slush Fund': DC Sues Nonprofit Founder Over Money Meant For Addiction Treatment, AG Says
The money was supposed to help some of DC's most vulnerable residents.
Instead, Maryland resident Allyson Abrams allegedly siphoned more than $125,000 from two nonprofits she founded, moving money meant for addiction treatment and other community services to herself, her spouse, and businesses tied to her real estate work, according to a lawsuit announced Monday, Aug. 31, by DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb.
Then came a deal to make some of it right.
Abrams agreed in December to repay the District $110,000 over 11 months and surrender control of the nonprofits' money.
Eight payments late…
PNC Bank VP Killed After Speeding Acura Veers Off PA Turnpike, Hits Tree: State Police
A PNC vice president was killed when his SUV veered off the Pennsylvania Turnpike, went down an embankment, and struck a tree early Tuesday, Sept. 1, state police said and public records show.
Christopher M. Ruane, 55, of Canonsburg, was driving a 2020 Acura MDX west on Interstate 76 in Fannett Township, Franklin County, around 5:20 a.m. when the crash happened near mile marker 195.9, according to an updated Pennsylvania State Police release.
Ruane was traveling "at a high rate of speed" when the Acura veered off the roadway, traveled down an embankment, and struck a tree, police said. He …
District Heights. Father Supplied Son With Fentanyl Before $1.7M Maryland Drug Bust, Feds Say
Like father, like son, federal prosecutors say.
A Maryland father and son are facing federal charges after a months-long fentanyl investigation culminated on Thursday, Aug. 27, with searches that allegedly turned up approximately $1.7 million worth of drugs, according to the US Attorney's Office.
Rashad Deondre Hicks, 36, of Largo, and his father, Lawrence Alonzo Hicks, 62, of District Heights, were arrested following an investigation that prosecutors say began in January.
Investigators initially set their sights on the younger Hicks, who authorities believed was moving large quantities of…
Long Way From Home: Massachusetts Duo Busted In Stolen Car With Drugs In Virginia, Sheriff Says
They picked a bad place to end up hundreds of miles from home.
Two Massachusetts residents found themselves in handcuffs in Virginia over the weekend after a Stafford County deputy allegedly caught them inside a stolen car with drugs, paraphernalia, and a large amount of cash.
Omar Maradiage Mejia, 30, and Nicole Johnson, 45, both of Lynn, were inside the vehicle when Deputy Holetzky tracked it to Garrisonville Road shortly after 5 p.m., according to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office.
Mejia was behind the wheel, and investigators say he wasn't exactly helping his cause.
The deputy noti…
