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Virginia Inmate Dies After Medical Emergency Behind Bars, Officials Say (DEVELOPING) Virginia Inmate Dies After Medical Emergency Behind Bars, Officials Say (DEVELOPING)
Virginia Inmate Dies After Medical Emergency Behind Bars, Officials Say (Developing) An emergency call from inside a jail cell ended with an inmate dead at a Virginia hospital. Tyrone Hines, 62, died Monday, Aug. 10, after suffering what officials described as an apparent medical emergency while being held at the Arlington County Detention Facility. It started at approximately 7:49 a.m., when a deputy was alerted by an emergency call button activated from inside Hines' cell. The deputy went to check on him and found Hines experiencing an apparent medical emergency, according to the Arlington County Sheriff's Office. Medical staff were immediately summoned and began emerge…

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He Had The Entire Atlantic Ocean To Run, It Still Wasn't Enough For This Shadow Fleet Captain He Had The Entire Atlantic Ocean To Run, It Still Wasn't Enough For This Shadow Fleet Captain
He Had The Entire Atlantic Ocean To Run, It Still Wasn't Enough For This Shadow Fleet Captain Turns out the Atlantic Ocean wasn't quite big enough to get away. Avtandil Kalandadze, 47, was sentenced in Washington, DC, to 10 months in federal prison after leading the US Coast Guard on a weeks-long pursuit while captaining a shadow fleet tanker used to transport sanctioned oil, federal prosecutors announced. When he's finished serving his sentence, he'll be deported. Kalandadze, of the Republic of Georgia, was the master of the motor tanker Bella 1, which transported approximately 1.8 million barrels of Iran-origin oil to Asia between September and late December 2025, according to hi…

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It Started With A 4-Year-Old's Black Eye, Then Things Got Worse: Prosecutors It Started With A 4-Year-Old's Black Eye, Then Things Got Worse: Prosecutors
It Started With A 4-Year-Old's Black Eye, Then Things Got Worse: Prosecutors A protective order was supposed to keep him away. Prosecutors say the violence only got worse. District resident Tavante Robinson, 26, was ordered held on Monday, Aug. 10, after being arraigned on a sweeping 30-count indictment tied to an alleged campaign of violence that stretched from March 2025 through July 2026. And according to prosecutors, it started with a black eye on a 4-year-old boy. The child's mother returned home on March 14, 2025, and noticed that her son had the injury, according to court documents. A witness told investigators that Robinson became upset with the 4-year-old…

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Teacher From PG County Recorded Sex Abuse On Student's Phone After Sneaking Into Bedroom: Feds Teacher From PG County Recorded Sex Abuse On Student's Phone After Sneaking Into Bedroom: Feds
Teacher From PG County Recorded Sex Abuse On Student's Phone After Sneaking Into Bedroom: Feds The allegations were disturbing.  Now, the teacher from Maryland accused of sneaking through a student's bedroom window at night has admitted to the federal crime. John Aaron Gass, 35, of Hyattsville, pleaded guilty on Monday, Aug. 10, in Washington, DC, to coercion and enticement of a minor stemming from the sexual abuse of a 16-year-old student, US Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro announced. Gass was a history teacher at District of Columbia International School, a charter school in Northwest DC, until November 2025, according to court papers. The abuse began months earlier. Beginnin…

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WATCH: Workers Cling To Scaffolding As It Swings 9 Stories Up Outside Maryland Building WATCH: Workers Cling To Scaffolding As It Swings 9 Stories Up Outside Maryland Building
Watch: Workers Cling To Scaffolding As It Swings 9 Stories Up Outside Maryland Building Two construction workers suddenly found themselves along for a terrifying ride nine stories above Maryland. The workers were on scaffolding outside Washingtonian Towers at 9701 Fields Road in Gaithersburg shortly after 4:10 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 10, when wind and rain hit the area, and the rig became unsecured, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson David Pazos. Then it started flying around. Video shared by Pazos shows the workers clinging to the scaffolding as it swung away from the high-rise, leaving them dangling high above the ground during the storm. 9…

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First Beavers, Now Kids May Have Played With Potentially Rabid Bat At Maryland Park First Beavers, Now Kids May Have Played With Potentially Rabid Bat At Maryland Park
First Beavers, Now Kids May Have Played With Potentially Rabid Bat At Maryland Park Apparently, two rabid beavers weren't enough wildlife drama for one corner of Maryland. Days after two separate people were attacked by two separate beavers that both tested positive for rabies, Frederick County health officials are now warning that children may have played with a potentially rabid bat at Riverwalk Park in Frederick. And no, officials say the bat and the beavers aren't connected. The latest wildlife scare surfaced on Monday, Aug. 10, when the Frederick County Health Department announced that rabies testing on a bat found at the park on Schifferstadt Boulevard came back inc…

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Have A Seat Right Over There: Chris Hansen Returns To Maryland For Third ‘Takedown’ Sting Have A Seat Right Over There: Chris Hansen Returns To Maryland For Third ‘Takedown’ Sting
Have A Seat Right Over There: Chris Hansen Returns To Maryland For Third ‘Takedown’ Sting Apparently, twice wasn’t enough to get the message across. Chris Hansen returned to Maryland for a third “Takedown” sting with the Harford County Sheriff’s Office, and this time, investigators say some of the alleged predators were coming from their own backyard. The weeklong operation wrapped up after Hansen and his team again partnered with Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler’s investigators to target adults allegedly seeking children online. Harford County Sheriff Harford County Sheriff Several adults were arrested during the sting, according to the sheriff’s office. “We had hoped the messa…

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He Thought He Was Meeting 14-Year-Old Girl, But Deputies In Maryland Were Waiting: Sheriff He Thought He Was Meeting 14-Year-Old Girl, But Deputies In Maryland Were Waiting: Sheriff
He Thought He Was Meeting 14-Year-Old Girl, But Deputies In Maryland Were Waiting: Sheriff He thought he was meeting a 14-year-old girl in Maryland. Instead, deputies were waiting. Laurence B. Purser, 31, of Aberdeen, was arrested after investigators say he engaged in explicit communications with an undercover detective posing as a teenage girl, Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler announced on Monday, Aug. 10. And investigators say Purser knew exactly how young the girl was supposed to be. Throughout the investigation, Purser was repeatedly told that the person he was communicating with was 14 years old, according to the sheriff. That allegedly didn't stop him. Purser ultim…

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Maryland Man Who Opened Fire Twice In An Hour Before Fleeing Hundreds Of Miles Learns Fate Maryland Man Who Opened Fire Twice In An Hour Before Fleeing Hundreds Of Miles Learns Fate
Maryland Man Who Opened Fire Twice In An Hour Before Fleeing Hundreds Of Miles Learns Fate Semaj Ames fled hundreds of miles after a wild domestic dispute involving multiple family members in Maryland. Now, he's heading to prison. The 20-year-old Salisbury man was sentenced in Wicomico County to 50 years in prison, with half of the term to actively serve, after admitting earlier this year to a strange conflict involving his girlfriend, the father of his girlfriend's child, and later his child's mother. All within an hour. On the evening of July 20, 2025, Ames and his girlfriend got into a conflict with the father of her child, prosecutors said. Ames and his girlfriend then dro…

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Street Takeover Turns Ugly As Teen Assaults Officers In Prince George's County, Police Say Street Takeover Turns Ugly As Teen Assaults Officers In Prince George's County, Police Say
Street Takeover Turns Ugly As Teen Assaults Officers In Prince George's County, Police Say Another illegal car rally in Maryland ended with flashing lights, an arrest, and a fresh warning from police. Yohan Ramirez, 18, of Woodland, was arrested following a street takeover in Temple Hills on Saturday, Aug. 8, after police say he assaulted officers who responded to break up the gathering, according to the Prince George's County Police Department. Police announced Ramirez's arrest on Monday, Aug. 10. Few details about the alleged assault have been released, including what led up to the confrontation, whether any officers were injured, or what charges Ramirez is facing. But police…

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Man, Woman Found Dead As Shooting Investigation Unfolds In Maryland (DEVELOPING) Man, Woman Found Dead As Shooting Investigation Unfolds In Maryland (DEVELOPING)
Man, Woman Found Dead As Shooting Investigation Unfolds In Maryland (Developing) Two people are dead, and a Maryland neighborhood is now at the center of a developing homicide investigation. Baltimore County police descended on the unit block of Banyan Wood Court in Essex on Monday afternoon following reports of a shooting that quickly grew into a larger investigation spanning multiple nearby locations. Details were scarce as detectives worked to piece together what happened. Police initially alerted residents shortly before 1 p.m. on Aug. 10 that investigators had been called to Banyan Wood Court, warning of a heavy police presence and possible road closures. Minutes…

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Things Get Spicy At Mexican Restaurant When Drunken Diner Pulls Gun, Drives Off: Police Things Get Spicy At Mexican Restaurant When Drunken Diner Pulls Gun, Drives Off: Police
Things Get Spicy At Mexican Restaurant When Drunken Diner Pulls Gun, Drives Off: Police Things went from tequila to trouble in a hurry at a Virginia restaurant when an allegedly drunk diner turned a war of words into an armed encounter, police say. Officers were called over the weekend to the El Tio Restaurant in the 7500 block of Linton Hall Road in Gainesville, where a man was reportedly brandishing a handgun during a dispute that turned violent. Manassas man Robert Patrick Block Jr., 27, is accused of getting into an argument at the eatery shortly after 10:10 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 7, that rapidly escalated from a verbal altercation to a physical one, according to the Prince …

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