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Maryland Driver Was Drunk, High Before 94 MPH Crash That Killed 71-Year-Old Woman: Prosecutors
It wasn't just the speed. It was everything that came before it.
More than a year after Mary Elizabeth Moody, 71, was killed in a violent Germantown crash, Brody Richardson, 20, of Boyds, admitted in court that he caused the collision while driving drunk and high.
Richardson pleaded guilty Wednesday, Aug. 5, in Montgomery County Circuit Court to two charges stemming from the deadly July 21, 2025 crash after drinking beer and smoking marijuana before getting behind the wheel.
The plea comes after investigators pieced together a devastating timeline.
According to prosecutors, Richardson was…
DC Man Dead, Virginia Man Charged With Murder In Domestic-Related Shooting: Police
One deadly encounter ended almost as quickly as it began in DC, where police say a Virginia man was arrested at the scene after a fatal shooting in Northwest.
Alexandria resident Jeremiah Greene, 21, was taken into custody Wednesday night, Aug. 5, in the 2500 block of 41st Street NW following a brief murder investigation, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
Officers responded to the block around 7:58 p.m. for reports of a shooting and found an adult man suffering from gunshot wounds.
DC Fire and EMS responded, but 35-year-old Bobby Lee Cannon, of Southeast DC, was pronounced d…
TikToker Accused Of Faking Cancer Has Died
Sydney Towle, a New England-born TikToker who has been documenting her battle with a rare cancer for three years, has died. She was 26 years old.
Towle, who was raised in New Hampshire and graduated from Dartmouth, was diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma, a rare and aggressive bile duct cancer, in 2023. The New York Times featured her story last year after she became the target of online critics who accused her of faking her diagnosis or using her illness for financial gain.
Her death was announced Thursday morning, Aug. 6, two days after her brother, Austin, announced she'd entered hospice c…
