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Mother Of VA Boy Who Shot First-Grade Teacher Indicted, Charged With Child Neglect Mother Of VA Boy Who Shot First-Grade Teacher Indicted, Charged With Child Neglect
Mother Of VA Boy Who Shot First-Grade Teacher Indicted, Charged With Child Neglect The mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot his teacher in Virginia and left her with serious injuries has been indicted on a pair of charges, Commonwealth’s Attorney Howard Gwynn announced. On Monday, April 10, officials said that a grand jury has returned two indictments related to the January shooting of 25-year-old educator Abby Zwerner, who was shot by a possibly disturbed student at Richneck Elementary School. Specifically, Deja Taylor, 25, has been charged with with felony child neglect and misdemeanor recklessly leaving a loaded firearm so as to endanger a child. The charges came foll…

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Suspected Drug User Who Escaped From Virginia Police Back In Custody Suspected Drug User Who Escaped From Virginia Police Back In Custody
Suspected Drug User Who Escaped From Virginia Police Back In Custody A wanted man who gave the slip to police officers attempting to arrest him in Prince William County earlier this month is back in custody, according to authorities. The Prince William County Police Department announced on Tuesday, Oct. 18 that Woodbridge resident Isaiah Dimitri Hall, 25, has been apprehended again after escaping from officers earlier this month taking him into custody for alleged illegal drug use in a Bayside Avenue apartment complex. Officers were called to the Bayvue Apartments complex in the 1400 block of Bayside Avenue shortly after 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct…

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Special Education Teacher In Virginia Sentenced For Importing MDMA Into The US From Overseas Special Education Teacher In Virginia Sentenced For Importing MDMA Into The US From Overseas
Special Education Teacher In Virginia Sentenced For Importing MDMA Into The US From Overseas A high school special education teacher in the region will spend years behind bars following his sentencing for importing MDMA into the United States from Europe. Virginia resident Andrew Myers, 39, of Newport News, has been sentenced to two years in prison after being busted bringing the drug, more commonly known as ecstasy, into the country from Spain and German. In February 2020, special agents with Homeland Security Investigations and detectives with the Newport News Police Department received a tip that a package containing MDMA was entering the US and was addressed to Myers, officials…

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