A woman who went on a joyride in a vehicle stolen from a Frederick County gas station didn’t get far and was quickly apprehended after causing mayhem on and off the road, officials said.Gabriella Christina Smoot, age 23, of Essex, is accused by Frederick County Sheriff’s investigators of stealing a GMC Sierra that was left unoccupied and running in the parking lot of the Valero gas ...

More than $500,000 worth of drugs brought into Fairfax County from out of state is off the streets after detectives made a massive bust overnight.On Tuesday, Feb. 7, investigators from the Fairfax County Police Department were advised that a 28-year-old man was transporting drugs into the county from a different state.Detectives were able to track down the suspected drug runner on ...

A repeat offender with a checkered criminal history in Frederick County is back in custody after being released from custody multiple times following a crime spree that began in December last year.Frederick resident Heather Ann Kennedy, 32, is facing multiple charges for vehicle theft and drug offenses after being picked up by members of the sheriff’s office for the fifth time since ...

One person is hospitalized in critical condition and several family pets did not survive an early morning house fire that broke out in Loudoun County, officials said on Tuesday, Feb. 7.Shortly before 4 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 6, officials say that first responders from multiple agencies in the region responded to Thrush Road in Sterling when a passerby saw smoke coming from a home and ...

School officials in Charles County got quite a scare on Tuesday morning when they spotted a suspicious package outside of the Berry Elementary and Mattawoman Middle School campus.Members of the Charles County Sheriff’s Office were called to school grounds at approximately 8:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 7 to investigate the package, which was located as students were arriving to class.As a ...

A 28-year-old suspect has been apprehended and is facing charges for allegedly robbing and sexually assaulting his victims during a late-night attack in Towson. Baltimore County Police officials say that Quantze Davis has been identified as a suspect and has been arrested and charged with multiple counts of rape, assault, and armed robbery for an incident earlier this month.At ...

Police in Baltimore County are investigating after human remains were found discovered in the brush a short stretch away from businesses and a busy roadway, authorities announced.At approximately 2:45 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 6, detectives from the Baltimore County Police Department’s Homicide/Missing Persons Unit were called to the 11000 block of Owings Mills Boulevard to investigate the ...

Two women have died from injuries sustained in a fire in Northwest, DC that broke out overnight.DC Fire and EMS personnel pulled two women from the second floor of a burning house fire that was reported at approximately 3 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 7 in the 7200 block of 8th Street NW.Both women, reportedly family members, were transported to an area hospital with life-threatening critical ...

US Park Police investigators are seeking the public’s assistance in locating the driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run crash on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway late on Monday night.At 11:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 6, a Park Police spokesperson said that an investigation was launched on the parkway in the area of Route 197 in Laurel after a man was struck by a driver who sped away.The ...

One lucky Maryland Lottery player has a $750,000 ticket burning a hole in their pocket and may not even know it.The Maryland Lottery is looking for a “Multi-Match” player who won an estimated $750,000 jackpot in the Monday, Jan. 6 drawing that was sold at Royal Farms on Lark Brown Drive in Elkridge.The winning numbers were 17-35-36-39-41-42.Once a winner comes forward, they will have ...