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Fredericksburg, VA
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Drug Mule Busted Taking 40 Kilos Of Coke From Source In Mexico To Virginia Gets Prison Time Drug Mule Busted Taking 40 Kilos Of Coke From Source In Mexico To Virginia Gets Prison Time Drug Mule Busted Taking 40 Kilos Of Coke From Source In Mexico To Virginia Gets Prison Time
Drug Mule Busted Taking 40 Kilos Of Coke From Source In Mexico To Virginia Gets Prison Time The Texas man who attempted to flood Virginia streets with cocaine for a Mexican drug trafficking organization is heading to prison, federal authorities announced. Carlos Alfonso Gonzalez, 31, was sentenced by a judge in Virginia to 150 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to possess and distribute nearly 40 kilograms of cocaine, which could be worth upwards of a million dollars on the streets. The Brownsville, Texas resident agreed with a Mexican source to transport a load of cocaine from Houston to Richmond last year, though he didn't make it to his destination, according to offi…

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by Zak Failla
Massapequa, NY
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Southern State Hempstead Stop For Blown-Out Tire Leads To DWI Charge, Discovery Of Loaded Gun Southern State Hempstead Stop For Blown-Out Tire Leads To DWI Charge, Discovery Of Loaded Gun Southern State Hempstead Stop For Blown-Out Tire Leads To DWI Charge, Discovery Of Loaded Gun
Southern State Hempstead Stop For Blown-Out Tire Leads To DWI Charge, Discovery Of Loaded Gun A Virginia man is facing DWI and weapons charges following a traffic stop on the Southern State Parkway. Siwatu Emanuel, age 39, of Richmond, Virginia, was stopped by State Police at around 5:45 a.m. Friday, Nov. 25, as he drove eastbound near the Wantagh State Parkway in Hempstead. After receiving a report of a Honda Pilot driving erratically in the area, troopers spotted Emanuel’s vehicle near Exit 27N and noticed that his front driver’s side tire was blown out, police said. During their conversation, Emanuel showed signs of being intoxicated and was arrested for DWI, according to polic…

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by Michael Mashburn
Fredericksburg, VA
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Stafford Woman Wants A Ride To Richmond But Got Free Trip To Jail Instead: Police Stafford Woman Wants A Ride To Richmond But Got Free Trip To Jail Instead: Police Stafford Woman Wants A Ride To Richmond But Got Free Trip To Jail Instead: Police
Stafford Woman Wants A Ride To Richmond But Got Free Trip To Jail Instead: Police A woman didn't quite make it to her preferred destination of Richmond, Virginia, earlier this week, but her consolation prize was a free trip to jail.  Michelle Oliver, 34, was hassling customers outside a Wawa convenience store on Gateway Drive in south Stafford around 2:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 29, the Stafford County Sheriff's Office said. She was asking them for money and a ride to a ride to the state capitol. The store called the Sheriff's Office to get her to leave.  When the deputy asked her to move along, she took two steps back and lunged at him instead, the Sheriff's O…

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by Josh Lanier
Gettysburg, PA
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Two Officers Killed At Bridgewater College in Virginia Two Officers Killed At Bridgewater College in Virginia Two Officers Killed At Bridgewater College in Virginia
Two Officers Killed At Bridgewater College in Virginia A 27-year-old man shot and killed two officers at Bridgewater College in Virginia on Tuesday, according to officials. The school went into lockdown at 1:24 p.m., when Bridgewater College officials sent out a tweet warning students and faculty of a shooter on campus. Reports of active shooter on campus. Shelter in place. — Bridgewater College (@BridgewaterNews) February 1, 2022 Shortly afterward two officers were shot and the armed suspect had fled the scene shortly after, according to the school. State & local law enforcement immediately responded and initiated a massive search o…

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by Jillian Pikora
Gaithersburg, MD
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Uber Passenger Slapped With $600 Bill After Hours Stranded On I-95 Uber Passenger Slapped With $600 Bill After Hours Stranded On I-95 Uber Passenger Slapped With $600 Bill After Hours Stranded On I-95
Uber Passenger Slapped With $600 Bill After Hours Stranded On I-95 A Virginia Uber passenger ended up paying hundreds of dollars after the car he was in got stranded on I-95 due to snow, according to WTOP. Andrew Peters, of Richmond Virginia, told the station he was going home after arriving from San Francisco at Dulles International Airport and was clueless of the weather nightmare he was going to encounter. “It was kind of scary,” Peters told WTOP. “We didn’t have any food or water.” He finally made it home after a grueling nine hours and paid a $200 Uber bill. But --  to add insult to injury -- Peters said Uber added $400 in additional charges…

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by Joe Gomez
Greenwich, CT
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Here Are Areas Where Accumulating Snowfall Is Expected From Quick-Moving Storm Here Are Areas Where Accumulating Snowfall Is Expected From Quick-Moving Storm Here Are Areas Where Accumulating Snowfall Is Expected From Quick-Moving Storm
Here Are Areas Where Accumulating Snowfall Is Expected From Quick-Moving Storm A quick-moving storm is expected to bring up to a foot of snow to parts of the Northeast, but the system's track is expected to stay far enough south to prevent any accumulation in most of this region. For much of Long Island and eastern Connecticut, snowfall is possible at times from Monday morning, Jan. 3 to early in the evening on Monday. Up to 2 to 4 inches of accumulation is possible in those areas, with between 6 to 12 inches from Richmond, Virginia, and surrounding areas to Washington, DC. (See the first image above.)  "It may be hard to believe that any snow is on the way, giv…

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by Joe Lombardi