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Baby, Dog Die After Being Left In Hot Car For 6+ Hours By Virginia Caretaker: Sheriff Baby, Dog Die After Being Left In Hot Car For 6+ Hours By Virginia Caretaker: Sheriff
Baby, Dog Die After Being Left In Hot Car For 6+ Hours By Virginia Caretaker: Sheriff A 40-year-old Virginia woman has been arrested for leaving a baby and dog in a hot car for nearly six hours, where both died. Kristen Danielle Graham, of Seaford, had been caring for the child — whose mom is 17 years old — for two days, York County Sheriff Ron Montgomery said. Around 1 a.m. on Sept. 12, Graham went to bring cigarettes to a friend caring for an elderly man in Newport News, Montgomery said. Graham loaded the baby, identified as Myracle Wicker, in the back of the vehicle, along with a small dog, and went to a 7-Eleven to buy a bottle of apple juice and cigarettes, the she…

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20-Year-Old Navy Service Member From NJ Dies In VA Motorcycle Crash 20-Year-Old Navy Service Member From NJ Dies In VA Motorcycle Crash
20-Year-Old Navy Service Member From NJ Dies In VA Motorcycle Crash A 20-year-old motorcyclist from New Jersey died in a motorcycle crash in Virginia last week, authorities said. Quentin Perkins had been riding with a group of motorcyclists from York County to James City County on the Colonial Parkway, before the crash at 820 p.m. on Friday, July 7, county police said. Perkins and another rider went into a turn at high speeds, left the roadway, and crashed into a wooded area. Multiple witnesses on the roadway reported reckless driving by motorcyclists. Perkins, an active-duty U.S. Navy service member, was pronounced dead at the scene by James City County M…

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