Convict Caught With Codeine, Handgun Reported Stolen In DC During Stop In Maryland: Sheriff Convict Caught With Codeine, Handgun Reported Stolen In DC During Stop In Maryland: Sheriff
Convict Caught With Codeine, Handgun Reported Stolen In DC During Stop In Maryland: Sheriff What started as a routine traffic stop in Maryland rapidly snowballed for a Charles County convict who was caught with a host of drugs and an illegal handgun reported stolen out of DC, authorities announced. Robert Terrance Fletcher, 26, of Indian Head, is facing drug and weapon charges following an early morning stop on Tuesday morning when he was busted for multiple offenses. Shortly before 2 a.m. on May 28, a member of the Charles County Sheriff's Office stopped Fletcher in the 5100 block of Indian Head Highway in Indian Head for a reported equipment violation on his vehicle. Google M…
More Metal Scrappers Arrested Stealing County Property In Fauquier, Sheriff Says More Metal Scrappers Arrested Stealing County Property In Fauquier, Sheriff Says
More Metal Scrappers Arrested Stealing County Property In Fauquier, Sheriff Says Several people have been arrested at what has become a hot spot for metal scrappers in Fauquier County and will now face charges, authorities announced. Gainesville resident Paul Leonard, 46, and 48-year-old Josh Smith, of Broad Run are the latest to be apprehended for targeting scrap metal in the 7000 block of Kennedy Road in the early hours of Monday morning. A spokesperson for the Fauquier County Sheriff's Office said that at around 4:20 a.m. on Jan. 29, the agency received reports of multiple flashlights by the scrap metal on county property that belonged to the Water and Sanitation Dep…
Woodbridge Man Accused Of Raping Minor After Supplying Her With Drugs: Police Woodbridge Man Accused Of Raping Minor After Supplying Her With Drugs: Police
Woodbridge Man Accused Of Raping Minor After Supplying Her With Drugs: Police Police in Prince William County say that a man already incarcerated for a different offense is facing new charges for allegedly drugging and sexually abusing a minor, authorities announced. Woodbridge resident Balmore Alexander Ortiz Guardado, 35, has been charged with rape and distribution of narcotics to a minor following a near monthlong investigation into accusations of sexual abuse, according to police on Friday, March 10. It is alleged that on Friday, Feb. 17, detectives from the Prince William County Police Department’s Special Victims Bureau launched a probe into a reported sex…
Doctor Licensed In DMV Area Admits To Prescribing Narcotics That Led To Fatal Overdose Doctor Licensed In DMV Area Admits To Prescribing Narcotics That Led To Fatal Overdose
Doctor Licensed In DMV Area Admits To Prescribing Narcotics That Led To Fatal Overdose A doctor who is licensed to practice in the District of Columbia and Virginia has admitted to multiple felony charges for prescribing various pain medications that led to a fatal overdose last year and attempting to cover it up, federal officials announced. Former Falls Church resident Robert M. Cao, now of Lafayette, Louisiana, pleaded guilty to five counts of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance outside the scope of his professional practice, all felonies, in connection to his unlawful sale of narcotics, according to federal officials. As part of his guilty plea, Cao admitted t…
Secret Service Officers Hospitalized After Being Exposed To 'Powdery Substance' In DC Secret Service Officers Hospitalized After Being Exposed To 'Powdery Substance' In DC
Secret Service Officers Hospitalized After Being Exposed To 'Powdery Substance' In DC Two US Secret Service agents were hospitalized after being exposed to an undisclosed “powdery substance" believed to be narcotics, a spokesperson said. At approximately 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 11, officers from the Secret Service Uniformed Division conducted a traffic stop in the 1700 block of New York Avenue in Washington, DC, according to Anthony Guglielmi, the Chief of Communications for the agency. One person was taken into custody during the incident, and officers are being evaluated at an area hospital. Investigators did not release any information on the suspect. Shortly befor…
Maryland Drug Dealer Sentenced For Selling Heroin, Fentanyl Across Four States Maryland Drug Dealer Sentenced For Selling Heroin, Fentanyl Across Four States
Maryland Drug Dealer Sentenced For Selling Heroin, Fentanyl Across Four States A Baltimore man has been sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty to possessing and distributing controlled substances, officials say. Devin Cunningham, 27, was involved in the selling and distributing of narcotics including fentanyl, heroin, and other controlled substances to Maryland and surrounding states from 2017 until 2020. Specifically, between January 2017 and December 2020, "scores of customers from Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia traveled to the Forest Park area of Baltimore and purchased between a half of a gram and several grams of fentanyl or h…