Tick Tock: $50K Powerball Ticket In Virginia Is Days Away From Becoming Worthless Tick Tock: $50K Powerball Ticket In Virginia Is Days Away From Becoming Worthless
Tick Tock: $50K Powerball Ticket In Virginia Is Days Away From Becoming Worthless Check the glove box. Empty the junk drawer. Turn those pockets inside out. Somewhere in Virginia, a $50,000 payday is days away from becoming a worthless piece of paper. The unclaimed Powerball ticket was sold at Quik-E Foods at 4380 Waterlick Road in Forest and has been sitting unclaimed since the Saturday, Feb. 21 drawing, according to the Virginia Lottery. Now the clock is ticking. The ticket expires at 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20, exactly 180 days after the drawing, the deadline set by Virginia law. If nobody comes forward by then, that $50,000 is gone. The mystery winner came tantalizi…
Stray Bullet Tears Through Home As Illegal Gun Arsenal Is Uncovered, Sheriff Says Stray Bullet Tears Through Home As Illegal Gun Arsenal Is Uncovered, Sheriff Says
Stray Bullet Tears Through Home As Illegal Gun Arsenal Is Uncovered, Sheriff Says What started as an investigation into shots fired led to the seizure of what investigators described as an "arsenal of illegal firearms."  In late June, deputies were called to the 400 block of Patrick Avenue in Salisbury to investigate reports of gunshots in the area, according to the Wicomico County Sheriff's Office. What came next was unexpected. First responders determined that a bullet had penetrated the wall of a neighboring residence, traveled through the kitchen, ricocheted off a table, passed through the ceiling and attic, and exited through the roof. No injuries were r…
17-Year-Old Arrested In Quinceañera Shooting That Killed Virginia Teen Samuel Ojeda 17-Year-Old Arrested In Quinceañera Shooting That Killed Virginia Teen Samuel Ojeda
17-Year-Old Arrested In Quinceañera Shooting That Killed Virginia Teen Samuel Ojeda The hunt for the person accused in the deadly shooting of a Virginia 16-year-old at a quinceañera is over. A 17-year-old boy from Dumfries was arrested on Wednesday, Aug. 12, in connection with the killing of Samuel Ojeda, who was shot four days earlier during an altercation at a quinceañera near Catlett, the Fauquier County Sheriff's Office announced. Ojeda, of Triangle, was killed on Saturday, Aug. 8, at a rural property on Bowery Lane, where what began as a milestone celebration suddenly turned deadly. Deputies were already there. They had responded at around 9:30 p.m. to complaints ab…
Worker, 26, Killed In Freak Mobile Trailer Collapse At Virginia Construction Site: Police Worker, 26, Killed In Freak Mobile Trailer Collapse At Virginia Construction Site: Police
Worker, 26, Killed In Freak Mobile Trailer Collapse At Virginia Construction Site: Police A morning on the job turned deadly when a mobile trailer came crashing down at a Virginia construction site, police said. The fatal accident happened at approximately 9:40 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 12, at a construction site in the 13000 block of Telegraph Road in Woodbridge, according to the Prince William County Police Department. Four construction workers were working on the mobile trailer when its supports suddenly collapsed, investigators said. One of the workers, a 26-year-old man, was trapped underneath. He was pronounced dead at the scene by first responders. Police did not identif…
BWI Airport's 'Small' Garage Fire Wasn't So Small After All (UPDATED) BWI Airport's 'Small' Garage Fire Wasn't So Small After All (UPDATED)
BWI Airport's 'Small' Garage Fire Wasn't So Small After All (Updated) A parking headache greeted travelers at one of Maryland's busiest gateways Thursday. The Daily Garage at BWI Marshall Airport was temporarily shut down on Thursday, Aug. 13, after a fire broke out near Bus Stop No. 1, airport officials announced shortly after 11 a.m. BWI's fire and rescue department responded to the garage and quickly got the flames under control. By 11:45 a.m., airport officials confirmed the fire had been extinguished. The garage, however, remained temporarily closed as crews continued handling the incident. Despite the disruption on the ground, the trouble did not spr…
One Punch, A Fatal Fall, But No Charges For Maryland Officer In Samuel Brown's Death One Punch, A Fatal Fall, But No Charges For Maryland Officer In Samuel Brown's Death
One Punch, A Fatal Fall, But No Charges For Maryland Officer In Samuel Brown's Death The autopsy called it a homicide. Maryland prosecutors still say it wasn't a crime. Six months after a middle-of-the-night welfare check in Baltimore County ended with 56-year-old Samuel Brown on the pavement, the Maryland Attorney General's Office announced Thursday, Aug. 13, that Officer Derek Hadel will not face criminal charges in his death. The decision closes an investigation that began after the Feb. 16 encounter near Security Boulevard and Whitehead Court in the Woodlawn area, where Hadel found Brown asleep behind the wheel of an SUV shortly after 3:20 a.m. that morning. But a newl…
Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Arrested Again After Viral Metro Incidents, Now Accused Of Stalking: MPD Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Arrested Again After Viral Metro Incidents, Now Accused Of Stalking: MPD
Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Arrested Again After Viral Metro Incidents, Now Accused Of Stalking: MPD The viral Metro videos have officially caught up with Bryan Betancur. Betancur was found guilty of simple assault in DC Superior Court on Wednesday, Aug. 12, months after prosecutors say he filmed himself stroking an unsuspecting woman's hair aboard a train and posted the video to X seconds later. The conviction is the latest turn for Betancur, whose behavior on Metro first drew widespread attention earlier this year before he was arrested again weeks later in an unrelated stalking case. The assault happened on Saturday, Feb. 28, while Betancur was riding a train at the NoMa-Gallaudet stat…
Are Flock Cameras Watching You? This Map Shows Where They Are Are Flock Cameras Watching You? This Map Shows Where They Are
Are Flock Cameras Watching You? This Map Shows Where They Are You have probably driven past one without realizing it. Flock's license plate readers have spread along roads and through communities across the country, giving police a tool to locate vehicles while fueling a growing debate over just how much the cameras can reveal about where people go. Now, a growing privacy advocacy project is letting you see where those cameras have been spotted. DeFlock, an independent open-source effort opposed to widespread automatic license plate reader surveillance, maintains a searchable nationwide map of the devices. As of Thursday, Aug. 13, the map displayed …
Fire Shuts Down BWI Airport Daily Garage; Flights Not Impacted (DEVELOPING) Fire Shuts Down BWI Airport Daily Garage; Flights Not Impacted (DEVELOPING)
Fire Shuts Down BWI Airport Daily Garage; Flights Not Impacted (Developing) A parking headache greeted travelers at one of Maryland's busiest gateways Thursday. The Daily Garage at BWI Marshall Airport was temporarily shut down on Thursday, Aug. 13, after a fire broke out near Bus Stop No. 1, airport officials announced shortly after 11 a.m. BWI's fire and rescue department responded to the garage and quickly got the flames under control. By 11:45 a.m., airport officials confirmed the fire had been extinguished. The garage, however, remained temporarily closed as crews continued handling the incident. Despite the disruption on the ground, the trouble did not spr…
Morgan Wallen Concert Gets Wet, Wild As Fan Accused Of Urinating On Family: Police Morgan Wallen Concert Gets Wet, Wild As Fan Accused Of Urinating On Family: Police
Morgan Wallen Concert Gets Wet, Wild As Fan Accused Of Urinating On Family: Police A Morgan Waller fan from North Carolina is facing charges for allegedly urinating on concertgoers in Maryland. Jayson Reed, 33, has been arrested following a bizarre incident at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore on Saturday, July 18, where police say he urinated on people before an altercation broke out during Wallen's show. Now, nearly a month later, Reed is facing charges that include four counts of second-degree assault, public urination, and other related offenses, according to Maryland Transportation Authority Police. MDTA Police officers were helping Baltimore Police at the conc…
20 Dogs Found In Feces-Filled Cages With No Food Or Water In New York: Police 20 Dogs Found In Feces-Filled Cages With No Food Or Water In New York: Police
20 Dogs Found In Feces-Filled Cages With No Food Or Water In New York: Police An elderly person and 20 dogs were rescued from inhumane conditions at a home in New York, police said. The dogs were living in feces- and urine-filled cages with insufficient ventilation, New York State Police said Thursday, Aug. 13. Additionally, the dogs did not have immediate access to food or water, authorities said. Troopers responded to a complaint about the home in Argyle on Sunday, Aug. 9 around 1 p.m., according to state police. In addition to the dogs, they found an elderly person “in need of immediate assistance due to mobility issues.” Carol Kiaer, 72, of Argyle, was arrested …
Decomposed Body Found Face Down Behind Vacant Maryland Business: Sheriff Decomposed Body Found Face Down Behind Vacant Maryland Business: Sheriff
Decomposed Body Found Face Down Behind Vacant Maryland Business: Sheriff A grim discovery behind a vacant Maryland business has detectives searching for answers. The significantly decomposed body of a 61-year-old man was found Tuesday, Aug. 11, in the rear parking lot of a vacant business in the 11700 block of H.G. Trueman Road in Lusby, according to the Calvert County Sheriff's Office. Responding personnel found the man face down on the ground. His remains showed signs of significant decomposition, investigators said, and personal property believed to belong to him was located nearby. Then detectives began piecing together how he may have wound up there. Inv…