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Gone Fishing, Then Disaster: Rogue Wave Sends Virginia Man Into Boat Cleat
One rogue wave changed everything.
TJ Hartney was heading out to fish for cobia with friends in Virginia on Saturday, Aug. 8, when their boat hit the wave, throwing him off balance and sending him sliding down the gunwale, according to his family.
Then came the impact.
Hartney was impaled by a cleat on the boat, causing a severe injury to his right arm, his family said.
The fishing trip was over. A much longer journey was just beginning.
Because of the severity of his injuries, Hartney was rushed to the emergency room at Virginia Beach General, where he has already undergone one surgery,…
$98K THC Haul Uncovered During Raids At Three Southern Maryland Smoke Shops, Sheriff Says
Nearly $100,000 worth of illicit cannabis and THC products just disappeared from Maryland store shelves.
More than 4,600 THC products and 1,263 grams of cannabis flower were seized on Tuesday, Aug. 11, when investigators raided three tobacco and smoke shops across St. Mary's County as part of a crackdown on unlicensed cannabis sales, the sheriff's office announced Thursday.
The combined retail value of the haul: $98,072.23.
And investigators weren't looking in just one place.
Search warrants were executed at Point Lookout Tobacco in Callaway, Cloud Smoke Shop in California, and a Tobacco …
DC Man Learns His Fate After Brazen Robbery Spree Targeting USPS Carriers: Feds
A District man is going to spend nearly two decades behind bars after a jury found him guilty earlier this year of a violent robbery spree targeting mail carriers across Maryland and the DC area.
DeAngelo Lewis, 30, was convicted following an eight-day federal trial in Greenbelt on Friday, April 24, tied to a string of armed robberies involving seven USPS workers in 2022.
On Thursday, Aug. 13, authorities announced that Lewis has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for the scheme.
The scheme stretched across Maryland, Virginia, and DC, where Lewis and his crew tracked down carriers, pulle…
