Woman Found Dead In Maryland Home Was Asphyxiated; Man Now Charged With Her Murder: Police Woman Found Dead In Maryland Home Was Asphyxiated; Man Now Charged With Her Murder: Police
Woman Found Dead In Maryland Home Was Asphyxiated; Man Now Charged With Her Murder: Police What began as a medical emergency in Maryland is now a murder case. Jason Timothy Simpson, 28, of Cecilton, was arrested Thursday morning, nearly 10 weeks after 28-year-old Ashley Silverman was found dead inside a home on West Main Street, Maryland State Police announced Friday. The case dates back to around 1:45 a.m. on June 18, when troopers from the Maryland State Police North East Barrack were called to the 100 block of West Main Street for a report of a person in medical distress. Inside, they found Silverman. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Simpson was also at the residence w…
Father Supplied Son With Fentanyl Before $1.7M Maryland Drug Bust, Feds Say Father Supplied Son With Fentanyl Before $1.7M Maryland Drug Bust, Feds Say
Father Supplied Son With Fentanyl Before $1.7M Maryland Drug Bust, Feds Say Like father, like son, federal prosecutors say. A Maryland father and son are facing federal charges after a months-long fentanyl investigation culminated on Thursday, Aug. 27, with searches that allegedly turned up approximately $1.7 million worth of drugs, according to the US Attorney's Office. Rashad Deondre Hicks, 36, of Largo, and his father, Lawrence Alonzo Hicks, 62, of District Heights, were arrested following an investigation that prosecutors say began in January. Investigators initially set their sights on the younger Hicks, who authorities believed was moving large quantities of…
17 Years, Thousands Of Videos: Virginia Man Admits Secretly Filming Kids In Bathroom, Feds Say 17 Years, Thousands Of Videos: Virginia Man Admits Secretly Filming Kids In Bathroom, Feds Say
17 Years, Thousands Of Videos: Virginia Man Admits Secretly Filming Kids In Bathroom, Feds Say For nearly two decades, children inside a Virginia home had no idea they were being watched. Jackson Quentin Crocker, 54, of Woodbridge, admitted in federal court on Thursday, Aug. 27, that he secretly recorded minors inside his bathroom for years, ultimately creating thousands of videos, according to federal prosecutors. Crocker, a former employee of the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration, pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of children and possession of child sexual abuse material. The hidden recordings dated back to at least March 2008. According to court…
DOJ Says George Washington University Medical School Discriminated By Race In Admissions DOJ Says George Washington University Medical School Discriminated By Race In Admissions
DOJ Says George Washington University Medical School Discriminated By Race In Admissions George Washington University is facing a serious accusation from the Justice Department. Federal civil rights investigators announced on Thursday, Aug. 27, that they found the DC-based university's School of Medicine and Health Sciences intentionally discriminated based on race when deciding who would get into its 2024 and 2025 incoming classes. According to the Justice Department, the medical school's admissions practices violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and ran afoul of the US Supreme Court's 2023 ruling barring race-based admissions in higher education. Investigators sa…
Crash Shuts Down I-295 In Both Directions Near Capital Beltway In Maryland (DEVELOPING) Crash Shuts Down I-295 In Both Directions Near Capital Beltway In Maryland (DEVELOPING)
Crash Shuts Down I-295 In Both Directions Near Capital Beltway In Maryland (Developing) Friday morning traffic came to a standstill on a major Maryland highway. A crash on I-295 just north of the Capital Beltway in Prince George's County forced authorities to close travel lanes in both directions shortly before 9 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 28, according to the Maryland Department of Transportation. The collision was reported at approximately 8:55 a.m. and involved one vehicle, according to the initial alert. But the response was anything but minor. All three northbound travel lanes and both shoulders were listed as closed as first responders worked at the scene. Maryland DOT On…
32 Residents Evacuated As Flames Tear Through Southern Maryland Nursing Home (PHOTOS) 32 Residents Evacuated As Flames Tear Through Southern Maryland Nursing Home (PHOTOS)
32 Residents Evacuated As Flames Tear Through Southern Maryland Nursing Home (Photos) Dozens of nursing home residents had an abrupt start to their Friday when a fire broke out before sunrise in Maryland. Firefighters were called to Green Acres Nursing and Rehab at 10200 La Plata Road in Charles County at approximately 4:11 a.m. on Aug. 28, where crews arrived to find flames showing from the rear of the building and a fire burning in the attic. As firefighters attacked the blaze, 32 residents were moved to another wing of the facility, according to the La Plata Volunteer Fire Department. The fire at the Green Acres Nursing facility in La Plata. La Plata Volunteer Fire…
Husband Dies One Week After Propane-Fueled Maryland Home Explosion Killed His Wife Husband Dies One Week After Propane-Fueled Maryland Home Explosion Killed His Wife
Husband Dies One Week After Propane-Fueled Maryland Home Explosion Killed His Wife A devastating Maryland home explosion has now claimed both husband and wife. Stanley Synowczynski, 75, died Thursday night, Aug. 27, from injuries suffered in the Aug. 20 explosion at his Green Holly Drive home in Annapolis, the Anne Arundel County Fire Department announced Friday. His wife, Linda Synowczynski, died the day of the explosion. Stanley was critically injured in the blast and hospitalized. His death marks the second fatality from the explosion, fire officials said. Investigators previously determined that Stanley accidentally cut a propane line while working on the home's HVA…
Visited These 4 Reston Businesses? You May Have Been Exposed To Measles Visited These 4 Reston Businesses? You May Have Been Exposed To Measles
Visited These 4 Reston Businesses? You May Have Been Exposed To Measles Measles is back on Virginia's radar. State health officials issued a warning on Thursday, Aug. 27, after learning that a person with a confirmed case traveled through Reston while infectious on Sunday, Aug. 16, potentially exposing people at four businesses. The infected person lives outside Virginia, according to the Department of Health, which is working to identify and notify anyone who may have been exposed. The potential exposure sites are: Sheraton Reston Hotel, 11810 Sunrise Valley Drive, on Sunday, Aug. 16; MOTW Coffee and Pastries, 11830 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 200, on Sunda…
Nacho Car: Taco Bell Carjacker Yanks Out Driver, Runs Down 2 In Maryland, Police Say Nacho Car: Taco Bell Carjacker Yanks Out Driver, Runs Down 2 In Maryland, Police Say
Nacho Car: Taco Bell Carjacker Yanks Out Driver, Runs Down 2 In Maryland, Police Say A Taco Bell run went completely off the rails in Maryland when an erratic man allegedly dragged a driver from his car and ran down two people during his getaway. The chaos unfolded at around 11:10 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 26, at the Taco Bell in the 6600 block of Ritchie Highway in Glen Burnie, according to the Anne Arundel County Police Department. Police said the suspect and his ex-girlfriend had gotten a ride to the restaurant when he began acting erratically. Then things escalated. The man got out of the vehicle and approached a 2009 Toyota Corolla sitting in the Taco Bell drive-thru l…
Maryland Man Forced Women To Have Sex With Up To 10 Men A Day Across 6 States: Feds Maryland Man Forced Women To Have Sex With Up To 10 Men A Day Across 6 States: Feds
Maryland Man Forced Women To Have Sex With Up To 10 Men A Day Across 6 States: Feds A Maryland man who forced women into prostitution across several East Coast states is facing life in prison. Brandon Sartor, 33, a Prince George's County native, pleaded guilty on Thursday, Aug. 27 to two counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion, according to the Department of Justice. Between December 2024 and April 2025, prosecutors say that Sartor used physical violence, threats, sexual assault, and the withholding of drugs to compel two women to engage in repeated commercial sex acts in Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina. His …
Virginia Snapchat Predator Threatened Girls As Young As 11 For Nude Photos: Sheriff Virginia Snapchat Predator Threatened Girls As Young As 11 For Nude Photos: Sheriff
Virginia Snapchat Predator Threatened Girls As Young As 11 For Nude Photos: Sheriff A repeat offender is back behind bars after being busted on fresh child pornography charges in Virginia. Keynin Burgess, 24, used Snapchat to prey on victims between the ages of 11 and 17 over several months, according to the Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office. Now, investigators fear there could be more victims. According to investigators, the agency received a CyberTip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children about a man who was meeting young girls on social media and soliciting them for nude photos. If the girls refused, it is alleged Burgess would then threat…
Virginia Elementary Teacher 'Pervteach' Learns Prison Fate After Florida Undercover Sting Virginia Elementary Teacher 'Pervteach' Learns Prison Fate After Florida Undercover Sting
Virginia Elementary Teacher 'Pervteach' Learns Prison Fate After Florida Undercover Sting Calling himself "pervteach" online wasn't exactly subtle for a Virginia elementary school teacher caught in an undercover child solicitation sting. One year after Antonio Geno Ford was arrested at Lovettsville Elementary School, the 29-year-old Leesburg man was sentenced on Thursday, Aug. 20, in Loudoun County Circuit Court to 16 years and eight months in prison. And it was his choice of Snapchat username that caught plenty of attention in court. "Pervteach." In January 2025, Orange County Sheriff's Office detectives in Florida were conducting an undercover sting on Snapchat, posing as a 1…