Passing Truck Snags Wires, Sends Pole Crashing Onto Virginia Ambulance During Rescue (PHOTOS) Passing Truck Snags Wires, Sends Pole Crashing Onto Virginia Ambulance During Rescue (PHOTOS)
Passing Truck Snags Wires, Sends Pole Crashing Onto Virginia Ambulance During Rescue (Photos) One crash somehow turned into another while Virginia firefighters were trying to rescue a trapped driver. Fairfax County Fire and Rescue crews were called to Bracknell Drive and Baron Cameron Avenue in Reston shortly after 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 25, where two vehicles had crashed, and one slammed into a utility pole. One person was trapped inside. Firefighters went to work getting the occupant out, but the damaged pole had left electrical wires hanging over the roadway. Then things got weird. While crews were still working the crash, a passing truck caught the dangling wires, accord…
She Fought For Her Life For 5 Days After Maryland Shooting, Then Came Tragic Update She Fought For Her Life For 5 Days After Maryland Shooting, Then Came Tragic Update
She Fought For Her Life For 5 Days After Maryland Shooting, Then Came Tragic Update A Maryland woman who had been fighting for her life since being shot last week died from her injuries on Tuesday, Aug. 25, police announced. Shawanda Alston, 38, of Bowie, was pronounced dead Tuesday afternoon at a local hospital, according to the Bowie Police Department. She had been hospitalized in critical condition since Thursday, Aug. 20, when officers were called to the 8500 block of Myrtle Avenue around 4:20 p.m. for reports of gunfire. Officers arrived to find Alston suffering from a gunshot wound to her upper body. She was rushed to the hospital. Police recovered a Sig Sauer .38…
New Storm System Nears DMV After Pleasant Stretch: Latest Timing New Storm System Nears DMV After Pleasant Stretch: Latest Timing
New Storm System Nears DMV After Pleasant Stretch: Latest Timing A stretch of crisp, comfortable weather across the Northeast will give way to a more unsettled pattern later this week. Click here for a new, updated story: Potent Storm System Nears Northeast With Damaging Winds, Flooding Risk Wednesday, Aug, 26 will remain dry for most of the region, with temperatures around 80 degrees and light winds, according to the National Weather Service. The change becomes more noticeable Thursday, Aug. 27, as warmer, more humid air returns and a frontal boundary approaches.  The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center outlook calls for cloud…
National Night Out Tip Ends With Stolen AR-15, 18 Charges For Virginia Suspect: Police National Night Out Tip Ends With Stolen AR-15, 18 Charges For Virginia Suspect: Police
National Night Out Tip Ends With Stolen AR-15, 18 Charges For Virginia Suspect: Police This year's "National Night Out" led to a major arrest for one department in Northern Virginia. Junior Gonzales-Coello, 31, who has no fixed address, is now facing 18 criminal charges after being busted with a stolen gun after members of the Fairfax County Police Department were tipped off at the annual community event. Detectives from the department's Criminal Investigations Division (CID) attended NNO events throughout Reston on Tuesday, Aug. 4.  After speaking with a detective at one of the events, a community member later provided video showing a man entering an unlocked vehicle. …
AI 'Intruder' Sent Cops Racing To Maryland Home, Now Prankster Has Very Real $1K Bill AI 'Intruder' Sent Cops Racing To Maryland Home, Now Prankster Has Very Real $1K Bill
AI 'Intruder' Sent Cops Racing To Maryland Home, Now Prankster Has Very Real $1K Bill The machine couldn't get Moesha Gardener out of this one. The 28-year-old North Bethesda resident agreed on Tuesday, Aug. 25, to pay $1,000 to the Montgomery County Police Department to resolve charges stemming from the AI-generated home invasion prank that sent officers racing to her home last fall, prosecutors announced. The agreement was reached in Montgomery County Circuit Court before Judge Rachel McGuckian, according to the State's Attorney's Office. Gardener has 90 days to make the payment. Once the money is transferred, prosecutors said the state will dismiss charges of making…
Journalist's Viral Courtroom Wink Cost Her VF Credentials At Lindsay Clancy Trial: Report Journalist's Viral Courtroom Wink Cost Her VF Credentials At Lindsay Clancy Trial: Report
Journalist's Viral Courtroom Wink Cost Her VF Credentials At Lindsay Clancy Trial: Report A New York City journalist who says she grew up with Lindsay Clancy is going viral after cameras caught her smiling and winking from the courtroom during the Massachusetts mother's triple-murder trial. Brittany Romano, a Wallingford, CT, native, was seated in the courtroom gallery wearing a green dress and Vanity Fair media credentials on Monday, Aug. 24, when a live Court TV camera panned toward her. The moment quickly spread across social media, drawing backlash from viewers. Romano later said she was laughing because of her personal connection to Clancy and that the two had looked at eac…
School Bus Driver Dies After Crashing Into Utility Pole In Maryland (UPDATED) School Bus Driver Dies After Crashing Into Utility Pole In Maryland (UPDATED)
School Bus Driver Dies After Crashing Into Utility Pole In Maryland (Updated) A routine Tuesday afternoon took a deadly turn on a Maryland roadway. A school bus driver died after crashing into a utility pole near Central Avenue and Route 355 in Montgomery County shortly after 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 25, police said. First responders were called to the area at approximately 3:04 p.m. following reports of the crash. There were no students on board the bus when it struck the pole, according to police. Less than an hour later, investigators confirmed that the driver had been pronounced dead. Police said the death is being handled as a medical emergency. The driver's i…
Sisters Seriously Injured In Virginia Four-Wheeler Crash As Community Steps Up For Family Of 8 Sisters Seriously Injured In Virginia Four-Wheeler Crash As Community Steps Up For Family Of 8
Sisters Seriously Injured In Virginia Four-Wheeler Crash As Community Steps Up For Family Of 8 One moment changed everything for a Virginia family of eight. On Tuesday, Aug. 18, sisters Blakeslee and Abbi Gehrke, the two oldest children in the family, were involved in a four-wheeler crash that left both injured and sent Abbi to the hospital by air for emergency treatment. Blakeslee was treated and released later that night, but the effects of the crash have lingered. She has been struggling with mobility in her right arm and is expected to meet with an orthopedic surgeon to determine whether another procedure may be necessary, according to family friend Holly Duncan. For Abbi, the …
Snapchat Addicts Kids, Lies About Sex, Drug Content, Lawsuit Claims Snapchat Addicts Kids, Lies About Sex, Drug Content, Lawsuit Claims
Snapchat Addicts Kids, Lies About Sex, Drug Content, Lawsuit Claims Snapchat was designed to hook children with disappearing messages, endless scrolling, late-night alerts, and friendship streaks — then marketed as safe for 13-year-olds while sexual, drug-related, and suicide content remained easy to find, Pennsylvania’s attorney general alleges. Attorney General Dave Sunday announced a lawsuit against Snapchat owner Snap Inc. on Tuesday, Aug. 25. Daily Voice obtained the redacted 49-page complaint, which was filed in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas under Pennsylvania’s Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law. You can read the complaint in…
33-Year-Old Man, Officer ID'd By AG Days After Fatal Maryland Police Shooting 33-Year-Old Man, Officer ID'd By AG Days After Fatal Maryland Police Shooting
33-Year-Old Man, Officer ID'd By AG Days After Fatal Maryland Police Shooting A deadly late-night encounter in Maryland now has two names attached to it. Tawfiq Abdul Haqq, a 33-year-old Temple Hills resident, was killed shortly after 11:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 21, during a police-involved shooting in the 4500 block of Reamy Drive in Suitland, according to the Maryland Attorney General's Office. On Tuesday, Aug. 25, investigators identified the Prince George's County Police officer involved as Corbin Davis, a two-year veteran of the department. Davis is assigned to the department's District 4 Special Assignment Team, officials said. Exactly what led to the deadly e…
Firefighters Cut Apart Pickup After 2 Vehicles Crash Down Maryland Embankment (PHOTOS) Firefighters Cut Apart Pickup After 2 Vehicles Crash Down Maryland Embankment (PHOTOS)
Firefighters Cut Apart Pickup After 2 Vehicles Crash Down Maryland Embankment (Photos) A violent two-vehicle crash sent both vehicles careening down an embankment in Maryland, leaving one person trapped and two hospitalized. First responders were called at around 10:50 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 25, to the crash near Route 1 and Kalmia Road, according to the Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company. When crews arrived, they found both vehicles off the roadway and down the embankment, including a pickup truck with one person trapped inside. The crash in Harford County. Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company Firefighters first stabilized both vehicles before turning their attention to th…
Man Wanted For Sexually Assaulting Woodbridge Food Lion Employee Nabbed: Police Man Wanted For Sexually Assaulting Woodbridge Food Lion Employee Nabbed: Police
Man Wanted For Sexually Assaulting Woodbridge Food Lion Employee Nabbed: Police A man wanted for sexually assaulting an employee at a Virginia grocery store has been tracked down and apprehended. Woodbridge resident Matthew Stephen Porcelli, 41, was arrested over the weekend for allegedly touching a woman inappropriately earlier this month, according to Prince William County Police. Officers were called to the Food Lion on Dillingham Square in Woodbridge at 9:09 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 20, after a 35-year-old employee reported being sexually assaulted inside the store. Investigators say the woman was working when she was approached by a man later identified as Porcelli…