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Desperate, Reckless, Wrong-Way Driver Sentenced For Chase From Loudoun To Fairfax County Desperate, Reckless, Wrong-Way Driver Sentenced For Chase From Loudoun To Fairfax County
Desperate, Reckless, Wrong-Way Driver Sentenced For Chase From Loudoun To Fairfax County A Leesburg man who was super-powered by methamphetamine during a wild police chase that spanned more than 30 minutes through multiple counties was given a sentence above the state's guidelines, authorities announced. Joseph Christopher Daniel has been sentenced to more than six years in prison following an investigation into a reported stolen motorcycle and multiple instances of eluding that led to warrants for his arrest.  According to the Loudoun County Commonwealth's Attorney, late in October 2023, Daniel took police on a harrowing high-speed chase from Loudoun into Fairfax that "te…

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Breaking Bad: Employee Used Government Computer To Research Ricin In Fairfax County, Feds Say Breaking Bad: Employee Used Government Computer To Research Ricin In Fairfax County, Feds Say
Breaking Bad: Employee Used Government Computer To Research Ricin In Fairfax County, Feds Say A Virginia man is facing prison time after storing a sample of an illegal poison in his Fairfax County home, federal authorities announced. Vienna resident Russell Richardson Vane IV, 42, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to possession of ricin by an unregistered person following his experiments into extracting the poisonous toxin from certain beans.  According to court documents, in December 2022, Vane conducted a number of searches on his federal government workplace computer for instructions on how to isolate ricin toxin from castor beans. He later was able to obtain the beans and&n…

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