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Alexandria Man Among Four Charged With $800K Maryland 'Flash Mob' Thefts In Six Counties: AG Alexandria Man Among Four Charged With $800K Maryland 'Flash Mob' Thefts In Six Counties: AG
Alexandria Man Among Four Charged With $800K Maryland 'Flash Mob' Thefts In Six Counties: AG Four men have been indicted in connection with an organized retail crime ring responsible for 37 thefts across six Maryland counties, causing approximately $800,000 in losses, authorities announced Monday. The suspects are accused of overwhelming stores with “flash mob” tactics, targeting high-end retail items, and reselling stolen goods.  Attorney General Anthony Brown revealed details about the operation, which spanned Howard, Baltimore, Anne Arundel, Montgomery, Queen Anne’s, and Prince George’s counties. Those charged include: Donte Bernard Shaw, 34, of Washington, DC; Taquan An…

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by Zak Failla
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Dulles Town Center BB Gun Shooter Captured After 14-Minute Search That Closed Stores, Cops Say Dulles Town Center BB Gun Shooter Captured After 14-Minute Search That Closed Stores, Cops Say
Dulles Town Center BB Gun Shooter Captured After 14-Minute Search That Closed Stores, Cops Say A teenager is in custody after police say he shot a Dulles Town Center store employee with a BB gun in a shoplifting incident over the weekend. On Saturday, May 11, around 4:30 p.m., Loudoun County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the Foot Locker store at the Dulles Town Center Mall for a reported robbery, injured person, and suspect who had fled. There, they found that a teenager was leaving the store with stolen items when the employee tried stopping him. That's when the teen fired a Glock replica BB gun twice to the right arm and hand of the employee, but left the gun and …

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by Cecilia Levine
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61K Gun Safes Sold At Retailers Nationwide Recalled After 12-Year-Old Shot, Killed With Weapon 61K Gun Safes Sold At Retailers Nationwide Recalled After 12-Year-Old Shot, Killed With Weapon
61K Gun Safes Sold At Retailers Nationwide Recalled After 12-Year-Old Shot, Killed With Weapon More than 61,000 gun cases sold nationwide are being recalled due to a malfunction that can allow unauthorized people to access dangerous weapons, and already led to the death of a child. Illinois-based Fortress Safe announced this week that the biometric gun safes were being recalled due to a "serious safety hazard and risk of death" caused by a programming feature that made the safes more accessible.  The recall comes following a recent lawsuit that alleges a 12-year-old boy died from a gun obtained from one of the safes, according to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).  "…

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Dulles Town Center Shooter Apprehended Within Minutes, Sheriff Says Dulles Town Center Shooter Apprehended Within Minutes, Sheriff Says
Dulles Town Center Shooter Apprehended Within Minutes, Sheriff Says The gunman who opened fire during a dispute at the food court inside the Dulles Town Center Mall in Loudoun County was apprehended in just minutes after shooting a stranger, authorities announced. Leesburg resident Alan Colie, 31, is facing a host of charges following the shooting on Sunday, April 2 that resulted in management being forced to close the mall. Shortly before noon on Sunday afternoon, deputies from the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office were called to the mall to investigate a shooting, immediately identifying Colie as a suspect and taking him into custody minutes later. The…

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by Zak Failla
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Video Shows Dulles Town Center Shooting Suspect's Harrowing Arrest Video Shows Dulles Town Center Shooting Suspect's Harrowing Arrest
Video Shows Dulles Town Center Shooting Suspect's Harrowing Arrest Video of the Dulles Town Center mall shooting suspect being taken into custody is circulating on Twitter as his victim remains hospitalized. Footage shows officers pointing their guns at the suspect, who lays on the ground next to shopping bags and a handgun. The moment police apprehended shooting Suspect at Dulles Town Center today pic.twitter.com/shv0cjQm8k — VAhiphopandnews (@VAhiphopandnewz) April 2, 2023 The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 1 p.m. incident, which closed the Sterling mall. A heavy police presence was reported. The shooting happened in an area of th…

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by Cecilia Levine
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YETI Recalls 1.9M Soft Coolers, Gear Cases Due to Magnet Ingestion Hazard YETI Recalls 1.9M Soft Coolers, Gear Cases Due to Magnet Ingestion Hazard
Yeti Recalls 1.9M Soft Coolers, Gear Cases Due to Magnet Ingestion Hazard Nearly two million YETI coolers are being recalled nationwide due to serious injury or death risk if one were to consume detached magnets that could potentially fuse together inside the body. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that approximately 1.9 million YETI soft coolers and gear cases that have magnet-lined closures that can fail and result in detached magnets are subject to the recall after hundreds of complaints were filed. “The magnet-lined closures can fail and result in detached magnets, posing a risk of serious injury or death if ingested,” according to CPS…

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by Zak Failla