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Virginia Man Convicted Of Elaborate $185K Cryptocurrency Scheme To Help Fund ISIS: Feds Virginia Man Convicted Of Elaborate $185K Cryptocurrency Scheme To Help Fund ISIS: Feds
Virginia Man Convicted Of Elaborate $185K Cryptocurrency Scheme To Help Fund ISIS: Feds A Virginia man who funneled nearly $200,000 in cryptocurrency to ISIS operatives overseas is facing decades behind bars following his conviction on federal terrorism charges. Mohammed Azharuddin Chhipa, 35, of Springfield, was convicted by a federal jury for his role in a scheme to provide financial and logistical support to ISIS, officials announced Monday. Prosecutors said Chhipa used social media to raise funds, collected money both electronically and in person, converted it to cryptocurrency, and sent it to Turkey, where it was smuggled to ISIS members in Syria.  Those funds were …

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by Zak Failla
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Manhunt Ongoing For Homicide Suspect Christopher Haynes After Escape From DC Hospital (UPDATED) Manhunt Ongoing For Homicide Suspect Christopher Haynes After Escape From DC Hospital (UPDATED)
Manhunt Ongoing For Homicide Suspect Christopher Haynes After Escape From DC Hospital (Updated) Nearly 24 hours after he made his "prison break" from a DC hospital, Christopher Haynes remains on the run. The search for the 30-year-old Haynes is heating up across the District on Thursday morning after police say he escaped from the hospital in the 900 block of 23rd Street NW shortly after 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 6. Christopher Patrick HaynesMetropolitan Police Department Following his escape, a spokesperson for the Secret Service said that the agency joined the search and temporarily precautions were taken around the White House.  Area law enforcement including Secret Ser…

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by Zak Failla
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Finding Nemo: Pancake Pitstop Leads To The Capture Of Escaped Inmates In VA: Sheriff Finding Nemo: Pancake Pitstop Leads To The Capture Of Escaped Inmates In VA: Sheriff
Finding Nemo: Pancake Pitstop Leads To The Capture Of Escaped Inmates In VA: Sheriff Two crafty inmates being housed inside a Virginia jail didn’t get far after attempting their great escape before being tracked down to an area IHOP restaurant as they celebrated getting free from the facility. Hampton resident John Garza, 37, and Arley Nemo, 43, of Gloucester, were able to utilize a flaw in the Newport News Jail Annex earlier this week to carve a hole in the wall and escape from custody, only to be brought right back in hours later as the pair sought to enjoy a meal at the popular pancake house. Original story - Shawshanked: Two VA Inmates Back In Custody After Tunnel…

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Shawshanked: Two VA Inmates Back In Custody After Tunneling Out Of Jail Shawshanked: Two VA Inmates Back In Custody After Tunneling Out Of Jail
Shawshanked: Two VA Inmates Back In Custody After Tunneling Out Of Jail Two Virginia inmates are back in custody after they escaped from jail, authorities announced. A manhunt was launched in Newport News on Monday night, as the police sought prisoners Arley Vaughn Nemo, 43, and John Michael Garza, 37, who attempted to make their great escape from the Newport News City Jail Annex. Update: The 2 men who escaped from the Newport News Jail Annex on Monday are back in custody.John Garza & Arley Nemo were arrested in Hampton by Hampton Police, says Sheriff Morgan. Additional information will be released later today. pic.twitter.com/3We32JKsvf — Newport News …

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by Zak Failla
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OOPS: Murder Suspect Accidentally Released From Virginia Prison OOPS: Murder Suspect Accidentally Released From Virginia Prison
Oops: Murder Suspect Accidentally Released From Virginia Prison Loudoun County police are searching for a man, who was charged with murder, after his recent release from prison, officials said. Stone Colburn, 25, was behind bars for stabbing his brother's girlfriend to death and severely wounding her nine-month-old  in 2021, according to the Loudoun County Times. He was released from the Loudoun County Adult Detention Center on Oct. 6, 2022, due to a paperwork error, but new charges came to light the following morning, the website said. Colburn is now wanted, though his original charges were dismissed, for concealment of a dead body, according to …

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by AJ Goldbloom
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Virginia Sex Offender Learns His Fate For Escaping NY Halfway House Virginia Sex Offender Learns His Fate For Escaping NY Halfway House
Virginia Sex Offender Learns His Fate For Escaping NY Halfway House A man convicted of sexually abusing a young girl in Virginia will spend additional time in federal prison for escaping from a halfway house in upstate New York. Glyn Frink, age 51, of Albany, NY, was sentenced to three years behind bars Thursday, Sept. 29, after admitting that he signed out of a residential re-entry center in Albany to go to work in September 2021, and then never came back. He remained in the Albany area without approval and failed to notify Albany Police of his change of address as required under the sex offender registry laws, the US Attorney's Office in the Northern Dist…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Four Inmates Escape From Federal Prison In Virginia Four Inmates Escape From Federal Prison In Virginia
Four Inmates Escape From Federal Prison In Virginia A search was under way for four inmates who escaped from a federal prison in Virginia Saturday, June 18, officials said. Corey Branch, Tavares Lajuane Graham, Lamonte Rashawn Willis and Kareem Allen Shaw went missing from the Federal Correctional Complex Petersburg’s satellite camp in Hopewell around 1:45 a.m., the FBI of Prisons said in a news release. Four federal inmates escaped this morning from FCC Petersburg’s camp in Virginia. The Bureau of Prisons says it notified the US Marshals, FBI and other law enforcement agencies. BOP has faced scrutiny in recent years for allowing inmates…

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by Cecilia Levine