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Panhandler Who Attacked Elderly Pair Gets Prison Time For Beating Them With Victim's Cane In DC Panhandler Who Attacked Elderly Pair Gets Prison Time For Beating Them With Victim's Cane In DC
Panhandler Who Attacked Elderly Pair Gets Prison Time For Beating Them With Victim's Cane In DC The panhandler responsible for a life-altering attack on an elderly couple outside a Northwest DC grocery store will spend years in prison for beating the pair up with their own cane when they didn't give him enough charity, according to officials. District resident Alexander Adams, 35, was sentenced to 96 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release after pleading guilty in December to two counts of aggravated assault of a senior citizen. His sentence comes after he violently assaulted 78-year-old John Hopkins and then 79-year-old Claudia Hopkins outside Giant in the 370…

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by Zak Failla
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Panhandler Who Attacked Elderly Couple Admits To Beating Them With Victim's Cane In DC Panhandler Who Attacked Elderly Couple Admits To Beating Them With Victim's Cane In DC
Panhandler Who Attacked Elderly Couple Admits To Beating Them With Victim's Cane In DC The panhandler responsible for a life-altering attack on an elderly couple outside a Northwest DC grocery store admitted to beating the pair up with their own cane when they didn't give him enough charity last year. District resident Alexander Adams, 35, pleaded guilty on Monday in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to violently assaulting 78-year-old John Hopkins and then 79-year-old Claudia Hopkins outside Giant in the 3700 block of Newark Street NW, likely leaving the latter with permanent damage. According to prosecutors, at around 11:10 p.m. on Feb. 23, 2022, Adams randomly…

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by Zak Failla
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VIDEO: DC Firefighters Rescue Residents From Two-Alarm Apartment Fire VIDEO: DC Firefighters Rescue Residents From Two-Alarm Apartment Fire
Video: DC Firefighters Rescue Residents From Two-Alarm Apartment Fire Firefighters were captured on video bringing several residents to safety as heavy smoke traveled through an apartment building in Northwest DC on Tuesday, Nov. 15. Crews were called just before noon to the multi-story building on the 700 block of 24th Street, where several senior citizens live, according to DC Fire and EMS. The fire was quickly extinguished, and videos posted to the department's Twitter page showed firefighters safely pulling the residents out of the window and carrying them down to safety on a ladder. Update 2 Alarm fire 700 block 24th St NW. Fire has been knocked dow…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
Missing Fredericksburg Senior Found Safe Missing Fredericksburg Senior Found Safe
Missing Fredericksburg Senior Found Safe The Fredericksburg senior who went missing in the evening on Wednesday July 14 has been located and is safe, police said. A senior alert was issued for 83-year-old John Vincent after he went missing sometime after 5 p.m. July 13, Fredericksburg Police said.  Vincent has been located and is safe, officials reported.

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by AJ Goldbloom
Police & Fire
At Least 45 Seniors Displaced By Fredericksburg Apartment Fire: Report At Least 45 Seniors Displaced By Fredericksburg Apartment Fire: Report
At Least 45 Seniors Displaced By Fredericksburg Apartment Fire: Report Editor's Note: A previous version of this story indicated more people had been displaced by the fire and that it started at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, May 17. That information has since been corrected.  More than 45 seniors are said to have been displaced by a fire that broke out at an apartment complex in Fredericksburg, Potomac Local reports. The fire occurred at the Madonna House at Belmont, located in the 2600 block of Cowan Boulevard, around 10 p.m. on Monday, May 16, the Fredericksburg Fire Department said on Facebook. On May 16th at 2159 hours, our Medic 2 was dispatched to a medical a…

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by David Cifarelli