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Charges Pending Against Pickup Driver In Deadly I-95 Crash In: Virginia State Police
Police have released details and identified the victim killed in an I-95 in crash Prince William County early Monday, April 8.
Kenneth L. Combo, Jr., 59, of Leesburg, was heading north in a 1986 GMC pickup when he ran off the road left, struck the guardrail, overcorrected and then struck a northbound 2023 Kia Telluride around 3:30 a.m. near milepost 151 in Dumfries/Triangle, Virginia State Police said.
The GMC then rolled over twice, ejecting its passenger, 48-year-old Nora Butler, of Franklin, who was not wearing a seatbelt, police said.
Charges are pending against Combo for failing …
Former VA High School Football Player Marques Pitre-Johnson Dies Suddenly, 28
Marques Xavier Pitre-Johnson, a Reston, VA native, died unexpectedly at home in Georgia on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, his obituary said. He was 28 years old.
Marques was being remembered in his obituary as a "true Restonian," having played for the Reston Ankle Biters little league football team and South Lakes Seahawks football team in high school.
He was also a talented music artist, who went by "Johnny Quest," and proudly served in the US Navy and worked as an HVAC tech, his obituary continues.
More than $4,400 had been raised for Johnson's family on a GoFundMe as of press time.
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Former Couple Who Trafficked Guns Used For Criminal Activity In DMV Get Prison Time
The former couple who trafficked dozens of guns throughout the DMV region will spend years in prison, according to federal officials.
Gregory Bournes Jr., 31, of Lancaster, Virginia, and Georgia resident Dream Jackson, 30, were both sentenced in Washington, DC for bringing guns to the area that were used for criminal activity, including an attempted murder in Maryland.
According to court documents, between February 2021 and February 2022, Bournes and Jackson - who were in a romantic relationship at the time - conspired to purchase guns legally from dealers in Georgia and Texas that were the…
Support Surges For Former VA Beach Firefighter After Severe Biking Accident
Former Battalion Chief Jon McIvor is learning to walk again at 44 years old.
On April 26, McIvor was in a biking accident that caused a severe C7 spinal cord injury, according to a GoFundMe page started for him.
Battalion Chief Jon McIvorErin and John Sutton's GoFundMe Page
At his hospital in Georgia, McIvor has fought through tremendous pain, countless treatments, and has maintained the determination to grow stronger each day, a friend wrote on the page.
"We, his friends, family, fellow firefighters, and neighbors are doing all we can to support Jon and his road to recovery, but could…
Motocross Stuntman Who Traveled Through NJ, NY, PA Charged With Raping Kids, Recording It
A motocross stunt rider who frequented New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania raped children and made videos of it while barnstorming the country in a traveling circus, federal authorities charged.
Ryan Meyung, 30, “engaged six different minor victims in sexually explicit conduct to produce images of child sexual abuse” between 2019 and 2021, the Justice Department said.
Meyung had already been charged locally in Georgia with child rape, aggravated kidnapping, tampering with evidence and criminal conspiracy. A federal indictment returned this week accuses him of producing, transporting and p…
