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Tennessee DUI Driver Caused Deadly Crash On I-81: Virginia State Police Tennessee DUI Driver Caused Deadly Crash On I-81: Virginia State Police
Tennessee DUI Driver Caused Deadly Crash On I-81: Virginia State Police A Tennessee man has been charged with DUI in a deadly crash on I-81 in Virginia, police said. Kenneth J. Bireta, 54, of Knoxville, TN, was heading north on the highway when he ran off the left side of the roadway into the median, overturned several times, and entered the southbound lanes just before 11 p.m. Monday, April 1, Virginia State Police said. Bireta's Toyota Highlander then collided with a 2019 Nissan Rogue heading south. Bireta suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries in the crash and was taken to Winchester Medical Center for treatment. He was wearing a seatbelt. T…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Drug Trafficker With Ties To DC Wanted For Running 'Sophisticated Operation' In DMV: FBI Drug Trafficker With Ties To DC Wanted For Running 'Sophisticated Operation' In DMV: FBI
Drug Trafficker With Ties To DC Wanted For Running 'Sophisticated Operation' In DMV: FBI An alleged drug trafficker who goes by many names is on the run from the FBI after helping to run a massive scheme throughout the DMV region. Samuel Lee Rose, 44, who moved kilograms of cocaine, heroin, and crack from Maryland to West Virginia is among the state's most wanted after running what federal authorities described as "a sophisticated operation" that lined his pockets with hundreds of thousands of dollars. Rose stands accused of his role in a conspiracy to traffic large amounts of heroin, fentanyl, cocaine base, and cocaine hydrochloride from Hagerstown into Berkeley County in West…

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by Zak Failla
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Sex Trafficker Held Woman Trying To Escape By Her Hair In VA: Police Sex Trafficker Held Woman Trying To Escape By Her Hair In VA: Police
Sex Trafficker Held Woman Trying To Escape By Her Hair In VA: Police A 39-year-old man was charged with sex trafficking after he held a woman apparently trying to escape by her hair, then was seen pushing a woman out of his moving car in Loudoun County, authorities said. Andrew Hill, of Martinsburg, WV, was arrested after both incidents in Leesburg on Wednesday, Sept. 14, Leesburg Officer Michael Drogan said. Trouble began around 6:15 p.m. when 9-1-1 callers reported a female passenger was trying to get out of a car being driven near the Leesburg Bypass and Fort Evans Road NE, and that the driver was holding her by her hair, Drogan said.  Pol…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Here's What We Know About Looming CSX Railroad Strike In Maryland Here's What We Know About Looming CSX Railroad Strike In Maryland
Here's What We Know About Looming CSX Railroad Strike In Maryland The ongoing labor dispute between CSX Transportation and its labor unions could have a major impact on riders in Maryland and Virginia. CSX has notified the Maryland Transit Administration that if an agreement on a new contract isn’t reached that there is a potential for a labor strike beginning the morning of Friday, Sept. 16. Officials noted that since CSX owns and operates the Camden and Brunswick lines and dispatches MARC trains, any labor disruption would force the immediate suspension of service on those lines until a resolution is reached. 📌ICYMI📌If a potential labor strike bet…

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by Zak Failla