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New Jersey Man Extradited To Virginia After Exploiting Teen On Snapchat: Police
What started with a series of Snapchat messages ended with a New Jersey man behind bars in Virginia. Prince William County detectives say Stephen Miller, 23, of Somerset, NJ, was extradited to Virginia after investigators accused him of soliciting and collecting child pornography from a 16-year-old girl in the Woodbridge area. The investigation began in May after officers learned the teen had been communicating with Miller through Snapchat, according to Prince William County police. Detectives say Miller allegedly persuaded the victim to send him sexually explicit images during those conve…
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Virginia Man Fired At Occupied Homes After Fight, Hid In Woods Before Arrest: Police
An argument ended with gunfire. Then came the manhunt. Police say a Dumfries man opened fire after being dropped off following a dispute with a woman, striking two occupied homes before officers tracked him down hiding in the woods late Friday night. The shooting happened around 11:32 p.m. on Friday, July 31, in the 3100 block of Antrim Circle in Dumfries, according to the Prince William County Police Department. Investigators said Derrick Alexander Marks, 40, had been arguing with a woman before she dropped him off at a home in the neighborhood. As she drove away, multiple gunshots rang o…
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Dairy Queen Unveils New Blizzard Flavor, Launching Fall Menu
Dairy Queen is unveiling several new treats on its fall menu, including a new Blizzard flavor. DQ launched its new Caramel Apple Cheesecake Blizzard Treat, the chain announced in a news release on Monday, Aug. 3. The dessert features cheesecake pieces and caramel apple topping blended with DQ soft serve. The Blizzard of the Month for August is available at participating locations. "It's a delicious way to satisfy seasonal cravings while the weather is still warm and for fans to fall a little harder for fall," said DQ. Rewards members can also buy one Blizzard Treat and get a sec…
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Maryland Preserves Another Farm As Protected Farmland Tops 43,000 Acres
Some things aren't meant to disappear. Maryland has permanently preserved another piece of its agricultural landscape after a 69-acre farm in Washington County was protected through a state conservation program, pushing the county's total preserved farmland beyond 43,000 acres. The 69.32-acre crop farm on Park Hall Road in Rohrersville was permanently preserved through the Maryland Agricultural Resource-Based Industries Corporation's Next Generation Farmland Acquisition Program, county officials announced Monday, Aug. 3, after the conservation easement was finalized late last month. The pr…
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Retreating Man Pushed Into Inner Harbor During Fight Dies In Maryland: Police
He was trying to get away. Instead, Baltimore police say James Britt ended up in the Inner Harbor. The deadly confrontation unfolded Sunday afternoon, Aug. 2, along Lancaster Street in Baltimore, where investigators say an argument between two men turned fatal when one of them shoved the other into the water. By the time emergency crews reached the harbor around 3:13 p.m., 37-year-old Britt had already gone in. He was pulled from the water and rushed to a nearby hospital. He didn't survive. On Monday, Aug. 3, homicide detectives announced the arrest of 36-year-old James Fitzsimmons, of …
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Man Caught Urinating Near Children Exposed Himself In Virginia Community: Police
He could have walked away. Instead, Prince William County police say a man who was caught urinating near families and children turned around and exposed himself when a father called him out. The incident happened around 7:17 p.m. on Sunday, July 27, near Ivy Stone Place and Potomac Branch Drive in Woodbridge, according to Prince William County police. Investigators say a 29-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman were walking with their child when they saw an unknown man get out of his vehicle and begin urinating on the ground near them and other children in the area. When the father yelled …
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16-Year-Old Dies After Massive Virginia Car Meet Erupts In Gunfire: Police (
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What began as a massive overnight car meet has become a homicide investigation. Prince William County detectives say the 16-year-old boy who was critically wounded when gunfire erupted during a gathering in Woodbridge has died from his injuries. Police were notified Sunday, Aug. 2, that the teen had died at an area hospital after being shot during the early morning hours of Saturday, Aug. 1, in the 14100 block of Crossing Place. An autopsy completed Monday, Aug. 3, ruled the teen's death a homicide, according to Prince William County Police. Because the victim was a juvenile, police are n…
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Hidden Electrical Fire Leaves Historic Maryland Landmark With $150K Damage (
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The flames were hiding where no one could see them. A fire sparked by an electrical failure burned beneath the first floor and spread through the walls of the historic former Currier House in Havre de Grace on Monday morning, leaving behind an estimated $150,000 in damage. A passerby first spotted fire showing from the outside of the two-story former bed-and-breakfast at 800 Market Street shortly before 7:30 a.m. on Aug. 3, according to the Office of the Maryland State Fire Marshal. The building was under renovation and unoccupied at the time. Crews from the Susquehanna Hose Company ar…
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17-Year-Old Killed While Changing Tire Along I-695 In Maryland, State Police Say
What started as a flat tire ended in tragedy. A 17-year-old from Edgewood was struck and killed while trying to change a tire along the Baltimore Beltway early Sunday morning, according to Maryland State Police. Troopers responded shortly before 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 2, to the outer loop of I-695 just east of southbound I-83 in Baltimore County for a reported pedestrian crash. Investigators say the teen had been riding in a Lexus IS with two other people when the vehicle became disabled in the far-right lane. As he worked outside the car to change the tire, a Honda Accord struck the r…
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Who Is She? Detectives In Maryland Still Can't ID Woman Found Dead In Woods In 2024
She still has no name. More than a year after a human skull was discovered in a wooded stretch of Baltimore County, detectives are making another plea for help identifying the woman they still can't bring home. The case dates back to March 9, 2024, when officers responded to the 8300 block of Bradshaw Road in Parkville for a suspicious circumstances call and found a human skull in the woods. Nearly three weeks later, on March 27, homicide detectives returned with volunteers from the Chesapeake Search and Rescue Dog Association. Their search uncovered several additional bones scattered near…
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Lightning Strikes Twice: Maryland Man Wins Second $50K Lottery Prize Of 2026
Winning $50,000 once is the kind of luck most Lottery players spend a lifetime chasing. A Waldorf man just did it twice in the same year. The Charles County resident returned to Maryland Lottery headquarters this week to claim another $50,000 prize after a Bonus Match 5 Quick Pick ticket matched all five winning numbers in the July 17 drawing. Remarkably, it wasn't even his first big score of 2026. Earlier this year, the longtime Lottery player collected another $50,000 through a Maryland Lottery second-chance promotion. Now, less than a year later, lightning has struck twice. The weekly…
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'Breathe!': Virginia Woman Screams Her Way Into $1.73M Lottery Jackpot
Sometimes a scream is bad news. For one Chesterfield woman, it meant she had just become a newly minted millionaire. The anonymous Virginia Lottery player was sitting at her computer one night playing the Lottery's online Banker's Bonus Boost game when everything changed in an instant. "I started screaming!" she told Lottery officials after landing a progressive jackpot worth $1,732,009. The scream was loud enough to send her husband sprinting into the room. He glanced at the computer screen, realized what had happened, and offered perhaps the most sensible advice anyone could in that mo…
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