Lorton, VA
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Virginia Family Escapes Before Fire Tears Through Lorton Townhouse, Officials Say Virginia Family Escapes Before Fire Tears Through Lorton Townhouse, Officials Say
Virginia Family Escapes Before Fire Tears Through Lorton Townhouse, Officials Say Smoke was already pouring from the townhouse by the time firefighters arrived. Virginia fire crews rushed to the 9600 block of Eaton Woods Place in Lorton just after 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 5, where they found smoke billowing from the rear of a middle-of-row townhouse and immediately launched an aggressive attack, according to Fairfax County Fire and Rescue officials. Crews arrived to find smoke showing from the back of the two-story home and its first-floor balcony before moving quickly to knock down the flames and search the residence. Everyone inside had already made it out safely …

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by Zak Failla
Conshohocken-Plymouth Meeting, PA
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Skeletal Human Remains Found In Woods In Pennsylvania Skeletal Human Remains Found In Woods In Pennsylvania
Skeletal Human Remains Found In Woods In Pennsylvania Skeletal human remains were discovered in a wooded in Pennsylvania Tuesday evening, Aug. 4, prompting an ongoing investigation by police and the Medical Examiner's Office. Philadelphia police were called to the wooded area near the 12000 block of Knights Road in Northeast Philadelphia at approximately 7 p.m., where the remains of an adult were found. The remains are skeletal, and the race and gender of the deceased have not yet been determined, investigators said. The Philadelphia Medical Examiner's Office will work to identify the person and determine the cause and manner of death as the …

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by Jillian Pikora
Five Towns, NY
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Fire Damages Kosher Pizza Place In Lawrence, Arson Squad Investigates: Authorities Fire Damages Kosher Pizza Place In Lawrence, Arson Squad Investigates: Authorities
Fire Damages Kosher Pizza Place In Lawrence, Arson Squad Investigates: Authorities A popular kosher pizza spot on Long Island went up in flames early Tuesday, Aug. 4, authorities said. Firefighters responded to Jerusalem Pizza on Central Avenue in Lawrence around 3:30 a.m., Newsday reported. The two-alarm blaze engulfed the pizza spot and a closed-up deli next door. Both places were unoccupied during the blaze, according to The Yeshiva World. It took about 90 minutes to put out the fire, and no injuries were reported. Nassau County’s fire marshal and arson/bomb squad are investigating the cause of the fire, News 12 Long Island reported. Jerusalem Pizza will be closed for…

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by Joe Wilkinson
Columbia, PA
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20-Year-Old Columbia Woman ID'd In Fatal 2-Vehicle Susquehanna River Crash: Coroner 20-Year-Old Columbia Woman ID'd In Fatal 2-Vehicle Susquehanna River Crash: Coroner
20-Year-Old Columbia Woman ID'd In Fatal 2-Vehicle Susquehanna River Crash: Coroner A 20-year-old woman has been identified as the victim of the crash that sent two vehicles into the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania early Thursday, July 30.  Saige Zink of Columbia Borough, died after the two-vehicle crash in the area of 1938 Water Street in Manor Township, according to the Lancaster County Coroner's Office. Coroner investigators responded to the scene at 5:14 a.m. after both vehicles were found overturned in approximately five feet of water.  An autopsy performed Friday morning determined Zink died from fresh water drowning. Her death was ruled an accident. …

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by Jillian Pikora
Fort Washington, MD
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Gun-Wielding Man Shot, Killed By Officers At Fort Washington Park In Maryland: AG Gun-Wielding Man Shot, Killed By Officers At Fort Washington Park In Maryland: AG
Gun-Wielding Man Shot, Killed By Officers At Fort Washington Park In Maryland: AG A call about a man with a gun ended in deadly gunfire along the Potomac River. A fatal police shooting in Maryland's Fort Washington Park is now under investigation after an officer shot and killed a man Friday evening, according to the Maryland Attorney General's Office. The shooting happened shortly after 6 p.m. on Friday, July 31, when officers with the Maryland-National Capital Park Police, Prince George's County Police Department, and US Park Police responded to reports of a shooting and a man walking near the river with a gun inside Fort Washington Park. According to the Office of th…

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by Zak Failla
Carmel, NY
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UPDATE: Postal Worker Stabbed At Carmel Post Office, Suspect Tased, In Custody UPDATE: Postal Worker Stabbed At Carmel Post Office, Suspect Tased, In Custody
Update: Postal Worker Stabbed At Carmel Post Office, Suspect Tased, In Custody UPDATE: A US Postal Service employee was stabbed multiple times during an assault at a Putnam County post office, and the suspect is now in custody, police said. The incident happened at around 3 p.m. on Thursday, July 30, at the Post Office at 29 Fair St. in the hamlet of Carmel, according to the Carmel Police Department. Putnam County 911 received a report of a disturbance at the post office, with dispatchers later telling responding officers that an assault had occurred and the victim had suffered multiple stab wounds.   According to police, Putnam County Sheriff's Office depu…

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by Ben Crnic
Port Jervis, NY
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Man Dies After Sideswiping Trees, Trailer In Deerpark Crash Man Dies After Sideswiping Trees, Trailer In Deerpark Crash
Man Dies After Sideswiping Trees, Trailer In Deerpark Crash A 69-year-old man died after his vehicle left the road and crashed into trees, a parked vehicle, and a trailer in Orange County, police said. The crash happened at around 9:25 a.m. on Wednesday, July 29, on Peenpack Trail in Deerpark, where troopers responded to the scene, New York State Police announced on Thursday, July 30. Investigators found that Robert S. Jahn, 69, of Sparrowbush, was driving a 2007 Ford eastbound on Peenpack Trail when the vehicle veered off the right side of the road. It then sideswiped several trees before entering a driveway, where it struck an unoccupied 2023…

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by Ben Crnic
Bridgewater-Raritan, NJ
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Aspiring Doctor Charged In Deadly Route 202 Raritan Crash After Running Red Light: Prosecutor Aspiring Doctor Charged In Deadly Route 202 Raritan Crash After Running Red Light: Prosecutor
Aspiring Doctor Charged In Deadly Route 202 Raritan Crash After Running Red Light: Prosecutor Update: The 18-year-old driver charged in the deadly Route 202 Raritan crash Monday, July 27, has since been hit with an additional second-degree charge of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death, prosecutors announced on Thursday, July 30. Siddartha Prasad Surapanani, of Belle Mead, was behind the wheel of a Genesis SUV when he struck the driver's side of an Acura SUV at the First Avenue intersection along Route 202 in Raritan just before 6:30 a.m., Somerset County First Assistant Prosecutor Annemarie L. Mueller said. The driver of the Acura, a woman from Bridgewater, was …

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by Cecilia Levine
Mamaroneck, NY
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Masked Man Pulls Woman To Ground, Forcibly Touches Her In Mamaroneck — Cops Investigating Masked Man Pulls Woman To Ground, Forcibly Touches Her In Mamaroneck — Cops Investigating
Masked Man Pulls Woman To Ground, Forcibly Touches Her In Mamaroneck — Cops Investigating Police in Westchester County are searching for a suspect accused of knocking a woman to the ground and forcibly touching her.  The incident happened at around 1:20 a.m. on Sunday, July 26, in the area of Florence Street and Halstead Avenue in the Village of Mamaroneck, according to the Village of Mamaroneck Police Department.  Police said three women were walking home after leaving a local establishment when an unknown man approached one of them from behind and grabbed her.  According to investigators, the suspect forced the victim to the ground and forcibly touched her befo…

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by Ben Crnic
Hackensack, NJ
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Gunfire Erupts At Rochelle Park Home As Sedan Flees, Chief Says Gunfire Erupts At Rochelle Park Home As Sedan Flees, Chief Says
Gunfire Erupts At Rochelle Park Home As Sedan Flees, Chief Says A shooting prompted a large police response in a quiet Bergen County neighborhood late Monday night, July 27. At approximately 10:35 p.m., Rochelle Park Police dispatchers received multiple calls reporting shots fired at 25 Crescent St., according to Rochelle Park Police Chief Dean Pinto. When patrol officers arrived, they found that multiple rounds had been fired at the home from a four-door sedan, Pinto said. The Rochelle Park Police Department Detective Bureau, the Bergen County Sheriff's Office Bureau of Criminal Identification, and the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office responded t…

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by Cecilia Levine
Glen Burnie, MD
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Maryland Arson Probe Ends With Attempted Murder Charges Against Glen Burnie Man Maryland Arson Probe Ends With Attempted Murder Charges Against Glen Burnie Man
Maryland Arson Probe Ends With Attempted Murder Charges Against Glen Burnie Man Maryland fire investigators say a blaze that tore through a Glen Burnie home last week was actually an attempted killing, leading to attempted murder and arson charges against a 64-year-old man. The fire broke out around 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 21, at a home in the 1200 block of Aster Drive, where Anne Arundel County firefighters quickly brought the flames under control. But for investigators, the case was only beginning. After spending the next several days examining the scene, members of the Anne Arundel County Fire Department's Fire/Arson & Explosives Investigative Bureau conclu…

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by Zak Failla
Columbia, MD
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GF Found Strangled In Vanished BF's Columbia Bedroom: Cops GF Found Strangled In Vanished BF's Columbia Bedroom: Cops
GF Found Strangled In Vanished BF's Columbia Bedroom: Cops A Maryland woman walked into her boyfriend's bedroom. She never walked back out. Now, detectives say the man she was dating has vanished. Howard County police have obtained a murder warrant for 24-year-old Darwin Carcamo-Santiago, who investigators say killed his girlfriend, 35-year-old Esmeralda Perez-Mendez of Takoma Park, inside a Columbia home before disappearing. The investigation began Sunday afternoon, July 26, when one of Carcamo-Santiago's friends went to the residence in the 9000 block of Watchlight Court and made a horrifying discovery. Perez-Mendez was dead inside the susp…

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by Zak Failla