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Driver Cited After 74-Year-Old Scooter Rider Dies Weeks After Northern Virginia Crash: Police Driver Cited After 74-Year-Old Scooter Rider Dies Weeks After Northern Virginia Crash: Police
Driver Cited After 74-Year-Old Scooter Rider Dies Weeks After Northern Virginia Crash: Police A 74-year-old scooter rider has died after being struck by a driver who blew through a stop sign in Northern Virginia, police say. Nearly a month after Jorge Valentin Diaz Ramirez struck Manassas man John Wesley Marr, police have cited the driver after the 74-year-old succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday, Aug. 18. Shortly before 8 a.m. on Tuesday, July 21, officers from the Prince William County Police Department were called to the intersection of Coverstone Drive and Aaron Lane in Manassas, where there was a reported crash. Investigators say Diaz Ramirez was driving a 2022 Kia Forte on Aa…

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CBP Thought 412 Pounds Of Khat Was A Big BWI Haul Then This Showed Up (PHOTOS) CBP Thought 412 Pounds Of Khat Was A Big BWI Haul Then This Showed Up (PHOTOS)
CBP Thought 412 Pounds Of Khat Was A Big BWI Haul Then This Showed Up (Photos) Apparently, 412 pounds wasn't enough. Just two days after federal officers intercepted hundreds of pounds of khat at a Maryland airport, an even bigger load came rolling through Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport on Thursday, Aug. 13. This time, there were people there to claim it. Two men from New York arrived at BWI on a flight from London and were referred for a secondary inspection by US Customs and Border Protection officers, according to the agency. Then officers started opening their luggage. Inside, they found a significant amount of what appeared to be …

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2-Month-Old Girl's Death Ruled Homicide After Suspected Domestic Incident In DC: Police 2-Month-Old Girl's Death Ruled Homicide After Suspected Domestic Incident In DC: Police
2-Month-Old Girl's Death Ruled Homicide After Suspected Domestic Incident In DC: Police The death of an infant killed during a suspected domestic incident in DC has been ruled a homicide, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. Shortly after 9:45 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2-month-old Khamyah Honesty was found unresponsive by first responders in an apartment in the 800 block of New Jersey Avenue SE. The child was suffering from blunt force injuries, police said. She was rushed to the hospital by DC Fire and EMS personnel, where she later died. On Tuesday, Aug. 18, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for DC determined the cause of death was blunt force trauma and r…

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ICE Targets 3 Men Charged With Child Sex Crimes At Same Virginia Jail: DHS ICE Targets 3 Men Charged With Child Sex Crimes At Same Virginia Jail: DHS
ICE Targets 3 Men Charged With Child Sex Crimes At Same Virginia Jail: DHS Three men. Three ICE detainers. One Virginia jail. The Department of Homeland Security put the Commonwealth back in its crosshairs on Wednesday, Aug. 19, after immigration officials lodged detainers against three men being held at the Middle River Regional Jail in Staunton on charges involving alleged sex crimes against children. All three were arrested within five days of each other in late July, according to DHS. Efren Ramirez Escobedo, a Mexican national, was arrested on July 24 and charged with sexual assault involving a victim between 13 and 14 years old and forcible intercourse. DHS…

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Possible House Explosion Sparks Heavy Emergency Response In Maryland (UPDATED) Possible House Explosion Sparks Heavy Emergency Response In Maryland (UPDATED)
Possible House Explosion Sparks Heavy Emergency Response In Maryland (Updated) A home explosion is under investigation in Maryland. Fire crews were called to the 1100 block of Green Holly Drive in Annapolis shortly before 12:40 p.m. on Aug. 19, where officials were investigating a possible residential explosion, according to the Anne Arundel County Fire Department. Crews remained on the scene as the developing incident drew a heavy emergency response. Officials warned residents and motorists to avoid the area while firefighters worked at the scene. Details about what may have exploded, the extent of the damage, and whether anyone was injured were not immediately rel…

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SUV Smashes Gas Line In Fairfax County, Forces School, Shopping Center Evacuations SUV Smashes Gas Line In Fairfax County, Forces School, Shopping Center Evacuations
SUV Smashes Gas Line In Fairfax County, Forces School, Shopping Center Evacuations One wrong turn left a Virginia roadway reeking of gas and sent students and shoppers scrambling to safety. The trouble started before noon on Wednesday, Aug. 19, when a vehicle crashed into a 12-inch gas line near Ox Road and Burke Centre Parkway in Fairfax Station, according to Fairfax County Fire and Rescue. The impact left the SUV in a precarious position off the roadway and prompted a sizable emergency response as gas poured into the area. Fairfax County Police The driver was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, officials said. With a strong smell of gas lingering…

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Freak Badminton Racket Accident Killed NJ 6-Year-Old: Now, Her Family Is Suing Freak Badminton Racket Accident Killed NJ 6-Year-Old: Now, Her Family Is Suing
Freak Badminton Racket Accident Killed NJ 6-Year-Old: Now, Her Family Is Suing The New Jersey family of a 6-year-old girl killed when a metal badminton racket shaft broke free from its handle and pierced her skull has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Franklin Sports. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Lucy Morgan's family by attorneys Travis M. Brennan and Charles P. Hehmeyer of Berman & Simmons, the Maine law firm announced Wednesday, Aug. 19. Lucy was spending the final day of a family vacation at a lake house in Limerick, Maine, on Saturday, June 1, 2024, when her older siblings began playing badminton in the front yard, according to the complaint. Lucy …

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Molotov Cocktail Plot: Massachusetts Trans Woman Sentenced In Plan To Firebomb Scott Bessent Molotov Cocktail Plot: Massachusetts Trans Woman Sentenced In Plan To Firebomb Scott Bessent
Molotov Cocktail Plot: Massachusetts Trans Woman Sentenced In Plan To Firebomb Scott Bessent A Massachusetts woman will spend more than six years in federal prison after admitting to bringing two homemade firebombs and a knife to Washington, D.C., in an attempt to kill then-Treasury secretary nominee Scott Bessent, federal authorities said. Ryan Michael English, 26, of South Deerfield, previously pleaded guilty to two federal weapons charges. A judge sentenced English to 73 months in prison on Tuesday, Aug. 18, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia announced. English must also serve three years of supervised release. The plot unfolded on Jan. 27, 2025, when Bessen…

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24-Year-Old Drowns After Canoe Capsizes On Lake Montclair In Virginia (DEVELOPING) 24-Year-Old Drowns After Canoe Capsizes On Lake Montclair In Virginia (DEVELOPING)
24-Year-Old Drowns After Canoe Capsizes On Lake Montclair In Virginia (Developing) A late summer night on the water turned deadly for a 24-year-old man in Virginia. Police were called to Lake Montclair in the 4600 block of Spalding Drive in Dumfries at 8:26 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18, where a canoe trip ended in tragedy, according to the Prince William County Police Department. Investigators say two men were paddling across the lake when their canoe capsized. One made it out. The 24-year-old went underwater and never resurfaced. That prompted an extensive search of the lake by the department's Underwater Search and Recovery Team as crews worked to find the missing man. The…

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Child Rapist Won Family's Trust With Trips, Gifts Before Exploiting More Boys In Virginia: Feds Child Rapist Won Family's Trust With Trips, Gifts Before Exploiting More Boys In Virginia: Feds
Child Rapist Won Family's Trust With Trips, Gifts Before Exploiting More Boys In Virginia: Feds Richard Scott Tyson had already spent years behind bars for raping a child when prosecutors say he worked his way into another family's trust. More than two decades after that conviction, the 57-year-old Virginia man was sentenced to life plus 10 years in federal prison for sexually exploiting two more minors after showering them with trips, gifts and activities. Tyson's path to his latest victims began in 2021, when he met the first boy and developed a relationship with him and members of his family, according to court records and evidence presented at trial. Before long, Tyson was buying…

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Cause Of Death Revealed For Man Who Fell At Madison Square Garden Goose Concert Cause Of Death Revealed For Man Who Fell At Madison Square Garden Goose Concert
Cause Of Death Revealed For Man Who Fell At Madison Square Garden Goose Concert New York City officials have ruled the death of a Connecticut father who fell during a concert at Madison Square Garden an accident. Paul Kueker, 51, of Niantic, was attending a Goose concert with his wife on June 20. The couple was celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary. Kueker left his seat to use the bathroom midway through the show. Witnesses told police that Kueker appeared intoxicated and climbed over a plexiglass barrier several sections from his seat, the New York Daily News reported. Authorities said he fell from a 150-foot balcony into the 300-section of the arena shortly be…

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Teen Nabbed In Fatal Stabbing Of Reston Woman At Great Falls Park: Police (DEVELOPING) Teen Nabbed In Fatal Stabbing Of Reston Woman At Great Falls Park: Police (DEVELOPING)
Teen Nabbed In Fatal Stabbing Of Reston Woman At Great Falls Park: Police (Developing) The teenager who is allegedly behind the fatal stabbing at a park in Northern Virginia has been apprehended, authorities announced. Alexis Antonio Cedillos-Campos, 19, has been arrested in connection with the killing of Reston resident Carmen Lizet Puch earlier this week. Fairfax County police were called to Difficult Run Park in Great Falls at 6:43 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 17, where an unconscious woman had been spotted lying in the parking lot near a 2011 Honda Civic. When officers arrived, they found the 42-year-old Puch suffering from traumatic injuries to her upper body. Investigators la…

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