Ashburn, VA
Business
Wegmans Says Goodbye To Plastic Bags At Virginia Stores Wegmans Says Goodbye To Plastic Bags At Virginia Stores
Wegmans Says Goodbye To Plastic Bags At Virginia Stores Customers will soon no longer be able to get single-use plastic bags at Wegmans stores in Virginia, the company announced this week.  The grocery chain said stores in Leesburg, Dulles, Potomac, Lake Manassas, Virginia Beach, and Charlottesville would stop using the bags beginning on July 1. Wegmans in Fairfax and Richmond counties have already phased out single-use plastic bags.  Customers can purchase paper bags for 5 cents each or bring reusable bags for their groceries. The company said it would donate any money generated from the sale of paper bags to local food banks, the com…

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by Josh Lanier
Fredericksburg, VA
Police & Fire
Missing Elderly Virginia Woman Could Be In Serious Danger: Police (UPDATE) Missing Elderly Virginia Woman Could Be In Serious Danger: Police (UPDATE)
Missing Elderly Virginia Woman Could Be In Serious Danger: Police (Update) Police announced they have located Sherrie Ann Smith. She is safe.  Earlier, Virginia state police issued a statewide alert to find her because they believed she was in serious danger.  Smith, 68, left her home in Virginia Beach at 3 a.m. Thursday, May 26. She suffers cognitive impairments, which searchers feared posed a serious threat to her health and safety.  Police located her just before 1 p.m. 

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by Josh Lanier
Alexandria, VA
News
Two Virginia Cities Named Best Places To Live In 2022-23 By US News Two Virginia Cities Named Best Places To Live In 2022-23 By US News
Two Virginia Cities Named Best Places To Live In 2022-23 By US News Two Virginia cities were named on US News & World Report's list of 150 Best Places to Live in 2022-2023. Richmond was ranked 57th and Virginia Beach was ranked 106th, according to the list. Meanwhile, Washington DC made it among the top 20. The list is generated by analyzing 150 metro areas across the country based on quality of life, job market, value of living and people's desire to live there.  Richmond received an overall score of 6.3 out of 10. As "the only city in America with whitewater rapids running through its downtown district," USN said Richmond offers a range o…

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by David Cifarelli
Fairfax, VA
News
Meet Sable: The 800-Pound Great White Making Her Rounds Off The VA Coast Meet Sable: The 800-Pound Great White Making Her Rounds Off The VA Coast
Meet Sable: The 800-Pound Great White Making Her Rounds Off The VA Coast There's an 800-pound, 11.5-foot Great White shark reminding us it's almost time for shark watch season as she made her appearance off the coast of Virginia.  Sable was spotted off the coast of Virginia beach on Tuesday, May 10, according to a Tweet from OCEARCH.  Sable is currently off of Virginia Beach, VA! We met this 800lb, & 11.5ft female white shark off W Ironbound Island, Nova Scotia last September & she's traveled over 5,000 miles since! Track Sable's movements: https://t.co/0733fGAcAF#FactsOverFear #Sharks #whiteshark pic.twitter.com/IBzptytAOI — OCEARCH (@OCEARCH) May 5…

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by David Cifarelli
Glen Burnie, MD
News
New Jersey's 'Suitcase Killer' Case Debuts As Lifetime Movie This Summer New Jersey's 'Suitcase Killer' Case Debuts As Lifetime Movie This Summer
New Jersey's 'Suitcase Killer' Case Debuts As Lifetime Movie This Summer A New Jersey homicide with Virginia ties will be detailed in a new Lifetime movie, set for release later this year.  "Suitcase Killer: The Melanie McGuire Story," premiers June 18. The movie is a retelling of how the mom of two and ex-fertility nurse, of Woodbridge, killed her husband to continue an alleged affair. McGuire was found guilty of using a power saw to cut up her husband, Navy veteran William "Bill" McGuire, and putting his body parts into suitcases. Prosecutors say she chucked the luggage into the Chesapeake Bay, but the suitcases later washed up on Virginia Beach. The former …

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by David Cifarelli
Hartford, CT
Lifestyle
Winning $500,000 Lottery Ticket Sold At CT Supermarket Winning $500,000 Lottery Ticket Sold At CT Supermarket
Winning $500,000 Lottery Ticket Sold At CT Supermarket One CT Lottery player is feeling extra lucky after cashing in a winning scratch-off ticket worth a half-million dollars. In Hartford County, a resident of Avon who chose not to disclose a name won $500,000 playing "$500,000 Extravaganza!" on Monday, March 28 after cashing in a ticket sold at the Big Y Class Market on West Main Street in Avon. "$500,000 Extravaganza!" players have a 1 in 3.09 chance of winning, lottery officials said. According to CT Lottery, “when a winning scratch ticket is validated through a Lottery Retailer's terminal, the remaining number of unclaimed prizes for that …

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by Zak Failla
Egg Harbor Township, NJ
News
Stolen Handgun, 250 Bags Heroin Recovered In Atlantic City Stolen Handgun, 250 Bags Heroin Recovered In Atlantic City
Stolen Handgun, 250 Bags Heroin Recovered In Atlantic City A 22-year-old man from South Jersey was arrested with a loaded handgun stolen from Virginia, authorities said. A 9-1-1 tip at 7:08 a.m. on Sunday sent Atlantic City patrol officers Christopher Dodson, Alberto Valles, Ahmed Waqar and Warren Young to the first block of south Florida Avenue. Surveillance Center personnel were able to direct the officers to Dupree Frederick, Jr., who was in the area and matched the description from the 9-1-1 caller, police said.  A loaded handgun allegedly was recovered from Frederick’s pocket, according to Lt. Kevin Fair, a police department spokesman. …

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by Jon Craig
Bristol, PA
Police & Fire
Philly Judge Won't Drop Election Charges Against VA Men Who Came To 'Straighten Out' Vote Count Philly Judge Won't Drop Election Charges Against VA Men Who Came To 'Straighten Out' Vote Count
Philly Judge Won't Drop Election Charges Against VA Men Who Came To 'Straighten Out' Vote Count A Philadelphia judge on Thursday refused to dismiss election charges against a pair of Virginia men, who were apparently armed with an AR-15 when police stopped them near a vote-counting center during the 2020 Presidential Elections, news reports say. Joshua Macias, 42, and Antonio LaMotta, 61 -- both of Chesapeake, VA -- were originally arrested on weapons offenses, although LaMotta's charge was dropped as he was licensed to carry in his home state. Bike patrol officers stopped the two men around 10:30 p.m., on Nov. 5, and found them in possession a pair of guns -- which they did not have…

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by Cecilia Levine
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Four Charged In Connection With Long Island Overdose Death, Police Say Four Charged In Connection With Long Island Overdose Death, Police Say
Four Charged In Connection With Long Island Overdose Death, Police Say Four people, including three Long Island residents, have been arrested in connection with an alleged overdose death on Long Island.  The four were arrested around 10 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 29, in Woodmere, in connection with the fatal overdose of a Nassau County resident said the Nassau County Police. Those arrested included Krystal Incigeri, age 28, of Valley Stream, Jasmine Morales, 26, Lynbrook, Angela Aragona, 27, Valley Stream, and Avante Lester, 27, of Virginia Beach, Virginia. Incigeri was charged with criminal facilitation and unlawful possession of marijuana. Mor…

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by Kathy Reakes
Middletown, NJ
News
3,500-Pound Great White Shark Pinged Off Jersey Shore Coast 3,500-Pound Great White Shark Pinged Off Jersey Shore Coast
3,500-Pound Great White Shark Pinged Off Jersey Shore Coast One of the largest tagged Great White sharks was spotted off the Jersey Shore coast last weekend. Nukumi, weighing in at more than 3,500 pounds, was pinged just before 8 p.m. Saturday near the deep submarine canyons in Monmouth County, according to research group OCEARCH's tracker. The 17-foot-2-inch shark wears a tag on her dorsal fin, and had ben swimming down from the Canadian waters last week. Nukumi -- pronounced noo-goo-mee -- was tagged by nonprofit research group OCEARCH Oct. 2, while swimming off the southern coast of Nova Scotia. “When you handle an animal of this size it w…

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by Cecilia Levine
Hamilton Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Philly Judge Won't Drop Election Charges Against VA Men Who Came To 'Straighten Out' Vote Count Philly Judge Won't Drop Election Charges Against VA Men Who Came To 'Straighten Out' Vote Count
Philly Judge Won't Drop Election Charges Against VA Men Who Came To 'Straighten Out' Vote Count A Philadelphia judge on Thursday refused to dismiss election charges against a pair of Virginia men, who were apparently armed with an AR-15 when police stopped them near a vote-counting center during the 2020 Presidential Elections, news reports say. Joshua Macias, 42, and Antonio LaMotta, 61 -- both of Chesapeake, VA -- were originally arrested on weapons offenses, although LaMotta's charge was dropped as he was licensed to carry in his home state. Bike patrol officers stopped the two men around 10:30 p.m., on Nov. 5, and found them in possession a pair of guns -- which they did not have…

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by Cecilia Levine
Hackensack, NJ
News
Feds Charge More Than 300 In U.S. With Violent Crimes ‘Under Guise’ Of Peaceful Protests Feds Charge More Than 300 In U.S. With Violent Crimes ‘Under Guise’ Of Peaceful Protests
Feds Charge More Than 300 In U.S. With Violent Crimes ‘Under Guise’ Of Peaceful Protests More than 300 “violent opportunists” nationwide are being prosecuted federally for crimes committed “under the guise of peaceful demonstrations” against racial injustice, the U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday. They include a saboteur who inadvertently engulfed himself in flames when he poured liquid from a gas can onto three U.S. Supreme Court vehicles in Washington, D.C., the department said in a release. Several defendants “leveraged social media platforms to incite destruction and assaults against law enforcement officers,” the release says. Nearly three dozen defendants are ch…

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by Jerry DeMarco