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Gas Station Worker Charged After Woodbridge Man Stabbed To Death Near Pumps In Dumfries: Police Gas Station Worker Charged After Woodbridge Man Stabbed To Death Near Pumps In Dumfries: Police
Gas Station Worker Charged After Woodbridge Man Stabbed To Death Near Pumps In Dumfries: Police A 20-year-old Woodbridge man was stabbed to death outside a Virginia gas station after a fight with an employee near the pumps, according to Prince William County Police. Michael Orlando Dickey, 42, who police say has no fixed address, is charged with manslaughter in the killing of Jonathan David Ferreyra Agapito early Sunday morning. The stabbing happened around 12:10 a.m. on May 17 at the Shell station on Dumfries Road in Dumfries. When officers arrived, they found Ferreyra Agapito suffering from a stab wound near the gas pumps. Investigators say the victim became involved in a physical…

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by Zak Failla
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3-Year-Old Found Safe After Maryland Mother Accused Of Taking Child From Park: Police 3-Year-Old Found Safe After Maryland Mother Accused Of Taking Child From Park: Police
3-Year-Old Found Safe After Maryland Mother Accused Of Taking Child From Park: Police A 3-year-old boy who sparked an overnight parental abduction alert in Maryland has been found safe after police say his mother took him from a Baltimore park without permission. Roman Johnson was located unharmed early Sunday morning, May 18, according to Baltimore Police. The search began around 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 17, when officers were called to the 1900 block of Eagle Drive in Baltimore to investigate a reported parental abduction. Police say the child’s father told officers he had been playing with Roman at a park when the boy’s mother, identified as Enurah Isis, took the child…

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by Zak Failla
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Woman Found Dead, Barricaded Man Fatally Shot By Officers In Virginia Standoff: Police Woman Found Dead, Barricaded Man Fatally Shot By Officers In Virginia Standoff: Police
Woman Found Dead, Barricaded Man Fatally Shot By Officers In Virginia Standoff: Police Two family members are dead following an officer-involved shooting in Northern Virginia on Monday morning, police confirmed. Officers from the Alexandria Police Department were called around 4 a.m. on May 18 to an apartment on Canterbury Square, where there were reports of a woman who had been shot. According to Police Chief Tarrick McGuire, responding officers were able to remove relatives from the home, while a man barricaded himself in a room inside the apartment with the woman's body. Officers gave verbal commands, but the man refused to exit the room, McGuire said. He later emerged…

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by Zak Failla
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Off-Duty Cop, Officer Wife Help Stop Wild AR-15 Shooting, Carjacking Rampage Near VA Border: PD Off-Duty Cop, Officer Wife Help Stop Wild AR-15 Shooting, Carjacking Rampage Near VA Border: PD
Off-Duty Cop, Officer Wife Help Stop Wild AR-15 Shooting, Carjacking Rampage Near VA Border: PD An off-duty cop and his police officer wife helped crack a wild crime spree that ended with a 68-year-old man facing 66 charges in Maryland. Larry James Simpson is accused of multiple shootings at five locations across northern Prince George's County over several hours on Friday, May 15, according to police. Simpson’s day began around 2:30 p.m., when officers received reports of a man pointing a long gun out of a car window in the 5100 block of Pierce Avenue in College Park. Witnesses said several shots were fired, though no injuries were reported. According to the Prince George's County …

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by Zak Failla
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Murder-Suicide Investigation Unfolds Across Baltimore, Howard Counties After Shooting: Police Murder-Suicide Investigation Unfolds Across Baltimore, Howard Counties After Shooting: Police
Murder-Suicide Investigation Unfolds Across Baltimore, Howard Counties After Shooting: Police A 21-year-old woman was found shot to death inside a Baltimore County home as investigators unraveled what appears to be a murder-suicide investigation stretching into neighboring Howard County. Baltimore County Police identified the victim Friday as Kaylie Logston, one day after officers discovered her dead inside a home on Hillside Road in Catonsville. Police were called to the home around 3 p.m. Thursday, May 14, for reports of a shooting. When officers entered the residence, they found Logston dead from an apparent gunshot wound. As homicide detectives worked the scene in Baltimore Co…

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by Zak Failla
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Gunman Opens Fire Outside Marriott Near VA Border, Killing Hotel Guest In Broad Daylight: PD Gunman Opens Fire Outside Marriott Near VA Border, Killing Hotel Guest In Broad Daylight: PD
Gunman Opens Fire Outside Marriott Near VA Border, Killing Hotel Guest In Broad Daylight: PD A man was gunned down outside a Maryland hotel in broad daylight Thursday morning before the shooter vanished, sparking a major homicide investigation. Police were called to the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center on Marinelli Road around 11:37 a.m. Thursday, May 14, after reports of a shooting in the parking lot, according to Montgomery County police. Responding officers found 41-year-old Quentin Tyrone Davis suffering from an apparent gunshot wound outside the North Bethesda hotel. Davis, who police say was a guest at the hotel and had no known address, died at the scene …

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by Zak Failla
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Man Used Fireworks, Fuel To Spark $10M Walmart Blaze Hundreds Of Miles From Home: Fire Marshal Man Used Fireworks, Fuel To Spark $10M Walmart Blaze Hundreds Of Miles From Home: Fire Marshal
Man Used Fireworks, Fuel To Spark $10M Walmart Blaze Hundreds Of Miles From Home: Fire Marshal A New Jersey firebug who traveled hundreds of miles to Maryland is facing arson charges after allegedly using fireworks to torch a Walmart during a jewelry heist, officials say. Anthony Rhodes, 36, of Berlin, New Jersey, was arrested in his hometown after he was identified by deputy state fire marshals as the suspect who went to great lengths to shoplift in Cecil County. Crews from the Singerly Fire Company were called shortly after 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 29, to the store in the 1000 block of E. Pulaski Highway, where employees and customers were forced to evacuate. The Office o…

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by Zak Failla
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Woman, 62, Among 2 Shoppers Sexually Assaulted In Woodbridge, Cops Say Woman, 62, Among 2 Shoppers Sexually Assaulted In Woodbridge, Cops Say
Woman, 62, Among 2 Shoppers Sexually Assaulted In Woodbridge, Cops Say A 22-year-old man has been arrested in connection with sexually assaulting two shoppers, including a 62-year-old woman, in Woodbridge, authorities said. Police responded to the Family Dollar in Daniel Stuart Square on May 10, where a man later identified as Curtis Moore approached a 62-year-old woman and touched her inappropriately before fleeing, Prince William County police said. The suspect was described as a white male, tall, aged 20-30 years old with long, burgundy-colored hair, wearing a dark gray hoodie, gray pants, white shoes, a pink backpack, and carrying a skateboard, p…

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by Cecilia Levine
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1 Dead, 3 Hospitalized In Boat Crash Near Logan Airport: Police 1 Dead, 3 Hospitalized In Boat Crash Near Logan Airport: Police
1 Dead, 3 Hospitalized In Boat Crash Near Logan Airport: Police A 24-year-old woman was killed and three others were hospitalized when a boat crashed near Logan International Airport in Boston Harbor late Wednesday, May 13, NBC 10 Boston reports. The recreational boat crashed into a pier off of the airport's runway 4R pier just before 11:20 p.m., a Massachusetts State Police spokesperson said. Boston EMS said the crash was a challenging one with difficult conditions, "including darkness and slippery shoreline rocks." "Working in close coordination with Massport Fire, crews carefully extricated four patients from the rocks. One critically injured patien…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Air Fryer Suspected After Home Goes Up In Flames During Evening Walk: Fire Marshal Air Fryer Suspected After Home Goes Up In Flames During Evening Walk: Fire Marshal
Air Fryer Suspected After Home Goes Up In Flames During Evening Walk: Fire Marshal Dinner was done. The evening walk had already started. Then came the smoke. A Harford County homeowner returned from an evening walk Tuesday night to find flames ripping through his Joppa home in a devastating fire investigators believe may have started with an air fryer. The massive blaze broke out shortly before 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 12, at a home on Anchor Drive in Joppa, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office. By the time the homeowner made it back, smoke was pouring from the eaves of the two-story house. Investigators say the man opened the front door but was immedi…

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by Zak Failla
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Good Samaritans Pull Driver From Burning SUV On I-495 Moments Before Vehicle Erupts In Flames Good Samaritans Pull Driver From Burning SUV On I-495 Moments Before Vehicle Erupts In Flames
Good Samaritans Pull Driver From Burning SUV On I-495 Moments Before Vehicle Erupts In Flames Seconds mattered on the Beltway on Monday night. Several passing drivers stopped on I-495 to help pull a dazed motorist from a burning SUV moments before it became fully engulfed in flames near the Clara Barton Parkway ramp, officials said. The fiery crash happened around 7:30 p.m. on Monday, May 11, on the Inner Loop of the Capital Beltway near Exit 41, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesman Pete Piringer. Photos from the scene show the SUV engulfed in flames, with thick black smoke pouring into the sky above the highway. The fire on I-495 in Montgomery County. …

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by Zak Failla
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Cops ID Colgate Student Found Dead After Kayak Overturns In NY River Cops ID Colgate Student Found Dead After Kayak Overturns In NY River
Cops ID Colgate Student Found Dead After Kayak Overturns In NY River A 21-year-old Colgate University student from Westchester County who was found dead after his kayak overturned in an Upstate New York river has been identified by authorities. Sohail A. Nabi, of Yonkers, was found dead Monday, May 11, in the Schroon River in Warrensburg, New York State Police confirmed.  The incident began just after 8 p.m. on Sunday, May 10, when troopers responded to the area of Library Avenue following reports of an overturned kayak in the river.  Investigators later determined Nabi had been kayaking with a small group of people when they lost sight of him. Wh…

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by Ben Crnic