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Maryland Gang Member Convicted After Innocent Man Mistaken For Rival In Deadly DC Hit: DOJ Maryland Gang Member Convicted After Innocent Man Mistaken For Rival In Deadly DC Hit: DOJ
Maryland Gang Member Convicted After Innocent Man Mistaken For Rival In Deadly DC Hit: DOJ One wrong walk home turned into a death sentence. A Maryland man was among four members of a violent Southeast Washington street crew convicted Monday, Aug. 3, for running an armed drug operation that used machine guns to defend territory and ultimately gunned down an innocent bystander, federal prosecutors said. Markquette Rajon Cowan, 27, of Maryland, was found guilty alongside Washington, DC residents Christopher Jordan Broady, 26; Joshua Nicholas Stephenson, 25; and Larry Duncan, 35, following a four-week trial in US District Court. Prosecutors said the men belonged to the "Push Dat Sh…

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NYPD Cop Dies After Breast Explant Surgery: Reports NYPD Cop Dies After Breast Explant Surgery: Reports
Nypd Cop Dies After Breast Explant Surgery: Reports The NYPD is mourning the loss of a 31-year-old officer who reportedly died of a botched breast implant surgery in the Dominican Republic. Rebecca De Paula's family members tell Spanish outlet Noticias SIN that she developed a bacterial infection after having her breast implants removed in the Dominican Republic. De Paula developed severe diarrhea and her condition rapidly worsened before she died at a clinic in Santo Domingo following the procedure on Sunday, Aug. 2, according to the outlet. Her family is urging officials to probe whether or not medical malpractice or negligence contributed…

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DOJ Says County Gun Law Violates Supreme Court Decision In Maryland DOJ Says County Gun Law Violates Supreme Court Decision In Maryland
DOJ Says County Gun Law Violates Supreme Court Decision In Maryland Maryland's toughest local gun restrictions are now at the center of a federal lawsuit. The US Department of Justice has sued Montgomery County, accusing officials of violating the Second Amendment by making it nearly impossible for law-abiding residents with concealed carry permits to legally carry firearms in public. The lawsuit, filed Monday, Aug. 3, targets Montgomery County's recently enacted Bill 23-26, which prohibits firearms in thousands of locations throughout the county and creates a 100-yard exclusion zone around each of those places. According to the Justice Department, the res…

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Maryland Coach Tried To Save Neighbor Before Deadly Fire Changed Everything Maryland Coach Tried To Save Neighbor Before Deadly Fire Changed Everything
Maryland Coach Tried To Save Neighbor Before Deadly Fire Changed Everything One split-second decision changed everything. Maryland basketball coach Ebony Ballard tried to help her elderly neighbor escape the Salisbury fire that would ultimately claim his life. When she could do no more, she was forced to make the unimaginable choice to get herself and her daughter, Amanda, to safety. Now, just days later, the woman known for pouring into young athletes across the community is the one her community is rallying around. The July 30 fire broke out shortly after 12:35 p.m. inside a one-story, five-unit row home in the 500 block of Tangier Street in Salisbury, according…

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Riverdale Park Man Charged In Fatal Maryland Apartment Shooting: Police Riverdale Park Man Charged In Fatal Maryland Apartment Shooting: Police
Riverdale Park Man Charged In Fatal Maryland Apartment Shooting: Police Violence inside a Maryland apartment ended with one man dead and another in handcuffs. Prince George's County detectives have charged 34-year-old Noe Castillo-Mendez, of Riverdale Park, with murder in the fatal shooting of 44-year-old Dolores Leiva Hernandez, who was found dead inside an apartment late last week. The shooting happened at about 10:15 p.m. on Thursday, July 30, in the 5400 block of Kenilworth Terrace in Riverdale Park. Officers responded after receiving reports of a shooting and found Hernandez suffering from gunshot wounds inside the apartment. He was pronounced dead at the…

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One Dead, Several Seriously Hurt After Maryland 'Mass Casualty Incident' (DEVELOPING) One Dead, Several Seriously Hurt After Maryland 'Mass Casualty Incident' (DEVELOPING)
One Dead, Several Seriously Hurt After Maryland 'Mass Casualty Incident' (Developing) One vehicle ended up on its roof. The other was crushed beyond recognition. By sunrise Tuesday, one person was dead and several others had been seriously injured after a violent two-vehicle crash in Maryland that left occupants trapped, sparked a vehicle fire and brought dozens of first responders rushing to one of Montgomery County's busiest intersections. The crash happened around 5:30 a.m. at Clopper Road and Great Seneca Highway in Germantown, where Montgomery County police and fire crews arrived to find an overturned vehicle on fire and another with catastrophic damage. UPDATE: Clo…

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Their Dream Home Was Finally Ready; Then A Maryland Fire Changed Everything Their Dream Home Was Finally Ready; Then A Maryland Fire Changed Everything
Their Dream Home Was Finally Ready; Then A Maryland Fire Changed Everything They were finally home. After spending the summer renovating their new Turf Valley townhouse, Mindo Choi and Eunjik Lee had begun building the life they'd worked toward for years.  Their three children were settling in. Lee's parents had made the long trip from South Korea for their first visit. Every room was starting to feel lived in. Then came the fire. The Howard County family escaped safely when flames tore through neighboring townhomes on the morning of Monday, July 27, but almost everything they owned was left behind. Now, one week later, they're doing something they never im…

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Virginia Sheriff's Sergeant Secretly Bought Child Sex Abuse Material On Telegram: FBI Virginia Sheriff's Sergeant Secretly Bought Child Sex Abuse Material On Telegram: FBI
Virginia Sheriff's Sergeant Secretly Bought Child Sex Abuse Material On Telegram: FBI A Virginia sheriff's sergeant is facing federal child sexual abuse material charges after investigators say he spent years using Telegram to buy and receive graphic images and videos depicting the abuse of children. Justin Thomas Lee Forman, 37, of Fredericksburg, a sergeant with the Stafford County Sheriff's Office, was arrested on Thursday, July 30, following an FBI investigation, the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia announced Monday, Aug. 3. According to federal court documents, Forman allegedly used a Telegram account beginning as early as 2023 to solicit, purch…

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Exhausted Buck Gets Second Chance Thanks To Maryland Firefighter's Simple Gesture (PHOTOS) Exhausted Buck Gets Second Chance Thanks To Maryland Firefighter's Simple Gesture (PHOTOS)
Exhausted Buck Gets Second Chance Thanks To Maryland Firefighter's Simple Gesture (Photos) An exhausted buck that managed to free itself from a muddy predicament got one more lifeline from Carroll County firefighters before heading back into the wild. Crews from the Mount Airy station were dispatched Monday after someone reported a deer stuck in the mud, according to the Carroll County Department of Fire and EMS.  By the time firefighters arrived, the young buck had already pulled itself free, but just barely. It was too exhausted to stand for long and appeared completely spent. That's when Lt. Mike Moser grabbed a bucket of water. The deer was rescued in Carroll Co…

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Father Walked Into An ICE Appointment. Now His Family Is Racing To Bring Him Home Father Walked Into An ICE Appointment. Now His Family Is Racing To Bring Him Home
Father Walked Into An ICE Appointment. Now His Family Is Racing To Bring Him Home Everything changed after one appointment. A Maryland mother says her family's world was turned upside down after her husband was unexpectedly detained by ICE following an immigration appointment, launching a desperate effort to keep their Frederick County home together as the father of two now faces possible deportation within days. The Ruiz family of Jefferson is asking for the community's help after Sergio Ruiz was detained earlier this week, according to a GoFundMe and multiple public posts shared by his wife, Luisa Ruiz. What began as a routine immigration appointment quickly became a …

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New Jersey Man Extradited To Virginia After Exploiting Teen On Snapchat: Police New Jersey Man Extradited To Virginia After Exploiting Teen On Snapchat: Police
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 Virginia Man Fired At Occupied Homes After Fight, Hid In Woods Before Arrest: Police
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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