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Vietnam Vet Credits Good Luck Kiss For $90K Win On Maryland Lottery 'Big Spin Wheel' Vietnam Vet Credits Good Luck Kiss For $90K Win On Maryland Lottery 'Big Spin Wheel'
Vietnam Vet Credits Good Luck Kiss For $90K Win On Maryland Lottery 'Big Spin Wheel' A Vietnam Vet is crediting a kiss from his wife of nearly 50 years for a $90,000 Maryland Lottery windfall.  "Rolling Thunder," a Baltimore County retiree, walked over to his wife to exchange a good luck kiss before taking his position at The Big Spin Wheel at Lottery Headquarters, where he was the happy winner of a five-figure prize. According to Lottery officials, when the wheel came to a stop at the $90,000 mark, the room erupted into applause and the prize brought tears to the woman's eyes. The second BIG SPIN. Maryland Lottery “I don’t believe this,” she said after her husba…

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Police & Fire
Virginia Shooter Accused Of Car Meet Murder Of Waldorf Man, Police Say Virginia Shooter Accused Of Car Meet Murder Of Waldorf Man, Police Say
Virginia Shooter Accused Of Car Meet Murder Of Waldorf Man, Police Say A Virginia man is in custody following an investigation into the fatal shooting of a 26-year-old man at a "car meet" in Maryland early on Sunday morning, authorities announced. Stafford resident Raheem Adams, 22, is being held in Virginia following a joint investigation with the Prince George's County Police Department in connection to the murder of Waldorf native John Phipps inside a vehicle over the weekend, police say. This morning, deputies with the SCSO assisted PGPD's Homicide Unit with taking 22-year-old Raheem Adams into custody who was wanted for first and second degree murder. …

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News
District Man Pleads Guilty Mid-Trial To Attempted Murder Caught On Camera In Maryland (VIDEOS) District Man Pleads Guilty Mid-Trial To Attempted Murder Caught On Camera In Maryland (VIDEOS)
District Man Pleads Guilty Mid-Trial To Attempted Murder Caught On Camera In Maryland (Videos) A District man saw the writing on the wall and decided to plead guilty in the middle of a trial for an attempted murder that was caught on camera in Maryland, authorities announced. Demonte Hewitt, 22, indicated on Tuesday, in the middle of a jury trial, that he wanted to enter a guilty plea in connection to a shooting in a well-known Silver Spring alleyway following a wild chase in June 2022, according to the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office. Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office Prosecutors said that in the early morning hours of June 15, 2022, a man left a birthday ce…

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Police & Fire
Sheriff's Deputy Who Raped Woman With Infant Nearby Gets Enhanced Prison Term In Maryland Sheriff's Deputy Who Raped Woman With Infant Nearby Gets Enhanced Prison Term In Maryland
Sheriff's Deputy Who Raped Woman With Infant Nearby Gets Enhanced Prison Term In Maryland Former Prince George's County Sheriff's deputy Brandon Burroughs may spend more than a decade on the other side of the prison bars for raping a woman with a child in a nearby room, authorities announced. Burroughs was sentenced to 20 years in prison with all but 20 years suspended - above the state's sentencing guidelines - for abusing a woman with a 1-year-old child inside an area home, according to the state's attorney's office. The 37-year-old Upper Marlboro resident was found guilty of second-degree rape in February. According to prosecutors, on Oct. 22 and Oct. 23, 2022, Burroughs wen…

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Student From Maryland Falls $1 Short Of Massive Upset In Jeopardy! Debut Student From Maryland Falls $1 Short Of Massive Upset In Jeopardy! Debut
Student From Maryland Falls $1 Short Of Massive Upset In Jeopardy! Debut It came down to the wire, but a student from Maryland came up just short to a three-time champ in her nail-biting Jeopardy! debut on Monday. Bethesda resident Ivonne Zhou who studied biology at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill made the most of her time on the quiz show, missing out on a monumental upset by a mere one dollar. Zhou's episode aired on Monday, May 20. During the episode, she was able to accrue a $7,000 score before doubling it on the Final Jeopardy! question for an impressive $14,000 total that was only bested by three-time champ Grant DeYoung, a grocery clerk f…

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Obituaries
Calvert County Native Who Divulged Silver Lining Of Cancer Diagnosis Dies, 41 Calvert County Native Who Divulged Silver Lining Of Cancer Diagnosis Dies, 41
Calvert County Native Who Divulged Silver Lining Of Cancer Diagnosis Dies, 41 Rachel Hegarty, an Arlington photographer, has died after battling cancer for more than a year. Hegarty, 41, passed away peacefully on May 1, 2024 surrounded by her family, according to her obituary on the Murphy Funeral Homes website. Pic by Cait Kramer Photography Makeup by Carla Pressley - Makeup/Hair Stylist Hair by CUTTING EDGE BY MORA Posted by Rachel E.H. Photography on Tuesday, July 12, 2022 Hegarty had been diagnosed with Stage 3 cervical cancer on Valentine's Day of 2023. Last year, she told Daily Voice that the silver living of her diagnosis is that it brought her closer…

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Young Father Of Two Killed By Gunman In Maryland Had Bright Future 'Cruelly Stolen' Young Father Of Two Killed By Gunman In Maryland Had Bright Future 'Cruelly Stolen'
Young Father Of Two Killed By Gunman In Maryland Had Bright Future 'Cruelly Stolen' A Maryland family is in "the darkest chapter of their lives" after a 22-year-old member of their household was shot and killed in a Prince George's County Parking lot. District Heights native ZaMarco Kyree Fogg was found by the police late in the afternoon on Thursday May 16 in the 6500 block of Hil Mar Drive, suffering from a fatal gunshot wound, officials say. Detectives are on scene working to establish a suspect and motive in this case. Anyone with information is asked to contact @PGCrimeSolvers on the web or submit your tip using the P3 Tips app. pic.twitter.com/4DirQ7NCSa — PGPDNEW…

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Police & Fire
Candle To Blame For House Fire That Injured One In Maryland, Officials Say Candle To Blame For House Fire That Injured One In Maryland, Officials Say
Candle To Blame For House Fire That Injured One In Maryland, Officials Say One person was injured attempting to put out a house fire that was caused by a candle that sparked combustibles in Montgomery County, investigators say. On Monday afternoon, Montgomery County Fire and EMS personnel were called to the 15400 block of Peach Leaf Drive off Quince Quince Road where there was a reported fire in the second floor of a single-family, split-level home. The Peach Leaf Drive fire. Twitter/@mcfrsPIO According to officials, there was one person in the home when the fire broke out, and they were able to escape, though non-life-threatening injuries were reported after …

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Police & Fire
Metropolitan Police Officer Shot In DC, Suspects Detained In Prince George's County (UPDATED) Metropolitan Police Officer Shot In DC, Suspects Detained In Prince George's County (UPDATED)
Metropolitan Police Officer Shot In DC, Suspects Detained In Prince George's County (Updated) Two men implicated in a shooting involving a veteran Metropolitan Police Department officer are facing weapons charges after crashing in Prince George's County during a police pursuit, officials say. Rasheed Thorne, and William Walker IV, both 21, neither of whom has a fixed address, were taken into custody and charged with weapons offenses after crashing their vehicle in Landover, according to the Prince George's County Police Department. Update: Chief Pamela A. Smith provides an update regarding the off-duty MPD captain injured when shots were fired at their personal vehicle in the 580…

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News
Injured Hiker Rescued By Maryland State Police Helicopter In St. Mary's River State Park Injured Hiker Rescued By Maryland State Police Helicopter In St. Mary's River State Park
Injured Hiker Rescued By Maryland State Police Helicopter In St. Mary's River State Park A Maryland State Police helicopter was required on Monday afternoon to rescue a hiker who got hurt and needed a save in St. Mary's County County. On May 20, a hiker needed an aerial rescue after suffering an injury approximately three miles into St. Mary's River State Park in Leonardtown, according to police. Trooper 7 Hoists Patient in St. Mary’s State Park Just before noon today, emergency personnel from St. Mary’s County... Posted by Maryland State Police - Aviation Command on Monday, May 20, 2024 At around noon on Monday, the state police helicopter was called in to offer an a…

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Business
Kensington Market To Permanently Close In Montgomery County Kensington Market To Permanently Close In Montgomery County
Kensington Market To Permanently Close In Montgomery County A popular meat and seafood market in Maryland is set to permanently shutter its doors, its owners announced. Kensington Market is set to shut things down as of Saturday, May 25 after serving the community with fresh seafood, butcher cut meats, homemade pies, and other produce for years on Howard Avenue. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kensington Market (@kensingtonmarketmd) "This has been a difficult decision to make and we will miss serving the Kensington community so much," the owners posted on their website. "We'd like to sinc…

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Obituaries
Infant, Young Parents Killed By Wrong-Way Driver In Maryland Crash Infant, Young Parents Killed By Wrong-Way Driver In Maryland Crash
Infant, Young Parents Killed By Wrong-Way Driver In Maryland Crash A young family with a 1-year-old son from New York was killed in a crash while traveling through Maryland over the weekend.  State Police investigators identified Dean Alexander Dennison, 21, Sierra Rain Merchant, 20, and 1-year-old Grayson Dennison as the three people killed in a crash early on Sunday morning on US Route 13.  According to investigators, shortly before 2:50 a.m. on May 19, troopers were called to investigate a head-on crash that was reported in Wicomico County south of St. Luke's Road involving the family and a Delaware man. The preliminary investigation determin…

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