Driver Sought After Man Is Struck By Two Vehicles, Killed On Virginia Highway: Police Driver Sought After Man Is Struck By Two Vehicles, Killed On Virginia Highway: Police
Driver Sought After Man Is Struck By Two Vehicles, Killed On Virginia Highway: Police A man was hit by two vehicles and killed before sunrise Thursday on a busy stretch of Richmond Highway in Northern Virginia, and police are now trying to identify the second driver involved. The crash happened around 3 a.m. on Thursday, June 18, near Fort Hunt Road in the Huntington area, according to Fairfax County Police. Investigators say the adult victim was struck by one vehicle, then hit by a second. He was pronounced dead at the scene. One driver stayed. The other did not. Now, detectives with the department's Crash Reconstruction Unit are working to determine exactly what hap…
54 Pounds From LA, AK-Style Rifle In DC: 'Spot Manager' Sentenced In Marijuana Pipeline Case 54 Pounds From LA, AK-Style Rifle In DC: 'Spot Manager' Sentenced In Marijuana Pipeline Case
54 Pounds From LA, Ak-style Rifle In DC: 'Spot Manager' Sentenced In Marijuana Pipeline Case A convicted felon caught returning to Maryland with more than 54 pounds of marijuana in his luggage after a cross-country trip to Los Angeles has been sentenced in federal court, prosecutors announced. Robert Spriggs, 38, of Washington, DC, was sentenced on Thursday, June 18, to 30 months in prison for his role in a marijuana trafficking conspiracy that moved drugs from California to the Baltimore-Washington region and for illegally possessing multiple firearms. Federal investigators say Spriggs and his associates spent months shuttling between Los Angeles and the DMV, building a marijuana …
Baseball Players Refuse To Wear Rainbows, MD Team's Opponent Cancels Pride Game Baseball Players Refuse To Wear Rainbows, MD Team's Opponent Cancels Pride Game
Baseball Players Refuse To Wear Rainbows, MD Team's Opponent Cancels Pride Game An independent baseball team in eastern Pennsylvania forfeited a game after several players refused to wear rainbow jerseys for an LGBTQ+ Pride Night. The York Revolution announced that it would not play its scheduled home game against Southern Maryland Blue Crabs on Thursday, June 18. The teams play in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, which isn't affiliated with MLB clubs. A free community Pride event will still be held at WellSpan Park in York from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Game tickets will be treated like a rainout and can be exchanged for any remaining 2026 r…
Daycare Worker Accused Of Sexually Abusing Two 3-Year-Old Girls At Virginia Facility: Police Daycare Worker Accused Of Sexually Abusing Two 3-Year-Old Girls At Virginia Facility: Police
Daycare Worker Accused Of Sexually Abusing Two 3-Year-Old Girls At Virginia Facility: Police A daycare worker in Northern Virginia is behind bars following an extensive investigation into alleged sexual assaults involving young girls, authorities announced. Joseph Matthew Brown, 38, who has no fixed address, is facing multiple counts of aggravated sexual battery for allegedly inappropriately touching two 3-year-old girls at the Children of America daycare facility on Liberia Avenue in Manassas, according to the Prince William County Police Department. Police say detectives concluded their investigation on Thursday, June 18, into sex abuse that was reported between June 2025 and Apr…
Came To America For Better Life: Slain Maryland Father Cheikh Dieng Mourned By Community Came To America For Better Life: Slain Maryland Father Cheikh Dieng Mourned By Community
Came To America For Better Life: Slain Maryland Father Cheikh Dieng Mourned By Community What began as a late-night apartment fire investigation in Baltimore's Cherry Hill neighborhood has become a heartbreaking effort to bring a husband and father home. Cheikh Dieng, a 31-year-old Senegal native who came to the United States in search of a better life, is being remembered by friends and family after he was found dead inside his apartment following a fire on Round Road earlier this month. Now, loved ones are raising money to return him to Senegal, where they hope he can be laid to rest surrounded by family. Baltimore Police and firefighters were called to the 2300 block of Rou…
Shot Maryland Police Officer Escorted Home By Fellow Cops After Hospital Release (WATCH) Shot Maryland Police Officer Escorted Home By Fellow Cops After Hospital Release (WATCH)
Shot Maryland Police Officer Escorted Home By Fellow Cops After Hospital Release (Watch) The Maryland police officer shot while chasing an armed suspect along the Milford Mill Gwynn Falls Trail is finally heading home. Officer P. Catalfamo was released from the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center on Wednesday evening, June 17, Baltimore County Police announced, 10 days after he was critically wounded in the line of duty in Pikesville. Officers lined the halls of the hospital as Catalfamo was escorted out, surrounded by family, friends, and colleagues who had been rooting for his recovery since the June 7 shooting. Catalfamo was struck while responding to a call about an indecen…
Bus Never Slowed Before Deadly I-95 Crash In Virginia That Killed Five, NTSB Finds Bus Never Slowed Before Deadly I-95 Crash In Virginia That Killed Five, NTSB Finds
Bus Never Slowed Before Deadly I-95 Crash In Virginia That Killed Five, NTSB Finds The bus driver charged in Virginia's deadliest crash of the year never slowed before plowing into a line of traffic on I-95 in Stafford County, according to newly released findings from federal investigators. The National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday, June 18, that the E&P Travel motorcoach was traveling south through Stafford shortly after 2:30 a.m. on May 29 when it encountered a line of traffic backed up behind an overnight work zone near mile marker 146.6. It never slowed. Instead, investigators say, the bus crashed into the rear of a Chevrolet Suburban and an Acura MD…
ICE Agent Rammed By Victim Of Mistaken Identity, Real Suspect Self-Deported In March ICE Agent Rammed By Victim Of Mistaken Identity, Real Suspect Self-Deported In March
ICE Agent Rammed By Victim Of Mistaken Identity, Real Suspect Self-Deported In March A 39-year-old man who ICE agents had apparently mistaken for another man who had already fled the country is facing federal charges, according to federal officials. Eduardo Cruz Garcia, of Barnegat, was charged by criminal complaint with assaulting a federal officer while the officer was performing official duties and inflicting bodily injury in connection to the Monday, June 15 incident on Route 72 in Manahawkin, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Cruz Garcia appeared before a federal magistrate judge in Trenton on Wednesday, June 17 and was ordered detained. Agents wearing vests mar…
Armed, Dangerous Suspect Sought In Fatal Shooting Of Towson University Student In Maryland Armed, Dangerous Suspect Sought In Fatal Shooting Of Towson University Student In Maryland
Armed, Dangerous Suspect Sought In Fatal Shooting Of Towson University Student In Maryland The man Baltimore County detectives say gunned down a 22-year-old Towson University student in broad daylight is still on the loose. Now they're asking the public to help find him. On Thursday, June 18, investigators identified 33-year-old Reginald T. Gray Jr. as the suspect wanted in connection with the Friday, June 5, killing of Nasir Majied, who was fatally shot along York Road. Nearly two weeks after the shooting, detectives say Gray remains at large. Reginald T. Gray Jr. Baltimore Police Department Authorities released Gray's photo along with images of the silver 2007 Nissan …
Maryland 5th Grader One Of Two Kids Nationwide To Earn AAA Honor For Saving Student Maryland 5th Grader One Of Two Kids Nationwide To Earn AAA Honor For Saving Student
Maryland 5th Grader One Of Two Kids Nationwide To Earn AAA Honor For Saving Student Not many Maryland fifth graders can boast about earning national accolades. Brooke Grove Elementary School student Matthew Geiger laughs at that idea. The safety patrol member in Montgomery County was recognized as one of only two students in the country to receive a prestigious national AAA honor after stepping in during a potentially dangerous situation outside his school earlier this year. Back in March, during a busy morning arrival at Brooke Grove Elementary, Matthew spotted a distracted younger student walking toward the path of an oncoming vehicle. While other students kept moving,…
DC Gunman Carjacked Victim 'For Sport' After Maryland Auto Theft Conviction: Feds DC Gunman Carjacked Victim 'For Sport' After Maryland Auto Theft Conviction: Feds
DC Gunman Carjacked Victim 'For Sport' After Maryland Auto Theft Conviction: Feds Avery Ricardo Robinson didn't get far after a violent carjacking in Northwest DC last year. Now, he's heading to prison. The 26-year-old District resident has been sentenced to 60 months in federal prison following a harrowing carjacking that left his victim scarred, according to the US Attorney's Office. According to court documents, on Sept. 20, 2025, Robinson rode his bicycle up to a 2017 Nissan Altima near the 1400 block of Park Road NW, pulled out a weapon, and demanded his victim's belongings, including his car keys. Robinson forced the victim at gunpoint to throw his cellphone to t…
Popular Food Sold At Aldi Recalled Over Undeclared Allergen: What To Know Popular Food Sold At Aldi Recalled Over Undeclared Allergen: What To Know
Popular Food Sold At Aldi Recalled Over Undeclared Allergen: What To Know More than 500,000 packages of macaroni and cheese sold at Aldi supermarkets nationwide are being recalled because they may contain an undeclared allergen. BEF Foods Inc. issued the voluntary recall for about 525,645 packages of its Park St. Deli Macaroni & Cheese, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The action expands on a previous recall issued in March. The FDA said that the macaroni and cheese may contain soy lecithin that was not listed on the packaging. People with soy allergies or sensitivities could face adverse reactions if they consume the re…