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Skeletal Human Remains Confirmed To Be Those Of Driver Who Vanished After Crash: (UPDATED) Skeletal Human Remains Confirmed To Be Those Of Driver Who Vanished After Crash: (UPDATED)
Skeletal Human Remains Confirmed To Be Those Of Driver Who Vanished After Crash: (Updated) The mystery has a heartbreaking answer. Remains found in a Maryland creek have been positively identified as a New Jersey pilot car driver who disappeared after crashing her vehicle and suffering a possible head injury last month, police confirmed on Thursday, July 27. Kimberly Gordon, 46, of Lopatcong, NJ, was driving a white 2024 Hyundai Elantra while working as a pilot car driver escorting an oversized load when she disappeared on June 21, NJ.com reports. She was last seen behind the Sky Zone trampoline park on Pulaski Highway in Rosedale, according to police in Baltimore …

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by Zak Failla
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DC Firefighter Airlifted After Being Struck By Ladder Truck At Fire Scene (DEVELOPING) DC Firefighter Airlifted After Being Struck By Ladder Truck At Fire Scene (DEVELOPING)
DC Firefighter Airlifted After Being Struck By Ladder Truck At Fire Scene (Developing) One emergency turned into another. A DC firefighter was seriously injured after being struck by a ladder truck while crews battled a structure fire in Southwest Thursday afternoon, prompting a helicopter flight to a trauma center. The incident happened around 1:49 p.m. on Thursday, July 23, after DC Fire and EMS crews responded to the unit block of Galveston Street SW for a reported structure fire. While operating at the scene, the firefighter was struck by a ladder truck, according to DC Fire and EMS. The firefighter was treated at the scene before being airlifted to an area trauma cente…

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by Zak Failla
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Mom, 2 Daughters Watch In Horror As Man Exposes Himself At Maryland 7-Eleven: Sheriff Mom, 2 Daughters Watch In Horror As Man Exposes Himself At Maryland 7-Eleven: Sheriff
Mom, 2 Daughters Watch In Horror As Man Exposes Himself At Maryland 7-Eleven: Sheriff There was already a hole in his pants. Deputies in Maryland say a 67-year-old man used it to expose himself to a mother and her two young daughters sitting inside their vehicle outside a 7-Eleven. The incident happened on Thursday, July 23, at the 7-Eleven on Old Town Road in Huntingtown, according to the Calvert County Sheriff's Office. The woman told deputies she and her daughters were parked outside the store when they noticed a man standing directly in front of their vehicle. Investigators identified him as Nathan Olando Jones, 67, who has no fixed address. According to the sheriff's…

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by Zak Failla
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Six Ounces Of Crystal Meth, Loaded Gun Uncovered By K9 During Traffic Stop: Police Six Ounces Of Crystal Meth, Loaded Gun Uncovered By K9 During Traffic Stop: Police
Six Ounces Of Crystal Meth, Loaded Gun Uncovered By K9 During Traffic Stop: Police Crystal meth. A loaded handgun. Thousands in cash. What started as a routine traffic stop in Maryland quickly turned into a major drug bust on Wednesday night, police said. The seizure happened around 7:47 p.m. on  July 22, when an Aberdeen police officer stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation near Route 22 and Old Post Road. During the stop, circumstances led the officer to call in the Harford County Sheriff's Office K-9 Unit.  After the police dog alerted to the vehicle, officers searched it and recovered approximately:  Six ounces of suspected crystal methamphetamin…

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by Zak Failla
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DEVELOPING: Worker Rescued After Falling From Penthouse Ledge At DC High-Rise (PHOTOS) DEVELOPING: Worker Rescued After Falling From Penthouse Ledge At DC High-Rise (PHOTOS)
Developing: Worker Rescued After Falling From Penthouse Ledge At DC High-Rise (Photos) Firefighters rushed to the 1100 block of 15th Street NW late Thursday morning, July 23, after a maintenance worker fell a short distance from a railing or ledge on the penthouse level of a downtown high-rise, according to DC Fire and EMS. The adult man was conscious and alert when crews reached him. Twitter/@dcfireems Because of the building's location and the height involved, members of Rescue Squad 1 and Tower 3 launched a technical high-angle rescue, securing the worker in a Stokes basket before carefully carrying him down an internal stairwell. Photos from the scene show firefighters…

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by Zak Failla
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Driver Admits To Deadly Rollover Crash That Killed Elderly Woman Coming Home From Church Driver Admits To Deadly Rollover Crash That Killed Elderly Woman Coming Home From Church
Driver Admits To Deadly Rollover Crash That Killed Elderly Woman Coming Home From Church She admitted it. A Maryland driver who prosecutors say tore through morning rush-hour traffic at more than double the speed limit before triggering a crash that killed an 85-year-old woman has pleaded guilty. Jesica Argueta, 23, of Silver Spring, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Montgomery County Circuit Court to her role in the August 2025 crash that claimed the life of Josephine Gieske and seriously injured another victim. The deadly crash was reportedly shortly before 7:45 a.m. on Aug. 7, 2025, at the intersection of Randolph Road and Sherwood Forest Drive in Silver Spring. According to prose…

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by Zak Failla
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VA Megachurch Pastor Sent Explicit Images To Teen He Met While Preaching In PA: State Police VA Megachurch Pastor Sent Explicit Images To Teen He Met While Preaching In PA: State Police
VA Megachurch Pastor Sent Explicit Images To Teen He Met While Preaching In PA: State Police A nationally known Virginia megachurch pastor who has preached across the United States is accused of sending explicit images to a Pennsylvania teenager he met while preaching at the boy's church, according to Pennsylvania State Police.  Kenneth Kevin Baldwin, 46, of Alexandria, Virginia, was charged with two felony counts of unlawful contact with a minor, one felony count of corruption of minors, three misdemeanor counts of indecent exposure, and six misdemeanor counts of open lewdness, state police announced Thursday, July 23.  The investigation began May 2, 2026, after the York Criminal …

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by Jillian Pikora
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Special Ed Teacher Accused Of Inappropriate Contact With Student Arrested In Fairfax: Police Special Ed Teacher Accused Of Inappropriate Contact With Student Arrested In Fairfax: Police
Special Ed Teacher Accused Of Inappropriate Contact With Student Arrested In Fairfax: Police A special education teacher in Northern Maryland was arrested following a monthlong investigation into allegations that he had inappropriate contact with a student. King George resident Eliseo Perez, 35, who works at Cooper Middle School, allegedly had unlawful and inappropriate contact with a student in May 2026. The investigation was launched on June 4, when school administrators at Cooper Middle School were notified of concerns regarding inappropriate behavior involving a teacher. Detectives from the Child Abuse Squad were notified and assumed the investigation. Perez turned himself in …

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by Zak Failla
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DC Man Arrested Less Than 24 Hours After Virginia Bank Robbery: Police DC Man Arrested Less Than 24 Hours After Virginia Bank Robbery: Police
DC Man Arrested Less Than 24 Hours After Virginia Bank Robbery: Police He didn't make it a full day. Less than 24 hours after a bank robber handed a teller a demand note in Crystal City and walked out with cash, Arlington detectives say they had the suspect in custody. Police arrested 36-year-old DC resident Brian Frances on Wednesday, July 22, in connection with Tuesday afternoon's robbery at a bank in the 1400 block of South Eads Street, according to the Arlington County Police Department. The robbery happened around 12:24 p.m. on July 21. Investigators say Frances walked into the bank, handed a teller a note demanding money, then fled with an undisclosed …

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by Zak Failla
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Wanted Tow Truck Driver Arrested As Police Probe Alleged Scheme Across VA, MD, DC Wanted Tow Truck Driver Arrested As Police Probe Alleged Scheme Across VA, MD, DC
Wanted Tow Truck Driver Arrested As Police Probe Alleged Scheme Across VA, MD, DC A swinging tow truck load was just the beginning. What started as a routine traffic stop in Virginia quickly unraveled into the arrest of a wanted man who police say has spent months under investigation for allegedly preying on drivers across three jurisdictions. The encounter happened July 16 near Plank Road and Huntington Hills, where an officer spotted a tow truck make a sudden lane change that caused the vehicle it was hauling to swing dangerously into traffic, according to the Fredericksburg Police Department. The officer also noticed something unusual about the truck's license plate.…

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by Zak Failla
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Woman's Trail Attacker Captured After She Fought Him Off In Virginia, Sheriff Says (UPDATED) Woman's Trail Attacker Captured After She Fought Him Off In Virginia, Sheriff Says (UPDATED)
Woman's Trail Attacker Captured After She Fought Him Off In Virginia, Sheriff Says (Updated) She refused to let him take her. Now, deputies say he's the one who ended up in custody. A Virginia man has been arrested one week after investigators say he grabbed a woman on a walking trail in Loudoun County, only to watch her fight free and run to safety. The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office announced on Wednesday, July 22, that 34-year-old Rolando Sanchez Velasquez, of Sterling, is accused of attacking the woman near Algonkian Parkway and Lowes Island Boulevard on the night of July 15. According to investigators, the woman was walking alone when Sanchez Velasquez approached and gr…

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by Zak Failla
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Former 'Amazon Teacher Of Year' Accused Of Raping Middle School Student: DA Former 'Amazon Teacher Of Year' Accused Of Raping Middle School Student: DA
Former 'Amazon Teacher Of Year' Accused Of Raping Middle School Student: DA A former Massachusetts teacher once named one of Amazon's teachers of the year has been charged with raping a child, authorities announced.  Tymond Tran was charged with aggravated rape of a child with a 5-year age difference, indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or over, posing or exhibiting a child in the nude, and providing obscene matter to a minor, the Essex County District Attorney's Office said.  The allegations stem from incidents that prosecutors said happened in Lynn in 2022, while he taught computer science at Thurgood Marshall Middle School.  Tran pleaded …

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by Josh Lanier