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Repeat DUI Driver Wanted In Texas Arrested After Hit-Run, Virginia Tree Crash: Police Repeat DUI Driver Wanted In Texas Arrested After Hit-Run, Virginia Tree Crash: Police
Repeat DUI Driver Wanted In Texas Arrested After Hit-Run, Virginia Tree Crash: Police The crash wasn't the end of the trouble. A Virginia driver accused of causing a hit-and-run crash before plowing through a field and into a tree is also wanted hundreds of miles away in Texas on separate DUI-related charges, police say. The bizarre chain of events unfolded around 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 1, when Culpeper Police were called after a witness reported a gray SUV weaving along Madison Road and repeatedly striking curbs. Before officers could catch up, investigators say the SUV entered the Southgate Shopping Center parking lot, then pulled back onto the road. Google Maps …

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by Zak Failla
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Teen Charged In Targeted Killing Of Aspiring Virginia Electrician Michael Sakyi, Police Say Teen Charged In Targeted Killing Of Aspiring Virginia Electrician Michael Sakyi, Police Say
Teen Charged In Targeted Killing Of Aspiring Virginia Electrician Michael Sakyi, Police Say An 18-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the murder of an aspiring teen electrician. Bristow native Jamal Dana Allen has been charged for his alleged role in the murder of Michael Sakyi Jr., 18, who was shot and killed in a targeted shooting in Manassas, the Prince William County Police Department announced on Thursday, July 2. Sakyi, a Bristow resident, was shot while behind the wheel of his vehicle shortly after 8:45 p.m. on Thursday, June 25, in the 7900 block of Community Drive in Manassas, according to Prince William County police.  His vehicle continued forwa…

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by Zak Failla
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Murder Suspect Served Warrant From Hospital Bed After Woman Fatally Stabbed: Police Murder Suspect Served Warrant From Hospital Bed After Woman Fatally Stabbed: Police
Murder Suspect Served Warrant From Hospital Bed After Woman Fatally Stabbed: Police Detectives didn't find the suspect hiding. They found him in a hospital bed. A Maryland man accused of fatally stabbing Shonda Singleton, 56, inside a Baltimore home was served with a first-degree murder warrant while being treated at an area hospital, according to police. Baltimore investigators identified the suspect as Toi Stukes, 50, who will be transferred to the Central Booking Intake Facility once he is released from medical care.  Police have not said why Stukes was hospitalized. The murder happened shortly before 1:40 p.m. on June 20, when officers were called to a home in …

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by Zak Failla
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12-Year-Old Maryland Girl Killed In Bicycle Crash Identified By Police (UPDATED) 12-Year-Old Maryland Girl Killed In Bicycle Crash Identified By Police (UPDATED)
12-Year-Old Maryland Girl Killed In Bicycle Crash Identified By Police (Updated) A name now accompanies the heartbreak. The 12-year-old Maryland girl who was killed after falling from her bicycle into the path of a dump truck has been identified as Sanvika Selluka, Howard County Police announced a day after she was fatally struck. The fatal crash happened around 1:55 p.m. on Tuesday, June 30, in the 2000 block of Daniels Road in Ellicott City. Police said Sanvika was riding her bicycle in the roadway when she fell into the path of a 2004 Sterling LT9500 dump truck. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The dump truck driver was not injured and remained at the scene w…

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by Zak Failla
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Off-Duty Virginia Officer Arrested After Assaulting Person He Knew: Police Off-Duty Virginia Officer Arrested After Assaulting Person He Knew: Police
Off-Duty Virginia Officer Arrested After Assaulting Person He Knew: Police The one wearing the badge ended up in handcuffs. A Virginia police officer has been arrested and charged with malicious wounding after investigators say he assaulted someone he knew while off duty inside an Arlington home. Vincent Baglio, 31, of Arlington, was arrested Tuesday, June 30, following an investigation by the Arlington County Police Department into an alleged assault that happened more than a month earlier. According to police, the incident occurred on May 24 while Baglio was off duty. Investigators say Baglio and the victim, who are known to each other, were inside a residence…

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by Zak Failla
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This Burglary Suspect Really Thought Jumping Off A Roof Was The Best Option. He Was Wrong. This Burglary Suspect Really Thought Jumping Off A Roof Was The Best Option. He Was Wrong.
This Burglary Suspect Really Thought Jumping Off A Roof Was The Best Option. He Was Wrong. Ademu Cummings took his best shot at getting away after a series of burglaries in Maryland. It ended with the 58-year-old Silver Spring man in the hospital. Cummings is now facing charges after allegedly breaking into the same property and attempting to outrun officers with a bold leap off of a Montgomery County rooftop, police say. It ended poorly. On Wednesday, July 1, the Montgomery County Department of Police announced that Cummings has been arrested following a string of burglaries reported last month. The investigation began on Monday, May 25, when officers responded to the facilit…

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by Zak Failla
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Residents Sent To Burn Centers As Massive Two-Alarm Fire Rips Through Virginia Apartments Residents Sent To Burn Centers As Massive Two-Alarm Fire Rips Through Virginia Apartments
Residents Sent To Burn Centers As Massive Two-Alarm Fire Rips Through Virginia Apartments A two-alarm blaze tore through the roof of a Virginia apartment building, sending several people to burn centers while crews worked to knock down the flames on Wednesday morning. Early on July 1, first responders in Prince William County and Fairfax County were called to the 12000 block of Ripple Creek Court in Woodbridge, where multiple reports of a massive blaze that broke out in the back of a multi-unit apartment building before sunrise. Before firefighters arrived, officers with the Prince William County Police Department alerted residents and helped several occupants safely evacuate th…

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by Zak Failla
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Virginia Teen Shot Himself, Then Called 911 To Report Robbery That Never Happened: Police Virginia Teen Shot Himself, Then Called 911 To Report Robbery That Never Happened: Police
Virginia Teen Shot Himself, Then Called 911 To Report Robbery That Never Happened: Police One teen's robbery story unraveled almost as quickly as it began. A 19-year-old Virginia resident who called 911 claiming he had been robbed and shot by strangers is now facing criminal charges after investigators say he accidentally shot himself in the hand instead. The bizarre chain of events unfolded shortly after 7:45 a.m. on Tuesday, June 30, when officers were called to a home in the 10400 block of Bermuda Lane in the Manassas area after Jaydon Isaiah Aloumouati reported that unknown men had robbed him and shot him, according to Prince William County police. It didn't take long for d…

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by Zak Failla
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Electrical Malfunction Likely Sparked Apartment Blaze That Killed Maryland Man: Fire Officials Electrical Malfunction Likely Sparked Apartment Blaze That Killed Maryland Man: Fire Officials
Electrical Malfunction Likely Sparked Apartment Blaze That Killed Maryland Man: Fire Officials A 63-year-old man has been identified after a fatal apartment fire in Maryland that investigators say was accidental and likely sparked by an electrical malfunction, officials said. David Richardson died after the fire broke out around 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, June 30, inside an apartment building in the 11500 block of Little Patuxent Parkway in Columbia, according to the Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services. Firefighters were first called for a reported odor of smoke in the building. When crews arrived, they found smoke coming from the structure and immediately went inside, offi…

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by Zak Failla
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Candy Scare Takes Unexpected Turn After Man In White Van Calls Police On Himself Candy Scare Takes Unexpected Turn After Man In White Van Calls Police On Himself
Candy Scare Takes Unexpected Turn After Man In White Van Calls Police On Himself Every parent's heart skipped a beat. A report of children running from a man offering candy from a white van sent a Maryland community scrambling on Tuesday, triggering a viral police alert that ended just hours later with an unexpected phone call from the very man investigators were trying to find. The scare unfolded around noon on June 30 in the area of Cambridge Court in Taneytown, where police were called after children reported an older man in a white work or camper-style van offered them candy before driving away when the kids ran, according to the Taneytown Police Department. Fea…

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by Zak Failla
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Maryland Man Collected Gold Bars From Virginia Seniors In 'Apple Support' Scam, Sheriff Says Maryland Man Collected Gold Bars From Virginia Seniors In 'Apple Support' Scam, Sheriff Says
Maryland Man Collected Gold Bars From Virginia Seniors In 'Apple Support' Scam, Sheriff Says It started with a pop-up warning. It ended with strangers walking away with gold bars. A Maryland man is behind bars after investigators say he helped carry out an elaborate scam that convinced elderly Virginia residents that their life savings were under attack, tricking them into converting their money into gold before someone arrived to collect it. Gaithersburg resident Junjie Wu, 29, was arrested by the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office and is behind bars following an investigation into the gold bar scheme, authorities announced. Specifically, Wu was charged with: Obtaining money by f…

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by Zak Failla
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Mom Kidnapped, Killed While Delivering Mail On Route: Investigators Mom Kidnapped, Killed While Delivering Mail On Route: Investigators
Mom Kidnapped, Killed While Delivering Mail On Route: Investigators A US Postal Service mail carrier and mother of two was kidnapped and killed while delivering mail just months after her husband's death, authorities said. Brandi Reynolds, 35, was found dead at about 4:16 p.m. on Friday, June 26, the US Postal Inspection Service said in a news release. Her body was discovered in Hays, North Carolina, about 90 minutes west of Greensboro. William Durham, 56, was arrested in connection with Reynolds' death. He was charged with first-degree murder and first-degree kidnapping, NBC News reported. Durham was accused of unlawfully restraining R…

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