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Police arrest man after tip from Reston National Night Out event
Police in Reston, Virginia arrested a man linked to multiple vehicle thefts and burglaries. Police said they were able to identify the man, 31-year-old Junior Gonzales-Coello, because of a tip they got at a National Night Out event. National Night Out events are where police departments try to build camaraderie and partnerships with their communities, according to the campaign’s...
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Maryland declares measles outbreak in 3 counties
The Maryland Department of Health has declared a measles outbreak in St. Mary’s, Carroll and Cecil counties, health officials said Monday. The health department said it is investigating 14 confirmed cases among unvaccinated Maryland residents and that most of the case contacts occurred within specific households. “I do want to reinforce right now that there is currently no evidence of…
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Culpeper teens save family, including young child, from lake
Three Culpeper teens dove into a lake Monday and saved a family after their kayaks capsized, police said. The family — who a caller told police consisted of two adults and a young child who couldn’t swim — was wearing life jackets and were uninjured. Andrew Tuggle, 15, Jackson Castro, 17, and Gavin Cain, 17, are members of the Eastern…
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Police kill man accused of loading gun at bus stop near Gaithersburg shopping center
Police shot and killed a man who was accused of loading a gun at a bus stop near a busy shopping center in Gaithersburg on Sunday.
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Maryland man accused of killing his former girlfriend
A Temple Hills man is accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend on the Fourth of July. Prince George’s County police charged Terrence Penn Jr., 31, in the killing of Dakota Keys, 31, of Capitol Heights. Police called the murder “domestic-related.” Police responded to a report of a shooting on the 1900 block of Brooks Drive on Saturday around 10 p.m. and…
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Measles case reported at Dulles Airport, Adams Morgan clinic
A measles case has been reported in a Maryland resident who traveled internationally, the Maryland Department of Health said on Saturday.
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Bus driver in deadly Stafford I-95 crash charged with involuntary manslaughter
The driver of a bus involved in a deadly crash in Stafford County has been charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter, Virginia State Police said. Five people were killed when a bus crashed into multiple vehicles on I-95 at around 2:35 a.m. Friday about two miles south of the exit for Quantico. Forty-four people were also sent to area…
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5 dead, 44 taken to hospitals after I-95 bus crash in Stafford
Drivers were slowed down because of a work zone in the Quantico area when a bus “failed to slow for traffic” and slammed into six vehicles, police said.
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Protester climbs down Douglass Bridge after nearly 5 days, faces charges
The man could be seen just after 9 a.m. using a ladder inside the bridge arch to get to a boom lift and back to the ground. All southbound and northbound traffic on the bridge was stopped for roughly 30 minutes while he climbed down.
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Atop the Douglass Bridge since Friday: Negotiations with protester continue
A protester who scaled D.C.’s Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge on Friday afternoon remained atop one of its steel arches as of Monday afternoon. Parts of the bridge remained shut down. Expect delays if you’re traveling in the area. Police on the bridge deck and in a boat could be heard trying to communicate with the man and get him...
