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WATCH: Armed Burglar Scaled Virginia Building To Reach Third-Floor Apartment WATCH: Armed Burglar Scaled Virginia Building To Reach Third-Floor Apartment
Watch: Armed Burglar Scaled Virginia Building To Reach Third-Floor Apartment Recognize him? A man in Northern Virginia did his best Spider-Man impression and scaled a building before brandishing a gun in an apartment, according to police. The Fairfax County Police Department released video on Friday, Sept. 4, of a bold burglar who was caught on camera climbing the side of a Groveton building before a burglary. Shortly after 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 29, officers were called to an apartment in the 3500 block of Robert E. Lee Place when a victim reported that an unknown man broke in and busted out a firearm. The incident remains under investigation in Fair…

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Student Reports Gun At Maryland Elementary School, Sparking Lockdown, Massive Response: Sheriff Student Reports Gun At Maryland Elementary School, Sparking Lockdown, Massive Response: Sheriff
Student Reports Gun At Maryland Elementary School, Sparking Lockdown, Massive Response: Sheriff A report of a gun can change the mood of a school in seconds. That happened Friday morning, Sept. 4, when a student's report of someone apparently carrying a firearm sent a Maryland elementary school into lockdown and brought three law enforcement agencies rushing to the campus. The scare began around 10:30 a.m. at Pinehurst Elementary School in Salisbury, where the student told officials they had seen someone with what appeared to be a gun, according to the Wicomico County Sheriff's Office. Classroom doors were secured. Students and staff were told to stay quiet and in place. Outside, de…

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by Zak Failla
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Maryland Truck Driver Dies After Freightliner Slams Into Wooden Poles, Trees: Police Maryland Truck Driver Dies After Freightliner Slams Into Wooden Poles, Trees: Police
Maryland Truck Driver Dies After Freightliner Slams Into Wooden Poles, Trees: Police A Maryland truck driver's afternoon route ended in a deadly crash. At approximately 3:05 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 3, Anne Arundel County Police officers were called to Swamp Circle Road near Muddy Creek Road in West River, where a commercial truck had crashed. Investigators say 34-year-old Laurel resident Keith Whitley Haines was driving a 1999 Freightliner FL70 north on Swamp Circle Road when he failed to negotiate a curve. The truck went completely off the right side of the road and struck several wooden poles, police said. It didn't stop there. The Freightliner then traveled back acros…

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Ex-Penn State Coach, Convicted Child Sex Offender Jerry Sandusky Drops Key Claim Before Hearing Ex-Penn State Coach, Convicted Child Sex Offender Jerry Sandusky Drops Key Claim Before Hearing
Ex-Penn State Coach, Convicted Child Sex Offender Jerry Sandusky Drops Key Claim Before Hearing Convicted child sex offender and former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky spent nearly a year fighting for a hearing on a purported victim recantation. Five days before it was set to begin, he abruptly dropped the claim — and prosecutors say they had amassed evidence ready to rebut it. Now, the 82-year-old will have to answer to a judge about that decision. Senior Judge Maureen A. Skerda ruled after a status conference on Friday, Sept. 4, that Sandusky may appear remotely at a 9:30 a.m. proceeding Tuesday, Sept. 8, for a colloquy to determine whether he understands his withdrawal. At…

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Trump Weighs In On Lindsay Clancy Mistrial Trump Weighs In On Lindsay Clancy Mistrial
Trump Weighs In On Lindsay Clancy Mistrial President Donald Trump is weighing in on the Lindsay Clancy murder case after a Massachusetts judge declared a mistrial. In a press conference from the Oval Office, Trump told reporters: "I assume there’s going to be another trial. It’s a terrible situation. Look, she did a horrible, horrible thing. Can’t be worse. “But you’ll find out what the price to pay is. There’ll be a price. It’s going to be a mental institution or jail or something. But I guess they’re going to go through another trial. It’s too bad." On Friday, Sept. 4, as deliberations entered the seventh day, the jury informed …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Labor Day Weekend Starts With A Bang As 70 MPH Winds, Tornadoes Threaten DC, Maryland, Virginia Labor Day Weekend Starts With A Bang As 70 MPH Winds, Tornadoes Threaten DC, Maryland, Virginia
Labor Day Weekend Starts With A Bang As 70 MPH Winds, Tornadoes Threaten DC, Maryland, Virginia Labor Day weekend may start with a bang across Maryland and Virginia. A round of potentially severe thunderstorms is bearing down on the DMV on Friday, Sept. 4, bringing the threat of damaging winds, hail, flash flooding and even a couple of possible tornadoes before conditions begin to improve for the holiday weekend. The National Weather Service issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for much of the region through 9 p.m. on Friday, including parts of Maryland, Virginia and DC. National Weather Service Damaging winds are expected to be the biggest concern as storms drop southeast out of wes…

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by Zak Failla
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Cable Technician Sexually Assaulted 63-Year-Old Inside Virginia Home, Police Say Cable Technician Sexually Assaulted 63-Year-Old Inside Virginia Home, Police Say
Cable Technician Sexually Assaulted 63-Year-Old Inside Virginia Home, Police Say A 63-year-old woman was waiting for a scheduled cable installation. Instead, she was sexually assaulted by the technician in Virginia, police say. Luis Enrique Falconi Revilla, 65, is behind bars following an investigation into an alleged sexual assault in Gainesville earlier this year, according to the Prince William County Police Department. Revilla, a Manassas resident, was taken into custody on Tuesday following the probe into a sexual assault that was reported to have occurred in a home in the 7300 block of Yountville Drive. Police say the woman was inside her home for a scheduled cab…

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by Zak Failla
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Investigators Followed A Foul Smell Into Maryland Woods And Found Something Worse, AG Says Investigators Followed A Foul Smell Into Maryland Woods And Found Something Worse, AG Says
Investigators Followed A Foul Smell Into Maryland Woods And Found Something Worse, AG Says Something smelled off in the Maryland woods, and investigators say they soon found out why. A septic company employee is facing criminal charges after allegedly dumping sewage from a company truck onto a wooded property near a residential area in Wicomico County, Attorney General Anthony Brown announced on Friday, Sept. 4. Terry Adrian Handy Jr., of Eden, was charged last month with two counts each of illegal discharge of a pollutant and unlawful disposal of sewage. The case began in October, when the Wicomico County Health Department was called to a property near Price & Son Septic Se…

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Maryland DoorDash Driver Had One Delivery Left Before His Night Took A Devastating Turn Maryland DoorDash Driver Had One Delivery Left Before His Night Took A Devastating Turn
Maryland DoorDash Driver Had One Delivery Left Before His Night Took A Devastating Turn One last delivery was supposed to end a night of work for a Maryland DoorDash driver. Instead, William Koroma says it ended with his car totaled in a serious crash on Church Road in Bowie, leaving him without the vehicle he depended on to make a living. Koroma said he was on his way to make his final delivery of the night when his brakes failed, and he crashed. Photos shared after the wreck show the devastating aftermath, with the front of Koroma's vehicle crushed and mangled. Still, he walked away. Koroma said he was grateful to have survived and that nobody else was seriously injured i…

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by Zak Failla
Obituaries
Army Vet 'Red Beard' Dies In Crash Before November Wedding: 'Damn Good Man, Good Soldier' Army Vet 'Red Beard' Dies In Crash Before November Wedding: 'Damn Good Man, Good Soldier'
Army Vet 'Red Beard' Dies In Crash Before November Wedding: 'Damn Good Man, Good Soldier' A new chapter was just beginning for Derek Volkmer and his family in Maryland. The Glen Burnie Army veteran was preparing to marry his fiancée, Jen, in November, while building a life with two young children, Jae and Jax, who friends say adored the man they called Dad. Instead, the family is mourning “Red Beard.” Volkmer, 40, was killed on Thursday, Sept. 3, while working as a tractor-trailer driver in Virginia, according to friends and Virginia State Police. The fatal crash happened shortly before 11:30 a.m. on I-95 in Stafford County, where a tractor-trailer ran off the roadway, struck …

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National Interest
Alix Earle Reveals 'Sick And Twisted' Details Behind Alex Cooper Split On New Netflix Show Alix Earle Reveals 'Sick And Twisted' Details Behind Alex Cooper Split On New Netflix Show
Alix Earle Reveals 'Sick And Twisted' Details Behind Alex Cooper Split On New Netflix Show Alix Earle is finally revealing what went wrong with Alex Cooper and why she stayed quiet for so long. The 25-year-old influencer whose father is construction magnate Thomas Earle, from Wall, NJ, opened up about her former boss in the Season 1 finale of her new Netflix series, "Earle Meets World," claiming she felt mistreated and manipulated while working with Cooper's Unwell Network. Cooper, 32, and expecting a baby with husband Matt Kaplan, called out Earle in April for allegedly starting "fake drama." But things had been simmering for months if not years. Earle signed her "Hot Mess" pod…

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by Cecilia Levine
National Interest
Pregnant Woman, 24, Dies After Hair Gets Tangled In Go-Kart: 'Unforgettable Personality' Pregnant Woman, 24, Dies After Hair Gets Tangled In Go-Kart: 'Unforgettable Personality'
Pregnant Woman, 24, Dies After Hair Gets Tangled In Go-Kart: 'Unforgettable Personality' A pregnant woman and her unborn son died after her hair was tangled in a go-kart, according to reports. Baylee Olivia Johnson died from her injuries at a hospital in Florence, South Carolina, on Monday, Aug. 31. The 24-year-old's hair became caught in a sprocket on the go-kart on Sunday, Aug. 23, according to the Sumter County Coroner. Johnson was 15 weeks pregnant when the incident happened, her family told WIS News 10. She and her boyfriend had recently learned they were expecting a baby boy and planned to name him Johnny. According to her family, Johnson had also rec…

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