Virginia Sex Offender Now Has 14 Convictions With 14 More Charges Pending: Prosecutors Virginia Sex Offender Now Has 14 Convictions With 14 More Charges Pending: Prosecutors Virginia Sex Offender Now Has 14 Convictions With 14 More Charges Pending: Prosecutors
Virginia Sex Offender Now Has 14 Convictions With 14 More Charges Pending: Prosecutors A Virginia sex offender accused of repeatedly showing up in places where children were changing has now been convicted of a dozen more felonies. Richard Kenneth Cox, 59, pleaded no contest to 12 felony sex-offender loitering charges in Arlington County Circuit Court on Thursday, Oct. 1, and was found guilty on every count, according to the Commonwealth's Attorney's Office. The convictions stem from a case involving Cox's presence at public school facilities and women's locker rooms, according to an August opinion from the Virginia Court of Appeals. In one incident detailed by the court, po…

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Police Seek Missing Footage After Lamar Garvin Dies In Two-Vehicle Maryland Crash (UPDATED) Police Seek Missing Footage After Lamar Garvin Dies In Two-Vehicle Maryland Crash (UPDATED) Police Seek Missing Footage After Lamar Garvin Dies In Two-Vehicle Maryland Crash (UPDATED)
Police Seek Missing Footage After Lamar Garvin Dies In Two-Vehicle Maryland Crash (Updated) A Maryland driver has died after a two-vehicle crash that remains under investigation, police announced. rLamar Garvin, 61, of Suitland, was identified on Thursday, Oct. 1, as the driver killed in the Temple Hills collision, according to the Prince George's County Police Department. Officers were called to the 4400 block of Branch Avenue at approximately 2:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 30, where two vehicles had crashed. Garvin was rushed to an area hospital, where he died a short time later. The other driver involved in the crash was not injured, police said. Investigators have not releas…
Maryland Soccer Star Joanna Lohman Takes On 'The Amazing Race' With World Cup Champ Ali Krieger Maryland Soccer Star Joanna Lohman Takes On 'The Amazing Race' With World Cup Champ Ali Krieger Maryland Soccer Star Joanna Lohman Takes On 'The Amazing Race' With World Cup Champ Ali Krieger
Maryland Soccer Star Joanna Lohman Takes On 'The Amazing Race' With World Cup Champ Ali Krieger A Maryland soccer standout who spent nearly two decades chasing wins on the pitch is taking the competition around the world. Silver Spring native Joanna Lohman, 44, has teamed up with former teammate Ali Krieger, 42, a Montclair, NJ native, for Season 39 of CBS' "The Amazing Race." For Lohman, it's another chapter in a career that began close to home. She grew up in Silver Spring, played for the Bethesda Scorpions and starred at Springbrook High School, where she was an All-Met selection and Maryland Gatorade Player of the Year. Lohman went on to Penn State, where she became the program'…
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83-Year-Old Woman Seriously Hurt In PA Hit-Run; Maryland Driver Charged: Police An 83-year-old woman was seriously injured when a pickup truck struck her and fled in Pennsylvania, leading police to a Maryland driver hours later, authorities announced on Thursday, Oct. 1. The crash happened in the 100 block of South Reading Road in Ephrata at approximately 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 29, according to Ephrata Police. The woman was walking south along South Reading Road when a dark-colored pickup truck traveling in the same direction struck her, police said. The driver continued from the scene without stopping, according to police. The Lancaster County Crash Team respon…
Witness Gets License Plate After Hit-Run Driver Fatally Strikes Maryland Woman, Police Say Witness Gets License Plate After Hit-Run Driver Fatally Strikes Maryland Woman, Police Say Witness Gets License Plate After Hit-Run Driver Fatally Strikes Maryland Woman, Police Say
Witness Gets License Plate After Hit-Run Driver Fatally Strikes Maryland Woman, Police Say The driver of a Jeep took off after fatally striking a woman in Maryland, but there was one problem: Someone saw it happen. The 62-year-old woman was struck at approximately 7:21 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 30, near Arctic Avenue and Bel Pre Road in Aspen Hill, Montgomery County police officials said. The driver didn't stick around. Instead, police say the Jeep Wrangler left the scene while the woman was suffering from serious injuries in the roadway. But a witness to the crash was able to give responding officers both a description of the Jeep and its license plate. Officers arriving at th…

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DOJ Says Federal Agents 'Cannot, Will Not Comply' With Maryland Mask Ban In New Lawsuit DOJ Says Federal Agents 'Cannot, Will Not Comply' With Maryland Mask Ban In New Lawsuit DOJ Says Federal Agents 'Cannot, Will Not Comply' With Maryland Mask Ban In New Lawsuit
DOJ Says Federal Agents 'Cannot, Will Not Comply' With Maryland Mask Ban In New Lawsuit The gloves are off in Maryland. The masks, according to federal officials, are staying on. The US Department of Justice sued the state on Thursday, Oct. 1, the same day Maryland's new restrictions on masks and identification for federal law enforcement officers took effect. And DOJ left little ambiguity about what happens next. "Federal law enforcement agents and officers cannot and will not comply with the Challenged Laws," attorneys wrote in the 25-page complaint filed in US District Court in Maryland. The lawsuit names Maryland, Attorney General Anthony Brown, the Maryland Police Train…

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Woman May Not Know She Was Scammed In Maryland As Nationwide Gold Scam Hits $6.5M: PA Police Scammers posing as federal agents have stolen approximately $6.5 million from victims across the country, Pennsylvania State Police said. Investigators have now identified an 87-year-old woman who reported handing over $1.5 million in gold. The newly identified victim, from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, confirmed meeting a suspect traveling in the Honda linked to the investigation on Friday, Aug. 28, according to an update shared on Thursday, Oct. 1. Police announced the $6.5 million nationwide total on Friday, Sept. 25, identifying victims in Maryland and Washington State. The latest update…

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Payouts Begin In $2.5B Amazon Settlement: See Who Qualifies Amazon Prime customers could start getting settlement money as millions of additional consumers become eligible for automatic refunds. Amazon began issuing the expanded payments on Thursday, Oct. 1, under the $2.5 billion settlement reached with the Federal Trade Commission in September 2025, USA Today reported. The online retailer was required to pay a $1 billion civil penalty and refund up to $1.5 billion to consumers. Amazon was accused of enrolling millions of consumers in Prime subscriptions without their consent and knowingly making it difficult for customers to cancel. More than…

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Payouts Begin In $2.5B Amazon Settlement: See Who Qualifies Amazon Prime customers could start getting settlement money as millions of additional consumers become eligible for automatic refunds. Amazon began issuing the expanded payments on Thursday, Oct. 1, under the $2.5 billion settlement reached with the Federal Trade Commission in September 2025, USA Today reported. The online retailer was required to pay a $1 billion civil penalty and refund up to $1.5 billion to consumers. Amazon was accused of enrolling millions of consumers in Prime subscriptions without their consent and knowingly making it difficult for customers to cancel. More than…

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Profanity-Laced Text Messages Sent To Trump By Republican Senator Revealed In New Report A Republican senator privately unleashed a profanity-laced rebuke of President Donald Trump, according to newly reported text messages. Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina challenged the president in messages obtained by Politico’s Playbook and reported Friday, Oct. 2. The texts will appear in his upcoming book, “How to Lose Friends and Antagonize Presidents,” the outlet reported. The messages describe a senator who wanted to help Trump succeed but refused to back down under intimidation. They also show Tillis disputing that the president had directly threatened him with a primary challenge.…