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'We Love You Rylee': Maryland Teen Remembered After Unexpected Death At 17 'We Love You Rylee': Maryland Teen Remembered After Unexpected Death At 17
'We Love You Rylee': Maryland Teen Remembered After Unexpected Death At 17 Rylee Eutzy should have had a lot more growing up left to do. Instead, the Maryland teenager's family and friends are mourning her unexpected death at just 17, while a community that watched her grow up is quickly closing ranks around those she left behind. Eutzy, who had ties to the Rockville High School community, was remembered as a daughter, a proud sister and a friend. Photos shared following her death tell some of the rest. There is Eutzy as a little girl, smiling beside her family. Years later, holding an AAU medal with a wide grin. In another, she's dressed up and laughing alongsi…

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by Zak Failla
Breaking News
Maryland Escapee Ditches Ankle Monitor, But Freedom Lasts Less Than An Hour, Sheriff Says Maryland Escapee Ditches Ankle Monitor, But Freedom Lasts Less Than An Hour, Sheriff Says
Maryland Escapee Ditches Ankle Monitor, But Freedom Lasts Less Than An Hour, Sheriff Says Robert Andrew Bloom did not make it far after escaping custody in Maryland. An alert was issued late Thursday afternoon by the Frederick County Sheriff's Office for the 40-year-old, who was wanted after escaping custody while personnel from the Carroll County Sheriff's Office were at the Orenda Center in Frederick. According to investigators, Bloom fled the facility on foot after seeing Carroll County sheriff's personnel. Bloom then removed his ankle monitor in the area of Buckeystown Pike and Manor Woods Road, prompting a massive search that ended on Sept. 10 when he was tracked down and …

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by Zak Failla
Breaking News
Elected Official Back Home After Heart Attack With Warning: 'Don't Ignore The Signs' Elected Official Back Home After Heart Attack With Warning: 'Don't Ignore The Signs'
Elected Official Back Home After Heart Attack With Warning: 'Don't Ignore The Signs' Will Jawando is back home in Maryland with a message for anyone who thinks a heart attack can't happen to them. The Montgomery County Councilmember and Democratic nominee for county executive returned home after suffering a heart attack during a pickup basketball game on Saturday, Sept. 5, and released his first message since leaving George Washington University Hospital on Thursday. "Now that I'm home, I just wanted to reach out quickly and say thank you," Jawando said. He thanked supporters for the prayers, cards, flowers and texts sent to him and his family during the health scare, as …

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by Zak Failla
Breaking News
Maryland Man Robbed Same Virginia Smoke Shop Twice In Days: 'Content Living Outside The Law' Maryland Man Robbed Same Virginia Smoke Shop Twice In Days: 'Content Living Outside The Law'
Maryland Man Robbed Same Virginia Smoke Shop Twice In Days: 'Content Living Outside The Law' A Baltimore man who crossed state lines twice in less than a week to rob the same smoke shop in Northern Virginia is heading to prison. James Allen Shore, 33, who prosecutors say has a lengthy criminal history, was given the max sentence following a pair of armed robberies, the Loudoun County Commonwealth's Attorney's Office announced on Thursday. Shore's crime spree began on March 14, 2025, when he traveled from Baltimore to a tobacco outlet on the border of Loudoun County and Maryland. Around 4 a.m. that morning, while wearing a mask, prosecutors say he took out a firearm, threatened two…

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by Zak Failla
Breaking News
NY Murder Suspect Shot And Killed By Police Outside Massachusetts Motel: Cops NY Murder Suspect Shot And Killed By Police Outside Massachusetts Motel: Cops
NY Murder Suspect Shot And Killed By Police Outside Massachusetts Motel: Cops A Long Island man wanted for the murder of his ex-girlfriend was shot and killed Wednesday, Sept. 9 outside a hotel in Massachusetts, police said. Brandon William Hampson, 55, stabbed Rachel Frislid, 62, to death inside her home in Sayville, NY, on Thursday, Sept. 3, the Suffolk County (NY) Police Department said Thursday, Sept. 10. Authorities found Hampson Wednesday, Sept. 9 outside the French King Restaurant and Motel in Erving, MA around 9:15 p.m. smoking a cigarette, Worcester County (MA) District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. said. Officers ordered Hampson to surrender, but he …

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by Joe Wilkinson
Breaking News
Mom's Boyfriend Convicted After Leading Cops To Murdered 3-Year-Old Girl Found In Suitcase Mom's Boyfriend Convicted After Leading Cops To Murdered 3-Year-Old Girl Found In Suitcase
Mom's Boyfriend Convicted After Leading Cops To Murdered 3-Year-Old Girl Found In Suitcase A Maryland man has been convicted for his role after his girlfriend murdered her 3-year-old daughter, and the girl's body was hidden in a suitcase inside a garbage pail. Cedrick Antoine Britten was found guilty following an 11-day trial stemming from the murder of Nola Dinkins by his girlfriend, Darrian Lynnelle Randle, in his North East home, the Cecil County State's Attorney's Office announced on Thursday. According to investigators, Randle initially sparked an AMBER Alert on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, when she falsely claimed that a man with a gun had kidnapped her daughter in Delaware. Th…

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by Zak Failla
Breaking News
Stolen Identities Were Used To Move Nearly $300K In Goods Through Virginia, CBP Says Stolen Identities Were Used To Move Nearly $300K In Goods Through Virginia, CBP Says
Stolen Identities Were Used To Move Nearly $300K In Goods Through Virginia, CBP Says Someone apparently needed a whole lot of cooling off. More than 1,000 automotive radiators and hundreds of industrial-strength dehumidifiers were seized in Norfolk, Virginia, after federal officers say they discovered the shipments had been imported from China using stolen identities. The unusual haul included 1,043 automotive radiators and 420 high-capacity, 70-pint dehumidifiers, according to US Customs and Border Protection. Combined value: nearly $292,000. CBP officers first inspected the two shipments after they arrived in Norfolk in mid-August and quickly spotted discrepancies in th…

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by Zak Failla
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National Cheeseburger Day 2026: Where To Score Free Burgers, Tasty Deals National Cheeseburger Day 2026: Where To Score Free Burgers, Tasty Deals
National Cheeseburger Day 2026: Where To Score Free Burgers, Tasty Deals Fast-food chains and sit-down restaurants are celebrating National Cheeseburger Day with plenty of deals! National Cheeseburger Day in 2026 falls on Friday, Sept. 18. The annual holiday celebrates one of the most popular foods in the US. Several restaurants claim to have invented the cheeseburger, according to National Day Calendar. One origin story says Lionel Sternberger dropped a slice of American cheese on a sizzling hamburger at his father's Pasadena, California, restaurant called The Rite Spot in 1926. Other claims to cheeseburger fame include O'Dell's in Los Angeles, Kaelin's Restau…

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by Chris Spiker
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Firebug Who Intentionally Set Massive Blaze That Killed Virginia Woman Convicted On All Counts Firebug Who Intentionally Set Massive Blaze That Killed Virginia Woman Convicted On All Counts
Firebug Who Intentionally Set Massive Blaze That Killed Virginia Woman Convicted On All Counts Jacob Bogatin may spend the rest of his life in prison after being convicted of intentionally setting a massive fire in Virginia that killed a 36-year-old woman last year. Jacob Bogatin, 78, was convicted following a three-week jury trial of all counts, including first-degree felony murder, after sparking the October 2025 fire that killed Madelaine Akers on Riptide Square, according to the Loudoun County Commonwealth's Attorney. Loudoun County Fire and Rescue officials said the flames spread rapidly, causing “multiple structural collapses” that prevented crews from entering the building. T…

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by Zak Failla
Breaking News
Yacht Owner, Ex-Navy Commander Accused Of Drugging, Raping Deckhand, 22, In Nantucket Harbor Yacht Owner, Ex-Navy Commander Accused Of Drugging, Raping Deckhand, 22, In Nantucket Harbor
Yacht Owner, Ex-Navy Commander Accused Of Drugging, Raping Deckhand, 22, In Nantucket Harbor A yacht owner faces multiple charges after a young employee said he allegedly drugged and sexually assaulted her aboard a vessel in Nantucket Harbor last month, according to a news report. Christian Bradley Williams, 54, of Florida, was arraigned Friday, Sept. 4, in connection with the alleged Aug. 9 attack. The 22-year-old woman had started working as a deckhand aboard his yacht, Chimera, in June. She received housing on the boat in exchange for the work. The US Sun reported that Williams is a former Navy commander of the USS Springfield submarine.  The alleged assault happened hours…

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by Josh Lanier
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Woman Wanted In Double Murder Of VDOT Workers Captured In North Carolina After Weeks On Run Woman Wanted In Double Murder Of VDOT Workers Captured In North Carolina After Weeks On Run
Woman Wanted In Double Murder Of VDOT Workers Captured In North Carolina After Weeks On Run The woman wanted in connection with the murders of two VDOT contract workers has reportedly been arrested in North Carolina after disappearing from Virginia. Investigators have been searching for Dennikia Rachelle Boyce, 37, since the fatal shootings on Friday, July 24 at a Virginia Department of Transportation staging area near Route 1 and Route 288 in Chesterfield County. Boyce was taken into custody on Thursday, Sept. 10, and faces two counts of second-degree murder in Virginia and a federal flight to avoid prosecution charge, according to officials. State police identified th…

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by Zak Failla
Breaking News
Neighbors Evacuated After Northern Virginia Man Beats Elderly Relative With Bat: Police Neighbors Evacuated After Northern Virginia Man Beats Elderly Relative With Bat: Police
Neighbors Evacuated After Northern Virginia Man Beats Elderly Relative With Bat: Police Houses had to be evacuated, and an elderly man was beaten by a family member who barricaded himself in a Northern Virginia home, officials say. Shortly after 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 9, officers from the Prince William County Police Department were called to a home in the 4300 block of Mulcaster Terrace in Dumfries, where a 69-year-old man was struck with a baseball bat. The attacker was later identified as 35-year-old Dumfries resident Cody Christian Lance, who proceeded to lock himself inside a room in the home, investigators said. The victim and another family member managed to ge…

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by Zak Failla