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Married DC National Guard Major From Virginia Built Double Life With Fake Divorce, Feds Say Married DC National Guard Major From Virginia Built Double Life With Fake Divorce, Feds Say
Married DC National Guard Major From Virginia Built Double Life With Fake Divorce, Feds Say One fake divorce. Two weddings to the same woman. And a stack of bogus government documents to keep the whole thing going. Collin L. Welch, a 40-year-old DC National Guard major from Arlington, pleaded guilty in federal court in Washington to an immigration fraud scheme that prosecutors say stretched from Mongolia to Virginia and was partly funded with $54,000 in stolen government money. Welch was already married when he began a relationship with a Mongolian woman in 2019 while posted to the US Embassy in Ulaanbaatar, according to court documents. So he created a divorce decree. The docum…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Cup Tossed, Gun Drawn: Woman Wanted After Wild Virginia Bar Fight Escalates (DEVELOPING) Cup Tossed, Gun Drawn: Woman Wanted After Wild Virginia Bar Fight Escalates (DEVELOPING)
Cup Tossed, Gun Drawn: Woman Wanted After Wild Virginia Bar Fight Escalates (Developing) Some people throw a drink. Others throw a punch. Police say one woman skipped straight to a gun. Prince William County police are searching for an Ashburn woman accused of turning what started as a run-of-the-mill bar fight into a felony after she was allegedly hit with a cup outside a Woodbridge nightclub. Officers were called to El Establo on Richmond Highway around 1:47 a.m. on Sunday, July 26, after reports of a gunshot in the parking lot. Investigators say 31-year-old Avisha Brianna Smith and an acquaintance had gotten into an altercation with an unknown man when things took a turn. …

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by Zak Failla
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Genital Contusion Cover-Up Leads To Coaches, Players Charged In HS Football Hazing Genital Contusion Cover-Up Leads To Coaches, Players Charged In HS Football Hazing
Genital Contusion Cover-Up Leads To Coaches, Players Charged In HS Football Hazing A high school football hazing investigation has led to criminal charges against four coaches and six players after prosecutors say a 15-year-old sophomore suffered a genital contusion during two violent locker room assaults that were later covered up. The Pennsylvania hazing lead to charges of endangering the welfare of a child and conspiracy for Head coach Terence Tolbert, 55, of Elkins Park; associate head coach Darian "DJ" McFadden, 42, of Roslyn; assistant coach Benjamin Johnson III, 45, of Cheltenham; and volunteer coach Ralph Burnley, 60, of Elkins Park, following a Montgomery County I…

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by Jillian Pikora
Politics
Convicted Overseas For Credit Card Fraud, ICE Says He Did It Again In Fairfax County Convicted Overseas For Credit Card Fraud, ICE Says He Did It Again In Fairfax County
Convicted Overseas For Credit Card Fraud, ICE Says He Did It Again In Fairfax County He'd already served prison time overseas for credit card fraud. Federal authorities say he came to the United States anyway, overstayed his visa, and wound up accused of doing it again. A Hungarian-Romanian man wanted in Virginia on credit card fraud charges has been arrested after a weeks-long hunt that ended with ICE officers tracking him down in downtown DC. Sebastian Mihai Caraba was taken into custody by officers with ICE Washington's Fugitive Operations Team after investigators identified both him and his vehicle and followed him to a location he had been frequenting in the city, the…

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by Zak Failla
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Explosive Diarrhea Illnesses Spread To 45 States: What To Know Now Explosive Diarrhea Illnesses Spread To 45 States: What To Know Now
Explosive Diarrhea Illnesses Spread To 45 States: What To Know Now A surge in an intestinal illness that can cause explosive diarrhea lasting for weeks has spread across most of the country, and confirmed cases may reveal only part of its reach. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in a surveillance update dated Tuesday, July 28, that 6,707 laboratory-confirmed domestic cases of cyclosporiasis had been recorded across 45 states. The cases were reported from Friday, May 1, through Monday, July 27. At least 423 patients have been hospitalized. No deaths have been reported. The only states not reporting cases are Maine, South Carolina, Ne…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Virginia Teens Hid In Vacant Apartment, Ambushed Facebook Marketplace Seller: Sheriff Virginia Teens Hid In Vacant Apartment, Ambushed Facebook Marketplace Seller: Sheriff
Virginia Teens Hid In Vacant Apartment, Ambushed Facebook Marketplace Seller: Sheriff Several teens are facing serious criminal charges in Virginia after ambushing another group during a planned sale of a sweatshirt in Stafford, according to the sheriff's office. Four juveniles are facing charges following an investigation into reports of shots fired earlier this month on Ebenezer Church Road during a planned transaction. Investigators from the Stafford County Sheriff's Office said the victims had traveled to the area to sell a Spyder-brand sweatshirt to a buyer they met through Facebook Marketplace. Upon arriving, the suspect briefly met with the victims before returning t…

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College Lacrosse Player Suffers Life-Changing Injury In Maryland Beach Diving Accident College Lacrosse Player Suffers Life-Changing Injury In Maryland Beach Diving Accident
College Lacrosse Player Suffers Life-Changing Injury In Maryland Beach Diving Accident It took just one wave. Now a Maryland college freshman who spent the spring playing lacrosse is facing the fight of his life after a beach diving accident left him with a devastating spinal cord injury. Riley, a Chestertown-area resident who recently completed his freshman year of college, was seriously hurt after diving into a wave that turned out to be too shallow, according to a GoFundMe launched by family friend Stefanie Zottarelli. In an instant, several vertebrae were broken, and his spinal cord was compressed. He has since undergone two surgeries at the University of Maryland Medic…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
100+ Victims Feared As Virginia Mail Carrier Accused Of Stealing Birthday Cards, Gifts: Sheriff 100+ Victims Feared As Virginia Mail Carrier Accused Of Stealing Birthday Cards, Gifts: Sheriff
100+ Victims Feared As Virginia Mail Carrier Accused Of Stealing Birthday Cards, Gifts: Sheriff Birthday cards. Graduation money. Holiday gifts. Investigators say they never had a chance of reaching the mailbox. A Virginia rural mail carrier is accused of stealing mail from dozens of people along her route for months, taking everything from gift cards to other valuables in a case investigators now believe could involve more than 100 victims. Crystal Duvonne Dean, 55, of Culpeper, was arrested Tuesday, July 28, following what the Culpeper County Sheriff's Office described as a painstaking, 10-month investigation conducted alongside the United States Postal Inspection Service. Detecti…

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by Zak Failla
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Woman Followed Home From Maryland Live! During Deadly Carjacking Spree, Feds Say Woman Followed Home From Maryland Live! During Deadly Carjacking Spree, Feds Say
Woman Followed Home From Maryland Live! During Deadly Carjacking Spree, Feds Say A night that began outside a Maryland casino ended with one woman carjacked in her own driveway. Days later, another victim was dead. Now, one of the men behind the violent crime spree will spend the next 35 years in federal prison. Antonio Purisima, 25, of Baltimore, was sentenced to decades behind bars followed by five years of supervised release for his role in a string of armed carjackings in Maryland that culminated in a deadly shooting, the US Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland announced. Federal prosecutors said the spree began in June 2022, when Purisima teamed up with…

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by Zak Failla
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Watch Live: Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial Continues With Ex-Husband's Testimony Watch Live: Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial Continues With Ex-Husband's Testimony
Watch Live: Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial Continues With Ex-Husband's Testimony Day two of Lindsay Clancy's murder trial was underway on Wednesday, July 29, with her ex-husband Patrick Clancy, who is reportedly remarried to a New York City fertility doctor, testifying on the witness stand. Footage of the trial was being streamed live by CourtTV, which can be found here. The now-32-year-old labor and delivery nurse attends the trial in a wheelchair as she was left paralyzed after slitting her wrists and neck, then jumping from the second floor of her home, after strangling three of her children with exercise bands at their home in Duxbury, MA, prosecutors allege.&n…

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by Cecilia Levine
Business
Her Next Chapter? Retirement: DC Native 'Book Worm' Wins $2M Scratch-Off Her Next Chapter? Retirement: DC Native 'Book Worm' Wins $2M Scratch-Off
Her Next Chapter? Retirement: DC Native 'Book Worm' Wins $2M Scratch-Off Every good story needs a twist. For one Maryland "Book Worm," it came hiding beneath a scratch-off ticket worth $2 million. The Laurel woman, who asked to remain anonymous under the nickname "Book Worm," claimed the first of two $2 million top prizes on the Maryland Lottery's Diamonds & Gold scratch-off after what she thought would be an ordinary stop at a 7-Eleven on Baltimore Avenue. The longtime lottery player, a Washington, DC, native who has lived in Laurel for the past five years, makes weekly trips to buy Pick 3, Pick 4 and scratch-off tickets before heading home to her latest b…

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by Zak Failla
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Vehicle Fire Shuts Down US 50, Snarls Maryland Commute Near Capital Beltway (UPDATED) Vehicle Fire Shuts Down US 50, Snarls Maryland Commute Near Capital Beltway (UPDATED)
Vehicle Fire Shuts Down US 50, Snarls Maryland Commute Near Capital Beltway (Updated) A Maryland commuter's worst nightmare unfolded on US 50 Wednesday morning. A fiery three-vehicle crash shut down nearly all westbound traffic approaching the Capital Beltway, backing up miles of traffic as firefighters, hazmat crews and highway responders rushed to the scene. The crash happened around 8:35 a.m. on westbound US 50 near Exit 8 for Martin Luther King Jr. Highway (MD 704) in Prince George's County, just before the I-95/I-495 interchange. Initial reports indicated three vehicles were involved, with one catching fire and prompting a hazardous materials response. According to th…

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