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Rooftop Escape Plan Ends With Maryland Burglary Suspect In Hospital, Then Jail: Police Rooftop Escape Plan Ends With Maryland Burglary Suspect In Hospital, Then Jail: Police
Rooftop Escape Plan Ends With Maryland Burglary Suspect In Hospital, Then Jail: Police Ademu Cummings took his best shot at getting away after a series of burglaries in Maryland. It ended with the 58-year-old Silver Spring man in the hospital. Cummings is now facing charges after allegedly breaking into the same property and attempting to outrun officers with a bold leap off of a Montgomery County rooftop, police say. It ended poorly. On Wednesday, July 1, the Montgomery County Department of Police announced that Cummings has been arrested following a string of burglaries reported last month. The investigation began on Monday, May 25, when officers responded to the facilit…

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by Zak Failla
News
Suspect Lusted After Sister-In-Law For Years Before Murder, Sex Assault On Long Island: Police Suspect Lusted After Sister-In-Law For Years Before Murder, Sex Assault On Long Island: Police
Suspect Lusted After Sister-In-Law For Years Before Murder, Sex Assault On Long Island: Police The Long Island man accused of strangling and sexually assaulting his sister-in-law had lusted after her for years, authorities said. Joseph Horner, 27, and his wife lived in the same building as 25-year-old Victoria Castle in North Massapequa but in different apartments, the Nassau County Police Department said. Cops said Horner confessed to the crime when they first interviewed him Monday, June 29, according to News 12 Long Island. He told investigators that he’d had “sexual desire” for his wife’s sister since 2017, police said. Authorities said that while Horner’s wife was off on a trip…

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by Joe Wilkinson
News
Maryland Boy Breathes On His Own Again After Rare Stroke Turned Beach Trip Into Nightmare Maryland Boy Breathes On His Own Again After Rare Stroke Turned Beach Trip Into Nightmare
Maryland Boy Breathes On His Own Again After Rare Stroke Turned Beach Trip Into Nightmare Conor Bailey should be spending his summer on the soccer field. Instead, the Maryland boy has spent the past two weeks fighting his way back from a rare stroke that struck without warning during a beach trip. Now, his family is celebrating one of his biggest milestones yet. His family announced on Wednesday, July 1, that the young soccer player is officially breathing on his own without oxygen after suffering a rare basilar artery stroke in mid-June. "We are so excited to share another huge milestone," organizer Erin Sidelinker wrote in a GoFundMe update. "Conor is officially off oxygen! …

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Residents Sent To Burn Centers As Massive Two-Alarm Fire Rips Through Apartments (PHOTOS) Residents Sent To Burn Centers As Massive Two-Alarm Fire Rips Through Apartments (PHOTOS)
Residents Sent To Burn Centers As Massive Two-Alarm Fire Rips Through Apartments (Photos) A two-alarm blaze tore through the roof of a Virginia apartment building, sending several people to burn centers while crews worked to knock down the flames on Wednesday morning. Early on July 1, first responders in Prince William County and Fairfax County were called to the 12000 block of Ripple Creek Court in Woodbridge, where multiple reports of a massive blaze that broke out in the back of a multi-unit apartment building before sunrise. Before firefighters arrived, officers with the Prince William County Police Department alerted residents and helped several occupants safely evacuate th…

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by Zak Failla
Sports
Baltimore Ravens Star's Brother Killed Mother In Her Home, Police Say Baltimore Ravens Star's Brother Killed Mother In Her Home, Police Say
Baltimore Ravens Star's Brother Killed Mother In Her Home, Police Say The brother of longtime NFL defensive lineman Calais Campbell was accused of killing their mother, authorities said. Ciarre Campbell, 41, was charged with several crimes, including murder and aggravated assault, ESPN reported. He was charged after police discovered his mother, 71-year-old Nateal Campbell, dead while conducting a welfare check at an Atlanta home at around 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 30. According to arrest warrants, Nateal Campbell was found with her throat slashed, and Ciarre Campbell possessed a knife. He will remain in Fulton County Jail after waiving his first&…

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by Chris Spiker
Politics
DOJ Sues Virginia To Block New AR-15 Ban, Calls Law Unconstitutional DOJ Sues Virginia To Block New AR-15 Ban, Calls Law Unconstitutional
DOJ Sues Virginia To Block New AR-15 Ban, Calls Law Unconstitutional Virginia's new assault weapons law is already headed to federal court. The US Department of Justice sued the Commonwealth on Wednesday, July 1, alleging the state's newly enacted ban on the commercial purchase and sale of many AR-15-style rifles violates the Second Amendment. They are also asking a federal judge to block enforcement of key portions of the law. The lawsuit, filed in US District Court in Richmond, names both the Commonwealth of Virginia and the Virginia Department of State Police as defendants, arguing the law criminalizes the sale and purchase of rifles "owned by millions o…

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by Zak Failla
News
Famous Daredevils Illegally Climb Empire State Building To Get Engaged Famous Daredevils Illegally Climb Empire State Building To Get Engaged
Famous Daredevils Illegally Climb Empire State Building To Get Engaged Two people have climbed the spire atop the Empire State Building to hang a peace flag and get engaged.  Angela Nikolau and Ivan Beerkus, artists who gained a social media following for climbing skyscrapers around the world, stayed on top of the Manhattan monument for more than 45 minutes on Wednesday, July 1, according to NBC New York.  Just after noon, the Russian duo unfurled a massive black banner with white lettering that read, "When the power of love beats the love of power, the world knows peace." They were dressed in all black with face coverings.  …

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Virginia Teen Shot Himself, Then Called 911 To Report Robbery That Never Happened: Police Virginia Teen Shot Himself, Then Called 911 To Report Robbery That Never Happened: Police
Virginia Teen Shot Himself, Then Called 911 To Report Robbery That Never Happened: Police One teen's robbery story unraveled almost as quickly as it began. A 19-year-old Virginia resident who called 911 claiming he had been robbed and shot by strangers is now facing criminal charges after investigators say he accidentally shot himself in the hand instead. The bizarre chain of events unfolded shortly after 7:45 a.m. on Tuesday, June 30, when officers were called to a home in the 10400 block of Bermuda Lane in the Manassas area after Jaydon Isaiah Aloumouati reported that unknown men had robbed him and shot him, according to Prince William County police. It didn't take long for d…

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by Zak Failla
News
PA State Trooper ID'd By Governor After Being Killed In Line Of Duty On I-81 PA State Trooper ID'd By Governor After Being Killed In Line Of Duty On I-81
PA State Trooper ID'd By Governor After Being Killed In Line Of Duty On I-81 A Pennsylvania State Police trooper who died after being struck by a passing commercial vehicle while conducting a truck inspection along Interstate 81 in Schuylkill County on Wednesday morning, July 1, has been identified by Gov. Josh Shapiro. Michael E. Pahira Jr., 44, a Schuylkill County native who enlisted in the Pennsylvania State Police in January 2007, served with Troop L in Frackville as a Motor Carrier Inspector for more than 20 years, according to Pennsylvania State Police. Pahira was conducting a commercial vehicle safety inspection along Interstate 81 South near Mile Marker 119…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Electrical Malfunction Likely Sparked Apartment Blaze That Killed Maryland Man: Fire Officials Electrical Malfunction Likely Sparked Apartment Blaze That Killed Maryland Man: Fire Officials
Electrical Malfunction Likely Sparked Apartment Blaze That Killed Maryland Man: Fire Officials A 63-year-old man has been identified after a fatal apartment fire in Maryland that investigators say was accidental and likely sparked by an electrical malfunction, officials said. David Richardson died after the fire broke out around 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, June 30, inside an apartment building in the 11500 block of Little Patuxent Parkway in Columbia, according to the Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services. Firefighters were first called for a reported odor of smoke in the building. When crews arrived, they found smoke coming from the structure and immediately went inside, offi…

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by Zak Failla
News
New Development Emerges In Nancy Guthrie Ransom Note Investigation New Development Emerges In Nancy Guthrie Ransom Note Investigation
New Development Emerges In Nancy Guthrie Ransom Note Investigation A troubling part of a high-profile disappearance case may have taken a major turn. Click here for a new, updated story: Investigators Identify Notes In Nancy Guthrie Case Believed To Be From Abductors The FBI has determined that ransom notes tied to the disappearance of missing mom Nancy Guthrie are not genuine, Reuters reported Wednesday, July 1, citing a source familiar with the investigation. Guthrie, 84, is the mother of NBC "Today" co-anchor Savannah Guthrie. She vanished from her Tucson, Arizona, home on Sunday, Feb. 1. Reuters reported that investigators determined the notes…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Maryland Candy Scare Takes Unexpected Turn After Man In White Van Calls Police On Himself Maryland Candy Scare Takes Unexpected Turn After Man In White Van Calls Police On Himself
Maryland Candy Scare Takes Unexpected Turn After Man In White Van Calls Police On Himself Every parent's heart skipped a beat. A report of children running from a man offering candy from a white van sent a Maryland community scrambling on Tuesday, triggering a viral police alert that ended just hours later with an unexpected phone call from the very man investigators were trying to find. The scare unfolded around noon on June 30 in the area of Cambridge Court in Taneytown, where police were called after children reported an older man in a white work or camper-style van offered them candy before driving away when the kids ran, according to the Taneytown Police Department. Fea…

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by Zak Failla