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Cecilia Levine

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Robber Nabbed After Violent VA Encounter: Police A 24-year-old man was in police custody after police say he and a woman robbed a man violently in Northern Virginia. The woman, whose name was not released, struck a 37-year-old man around 6 p.m. Saturday, July 1, on Irongate Way near Harpers Ct. in Manassas, Prince William County police said. The man fell to the ground, as Francisco D. Vilorio Velasquez and the woman took the victim's money then fled, police said. Vilorio Velasquez was later arrested and charged with robbery. The woman remains at large. Want breaking news in the DMV as it happens, or want to contribute? Jo…

by Cecilia Levine

07/03/2023

Business

Understaffed Route 17 Starbucks Temporarily Closed As Temps, Tempers Flare In just 15 minutes, about a dozen frustrated would-be Starbucks customers walked back to their cars upon learning that a Route 17 was temporarily closed due to shortstaffing on Monday, July 3. Employees at the Route 17 N. location in Rochelle Park announced just after lunch that the store would be closing and not reopening until 4 p.m. A sign hung on the locked, front doors saying that the drive-thru remained open. With temps hovering just under 90 degrees, that was little consolation to disappointed customers looking for a respite from the heat, According to an intrepid …

by Sam Barron & Cecilia Levine

07/03/2023

Police & Fire

Hotel Shooting: Victim Airlifted, Suspect Held Without Bond In Northern VA A 26-year-old woman was being held without bond in connection with a shooting that left a 30-year-old man seriously injured over the weekend in Northern Virginia, police said. Jasmine Cortes has been charged with aggravated malicious wounding and use of a firearm in commission of a felony following the incident at LaQuinta Inn at 6950 Nova Way in Manassas, around 3:10 a.m. Monday, July 3, police in Prince William County said. Police say the incident began as an argument in a room at the hotel that escalated. Cortes pulled out a gun and shot the victim, who was flown to a nearby ho…

by Cecilia Levine

07/03/2023

Police & Fire

Wanted Woman Tries Ramming Cops, Bystander With Car At Northern VA Party: Police A 19-year-old woman wanted by police tried ramming officers and a bystander with her car during an investigation at a big party over the weekend in Prince William County, authorities said. McKayla Nicole Strait, of Woodbridge, is wanted on three counts of attempted malicious wounding on a law enforcement officer, and one count of attempted malicious wounding, Prince William County police said. Strait was spotted by police responding to a large party on the 16700 block of Interstate Drive in Dumfries around 2:15 p.m. Saturday, July 1, Prince William County police said. As officers…

by Cecilia Levine

07/03/2023

Police & Fire

3X DUI Driver Had Kids In Car, BAC Nearly Twice Legal Limit In Stafford County: Sheriff A 41-year-old Northern Virginia driver was arrested on his third DUI offense, and this time he had kids in the car, authorities said. An observant citizen noticed Eugene Appiah swerving on Garrisonville Road in Stafford around 11:35 p.m. Saturday, July 1, Stafford County Sheriff David Decatur said. A deputy provided with a description of the vehicle found Appiah on Puller Place. Appiah had his children in the car, despite having his license revoked due to a prior DUI conviction, Decatur said. Appiah had glassy, bloodshot eyes, and the odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from his brea…

by Cecilia Levine

07/03/2023

News

Dying Too Soon: New Study IDs Predictors Of Early Death In Northern VA Living to see the ripe old age of 75 in Northern Virginia depends on three core factors, according to a new report by the Center on Society and Health at Virginia Commonwealth University. Predictors of living to 75 in the region depend on ethnicity, neighborhood, and race, according to the report, "Dying Too Soon." The report broke down health outcomes in five jurisdictions including Alexandria City, Arlington County, Fairfax County, Loudoun County and Prince William County. The report's main focus was on how death rates vary across Norther Virginia and examined two main time periods. The …

by Cecilia Levine

07/03/2023

Police & Fire

Dogs Quarantined After Vicious Attack On Child, Adults In Virginia Two dogs are banned from leaving their owner's property for 10 days after they both viciously attacked a child and two adults, authorities in northern Virginia said. The dogs were inadvertently let off the owner's property on the 9000 block of Winterest Drive in Manassas, on Monday, June 26, city police said. One of the dogs bit a child, and then a relative who tried pulling the animal off, police said. A neighbor who came outside to assist with the second dog was bitten, too. Both dogs were under quarantine and the owner is required to come up with a safety plan for letting their dogs off…

by Cecilia Levine

07/03/2023

Police & Fire

'Worst Day Of My Life,' Mom Of Victim Killed In Baltimore Mass Shooting Victim Says A $28,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of the gunman responsible for the Baltimore mass shooting that left two people dead and 28 others wounded over the weekend. Those killed in the 12:30 a.m. incident Sunday, July 2 include Kylis Fagbemi, 20, and Aaliyah Gonzalez, 18, officials said. Aaliyah's mom says the day her daughter died was the worst day of her life. The post had more than 300 comments as of Monday, July 3. "God this is a mistake!!!" she writes. "Please!!" Nine people were rushed to hospitals from the scene and another 20 got there either via pr…

by Jerry DeMarco & Cecilia Levine

07/03/2023

Sports

'Sorry I Couldn't Save You': GF Of Drowned Ravens QB Ryan Mallet Pens Heartbreaking Tribute "I'm sorry I couldn't save you." That was just one heartbreaking line among many in a Facebook tribute posted by Madison Carter, who was dating former Baltimore Ravens quarterback Ryan Mallett, when he drowned last week in Florida. "Nothing was ever about you, it was always about others," Carter wrote days after the 35-year-old athlete drowned in the Gulf of Mexico. "Multiple times, I heard you say 'there are so many good people in this world,' and that statement alone shows what kind of person you were. Always looking for the good." First responders were called to the bea…

by Cecilia Levine

07/03/2023

Police & Fire

Tragedy: Man Found Unresponsive In Pool Pronounced Dead In Central PA A 71-year-old man was pronounced dead after being found unresponsive in his Central Pennsylvania pool over the weekend, authorities said. The unidentified man was found in the pool at his home on the 3100 block of Grandview Road in Penn Township, around 7:45 p.m. on Saturday, July 1, York County Coroner Pamela Gay said. Life-saving efforts were unsuccessful and the man was pronounced dead at the scene at 9:20 p.m., Gay said. An autopsy at Lehigh Valley Hospital is scheduled for 8 a.m. Tuesday, July 4.

by Cecilia Levine

07/03/2023

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