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Food Lion Worker Groped, Grabbed By Wanted Virginia Man During Shift, Police Say Food Lion Worker Groped, Grabbed By Wanted Virginia Man During Shift, Police Say
Food Lion Worker Groped, Grabbed By Wanted Virginia Man During Shift, Police Say A late-night shift at a Virginia grocery store took a disturbing turn. Officers were called to the Food Lion on Dillingham Square in Woodbridge at 9:09 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 20, after a 35-year-old employee reported being sexually assaulted inside the store, according to Prince William County Police. Investigators say the woman was working when she was approached by a man later identified as 41-year-old Dumfries resident Matthew Stephen Porcelli. During the encounter, Porcelli allegedly touched the employee inappropriately and grabbed her arm before leaving the area in a vehicle, police s…

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4-Year-Old Survives Rockville Crash That Killed Mom, Leaving Dad To Raise Him Alone 4-Year-Old Survives Rockville Crash That Killed Mom, Leaving Dad To Raise Him Alone
4-Year-Old Survives Rockville Crash That Killed Mom, Leaving Dad To Raise Him Alone At just 4 years old, Adam Bouziri's whole world changed in a matter of seconds while walking with his mother along a Maryland roadway. He survived. She did not. Bouziri remains hospitalized following the crash in Rockville on Monday, Aug. 17, which claimed the life of 44-year-old Raoudha Khelifi. Now his family is facing a new future they never could have planned for. Khelifi was walking with her son near Chapman Avenue and Twinbrook Parkway at approximately 8:25 p.m. when they were struck by a vehicle, Montgomery County Police said. Both were rushed to an area hospital, where …

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Friday Traffic Nightmare Builds After Crash Shuts I-270 Lanes, Exit Ramp (DEVELOPING) Friday Traffic Nightmare Builds After Crash Shuts I-270 Lanes, Exit Ramp (DEVELOPING)
Friday Traffic Nightmare Builds After Crash Shuts I-270 Lanes, Exit Ramp (Developing) The Friday afternoon ride through Maryland hit an early snag. A two-vehicle crash on southbound I-270 before Exit 12 for Watkins Mill Road in Montgomery County was tying up traffic on Aug. 21, shutting down half of the highway's travel lanes and the exit ramp heading toward DC. The crash was reported at approximately 11:45 a.m., according to Maryland's CHART traffic system. Two of the four southbound travel lanes were closed as responders worked at the scene. The right deceleration lane leading toward Watkins Mill Road was also blocked, along with the right shoulder and the southbound exi…

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Gunfire Rocks 'Historic' Maryland Neighborhood, Leaving Woman With Critical Injuries: Police Gunfire Rocks 'Historic' Maryland Neighborhood, Leaving Woman With Critical Injuries: Police
Gunfire Rocks 'Historic' Maryland Neighborhood, Leaving Woman With Critical Injuries: Police The man wanted for a shooting that left a mother in critical condition in a historic Maryland neighborhood has been apprehended, authorities announced. Kimball Alton Hinton Jr., 41, is facing a host of charges following a reported shooting in Bowie on Thursday afternoon that sent a woman to the hospital with serious injuries. Officers from the Bowie Police Department were called to investigate reports of shots fired around 4:20 p.m. on Aug. 20 in the 8500 block of Myrtle Avenue. Upon arrival, they found a woman suffering from a gunshot wound to her upper body. She was rushed to an area hos…

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by Zak Failla
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US Attorney, 48, Found Dead Inside Federal Office Building US Attorney, 48, Found Dead Inside Federal Office Building
US Attorney, 48, Found Dead Inside Federal Office Building A federal prosecutor with decades of public service was found dead inside a government building, prompting an investigation and expressions of grief from colleagues. Assistant US Attorney Andrew Haden, 48, was found Wednesday, Aug. 19, inside a vacant office at the Edward J. Schwartz Federal Building in downtown San Diego. Haden had been reported missing late Wednesday before San Diego police located his body hours later, according to multiple reports.  The San Diego Police Department said investigators found no evidence of foul play, and the Medical Examiner’s Office is investigating…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Fake Cop? Impersonator Busted After Trying To Enter Secured Police Station Fake Cop? Impersonator Busted After Trying To Enter Secured Police Station
Fake Cop? Impersonator Busted After Trying To Enter Secured Police Station Matthew Bailey Thompson picked the wrong place and the wrong time to pose as a police officer in Virginia. On Wednesday, Aug. 19, officers from the Prince William County Police Department were called to investigate a person claiming to be a cop attempting to enter a secured area of the agency's Central District Station in Woodbridge. It was determined that Thompson, 45, allegedly drove up to a rear gate at the facility and claimed to be an officer attempting to enter the secured area. Thompson was denied entry and left. He was arrested the following day during the investigation and charged…

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by Zak Failla
National Interest
Trump's Name Could Replace Pearl Harbor Hero On Aircraft Carrier: Report Trump's Name Could Replace Pearl Harbor Hero On Aircraft Carrier: Report
Trump's Name Could Replace Pearl Harbor Hero On Aircraft Carrier: Report Naval officials are reportedly considering naming an aircraft carrier after President Donald Trump instead of a heroic Black sailor amid Trump's efforts to attach his branding to federal institutions. The Navy is working to rename the USS Doris Miller, a Ford-class aircraft carrier still under construction, CNN reported on Thursday, Aug. 20. Two sources said officials have discussed naming the carrier after Trump, which would be unprecedented for a sitting president. The ship was named for Doris "Dorie" Miller during Trump's first term in January 2020. Miller helped injured crew m…

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Child's Severed Ear Found In Home After Dogs' 2nd Attack; 3 Charged: Court Docs Child's Severed Ear Found In Home After Dogs' 2nd Attack; 3 Charged: Court Docs
Child's Severed Ear Found In Home After Dogs' 2nd Attack; 3 Charged: Court Docs A portion of a 6-year-old girl's ear was found inside a Lebanon County home after two dogs mauled her — their second serious attack on a young child at the residence — according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice on Friday, Aug. 21. Rebecca Hresko, 31, and her parents, Andrew "Andy" Hresko, 70, and Debra Hresko, 61, of the Hresko family, who run Hresko's Bar-B-Que Pit, have been charged for their respective roles in the attacks involving the family's dogs, Chip and Zeus, at their South Lebanon Township home. Rebecca Hresko faces First-Degree Felony Aggravated Assault of a Child, Sec…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Animal Rescuer Charged After Pug Dies; 44 Cats, Dogs Found In U-Haul: Police Animal Rescuer Charged After Pug Dies; 44 Cats, Dogs Found In U-Haul: Police
Animal Rescuer Charged After Pug Dies; 44 Cats, Dogs Found In U-Haul: Police A New York woman transporting dozens of rescue animals to Oklahoma was arrested in Pennsylvania after police found 45 animals packed inside a U-Haul without water and a severely injured pug that had to be euthanized, authorities announced on Friday, Aug. 21. Selma T. Kizil, 57, told Derry Township police she runs an animal rescue on Long Island and was moving the animals to her new home in Oklahoma City when officers discovered them at the Hershey Animal Emergency Center around 9:09 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19, according to the department. Officers found the animals throughout the front and bac…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Alex Jones’ $50M Sandy Hook Judgment Slashed To $1.5M In Texas Ruling: Report Alex Jones’ $50M Sandy Hook Judgment Slashed To $1.5M In Texas Ruling: Report
Alex Jones’ $50M Sandy Hook Judgment Slashed To $1.5M In Texas Ruling: Report A Texas appeals court handed Alex Jones a major legal victory by cutting a $50 million judgment against him to $1.5 million, according to Bloomberg Law.  However, the ruling does not affect the $1.4B judgment against him in Connecticut.  The unanimous ruling came Friday, Aug. 21, in the 2022 jury trial involving Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, whose 6-year-old son, Jesse Lewis,  was killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.  The parents sued Jones and his media company, Free Speech Systems LLC. Jones had claimed publicly that the shooting never happ…

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$50K Powerball Ticket Sold In Maryland Misses $1M Prize By One Number $50K Powerball Ticket Sold In Maryland Misses $1M Prize By One Number
$50K Powerball Ticket Sold In Maryland Misses $1M Prize By One Number A Powerball player in Maryland came one number away from a much bigger payday. The $50,000 winning ticket from the Wednesday, Aug. 19 drawing was sold at Korner Liquors on Old Washington Road in Waldorf, according to the Maryland Lottery. The player matched four of the five white balls plus the Powerball, good for the game's third-tier prize. The winning numbers were 10-21-58-61-64, with Powerball 17. Had that ticket matched the fifth white ball instead of the Powerball, it would have been worth $1 million. Matching all five white balls and the Powerball would have delivered the jackpot. …

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by Zak Failla
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DC Sex Offender Who Ditched Ankle Monitor, Fled Maryland Halfway House Learns Prison Fate DC Sex Offender Who Ditched Ankle Monitor, Fled Maryland Halfway House Learns Prison Fate
DC Sex Offender Who Ditched Ankle Monitor, Fled Maryland Halfway House Learns Prison Fate A sex offender from DC who escaped federal custody in Maryland while serving time at a halfway house is heading back to prison. Ronnie Holmes, 42, has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for escaping from federal custody and failing to register as a sex offender, authorities announced. In June 2013, Holmes was convicted of sex trafficking a child and then received a 168-month sentence, followed by five years of supervised release.  As a result of the conviction, Holmes is a Tier II sex offender and is required to register for 25 years. In January 2025, after serving …

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