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Motorcyclist Dies After Slamming Into Back Of Dump Truck On Virginia Parkway (DEVELOPING) Motorcyclist Dies After Slamming Into Back Of Dump Truck On Virginia Parkway (DEVELOPING)
Motorcyclist Dies After Slamming Into Back Of Dump Truck On Virginia Parkway (Developing) A Virginia motorcyclist was killed after crashing into the back of a dump truck on Prince William Parkway in Manassas late Tuesday night, police said. The fatal wreck happened around 9:41 p.m. on July 29 near the intersection of Prince William Parkway and Nokesville Road, according to the Prince William County Police Department. Investigators say 37-year-old Alberto Aviles, of Nokesville, was riding a 2011 Suzuki GSX-R750 eastbound in the center lane when he approached a 2008 Kenworth dump truck traveling in the same direction. Police said Aviles was traveling at a high rate of speed when …

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Firebug Followed Through On Threat To Burn Down Maryland Home: Fire Marshal Firebug Followed Through On Threat To Burn Down Maryland Home: Fire Marshal
Firebug Followed Through On Threat To Burn Down Maryland Home: Fire Marshal Joseph Brian Potter said he was going to burn the house down. Authorities say he actually went through with it. The 40-year-old Hancock man was arrested following an investigation into an intentionally set house fire in Washington County on Wednesday night, according to the Maryland Fire Marshal. Crews from the Hancock Volunteer Fire Company and several surrounding agencies were called around 6 p.m. on July 29 to a reported house fire in the 12500 block of Seavolt Road in Hancock. Investigators say that Potter threatened to set the residence on fire before the blaze was reported. Based on …

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They Came For Golf Tryouts. They Left As Heroes After Lake Rescue In Virginia They Came For Golf Tryouts. They Left As Heroes After Lake Rescue In Virginia
They Came For Golf Tryouts. They Left As Heroes After Lake Rescue In Virginia A group of teen golfers is being hailed as heroes after jumping into action to rescue several capsized boaters struggling in Lake Culpeper. Neither difficult conditions nor tricky terrain could stop Andrew Tuggle, 15, Jackson Castro, 17, and Gavin Cain, 17, members of the Eastern View High School golf team, who took a detour from their round to make a bold rescue. According to the Culpeper County Police Department, shortly after 3:30 p.m. on Monday, July 27, the three teens were on the adjacent Culpeper Country Club course for team tryouts when they spotted the capsized kayak. While t…

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He Vanished After Deadly Virginia Shooting. Detectives Finally Found Him: Police He Vanished After Deadly Virginia Shooting. Detectives Finally Found Him: Police
He Vanished After Deadly Virginia Shooting. Detectives Finally Found Him: Police He disappeared after leading officers on a pursuit. Twenty-five days later, investigators found him. The man accused of killing a 16-year-old in Woodbridge before ditching his car and disappearing on foot after a police chase is now behind bars. Prince William County detectives, working with the US Marshals Service, arrested 25-year-old Damon Jamon Atwater at his Woodbridge home on Thursday, July 30. His disappearance had been the biggest unanswered question since the July 5 killing. Investigators said the shooting happened around 10:12 p.m. in the 16700 block of Blackjack Oak Lane, …

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He Was Playing Video Games When Bullets Flew. FBI Wants Help Finding His Killers He Was Playing Video Games When Bullets Flew. FBI Wants Help Finding His Killers
He Was Playing Video Games When Bullets Flew. FBI Wants Help Finding His Killers Justice still hasn't caught up to whoever killed Kingston Campbell. In Virginia, more than three years after the 6-year-old was fatally shot while playing video games in his bedroom in Lynchburg, the FBI is making a renewed push to solve the case, offering up to $30,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible. Kingston Campbell was killed while playing video games in his bed. Lynchburg PD/GoFundMe photo Kingston was home on the evening of May 2, 2023, when multiple people believed to be involved in local gang violence opened fire in the area of the …

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Rhode Island Shooter Made It 500 Miles Before Marshals Found 'Miracle Baby' In Virginia Rhode Island Shooter Made It 500 Miles Before Marshals Found 'Miracle Baby' In Virginia
Rhode Island Shooter Made It 500 Miles Before Marshals Found 'Miracle Baby' In Virginia Tyquan Johnson made hundreds of miles from home. Then his run came to an end in Virginia. The manhunt for a shooting suspect ended in Virginia when a 19-year-old Rhode Island man was tracked down by federal investigators after two people were shot in Newport, authorities announced. Johnson was taken into custody around 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 29, by members of the US Marshals Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force in Newport News.  Investigators with the Newport Police Department say Johnson fled south following a shooting on Sunday, July 19, that left two people injured. Off…

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Search Enters Third Day For Missing Potomac River Swimmer Near Sandy Landing Search Enters Third Day For Missing Potomac River Swimmer Near Sandy Landing
Search Enters Third Day For Missing Potomac River Swimmer Near Sandy Landing More than two days after one swimmer made it safely to shore and another disappeared beneath the river's powerful current, Maryland rescue crews were back on the water Thursday morning, July 30, hoping to bring the search to an end. The latest operation resumed around daybreak on Thursday near Spotzbergen Rock, just south of Sandy Landing in Montgomery County, where an approximately 25-year-old man vanished around 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 28. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue's Swift Water Rescue Team returned with boats equipped with sonar and search dogs after crews spent hours combing …

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Virginia Man Shot After Attempting To Disarm Officer During Hunt, Police Say Virginia Man Shot After Attempting To Disarm Officer During Hunt, Police Say
Virginia Man Shot After Attempting To Disarm Officer During Hunt, Police Say Nehemia Fuentes Banegas had already stabbed himself. Then he vanished into the woods. The bizarre chain of events ended Tuesday morning, July 28, when Fairfax County police say the 26-year-old Annandale man suddenly burst from thick brush, grabbed an officer's handgun and was shot during the struggle. It all began around 9:57 a.m. at a home in the 7000 block of Sutter Lane, where officers responded to a domestic dispute involving Fuentes Banegas. By the time officers arrived, investigators said Fuentes Banegas had armed himself with two knives, accidentally stabbed himself with one an…

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$20B Overhaul Planned At Dulles Airport: Here's What To Expect $20B Overhaul Planned At Dulles Airport: Here's What To Expect
$20B Overhaul Planned At Dulles Airport: Here's What To Expect Dulles International Airport is getting a makeover unlike anything in its history. Virginia's busiest international airport is set for a sweeping transformation under a new $20 billion-plus plan announced Wednesday, July 29, that promises new terminals, expanded flight capacity, faster security, improved baggage handling and the eventual retirement of some of the airport's oldest facilities. The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority joined President Donald Trump, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and United Airlines executives at the White House to unveil the partnership, which offic…

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WATCH: Bodycam Released In Maryland After Frederick Man's In-Custody Death WATCH: Bodycam Released In Maryland After Frederick Man's In-Custody Death
Watch: Bodycam Released In Maryland After Frederick Man's In-Custody Death The moments leading up to a Maryland man's death while in police custody are now public. The Maryland Attorney General's Office on Wednesday, July 29, released body-worn camera footage from Greenbelt police officers who responded after 40-year-old Michael MacDougall crashed off the Baltimore-Washington Parkway in Prince George's County earlier this month. The video, released by the Independent Investigations Division, captures officers arriving after US Park Police had already detained and handcuffed MacDougall following the crash. In the video, MacDougall can be seen lying in the grass no…

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Murder Fugitive Fled Maryland For California. Nearly Six Years Later, It Caught Up To Him Murder Fugitive Fled Maryland For California. Nearly Six Years Later, It Caught Up To Him
Murder Fugitive Fled Maryland For California. Nearly Six Years Later, It Caught Up To Him Raymond Garfield Campbell III made it all the way to California. He should have kept going. Nearly six years after a Hagerstown man was gunned down in broad daylight, the fugitive who fled across the country after the killing has been sentenced to spend the rest of his life behind bars. Raymond Garfield Campbell III received two consecutive life sentences plus another 35 years on Tuesday, July 28, after a judge sentenced him for the October 2020 murder of 40-year-old Daynard Johnson, the Washington County State's Attorney's Office announced Wednesday. Prosecutors said Campbell followed Joh…

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Maryland Mom Says She's 'Ready To FIGHT' After Life-Changing Diagnosis Maryland Mom Says She's 'Ready To FIGHT' After Life-Changing Diagnosis
Maryland Mom Says She's 'Ready To Fight' After Life-Changing Diagnosis The people who know Maegan Showalter all seem to tell the same story: she's the one who shows up. The Maryland wife, mother and friend has spent years celebrating others, lending a hand without being asked, and helping carry people through life's hardest moments.  Now, after an aggressive breast cancer diagnosis turned her own life upside down, an entire community is trying to return the favor. Showalter received the news from her doctors in June. Since then, the Mechanicsville mother has begun weekly chemotherapy and immunotherapy, with multiple surgeries still ahead. The trea…

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