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Power Outage Hits Potomac Water Plant, Montgomery County Customers Told To Conserve Power Outage Hits Potomac Water Plant, Montgomery County Customers Told To Conserve Power Outage Hits Potomac Water Plant, Montgomery County Customers Told To Conserve
Power Outage Hits Potomac Water Plant, Montgomery County Customers Told To Conserve Nearly 2 million Maryland water customers are being told to turn off the taps unless they really need them. WSSC Water issued an urgent conservation request at 8:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 29, for all 1.9 million customers in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties after a power outage disrupted operations at its Potomac Water Filtration Plant. For now, the water remains safe to drink, and there is no boil water advisory. But WSSC officials warned that could change if customers don't cut back while Pepco works to restore power to the plant, which supplies drinking water to approximately 75 …

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COLD CASE: Dutch Tourist Who Came To America Found Murdered Days Later In Virginia Creek COLD CASE: Dutch Tourist Who Came To America Found Murdered Days Later In Virginia Creek COLD CASE: Dutch Tourist Who Came To America Found Murdered Days Later In Virginia Creek
Cold CASE: Dutch Tourist Who Came To America Found Murdered Days Later In Virginia Creek A tourist from the Netherlands came to America in September 1999. Eleven days after entering the country, he was dead in a Virginia creek. Nearly three decades later, police still don't know who killed Johannes Anthonius Dehart. Dehart, 62, was found behind 9325 Mace St. in Manassas on Sept. 28, 1999, according to the Prince William County Police Department. There was another mystery first. Police didn't know who he was. Investigators created a composite of the unidentified man as they worked to put a name to the body. Eventually, they learned he was Dehart, a Dutch tourist who had ente…

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Eagles Legend Brian Dawkins Fires Back After DHS Uses His Image In Migrant Video Eagles Legend Brian Dawkins Fires Back After DHS Uses His Image In Migrant Video Eagles Legend Brian Dawkins Fires Back After DHS Uses His Image In Migrant Video
Eagles Legend Brian Dawkins Fires Back After DHS Uses His Image In Migrant Video NFL Hall of Famer Brian Dawkins had a clear message for the Trump administration after the Department of Homeland Security posted a propaganda video featuring him.  Keep his name out of your mouth. DHS shared a montage of the Philadelphia Eagles legend's highlights captioned, "Our time has come." The video was shared in resposne to reports of a "huge migrant caravan" approaching the southern border of the United States, ESPN reports. #HelloBlessedPeople🙏🏽I have respectfully not given permission to anyone other than those I currently do business with to use my NIL. Be Blessed! …

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104 MPH, Lights Out: Virginia DUI Suspect Tried To Lose Deputy In The Dark, Sheriff Says 104 MPH, Lights Out: Virginia DUI Suspect Tried To Lose Deputy In The Dark, Sheriff Says 104 MPH, Lights Out: Virginia DUI Suspect Tried To Lose Deputy In The Dark, Sheriff Says
104 MPH, Lights Out: Virginia DUI Suspect Tried To Lose Deputy In The Dark, Sheriff Says Turning out the lights didn't make him disappear. A Virginia driver accused of blowing through a 60 mph zone at 104 mph allegedly switched off his headlights while trying to get away from a deputy early Saturday, Sept. 26, according to the Fauquier County Sheriff's Office. Shortly after 3:15 a.m., a deputy was heading south on James Madison Highway between Opal and Remington when he spotted a vehicle speeding in the opposite direction. Radar clocked it at 104 mph, investigators said. The deputy crossed the median, activated his lights and siren and headed north after the vehicle. But eve…

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Former Virginia Death Row Inmate Justin Wolfe Takes New Plea After 25 Years Behind Bars Former Virginia Death Row Inmate Justin Wolfe Takes New Plea After 25 Years Behind Bars Former Virginia Death Row Inmate Justin Wolfe Takes New Plea After 25 Years Behind Bars
Former Virginia Death Row Inmate Justin Wolfe Takes New Plea After 25 Years Behind Bars Twenty-five years behind bars have led to a 25-year sentence for a man who once sat on Virginia's death row. Justin Wolfe received a 28-year prison sentence with three years suspended in Prince William County on Monday, Sept. 28, as prosecutors moved to end a murder case that has spent a quarter-century winding through state and federal courts. Wolfe has already been incarcerated for 25 years, including substantial time on death row and in solitary confinement, according to Commonwealth's Attorney Amy Ashworth. The agreement came after Ashworth's office spent months reexamining the case an…

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29-Year-Old Ejected From Kawasaki In Deadly Maryland Motorcycle Crash Identified By Police 29-Year-Old Ejected From Kawasaki In Deadly Maryland Motorcycle Crash Identified By Police 29-Year-Old Ejected From Kawasaki In Deadly Maryland Motorcycle Crash Identified By Police
29-Year-Old Ejected From Kawasaki In Deadly Maryland Motorcycle Crash Identified By Police A motorcyclist killed in an early-morning Maryland crash has been identified. Khanh Minh Nguyen, 29, of Severn, was killed shortly after 4 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26, in a single-vehicle crash at Town Center Boulevard and Jacobs Road in Anne Arundel County, police announced on Monday, Sept. 28. According to investigators, Nguyen was riding a Kawasaki Ninja north on Town Center Boulevard at approximately 4:10 a.m. when he failed to negotiate a curve in the roadway. Nguyen was thrown from the motorcycle. Anne Arundel County Fire Department personnel pronounced him dead at the scene. The de…

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Silver Spring Man Sentenced After Working Second Federal Job While On The Clock: DOJ Silver Spring Man Sentenced After Working Second Federal Job While On The Clock: DOJ Silver Spring Man Sentenced After Working Second Federal Job While On The Clock: DOJ
Silver Spring Man Sentenced After Working Second Federal Job While On The Clock: DOJ Getting paid for one federal job while doing another has caught up with a former Peace Corps official from Maryland. Evester Edd, 64, of Silver Spring, was sentenced on Monday, Sept. 28, to two years of probation, including three months of home confinement, after admitting he falsified Peace Corps timecards while simultaneously working as a federal contractor. And sometimes he didn't even leave the office to do it. On nine days in 2024, investigators found Edd logged into the Nuclear Regulatory Commission network and performed work for the agency while sitting at his desk inside Peace Corp…

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Man Caught Attempting To Join ISIS Sentenced To Years In Federal Prison Man Caught Attempting To Join ISIS Sentenced To Years In Federal Prison Man Caught Attempting To Join ISIS Sentenced To Years In Federal Prison
Man Caught Attempting To Join ISIS Sentenced To Years In Federal Prison A Connecticut man who paid $500 in hopes of reaching ISIS in Syria has been sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison, authorities said.  Ahmad Khalil Elshazly, 29, of West Haven, was sentenced to 92 months in prison on Monday, Sept. 28, in New Haven. U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden also ordered lifetime supervised release. Court records show Elshazly had talked about traveling to Syria to fight for ISIS since 2018. He pledged allegiance to the group and ran a Discord server where he posted hundreds of extremist memes and videos. On Dec. 14, 2019, he paid som…

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Stolen Maryland SUV Turns Up Torched On Rural Road Across The State: Fire Marshal Stolen Maryland SUV Turns Up Torched On Rural Road Across The State: Fire Marshal Stolen Maryland SUV Turns Up Torched On Rural Road Across The State: Fire Marshal
Stolen Maryland SUV Turns Up Torched On Rural Road Across The State: Fire Marshal A stolen SUV out of Baltimore County turned up torched on a rural road across Maryland, and investigators believe someone intentionally set it on fire. The burned-out 2026 Infiniti GX-60 was discovered near the intersection of Hickory Hill Road and Guard Road in Federalsburg shortly after 7 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 28, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal. A passerby spotted the vehicle along the dirt-covered road after the fire had already burned itself out. No firefighters ever made it to the scene. Investigators determined the blaze began inside the passenger compartment and preli…

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Towering Flames Rip Through Maryland Home, Displacing Family, 3 Dogs (PHOTOS) Towering Flames Rip Through Maryland Home, Displacing Family, 3 Dogs (PHOTOS) Towering Flames Rip Through Maryland Home, Displacing Family, 3 Dogs (PHOTOS)
Towering Flames Rip Through Maryland Home, Displacing Family, 3 Dogs (Photos) A family and their three dogs were displaced after flames tore through the second floor of a Maryland home on Monday afternoon. Firefighters were called to the 2600 block of Swann Wing Court in Springdale at approximately 2:55 p.m. on Sept. 28, according to the Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Department. Crews arrived to find fire showing from the second floor of the two-story single-family home. The fire was extinguished and no injuries were reported, officials said. The fire in Springdale. Prince George's County Police Two adults, a child and three dogs were displaced and are be…

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Two Hit-Run Drivers Strike, Kill Same Maryland Man In Early-Morning Crash: Police Two Hit-Run Drivers Strike, Kill Same Maryland Man In Early-Morning Crash: Police Two Hit-Run Drivers Strike, Kill Same Maryland Man In Early-Morning Crash: Police
Two Hit-Run Drivers Strike, Kill Same Maryland Man In Early-Morning Crash: Police A 52-year-old man who was struck and killed by two separate hit-and-run drivers in Maryland has been identified by police. Laurel resident Ernesto Chocoj Caal was walking early on Sunday morning when he was struck by two drivers who took off after hitting him, according to the Prince George's County Police Department. Officers were called around 4:15 a.m. on Sept. 27 to the area of Laurel Bowie Road and Briarwood Drive, where they found Caal in the roadway suffering from traumatic injuries. He was pronounced dead at the scene by first responders. Detectives believe Caal was struck by two …

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Birthday Abduction Crossed Maryland Before Ending In Deadly Virginia Trooper Gunfight Birthday Abduction Crossed Maryland Before Ending In Deadly Virginia Trooper Gunfight Birthday Abduction Crossed Maryland Before Ending In Deadly Virginia Trooper Gunfight
Birthday Abduction Crossed Maryland Before Ending In Deadly Virginia Trooper Gunfight The 38-year-old was sentenced in Virginia on Friday, Sept. 25, to 258 years in prison, with 80 years suspended, for abducting Tatiana David before killing her during a wild shootout with Virginia State Police troopers along I-95. Prince William County prosecutors announced the sentence on Monday, Sept. 28, nearly three and a half years after the chase ended in gunfire near mile marker 148. David had been abducted from Ithaca, New York, on April 5, 2023, her 34th birthday. She was the mother of a 4-year-old boy. Davis, the father of her child and her former boyfriend, drove her hundreds of…

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