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Overalls And Out Of Luck: Maryland Man Busted In Undercover Child Solicitation Sting Overalls And Out Of Luck: Maryland Man Busted In Undercover Child Solicitation Sting Overalls And Out Of Luck: Maryland Man Busted In Undercover Child Solicitation Sting
Overalls And Out Of Luck: Maryland Man Busted In Undercover Child Solicitation Sting Denim overalls couldn't keep one Maryland man from getting caught with his pants down. Hagerstown resident Robert Leroy Koontz, 41, was arrested during an undercover operation targeting adults seeking sexual contact with minors online, according to the Washington County Sheriff's Office. During the first week of October, undercover investigators used social media platforms to engage in conversations with adults allegedly seeking sexual contact with children, leading to multiple online contacts and in-person meetings, authorities said. The operation was conducted by the sheriff's office's D…

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Gas Prices To Skyrocket Across Northeast Amid Lockout At Largest Refinery On East Coast: Report Gas Prices To Skyrocket Across Northeast Amid Lockout At Largest Refinery On East Coast: Report Gas Prices To Skyrocket Across Northeast Amid Lockout At Largest Refinery On East Coast: Report
Gas Prices To Skyrocket Across Northeast Amid Lockout At Largest Refinery On East Coast: Report Drivers across the Northeast could soon be paying more at the pump after hundreds of workers were locked out of one of the East Coast's largest oil refineries in New Jersey, union leaders warn. The 385 workers at the Phillips 66 Bayway Refinery in Linden were locked out Monday afternoon, Oct. 19, after rejecting the company's latest contract offer, according to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Jeff Sanford, president of Teamsters Local 877, told News 12 New Jersey that he anticipates the dispute will send gas prices climbing across the region and raise concerns about fuel supplie…

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Suspicious Letter At US Senator's Office Prompts Bomb Squad Response Suspicious Letter At US Senator's Office Prompts Bomb Squad Response Suspicious Letter At US Senator's Office Prompts Bomb Squad Response
Suspicious Letter At US Senator's Office Prompts Bomb Squad Response A suspicious letter sent to Senator Dave McCormick’s Pittsburgh office prompted a bomb squad and Hazmat response on Monday, Oct. 19, Pittsburgh Public Safety told Daily Voice. The letter arrived with the mail at approximately 1:30 p.m., although police were notified “much later,” a public information officer said in an email. The Pittsburgh Police Bomb Squad and Hazmat responded “out of an abundance of caution,” according to the statement provided to Daily Voice at 5:13 p.m. The letter’s contents were determined to be harmless. “The contents were found to be benign/not hazardous and there…

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Teen Tosses Burning Marine Flare Under Table At Maryland Five Guys, Sending Families Fleeing Teen Tosses Burning Marine Flare Under Table At Maryland Five Guys, Sending Families Fleeing Teen Tosses Burning Marine Flare Under Table At Maryland Five Guys, Sending Families Fleeing
Teen Tosses Burning Marine Flare Under Table At Maryland Five Guys, Sending Families Fleeing Families enjoying dinner at a Maryland Five Guys were sent scrambling when a teen allegedly threw a burning marine flare into the restaurant, sending it beneath a table where children and adults were eating, officials say. The frightening incident unfolded at approximately 7:50 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 17, at the Five Guys restaurant at 18007 Garland Groh Boulevard in Hagerstown, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal's Office. Investigators say the teen threw the lit flare into the occupied restaurant, where it landed beneath a table as customers were eating their evening meals. The u…

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Another Maryland Congressman Receives Suspicious Letter Amid Nationwide Scare Another Maryland Congressman Receives Suspicious Letter Amid Nationwide Scare Another Maryland Congressman Receives Suspicious Letter Amid Nationwide Scare
Another Maryland Congressman Receives Suspicious Letter Amid Nationwide Scare Another congressional office in Maryland was evacuated after receiving a suspicious letter, part of a growing wave of similar incidents targeting public officials across the country. Rep. Steny Hoyer confirmed on Monday, Oct. 19, that his district office in Greenbelt received a potentially hazardous letter, prompting an evacuation and a response from law enforcement. "Today, my district office in Greenbelt, Maryland, received a suspicious letter similar to those received by public officials across the country," Hoyer said in a statement posted to social media. View this…

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Maryland Man Killed Neighbor, Wounded Victim's Son In Weekend Shooting, Police Say Maryland Man Killed Neighbor, Wounded Victim's Son In Weekend Shooting, Police Say Maryland Man Killed Neighbor, Wounded Victim's Son In Weekend Shooting, Police Say
Maryland Man Killed Neighbor, Wounded Victim's Son In Weekend Shooting, Police Say A Maryland man is accused of killing his neighbor and wounding the victim's son in a weekend shooting before returning to the scene, where police were waiting. Rodney Hall, 62, was arrested following the double shooting in the 800 block of Bridgeview Road in Brooklyn at approximately 10:35 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 17, according to Baltimore Police. The shooting left 65-year-old Mark Lee Sr. and his 24-year-old son suffering from gunshot wounds, and both were rushed to an area hospital after officers arrived and rendered aid. Lee later died from his injuries, while his son survived. Police ha…

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Uber Driver Gets More Than He Bargained For After Maryland Man's Night On The Town: Sheriff Uber Driver Gets More Than He Bargained For After Maryland Man's Night On The Town: Sheriff Uber Driver Gets More Than He Bargained For After Maryland Man's Night On The Town: Sheriff
Uber Driver Gets More Than He Bargained For After Maryland Man's Night On The Town: Sheriff An Uber driver in Maryland learned the hard way that getting a passenger to his destination and getting him out of the car are two very different things. Matthew James Hunnell, 22, of Chesapeake Beach, allegedly turned a night out into a three-call headache for Calvert County sheriff's deputies with stops at two local watering holes before his evening came to an unceremonious end outside a Prince Frederick hotel. According to the Calvert County Sheriff's Office, deputies first encountered Hunnell at Applebee's in Prince Frederick and The Tavern in St. Leonard, where he appeared intoxicated …

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Missing Virginia Teen, 15, Dies From Self-Inflicted Gunshot As Deputy Fires Shot During Search Missing Virginia Teen, 15, Dies From Self-Inflicted Gunshot As Deputy Fires Shot During Search Missing Virginia Teen, 15, Dies From Self-Inflicted Gunshot As Deputy Fires Shot During Search
Missing Virginia Teen, 15, Dies From Self-Inflicted Gunshot As Deputy Fires Shot During Search A missing and endangered 15-year-old boy believed to be armed is dead following an unusual encounter with a sheriff's deputy that ended with shots fired in Northern Virginia. The incident unfolded shortly before 10 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 19, in the 36000 block of East Loudoun Street in Round Hill, where authorities located the teen after being asked to assist in a search. According to the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office, members of the Purcellville Police Department requested assistance at approximately 9 a.m. in locating the missing 15-year-old, who was believed to be in possession of multip…

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Pedestrian, 24, Struck And Killed By Mustang Near Smithsonian Air And Space Museum In Chantilly Pedestrian, 24, Struck And Killed By Mustang Near Smithsonian Air And Space Museum In Chantilly Pedestrian, 24, Struck And Killed By Mustang Near Smithsonian Air And Space Museum In Chantilly
Pedestrian, 24, Struck And Killed By Mustang Near Smithsonian Air And Space Museum In Chantilly A 24-year-old man was killed near the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Northern Virginia early on Sunday after being struck by a Mustang, police say. Sterling resident Juan Linares Terrero has been identified by the Fairfax County Police Department as the pedestrian who was struck and killed by a motorist shortly before dawn on Oct. 18 in Chantilly. Officers were called shortly after 3:45 a.m. on Sunday morning to the southbound lanes of Route 28 near Air and Space Museum Parkway, where there were reports of a man who had been struck by a Ford Mustang while walking in the right lanes of the h…

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Maryland Rape Suspect, 16, Charged As Adult After Police Release Surveillance Photos Maryland Rape Suspect, 16, Charged As Adult After Police Release Surveillance Photos Maryland Rape Suspect, 16, Charged As Adult After Police Release Surveillance Photos
Maryland Rape Suspect, 16, Charged As Adult After Police Release Surveillance Photos A 16-year-old boy is facing adult charges in connection with a sexual assault in Maryland that prompted police to release surveillance photos in hopes of identifying a suspect. Detectives with the Baltimore County Police Department's Special Victims Unit announced on Monday, Oct. 19, that they arrested the teen in connection with the Wednesday, Oct. 7 assault in the Milford Mill area. Police previously released surveillance images of a person they were attempting to identify on Friday, Oct. 9, two days after the reported assault, and asked the public for help identifying him as part of the …

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National Guard Member Shot Breaking Up DC Fight As Three Guardsmen Open Fire: Police National Guard Member Shot Breaking Up DC Fight As Three Guardsmen Open Fire: Police National Guard Member Shot Breaking Up DC Fight As Three Guardsmen Open Fire: Police
National Guard Member Shot Breaking Up DC Fight As Three Guardsmen Open Fire: Police A late-night fight in DC escalated into a shootout involving members of the National Guard, leaving a guardsman and an armed suspect hospitalized. Officers from the Metropolitan Police Department were called around 11:10 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 18, to the 400 block of 8th Street SE, where there were reports of shots fired, according to the agency. Investigators said that members of the National Guard, assigned to patrol the Barracks Row corridor, observed a fight outside an establishment. The guardsmen were attempting to intervene when 41-year-old Jerrell Jackson, who was involved in the alter…

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Teacher Assaulted 7-Year-Old Student At Northern Virginia Private School, Police Say Teacher Assaulted 7-Year-Old Student At Northern Virginia Private School, Police Say Teacher Assaulted 7-Year-Old Student At Northern Virginia Private School, Police Say
Teacher Assaulted 7-Year-Old Student At Northern Virginia Private School, Police Say A Northern Virginia educator landed in handcuffs after allegedly assaulting a 7-year-old boy during class. Shaanan Josiah Burrell, 34, of Woodbridge, was arrested on Friday, Oct. 16, following an investigation into an alleged assault at Prince William Academy on Commission Court three days earlier, according to Prince William County Police. Officers responded to the school on Wednesday, Oct. 14, after receiving a report that Burrell allegedly assaulted the boy during class at approximately 12:40 p.m. the previous day, investigators said. The child suffered minor injuries in the alleged ass…

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