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Maryland Man Spent $29K+ To Direct Filipino Children's Live Sex Abuse, Feds Say Maryland Man Spent $29K+ To Direct Filipino Children's Live Sex Abuse, Feds Say
Maryland Man Spent $29K+ To Direct Filipino Children's Live Sex Abuse, Feds Say A Maryland man is facing federal prison time after admitting that he dished out thousands of dollars to watch Filipino children be sexually abused live online, authorities announced. Linthicum Heights resident Philip Andrew Turner, 47, pleaded guilty to coercion and enticement in connection with what prosecutors described as a child sex trafficking operation based out of the Philippines. According to the US Attorney's Office, Turner began communicating with a known Filipino trafficker over Skype between November 2017 and March 2018, using the platform to entice and coerce minors into engagi…

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Randallstown Dealer Discussed Cutting Fentanyl With Supplier To Prevent Overdoses, Feds Say Randallstown Dealer Discussed Cutting Fentanyl With Supplier To Prevent Overdoses, Feds Say
Randallstown Dealer Discussed Cutting Fentanyl With Supplier To Prevent Overdoses, Feds Say Federal prosecutors say a Maryland fentanyl dealer and his supplier discussed the drug's potency, then mixed in cutting agents to make it less likely to kill the people buying it. That conversation became part of the case against 50-year-old Jacque "Hammer" Brown, of Randallstown, who was sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison after investigators uncovered a large-scale fentanyl operation inside his Baltimore County home. The investigation began in March 2025 after the DEA received information that Brown was distributing fentanyl throughout the Baltimore area. Agents tracked his…

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by Zak Failla
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Same Face, Same Place: Virginia Man Busted With Drugs, Gun One Month After Conviction, Feds Say Same Face, Same Place: Virginia Man Busted With Drugs, Gun One Month After Conviction, Feds Say
Same Face, Same Place: Virginia Man Busted With Drugs, Gun One Month After Conviction, Feds Say Some people never learn. Virginia prosecutors say 23-year-old Atio Terrain Walton had barely begun serving supervised release for drug and gun crimes before Richmond police caught him with cocaine and another firearm, sending him back to federal prison. Walton was sentenced to one year and three months behind bars after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute cocaine, the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia announced. The case dates back to July 10, 2025, when Richmond police spotted Walton among a group gathered outside a vacant unit in Richmond's Sou…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
DC Man Arrested Less Than 24 Hours After Virginia Bank Robbery: Police DC Man Arrested Less Than 24 Hours After Virginia Bank Robbery: Police
DC Man Arrested Less Than 24 Hours After Virginia Bank Robbery: Police He didn't make it a full day. Less than 24 hours after a bank robber handed a teller a demand note in Crystal City and walked out with cash, Arlington detectives say they had the suspect in custody. Police arrested 36-year-old DC resident Brian Frances on Wednesday, July 22, in connection with Tuesday afternoon's robbery at a bank in the 1400 block of South Eads Street, according to the Arlington County Police Department. The robbery happened around 12:24 p.m. on July 21. Investigators say Frances walked into the bank, handed a teller a note demanding money, then fled with an undisclosed …

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Wanted Tow Truck Driver Arrested As Police Probe Alleged Scheme Across VA, MD, DC Wanted Tow Truck Driver Arrested As Police Probe Alleged Scheme Across VA, MD, DC
Wanted Tow Truck Driver Arrested As Police Probe Alleged Scheme Across VA, MD, DC A swinging tow truck load was just the beginning. What started as a routine traffic stop in Virginia quickly unraveled into the arrest of a wanted man who police say has spent months under investigation for allegedly preying on drivers across three jurisdictions. The encounter happened July 16 near Plank Road and Huntington Hills, where an officer spotted a tow truck make a sudden lane change that caused the vehicle it was hauling to swing dangerously into traffic, according to the Fredericksburg Police Department. The officer also noticed something unusual about the truck's license plate.…

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Visited These Southern Maryland Spots? Health Officials Warn Of Measles Exposure Visited These Southern Maryland Spots? Health Officials Warn Of Measles Exposure
Visited These Southern Maryland Spots? Health Officials Warn Of Measles Exposure Two more measles cases have health officials racing to track down anyone who may have crossed paths with the infected patients. The Maryland Department of Health confirmed on Wednesday, July 22, that two Southern Maryland residents tested positive for measles after recently traveling to another state experiencing an active outbreak. Now, health officials are warning that anyone who visited three locations in St. Mary's County during specific timeframes may have been exposed to the highly contagious virus. The potential exposure sites are: J&R Feeds LLC, 28038 Thompsons Corner Road in…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Woman's Trail Attacker Captured After She Fought Him Off In Virginia, Sheriff Says (UPDATED) Woman's Trail Attacker Captured After She Fought Him Off In Virginia, Sheriff Says (UPDATED)
Woman's Trail Attacker Captured After She Fought Him Off In Virginia, Sheriff Says (Updated) She refused to let him take her. Now, deputies say he's the one who ended up in custody. A Virginia man has been arrested one week after investigators say he grabbed a woman on a walking trail in Loudoun County, only to watch her fight free and run to safety. The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office announced on Wednesday, July 22, that 34-year-old Rolando Sanchez Velasquez, of Sterling, is accused of attacking the woman near Algonkian Parkway and Lowes Island Boulevard on the night of July 15. According to investigators, the woman was walking alone when Sanchez Velasquez approached and gr…

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by Zak Failla
Business
Passenger Nearly Sucked Out Of Plane Reveals What Saved His Life Passenger Nearly Sucked Out Of Plane Reveals What Saved His Life
Passenger Nearly Sucked Out Of Plane Reveals What Saved His Life A passenger who was nearly pulled out of a Ryanair plane after a cabin window became detached says his seat belt may have saved his life. The incident happened to a Serbian entrepreneur named Ljubisa Karović on Friday, July 10. The 61-year-old spoke to The Guardian in an interview published on Wednesday, July 22. Karović was sleeping in a window seat on the Malta Air-operated flight from Thessaloniki, Greece, to Memmingen, Germany, when the window shattered. "The explosion is what I remember," he said. "It's the noise before the chaos, the noise that is always there when I close my ey…

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
Former 'Amazon Teacher Of Year' Accused Of Raping Middle School Student: DA Former 'Amazon Teacher Of Year' Accused Of Raping Middle School Student: DA
Former 'Amazon Teacher Of Year' Accused Of Raping Middle School Student: DA A former Massachusetts teacher once named one of Amazon's teachers of the year has been charged with raping a child, authorities announced.  Tymond Tran was charged with aggravated rape of a child with a 5-year age difference, indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or over, posing or exhibiting a child in the nude, and providing obscene matter to a minor, the Essex County District Attorney's Office said.  The allegations stem from incidents that prosecutors said happened in Lynn in 2022, while he taught computer science at Thurgood Marshall Middle School.  Tran pleaded …

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by Josh Lanier
Police & Fire
Fake Cop Pulled Gun, Asked Driver For Ride In Bizarre Virginia Roadside Encounter: Police Fake Cop Pulled Gun, Asked Driver For Ride In Bizarre Virginia Roadside Encounter: Police
Fake Cop Pulled Gun, Asked Driver For Ride In Bizarre Virginia Roadside Encounter: Police A man claiming to be a police officer didn't ask for a driver's license. Investigators in Virginia say he pulled a gun and asked for a ride instead. Now Prince William County detectives are trying to identify the man after what they believe were two unsettling encounters within minutes of each other Sunday night in Woodbridge. The first happened around 9 p.m. on July 19 along Dale Boulevard near Forestdale Avenue. According to police, a 25-year-old driver was approached by an unknown man who displayed a handgun, claimed to be a police officer, and then asked for a ride. The driver re…

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Missing Woman Believed To Be Among 4 US Soldiers Killed In Mideast Missing Woman Believed To Be Among 4 US Soldiers Killed In Mideast
Missing Woman Believed To Be Among 4 US Soldiers Killed In Mideast The search for a missing soldier from New York City has taken a devastating turn. The Pentagon announced on Tuesday, July 21, that Sgt. Angel S. Rampersad, 28, of Ozone Park, Queens, is believed to have been killed during an enemy attack at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan. Rampersad had been listed as missing after the Iranian missile and drone attack on Friday, July 17. The Pentagon casualty notice said her status was changed to Duty Status-Whereabouts Unknown and that she was believed deceased. The distinction means her death had not been formally confirmed. The attack remains under in…

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by Joe Lombardi
Schools
Police Reveal What Sent Blind Students' School Bus Crashing Into Parkville Storefront (UPDATED) Police Reveal What Sent Blind Students' School Bus Crashing Into Parkville Storefront (UPDATED)
Police Reveal What Sent Blind Students' School Bus Crashing Into Parkville Storefront (Updated) No one inside the school bus caused it to end up buried inside a Parkville storefront. Police now say it never had a chance. Baltimore County crash investigators announced Wednesday that a Ford Focus crossed the center line on Harford Road Tuesday afternoon and slammed head-on into a Baltimore County Public Schools bus carrying students from the Maryland School for the Blind. The Parkville crash. Baltimore County Fire Department The impact triggered the violent chain reaction that ended with the bus plowing through the front of a commercial building. The crash happened around 2:25…

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