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DC Man Lured Teen Into Car, Then Used Her Phone To Target Her 14-Year-Old Friend, Feds Say DC Man Lured Teen Into Car, Then Used Her Phone To Target Her 14-Year-Old Friend, Feds Say DC Man Lured Teen Into Car, Then Used Her Phone To Target Her 14-Year-Old Friend, Feds Say
DC Man Lured Teen Into Car, Then Used Her Phone To Target Her 14-Year-Old Friend, Feds Say A 23-year-old District man who lured a teen girl into his vehicle and held her against her will is now going to be held behind bars against his will. Keishawn Johnson, who prosecutors say "terrorized two children," has been sentenced to 204 months in prison after a harrowing incident involving two young girls in DC, according to federal authorities. According to court documents, in September 2024, Johnson tricked a 15-year-old girl into getting into his car in the District by falsely telling her that her 14-year-old friend was inside. Johnson then held the girl against her will and demande…

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Fake 'Rifle,' Real Charges: Masked Driver Held Without Bond After UMD Campus Scare Fake 'Rifle,' Real Charges: Masked Driver Held Without Bond After UMD Campus Scare Fake 'Rifle,' Real Charges: Masked Driver Held Without Bond After UMD Campus Scare
Fake 'Rifle,' Real Charges: Masked Driver Held Without Bond After UMD Campus Scare The masked man behind a bizarre scare at a Maryland college campus now has a name, a mugshot and a lengthy list of charges. District resident Christopher Alongzo Garner, 40, was being held without bond after his arrest on Tuesday, Sept. 29, following a morning of alarming calls at the University of Maryland in College Park. It started around 9:24 a.m., when Prince George's County dispatchers alerted campus police to a white Dodge van being driven aggressively through the area. The driver was masked. And witnesses thought he had a rifle. More calls followed as the van made its way onto ca…

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Maryland Felon Caught With 21-Round Glock In DC While On Release For GameStop Gunpoint Robbery Maryland Felon Caught With 21-Round Glock In DC While On Release For GameStop Gunpoint Robbery Maryland Felon Caught With 21-Round Glock In DC While On Release For GameStop Gunpoint Robbery
Maryland Felon Caught With 21-Round Glock In DC While On Release For GameStop Gunpoint Robbery Tyzell Myrick was already getting a second chance when police say they found another loaded gun tucked into his pants. The 30-year-old Bowie man was sentenced on Wednesday, Sept. 30, to 33 months in federal prison after an encounter near DC's U Street corridor exposed a particularly inconvenient piece of his past. He wasn't supposed to have a gun. He especially wasn't supposed to have this one. It was around midnight on Aug. 17, 2025, when officers spotted Myrick near the Crown Gas station on Florida Avenue NW with the unmistakable outline of a firearm jutting from his pants, according to…

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Deputy Hit Nearly 100 MPH, Still Lost Ground Before Fleeing Driver's Buick Burst Into Flames Deputy Hit Nearly 100 MPH, Still Lost Ground Before Fleeing Driver's Buick Burst Into Flames Deputy Hit Nearly 100 MPH, Still Lost Ground Before Fleeing Driver's Buick Burst Into Flames
Deputy Hit Nearly 100 MPH, Still Lost Ground Before Fleeing Driver's Buick Burst Into Flames A Harford County sheriff's deputy hit nearly 100 mph chasing a fleeing driver who would be dead less than a minute later. He won't face criminal charges. Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown announced on Wednesday, Sept. 30, that Senior Deputy Allen Jennings will not be charged in connection with the June pursuit that ended with Tremayne Murphy blowing through a red light, triggering a five-vehicle crash and leaving his Buick engulfed in flames. The Independent Investigations Division (IID) of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General today released the body-worn camera footage…

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Creep Hid Bathroom Camera, Used Phone To Sexually Exploit Girls As Young As 13: Feds Creep Hid Bathroom Camera, Used Phone To Sexually Exploit Girls As Young As 13: Feds Creep Hid Bathroom Camera, Used Phone To Sexually Exploit Girls As Young As 13: Feds
Creep Hid Bathroom Camera, Used Phone To Sexually Exploit Girls As Young As 13: Feds Mark Travis Brigham wasn't content to use just one camera. The Maryland man used his cellphone to exploit three girls as young as 13 sexually, then hid another camera inside a bathroom to secretly record adults and minors showering and using the toilet, according to federal prosecutors. Now he's going to prison for 25 years. Brigham, 37, was handed the sentence on Wednesday, Sept. 30, by US District Judge James K. Bredar after pleading guilty in June to sexually exploiting a child and possessing child sexual abuse material. His victims were three girls between 13 and 14 years old. Betwee…

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I-8 Gunman Dies By Suicide After Shooting 3 Workers, Killing 2: Police I-8 Gunman Dies By Suicide After Shooting 3 Workers, Killing 2: Police I-8 Gunman Dies By Suicide After Shooting 3 Workers, Killing 2: Police
I-8 Gunman Dies By Suicide After Shooting 3 Workers, Killing 2: Police The manhunt that put parts of Virginia on alert Wednesday morning ended with three people dead. Marvin Grant, 37, of Charlotte, NC, shot three of his coworkers at United Rentals on Wellington Road in Manassas shortly after 7 a.m. on Sept. 30, killing two before fleeing south and ultimately taking his own life along I-81, according to Manassas City and Virginia State Police. Richard Lamont, 48, and Christopher Serrano, 33, were killed in the shooting. A third victim survived and remained hospitalized in stable condition Wednesday afternoon. All three worked with Grant at United Rentals, pol…

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Maryland Hotel Shooting Ends With 21-Year-Old Behind Bars On Attempted Murder Charge: Police Maryland Hotel Shooting Ends With 21-Year-Old Behind Bars On Attempted Murder Charge: Police Maryland Hotel Shooting Ends With 21-Year-Old Behind Bars On Attempted Murder Charge: Police
Maryland Hotel Shooting Ends With 21-Year-Old Behind Bars On Attempted Murder Charge: Police A shooting at a Maryland hotel has landed a 21-year-old man behind bars on an attempted murder charge. Hayden Hill was arrested following the Tuesday, Sept. 29 shooting in the 6700 block of Security Boulevard in Woodlawn, Baltimore County Police announced the following day. Officers were called to the hotel at approximately 7:35 a.m., where they found a 23-year-old woman suffering from a gunshot wound. She was taken to an area hospital for treatment. Police initially described the shooting as an isolated incident as detectives worked to identify and locate the person responsible. By Wedn…

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1.9M Maryland Water Customers Got Good News, But Don't Turn The Taps Back On Yet (UPDATED) 1.9M Maryland Water Customers Got Good News, But Don't Turn The Taps Back On Yet (UPDATED) 1.9M Maryland Water Customers Got Good News, But Don't Turn The Taps Back On Yet (UPDATED)
1.9M Maryland Water Customers Got Good News, But Don't Turn The Taps Back On Yet (Updated) The emergency water situation that had 1.9 million Maryland customers scrambling to conserve has stabilized, but they are not in the clear yet. WSSC Water said at 10:45 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 30, that its Potomac Water Filtration Plant is producing water again and replenishing the distribution system after a power outage disrupted operations a day earlier. Power to the plant is now adequate, according to the utility, though crews are still working around the clock on critical electrical repairs. The plant is operating under a temporary internal electrical configuration while crews work t…

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Accused Serial Burglar Walks Back To His Camry To Find Officers Waiting, Police Say Accused Serial Burglar Walks Back To His Camry To Find Officers Waiting, Police Say Accused Serial Burglar Walks Back To His Camry To Find Officers Waiting, Police Say
Accused Serial Burglar Walks Back To His Camry To Find Officers Waiting, Police Say This time, the house wasn't empty. A 92-year-old was asleep inside a Maryland home when an accused serial burglar forced his way in, unaware that police were watching his every move, authorities said. Anderson Javier Santacruz Gallegos, 29, of Riverdale, was arrested outside an Enid Drive home in Potomac after Montgomery County Police investigators say they caught him using the same routine tied to a string of break-ins dating back to July. Knock first. Wait. If nobody answered, police say Santacruz Gallegos would head around back, force his way inside and hunt primarily for jewelry and c…

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College Student From McLean Survives 8-Story Fall While Dancing On Sofa College Student From McLean Survives 8-Story Fall While Dancing On Sofa College Student From McLean Survives 8-Story Fall While Dancing On Sofa
College Student From McLean Survives 8-Story Fall While Dancing On Sofa A 21-year-old University of Georgia senior survived a fall from an eighth-floor apartment window after apparently striking a metal bench on the way down, police said. Kristen Sargent fell at Rambler Athens Apartments at 558 W. Broad St. around 7:37 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, according to an Athens-Clarke County Police Department field case report.  The incident happened just after the Georgia Bulldogs had won a game against the Oklahoma Sooners, Sargent's father, Richard Sargent, told WSB-TV. Richard said he later heard his daughter talking to one of her friends: “Hey, I'm alive. I…

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Gone 30 Hours, Kayakers Found Frantically Waving From Potomac River Duck Blind Gone 30 Hours, Kayakers Found Frantically Waving From Potomac River Duck Blind Gone 30 Hours, Kayakers Found Frantically Waving From Potomac River Duck Blind
Gone 30 Hours, Kayakers Found Frantically Waving From Potomac River Duck Blind For 30 hours, there was no sign of two kayakers who disappeared on the Potomac River in Maryland. Then, finally, someone started waving. The two missing kayakers were spotted late Thursday night, Sept. 24, frantically trying to get the attention of a rescue crew from a duck blind on Craney Island, just north of Potomac Heights in Charles County, according to the Charles County Volunteer Fire/EMS Association. It was the break rescuers had been waiting for. The search had stretched for more than a day by the time a five-member crew from the Tenth District Volunteer Fire Department was calle…

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Car Plows Into Parked Pickup, Sends Truck Crashing Through Wall Of Vacant DC Building (PHOTOS) Car Plows Into Parked Pickup, Sends Truck Crashing Through Wall Of Vacant DC Building (PHOTOS) Car Plows Into Parked Pickup, Sends Truck Crashing Through Wall Of Vacant DC Building (PHOTOS)
Car Plows Into Parked Pickup, Sends Truck Crashing Through Wall Of Vacant DC Building (Photos) One parked pickup wound up where it definitely wasn't supposed to be after a chain-reaction crash in DC. A car plowed into the parked pickup near Davenport and 42nd streets NW on Wednesday morning, sending the truck crashing through the wall of a vacant building, according to DC Fire and EMS. The impact punched a large hole through the building and sent chunks of masonry tumbling onto vehicles parked outside. The crash in DC. Twitter/@dcfireems Firefighters were initially called to the scene for a rescue and possible collapse, prompting a response from the department's special oper…

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