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CDC Delivers Major Update On Multistate Parasite Outbreak CDC Delivers Major Update On Multistate Parasite Outbreak
CDC Delivers Major Update On Multistate Parasite Outbreak A massive foodborne illness outbreak that sickened thousands across the US has reached a critical turning point. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Friday, Sept. 11, that the multistate Cyclospora outbreak linked to processed iceberg lettuce has ended. “This outbreak has ended,” the CDC declared. “The number of recent infections linked to the outbreak has significantly declined. The contaminated lettuce linked to this outbreak is no longer available in stores or restaurants.” The outbreak caused 12,883 confirmed illnesses across 21 states, the CDC said. It resulted…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Small Fire, Big Charges: Woman Faces 6 Arson Counts After Neighbor's Porch Torched Small Fire, Big Charges: Woman Faces 6 Arson Counts After Neighbor's Porch Torched
Small Fire, Big Charges: Woman Faces 6 Arson Counts After Neighbor's Porch Torched A fire that caused relatively minor damage to a Maryland home in July has led to a lengthy list of charges months later. Amanda Lee Iliff-Williams, 33, of Cumberland, was arrested on Thursday, Sept. 10, following an investigation into an incendiary fire set on the front porch of a home on the 400 block of East Fourth Street, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal. The fire was discovered by a neighbor shortly before midnight on July 9, officials said. The neighbor called 911 and began using water to extinguish the flames before Cumberland firefighters arrived. Investigators with the …

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by Zak Failla
Breaking News
Maryland Man Found Shot In Middle Of Road ID'd As Killer Remains At Large: Police (UPDATED) Maryland Man Found Shot In Middle Of Road ID'd As Killer Remains At Large: Police (UPDATED)
Maryland Man Found Shot In Middle Of Road ID'd As Killer Remains At Large: Police (Updated) A Maryland gunman remains in the wind after leaving a 32-year-old man dying in the middle of the road. Rafael Jeremias Brewster, of Beltsville, has been identified as the man found shot at approximately 2:05 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 10, in the 1700 block of January Drive in White Oak, Montgomery County Police confirmed on Friday. Brewster was lying in the roadway with an apparent gunshot wound when officers and paramedics arrived. First responders attempted to save him, but Brewster was pronounced dead, police said. An autopsy conducted by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner later det…

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by Zak Failla
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Rape Fugitive's 90 MPH Escape Killed Maryland Mom Waiting For Bus: Prosecutors Rape Fugitive's 90 MPH Escape Killed Maryland Mom Waiting For Bus: Prosecutors
Rape Fugitive's 90 MPH Escape Killed Maryland Mom Waiting For Bus: Prosecutors Leonard Warren was desperate to get away. That decision ended with a Maryland mother dead and, more than a year later, the District resident headed to prison. Warren, 25, was sentenced for the Feb. 28, 2025 crash in Prince George's County that killed 33-year-old Esmeralda Carolina Montoya-Perez as she waited for a bus. The deadly chain of events began when a Hyattsville Police officer spotted Warren, who was wanted on a second-degree rape warrant, behind the wheel and attempted a traffic stop. Warren initially pulled over. Then he took off. Despite not having a valid driver's licens…

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by Zak Failla
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No Prison Time For Ex-Cop Convicted Of Attempted Murder In Maryland No Prison Time For Ex-Cop Convicted Of Attempted Murder In Maryland
No Prison Time For Ex-Cop Convicted Of Attempted Murder In Maryland A former police officer convicted of attempted murder in Maryland won't spend a day of his sentence behind bars. Robert Warrington, 37, a former City of Bowie police officer, was sentenced on Friday, Sept. 11 in Prince George's County Circuit Court in connection with a September 2024 shooting along Collington Road in Bowie. The sentence: 30 years, with all but 18 months suspended. Those 18 months will be served on home detention. The punishment came nearly four months after the same judge found Warrington guilty following a two-day bench trial in May. Prosecutors had asked that Warringto…

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by Zak Failla
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ICE Refused To Tell Maryland Cops If Agents Had Warrant Before Clash: Chief ICE Refused To Tell Maryland Cops If Agents Had Warrant Before Clash: Chief
ICE Refused To Tell Maryland Cops If Agents Had Warrant Before Clash: Chief ICE agents had a blunt response when Maryland police asked whether they had a warrant during an operation that ended in a violent confrontation with protesters. “We’re not gonna discuss that with you.” That’s what Frederick Police Chief Kevin Meyer said federal agents told his officers during the Sept. 4 operation in the Taskers Chance neighborhood, according to Hagerstown Rapid Response, citing a Sept. 9 interview with WFMD. The exchange is the latest development following a nearly two-day ICE presence in Frederick that ended with agents using batons to remove protesters who had linked ar…

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by Zak Failla
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Six Kids Hurt After Vehicle Leaves Road, Strikes Group Near Maryland High School (DEVELOPING) Six Kids Hurt After Vehicle Leaves Road, Strikes Group Near Maryland High School (DEVELOPING)
Six Kids Hurt After Vehicle Leaves Road, Strikes Group Near Maryland High School (Developing) A group of kids wound up in the hospital after a vehicle veered off a Maryland roadway near a high school. At least six juveniles were struck near Dundalk High School in Baltimore County at approximately 2:45 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 11, according to Baltimore County Police. Investigators say the vehicle reportedly left the roadway in the area of Delvale and Holabird avenues before striking the pedestrians. All six were taken to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. The crash prompted a response from the department's Crash Team and caused delays in the area during t…

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by Zak Failla
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He Delivered 100 Instruments To Fairfax County Students. The Next Day, He Couldn't Teach He Delivered 100 Instruments To Fairfax County Students. The Next Day, He Couldn't Teach
He Delivered 100 Instruments To Fairfax County Students. The Next Day, He Couldn't Teach Darwin De La Cruz spent one of his last days as a Virginia teacher making sure his students would have instruments after he was gone. On Thursday, Sept. 3, the Herndon orchestra teacher drove to a warehouse in Springfield, loaded up 100 instruments for young musicians at Dranesville and Herndon elementary schools, hauled them back and prepared them for students, according to colleague Allison Devereux. Then he went to Back to School Night. By the next day, De La Cruz could no longer work for Fairfax County Public Schools. "He could have said I’m done, but he went. He always goes abov…

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by Zak Failla
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Mom Who Dumped Bloody Jacket After Daughter Said She 'Caught A Body' In Maryland Learns Fate Mom Who Dumped Bloody Jacket After Daughter Said She 'Caught A Body' In Maryland Learns Fate
Mom Who Dumped Bloody Jacket After Daughter Said She 'Caught A Body' In Maryland Learns Fate A mother's love knows no bounds. Yolanda Wilkes pleaded guilty to attempting to conceal an assault committed by her daughter and two others in Baltimore, though she avoided additional time behind bars, according to the State's Attorney's Office. The charges stem from an alleged aggravated assault involving three juveniles that unfolded in the 800 block of West Lombard Street on Feb. 15, an incident that escalated enough that a police officer ultimately fired his weapon. On February 15, 2026, at approximately 12:05 a.m., a Southwest District patrol officer was called to a home in th…

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by Zak Failla
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Second Person Bitten By Beaver At Cunningham Falls In Less Than 2 Weeks Second Person Bitten By Beaver At Cunningham Falls In Less Than 2 Weeks
Second Person Bitten By Beaver At Cunningham Falls In Less Than 2 Weeks High school got off to a rough start for a Maryland boy who was mauled by a massive beaver that left him hospitalized with critical injuries. “D” was swimming in the designated swimming area at Cunningham Falls State Park near Thurmont in July, when his family says a roughly 4-foot-long beaver came out of the deeper water and attacked him. His aunt, Leigh Cebula, said “D” had been swimming underwater looking for fish while his mother and 8-year-old brother watched from shore. It was a place the family knew well. Cebula said “D” had been swimming there since he was little, and that she had…

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by Zak Failla
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Lyft Driver's Discount Deal With 2 Maryland Women Takes Terrifying Turn In Virginia: Police Lyft Driver's Discount Deal With 2 Maryland Women Takes Terrifying Turn In Virginia: Police
Lyft Driver's Discount Deal With 2 Maryland Women Takes Terrifying Turn In Virginia: Police The Lyft driver who abducted two Maryland women in Virginia has been tracked down after a rideshare from hell. Falls Church resident Adar Bulut, 25, was arrested after two women returning from an event out of state found themselves trapped in his vehicle over a dispute about how much they owed him, according to the Prince William County Police Department on Friday, Sept. 11. The 32- and 25-year-old women had requested a ride through the Lyft app to take them home to Woodbridge early Sunday morning, Sept. 6, according to investigators. Police say their driver, later identified as Bulut, pic…

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by Zak Failla
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Teen Survives Days On Overturned Boat In Frigid Sea After Brother, Cousin Die Teen Survives Days On Overturned Boat In Frigid Sea After Brother, Cousin Die
Teen Survives Days On Overturned Boat In Frigid Sea After Brother, Cousin Die A teen boy was rescued from an overturned boat in the Bering Sea after surviving for days without food or water while his brother and cousin died, officials said. Derek Parker Aghnaanga was found sitting on top of a capsized skiff about four miles east of St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, on Monday, Sept. 7, the Coast Guard said in a news release. The 15-year-old had been fishing for halibut with his older brother and cousin when the small boat overturned. The three had left on Friday, Sept. 4, from Savoonga, a city on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska's News Source reported. …

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by Chris Spiker