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Back To School, Starting From Scratch: Music Teacher Loses Nearly Everything In Fire Back To School, Starting From Scratch: Music Teacher Loses Nearly Everything In Fire
Back To School, Starting From Scratch: Music Teacher Loses Nearly Everything In Fire The first bell is ringing, but one Virginia teacher is starting the school year without a home. Victoria Mancuso, a K-5 general music and chorus teacher at Mount Vernon Community School in Alexandria, lost nearly everything she owned when her rental home burned while she was away traveling during summer break, according to a GoFundMe campaign launched by coworker Sara Bukoski Lovelace. Extensive fire and water damage left the home a total loss, according to those closest to the educator. Victoria Mancuso GoFundMe Mancuso was not home when the fire broke out and is OK, according…

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Target Shoplifting Run Goes Sideways As Virginia Traffic Stop Keeps Getting Worse Target Shoplifting Run Goes Sideways As Virginia Traffic Stop Keeps Getting Worse
Target Shoplifting Run Goes Sideways As Virginia Traffic Stop Keeps Getting Worse A suspected shoplifter made it out of a Virginia Target. His problems were just getting started. The trouble began shortly before 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 14, at the Target near 25 South Gateway Drive in Stafford County, where deputies were called after a man allegedly tried to steal merchandise before running from the store, according to the sheriff's office. Deputy Myers soon spotted the vehicle carrying the suspected shoplifter and stopped the driver. That's when a relatively routine retail theft call began to unravel. Investigators say the passenger, later identified as 39-year-old F…

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Maryland Man Dies 9 Days After Shooting; Accused DC Gunman May Face New Charges: Police Maryland Man Dies 9 Days After Shooting; Accused DC Gunman May Face New Charges: Police
Maryland Man Dies 9 Days After Shooting; Accused DC Gunman May Face New Charges: Police For more than a week, Oscar Guevara fought to survive after being shot in Maryland. He died Sunday. Guevara, 45, had been hospitalized since he was found suffering from gunshot wounds in the 6200 block of Oxon Hill Road at around 6:45 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 7, according to the Prince George's County Police Department. He died from his injuries on Sunday, Aug. 16. Jeremiah Hammond, 25, of Washington, DC, was arrested the day after the shooting and charged with attempted murder and related offenses. Those charges could not be upgraded. With Guevara's death, homicide detectives have taken ov…

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Driver Tried Ditching Hit-Run Evidence, But Officer Was Watching, Police Say Driver Tried Ditching Hit-Run Evidence, But Officer Was Watching, Police Say
Driver Tried Ditching Hit-Run Evidence, But Officer Was Watching, Police Say Mikaela Butler tried to get rid of the evidence after a hit-and-run involving a motorcyclist over the weekend. She did so in front of her arresting officer. The 30-year-old Haymarket resident is facing charges after being busted for allegedly drinking, driving, and sending a man to the hospital on Saturday night. Officers from the Fredericksburg Police Department responded to a reported crash involving a vehicle in the 2500 block of Plank Road on Aug. 15, when a motorcyclist said he was struck by a white SUV that fled the area. During the subsequent investigation, police say a second offi…

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International Manhunt Ends With BF Captured After GF Found Slashed, Hidden In Closet: DA International Manhunt Ends With BF Captured After GF Found Slashed, Hidden In Closet: DA
International Manhunt Ends With BF Captured After GF Found Slashed, Hidden In Closet: DA An international manhunt for a man accused of slashing his girlfriend’s throat, hiding her body in a closet, and fleeing the country ended with his capture in Honduras, prosecutors announced on Monday, Aug. 17. Darwin David Espinal-Del Cid, 27, of Telford, Pennsylvania, was taken into custody by Honduran agents with the Technical Agency for Criminal Investigation during an operation coordinated with the FBI early Monday in Pespire, Honduras, according to Bucks County District Attorney Joe Khan. Espinal-Del Cid is accused of killing his girlfriend, 23-year-old Maria Bernarda Popol Garcia, as…

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Motel 6 Melee, Concert Chaos Make For Rough Weekend For Virginia Cops: Police Motel 6 Melee, Concert Chaos Make For Rough Weekend For Virginia Cops: Police
Motel 6 Melee, Concert Chaos Make For Rough Weekend For Virginia Cops: Police It was a rough weekend to be wearing a badge in Virginia. Three Prince William County police officers were allegedly assaulted in two separate incidents involving intoxicated women on consecutive days, including a Motel 6 melee that left two officers with minor injuries, authorities said. The trouble started shortly after 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 14, when officers were called to the Motel 6 at 17133 Dumfries Road in Dumfries to investigate what was initially reported as a domestic dispute, according to police. Investigators said that one of the people involved, later identified as Laura …

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Police K-9 Blue Found Dead Inside Department Vehicle At Handler's Virginia Home (DEVELOPING) Police K-9 Blue Found Dead Inside Department Vehicle At Handler's Virginia Home (DEVELOPING)
Police K-9 Blue Found Dead Inside Department Vehicle At Handler's Virginia Home (Developing) Charlottesville Police are mourning one of their own after a troubling discovery in Virginia. K-9 Blue was found unresponsive inside a Charlottesville Police Department vehicle at his handler's Greene County home on Sunday, Aug. 16, according to the department. Blue was later pronounced dead. Now Virginia State Police are investigating what happened. The Bureau of Criminal Investigation's Appomattox Field Office has taken over the investigation into Blue's death, Charlottesville Police announced in an update on Monday, Aug. 17. Exactly how the police K-9 died has not been determined. Bl…

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Teen Found Shot In Edgewood After Gunfire Breaks Out Blocks Away, Sheriff Says Teen Found Shot In Edgewood After Gunfire Breaks Out Blocks Away, Sheriff Says
Teen Found Shot In Edgewood After Gunfire Breaks Out Blocks Away, Sheriff Says A 19-year-old was injured in a Maryland neighborhood on Sunday night, but investigators say the gunfire likely erupted somewhere else. Harford County Sheriff's Office deputies were called to the 700 block of Court Square Drive in Edgewood at around 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 16, where they found the teen suffering from a gunshot wound to his lower body. Deputies immediately began treating the 19-year-old until paramedics arrived and took over, according to the sheriff's office. He was taken to a Baltimore-area trauma center with injuries that were not considered life-threatening. But …

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Shot Fired During Altercation Before Man Barricades Himself In Home, Police Say (DEVELOPING) Shot Fired During Altercation Before Man Barricades Himself In Home, Police Say (DEVELOPING)
Shot Fired During Altercation Before Man Barricades Himself In Home, Police Say (Developing) A man was detained after an altercation involving gunfire turned into a barricade situation in Virginia, police said. Fairfax County Police officers were called to the 2200 block of Castle Rock Square in Reston on Monday, Aug. 17, where an investigation into the developing incident remained underway. According to police, the man was involved in an altercation before a firearm was discharged. He then retreated into a residence and refused to come out, prompting the barricade response. Officers ultimately detained the man, police announced shortly before noon. No hostages were inside the r…

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Off-Duty Philadelphia Police Officer Shot Dead ID'd: Reward Offered For Suspect (UPDATE) Off-Duty Philadelphia Police Officer Shot Dead ID'd: Reward Offered For Suspect (UPDATE)
Off-Duty Philadelphia Police Officer Shot Dead ID'd: Reward Offered For Suspect (Update) The off-duty Philadelphia police officer shot and killed over the weekend has been identified as police search for the man suspected in his murder. Officer Alhassane Barry, 29, a two-year veteran assigned to the Philadelphia Police Department's 12th District, was shot on the 7200 block of Elmwood Avenue on Sunday, Aug. 16, according to police. Barry was taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at approximately 8 a.m., police said. A second adult man was also shot and taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center. His condition has not been released. The Philadel…

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NY Cocaine Pipeline To Penn State Frats Lands Aspiring Lawyers, Entrepreneurs Charges (UPDATE) NY Cocaine Pipeline To Penn State Frats Lands Aspiring Lawyers, Entrepreneurs Charges (UPDATE)
NY Cocaine Pipeline To Penn State Frats Lands Aspiring Lawyers, Entrepreneurs Charges (Update) Aspiring lawyers, entrepreneurs, finance students, and former athletes are among 14 people accused in a cocaine trafficking operation that allegedly moved kilos of drugs from New York to Penn State fraternity houses, Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced on Monday, Aug. 17. Thirteen defendants were Penn State students at or around the time of the alleged conduct in 2023 and 2024, while the 14th is the father of one of the accused students, according to the Attorney General's Office. Agostino Abbatiello, of Westbury, New York, and Thomas Robinson, of Pittsburgh, were identified…

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Three Stabbed Inside Maryland Home Before Officers Tase 'Erratic' Suspect: Police Three Stabbed Inside Maryland Home Before Officers Tase 'Erratic' Suspect: Police
Three Stabbed Inside Maryland Home Before Officers Tase 'Erratic' Suspect: Police A late-night disturbance in Maryland left three people stabbed and a man in handcuffs. Officers were called to the 400 block of Morningside Drive in Glen Burnie at approximately 10:25 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 16, where they found a 38-year-old man inside a home displaying “erratic behavior,” according to the Anne Arundel County Police Department. Then they found the victims. Three people at the scene had suffered stab wounds, police said. Officers attempted to de-escalate the situation before ultimately deploying Tasers to take the man into custody safely. All three victims were rushed to an…

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