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Armed Robber Takes Himself To Police Station After Attempted Gunpoint PWC Robbery: Cops Armed Robber Takes Himself To Police Station After Attempted Gunpoint PWC Robbery: Cops
Armed Robber Takes Himself To Police Station After Attempted Gunpoint PWC Robbery: Cops A 21-year-old man was arrested in what police say was a drug deal gone bad in Prince William County. The victim, also 21, had arranged to buy marijuana from Dorian Hugh Wilhoit, county police said. The victim and other acquaintances met Wilhoit at the Woodbridge Station Apartments located in the 1400 block of Ranger Lp. around midnight on Monday, June 10, police said. While the victim was outside of the vehicle and near the apartment building, Wilhoit bypassed the victim and ran towards the vehicle. He demanded the female occupants, who were between the ages of 17-23, get out of …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Motel Guest Tries Stabbing Employee With Scissors, Bites Officer In PWC, Police Say Motel Guest Tries Stabbing Employee With Scissors, Bites Officer In PWC, Police Say
Motel Guest Tries Stabbing Employee With Scissors, Bites Officer In PWC, Police Say An 18-year-old woman has been arrested after police say she tried stabbing a motel employee with scissors and smashed the glass of the hotel door, then bit an arresting officer in Virginia. Ashja Elaine Wakefield was a patron at the Red Carpet Inn in Dumfries when she got into an argument around 2:10 a.m. Tuesday, June 11, Prince William County police said. Wakefield refused to leave the property and struck the 53-year-old employee before trying to stab him with scissors, police said. She then smashed the glass front door of the hotel before walking outside. Responding office…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Former Elmwood Park Dad Fights For Better Life Quality For Disabled Son Former Elmwood Park Dad Fights For Better Life Quality For Disabled Son
Former Elmwood Park Dad Fights For Better Life Quality For Disabled Son Two steps forward, one step back. Lately, that's how progress looks for 17-year-old Jason Leider, a former Elmwood Park resident who lives with Hunter Syndrome, like his 15-year-old brother, Justin. The genetic and degenerative disease comes with a life expectancy of between 15 and 20 years, according to the boys' father, Jeff Leider. The disease impacts the entire body, most notably, making it impossible to break down waste. Leider — who recently moved to Florida from Elmwood Park with his wife, Deanna, Jason, Justin, and their daughter — credits two enzyme-replacement medications for the…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Video Shows Mom 4X Legal Limit Picking Up Child From Montvale Elementary School Video Shows Mom 4X Legal Limit Picking Up Child From Montvale Elementary School
Video Shows Mom 4X Legal Limit Picking Up Child From Montvale Elementary School Newly-released bodycam footage shows the arrest of a Bergen County mother who showed up more than four times the legal limit to pick up her son from school. The video shared by DriveThruTours shows the DUI investigation and subsequent arrest of Mayowa Kubikisha, 28, outside of Memorial Elementary School on Thursday, May 9, as first reported by Daily Voice. Montvale PD bodycam footage via DriveThruTours Officers conducted a series of field sobriety tests and found 40 airplane bottles of vodka, a bottle of EJ rum, a tall white can of beer, and a green bottle of beer — all open containe…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Trooper Struck In Chain Reaction Crash On I-495 Involving 2 DUI Drivers, Police Say Trooper Struck In Chain Reaction Crash On I-495 Involving 2 DUI Drivers, Police Say
Trooper Struck In Chain Reaction Crash On I-495 Involving 2 DUI Drivers, Police Say A Virginia State Police trooper was hospitalized after being struck in a chain reaction crash on I-495 caused by a two DUI drivers, authorities said. The trooper was dispatched to a sedan in a northbound lane around 3 a.m. to help a sedan that had stopped near Exit 52 in Fairfax County, a spokesperson for the VSP said. The sedan's driver was still in the vehicle and was refusing to cooperate with the trooper to exit the vehicle or move the vehicle to a safer location on the shoulder. While the trooper was working to engage the individual, a Jeep Cherokee struck a tractor-trailer that h…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Officer Hospitalized With Medical Episode While Arresting Wanted Person, Police Say Officer Hospitalized With Medical Episode While Arresting Wanted Person, Police Say
Officer Hospitalized With Medical Episode While Arresting Wanted Person, Police Say An Allentown police officer was hospitalized after suffering a medical episode while trying to arrest a wanted person, officials said. Police said only that the officer suffered some sort of medical episode while attempting to apprehend the suspect around 12:45 p.m. Monday, June 10 on the 600 block of N. 9th Street. Emergency aid was rendered on scene and the officer was taken to an area hospital for treatment. The officer is expected to survive. No further details were released.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Mom Of Woman Killed In Trenton Hit-Run Lost 3 Kids In 5-Year Span Mom Of Woman Killed In Trenton Hit-Run Lost 3 Kids In 5-Year Span
Mom Of Woman Killed In Trenton Hit-Run Lost 3 Kids In 5-Year Span Support is on the rise for a Trenton mother who lost three of her four children in a five-year span. Toshawn West first lost her first-born, Nuna, then her second-born, Nyshirah, and now, her third, Shydasia Merrick. Merrick, 26, was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver at approximately 4:30 a.m. Saturday, June 1, as previously reported by Daily Voice. More than $2,900 had been raised as of Monday, June 10 on a GoFundMe that West launched for herself. "I have suffered over the years losing two of my other children as well. Mentally, I’m trying to hold myself together and it…

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by Jon Craig & Cecilia Levine
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Cocaine, Firearms Seized In Search Of Suspected Drug Dealer's Virginia Home, Police Say Cocaine, Firearms Seized In Search Of Suspected Drug Dealer's Virginia Home, Police Say
Cocaine, Firearms Seized In Search Of Suspected Drug Dealer's Virginia Home, Police Say A search of Loudoun County man's home turned up a substantial amount of cash, cocaine, scales, firearms, and more, local police said. Nicholas T. Roach, 28, was stopped around 12:30 p.m. Saturday, June 8 on Plaza Street NE by officers on foot as he appeared to be under the influence, police in Leesburg said.  Roach was arrested for public intoxication and, after conducting a search incident to arrest, officers found a large amount of cash and drugs on him, authorities said. A search of his home at 75 Plaza Street NE turned up additional drugs including cocaine, scales, cell phone…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Man Wanted For Sodomizing Teen In Prince William, Police Say Man Wanted For Sodomizing Teen In Prince William, Police Say
Man Wanted For Sodomizing Teen In Prince William, Police Say A 58-year-old man is wanted for sexually assaulting a victim under 15 years old in Prince William County, police said. Arturo Gomez Toribio, of Nokesville, sexually assaulted the victim sometime between May 1 and June 5, according to county police. Following the investigation, detectives obtained arrest warrants Gomez Toribio on June 10. Attempts to locate the accused have been unsuccessful. He is wanted for forcible sodomy and indecent liberties

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Children's Rapist Gets 3 Life Sentences In Prison, Officials In Loudoun County Say Children's Rapist Gets 3 Life Sentences In Prison, Officials In Loudoun County Say
Children's Rapist Gets 3 Life Sentences In Prison, Officials In Loudoun County Say A Loudoun County man who raped two children he was supposed to have been caring for over the course of two years will likely be spending the rest of his life behind bars. Brener Mateo Sorto was sentenced to three life sentences plus 15 years in prison before Loudoun County Circuit Court Judge Matthew P. Snow on June 6. He was sentenced for two counts of rape of a child younger than thirteen years old, one count of sodomy of a child younger than thirteen years old, one count of aggravated sexual battery of a child younger than thirteen years old, and one count of indecent liberties take…

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