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Maryland Man Who Started DC Bar Fight, Pulled Gun On Rival Learns Prison Fate: Feds Maryland Man Who Started DC Bar Fight, Pulled Gun On Rival Learns Prison Fate: Feds
Maryland Man Who Started DC Bar Fight, Pulled Gun On Rival Learns Prison Fate: Feds A Maryland man who pulled out a gun and killed his rival during a bar fight he was losing in DC is set to spend decades in prison, federal authorities announced. Montgomery Village native Robert Lowe, 42, was convicted by a Superior Court jury in DC in connection with the fatal shooting of 43-year-old Kenneth Goins in April 2024. This week, the convicted felon was sentenced to 21 years in prison for second-degree murder while armed and other offenses. According to the government’s evidence presented at trial, shortly after 1 a.m. on April 27, 2024, Lowe and Goins were inside Desperados Bur…

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He Became A US Citizen While Abusing His Stepdaughter, Feds Say Now DOJ Wants It Back He Became A US Citizen While Abusing His Stepdaughter, Feds Say Now DOJ Wants It Back
He Became A US Citizen While Abusing His Stepdaughter, Feds Say Now DOJ Wants It Back Jimmy Aguero's past may cost him his future as a US citizen. Federal officials are seeking to strip the 51-year-old Peruvian native of his citizenship after a Maryland jury convicted him of sexually abusing his minor stepdaughter, conduct the government says he concealed while going through the naturalization process. And the timeline is damning. According to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Aguero repeatedly sexually abused his stepdaughter between 2013 and 2015. In 2014, while the abuse was occurring, Aguero applied to become a naturalized US citizen, ICE said. On that applicati…

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Man Admits To Beating 2-Year-Old Boy To Death In Attacks Caught On Video In DC: Feds Man Admits To Beating 2-Year-Old Boy To Death In Attacks Caught On Video In DC: Feds
Man Admits To Beating 2-Year-Old Boy To Death In Attacks Caught On Video In DC: Feds A 27-year-old man is facing a lengthy prison stay after admitting to his role in the violent death of his toddler in 2022, federal authorities announced on Friday. District resident Dasean Matthews, 27, pleaded guilty to beating 2-year-old Mars Jones, causing his death in October 2022. On Oct. 13, 2022, prosecutors say the boy's mother and Matthews, who was her romantic partner, drove to a Dunkin Donuts location shortly before noon. While inside the business, video evidence shows Matthews striking the young child with a closed fist in the upper body, causing Mars to fall and slam against a…

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Seven Broken Vertebrae Leave Young Maryland Father Facing Long Road To Walking Again Seven Broken Vertebrae Leave Young Maryland Father Facing Long Road To Walking Again
Seven Broken Vertebrae Leave Young Maryland Father Facing Long Road To Walking Again One moment, Donovan Raymond was always on the move. Now, the young Maryland father is fighting to learn how to walk again. Raymond, a 27-year-old electrician and father of two, suffered devastating injuries in a serious car crash on Aug. 3, according to his loved ones in District Heights. The crash left Raymond with seven broken vertebrae and the loss of most function in his right leg, his family said Donovan Raymond GoFundMe He has since undergone surgery to fuse the seven damaged vertebrae. Now comes the next fight. Learning to walk again. Donovan Raymond G…

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'Marion Murders' Mystery Turns 20 As Fairfax County Detectives Hunt For One Killer 'Marion Murders' Mystery Turns 20 As Fairfax County Detectives Hunt For One Killer
'Marion Murders' Mystery Turns 20 As Fairfax County Detectives Hunt For One Killer Two women. Two miles apart. One killer. And 20 years later, still no murderer. Fairfax County detectives marked a grim anniversary on Friday, Aug. 14, as they renewed their hunt for the person who strangled and beat Marion Marshall and Marion Newman to death in Springfield months apart in 2006. The "Marion Murders" have gone cold. The detectives working them haven't. Marshall was last seen on Aug. 14, 2006, after shopping at the Bradlick Shopping Center. Police believe she encountered her killer after returning to her home in the 6600 block of Bostwick Drive. She was found dead later…

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MASS SHOOTING: 5 Shot Outside Virginia State University Dorms As Campus Locks Down MASS SHOOTING: 5 Shot Outside Virginia State University Dorms As Campus Locks Down
Mass Shooting: 5 Shot Outside Virginia State University Dorms As Campus Locks Down Gunfire shattered the early morning quiet at Virginia State University before dawn Saturday. Five people were shot outside residence halls in the 3300 block of Boisseau Street at around 1:28 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 15, triggering a lockdown and massive police response as investigators began searching for answers, campus officials confirmed. One victim was critically injured. The other four suffered injuries that were not considered life-threatening, according to an update from VSU. All five were taken to area hospitals. What led to the shooting remains unclear. In an early-morning alert, …

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TV News Star Accused Of Sexual Harassment In Lawsuit Against ABC News: Reports TV News Star Accused Of Sexual Harassment In Lawsuit Against ABC News: Reports
TV News Star Accused Of Sexual Harassment In Lawsuit Against ABC News: Reports Former ABC News Chief Correspondent and New Jersey native Matthew Gutman is named in a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by a former ABC News colleague who alleges he made sexual remarks that contributed to a hostile work environment. Former ABC News producer Samira Said filed the lawsuit Friday, Aug. 14, in Los Angeles Superior Court against 48-year-old Gutman, ABC News, and its parent company, The Walt Disney Co., according to the New York Post and Los Angeles Times. In one incident, Gutman allegedly initiated a conversation rating a female correspondent's appearance, the outlets report,…

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MURDER: Dumfries Teen Charged In Deadly Virginia Quinceañera Shooting (UPDATED) MURDER: Dumfries Teen Charged In Deadly Virginia Quinceañera Shooting (UPDATED)
Murder: Dumfries Teen Charged In Deadly Virginia Quinceañera Shooting (Updated) Four days after a Virginia quinceañera ended with a 16-year-old boy dead, the teenager accused of killing him now faces a murder charge. The 17-year-old Dumfries teen arrested earlier this week in the shooting death of Samuel Ojeda, of Triangle, was ordered held on a charge of second-degree murder during a detention hearing on Friday, Aug. 14, the Fauquier County Sheriff's Office announced. The charge provides the first clear look at just how prosecutors are treating the deadly encounter that played out during a quinceañera near Catlett on Saturday, Aug. 8. Second-degree murder in Virginia…

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4 First Responders Injured In Maryland Ambulance Crash On Route 4: Sheriff (DEVELOPING) 4 First Responders Injured In Maryland Ambulance Crash On Route 4: Sheriff (DEVELOPING)
4 First Responders Injured In Maryland Ambulance Crash On Route 4: Sheriff (Developing) Getting home was supposed to be the easy part. Instead, four first responders found themselves being treated for a range of injuries after an ambulance crashed while heading back to the station in Calvert County on Friday morning. Shortly after 10 a.m. on Aug. 14, deputies from the sheriff's office were called to the scene of a crash in the northbound lanes of Route 4 in the area of Calverton School Road involving an ambulance from the Huntingtown Volunteer Fire Department. Two first responders had to be airlifted by a Maryland State Police helicopter, while two others were taken by parame…

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Maryland Teen Shot During High School Fight Sentenced After Gun Was Traced Back To Him Maryland Teen Shot During High School Fight Sentenced After Gun Was Traced Back To Him
Maryland Teen Shot During High School Fight Sentenced After Gun Was Traced Back To Him Taric Wilson was shot outside a Maryland high school. Then investigators determined the gun was his. Now he's been sentenced. Wilson, now 18, of Silver Spring, was sentenced in Montgomery County Circuit Court to five years in prison with all but 98 days suspended after pleading guilty to possessing a firearm while under the age of 21, the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office announced on Friday, Aug. 14. The sentence closes another chapter in a case that took several turns after gunfire erupted during a fight in the parking lot of Blake High School on April 29. Wilson was 17 at the…

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12 Minutes, 2 Bloody Scenes: Pair Charged With Attempted Murder In Maryland 12 Minutes, 2 Bloody Scenes: Pair Charged With Attempted Murder In Maryland
12 Minutes, 2 Bloody Scenes: Pair Charged With Attempted Murder In Maryland The violence apparently didn't stop after the first victim was left bleeding. Two people are facing attempted murder charges in Maryland after investigators say a man was assaulted during a home invasion Thursday night, Aug. 13, followed minutes later by a stabbing less than a mile away in Lexington Park. Tina Marie Tippett, 37, who has no fixed address, and 35-year-old Lexington Park resident Javone Lawrence Warrick were both arrested following the back-to-back incidents, according to the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office. It started around 9:23 p.m. in the 21000 block of Great Mills Roa…

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Third Beaver Attack In 19 Days Leaves 10-Year-Old Girl Hurt At Maryland State Park Third Beaver Attack In 19 Days Leaves 10-Year-Old Girl Hurt At Maryland State Park
Third Beaver Attack In 19 Days Leaves 10-Year-Old Girl Hurt At Maryland State Park Maryland has another beaver problem on its hands. For the third time in less than three weeks, a beaver attacked someone at a Maryland state park, this time biting a 10-year-old girl who was canoeing at summer camp on Thursday, Aug. 13, according to the Department of Natural Resources. The latest attack was reported at about 3:30 p.m. at Seneca Creek State Park in Montgomery County, near a bend in Seneca Creek by Berryville Road and the Potomac River. The girl was canoeing with an organized group when the beaver attacked and bit her, officials said. Then the counselors jumped in. Camp co…

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