Customers force attempted armed robbery suspect out of store in Fairfax County
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. - Fairfax County police are searching for an attempted armed robber who was forced out of a cellphone store by customers. According to police, he tried to restrain the customers but was overpowered by them. What we know:. Police say just before 8 p.m. on Feb. 23,...
Two Arrested After Walmart Theft and Vehicle Crash Near Cider Barrel in Germantown
Montgomery County Police 5th District officers were dispatched Tuesday at 2:36 pm for a reported theft at the Walmart in Germantown. Police say the suspects fled the scene in a Mazda bearing Florida tags before crashing near 118 Cider Barrel Drive. After the crash, the suspects exited the vehicle and ran from the area.
CNN host diagnoses an embarrassing Montgomery County Council fiscal problem
CNN host Fareed Zakaria stirred controversy last week when he delivered straight talk on why many jurisdictions like Montgomery County have become simultaneously unaffordable while operating on fiscal thin ice. He mentioned a number of familiar factors, but he articulated a particular problem quite well: The fact...
Virginia road rage stabbing leaves woman and dog dead, three people wounded
Virginia State Police shot and killed a knife-wielding man after he fatally stabbed a woman and a dog and wounded three other people in a road rage incident on the Capital Beltway, authorities said Monday. The confrontation unfolded about 1:20 p.m. Sunday near Exit 52 on Interstate 495 in Fairfax...
Man arrested after allegedly touching woman’s hair on Metro near Clarendon
A Maryland man has been arrested and charged after apparently live-streaming himself discreetly touching a woman’s hair on a Metro train in Arlington. Bryan Betancur, 28, was taken into custody yesterday (Monday) following an incident that took place around 10:09 p.m. on Sunday on a Silver Line train servicing the...
Maryland man wins $1 million lottery prize after letting another customer ahead of him...
SEVERN, Md. — A Maryland man won a $1 million prize on a lottery ticket as a result of allowing a woman to go ahead of him in line at the store. Sometimes it pays to be nice, and sometimes it can earn you a million dollars. One Maryland man was rewarded handsomely for one such pleasant gesture when it placed him on a...
All stores and restaurants to roll out $18 rule as new bill introduced –...
STORES and restaurants in a key state are preparing to implement a new $18 rule that would increase annually. Should it be passed into law, it would mirror similar actions taken by some other states over the past several months. The Raise the Wage Act (HB 1479), still being debated...
José Daniel Rivera Quintana Killed In Fiery I-66 VA Crash
A Virginia high school senior who had just picked up his graduation gown was killed in a fiery crash on I-66 weeks before he was set to celebrate the milestone he worked so hard to reach. José Daniel Rivera Quintana, 19, of Bristow, died shortly after 3:15 p.m. on Friday,...
Maryland financial advisor sentenced to 18 months in jail for theft and fraud
MARYLAND (WBFF) — A Maryland financial advisor was sentenced to over a year in jail for felony theft, securities fraud, and exploitation of a vulnerable adult, the Maryland Attorney General’s office announced Tuesday. Andrew Joseph Egber, 61, of Culver City, California, formerly of Gaithersburg, Maryland, was...
Man convicted in 2010 killing of Montgomery County woman sentenced to 25 years
ROCKVILLE, Md. - A man found guilty in the 2010 murder of a Montgomery County woman has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. Jorge Rueda Landeros was convicted of second‑degree murder last November in the killing of 52‑year‑old Sue Marcum. She was found beaten with a liquor bottle and strangled inside her home on...

















