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A Maryland woman has been convicted in a $20 million insurance fraud scheme. They did this by misrepresenting their health, wealth and existing life insurance coverage.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in collaboration with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), arrested Roxana Beatriz Ayala-Duran, 41, an illegally present Salvadoran national, in Alexandria on February 25th. Ayala-Duran has a prior conviction for assault in Virginia. ICE officials emphasized their...

Abingdon, Virginia – A federal investigation into fraudulent pandemic unemployment claims has resulted in the sentencing of five additional individuals this week in U.S. District Court in Abingdon. The scheme, which involved fraudulent filings through the Virginia Employment Commission (VEC), resulted in the theft of...

A high-speed chase in Virginia topped 100 mph before ending with a wanted driver in cuffs, according to the Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office. The pursuit began around 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 11, when a deputy spotted a northbound vehicle on Catlett Road clocked at 67 mph in a 45-mph zone, offici…

Many on social media expressed sadness following the apparent sudden closure of Bayside Inn on Mayo Road.

Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – Special Victims Investigations Division are asking for the public’s assistance in locating Kimberly Elizabet Carias Lemus, a missing 14-year-old. Carias Lemus was last seen on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, in the 2100 block of Arcola Avenue in Wheaton-Glenmont....

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — D.C. fire crews responded to a fire at a pizza store in Northeast on Tuesday evening. In a post on the X platform just before 8:50 p.m., the DC Fire and EMS Department (DCFD) said that firefighters were in the 2400 block of Benning Road NE for a fire. The […]

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (7News) — A hiker discovered a human skull at Rock Creek Regional Park earlier this month, according to the Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD). Police also discovered additional human bones when they went to the wooded area on March 1, along with a winter hat, jacket...

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. - A California man that plead guilty in October 2024 to a Montgomery County gold bar scam has been sentenced to 20 years in prison suspending all but 6.5 years. The scam that stole nearly $800000 from an elderly Montgomery County woman. The suspect, Wenhui Sun, 35,...

SAINT MARY'S COUNTY, Md. (7News) — A 20-year-old man was caught with a ghost gun during a traffic stop on Monday in Maryland, according to the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office. The man was caught when deputies initiated a stop on a white 2011 Kia Forte traveling on Great...