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Government Insider Turned Unemployment System Access Into Her Own Payday, Feds Say Government Insider Turned Unemployment System Access Into Her Own Payday, Feds Say
Government Insider Turned Unemployment System Access Into Her Own Payday, Feds Say Katrina McCant had the kind of access most fraudsters could only dream about. Working inside Maryland's unemployment system, the 41-year-old Baltimore woman could approve documents, remove fraud holds and make changes to claims. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, federal prosecutors say she used those privileges to line her own pockets. McCant pleaded guilty on Monday, Aug. 10, in Maryland federal court to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft after admitting she exploited her job with a state contractor to steal unemployment benefits and help others get fraudulent claims paid.…

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Restaurant Bathroom Ambush Ends With Accused Attacker Arrested In DC: Police (UPDATED) Restaurant Bathroom Ambush Ends With Accused Attacker Arrested In DC: Police (UPDATED)
Restaurant Bathroom Ambush Ends With Accused Attacker Arrested In DC: Police (Updated) The man accused of turning a trip to a Maryland restaurant bathroom into a bloody ambush has been caught. Mark Reginald Melton, 34, was arrested in Washington, DC, weeks after investigators say he followed a man into the restroom at The Angry Jerk in Silver Spring and stabbed him multiple times, Montgomery County Police officials announced on Tuesday, Aug. 11. The victim was left fighting for his life. The attack happened around 10:34 p.m. on Friday, July 10, at the restaurant in the 8200 block of Georgia Avenue, where investigators say Melton walked into the men's bathroom, attacked the v…

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Woman Catches Man With Phone Under Her Bathroom Stall At Virginia Hotel: Police Woman Catches Man With Phone Under Her Bathroom Stall At Virginia Hotel: Police
Woman Catches Man With Phone Under Her Bathroom Stall At Virginia Hotel: Police A trip to the bathroom took a disturbing turn when a phone suddenly appeared beneath the stall. An 18-year-old woman was inside a restroom at the Tempo by Hilton hotel at in the 9800 block of Discovery Boulevard in Manassas on Monday, Aug. 10, when she spotted the device and realized someone may have been filming her, according to the Prince William County Police Department. She didn't stay inside the stall. The woman came out and confronted the stranger, police said. Following a brief encounter, the man walked out of the bathroom and fled the hotel through a side door. He was gone by th…

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Teen Shot Dead During Fight At Virginia Quinceañera, Shooter Still At Large (UPDATED) Teen Shot Dead During Fight At Virginia Quinceañera, Shooter Still At Large (UPDATED)
Teen Shot Dead During Fight At Virginia Quinceañera, Shooter Still At Large (Updated) A celebration meant to mark a milestone ended with a 16-year-old boy dead and his killer on the run. Samuel Ojeda, of Triangle, has been identified as the teen fatally shot during an altercation at a quinceañera in Virginia on Saturday, Aug. 8, according to the Fauquier County Sheriff's Office. The shooting happened at a rural property at 11770 Bowery Lane near Catlett, where deputies arrived at approximately 9:30 p.m. after callers reported a noisy outdoor party and the sound of gunfire. When deputies got there, they found a large crowd celebrating a quinceañera. They also determined the…

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5-Year-Old Girl Dead, Man Airlifted After Maryland Shooting: State Police (DEVELOPING) 5-Year-Old Girl Dead, Man Airlifted After Maryland Shooting: State Police (DEVELOPING)
5-Year-Old Girl Dead, Man Airlifted After Maryland Shooting: State Police (Developing) A 5-year-old girl is dead. A man was airlifted with gunshot wounds. Now Maryland State Police are trying to determine what happened inside a home before dawn. Troopers were called to a residence in the 3900 block of Ocean Gateway in Linkwood at approximately 2:17 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 11, where they found the girl and a 30-year-old man suffering from suspected gunshot wounds. The child did not survive. The man was flown by a Maryland State Police Aviation Command helicopter to a trauma center for treatment. His condition was not immediately released. What led to the shooting remains unclear…

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Second Child Abused Just One Week Before DC Man's Arrest: Feds Second Child Abused Just One Week Before DC Man's Arrest: Feds
Second Child Abused Just One Week Before DC Man's Arrest: Feds The youngest was just 8 years old. And prosecutors say the alleged abuse continued until days before an arrest. Antonio Simpson, 31, of Washington, DC, was indicted on 12 counts on Monday, Aug. 10, in a child sexual abuse case involving two children who were 8 and 9 years old when the alleged abuse began, federal prosecutors announced. The allegations span more than a year. And according to the indictment, Simpson allegedly had access to one of the children through someone responsible for her care. Prosecutors say Simpson was the partner of an adult who had a duty or responsibility for th…

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Virginia Inmate Dies After Medical Emergency Behind Bars, Officials Say (DEVELOPING) Virginia Inmate Dies After Medical Emergency Behind Bars, Officials Say (DEVELOPING)
Virginia Inmate Dies After Medical Emergency Behind Bars, Officials Say (Developing) An emergency call from inside a jail cell ended with an inmate dead at a Virginia hospital. Tyrone Hines, 62, died Monday, Aug. 10, after suffering what officials described as an apparent medical emergency while being held at the Arlington County Detention Facility. It started at approximately 7:49 a.m., when a deputy was alerted by an emergency call button activated from inside Hines' cell. The deputy went to check on him and found Hines experiencing an apparent medical emergency, according to the Arlington County Sheriff's Office. Medical staff were immediately summoned and began emerge…

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Atlantic Ocean Wasn't Big Enough To Save DC Shadow Fleet Captain From Coast Guard Atlantic Ocean Wasn't Big Enough To Save DC Shadow Fleet Captain From Coast Guard
Atlantic Ocean Wasn't Big Enough To Save DC Shadow Fleet Captain From Coast Guard Turns out the Atlantic Ocean wasn't quite big enough to get away. Avtandil Kalandadze, 47, was sentenced in Washington, DC, to 10 months in federal prison after leading the US Coast Guard on a weeks-long pursuit while captaining a shadow fleet tanker used to transport sanctioned oil, federal prosecutors announced. When he's finished serving his sentence, he'll be deported. Kalandadze, of the Republic of Georgia, was the master of the motor tanker Bella 1, which transported approximately 1.8 million barrels of Iran-origin oil to Asia between September and late December 2025, according to hi…

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Black Eye To Molotov Cocktail: DC Dad Hit With 30-Count Indictment Black Eye To Molotov Cocktail: DC Dad Hit With 30-Count Indictment
Black Eye To Molotov Cocktail: DC Dad Hit With 30-Count Indictment A protective order was supposed to keep him away. Prosecutors say the violence only got worse. District resident Tavante Robinson, 26, was ordered held on Monday, Aug. 10, after being arraigned on a sweeping 30-count indictment tied to an alleged campaign of violence that stretched from March 2025 through July 2026. And according to prosecutors, it started with a black eye on a 4-year-old boy. The child's mother returned home on March 14, 2025, and noticed that her son had the injury, according to court documents. A witness told investigators that Robinson became upset with the 4-year-old…

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DC Teacher Recorded Sex Abuse On Student's Phone After Sneaking Into Bedroom: Feds DC Teacher Recorded Sex Abuse On Student's Phone After Sneaking Into Bedroom: Feds
DC Teacher Recorded Sex Abuse On Student's Phone After Sneaking Into Bedroom: Feds The allegations were disturbing.  Now, the teacher from Maryland accused of sneaking through a student's bedroom window at night has admitted to the federal crime. John Aaron Gass, 35, of Hyattsville, pleaded guilty on Monday, Aug. 10, in Washington, DC, to coercion and enticement of a minor stemming from the sexual abuse of a 16-year-old student, US Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro announced. Gass was a history teacher at District of Columbia International School, a charter school in Northwest DC, until November 2025, according to court papers. The abuse began months earlier. Beginnin…

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WATCH: Workers Cling To Scaffolding As It Swings 9 Stories Up In Maryland WATCH: Workers Cling To Scaffolding As It Swings 9 Stories Up In Maryland
Watch: Workers Cling To Scaffolding As It Swings 9 Stories Up In Maryland Two construction workers suddenly found themselves along for a terrifying ride nine stories above Maryland. The workers were on scaffolding outside Washingtonian Towers at 9701 Fields Road in Gaithersburg shortly after 4:10 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 10, when wind and rain hit the area, and the rig became unsecured, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson David Pazos. Then it started flying around. Video shared by Pazos shows the workers clinging to the scaffolding as it swung away from the high-rise, leaving them dangling high above the ground during the storm. 9…

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First Rabid Beavers, Now Kids May Have Played With Possibly Viral Bat At Park Near VA Border First Rabid Beavers, Now Kids May Have Played With Possibly Viral Bat At Park Near VA Border
First Rabid Beavers, Now Kids May Have Played With Possibly Viral Bat At Park Near VA Border Apparently, two rabid beavers weren't enough wildlife drama for one corner of Maryland. Days after two separate people were attacked by two separate beavers that both tested positive for rabies, Frederick County health officials are now warning that children may have played with a potentially rabid bat at Riverwalk Park in Frederick. And no, officials say the bat and the beavers aren't connected. The latest wildlife scare surfaced on Monday, Aug. 10, when the Frederick County Health Department announced that rabies testing on a bat found at the park on Schifferstadt Boulevard came back inc…

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