DOJ Sues Maryland Over 'Sanctuary' Policies, Claims State Is Blocking Immigration Enforcement DOJ Sues Maryland Over 'Sanctuary' Policies, Claims State Is Blocking Immigration Enforcement
DOJ Sues Maryland Over 'Sanctuary' Policies, Claims State Is Blocking Immigration Enforcement Maryland is now in the Trump administration's legal crosshairs. The US Department of Justice filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday, July 9, accusing the state and Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown of adopting so-called sanctuary policies that federal officials say unlawfully interfere with immigration enforcement. The lawsuit claims Maryland's policies prevent state and local facilities from cooperating with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement by refusing to honor immigration detainers and transfer people in custody to federal agents. According to the Justice Department, those polic…
NY Mom Suffocated To Death In Ireland, 'Asylum Seeker' Suspect Fled To Turkey: Reports NY Mom Suffocated To Death In Ireland, 'Asylum Seeker' Suspect Fled To Turkey: Reports
NY Mom Suffocated To Death In Ireland, 'Asylum Seeker' Suspect Fled To Turkey: Reports A Westchester mother who moved to Ireland with her young daughter was suffocated to death inside her new home, and authorities are now searching for the suspect, who police worry has already fled to the Middle East, according to multiple reports. Jamey Carney, 43, an Armonk native who relocated to Killarney, County Kerry, in 2021 with her now-13-year-old daughter, was found by a family member early Tuesday, July 7, according to The Irish Times. A postmortem examination determined that Carney had been assaulted and suffered head injuries, but died from suffocation, the outlet reported. Garda…
Would-Be ISIS Fighter Captured At BWI Airport Said His 'Plan B' Was Killing Jews Would-Be ISIS Fighter Captured At BWI Airport Said His 'Plan B' Was Killing Jews
Would-Be ISIS Fighter Captured At BWI Airport Said His 'Plan B' Was Killing Jews He was stopped at the airport before he could leave. Now, a Maryland man who admitted plotting to join ISIS and discussing plans to attack Jews and supporters of Israel in the US will spend the next 15 years behind bars. Michael Sam Teekaye Jr., 22, of Hanover, was sentenced in federal court after pleading guilty earlier this year to attempting to provide material support to ISIS, a designated foreign terrorist organization, the US Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland announced. According to prosecutors, Teekaye spent more than a year telling an undercover FBI officer he wanted t…
Virginia Firefighter Remembered For Infectious Smile, Positivity After Sudden Death Virginia Firefighter Remembered For Infectious Smile, Positivity After Sudden Death
Virginia Firefighter Remembered For Infectious Smile, Positivity After Sudden Death He was the firefighter everyone wanted to work with. Whether the shift had been long or the day had gone sideways, fellow firefighters say Larry Wright always found a way to make it better. Now, the Arlington County Fire Department and firehouses across Northern Virginia are mourning Wright, who died Thursday, July 9, following a medical emergency. Wright joined the Arlington County Fire Department on Oct. 29, 2018, as a member of Recruit Class 76. During nearly eight years with the department, he served the Arlington community with what colleagues described as dedication, compassion, and …
10-Story Maryland Office Building Evacuated After Partial Parking Garage Collapse (DEVELOPING) 10-Story Maryland Office Building Evacuated After Partial Parking Garage Collapse (DEVELOPING)
10-Story Maryland Office Building Evacuated After Partial Parking Garage Collapse (Developing) A structural scare forced the evacuation of a 10-story office building in Maryland Thursday afternoon after crews discovered shifting inside a parking garage, prompting a major emergency response and road closures. The incident happened around 2:30 p.m. Thursday, July 9, at Empire Towers in the 7300 block of Ritchie Highway in Anne Arundel County's Glen Burnie, where construction work was underway in an underground parking garage, according to the Anne Arundel County Fire Department. Initial reports suggested a possible building collapse. Fire officials later clarified that the building it…
Fairfax 'Bachelor' Star Hooked Up With Producer, New Memoir Confirms Fairfax 'Bachelor' Star Hooked Up With Producer, New Memoir Confirms
Fairfax 'Bachelor' Star Hooked Up With Producer, New Memoir Confirms For years, "Bachelor Nation" debated whether Pete "Pilot Pete" Weber's rumored romance with producer Julie LaPlaca was real. Now, the 41-year-old Goshen, CT native is putting the speculation to rest. In her new memoir, "The Love Producer: My Unscripted Journey from a Reality TV Career to My Own Happily Ever After," released this summer, LaPlaca confirms the pair secretly hooked up after Weber's season of "The Bachelor." LaPlaca writes that she and Weber, who was born in Fairfax but lived with his parents in California before and after filming, formed a close bond while filming his season o…
Armed Maryland Mail Thief Used USPS Master Key Before Wild Fairfax Station Chase: Feds Armed Maryland Mail Thief Used USPS Master Key Before Wild Fairfax Station Chase: Feds
Armed Maryland Mail Thief Used USPS Master Key Before Wild Fairfax Station Chase: Feds One key. Hundreds of mailboxes. A Maryland man who federal prosecutors say stole mail from a Fairfax Station post office collection box while armed with a loaded handgun has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison after a getaway that ended with a crashed car, a foot chase, and a trove of stolen mail. Jose Arnulfo Reyes, 27, of Oxon Hill, was sentenced Thursday, July 9, to one year and 10 months in federal prison for mail theft and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, authorities announced. According to court documents, Reyes and another person drove to the Fairfax Station Po…
Maryland Teen Walking Again Days After Severe Neck, Spinal Cord Injury On Family Vacation Maryland Teen Walking Again Days After Severe Neck, Spinal Cord Injury On Family Vacation
Maryland Teen Walking Again Days After Severe Neck, Spinal Cord Injury On Family Vacation One dive changed everything. Now, less than two weeks after suffering a severe neck injury and spinal cord injury during a family vacation in Florida, a Maryland teenager is already back on his feet, taking his first steps toward what his family hopes will be a full recovery. Centreville resident Landon Brown was seriously injured on Saturday, June 27, while spending the day on the water with his family. According to a fundraiser organized by longtime family friend Nicole Herman, Brown had been enjoying what had been a safe, familiar tradition for hours, jumping from a local bridge into th…
'Grey's Anatomy' Star Addresses Rumored Run In Controversial Senate Race: 'I Want Integrity' 'Grey's Anatomy' Star Addresses Rumored Run In Controversial Senate Race: 'I Want Integrity'
'Grey's Anatomy' Star Addresses Rumored Run In Controversial Senate Race: 'I Want Integrity' "Grey's Anatomy" star Patrick Dempsey said he won't run for the US Senate in his native Maine after Democratic nominee Graham Platner's exit from the race. Dempsey, who was born in Lewiston, Maine, announced his decision in an op-ed on Wednesday, Sept. 8. The Portland Press Herald published Dempsey's column just hours before Platner said he would withdraw from the race following a sexual assault allegation that he denies. Platner's anticipated departure prompted Maine Democrats to begin searching for a replacement candidate to challenge five-term Republican Sen. Susan Collins…
Man Who Shot Driver, Dumped Body In Maryland Woods Faces Life Without Parole Man Who Shot Driver, Dumped Body In Maryland Woods Faces Life Without Parole
Man Who Shot Driver, Dumped Body In Maryland Woods Faces Life Without Parole He thought he was giving three people a ride. Instead, prosecutors say Delondre Sawyer was shot in the back of the head while he was behind the wheel, stripped naked, dragged into the woods, and left to die. A Maryland jury has now convicted the man prosecutors say pulled the trigger. Quinnton Eric Brown, 39, of no known address, was found guilty Wednesday, July 8, following an eight-day trial in Montgomery County Circuit Court of murder and now faces life in prison without the possibility of parole, according to the state's attorney's office. The killing unfolded in the early morning hou…
Firefighter Hurt As Massive Overnight Maryland House Fire Sends Flames Through Roof Firefighter Hurt As Massive Overnight Maryland House Fire Sends Flames Through Roof
Firefighter Hurt As Massive Overnight Maryland House Fire Sends Flames Through Roof The flames were already punching through the roof by the time firefighters arrived. A massive house fire tore through a Maryland home overnight, leaving one resident displaced and sending a firefighter to the hospital before the blaze was finally brought under control. Firefighters were called shortly after 1 a.m. on Thursday, July 9, to the 10900 block of Trafton Drive in Kettering, where crews found a two-story single-family home with heavy fire showing through the roof, according to the Prince George's County Fire/EMS Department. The fire in Prince George's County. Prince George…
Woman Captured In Maryland Murder Case As Police Continue Hunt For Second Suspect (UPDATED) Woman Captured In Maryland Murder Case As Police Continue Hunt For Second Suspect (UPDATED)
Woman Captured In Maryland Murder Case As Police Continue Hunt For Second Suspect (Updated) One of the two people accused of a deadly holiday weekend shooting in Maryland is now in custody. A Hagerstown woman wanted in the killing of 30-year-old Dalonte Dametrius Young was arrested without incident on Thursday, July 9, while the second murder suspect remains at large, police announced. Cierra Candice Bryant, 39, was taken into custody in Hagerstown by members of the Hagerstown Police Department with assistance from the Washington County Special Response Team, according to investigators. Young was found suffering from a gunshot wound around 3:30 a.m. on Sunday, July 5, in the firs…