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Climate Activist Sentenced For Smearing Paint On Sculpture During Demonstration At DC Gallery Climate Activist Sentenced For Smearing Paint On Sculpture During Demonstration At DC Gallery
Climate Activist Sentenced For Smearing Paint On Sculpture During Demonstration At DC Gallery The New Yorker who defaced a famed exhibit inside the National Gallery of Art earlier this year in DC will spend time in prison, but received a lenient sentence, federal authorities announced. Brooklyn native Joanna Smith pleaded guilty late last year to causing thousands of dollars worth of damage to Edgar Degas' "Little Dancer, Age Fourteen" during a targeted attack in May. On Friday, she was sentenced to 60 days in prison, though she had faced up to five years.  According to prosecutors, Smith and North Carolina native Timothy Martin did their research and sought to deface the belo…

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by Zak Failla
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Pug Killed, Passenger Dies Days After Alcohol-Fueled Crash In Northern VA: Cops Pug Killed, Passenger Dies Days After Alcohol-Fueled Crash In Northern VA: Cops
Pug Killed, Passenger Dies Days After Alcohol-Fueled Crash In Northern VA: Cops A woman has died at an area hospital nearly two weeks after a crash in Prince William County caused by a driver believed to have been drinking, police said. Manassas resident Jessica Lynn Randall, 32, died on Friday, April 26 in connection with a crash on Monday, April 15 at 2:30 p.m., county police said. Randall was a passenger in a 1993 Buick Roadmaster driven by a 46-year-old Manassas man heading east on Yates Ford Road, police said. The driver entered the intersection of Evans Ford Road, into the path of a 2012 Dodge Ram 2500, police said. Yates Ford Road near Evans Ford Ro…

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by Zak Failla
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District Man Gets 'Stunning Sentence' After Murder Conviction In Maryland, Prosecutors Say District Man Gets 'Stunning Sentence' After Murder Conviction In Maryland, Prosecutors Say
District Man Gets 'Stunning Sentence' After Murder Conviction In Maryland, Prosecutors Say Prosecutors in Montgomery County are up in arms after a convicted murderer received what is being perceived as a light sentence. District resident Tyrone Curtis, 35, was sentenced by a judge on Friday to life in prison, with all but 15 years suspended after being convicted in January of the first-degree murder of 29-year-old Amontae Cunningham on a Metro Transit bus. “The State sought a life sentence in this case and finds an executed sentence of 15 years to be stunning," Montgomery County State's Attorney John McCarthy said. "It is inconsistent with the facts of the case and the verdict re…

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by Zak Failla
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Virginia Native Shoots Wife, Killed Daughter Over 'Basic' Dispute In PA: Cops Virginia Native Shoots Wife, Killed Daughter Over 'Basic' Dispute In PA: Cops
Virginia Native Shoots Wife, Killed Daughter Over 'Basic' Dispute In PA: Cops A 76-year-old man has been arrested for killing his wife and daughter, the Chester County District Attorney’s Office and the Pennsylvania State Police Avondale announced on Friday afternoon.  Roger Lee Hanks originally of Virginia most recently of Kennett Square is accused of shooting his wife and adult daughter during a dispute "in the early evening hours of April 25," as stated in the release. Hanks called someone he knew saying he "went crazy" and  shot his wife Judith and daughter Emily, according to the affidavit of probable cause. That person called 911. Troopers were s…

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by Jillian Pikora
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2 Dead In High-Speed Fauquier County Crash: Police 2 Dead In High-Speed Fauquier County Crash: Police
2 Dead In High-Speed Fauquier County Crash: Police A 31-year-old driver and his 67-year-old passenger were killed in a Fauquier County crash this week, police said. Michael A.H. Sanson of Orange was heading south on Route 29/James Madison Highway in a Chevrolet Equinox when he ran off the right side of the road and hit a mailbox, then a tree, around 11:05 a.m. Wednesday, April 24, according to Virginia State Police. Sanson, who was not wearing a seatbelt, died at the scene. His passenger, Brenda M. Atkisson, also died at the scene. She was wearing a seatbelt. At 11:04 am yesterday our lives changed forever!! I was hopeful that it …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Alexandria Man Who Carjacked Uber Eats Driver's Scooter Near DC Pizza Hut Gets Prison Time Alexandria Man Who Carjacked Uber Eats Driver's Scooter Near DC Pizza Hut Gets Prison Time
Daquan Skipper Sentenced For Scooter Carjacking The Alexandria man who carjacked an Uber Eats driver and stole his motorized scooter last summer outside a DC Pizza Hut is heading to prison for years, officials say. Daquan Skipper, 27, was sentenced this week to eight years in prison for the July 2023 robbery of the driver, when he took his scooter and cell phone in Northeast DC. Prosecutors say that on July 29, 2023, outside of a Pizza Hut in the 1500 block of Maryland Avenue NE, Skipper and two others approached the delivery driver after he had just picked up an order. As he was putting his phone onto a holder on his handlebars, the th…

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by Zak Failla
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Armed Burglar Caught Fleeing Across Golf Course In Fairfax County Armed Burglar Caught Fleeing Across Golf Course In Fairfax County
Armed Burglar Caught Fleeing Across Golf Course In Fairfax County A man who broke into a home and robbed a woman at gunpoint was arrested after attempting to flee across a Fairfax County golf course, police said. The man broke into a home on the 2200 block of Stone Wheel Drive in Reston and robbed the woman at gunpoint. Police said only that he then tried to flee across a nearby golf course. While police did not say which golf course he fled through, the closest is Reston National Golf Course is located approximately one mile away. He was quickly apprehended, police said.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Driver, 33, Killed In High-Speed Woodbridge Crash: Cops Driver, 33, Killed In High-Speed Woodbridge Crash: Cops
Driver, 33, Killed In High-Speed Woodbridge Crash: Cops A 33-year-old driver was killed in an overnight crash in Woodbridge, police said. Donnell Tyquan Epps was heading north at a high rate of speed on Redwing Drive in a 1985 Chevrolet Monte Carlo when he lost control of the car and left the roadway around 2:30 a.m. near Shallow Court, county police said. The vehicle went into a ravine, causing the vehicle to roll over. Fire and rescue personnel responded to the scene where Epps, the sole occupant of the car, was pronounced dead. Speed and alcohol appear to be factors in the crash, police said. No other vehicles were involved in the crash. Inv…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Suspended Driver Wanted For Hit-Run Arrested After Tailgating Motorist In Stafford: Sheriff Suspended Driver Wanted For Hit-Run Arrested After Tailgating Motorist In Stafford: Sheriff
Suspended Driver Wanted For Hit-Run Arrested After Tailgating Motorist In Stafford: Sheriff A 37-year-old woman wanted for felony hit-and-run out of Stafford was arrested after another bout of "less than ideal" driving, authorities said. Ladonna Smith of Montross had apparently been swerving and tailgating another driver on Deacon Road around 7:40 p.m. Thursday, April 25, the county sheriff said. Smith's vehicle pulled into the parking lot of the 7-Eleven, located at 327 Deacon Road, the 911 caller told police. Deputy Amato found Smith's vehicle and made contact with her. Deputy Amato saw a smoking pipe in plain view, and Smith gave a false identity to police. While the driv…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Purse Snatcher Who Trailed Victim Before Assault, Robbery In MD Arrested In Alexandria: Police Purse Snatcher Who Trailed Victim Before Assault, Robbery In MD Arrested In Alexandria: Police
Purse Snatcher Who Trailed Victim Before Assault, Robbery In MD Arrested In Alexandria: Police A purse snatcher from DC who targeted her victim and stalked her prey before a Frederick robbery is back in Maryland to face criminal charges, police say. District resident Nola Ann Michelle Bens, 59, is behind bars in Frederick County after she was arrested in Alexandria in connection to a February assault and robbery that left a woman with "significant injuries."  According to police, on Wednesday, Feb. 21, officers were called to the area of South Carroll Street and Carroll Creek in Frederick to investigate a reported robbery involving two women. The victim told investigators …

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by Zak Failla
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Arlington Schools Employee Showed Porn To Three Children: Police Arlington Schools Employee Showed Porn To Three Children: Police
Arlington Schools Employee Showed Porn To Three Children: Police An Arlington Public Schools Extended Day employee is facing charges for showing pornography to three juveniles, police said. Matthew Pineda, 18, of Fairfax County, is charged with possession of child pornography and assault and battery.  Police said he became the center of an investigation on April 19 and was being held without bond in the Arlington County Detention Center.  Anyone with information related to the investigation or past inappropriate encounters with Pineda is asked to contact Detective R. Munizza at rmunizza@arlingtonva.us or 703-228-4171. Information may also be p…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Annandale Man Claims $1M Lottery Ticket Sold At 7-Eleven Annandale Man Claims $1M Lottery Ticket Sold At 7-Eleven
Annandale Man Claims $1M Lottery Ticket Sold At 7-Eleven Monna Islam was feeling lucky.  That’s the reason the Falls Church resident bought a 20X the Money ticket from the Virginia Lottery, according to a release on the VA Lottery website. He told Lottery officials that as he scratched the ticket, it looked like he was going to win $10 or $20. Then he discovered he’d just won the game’s $1 million top prize. He had the choice of taking the full $1 million prize over 30 years or a one-time cash option of $625,000 before taxes. He chose the cash option. Islam bought his winning ticket at the 7-Eleven at 201 South Washington Street in Falls C…

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by Cecilia Levine