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Stafford
Police & Fire
Tennessee DUI Driver Caused Deadly Crash On I-81: Virginia State Police Tennessee DUI Driver Caused Deadly Crash On I-81: Virginia State Police
Tennessee DUI Driver Caused Deadly Crash On I-81: Virginia State Police A Tennessee man has been charged with DUI in a deadly crash on I-81 in Virginia, police said. Kenneth J. Bireta, 54, of Knoxville, TN, was heading north on the highway when he ran off the left side of the roadway into the median, overturned several times, and entered the southbound lanes just before 11 p.m. Monday, April 1, Virginia State Police said. Bireta's Toyota Highlander then collided with a 2019 Nissan Rogue heading south. Bireta suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries in the crash and was taken to Winchester Medical Center for treatment. He was wearing a seatbelt. T…

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by Cecilia Levine
Chester
News
Coatesville Plane Crash: NTSB Investigation Reveals First Findings Coatesville Plane Crash: NTSB Investigation Reveals First Findings
Coatesville Plane Crash: NTSB Investigation Reveals First Findings Federal investigators have released a preliminary report on the plane crash that killed a school administrator in Chester County early this month.  Octorara school board president Sam Ganow was the only one onboard the twin-engine Grumman American GA-7 that crashed near Coatesville on the afternoon of Feb. 1, Daily Voice reported. In the preliminary report released by the National Transportation Safety Board, officials said the plane was "the subject of a restoration project" that was being documented on YouTube "for the purpose of returning the airplane to service and reselling i…

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by Mac Bullock
Montgomery MD
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Montgomery County Schools DOT Employees Admit To Misconduct For $320K Fraud Scheme Montgomery County Schools DOT Employees Admit To Misconduct For $320K Fraud Scheme
Montgomery County Schools DOT Employees Admit To Misconduct For $320K Fraud Scheme The former Assistant Director of the Montgomery County Public Schools Department of Transportation (DOT) will spend years behind bars for his role in a scheme to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars. Charles Ewald, 37, of Knoxville, was sentenced to 15 years in prison, with all but five suspended, after admitting to the scam earlier this year, authorities announced. The scam began in 2009 when Todd Watkins, 56, of Jefferson - who also pleaded guilty to the scheme - began conspiring with Ewald  Prosecutors say that Watkins assumed his position in 2009, and beginning in 2016 and throu…

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by Zak Failla
Dauphin
Police & Fire
TN Wanted Rapists, Killers Sought In PA, State Police Say TN Wanted Rapists, Killers Sought In PA, State Police Say
TN Wanted Rapists, Killers Sought In PA, State Police Say Two suspected rapists, who may also be involved with a double homicide in Tennessee, and have criminal pasts in Michigan are wanted in Pennsylvania, Crime Stoppers announced on Thursday, May 18, 2023.  Alvino Dwight (or Dewight) Cornelius who is also known as "Vino," "Cash," or "Lamar Jason Day" is a 28-year-old who previous had drug and murder charges against him when he was 17-year-old in Michigan. In 2012, those charges were dismissed and a protection order from his co-defendants was put in place, according to federal court records obtained by Daily Voice.  Now, Cornelius,…

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by Daily Voice
North Rockland
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Corrections Officer Pleads Guilty To Forcible Touching Of Inmate In Rockland County Corrections Officer Pleads Guilty To Forcible Touching Of Inmate In Rockland County
Corrections Officer Pleads Guilty To Forcible Touching Of Inmate In Rockland County A former corrections officer from the Hudson Valley has pleaded guilty to forcible touching and unlawful imprisonment of an inmate. Rockland County District Attorney Thomas E. Walsh II announced that John Kezek, of Knoxville, Tennessee, formerly of the state of Florida, who was a correction officer at the Rockland County jail made the plea on Tuesday, April 25. Walsh said due to the nature of the crimes and to protect the identity of the victim, very limited information can be released.  The charges were based on allegations made by a female victim who came into contact with Kezek whi…

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by Kathy Reakes
Baltimore
Police & Fire
Roy McGrath Killed During Encounter With FBI: Reports Roy McGrath Killed During Encounter With FBI: Reports
Roy McGrath Killed During Encounter With FBI: Reports A three-week manhunt for former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan's chief of staff came ended on Monday, April 3 with his shooting death in an encounter with federal agents in Tennessee, his attorney tells various news outlets including CBS and CNN. Roy McGrath had been wanted since March 13 when he failed to show up to trial for federal fraud in Baltimore. Roy McGrathUS Marshals McGrath was apparently found near Knoxville, and shot around 6:30 p.m. He died at a nearby hospital. This is a developing story. Check back for more.

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by Cecilia Levine
Suffolk NY
Sports
Hundreds Of Thousands Raised For Long Island Basketball Player After Fire Hundreds Of Thousands Raised For Long Island Basketball Player After Fire
Hundreds Of Thousands Raised For Long Island Basketball Player After Fire Friends, family, and fans of a popular D-1 college basketball player whose family’s New York home and belongings were destroyed by a fast-moving fire. On Saturday, Feb. 26, a fire tore through the Queens home Zakai Zeigler, a prominent guard playing in the SEC for the Tennessee Volunteers who grew up on Long Island, in Wyandanch in Suffolk County. In the fire, Zeigler’s mother, who is raising her special-needs 4-year-old nephew, lost all of her belongings, including accessibility equipment for the child, including wheelchairs and splints. In response, Zeigler set up a GoFundMe page for his…

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by Zak Failla
Union
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Murder, Kidnapping Indictment Returned Against NJ Man Accused Of Killing Ex-GF, Abducting Son Murder, Kidnapping Indictment Returned Against NJ Man Accused Of Killing Ex-GF, Abducting Son
Murder, Kidnapping Indictment Returned Against NJ Man Accused Of Killing Ex-GF, Abducting Son UPDATE: The next step in the high-profile prosecution of an East Orange man accused of killing his former girlfriend and kidnapping their young son this summer was taken when a Union County grand jury indicted him on murder and other charges, authorities said. The six-count indictment returned by grand jurors in Elizabeth also charges Tyler Rios, 27, with desecrating the remains of 24-year-old Yasemin Uyar of Rahway after killing her. Authorities began searching for Uyar and Sebastian Rios on July 8 after he didn’t show up for daycare and she didn't arrive for scheduled work shifts. Tyler…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack
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Feds Charge More Than 300 In U.S. With Violent Crimes ‘Under Guise’ Of Peaceful Protests Feds Charge More Than 300 In U.S. With Violent Crimes ‘Under Guise’ Of Peaceful Protests
Feds Charge More Than 300 In U.S. With Violent Crimes ‘Under Guise’ Of Peaceful Protests More than 300 “violent opportunists” nationwide are being prosecuted federally for crimes committed “under the guise of peaceful demonstrations” against racial injustice, the U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday. They include a saboteur who inadvertently engulfed himself in flames when he poured liquid from a gas can onto three U.S. Supreme Court vehicles in Washington, D.C., the department said in a release. Several defendants “leveraged social media platforms to incite destruction and assaults against law enforcement officers,” the release says. Nearly three dozen defendants are ch…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Harrison
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Listeria Concerns Lead To Recall Of Target, Fresh Market Salads, Sandwiches Listeria Concerns Lead To Recall Of Target, Fresh Market Salads, Sandwiches
Listeria Concerns Lead To Recall Of Target, Fresh Market Salads, Sandwiches Some salads and sandwiches sold at Target and Fresh Market are being recalled due to a potential listeria scare. Elevation Foods announced that they are voluntarily recalling two brands, Archer Farms, and Freskt, which are sold at Target and Fresh Market nationwide. The recalled items include egg salad, tuna salad, Thai lobster and deviled egg sandwiches that were produced on June 18. More than 1,000 cases of the recalled products were shipped to retailers nationwide. According to the FDA, Elevation Foods identified the problem with the products after receiving positive test results for t…

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by Zak Failla