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She Did What ICE Asked; Now Her Children Are Left Without Either Parent She Did What ICE Asked; Now Her Children Are Left Without Either Parent
She Did What ICE Asked; Now Her Children Are Left Without Either Parent They came to America hoping to build a better life for their children. Now those children are facing life without either parent at home. Jessica Yojana Hernandez Quintano was detained during a scheduled ICE check-in on Thursday, Aug. 6, according to the Montgomery County Immigrant Rights Collective, leaving her three children without either parent after her husband, Samuel, was previously taken into federal immigration custody. Their children are 19, 16, and 10. "Instead of being allowed to return home to her children, she was detained," organizers wrote in an update to a GoFundMe campaign …

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by Zak Failla
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Shaq Attack: Big Chicken Goes Standalone In Maryland With First Restaurant Shaq Attack: Big Chicken Goes Standalone In Maryland With First Restaurant
Shaq Attack: Big Chicken Goes Standalone In Maryland With First Restaurant Maryland's chicken game just got a whole lot bigger. Shaquille O'Neal's Big Chicken is celebrating the grand opening of its first standalone Maryland restaurant on Saturday, Aug. 8, at Waugh Chapel Towne Centre in Gambrills, bringing the NBA Hall of Famer's larger-than-life menu to Anne Arundel County after first testing local appetites inside Baltimore's CFG Bank Arena. And they're marking the occasion with some free food. The first 100 customers in line at 1407 South Main Chapel Way will get three chicken tenders and four signature dipping sauces for free, a nod to O'Neal's iconic No. 34…

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by Zak Failla
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Police Got Call About Withheld Guns Days Before Bieniemy's Wife Was Shot In Virginia: Report Police Got Call About Withheld Guns Days Before Bieniemy's Wife Was Shot In Virginia: Report
Police Got Call About Withheld Guns Days Before Bieniemy's Wife Was Shot In Virginia: Report The trouble at the Bieniemy family home apparently started well before the gunfire. Two days before the wife of former Washington Commanders offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy was shot inside their Ashburn home, a caller at the address told police that his parents were withholding his firearms, according to records obtained by The Athletic. On Sunday, July 26, 27-year-old Elijah Zion Bieniemy was arrested after his mother, Mia Bieniemy, 57, was shot inside the family home in the 20000 block of Northpark Drive in Loudoun County, authorities said. Elijah Bieniemy was charged with malicious …

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WATCH: Bodycam Reveals Tense Maryland Bus Stop Standoff Before Six Cops Kill Armed Man WATCH: Bodycam Reveals Tense Maryland Bus Stop Standoff Before Six Cops Kill Armed Man
Watch: Bodycam Reveals Tense Maryland Bus Stop Standoff Before Six Cops Kill Armed Man The waiting was over. Newly released body-worn camera footage shows the tense final minutes before six police officers opened fire on 46-year-old Elliott Powers at a Maryland bus stop last month, ending a prolonged confrontation that began with reports of a man carrying a handgun. The footage was released by the Maryland Attorney General's Independent Investigations Division on Friday, Aug. 7, nearly a month after Powers, a Rockville resident, was killed in Gaithersburg. Officers from the Montgomery County and Gaithersburg police departments were called to the bus stop in the 9600 block of…

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by Zak Failla
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'Shocking Crash': Maryland Official Speaks Out After Kids In Stolen Kia Kill Virginia Man 'Shocking Crash': Maryland Official Speaks Out After Kids In Stolen Kia Kill Virginia Man
'Shocking Crash': Maryland Official Speaks Out After Kids In Stolen Kia Kill Virginia Man This one stuck with him. Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich, who acknowledges he doesn't often address crime in his newsletter, is speaking out about the shocking Maryland crash involving young adolescents in a stolen Kia that killed Virginia resident Vance Payne. "I don't often talk about crimes in this newsletter, but this week I felt it was important to address the shocking crash in Germantown involving young adolescents driving a stolen car that killed a Virginia man in Germantown," Elrich wrote on Friday, Aug. 7. The crash he's talking about left a gruesome scene at the intersect…

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Maryland Fraudster Admits To Raiding COVID, Key Bridge Relief Programs: AG Maryland Fraudster Admits To Raiding COVID, Key Bridge Relief Programs: AG
Maryland Fraudster Admits To Raiding COVID, Key Bridge Relief Programs: AG COVID contracts. Key Bridge relief. Unemployment benefits. Prosecutors say a Maryland businessman found his way into all three, stealing more than $417,000 from the state while trying to pocket nearly $93,000 more. Windsor Mill resident Walter O'Riley Poindexter, 51, pleaded guilty in Baltimore County Circuit Court to eight charges tied to a series of fraud schemes that stretched from 2020 through 2024, Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown announced. And no single program was apparently enough. Poindexter admitted to three counts of procurement fraud and one count of bribery stemming f…

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Man Killed, Five Hospitalized After Saturday Morning Crash Near Virginia Border (DEVELOPING) Man Killed, Five Hospitalized After Saturday Morning Crash Near Virginia Border (DEVELOPING)
Man Killed, Five Hospitalized After Saturday Morning Crash Near Virginia Border (Developing) A quiet Saturday morning in Maryland turned deadly before most people had finished breakfast. A man was killed, and five others were hospitalized following a two-vehicle crash reported at approximately 7:22 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 8, in the 24000 block of Ridge Road outside Damascus in Montgomery County, according to police. The wreck involved a silver Ford Transit van and a black Chrysler Pacifica minivan. And the first reports from the scene were grim. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service crews were initially called to the area near Cedar Grove Elementary School and Hawkes Road for …

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by Zak Failla
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Cause Of Death Released For NBA Player Brandon Clarke, 29 Cause Of Death Released For NBA Player Brandon Clarke, 29
Cause Of Death Released For NBA Player Brandon Clarke, 29 Nearly three months after Brandon Clarke’s sudden death stunned the NBA, authorities have determined what killed him. The 29-year-old died from the effects of heroin and cocaine, the County of Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner announced Friday, Aug. 7. His death was ruled accidental.  Clarke, a forward for the Memphis Grizzlies, was found unresponsive in his bedroom at about 5 p.m. Monday, May 11, according to the medical examiner. Paramedics pronounced him dead at 5:15 p.m.  A deputy medical examiner examined Clarke the following day at the department’s Forensic Science…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Mountain Dew Releasing New Flavor With Special Twist: How To Get It Mountain Dew Releasing New Flavor With Special Twist: How To Get It
Mountain Dew Releasing New Flavor With Special Twist: How To Get It A popular flavor of Mountain Dew is celebrating its 22nd birthday with a little bit of spice. Mountain Dew Zero Sugar Baja Leo will launch exclusively through TikTok Shop starting at noon on Tuesday, Aug. 12, according to food review website Sporked. The limited-edition soda blends spiced mango, chili lime, and black pepper. Each $8 bundle includes one 12-ounce can of Baja Leo in commemorative birthday packaging and a 12-pack of original Baja Blast. The bundles will be available while supplies last. The release comes 22 years after Baja Blast debuted exclusively at Taco Bell on July 2…

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by Chris Spiker
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Teen Dressed As Clown Accused Of Stabbing Man To Death: 'I Have A Gift For You' Teen Dressed As Clown Accused Of Stabbing Man To Death: 'I Have A Gift For You'
Teen Dressed As Clown Accused Of Stabbing Man To Death: 'I Have A Gift For You' A teen was accused of dressing up as a clown and randomly stabbing a man to death at a bus stop, authorities said. John Wesley Allen Jr., 78, of Jennings, Missouri, was killed while waiting for the bus shortly after 10 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 3, Illinois State Police said in a news release. The killing happened at the bus stop near 76th and State streets in East St. Louis, Illinois. East St. Louis police responded to a report of a body in the road and found Allen, who had been stabbed in what state police called a "random attack." State police special agents quickly identif…

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by Chris Spiker
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Man Found Asleep After Allegedly Boarding JetBlue Plane Illegally Man Found Asleep After Allegedly Boarding JetBlue Plane Illegally
Man Found Asleep After Allegedly Boarding JetBlue Plane Illegally A routine inspection of a parked passenger jet led to a discovery workers certainly weren't expecting. Samuel Prescott Lackey, 32, was arrested Sunday, Aug. 2, after he allegedly scaled an 8-foot, barbed-wire-topped fence at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and entered a remote maintenance area, authorities said. Lackey, a Fort Lauderdale resident, later boarded a parked JetBlue Airbus A320 using portable maintenance stairs, according to ABC News and CBS News Miami.  The aircraft had been left with a rear door open while maintenance work was being completed at a private…

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by Joe Lombardi
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New Survey Reveals What Diners Say About Kids, Dogs In Restaurants New Survey Reveals What Diners Say About Kids, Dogs In Restaurants
New Survey Reveals What Diners Say About Kids, Dogs In Restaurants Diners are showing more interest in adults-only and dog-friendly restaurants, according to a new study. Younger consumers are also driving demand for protein-packed menus, health-focused ingredients, and family-style meals, Lightspeed Commerce said in its State of Hospitality 2026 report. The survey included people in the US, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Three in four consumers said restaurants should offer some form of adults-only dining, including 79% of parents. Half of respondents said restrictions on children should depend on…

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by Chris Spiker