A man has been charged in the accidental shooting death of a six-year-old in Prince George County. Raymond A. Brown, 20, was charged with putting a loaded weapon within the reach of the boy who got a hold of it and shot and killed himself after receiving a self-inflicted gunshot to the chest. Brown allegedly…
A new law will take effect in July requiring anyone arrested and convicted of driving under the influence to have his or her vehicle equipped with an ignition interlock device. The equipment requires the driver to blow into a tube before starting up the vehicle. Any reading greater than .02 percent will disable the vehicle…
The gun a 33-year-old man was wielding when officer shot him was a toy submachine gun. According to reports, Daniel Guy Newcomb, from Norfolk, Va.was a suspect in an armed robbery Saturday afternoon. Officers confronted him a bit later, but he sped away. Officers pursued him, but after a short pursuit, he crashed into another…
A Germantown man was sentenced to 14 months in prison Monday after he killed another man on Key Bridge while he was driving drunk a year ago. According to reports, Anthony Randolph, 41, hit and killed 23-year-old Pineda-Medrano of Arlington February 27, 2011. Pineda-Medrano was trying to start up his moped that had stalled when…
An English teacher is being investigated after allegedly instructing a student to read a poem “blacker.” According to reports, Marilyn Bart, a veteran teacher at George C. Marshall High School in Fairfax County, told Jordan Shumate, a14-year-old freshman, to read a Langston Hughes poem he was reading to his class “blacker.” The student said he…
A Howard County police officer was struck by a woman allegedly driving under the influence Friday night, near Ellicott City. According to reports, 45-year-old Sung Ok Jang was driving a Kia Sorento when she hit the officer’s Dodge Charger just before midnight on Route 40 at Route 29. The officer’s vehicle had its lights on…
A Northern Virginia man was charged with driving under the influence, refusal to submit a blood or breath test and felony manslaughter in the accident that claimed the life of a 19-year-old Virginia Commonwealth University student from Virginia Beach. According to reports, 23-year-old Varinder Chahal of Springfield, Va. was driving his 2004 Mazda westbound on…
A first-time DUI offender may have to use an ignition iterlock device if a bill that is moving forward in the General Assembly becomes a law. According to reports, the bill that was introduced by Delegate Sal Iaquinto (R) of Virginia Beach would require all those convicted of driving while intoxicated to have the device…
A former Naval Academy cashier pleaded guilty Friday to stealing more than $120,000 while employed at a store at the Academy. Forty-three-year-old Mary Catherine Lewis pleaded guilty to theft of a government property. According to reports, Lewis stole at least $120,000 from the Midshipman Store between 2005 and 2010 while her husband was a chief…
The man convicted of killing a nun in a 2010 drunk driving accident got a sentence of 20 years in prison on Friday. Carlos Martinelly-Montano, 24, was drunk and in the country illegally when he slammed his vehicle into one carrying three nuns. Martinelly-Montano killed Sister Denise Mosier, 66, and injured two other nuns. He…