Scratch-Offs Sold in Capitol Heights, Hagerstown Deliver $100K Wins

HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND – Scratch-off players in Capitol Heights and Hagerstown each claimed $100,000 Maryland Lottery prizes in the past week, while another four players won $50,000 each on tickets sold in Clinton,…

$100K Scratch-Off’s Sold in Capitol Heights, Hagerstown

HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND – Scratch-off players in Capitol Heights and Hagerstown each claimed $100,000 Maryland Lottery prizes in the past week, while another four players won $50,000 each on tickets sold in Clinton,…

Henry County Woman Wins $100K in New Year’s Millionaire Raffle

MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA – Heather Parsons was only joking when she said to her mother, “Let’s see if I’m a millionaire,” as she was about to check the winning numbers in Virginia’s New Year’s Millionaire…

Raffle Ticket in Christmas Card Proves to be $100K Winner in Deltaville

DELTAVILLE, VIRGINIA – It’s always nice to receive a Christmas card. It’s even nicer when that card contains a Virginia’s New Year’s Millionaire Raffle ticket that ends up winning $100,. This was the second…

Arrests made in murder case five years after missing woman’s remains found in Shady Side

ANNE ARUNDEL, MD – On Wednesday, October 18, 2017, at approximately 1:30 p.m., Officers from the Anne Arundel County Police Department responded to the area of Holly and Chesapeake Drive in Shady…

Prince George’s County Liquor Store Sells $50K Bonus Match 5 Ticket

CLINTON, MARYLAND – We have a winner! Check your Bonus Match 5 tickets to see if you have the $50,004 top-prize winning ticket from the Wednesday, Jan. 26 drawing. Chesapeake Liquors located at 8853…

Woman Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Stealing Millions in Federal Funds from Huntington Children’s Charity

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A Chesapeake, Ohio, woman was sentenced to seven years in federal prison for stealing federal funds from River Valley Child Development Services (“RVCDS”), a non-profit organization located in Huntington.…

Youngkin Picks Trump EPA Administrator For Virginia’s Top Climate Role

Thomas Catenacci on January 6, 2022 Republican Virginia Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin chose former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler to lead his administration’s climate policy. Wheeler, who former President Donald Trump…

D.C. Police Recovered 56 Firearms last week

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Every day, the Metropolitan Police Department works to investigate and recover illegal firearms in Washington D.C. through intelligence-based policing to identify, interdict, and interrupt armed violent offenders within the District.…

Players across Maryland won more than $25.9 million last week

MARYLAND – A FAST PLAY ticket sold in Annapolis with a progressive jackpot of $786,946 was the largest Maryland Lottery prize of the past week, followed by a Racetrax win worth $60,564 in Laurel, and a…

Baltimore Woman Pleads Guilty to Racketeering Conspiracy, Admits to Assisting Inmate to Have Contraband Smuggled into Maryland’s Federal Pretrial Detention Facility

Baltimore, Maryland – Lynette Carlest, age 49, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty yesterday to participating in a racketeering conspiracy, including drug distribution and bribery, by assisting a detainee at Chesapeake Detention Facility…

Federal-State Clean Water Act Settlement Resolves Sewer Overflow Violations in Berkeley County, West Virginia

WASHINGTON- The Berkeley County Public Service Sewer District in West Virginia will pay a $518,400 penalty, make extensive improvements to its sewer and stormwater systems, and implement a state-directed supplemental environmental project…

Two Correctional Officers Plead Guilty to a Racketeering Conspiracy, Admit to Smuggling Contraband Into Maryland’s Federal Pretrial Detention Facility in Exchange for Bribes

Baltimore, Maryland – Two Correctional Officers, Darren Parker, age 45, of Baltimore, and Talaia Youngblood, age 35, of Randallstown, Maryland, have pleaded guilty to their roles in a racketeering conspiracy at the…

25th Operation High Tide Defendant Sentenced for Drug and Gun Crimes

NORFOLK, Va. – A Portsmouth man, who was the 25th defendant associated with Operation High Tide, was sentenced today to five years in prison for his role in trafficking firearms and selling…

St. Mary’s County man’s favorite numbers pay off for $150k Powerball win

ST. MARY’S COUNTY, MD – (Maryland Lottery) – Eric Brown is a faithful Powerball player. He doesn’t care if the jackpot is $40 million or $600 million – he always buys a month’s worth…

California, Maryland Man wins $150,000 Powerball Prize

MARYLAND – Although he missed the jackpot, St. Mary’s County resident Eric Brown is still celebrating a $150,000 third-tier Powerball win from the drawing on September 29. Wins $150,000 Powerball prize from Sept. 29th drawing…

$150,000 and $50,000 Powerball winners sold in Maryland

CHESAPEAKE CITY, MARYLAND – Last night’s Powerball drawing may not have produced a top-tier winner, but two third-tier winning tickets were sold in Maryland. A lucky player in Southern Maryland added the Power Play feature to…

Shipping Company Fined $2M in a Multi-District Case for Concealing Illegal Discharges of Oily Water into the Atlantic Ocean

WASHINGTON – Diana Wilhelmsen Management Limited (DWM), a Cyprus-based company that operates several commercial vessels, was sentenced today in federal court before U.S. District Court Judge Rebecca Beach Smith in Norfolk, Virginia,…

Virginia Beach Investment Advisor and Williamsburg Attorney Sentenced for $25 Million Nationwide Investment Fraud Scheme

NORFOLK, Va. – A former Virginia Beach investment advisor was sentenced today to 35 years in prison, following last week’s sentencing of his Williamsburg-based attorney to 10 years in prison, for their…

Ghanaian National Sentenced for Online Romance Fraud Scheme

NORFOLK, Va. – A Ghanaian national was sentenced on Friday to 40 months in prison for wire fraud as part of his scheme to defraud victims on a dating website. “The defendant…

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