Settlement Agent Sentenced for Misappropriating Closing Funds

NORFOLK, Va. – The former president of an escrow and title company was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for misappropriating $715,000 of closing funds in connection with 48 real estate…

Construction worker finds two month old winning lottery ticket in glove box

Felton Lumpkin didn’t know he was driving around with a Virginia Lottery ticket worth $100,000 in the glove box of his vehicle. The Mechanicsville man had stuck the Virginia’s New Year’s Millionaire Raffle ticket in…

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Photos show tractor trailer that drove off Chesapeake Bay Bridge

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA – Early Tuesday morning, calls were made to 9-1-1 reporting a tractor-trailer crashing into the water below the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. Photos taken by the Virginia Beach Fire Department…

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Tammy Murphy: New Jersey needs more climate literate policy makers like Christie Todd Whitman

TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey isn’t good enough for Virginia Beach native Tammy Murphy. Murphy today criticized New Jersey and the nation saying the nation needs more “climate literate” people running the…

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U.S. Warns Iranian Ships to Social Distance from Navy Vessels

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA – The United States is now warning Iranian vessels to maintain social distancing as tensions in the Persian Gulf between the two countries escalates. According to Reuters, the U.S.…

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Fort Dix Prison Inmate Used Cell Phone to Download Video and Photos of Child Sexual Abuse

A Virginia Beach, Virginia, man today admitted possessing images and videos of child sexual abuse while imprisoned at Federal Correctional Institution Fort Dix for a previous offense involving the transportation of child…

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Ocean County Liberal Arts Program Was Sanctuary for Sexual Predators Targeting High School Students, According to Lawsuit

TOMS RIVER, N.J. – A newly filed lawsuit in Ocean County Superior Court is dramatically escalating scrutiny of the Ocean County Vocational Technical School Grunin Center Performing Arts Academy, alleging a decades-long…

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First responder turns Powerball ticket into $100K wedding boost

A Virginia first responder doubled a Powerball prize to $100,000 after adding Power Play to a ticket purchased in Colonial Beach. WESTMORELAND COUNTY, VA — A first responder from Westmoreland County is…

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Atlantic Ocean Turns Caribbean Blue Off New York to Maryland as Massive Spring Bloom Spreads

New York, NY — Satellite images captured by NASA are showing an unusual stretch of bright blue and blue-green water spreading along the Atlantic coast from New York to Maryland, with scientists…

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Massive Blue Ocean Bloom Turns New Jersey Coast Caribbean-Turquoise in Rare Spring Spectacle

Boaters and beachgoers along the New Jersey coast are watching the Atlantic Ocean turn an unexpected shade of tropical blue as a massive phytoplankton bloom spreads across the Mid-Atlantic, creating swirling turquoise…

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New Jersey needs a Buc-ee’s, but here’s why we’ll never get one

Buc-ee’s billboards on New Jersey Turnpike spark speculation — but no Garden State stop planned SAYREVILLE, NJ – If you’ve driven the New Jersey Turnpike since last year, you might’ve noticed a…

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Falling tree kills 2, critically injures 1 on Route 2 in Sunderland

Sunderland, MD – A falling tree crashed onto a moving vehicle Sunday afternoon along Route 2 in Sunderland, killing two occupants and leaving a third critically injured, authorities said. Deputies with the…

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Things New Jersey Gen Xers did in the 80s that are unheard of and unacceptable today

As kids growing up in the 80s in New Jersey, we did it a bit differently than kids do it today. Now, first, this isn’t a ‘get off my lawn’ post, but…

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They Get in But they Can’t Get Out: Commissioner Says County Needs to Fight Greenhead Flies, Huge Wooden Cow and Horse Shaped Traps Proposed

Greenhead fly invasion sparks call for county action on Long Beach Island TOMS RIVER, NJ — The fight against greenhead flies on Long Beach Island took a public turn during a recent…

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Hurricane Erin brushes past New York and New Jersey as flooding and dangerous surf slam coast

NEW YORK, NY — Hurricane Erin passed offshore of the New York and New Jersey region early Thursday, sparing the area from a direct hit but unleashing powerful winds, flooding tides, and…

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Will Hurricane Erin Hit New Jersey? Latest National Weather Service Model Predicting a Close Pass, But Landfall Uncertain

Hurricane Erin spins off East Coast as Outer Banks brace for storm surge and Jersey Shore watches closely Cape Hatteras, NC — Hurricane Erin continued its northward churn through the Atlantic on…

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