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Great Falls man pleads guilty to $1.8M in tax fraud
A Great Falls man pleaded guilty on Friday (March 15) to failing to pay $1.8 million to the Internal Revenue Service. Rick Tariq Rahim, 55, owned and operated several businesses, including laser tag facilities, and he worked as an Amazon reseller, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of Virginia.
Wheaton man pleads guilty to beating man to death in 2021
A Wheaton man pleaded guilty Friday to the 2021 murder of Darcel Cole, 29, who died more than nine months after he was beaten outside a Silver Spring restaurant, according to the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office. Nickolis Williams, 33, pleaded guilty Friday in Montgomery County Circuit Court...
Shooting on Rockville Pike sends man to hospital
A shooting on Rockville Pike early Sunday morning sent a man to the hospital with two gunshot wounds, Rockville City Police said in a statement. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service personnel were dispatched to the Woodmont Park Apartments at the 1000 block of Rockville Pike at 4:02 a.m. on Sunday for a shooting, according to radio transmissions.
7News talks recruitment success, LCPS overdoses, community with Leesburg, Va. police chief
ARLINGTON, Va. (7News) — Each month 7News at noon makes an effort to speak with local law enforcement leaders about the community and their agency. On Monday, Leesburg, Virginia's Chief of Police Thea Pirnat sat down with 7News' Victoria Sanchez as Pernat approaches one year since taking on the role. The two discussed the Leesburg Police Department's recruitment success, a push from Loudoun County Public Schools to notify of overdoses, community events, and more.
Crews battle house fire after reports of explosion in Fairfax County
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — Fairfax County Fire and Rescue said crews were at the scene of a house fire on Monday morning. Crews went to the home, located in the 4200 block of Ann Fitz Hugh Dr. in the Wakefield area, at about 3:45 a.m. When crews arrived, they saw fire showing […]
Maryland Man Accused Of Violating Protective Order, Killing Ex In Fairfax County, Police Say
Tylen Jennings, 30, has been charged with murder and other offenses for his alleged role in the fatal shooting of Anesha Isaacs in Annandale, who died at the hospital after being found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Officers were called at around 4:45 p.m. to the 3200 block of Woodburn...
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