The preliminary investigation revealed that a 32-year-old man had walked eastbound from the grassy median, onto the northbound lanes of West Ox Road; not in a crosswalk. At that time, a 2011 Chevrolet Malibu, being driven by a 50-year-old Alexandria man was traveling northbound on West Ox Road just north of Polo Drive. The Malibu struck the pedestrian as he walked into the roadway. The driver of the Malibu remained on the scene.

Friendship, Md. (Sept. 9, 2014) Anne Arundel County Police report that a crash of a sedan took the life of Brian Gore, 33, of Delaware Ave. SW, Washington, D.C., and contributing factors in the crash were alcohol use and speed on the part of the operator.
Police say that on September 6, 2014, at approximately 19:16 hours, officers from the Traffic Safety Section responded to Friendship Rd near Boyds Turn Rd in Friendship for a report of a single vehicle crash.

Will Severance pay – Court records show Severance carried a deep grudge against Alexandria civil authorities, who revoked custody of his year-old-son in 2000 and forbade him any visitation until he received a mental-health examination. Severance represented himself in parts of the custody dispute and offered scatter-shot criticisms of authorities, though he was never specific in directing his anger at one person or agency. He wrote in one motion about the “inferior opinions of some prominent secular Alexandria authorities and teachers of the law with their rusty moral compasses.”

A Corona, California, man was sentenced yesterday to serve six years in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release in connection with a fraudulent advance fee scheme and tax evasion.
Shannon Johnson, 51, formerly of Laytonsville, Maryland, was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow, who also entered an order that Johnson forfeit $3.7 million, and as a special condition of his supervised release, cooperate with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in determining all taxes owed for tax years 2002 through 2009, and to pay the IRS all additional taxes, interest and penalties.

The Alexandria Police Department is investigating a homicide in the 4800 block of Kenmore Avenue that was discovered this morning. The victim has been identified as Carolyn Cross, 64, of Alexandria.
Police have charged Dawit Seyoum, 29, of Alexandria, with First Degree Murder.
man armed and suicidal

At the same time, back in Atlanta, Detective John ‘Atlanta Jack’ Thomas and his partner Stuart ‘Stewy’ Harriman stood staring at the dangling body of a fire-blackened man in what appeared a sack cloth or fishnet package. The horrendous crime had been called in when a citizen walking his dog noticed the “thing” dangling from the school yard flagpole about half way up.
“Talk about half mast,” said Harriman to Thomas.
“You mean half baked.”
While the victim’s hair, eyebrows, even eyes had given themselves over to the fire, his general features remained

Shawn Morris, 38, of Dover is wanted on 17 Felony counts of Forgery 2nd Degree and 17 counts of Theft after taking a victim’s checks and writing 17 separate checks to himself. Please call 302-736-7111 with any information on Morris’ whereabouts.

TOWSON, MD. According to Baltimore County Police, at 11:38 p.m. Saturday night, Baltimore County Police and Fire personnel responded to an apartment in the 300 block of East Joppa Road 21286. When Fire Department personnel arrived on the scene, they found an unresponsive 18-year-old woman.
Persons in the apartment told police that the woman had been drinking.