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Former Manassas teacher Kevin Ricks was able to lure vulnerable teenage boys into his life for 32 years, leading to secret, drunken sexual attacks while deftly ducking police and school administrators. His international trail of abuse came to a halt in a Virginia courtroom Thursday with a guilty ... Sexual abuse - Sexuality - Crime - Sex Offenses - Politics of Sexuality Read More »
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A founding member of a separatist group in the Philippines that is linked to al-Qaeda pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court in Washington to taking hostage four U.S. citizens among a group of 16 people kidnapped in December 1995, the Justice Department said. Warfare and Conflict - War on Terrorism - Plea - September 11 2001 - United States Read More »
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A man was shot and killed Wednesday at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac in the Fort Washington area, and law enforcement officers were searching for a suspect thought to be at least an acquaintance of the victim. United States - Washington - Washington DC - Food and Drug Administration - Fort Washington Read More »
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Police barely knew that Jason Thomas Scott existed before the bodies of two of his alleged victims turned up in a burning car in Prince George's County last year. The suspected serial killer was living quietly with his parents and sister in a modest suburban colonial in Largo, and public records... Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives - Law - Police - Law Enforcement - Business Read More »
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Long before 20-year-old Zachary Adam Chesser embraced the cause of jihad, he was passionate about the heavy metal music of Marilyn Manson, the anime culture of Japan and the kinetic energy of American break dancing. Warfare and Conflict - War on Terrorism - September 11 2001 - Terrorism - Iraq Read More »
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For nearly three decades, Kevin Ricks exploited gaps in a system that is supposed to keep sexual predators out of the classroom. He landed teaching jobs at one school after another -- public and private, urban and rural, domestic and foreign -- despite mounting evidence of his troubling personal... Crime - Sex Offenses - Predator - Education - Recreation Read More »
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Kevin Ricks was a gregarious, well-traveled English teacher at Osbourn High School, a Walt Whitman devotee who was so popular that a photo of him in class was chosen to fill the opening page of the yearbook. A writer and photographer himself, Ricks would walk the halls of the Manassas school with... Teacher - Tutor - Education - Violence and Abuse - Products and Services Read More »
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The big break in the investigation into the high-profile slayings of two sets of mothers and daughters in the Largo area last year came when federal agents who raided the house of a man suspected of stealing guns found additional evidence that eventually made him a suspect in the killings , law... Gun Control - Anti-Gun Rights - Police - Felony - Death Read More »
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"So what's the story with the body in the trunk?" a TV reporter asked D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier. Recreation - Autos - United States - Spain - Recreation and Sports Read More »
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A D.C. Superior Court judge on Thursday sentenced a man involved in the December carjacking of a Tennessee senator's daughter to two years in prison. United States - Government - Police - Carjacking - Politics Read More »
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In one of her final acts, Azin Naimi, a world-renowned restorer of centuries-old Russian art, took a walk from her apartment in North Bethesda shortly after dinnertime. Three blocks away was her tiny studio, in a low-slung industrial park that backs onto railroad tracks north of White Flint mall. Montgomery - United States - Counties - Maryland - Government Read More »
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A Prince George's County grand jury indicted a Hyattsville police officer Thursday for allegedly kicking a handcuffed man in the face. Indictment - Health - United States - Arts - Military Read More »
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The man responsible for the slayings of two mothers and their daughters in the Largo area last year is a crafty serial killer who pored through books about forensic science to learn how to clean up his crime scenes and intentionally changed his killing methods to confuse detectives, law enforceme... Serial killer - Prince George - United States - Murder - Crime Read More »
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A 45-year-old artist missing from Montgomery County was found dead in the District, police said Tuesday, as detectives investigated whether she was killed in a studio near White Flint mall. Montgomery Alabama - United States - Counties - Montgomery - Maryland Read More »
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A U.S. Park Police detective put her pistol aside Sunday afternoon and jumped into the murky waters of the Washington Channel to save a drowning dog, police said. Police - Law - Law Enforcement - United States - Dog Read More »
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