, the calves disappeared in 2025 and were found following an extensive investigation. Officials said the animals have been safely relocated and are receiving appropriate medical and behavioral care.

The attorney general’s office said the outcome reflects its commitment to public safety, community protection and holding lawbreakers accountable.

Because the criminal investigation remains ongoing, officials said no additional details can be released at this time.

The attorney general’s office also thanked the public for its support during the investigation.

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Sherise Williams, 40, of Palmetto, Florida, was sentenced to three years and five months in prison for mail fraud for her role in the scheme.

, the operation was led by Lori Ann Talens, of Virginia Beach, who designed, created and produced counterfeit coupons from her home between April 2017 and May 2020. Talens used social media and mobile apps to connect with coupon enthusiasts and sell the fraudulent coupons, many of which carried inflated values that allowed customers to obtain products for free or at steep discounts.

Prosecutors said Talens’ husband, Pacifico Talens Jr., 43, helped operate and profit from the scheme.

The Talenses pleaded guilty to mail fraud, while Lori Ann Talens also pleaded guilty to wire fraud and health care fraud in a separate scheme. Pacifico Talens was sentenced to seven years and three months in prison. Lori Ann Talens was sentenced to 12 years in prison.

Williams was among several customers who purchased counterfeit coupons in bulk from Lori Ann Talens. Court records show Williams bought counterfeit coupons on 274 occasions, paying $19,821.34.

Investigators estimated that for every dollar customers paid Lori Ann Talens, they received about $50 worth of counterfeit coupons. Based on that ratio, Williams caused an estimated loss of $991,067 to retailers and manufacturers.

Federal authorities determined the Virginia Beach-based operation caused approximately $31,817,997 in losses overall.

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According to , CBP officers seized about five tons of marijuana on May 29 after inspecting a 40-foot shipping container that had been shipped from Nassau County, New York, and was destined for Liverpool, England. The cargo was manifested as men’s cotton and nylon shirts.

Instead, officers found 238 boxes filled with vacuum-sealed bags of marijuana, authorities said. CBP’s narcotics detection dog Letti, a 2-year-old German shepherd, alerted officers to the shipment.

Authorities said the marijuana weighed 4,815 kilograms, or 10,615 pounds, with an estimated street value of $24 million in the United States. Officials said it could be worth about twice that amount in Europe.

“This is a recklessly brazen attempt to smuggle over five tons of marijuana through Baltimore to Europe, and an incredible effort by exceptionally professional Customs and Border Protection officers to intercept it,” said Adam Rottman, CBP’s area port director in Baltimore.

Rottman said transnational criminal organizations continue targeting European markets because of the high profits they expect to earn from marijuana sales overseas.

No arrests have been made. The investigation remains ongoing and is being led by special agents with Homeland Security Investigations.

“This scheme to move multi-ton drug loads through commercial cargo channels represents an abuse of the same infrastructure that supports legitimate trade, drives up security and inspection costs, and places an additional burden on the communities that depend on these ports,” said Akil Baldwin, special agent in charge of HSI Maryland.

CBP officials said they continue to see criminal organizations attempt to transport marijuana to Europe through commercial cargo, express air delivery services and passenger baggage, where higher prices can generate significantly larger profits than in the United States.

The Baltimore seizure follows several recent marijuana interdictions, including 57 pounds found in passenger baggage bound for London at Washington Dulles International Airport, 247 pounds in four London-bound shipments at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport and 97 pounds in separate shipments destined for London and Frankfurt from Philadelphia International Airport.

Nationwide, CBP officers and agents seized about 185,000 pounds of marijuana during fiscal year 2025 and have already seized about 190,000 pounds during the first seven months of fiscal year 2026, according to the agency.

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Officers responded to the crash around 4 a.m. after receiving a report of an adult male who had been hit on the parkway.

Police said the driver remained at the scene and called 911.

The person was taken by Arlington County Fire and Rescue to a local hospital in critical condition, where they later died.

The northbound lanes of the George Washington Memorial Parkway were closed at Interstate 395 while investigators conducted accident reconstruction.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation. U.S. Park Police said no additional information was available.

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Officers responded just after 11 p.m. to the , south of Addison Road.

When officers arrived, they found a woman suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. She was taken to a hospital, where she later died.

Police have not released additional details about the shooting.

Anyone with information is asked to contact .

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Nazir Bell, 20, a Towson University student who graduated from Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, was recovered from the river Tuesday afternoon, according to Montgomery County Fire & Rescue.

“Throughout the operation, family members remained nearby, holding vigil and awaiting word from responders,” said Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson Pete Piringer. “Our thoughts are with the family.”

Bell had been trying to swim from Maryland to Virginia when he became separated from his group.

About eight boats and 45 fire department personnel from Montgomery and Fairfax counties took part in the initial search. The search was scaled back around 9 p.m. and continued into Monday into Tuesday.

On Tuesday, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue confirmed that search crews had recovered the swimmer’s body.

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NTSB member Tom Chapman said in a news conference Saturday that they’re still in the early phases of the investigation and are not ready to provide any conclusions, but confirmed that the bus was traveling at a high rate of speed.

“We will not be determining the probable cause of the crash while we’re on scene nor will we speculate about the cause,” Chapman said. “These are the first steps in a lengthy investigative process.”

Officials said during the news conference that they will release a preliminary report within 30 days.

According to Virginia State Police, the crash happened around 2:35 a.m. on southbound I-95 in Stafford County, near Quantico.

All five people who died were in vehicles struck by the bus and 44 people were taken to hospitals, including three in critical condition, police said.

The bus failed to slow down while approaching the zone and struck a Chevrolet Suburban, causing a chain-reaction where the SUV crashed into an Acura and other vehicles.

The bus then hit additional vehicles. Police said that coach bus, operated by E&P Travel, was carrying around 34 occupants from New York City to Charlotte, North Carolina.

Four of the people who were killed were inside the Acura: Dmitri Doncev, 45, Ecaterina Doncev, 44, and their children Emily and Mark. They were from Greenfield, Massachusetts.

Priscilla R. Mafalda, a 25-year-old woman from Worcester, Massachusetts, was inside the Suburban that was struck by the bus and died in the collision, according to the NTSB.

State police identified the bus driver as Jing S. Dong, 48, of Staten Island, New York. Authorities said he was charged with two counts of voluntary manslaughter.

The bus was operated by E&P Travel Inc. of Kings Mountain, North Carolina. A compliance snapshot from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration showed one injury crash involving the company’s vehicles in the previous two years and listed its safety rating as satisfactory.

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The General Services Administration said the deal will .

The 1918 building at 401 14th St. SW spans about 174,000 square feet on a 2.76-acre property overlooking the Tidal Basin. It is perhaps best known for the traffic ramp from Maine Avenue to Interstate 395 that runs through it.

The sale is part of the federal government’s broader push to unload what it says is underutilized real estate.

According to the , the building was under contract for months. Deed records show Satvik “Vinny” Raj, a Vienna, Virginia-based managing director and founder of Digilent Consulting, purchased the Liberty Loan building with a $17.5 million loan from OakNorth Bank in the United Kingdom.

Nearly $15 million of that loan was used to purchase the building. GSA was considering cash offers for the property.

Historic protections and site restrictions

The sale also includes a 1.8-acre piece of Reservation 2, known as the Washington Monument Grounds, which the National Park Service transferred to GSA earlier this year to help facilitate the deal.

The parcel comes with restrictions requiring landscaping, hardscape and streetscape features to remain visually compatible with the surrounding area and it bars commercial signage, mirroring rules that apply to the National Mall.

The property, found eligible in December 2024 for a spot on the National Register, was conveyed with a historic preservation covenant requiring approval from the D.C. State Historic Preservation Officer for alterations.

The GSA said the six-story building, situated within walking distance of the National Mall, Washington Monument and the Southwest waterfront, is in a prime spot for new economic development.

The GSA said the sale is expected to save taxpayers nearly $14.6 million in deferred maintenance and about $1.6 million a year in operating costs, as the agency continues a broader effort to dispose of other underused federal buildings.

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The U.S. Department of Transportation plans to invest the funds in building repairs; upgrades to ticketing, the Amtrak lounge and the concourse; new stores, signage and parking to raise revenues; and “family-friendly infrastructure,” the department .

The grants were made through the , which began with a 2015 surface-rail improvement bill in Congress.

Duffy called the investment a major step toward restoring and expanding Union Station’s passenger areas, saying the work will help create a transit hub for residents, commuters and visitors while preserving the station’s historic character.

The plan differs from a $10 billion Biden-era proposal for expanding the train station, including a new atrium-like hall with very high ceilings. The plan focused on gradual expansion rather than immediate repairs, the department said, calling it a “boondoggle.”

Projects included in the $465.8 million investment include replacing the station’s , repairing the parking garage and station interior, and construction in the passenger concourse.

Amtrak President Roger Harris said the funding marks a significant step in the station’s revitalization and will help lay the groundwork for a more modern facility.

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Mayor Muriel Bowser issued an emergency order last week that allows the D.C. police chief to create curfew zones in response to teen takeovers and youth crime within certain quadrants of the city.

Police said the curfew zone covers the U Street Corridor and will be in effect from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Thursday through Sunday.

Here’s what areas are included in the U Street Corridor juvenile curfew zone.

To the north: 

• V Street from 15th Street to Vermont Avenue, NW
• Vermont Avenue to Florida Avenue NW
• Florida Avenue to 9th Street NW
• 9th Street to Barry Place, NW
• Barry Place to Georgia Avenue NW

To the east: 

• 7th Street from T Street to Florida Avenue NW
• Georgia Avenue from Florida Avenue to Barry Place, NW

To the south: 

• T Street from 15th Street to 7th Street NW

To the west: 

• 15th Street from V Street to T Street NW

Within a juvenile curfew zone, people younger than 18 aren’t allowed to gather in a group of nine or more in a public place, or on the premises of an establishment, unless they are engaged in exempted activities, D.C. police said.

Police also reminded the public that a citywide curfew for people younger than 18 begins nightly at 11 p.m. and lasts until 6 a.m. the following morning.

Here is a map of the curfew zone:

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According to an LCPS news release, the school division said the allegations are “serious and unacceptable and that it responded through school-based, administrative and law enforcement channels after the concerns were raised.”

LCPS said its priorities throughout the ongoing investigation have been on supporting students and families, protecting student privacy and maintaining a safe learning environment for students and staff. The district said it continues to work closely with law enforcement.

OCR’s public communications suggest the agency may already have reached conclusions in the case, and LCPS said it expects the investigation to “remain neutral and based on a fair and objective review of the facts.”

LCPS warned that heightened media attention could be harmful to students and families involved.

They remain committed to keeping schools safe, supportive, welcoming and respectful for every student.

They will continue working with students, families, staff, law enforcement and the broader community while the matter moves through the appropriate processes.

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Last year, Robinson was convicted of murdering 54-year-old Allene “Beth” Redmon and 39-year-old Tonita Lorice Smith in a Harrisonburg motel room in the fall of 2021. A jury found him guilty of two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated murder and two counts of concealing a dead body in 2025.

During the four-day trial last year, jurors watched hotel surveillance video showing Robinson entering a motel room with the two women on separate occasions and leaving the next morning with a shopping cart covered by a sheet.

The jury at that time recommended four life sentences, plus 10 years in prison and a $400,000 fine.

Robinson is also wanted in connection with the murder of another woman in D.C. — 40-year-old Sonya Champ of Northwest D.C. who was found a few blocks from Union Station in a shopping cart covered with a blanket.

Robinson is suspected in the deaths of two more women in Fairfax County — Stephanie Harrison, 48, of Redding, California, and Cheyenne Brown, 29, of Southeast D.C, near the Moon Inn Hotel in Alexandria. Their remains were found in a plastic container near a shopping cart, in a wooded area near the 2400 block of Fairhaven Avenue.

No formal charges have been filed against Robinson in the deaths of Harrison and Brown in Fairfax County.

Â鶹ąŮÍř’s Neal Augenstein contributed to this report.

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Police said 28-year-old Charles Joseph Ali was arrested Thursday on a felony destruction of property charge.

In court documents, officials said his father recognized him in the alert put out by police, arranged for him to surrender at the Second District station and expressed that his sister was “upset” about the incident.

Surveillance video showed the suspect first trying to lift a D.C. Department of Public Works trash can before grabbing the beer keg and throwing it through the bakery’s front window around midnight Monday, May 18.

An employee inside hid in the back after hearing the loud noise and glass shatter, police said. No one was injured.

Police said the suspect ran from the bakery after causing about $10,000 in damage.

“That level of disregard for others is shocking,” Georgetown Cupcake owners Katherine Berman and Sophie LaMontagne said in a statement.

Police also said they believe the same man was tied to last month at a business in the 1900 block of M Street NW shortly before 5 a.m. on April 24.

Ali pleaded not guilty in court Friday, was released on his own recognizance and was ordered to stay away from Georgetown Cupcake. He is due back in court June 11 for a preliminary hearing.

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According to D.C. police, officers responded shortly after 11 p.m. Sunday to a report of property damage at Georgetown Cupcake at the corner of 33rd Street and M Street Northwest.

When officers arrived, they found the front window at the business fully shattered and observed a gray keg inside the store.

Multiple cameras are located inside and outside the business; Georgetown Cupcake that shows a male suspect apparently picking up a keg and using it to smash the window.

Please reach out to MPD if you recognize this individual. This happened at 11pm last night at 33rd & M. Employees were on-site and could have been seriously injured.

— Georgetown Cupcake (@GTownCupcake)

An employee told police she was inside the bakery when she heard a loud noise and the sound of glass breaking, according to a police report. She immediately moved to the back of the store for safety.

Police said the employee described the suspect as a white male with brown hair, approximately 5-foot-8-inch to 5-foot-9-inch, wearing a green T-shirt and khaki pants. She told investigators she was unable to see his face.

According to police, after throwing the keg through the window, the suspect walked north on the 1200 block of 33rd Street Northwest.

The incident is being investigated as felony destruction of property. Police estimated damage to the storefront window at $10,000.

No injuries were reported.

Georgetown Cupcake owners, Katherine Berman and Sophie LaMontagne, put out a calling the incident “reckless, dangerous, and completely unacceptable behavior.”

“It’s honestly hard to put into words how upsetting this is,” they wrote. “Someone threw a keg through the window of our business. People were inside and scared. That level of disregard for others is shocking.”

The owners made a point in their statement to say that “anyone responsible would be held accountable. There are cameras, there are witnesses, and there will be consequences.”

An employee at the bakery told Â鶹ąŮÍř it would reopen later in the day. Police are asking anyone with information to contact the department.

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The man remains on top of the bridge as of Saturday.

While all outbound lanes of the bridge have reopened, just one inbound lane is open to traffic.

D.C. Fire and EMS said a high-angle technical rescue team was working with police after the person climbed the bridge Friday afternoon.

The activity had closed South Capitol Street both ways, leading to significant traffic impacts to the afternoon rush and a baseball game at nearby Nationals Park. Authorities urged drivers to stay away from the area.

Marideth Sandler, who lives in Dock 79 near the bridge, described the moment when she realized that someone had climbed the bridge.

“I look out the window quite a bit. And I happened to see the traffic on the other side stopped by a bunch of fire engines. And then I started to look closer, and looked up and saw this long, black ribbon flowing in the breeze. And then I looked down, and there’s the police boats,” Sandler said.

“I then looked up and saw next to the light, this extra thing, so I grabbed my long lens and found that it was a man up there.”

Florida-based activist Guido Reichstadter posted on X that he walked on top of the bridge around 3:30 p.m. Friday.

Hi my name is Guido Reichstadter & I’m currently occupying the top of the Frederick Douglass memorial bridge in Washington DC.

I’m calling on the people of the United States to bring an immediate end to the Trump regime’s illegal war on Iran and the removal of the regime power…

— Guido Reichstadter (@wolflovesmelon)

D.C. police confirmed to Â鶹ąŮÍř that Reichstadter is the same person who scaled the bridge after Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022.

After he last climbed the bridge, the District’s Department of Transportation told news outlets that there were plans to install new permanent measures to improve safety and security at the bridge.

On Friday, a DDOT spokesman said the agency did not install the measures because “it couldn’t find anything safe that wouldn’t create issues for the bridge.”

Below is a map of the area where traffic has been impacted:

Â鶹ąŮÍř’s Scott Gelman, Abigail Constantino and Ciara Wells contributed to this report.

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