In a statement, the diocese said the alleged misconduct by Rev. Patrick Posey happened between 1992 and 1993, outside of the Arlington diocese. Posey came to Arlington in 1999, according to public records.

“Fr. Posey denies the accusation,” said the diocese, and no determination has been made about the validity of the allegation.

“In accord with diocesan policy, upon receiving the allegation the diocese reported it promptly to law enforcement,” according to . “The diocese is fully cooperating with law enforcement and will continue to do so.”

The diocese said Posey has had several background checks: “Like all priests, diocesan employees, and volunteers who work with children in the Diocese of Arlington, Fr. Posey has undergone regular criminal background checks during his service.”

Before working in Arlington, Posey previously served locally in Winchester, Purcellville and Falls Church, according to online records.

The diocese encouraged anyone who knows of any misconduct or abuse on the part of any cleric or employee to contact police and the diocesan victim assistance coordinator at (703) 841-2530.

“The Diocese of Arlington asks for prayers for all affected by this allegation,” according to the statement.

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In a directive sent to Department of Juvenile Services Secretary Betsy Fox Tolentino, Moore wants DJS to collaborate with state police and corrections officials to develop a summer enforcement and intervention plan, to assist high-risk young people.

“Summer is a critical time for our young people,” Moore wrote. Since he took office, Moore says Maryland has seen a 44% decrease in homicides and a 40% drop in non-deadly shootings.

“These results are not by accident,” Moore said. “It is the result of our all-of-the-above approach to public safety.”

The directive comes one day after Moore signed a juvenile justice reform bill that limits the crimes in which teenagers are automatically charged as adults.

Among the summer safety goals, Moore wants the strategy to prioritize prevention and interventions for high risk young people and their families.

In addition, the governor is seeking “expanding education and workforce development programming for young people to create pathways to opportunity and long-term success.”

Moore said he wants to see targeted intervention measures for repeat juvenile offenders that are “proportionate, timely and effective.”

While the state has already been working to stem the growing number of chaotic gatherings of young people, the governor wants the summer strategy to develop “collaborative solutions to address ongoing community concerns like illegal street rallies and ‘teen takeovers,’ and other criminal activity.”

Moore also hopes the task force will identify opportunities for legislative or policy fixes to address gaps in the law that limit the state’s ability to intervene effectively.

In the directive, Moore assures DJS that his office and other agencies “stand ready to provide whatever support DJS needs to move quickly and ensure that it continues providing world-class service to the children of Maryland and their families.”

A status report is due in June.

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For any commuter or vacationer who’s done the calculations of whether it takes longer to drive somewhere or travel to the airport, go through security and wait for their flight, a Manassas, Virginia, company is reimagining regional travel.

The Federal Aviation Administration is encouraging development of next-generation aircraft and how they’re used. In December 2025, it released “.”

A shows there’s an existing market for their in-development EL9 Ultra Short, a nine passenger hybrid-electric airplane capable of taking off and landing in just 150 feet.

Standing next to a life-sized model of the plane in the company’s hangar, located at Manassas Regional Airport, Donn Yates, vice president of government programs at Electra Aero, said the EL9 is at the center of what the company calls “direct aviation” 鈥� regional air travel designed to meet passengers where they are, not at a major airport miles away.

“You would go to Tysons Corner, go park your car at a parking garage, go right outside to what we call an ultra short access point 鈥� which would look almost like a small road or a flat top on top of a parking garage 鈥� take off, fly directly to the Manhattan heliport,” without ever setting foot in an airport, Yates said.

The EL9 uses eight electric motors mounted on its wings (four on each side) that generate extra lift and essentially make the aircraft “think it’s going faster than it really does,” Yates said. That’s what allows it to take off and land in as little as 155 feet, he said.

Instead of navigating airport parking, shuttles and terminals, passengers would use those “ultra short access points,” rooftops, piers, open clearings, even soccer fields. The company said the aircraft could also serve general aviation airports, which tend to be closer to where people actually live.

The target range is 50 to 250 miles 鈥� think D.C. to Richmond, or D.C. to Blacksburg, Virginia, where Virginia Tech is located. Those trips currently take up to four hours by car.

According to the market study, there are 6,249 routes across the country where more than 1,000 people travel every day in that distance range. Right now, only 1% of those trips go by air, and 85% of those routes have no air service within 40 miles of where travelers start or end their journey, the report said.

Yates pointed to the I-95 corridor between Richmond and D.C. as a prime example of where the demand exists.

“All you have to do is go spend some time on the I-95 corridor between Richmond and D.C. and you see all kinds of possibilities that could potentially pop up,” he said.

Noise is a factor the company said it has addressed. Yates said the EL9 can switch off its turbo generator on approach and fly in on battery power alone, producing about 55 decibels of sound, roughly equivalent to a hairdryer.

“It’s significantly more quiet than a helicopter or a comparable aircraft in its class,” he said.

The market outlook prepared for Electra describes hybrid-electric propulsion as having “unlocked transformative capabilities that piston and turbine technologies could never achieve.”

The report said many of the targeted routes run through areas where travelers are willing to pay business-class airfare if it means saving time and avoiding the hassle of traditional air travel.

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All throughout May, 海角精品黑料 is celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with听stories about the people and places shaping the D.C. region.

Co-founded by friends who grew up watching kung fu movies, a Northern Virginia lion dance team is keeping Chinese and Vietnamese cultural traditions alive 鈥� one loud, energetic performance at a time.

Andy Huynh, who grew up in Alexandria, is one of the co-founders of the Hung Vuong Lion Dance Team, a group that traces its roots back to a Vietnamese-American Boy Scout troop. Huynh said the troop was led by refugees from the Vietnam War era, who wanted to preserve the traditions and culture, here in the United States.

It was in that troop where Huynh and his friends 鈥� teenage boys obsessed with kung fu films like “Once Upon a Time in China” starring Jet Li 鈥� first spotted lion dancing on screen and thought: Why not try it ourselves?

“Our first thought as young teenage boys was like, ‘Oh, we like kung fu, and lion dancing is unique and cool and it’s part of our culture,'” Huynh said.

They started out just having fun, not entirely sure what they were doing. But as they got older and learned more, the team grew to about two dozen members.

Now, the Hung Vuong Lion Dance Team is an extracurricular activity of a joint Boy and Girl Scout troop, Troop 612, based in Fairfax.

Lion dancing, Huynh said, is more than a performance 鈥� it’s a cultural tradition meant to symbolize luck, prosperity and positive energy while driving away evil spirits. The team performs most often around Lunar New Year and the Mid-Autumn Festival, but also dances at weddings, grand openings and other celebrations where people want to bring good luck.

The lion itself has two parts: the head, which features the mouth, eyes and decorative details, and a cloak-like section the team simply calls the tail. Two performers work inside the costume in sync 鈥� one controlling the head, the other holding onto the belt of the person in front and using slight tugs to communicate direction.

“You can’t just simply go in and shake the costume and say that’s lion dancing,” Huynh said.

The movements range from playful and catlike 鈥� leaning into the idea that people find lions and cats adorable 鈥� to strong and powerful, reflecting the lion’s role as a guardian against negative spirits. Acrobatic moves are also part of the show, including lifting the head so the lion appears to stand on two legs.

A drummer, gong and cymbals provide the soundtrack, with specific rhythms that are, Huynh said, universal in lion dancing. The team also uses certain drum beats as internal cues, signaling when to return to the front, prepare for a bow or start wrapping up.

Firecrackers are sometimes part of the tradition too, used to scare away spirits while the lion runs and weaves and interacts with them.

“It’s fun, it’s festive,” Huynh said. “It’s usually associated with festivals and it’s just a great atmosphere.”

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Nasire Best, 21, pulled a gun from a bag, and fired several shots toward the security checkpoint near 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, according to the Secret Service and D.C. police.

A male bystander was hit, and was reported Sunday to be in serious condition. In a statement posted on social media, Secret Service Director Sean Curran said “The Secret Service is hopeful he will make a full recovery.”

According to D.C. Superior Court records, Best had been arrested in July 2025 for unlawful entry, after using an exit turnstile to get into a restricted portion of the White House grounds.

The arresting officers said Best “claimed he was Jesus Christ, and wanted to get arrested.”

At the time of the arrest, agents said a check of the FBI-maintained National Crime Information Center database “came back clear, no wants, no warrants.”

The affidavit said Best was known to the Secret Service “for walking around the White House complex inquiring how to gain access at various entry points.”

According to the arresting officers, a few weeks before the July 10 arrest, Best had been involuntarily committed on June 26 for obstructing vehicle entry to the White House complex at the 15th Street and E Street NW checkpoint.

The day after his arrest, Best pleaded not guilty to the misdemeanor count. He was ordered to stay away from the White House complex, bounded by 18th Street NW, I Street NW, 14th Street NW and Constitution Avenue NW.

However, court records show less than two weeks later, on Aug. 1, a notice of noncompliance with the stay-away order was filed.

When Best failed to appear for an Aug. 7 hearing and his attorney had no explanation, the judge issued a bench warrant with no bond. The warrant was still in effect early Saturday evening when Best opened fire and agents returned fire. He later died at a nearby hospital.

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Bhatt’s husband, Naresh, is charged with murder, concealing a dead body and physically defiling a dead body.

A new forensic report, performed by Virginia’s Department of Forensic Science, identified three human hairs, 13 hair fragments, apparent fibers and debris on a reciprocating saw in the Bhatts’ home.

A reciprocating saw is a handheld power tool with a blade that moves back and forth, commonly used to cut drywall and wood.

While police have not identified a murder weapon in filings or pretrial hearings, this is the second instance in which potential evidence was discovered on the same saw.

An October 2024 report from department of forensic science indicated blood found on parts of the reciprocating saw matched a DNA profile created from Mamta鈥檚 hairbrush.

Police believe Naresh killed his wife in their home, then dismembered her. Her body has never been found.

Prosecutors said they have video of him dropping several plastic and trash bags into a dumpster after dropping the couple鈥檚 child off with a babysitter on July 30, 2024.

Later that evening,听according to Senior Assistant Commonwealth鈥檚 Attorney Sarah Sami, Naresh purchased a 鈥�40-pack of extra strong black trash bags.鈥�

The heavy-duty trash bags were in addition to a set of knives he bought earlier in the day after shopping at Home Depot and Walmart.

Early the next morning, Naresh was also caught on video retrieving bags from his Tesla and putting them into a trash compactor, according to investigators.

Bhatt鈥檚 trial is scheduled to begin Oct. 10.

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A new took effect at 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, requiring all U.S.-bound passengers who have recently been in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda or East Sudan to first travel to Dulles Airport for enhanced Ebola screening, before continuing to their destination.

And the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidance Thursday for travelers planning to travel to the U.S.

There are no direct flights to Dulles Airport from any of the three affected countries. However, each airline traveling to the U.S. with passengers who have traveled to the DRC, Uganda or East Sudan in the past 21 days will be required to fly to Dulles to be screened.

“CDC will conduct enhanced public health entry screening for these travelers and confirm their contact information for public health follow-up if recommended,” according to a CDC statement released late Thursday morning.

On Monday, suspending entry into the U.S. for foreign nationals from the three affected countries.

In its new guidance, the CDC explained the steps non-U.S. citizens should take to enter this country: “Travelers that have been in the DRC, Uganda, and South Sudan in the 21 days before their flight and are scheduled to travel to the United States while screening is taking place will be contacted by their airline to rebook travel to IAD,” which is Dulles International Airport.

The virus causing an听outbreak in the Congo is suspected of killing more than 130 people and is less common than others that cause Ebola, which is complicating the response because there are no specific treatments or vaccines.

“The risk for importation of Ebola virus to the United States is low at this time,” according to the new CDC statement. “However, public health entry screening is part of a layered approach that, when used with other public health measures already in place to detect ill arriving travelers, can slow and the reduce the spread of disease into the United States.”

According to a DHS spokesperson, U.S. Customs and Border Protection “is continuing to coordinate with airlines, international partners, and port-of-entry officials to identify and manage travelers who may have been exposed to the Ebola virus.”

U.S. Customs and Border Protection and DHS have not disclosed whether the screening is done on the arriving airplane, or in the area where CBP typically screens international travelers arriving at Dulles.

During a 海角精品黑料 visit to Dulles Airport on Thursday, operations ran smoothly with no apparent delays or inconveniences for travelers.

“The Airports Authority is working with federal partners to support efforts led by the Centers for Disease Control affecting various international flights arriving at Dulles Airport. This includes providing staff and public safety resources as needed. We are not expecting any significant impacts on airport customers,” an airport spokesman said.

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After three years of debate and a seven-hour public meeting, Stafford County’s Board of Supervisors has voted 5-2 to approve the Buc-ee鈥檚 Travel Center project.

Virginia鈥檚 second Buc-ee鈥檚 will be built near the intersection of Courthouse Road and Austin Ridge Drive, just off Interstate 95 at Exit 140.

Buc-ee鈥檚 of Stafford will be a 74,000-square-foot travel center with 120 gas pumps and 800 parking spaces.

Today, the 38-acre property consists of trees, bushes and stormwater basins, across Austin Ridge Drive from the new Embrey Mill Town Center.

The project has been controversial. Supporters have pointed to almost $2 million in annual tax revenue and jobs that will be generated in Stafford County, while opponents have concerns about how increased traffic will affect daily life.

The first Buc-ee鈥檚 opened in 1982 in Clute, Texas, and there are now just over 50 locations in the U.S. The first location in Virginia opened in June 2025, in Rockingham County, just south of Harrisonburg.

What about the extra traffic?

A traffic impact analysis concluded Buc-ee鈥檚 would generate almost 21,000 daily vehicle trips. The project that was approved by the board included several traffic improvements, in an attempt to facilitate interstate travelers to stop for a brisket sandwich or sausage on a stick, use a clean restroom, pick up snacks for the road, and buy Buc-ee鈥檚 beaver merchandise.

Improvements offered by Buc-ee鈥檚 include building a median-separated slip lane from the I-95 southbound exit, which will allow I-95 travelers to enter the parking lot without having to travel on Courthouse Road.

Opponents have feared that extra traffic could slow emergency services. The new project will include exclusive turn lanes and an extra through lane on Courthouse Road, to avoid impeding local travelers.

In an attempt to minimize the visual impact on the nearby Embrey Mills neighborhood, two rows of tall evergreen trees will be planted. A Buc-ee鈥檚 sign visible from the highway was originally planned to be 60 feet tall 鈥� after residents鈥� input, the sign will now be 45 feet tall, approximately the same height as the travel center building.

To assuage neighbors鈥� concerns about light pollution, since fuel stations typically are lit brightly, in a last-minute offer, the company agreed to use dark-sky compliant canopy lighting.

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Approvals still needed before construction

Before construction can begin, the project still requires an Operational and Safety Analysis Report, looking into how Buc-ee鈥檚 would affect the Exit 140 interchange. The OSAR report involves Federal Highway Administration and Virginia Department of Transportation review, which supervisors heard could take 18 months.

Before the vote to approve the project, the attorney for Buc-ee鈥檚 promised the supervisors and the room full of spectators that the company would pay for any additional road improvements required to receive the OSAR approval.

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Dr. Miriam Fischer, a senior attending emergency physician with MedStar Health, said the body hasn’t had time to adjust after a long, cold winter, making the first heat wave of the season far more dangerous than the typical heat of July and August.

“This is new to us,” Fischer said, adding people should give themselves time and slowly expose themselves to the heat.

By August, she said, the body will have adjusted.

Two of the biggest risks posed by the heat are heat exhaustion 鈥� the milder of the two 鈥� and heat stroke.

People should look for signs such as sweating, lightheadedness, nausea, headaches, cramping and weakness, Fischer said, which indicate heat exhaustion is setting in.

Her advice: Listen to your body, cool down and get inside.

Heat stroke is the next level of illness; if you experience confusion, you should head straight to the ER.

“People can die from this,” Fischer said. “They need to be seen right away so they can be cooled.”

What makes heat stroke so dangerous, Fischer said, is that the body loses its ability to regulate temperature altogether. People stop sweating, can’t cool themselves down and their core temperature climbs to a deadly level.

Fisher said as the summer progresses, the body does eventually adapt to heat by increasing blood flow to the skin and producing more sweat. But that process takes time, which is exactly why early summer heat waves catch people off guard.

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The debate, hosted by Fox 5 D.C. and Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy, featured Ward 4 D.C. Council member Janeese Lewis George, former At-Large member Kenyan McDuffie and real estate developer and U.S. Army veteran Gary Goodweather.

The candidates are running with hopes of succeeding Mayor Muriel Bowser, who announced in November 2025 she would not seek a fourth term. The primary election is taking place on June 16.

On the topic of affordability, Lewis George said the city is facing a crisis: “People from the middle class to the margins are feeling the squeeze.

A feature of Lewis George’s affordability plan centers on childcare.

“We’re going to expand universal access for childcare so that no family is spending more than 7% of their income on child care,” Lewis George said. “And we’re going to do that by expanding our childcare subsidy, so every family qualifies for it.”

Goodweather said his focus is on housing.

“I’m going to completely revamp the Department of Buildings and the permitting and approval timeline,” Goodweather said. “We are going to rewrite the tax code because the tax code is currently making our city less affordable.”

In addition, Goodweather said he’s committed to building 50,000 multigenerational homes in the District.

McDuffie said affordability starts with safety, arguing that “the trust in the Metropolitan Police Department has been shaken.”

McDuffie said he would focus on appointing “top quality leadership” to D.C. police, and restore “a culture of accountability and transparency.”

Differing views on teen curfews

A contentious topic of debate was teen curfews.

Lewis George said using curfews as a tool with young people is “dangerous,” pointing to the presence of federal troops and immigration agents in the city who she said are “not individuals who are trained in de-escalation,” and “are not accountable to to D.C. residents.”

Goodweather said “the current curfews are a failure of the system that my two colleagues, who have been on council for a combined 20 years, have failed to address.” He said if using curfews, “which are an extreme measure, you need to have a defined timeline when you’re going to exit it.”

In addition, Goodweather said the District has to address the underlying causes of the teen violence, which are poverty and mental health.

McDuffie said 鈥渄oing nothing is not an option.鈥�

He referenced a fight over the weekend at a Chipotle, saying the brawl in the Navy Yard restaurant 鈥渄idn鈥檛 have to happen,鈥� and accused Lewis George of blocking curfew action by asking the council to wait. He said she 鈥減ut politics over public safety.鈥�

McDuffie argued for extending the juvenile curfew while also addressing root causes, saying 鈥�滨迟鈥檚听not an听either or. We need to do both.鈥�听

With federal upheaval, spurring District economy

With recent loss of federal jobs in Washington, and a troubling number of empty office buildings across the District, the mayor candidates shared what they would do to boost the local economy.

Lewis George said she would turn D.C. into 鈥渁n innovation district鈥� by leveraging听universities and hospitals for research and programming. She also pointed to women鈥檚 sports as an economic driver 鈥� saying 鈥淕o Spirit. We are a women鈥檚 sports听town听and we can听leverage this moment.鈥澨�

Goodweather said he planned to create a “transformational workforce development program,” modeled after his time in the military, and with similarities to former Mayor Marion Barry’s summer jobs program.

“It has a youth track, an adult track and a returning citizens track,” Goodweather said. “It will provide the education, training and the skills that D.C. residents need, to be able to organically grow our economy.”

McDuffie said he would grow the economy without displacing residents, saying he has seen cities focus on downtown development where 鈥減eople get left behind, people get displaced.鈥� He said he would create 鈥渁 one-stop portal鈥� to help anyone get a permit and start a business in the听District听within听10 days.

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The historic 118-year-old Bennett School in Manassas, Virginia, will be razed as part of the expansion of the Prince William County Judicial Center.

In a May 13 meeting, the Prince William Board of County Supervisors said they are looking for ways to repurpose features from the building, which was completed in 1908 and served as an elementary school from 1909 to 1969.

Located across a circular driveway from the courthouse and slightly up a hill, the Bennett School has been shuttered and unused since 1989.

The county’s $233 million renovation plan includes constructing a new building with 12 courtrooms to supplement the 19 district and circuit court courtrooms in the current building. The project will also include a new parking garage.

In a Joint Interjurisdictional Ad Hoc Committee meeting, supervisors reviewed the current .

The staff report says not only is the Bennett building’s structure integrity in question, it currently contains asbestos, lead, mold, water damage and termites. The estimated cost to renovate the building where it stands was estimated at $46,875,000.

The cost was prohibitive to board members, who said the county could build two firehouses for that sum.

Since the building is not listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register or National Register of Historic Places, demolition would not require the Department of Historic Resources’ approval.

The current plan seeks to repurpose existing elements from the Bennett building into the design of the new courthouse, to memorialize the structure. Suggestions include reusing the white columns to create space within the new building, and reusing bricks throughout the new facade.

While the board of county supervisors’ plans include tearing down the building, the nonprofit Preservation Virginia will meet Wednesday to discuss the Bennett School.

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Jorge Steve Zepeda Irias managed the now-closed 38-acre Rancho Los Cerritos and operated the Salvadoran-style restaurant on U.S. 15 in Haymarket. The farm and restaurant have remained closed since FBI raids on Jan. 21 and 22.

Authorities seized dozens of animals during the operation, including chickens, ducks, geese, goats, pigs and an alpaca.

Guilty plea and charges

Zepeda pleaded guilty to four felony charges: conspiracy to deal firearms without a license, conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, and two counts of using, carrying and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense.

He is scheduled to be sentenced Sept. 8. The maximum sentence for using a firearm during a drug trafficking crime is life in prison.

Undercover investigation

According to court records, an undercover investigation conducted between July 2024 and January 2026 found Zepeda conspired to sell 47 firearms to a confidential source.

Court documents state the weapons included revolvers, shotguns, semi-automatic pistols and assault rifles, including AR-15s and AK-47s, as well as so-called “ghost guns.”

Prosecutors said Zepeda told a confidential informant he previously sold about five firearms a week to members of a transnational gang.

Authorities said transactions took place at Cerritos Ranch, at Zepeda’s home and in vehicles throughout the region. Prosecutors said Zepeda told the informant he brought his wife or daughter with him during transactions to avoid attracting law enforcement attention.

Others tied to investigation

Zepeda’s wife, Jenifer Icela Romero Fabian, was arrested at Dulles International Airport after prosecutors said she purchased a ticket to El Salvador. She remains awaiting trial.

Three others Oscar Vladimir Padilla Portillo, Damon Darnell Gray and Evelyn Esmeralda Villatoro have also pleaded guilty in connection with the case.

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Maurquise James, 22, was indicted in April for first-degree murder in the death of 87-year-old millionaire philanthropist Robert Fuller, Jr., who was found dead in his apartment at the Cogir Potomac Senior Living Facility, with a gunshot wound to the head, on Valentine鈥檚 Day.

During a competency hearing Friday, the Montgomery County Circuit Court judge agreed with the doctor from the Maryland Department of Health in concluding that James is not capable of assisting in his own defense.

“The court will find, based on the evaluation of Dr. Smith, that Mr. James at this point is not competent to proceed to trial,” said Circuit Court Judge Karla Smith. “And that he, again, based on the evaluation of Dr. Smith, presents a danger to himself, to others, to the property of others. And based on that, the court will have him committed to work on competency.”

Court records show that in March, when the case was still in District Court, a judge ruled he was competent to stand trial. The defense then requested another evaluation, where the same doctor who conducted the first exam, Dr. Julie Smith, found James not competent.

James will be held at a state psychiatric facility until his next competency hearing in six months. That hearing is scheduled for the morning of Nov. 9.

A competency exam in Maryland only looks at whether a defendant is able to understand the charges and help his lawyer. It does not look at whether the defendant was sane at the time of the crime.

Montgomery County prosecutors have said that James planned for up to a month to kill Fuller, who was living with his partner at Cogir. Prosecutors have not yet suggested a potential motive for the killing.

Investigators have cited several pieces of evidence, including surveillance video they said showed a masked person using a secured side door near the time of the shooting. A witness also told detectives the person鈥檚 unusual gait in the footage matches James鈥�.

Investigators additionally pointed to discarded paper towels and multiple wigs collected during the investigation.

Court documents point to听another incident after the shooting听in which investigators said a black napkin and a nearby paper towel were used to try to prop open a side door at the senior living facility. James is accused of being the person who put them there, which he denied when questioned.

Prosecutors also said ballistic testing links the gun to Fuller鈥檚 killing and a second case James faces in Baltimore, where he is accused of shooting at a Maryland State Trooper during a traffic stop, days after Fuller鈥檚 death.

James was indicted in Baltimore on April 8, charged with attempted first- and second-degree murder felony counts, and six gun-related misdemeanors.

In March, Fuller鈥檚 partner, Linda Buttrick,听filed a lawsuit alleging that Cogir failed to intervene when employees reported James鈥� concerning behaviors and the facility failed to protect Buttrick after the killing.

海角精品黑料’s Mike Murillo and Jessica Kronzer contributed to this report.听

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In February, the House Energy and Commerce Committee launched an investigation into the spill, which sent more than 240 million gallons of wastewater into the Potomac River.

This week, the a hearing on the collapse, to be held Tuesday morning.

Contacted by 海角精品黑料, D.C. Water said David Gadis, the chief executive officer and general manager of D.C. Water, will be questioned by lawmakers.

“Mr. Gadis has agreed to testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations regarding the Potomac Interceptor Collapse,” said John Lisle, spokesman with the utility.

When the investigation began, the committee sent Gadis and requested documents, ranging from what D.C. Water knew about the risk of collapse, contracts entered into for the cleanup, public health and drinking water quality, and the projected effects on tourism

“D.C. Water has been providing regular updates and documentation to Congress since the Potomac Interceptor collapse in January,” Lisle said.

“We welcome the opportunity this hearing provides to update members on our emergency response, ongoing rehabilitation efforts, and what we are doing to prevent future incidents.”

As of Thursday morning, the House committee has not disclosed who else will testify during the hearing, which is entitled “Corrosion, Collapse, and Clean-Up: Examining the Potomac Interceptor Collapse.”

“The resilience of our wastewater infrastructure systems remains critical to protecting the health and safety of our communities, including safe drinking water and the environment,” chairmen Brett Guthrie and John Joyce said in a news release announcing the hearing.

“This hearing will help to understand what was known about the condition of the Potomac Interceptor prior to this incident, the emergency response and cleanup efforts that have been underway since the collapse, and how future incidents may be prevented.”

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Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano and Sheriff Stacey Kincaid will be testifying before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security and Enforcement, as will Cheryl Minter, whose daughter Stephanie was killed in February, at a bus stop along Route 1 in Hybla Valley.

Abdul Jalloh, a 32-year-old immigrant from Sierra Leone will stand trial for Minter’s murder.

Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Justice began an investigation of Descano.

In听, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Harmeet Dhillon said the DOJ is investigating whether his office violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and the Safe Streets Act, which both 鈥減rohibit recipients of Federal financial assistance from discriminating based upon race, color, or national origin.鈥�

Jalloh has a long history of being arrested and released. Most recently, he was free on his own recognizance after being arrested for malicious wounding in 2025.

In written remarks, ahead of the hearing, Descano said, “The system failed Ms. Minter, and we should all look for ways we can prevent tragedies like this in the future.”

The policy in question was adopted by Descano鈥檚 office in 2020 as part of its guidelines for plea bargaining. It instructs assistant Commonwealth鈥檚 attorneys to 鈥渃onsider immigration consequences where possible鈥� and states that 鈥減rosecutors shall consider 鈥� the collateral immigration consequences of the specific crime(s) the defendant is charged with.鈥�

The webpage detailing the policy is no longer publicly available on his office鈥檚 website.

Descano and Kincaid will be asked about the county’s policies regarding not assisting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement with federal civil immigration enforcement.

After the launch of the Justice Department investigation, Descano said his policies reflect the community he serves, in which “three in ten residents of Fairfax County are immigrants.”

“When crimes occur, we need victims and witnesses, including members of our immigrant communities, to report those crimes and come to court to testify,”听according to Descano’s written comments before Thursday’s hearing.

“If victims and witnesses believe my office will report them or their neighbors to ICE, they will not trust us and they will not provide the testimony we need to obtain convictions and get justice.”

Cheryl Minter has said if Jalloh had been prosecuted earlier, her daughter would still be alive. She is hopeful the hearing will prompt changes and is working with groups attempting to remove Descano from office.

“The defendant was well known by ICE as early as 2018, when ICE held him in custody for nearly two years during the first Trump administration, only to release him into the community,” according to Descano.

“Let me be absolutely clear. My office does not provide sanctuary or safe harbor to undocumented immigrants,” according to Descano’s written remarks. “We routinely prosecute immigrants who commit crimes and we will continue to do so.”

Also scheduled to testify are former Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares, and Sean Kennedy, member of the Fairfax County Criminal Justice Advisory Board, and president of Virginians for Safe Communities. Both have been vocal critics of Descano.

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