Fire at judge’s home intentionally set Fairfax County fire officials say that someone intentionally set fire to the McLean home of a federal judge last month.
Dave Oney, a spokesman for the U.S. Marshals Service, said the law enforcement agency has no reason to believe that the fire was related to the official duties of U.S. District Judge Liam O’Grady, according to the Associated Press.
The Dec. 5 fire caused about $300,000 in damage, and displaced the judge and his family. No one was hurt in the blaze.
No one has been charged and the investigation continues by the Fairfax County fire department.
Heroin ring leader pleads guilty
The leader of a Ghana-based drug-smuggling ring who shipped drugs to the United States through D.C.-area airports has pleaded guilty.
Edward Mcauley, 61, pleaded guilty to conspiring to import heroin. He led an international heroin ring that targeted the mid-Atlantic by sending heroin with couriers who flew into Washington Dulles International Airport, according to court documents.
The organization recruited couriers to hide heroin in suitcases, bags and wigs. Court records say the ring operated from about September 2010 to June 2011. The amount of drugs the organization sent to the United States isn’t known, but authorities have said couriers would carry up to $250,000 in heroin at a time.
Gaithersburg woman killed in crash
A 35-year-old Gaithersburg woman was killed in an Anne Arundel County car crash.
Police said Angela Briggins was driving north in the southbound lanes of Route 3 near McKnew Road in Crofton at about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday when her Toyota Corolla struck a Mercedes head-on. Anne Arundel County police said Briggins might have consumed alcohol prior to the crash, but the collision is still under investigation.
The Mercedes driver was unharmed.
— Emily Babay and Scott McCabe
