Two men found dead in car in Bladensburg
Bladensburg police said they believe carbon monoxide poisoning killed two men who were found dead in a car. The two men in their 20s, who have not been identified pending notification of their families, were found in the car around 8:40 a.m. Sunday. Police said there were no signs of trauma and all signs indicate they died from carbon monoxide poisoning while sitting in a closed, non-ventilated car with the engine running. Police said it’s likely snow piled behind the car kept the tailpipe from properly emptying the engine’s fumes, filling the car with the deadly gas that killed the two men.
Md. man pleads guilty to cocaine trafficking
A 40-year-old Greenbelt has admitted to trafficking more than 10 pounds of cocaine around the Washington region, prosecutors said. Antoine Duane Terrell supplied low-level street dealers in Northern Virginia with cocaine, he admitted. After a series of controlled buys by law enforcement, Terrell was arrested outside the Beltway Plaza Mall in September by Fairfax County police officers. Inside a bag found in his car was $80,000. He faces up to 40 years in prison when he’s sentenced on April 16.
Va. man gets 13 years in prison smuggling drugs for Mexican cartels
Nelson Wilfredo Rios was sentenced to 13-and-a-half years in prison for helping a Mexican drug cartel smuggle several pounds of cocaine at a time into the United States, prosecutors said. The 49-year-old recruited other Virginians to help carry the drugs across the border in secret compartments hidden in their cars, authorities said. He also personally drove car loads of cocaine across the border. Rios pleaded guilty to importing cocaine in September. He is a citizen of El Salvador and will be turned over to immigration authorities for deportation proceedings after serving his prison sentence.
Compiled by Freeman Klopott
