Faux bomb found near Andrews AFB
Maryland state police closed a two-mile stretch of road to investigate a suspicious package near Andrews Air Force Base.
The package was found on Branch Avenue at Coventry Way in Clinton by a state highway worker around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, police said. The package had a cell phone attached to it and was made to look like an improvised explosive device, authorities said.
Bomb squad members used a remote device to explode the package. Authorities said they do not believe the package was a threat.
Md. man admits fooling FBI, colleges
A Maryland man has pleaded guilty to fooling law enforcement and educational institutions by posing as an expert in terrorism and human trafficking.
Prosecutors said 66-year-old William G. Hillar, of Millersville, pleaded guilty to wire fraud Tuesday in federal court in Baltimore. He engaged in a scheme to lie about his military and academic credentials to gain positions as an instructor for public and private institutions, including the FBI and other law enforcement agencies, defrauding them of a total of more than $170,000.
Police: U.Va. student slipped from roof in fatal fall
Authorities say a University of Virginia freshman slipped on a wet roof and fell to his death from a university physics building.
The school identified the student as Thomas W. Gilliam IV. He was declared dead at a hospital early Monday.
The university’s police department said Gilliam fell 40 feet after losing his footing while walking on the roof of the physics building late Sunday night. Officials called Gilliam’s death a “tragic accident” and said they have ruled out suicide and foul play.
– Scott McCabe and Emily Babay
