Dentist pleads guilty to tax evasion
The husband-and-wife owners of an Annapolis dental businesses have pleaded guilty to not paying $1.9 million in employment taxes.
Jay W. Hustead, 63, and Susan K. Hustead, 56, both of Annapolis, face a maximum of five years in prison each.
The Husteads admitted they did not mail the employment tax checks to the IRS that had been prepared by their office manager, and instead deposited some of the money into their personal bank account to pay for the Husteads’ country club membership.
Man shot at Northwest gas station
A man was shot early Wednesday morning at a gas station in Northwest, police said.
It happened around 12:40 a.m. at the Lowest Price Gas Station at Mount Olivet Road and West Virginia Avenue.
The victim was shot in the leg, police said.
Fireball explodes from manhole
A fireball that erupted in downtown Washington came from an electrical manhole.
The fireball went up at 18th and I streets NW during the evening rush hour Tuesday. No injuries were reported.
D.C. fire department spokesman Pete Piringer said the fireball was likely caused by the overheating of oil used to cool the transformer inside the vault under the manhole.
Pedestrian dies in car accident
A pedestrian who was struck in Wheaton this weekend died early Wednesday.
Eloy Rubio, 48, was crossing Veirs Mill Road around 10 p.m. Sunday when he was struck by a vehicle.
The driver stayed on the scene and Rubio was taken to a hospital.
Compiled by Scott McCabe
