The item, described as an “electronic sex portable pump device” in a D.C. police report, was cleared around 9 a.m. Wednesday.

Police responded to the firehouse just after 7 a.m. for the report of a suspicious electronic device. A member of the firehouse told police someone left the device, which had “wires exposed,” according to the report, near the firehouse.

D.C. police’s Explosive Ordinance Disposal Unit, along with its K-9 Unit, responded to the scene and cleared the blue and black colored sex pump device. No injuries were reported.

The investigation caused some traffic disruptions on Wisconsin Avenue during Wednesday’s morning rush hour.

Below is a map of the area where the incident happened:

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Denis Humberto Roman Navarette, now 33, is scheduled for sentencing Dec. 11 and faces up to 18 years in prison for the Nov. 18, 2024 attack, per the terms of his plea agreement.

“My office reached this outcome because the defendant poses a clear risk to public safety and cannot remain in the community,” Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano said. “He harmed the victim immeasurably, and, by raping a stranger in a public park, he harmed everyone in our community who uses public spaces.”

Herndon police responded to the W&OD Trail that Monday night for the report of a sexual assault. Officers met with the victim, a woman, who told police she was walking home from Jimmy’s Old Town Tavern when she was approached by Roman Navarette, who pulled down her leggings and underwear and forcibly raped her.

“This is the only stranger rape that we have had in the town in my more than 12 years as chief of police,” then-Chief Maggie DeBoard said the day after Roman Navarette’s arrest.

Police identified Roman Navarette on the trail shortly after and he confessed to the rape, according to a news release from Descano’s office.

His conviction was delayed because Roman Navarette was previously found incompetent to stand trial. He’s spend much of the last year “undergoing competency restoration proceedings,” Descano’s office said.

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The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm watch until 9 p.m. for the entire immediate D.C. metro area, but canceled the watch early, before 7 p.m.

Scattered thunderstorms began to develop Friday after 3 p.m., according to 7News First Alert Meteorologist Jordan Evans. The first storms appeared west of the D.C. area and began moving east. The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning at 3:30 p.m. for Frederick County in Maryland and Loudoun County in Virginia, which expired at 4:15 p.m. That system packed wind gusts up to 60 mph.

“There is a slight risk for damaging wind gusts up to 65 mph with any of the storms that develop. Storms should move out of the region after sunset,” Evans said.

Potentially severe weather began to move closer to D.C. just before 6 p.m., with the National Weather Service issuing a severe thunderstorm warning for parts of Montgomery County in Maryland and Loudoun and Fairfax counties in Virginia. Heavy rain doused central Montgomery County, prompting the weather service to issue a flash flood warning for the area until 9:30 p.m.

The weather service also canceled that flash flood warning early, around 7:15 p.m., when the threat for severe weather was over for the D.C. area.

Just like Thursday, afternoon temperatures surged past the 90s, with heat index values climbing above 100, providing more fuel to the evening storms.

It could be a repeat on Saturday, with similar high temperatures and heat index values and another possibility of afternoon and evening storms with damaging wind gusts, according to Evans.

Sunday likely provides a break from stormy weather, Evans said, but temperatures are again expected to reach the low 90s, with heat index values near 100.

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FRIDAY EVENING: WEATHER ALERT UNTIL 8 P.M.
Partly cloudy with afternoon storms
Temperatures: 80s
Winds: Southwest 5-10 mph
Another summer sizzler for the D.C. region. Highs range from the 80s to lower 90s east of the Blue Ridge and heat index values around 100. Thunderstorms are expected and the Storm Prediction Center has the I-95 corridor from the D.C. area north toward Baltimore under a “slight” risk, Level 2 out of 5 for damaging wind gusts, hail and pockets of moderate to heavy rainfall. Storms should be somewhat faster-moving and more organized than Thursday, which lowers the flooding threat.

FRIDAY NIGHT: Scattered clouds and patchy fog
Lows: 72-78
Winds: Southwest 5 mph
It will remain warm and muggy overnight, with high humidity and areas of patchy fog possible toward Saturday morning.

SATURDAY: Partly cloudy with afternoon storms
Highs: 87-92 with a heat index of 95-100
Winds: Southwest 5-10 mph
Another hot and humid day with highs in the upper 80s to lower 90s east of the Blue Ridge and heat index values near 100. A weather maker will bring thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening. Storms may become more organized, with the greater severe weather potential focused along and north of I-66 and Route 50. Damaging wind gusts will again be the primary concern.

SUNDAY: Mostly sunny
Highs: 89-93 with a heat index of 95-100
Winds: West 5-10 mph
The hot and humid pattern continues, but thunderstorm coverage should ease somewhat compared with Friday and Saturday. Highs will reach the upper 80s and lower 90s east of the Blue Ridge, with Sunday beginning the hottest stretch of the forecast as the subtropical ridge strengthens over the region.

MONDAY: Partly cloudy
Highs: Around 95
Winds: West 5-10 mph
Hot and humid conditions continue with highs climbing into the lower to middle 90s east of the Blue Ridge. Heat index values could once again approach 100. Thunderstorm coverage remains somewhat lower initially, although additional disturbances will begin increasing storm chances again.

TUESDAY: Partly sunny with storms
Highs: 92-97
Winds: West 10-15 mph
Another very hot and humid day with highs in the lower to middle 90s and heat index values around 100 east of the Blue Ridge. Thunderstorm chances increase again as another upper-level disturbance moves through, beginning a period of greater storm coverage into the middle of the week.

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ĐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ meteorologist Mike Stinneford said some of the heaviest rain fell across the close-in western suburbs, including Potomac, Great Falls, McLean, Tysons and Springfield, as well as the Woodbridge area.

“Rainfall rates about an inch per hour, along with some gusty winds,” Stinneford said.

More afternoon and evening storms are possible Friday, as temperatures are again set to climb into the mid-90s. It could feel as hot as 102 on Friday afternoon. Just like Thursday, damaging winds will be the main concern with any storms that do pop up Friday.

The weekend may not bring relief from rough weather, as more afternoon storms are in the forecast Saturday with the potential for even more damaging winds.

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THURSDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy with storms ending
Lows: 70-75
Winds: East 5 mph
After a few lingering showers, it stays very warm and muggy, with temperatures settling to the 70s by dawn.

FRIDAY: Partly cloudy with afternoon storms
Highs: 90-95 with a heat index of 97-102
Winds: Southwest 5-10 mph
Partly sunny, hot and humid with afternoon temperatures reaching the low 90s. Heat index values climb into the low 100s. Scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop during the afternoon and evening, along with a chance for a few strong to severe storms. Damaging wind gusts will be the primary threat.

SATURDAY: Partly cloudy with afternoon storms
Highs: 87-92 with a heat index of 95-100
Winds: Southwest 5-10 mph
Hot and humid once again, with afternoon temperatures near 90 and heat index values close to 100. Scattered showers and thunderstorms develop during the afternoon and evening. Some storms may become strong to severe, with damaging wind gusts remaining the main concern.

SUNDAY: Mostly sunny
Highs: 88-93 with a heat index of 95-100
Winds: West 5-10 mph
A brief break from the daily thunderstorm chances is expected. It will be mostly dry, partly sunny, hot and humid, with afternoon temperatures reaching the low 90s. Heat index values climb into the upper 90s to near 100.

MONDAY: Hot and humid with a storm chance
Highs: 92-97
Winds: West 5-10 mph
Hot and humid conditions continue, with afternoon temperatures reaching the low to mid 90s and heat index values at or above 100. A few showers and thunderstorms may return later in the day or during the evening, beginning another stretch of daily storm chances.

Current conditions

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Montgomery County police on Wednesday who was killed as William Vance Payne II, 58, of Virginia. He was driving a 2007 Toyota Matrix along Clopper Road when a stolen 2015 Kia Optima, driven by the 13-year-old boy on Great Seneca Highway, entered the intersection of the two roads and struck the Toyota, police said.

The crash happened at around 5:25 a.m. Tuesday. Officers arrived to find both vehicles severely damaged. Payne was pronounced dead at the scene.

He was a father of five — a young son, two young daughters and two adult daughters — according to a GoFundMe page set up by family and friends.

The teen driver was taken to the hospital in a condition police described as critical but stable. The six passengers in the Kia were all also taken to hospitals. Inside the Kia were four girls, ages 14, 14, 13 and 12, and two boys, ages 15 and 12, along with the driver.

Courtesy Pete Piringer/Montgomery County Fire and Rescue

Courtesy Pete Piringer/Montgomery County Fire and Rescue

Courtesy Pete Piringer/Montgomery County Fire and Rescue

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The Kia was reported stolen from a home in Germantown several hours after the collision, police said.

The investigation into the crash may take several weeks to months to complete, police said. The Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office will decide which criminal charges, if any, are filed once it receives the evidence.

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Howell was the state senator representing District 32 from 1992 to 2024 and was chair of the state’s Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee.

Gov. Abigail Spanberger was one of several politicians in the commonwealth who took to social medial Sunday to share their memories of Howell, saying she was a warrior for education and a trailblazer for women in the state.

“She set a powerful example for so many of the women who have followed her in Virginia politics. My thoughts are with her loved ones at this difficult time,” Spanberger .

Virginia’s lieutenant governor, Ghazala Hashmi, that Howell was a mentor to many women, including herself, and was the first woman in Virginia’s history to serve as chair of the senate’s finance committee.

U.S. senators and also shared their condolences on social media.

Before her work in Virginia’s Senate, Howell served as a public schoolteacher and a legislative assistant, according to .

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Among the advisories lifted Friday is the contact advisory for the shoreline and river sediment between Lock 11 and the shoreline surrounding Minnie’s Island, and residents may resume recreational use of the area, Montgomery County Health Officer Dr. Kisha Davis said in a statement.

According to Davis, in these areas has shown bacterial concentrations have returned to acceptable levels.

As always, officials still recommend against ingesting any water from the Potomac River.

Significant rainfall can also cause bacteria levels to surge in the river for the next 48 to 72 hours, and the public should exercise additional caution regarding the river after heavy rain, the statement said.

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Officers responded to the crash at the intersection of University Boulevard West and Colesville Road, right next to Montgomery Blair High School, just before 10 p.m., Montgomery County police said.

A Chevy Silverado was traveling west on University Boulevard when it struck a guardrail, the curb, two trees and a utility police, all of which were on the left side of the road, according to police. The Chevy overturned, police said, and then struck the rear of two vehicles stopped at a red light at the intersection of University Boulevard and Colesville Road.

Two men inside the Silverado became trapped. The driver died at the scene and the other man was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

Everyone else involved in the crash was not injured and declined transport to the hospital, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service spokesman David Pazos.

Below is a map of the area where the crash happened.

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The Fairfax County Police Department in Virginia identified the man shot Tuesday by one of its officers after the man allegedly tried to grab the officer’s gun.

Nehemia Fuentes Banegas, 26, of Annandale, Virginia, is charged with attempted disarming of a law enforcement officer and is being held at the Fairfax County jail on no bond.

According to police, Fuentes Banegas was armed with two knives and had stabbed himself before running away from the home police had been called to Tuesday morning. Officers went to the home in the 7000 block of Sutter Lane after the man’s wife told police he had threatened her and stabbed himself.

Once officers got there, they began searching a wooded area for Fuentes Banegas.

“As officers searched the area, Fuentes Banegas suddenly emerged from heavy brush, violently grabbed an officer’s firearm, and attempted to disarm him. The officer discharged his firearm while a second officer simultaneously deployed his department-issued taser,” the department said in a news release.

Fuentes Banegas was grazed by one of the shots, according to Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis, and was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis said he had never encountered anyone grabbing his gun during his 35 years in law enforcement.

Davis said body-camera video also helped investigators recover two knives that police allege Fuentes Banegas had used to stab himself.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Fuentes Banegas entered the United States through Texas in 2022 without legal authorization and was released into the country. ICE said it has .

In a statement, Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis called on Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger and other state officials . Bis criticized Spanberger’s policies limiting state cooperation with ICE.

The officer who shot Fuentes Banegas is a 12-year veteran of the force assigned to the K9 Unit and has been placed on restricted duty status pending the outcome of criminal and administrative investigations, the department said.

Body-worn camera footage of the shooting will be released within 30 days in accordance with the department’s guidelines. The name of the officer will be released within 10 days.

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Of the 148 cases this year, 144 occurred from May 1 through Tuesday; 48 were acquired domestically, 54 were acquired internationally and 46 are pending further investigation, according to the department.

Health officials in Maryland have not identified a common link for this year’s cases, department spokeswoman Amanda Hils told ĐÓ°ÉÔ­´´.

Since May 1, the has received reports of more than 6,700 laboratory-confirmed domestic cases of cyclosporiasis; more than 11,500 cases are not yet laboratory confirmed or require further investigation to determine the source was domestic.

The highest number of cases is in Michigan, followed by Ohio. An outbreak in that region has been tied to iceberg lettuce distributed by Taylor Farms and served at Taco Bell restaurants.

According to the latest numbers on the , the commonwealth has reported 126 cases total, 66 of which were acquired domestically, 31 internationally and 29 pending more investigation.

Along with diarrhea, other symptoms of cyclosporiasis include fatigue, loss of appetite, substantial weight loss, increased gas and bloating, stomach cramps, nausea, vomiting and low-grade fever, according to the . Symptoms usually begin around a week after eating contaminated food or drinking contaminated water.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Police began investigating 39-year-old Nathaniel Lee, who worked as a tax preparer and Franconia Museum guide, in December 2022. Lee was requesting child sex abuse images on the file sharing network Freenet, prosecutors said.

When officers executed a search warrant in June 2024, they took multiple devices of Lee’s that contained a “large volume” of images and videos depicting minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct. Lee would later admit to possessing around 4 million images of child sex abuse material, according to prosecutors.

Lee was convicted Monday following a bench trial on three total counts in connection to his possession of the images and is scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 6.

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The Capitals open their season Oct. 2 at 7 p.m. against the Carolina Hurricanes at Lenovo Center before heading to Tampa to face the Lightning the very next day, the team announced Thursday. That is the first of 14 sets of back-to-back games for the Caps.

Washington will host its first game of the season Oct. 7 at 7:30 p.m. against their archrivals, the Pittsburgh Penguins.

For those families who celebrate Capsgiving, Washington will again be hosting games on the day before and the day after the Thanksgiving holiday. The Capitals host Philadelphia Nov. 25 and Florida comes to town Nov. 27.

The Caps also have a home game the day after Christmas against Columbus and on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 14, against the Utah Mammoth at 1 p.m.

Washington’s schedule pauses from Feb. 4-12, overlapping with the 2027 NHL All-Star Weekend on Feb. 5 and 6.

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The 21-year-old second baseman and 11th overall pick in the 2026 MLB Draft has deep ties to the D.C. region. He’s from Potomac, Maryland, and played his high school ball at Winston Churchill, where he was named the 2022 Maryland Gatorade Player of the Year and a 2022 Washington Post All-Met selection.

According to MLB.com, Hacopian grew up a Nationals fan, admiring the likes of Ian Desmond, Danny Espinosa and others. He also played his first two collegiate seasons at the University of Maryland, where his father Derek played before him, before transferring to Texas A&M for his junior season.

With the Aggies, Hacopian hit .319 with 11 home runs and 41 RBI across 42 games en route to being named First-Team All-Southeastern Conference and a Third-Team All-American by Baseball America, the Nationals said in a news release.

After inking his contract Wednesday, Hacopian donned his new jersey and ball cap and stepped onto D.C.’s beloved diamond as a part of the Nationals organization for the first time.

“That was so cool, oh my gosh. I’ve been in the stands like, 100 times, but being on the field is so different,” he said.

Hacopian was ranked 14th among MLB Draft prospects by MLB.com. The 6-foot-1-inch, 210-pound second baseman boasted one of the best bats in college baseball, according to MLB.com, with excellent control over the strike zone and feel for the barrel, along with solid pop.

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Sarah Katherine Magid, 36, was a teacher at Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary School in Silver Spring, Maryland, at the time of her arrest in 2024 on charges related to drug distribution. According to court documents, Magid sold fentanyl in March 2024 to a man who was found dead from an overdose just two days after the transaction.

The investigation into Magid also revealed texts that indicated she would step outside the school to sell drugs during school hours.

Texts in the charging documents show the man who fatally overdosed in March 2024 asking Magid for pills on numerous occasions, specifically “Xans,” slang for the benzodiazepine Xanax. There was also evidence of benzodiazepines in the man’s system when he overdosed.

Just two days before the man was found dead, message transcripts in charging documents show he was texting with Magid throughout the day to arrange the delivery of 30 pills. When the man had picked up 30 pills for Magid, she responded saying, “I’ll give you 1 (one) I guess,” followed by a message reading, “As long as it’s 30.”

Hours later, charging documents say Magid informed the man she was getting “bars,” slang for a specific rectangular shape of Xanax. The man responded by saying, “($)16 for a bar?” followed by, “I’ll get 2.”

That night, March 23, the man texted Magid saying he believed the pills were fake and Magid began assuring him that was not the case, charging documents said. In the early morning hours, he texted Magid that he’d changed his mind and believed the pills were real.

On the morning of March 24, Magid texted the man, “U want more xans lmk,” charging documents stated. Magid continued to text the man throughout the day and the following days and got no response.

The man was found dead the night of March 25.

Magid was sentenced to 151 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis also ordered Magid to pay restitution of just over $25,000 for costs associated with the funeral of the man who overdosed.

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One person is dead after a small plane crashed Tuesday near Fredericksburg, Virginia.

The small plane, a Montana Coyote, crashed at 11:05 a.m. Tuesday near Shannon Airport. The only occupant, 78-year-old Rowland Babcock Jr., of Ruther Glen, Virginia, died as result of the crash.

The single-engine, two-seat plane went down at the Greenline Service Corporation, a tractor dealer across the street from the airport.

“I can see where the plane … a single-engine, home-built, short takeoff and landing aircraft, and it is crumpled at the end of the parking lot around a lot of the tractor equipment,” ĐÓ°ÉÔ­´´’s Jimmy Alexander reported from the scene.

“As I was standing here I just watched a plane fly over, and I guess that the landing path that they fly right over this parking lot, all the time. The airport is literally across the street from this John Deere tractor store,” Alexander said.

The National Transportation Safety Board said in a post on X it was investigating the crash. The Federal Aviation Administration has also been notified, Virginia State Police said.

Tuesday afternoon, the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office said in a post on social media there was a large emergency personnel presence near Shannon Airport.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

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