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17 hours ago | wavy.com | Jenny Gable

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — A Manassas man is being held behind bars after he allegedly sexually assaulted a child he met on Instagram, police announced Thursday. Officers arrested Widman Vicente Lopez, 19, on June 4, charging him with rape, solicitation of a minor and use of communications systems to facilitate certain offenses involving minors.

1 day ago | wavy.com | Jane Alvarez-Wertz

SATELLITE BEACH, Fla. (WAVY) – A Florida beachgoer captured video of a swarm of sand fleas at Satellite Beach. Denise Derrick Wright described the scene as “crazy.”She posted the video on her Facebook page on May 27 and noted that while it’s sand flea season, she’s never seen anything quite like this. “Just want beachgoers to know not to be afraid of them,” Derrick Wright said in her post. “Growing up in Satellite Beach I used to love digging them up! Just so weird seeing them in a colony like that.

2 days ago | wavy.com | Jeremy Wheeler

This morning we had quiet weather again. We had lots of sunshine again. But we also had that overhead haze as well. As I mentioned yesterday, this haze is from the long-travelled wildfire smoke coming out of the numerous wildfires in Canada. The smoke dropped down to the south. Then the smoke rolled east. Today is seems that a wig waft of smoke will come back in off of the ocean. The problem today is that the smoke and haze may drop down a little lower.

2 days ago | wavy.com | Hannah Leyva |Harrison Grubb

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Fraud text messages claiming to be from the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles are making the rounds again. According to NCDMV, the scam texts “falsely claim to request payment for fees, fines or tolls and may appear to come from the NCDMV.”In addition to requests for payments, they also include language threatening consequences such as the suspension of the victim’s vehicle registration and driver’s license if the fee isn’t paid.

2 days ago | wavy.com | Madie MacDonald

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — The Virginia Beach Police Department is hosting a catalytic converter engraving event on Saturday. According to a Facebook post, the event will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the department’s Third Precinct, located at 926 Independence Boulevard. The event is free, but registration is required. Several slots for Saturday’s event remain open. Those interested in attending can register for the event using the link here. Continue to check WAVY.com for updates.