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Police warn of inheritance email scam

Local police investigators have received more than a dozen reports of an inheritance scam involving emails supposedly sent from the Fairfax County Police Department.

Tags: crime, email scam, inheritance

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Police identify victim in Landover homicide

Prince George's County Police have identified a man whose body was found inside an industrial building in Landover.

Tags: Landover, homicide, crime

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Va. trooper run down by driver to leave hospital

A Virginia State Police trooper run down by a driver is getting out of the hospital.

Tags: crime, traffic accidents, virginia state trooper

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Body found along Herndon path after cold night

Police say a man's body was found along a walking path in Herndon.

Tags: body found, Herndon, Va.,

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Sawed-off shot gun used in hotel robbery

Montgomery County police have arrested a Silver Spring man on charges that he robbed eight people with a sawed-off shotgun at a hotel Friday night.

Tags: crime, robbery, hotel, sawed-off shotgun, Silver Spring, Md.

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5 injured in shooting at DC nightclub

District of Columbia police are searching for a suspect who opened fire at a northeast Washington nightclub, sending five people to the hospital.

Tags: shooting

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Va. snowstorm keeps state police busy

Virginia State Police were scrambling at the height of a storm that coated interstates and city streets across the commonwealth with a slick covering of snow.

Tags: snow, traffic accidents

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Gun used to kill NY cop made familiar trip with stops in Va.

The history of a gun used to kill a New York City cop included a sale in a Virginia pawn shop and was lost when a prior owner was evicted from his Virginia apartment. New York prosecutors say its journey north to the city is all too common.

Tags: gun violence, gun laws, illegal guns, crime, Colonial Heights, Va.

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Va. father charged with toddler's murder

A Manassas man was charged Friday with murdering his 15-month-old son after medical examiners determined that the boy drowned.

Tags: crime, homicide, Prince McLeod Rams

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2 arrested in Fort Washington gang shooting

Prince George's police have arrested two teen boys and are looking for a third suspect in the gang-related shooting of Marcus Jones less than a day after police pleaded with parents and students to come forward with information about the fatal shooting during a community meeting.

Tags: Marcus Antonio Jones, crime, homicide, fatal shooting, gang shooting, Prince Georges County Police

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