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DC-area men plead guilty to multistate dogfighting conspiracy 06/02/2021 12:54pm • The texts seemed friendly: "Can we play today?"  and "Are we playing with the girls today?" The dogs' names included Cookie Monster and Katie. Instead, the texts between men were confirmation of details related to a multistate illegal dogfighting network. Four men from Virginia, Maryland and 25 years later, FBI still seeks information in deaths of hikers in Va. 06/01/2021 01:34pm • The FBI said Tuesday they’re still looking for the public’s help in finding out who killed two hikers in Shenandoah National Park 25 years ago. The bodies of Julianne "Julie" Williams, 24, and Laura "Lollie" Winans, 26, were found by park rangers at their campsite near Skyland Resort on June Man arrested after 2 burglaries, assault on police officer in Woodbridge 06/01/2021 07:32am • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. A 32-year-old man is jailed without bond after two burglaries and an assault on a police officer Saturday afternoon on Winslow Court in Judge hears arguments in suits against Trump, Barr over 2020 Lafayette Square protest 05/28/2021 01:57pm • A federal judge is considering arguments in four lawsuits against former President Donald Trump, former Attorney General William Barr and local and federal police agencies, each claiming the constitutional rights of protesters were violated on June 1, 2020, at Lafayette Square, across the street fro Beltsville 'pimp' sentenced to 8 years for conspiracy to commit sex trafficking 05/28/2021 11:17am • A Beltsville, Maryland, man was sentenced Friday to eight years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit sex trafficking. His three victims include a 17-year-old girl, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a news release. Kamal Dorchy, 46, to whom the DOJ refers as a "pimp" in the release, DC police arrest suspect in shooting of mother, 5-year-old son in Logan Circle 05/27/2021 03:57pm • A suspect has been arrested in connection to the shooting of a mother and her 5-year-old son outside their home in the Logan Circle neighborhood of D.C. D.C. police said 26-year-old Anthony Bedney, of Northwest D.C., was arrested and charged with two counts of assault with intent to kill and poss 'Help us find that car:' Police say car is key in Springfield double shooting investigation 05/26/2021 11:34pm • Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, are asking the public to help them find a car that they believe is key in the investigation into the fatal double shooting of a husband and wife. Fairfax County police identified the victims as Edward McDaniel Jr., 55, and Brenda McDaniel, 63, both of Springfie DC auditor on Deon Kay killing: Deadly force justified by police, but mistakes made 05/25/2021 10:38am • The use of deadly force was justified in the 2020 D.C. police shooting of 18-year-old Deon Kay, but a D.C. auditor's report finds officers "acted recklessly and without a plan." D.C. Auditor Kathy Patterson's use-of-force review said that officers "squandered any opportunity to de-escalate the si Director of embattled DC crime lab stepping down 05/19/2021 10:02pm • DFS Director Jenifer Smith testifies before the D.C. Council Feb 6, 2020. The director of the embattled D.C. Department of Forensic Sciences is stepping down. Dr. Jenifer Smith, who was appointed to run the lab by Mayor Muriel Bowser in 2015, submitted her resignation to the mayor Wednesday, Victim, filmmakers reflect on DC Sniper attacks in true-crime TV series 'I, Sniper' 05/17/2021 01:18pm • Next year marks the 20th anniversary of the D.C. sniper attacks of 2002. The harrowing days are chronicled in the new documentary TV series "I, Sniper." "No one's ever tried to do something this ambitious," Creative Director John Smithson told WTOP. "There were three prongs to this: the f Maryland state senator announces bid for Frederick County executive 05/17/2021 12:05pm • Sen. Michael Hough (R-Frederick). (Courtesy Maryland Matters/Danielle E. Gaines) Maryland Senate Minority Whip Michael J. Hough (R) announced Monday that he will forego a re-election bid and instead run for Frederick County executive in 2022. “Voters in Frederick County will face a crucial The bench has grown, so why aren’t more women running for high office in Md.? 05/13/2021 09:37am • Brooke E. Lierman, a Democratic delegate from the city of Baltimore, is running for state comptroller, a position that’s never been held by a woman in Maryland history. There’s never been a female governor or state attorney general, either. (Maryland Matters/Danielle E. Gaines) This content Virginia Democrats running for governor support restoring parole for inmates 05/12/2021 07:20am • Several Virginia Democratic candidates for governor took part in a town hall meeting Tuesday night focused on criminal justice reform, and all called for parole to be restored for prison inmates. Virginia abolished discretionary parole in 1995 and required offenders to serve at least 85% of their DC lawmaker calls for new leader at embattled District crime lab 05/11/2021 03:28pm • A D.C. lawmaker is calling for new leadership at the District's embattled Department of Forensic Sciences, which had its accreditation to perform forensic testing withdrawn and remains the subject of an ongoing criminal investigation. In an exclusive interview with WTOP Tuesday morning, Ward 6 D. Maryland man sentenced in scheme to defraud the elderly 05/07/2021 12:08am • A Maryland man has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison following a scheme that defrauded more than 100 elderly people. A federal jury convicted Keno Romario Brown, 26, of Hyattsville, in March 2020 of mail and wire fraud over a lottery scheme. The judge ordered Brown to pay $775,225 i