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Man charged with shooting guard at Virginia federal facility 02/12/2021 11:32am • According to court documents, William Douglas Rankin, 44, is alleged to have entered the Social Security Administration building in Norfolk on Feb. 8, armed with a .380 firearm, a 9 millimeter rifle, and approximately 600 rounds of ammunition, including three fully loaded extended 9 mm magazines. T Would 'super drunk' drivers in Va. be empowered by repealing mandatory minimum sentences? 02/12/2021 10:05am • As lawmakers in Virginia's General Assembly advance bills to eliminate mandatory minimum sentences for all but the most serious crimes, anti-drunk driving advocates fear a new law would empower the worst of the commonwealth's serial drunken drivers. "It's obviously part of a larger, sweeping cri Task force presents 80 changes to overhaul DC's justice system 02/11/2021 05:30pm • Two years after a group of dozens of D.C. community leaders took on a review of the city's jail system, it is making 80 "thoughtful and concrete" recommendations for major changes to improve the District's justice system. In her note at the top of the 80-page report, Shelley Broderick, the chair Man held in killing of Virginia woman found on I-80 in Pennsylvania 02/11/2021 09:33am • MILTON, Pa. (AP) — Police in Connecticut apprehended a Texas man wanted in the slaying of a Virginia woman whose body was found on Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania, officials said. State troopers said they arrested Tracy Rollins Jr., 28, of Dallas, on Wednesday at a truck stop in Southington, Conn Ex-Baltimore officer sentenced for lying about drug bust 02/09/2021 02:56pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — A former Baltimore police detective has been sentenced to just over a year in prison on charges he lied to federal agents about a scheme to sell drugs from a cocaine bust more than a decade ago. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland said former Baltimore pol DC bill would expand support for crime victims 02/09/2021 10:16am • A new bill aims to help victims of violent crime in D.C. both financially and emotionally. The Expanding Supports for Crime Victims Amendment Act of 2021 would expand eligibility for victim compensation, create new “crime victim advocates” for certain serious crimes and strengthen the Distric Maryland lawmakers eye repeal of law officers’ Bill of Rights 02/08/2021 01:38pm • BOWIE, Md. — A proposed law in the Maryland House of Delegates could roll back certain protections for law enforcement officers. HB0151, sponsored by Del. Gabriel Acevero, D-Montgomery, would fully repeal Maryland’s Law Enforcement Officers Bill of Rights. The law, which provides certain p Montgomery Co. task force releases changes for public safety focusing on racial injustices 02/04/2021 08:32pm • Fewer police on streets and eliminating funding for officers in schools are among the key recommendations of a task force on public safety in Montgomery County, Maryland. The Reimagining Public Safety Task Force says a change in law enforcement culture needs to happen soon. "I think social jus WTOP and PodcastOne Announce Return of “American Nightmare Series” Podcast 02/01/2021 07:03am • WTOP and PodcastOne Announce Return of “American Nightmare Series” Podcast Award-winning podcast returns for stunning 2nd Season February 2021 Washington, D.C. (February 1, 2021) – WTOP News and PodcastOne, a leading podcast platform and a subsidiary of LiveXLive Media (NASDAQ: LIVX), anno 'I'm the stranger': Ex-DC chief Newsham aims to build relationships in Prince William Co. 01/29/2021 05:02am • Few people start a new job with critics already calling for their firing. When former D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham comes to work on day one as Prince William County, Virginia's chief of police, he said he hopes to eventually win-over those who believe he's not the right person for the job. Bowser appoints DC's first gun violence prevention director 01/28/2021 01:08pm • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser appointed Linda Harllee Harper as the city's first gun violence prevention director during a news conference Thursday. Harper currently serves as the senior deputy director to D.C.'s Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services. "Linda is a visionary leader in social an Bill to eliminate Va. death penalty advances; cost savings debated 01/26/2021 01:55pm • Eliminating the death penalty in Virginia would cost the commonwealth about $77,000 to house and feed two current death row inmates, but free up almost $4 million yearly by eliminating the state's Capital Defender Service, which represents defendants in cases eligible for the death penalty. Virgi Policing Through Change: Officers leaving the job fear prosecution, not reforms 01/25/2021 04:50am • Despite a largely peaceful Inauguration Day, police officers remain anxious following the attack on the U.S. Capitol, where rioters targeted officers. Threats to their safety are just the latest concern in what has been a tumultuous year in policing. WTOP Investigative Reporter Megan Cloherty spo Md. lawmakers, advocates continue push to remove governor from parole process 01/20/2021 11:50pm • Maryland lawmakers are looking to remove the governor ― and potentially politics ― from parole decisions. Maryland is one of just a few remaining states that require its governor to sign off on the state parole board’s recommendations for parole and commutation of life sentences. Because Gallaudet student accused of participating in Capitol riot 01/20/2021 04:27am • A student at Gallaudet University in D.C. is accused of taking part in the riot at the Capitol earlier this month. Vitali Gossjankowski contacted D.C. police to express that he wanted to turn himself in. He said that someone called him to let him know that his image was in FBI wanted posters of r