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Looking for a good read? Amazon releases 'best books of the year' list 12/03/2020 05:57am • It's the most wonderful time of the year for curling up by the fire with a glass of eggnog — and a great book. With all of the changes wrought by pandemic, many people have taken up new habits or rediscovered old ones, and reading is at the top of the list for many. If you're looking to find 'You can trust this laboratory': DC crime lab director responds to scrutiny of firearms unit 12/02/2020 04:24am • Jenifer Smith leads the D.C. Department of Forensic Sciences. She was named to the position in 2015. (Photo by Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post via Getty Images)   After the discovery of a botched firearms analysis at the D.C. Department of Forensic Sciences led federal prosecutors to Bill that could let more DC prisoners out early clears committee 11/24/2020 04:36am • A D.C. Council committee approved a bill Monday that would give more prisoners the opportunity for early release, despite opposition from law enforcement. The Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety passed the legislation, which would allow some prisoners convicted of violent crimes — incl Montgomery Co. music teacher sentenced for child porn possession 11/20/2020 07:00pm • A man who once taught music to kids from his home in Montgomery County, Maryland, was sentenced to more than four years in prison for possessing millions of pornographic images featuring children on his computer. Charles Victor Kopfstein-Penk, 75, of Bethesda, pleaded guilty to federal charges of Incarceration destabilizes local economies, doesn’t increase safety, report says 11/20/2020 11:00am • A report released by the Maryland Center for Economic Policy suggests decreasing the state’s prison budget will lead to a healthier economy and increased public safety. The report, released Wednesday, found that Black Marylanders are 4 1/2 times more likely to serve prison sentences than any ot Prince George's County gets $470K grant to tackle cold cases 11/19/2020 04:30pm • New DNA technology could help solve old criminal cases in Prince George's County, Maryland, where State's Attorney Aisha Braveboy announced a $470,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice. The grant will fund a three-year program aimed at solving cold cases, some of which stretch as far back No federal charges in DC police shooting of Deon Kay, 18, whose death prompted protests 11/19/2020 04:11pm • Federal prosecutors will not pursue civil rights charges in the fatal police shooting of 18-year-old Deon Kay, who was killed by a D.C. police officer in September. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia said in a statement Thursday that "the U.S. Attorney’s Office cannot pro Police: Weed killer used to write "Trump" on Delaware lawn 11/18/2020 08:56am • LEWES, Del. — Police in Delaware are investigating after weed killer was apparently used to write the word “Trump” on a front lawn that has had signs supporting Joe Biden and the Black Lives Matter movement. The Delaware State News reports that the incident was reported Friday in the city o Defense attorneys seek to move Bijan Ghaisar case to federal court 11/17/2020 08:00pm • Attorneys representing the two U.S. Park Police officers charged in the 2017 shooting death of Bijan Ghaisar are seeking to move their cases to federal court. In two separate motions filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in Alexandria, attorneys for officers Lucas Viny 31 years later, convicted murderer Jose Rodriguez-Cruz pleads guilty to killing estranged wife 11/16/2020 12:15pm • Police searched for the remains of Pamela Butler along I-95 in Stafford County, Virginia. Inset is an image of Marta Haydee Rodriguez, who disappeared in 1989, and whose remains were found in the same area. Jose Rodriguez-Cruz has admitted killing both Butler and Haydee Rodriguez. (Credit: NBC Wash FBI: Hate crime murders surged to record high in 2019 11/16/2020 11:21am • ▶ Watch Video: FBI reports 2019 was deadliest year on record for hate crimes Hate crime murders surged to a record high in 2019 and overall hate crime incidents also rose, according to annual data released Monday by the FBI. Data shows 51 people were the victims of murder or non-neg Virginia man sentenced for defrauding COVID-19 relief 11/13/2020 03:22pm • ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Federal prosecutors said a Virginia man has been sentenced to a year in prison and two years of supervised release for defrauding the COVID-19 relief program. The U.S. Department of Justice said in a news release Friday that 43-year-old Tarik Jaafar, of Ashburn, conspired Gang members indicted in murder in Charlottesville, two murder attempts in Prince William 11/11/2020 08:24pm • 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. Federal prosecutors unsealed indictments Wednesday charging three MS-13 gang members for their roles in multiple violent crimes inclu Maryland man accused of fentanyl possession, assaulting officer 11/05/2020 04:57pm • GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — Federal prosecutors said a grand jury has indicted a Maryland man on charges of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and assault on a federal officer. The U.S. Department of Justice said in a news release that the grand jury returned the indictment against 31-year Virginia man pleads guilty in fatal fentanyl overdose 11/04/2020 03:44pm • ALEXENDRIA, Va. (AP) — A Virginia man has pleaded guilty to selling fentanyl to a person who later died of an overdose. The U.S. Department of Justice said 35-year-old Peter Andrew Romm, of Reston, regularly traveled to Baltimore to buy heroin and fentanyl that he then sold to customers in Nort