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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 Virginia man indicted for illegal gun possession, child porn 11/04/2020 02:49pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal grand jury has returned an indictment accusing a Virginia man of illegally purchasing a weapon, possessing an explosive device and receiving child pornography. The U.S. Department of Justice said in a news release on Wednesday that 22-year-old Ryan J. Millican, of 3 stabbed during DC protests 11/04/2020 01:00pm • While Tuesday night's election watch parties and protest events around the White House, Black Lives Matter Plaza and the streets of Northwest D.C. generally concluded peacefully, police in the District are looking into a stabbing that took place around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday. D.C. police said two me DC forensic lab under scrutiny after evidence errors discovered in murder cases 11/02/2020 04:25am • The Firearms Examination Unit houses the guns it collects from crimes inside the city’s department of forensics. (WTOP/Megan Cloherty) Federal prosecutors in D.C. have opened a sweeping audit into the handling of ballistics evidence by the District’s forensic lab after the discovery of a bot US marshals recover 27 missing children in Virginia 10/31/2020 04:07am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice said federal marshals have recovered 27 children reported as missing throughout the state of Virginia. A news release on Friday announced the completion of a five-day law enforcement effort, dubbed “Operation Find Our Children." The departme Pennsylvania man charged with Potomac home arson 10/29/2020 08:13am • A Pennsylvania man has been arrested on murder and arson charges for allegedly setting a Potomac, Maryland, home on fire Monday night. Montgomery County fire personnel responded to 11132 Korman Drive, near Kilgour Branch Stream Valley Park, around 10:45 p.m. Monday. They found a vehicle on fire i 'Out of whack': Va. lawmakers vote to end jury sentences in criminal trials 10/24/2020 08:29pm • Virginia lawmakers have voted to change a 224-year-old jury sentencing law, with the hope of ensuring defendants can choose a jury trial without facing the likelihood of a stiffer punishment if convicted. Currently, Virginia and Kentucky are the only two states that mandate if a defendant or pros An alternative to jail for defendants with mental illness in Fairfax County 10/23/2020 09:49am • Virginia — like many states — has a high percentage of jail inmates who have mental illness, and Fairfax County is trying to reduce that number, administer justice after an arrest and keep mentally ill inmates from being re-arrested and returning to jail. Last year, after getting approval fro Maryland corrections officers charged in smuggling case 10/21/2020 05:30pm • BALTIMORE — Three corrections officers and four detainees at Baltimore’s state-run, federal jail have been indicted by a federal grand jury after prosecutors say an investigation revealed ongoing smuggling of drugs, cellphones and other contraband. The Baltimore Sun reports the U.S. Departmen Virginia legislators advance police and criminal justice reform measures 10/19/2020 12:40pm • RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia General Assembly wrapped up the agenda this month for the special session that began Aug. 18. Legislators introduced over 50 police and criminal justice reform bills during the session. Gov. Ralph Northam called the session to update the state budget and to address Former Md. corrections officer pleads guilty to racketeering conspiracy charge 10/17/2020 10:13am • A former correctional officer at a maximum-security prison in Jessup, Maryland, has pleaded guilty to a federal racketeering conspiracy charge, the United States Attorney's Office announced Friday. Chanel Pierce, 27, of Pikesville pleaded guilty to a charge of federal racketeering conspiracy in c Arlington man gets 15 years for coercion and sexual abuse of a child 10/17/2020 01:32am • An Arlington, Virginia, man was sentenced in federal court to 15 years in prison for sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl. Court documents say that Jose Parra-Camargo, 45, coerced and enticed a girl in the Richmond area for sex several times in 2016 and 2017 over the app Kik. Parra-Camargo told Montgomery Co. police see different types of crime committed during pandemic 10/16/2020 10:49pm • In Montgomery County, Maryland, there was a sharp drop in crime calls when the coronavirus pandemic started. Then, police began seeing changes in the types of calls compared to a typical year. "Most of our crime categories are down, other than homicide, and our aggravated assaults are up, as well Fairfax Co. prosecutor explains decision against murder charges in Bijan Ghaisar case 10/16/2020 11:29am • After an almost three year investigation and cries for justice in the 2017 shooting of unarmed driver Bijan Ghaisar, Fairfax County Commonwealth's Attorney Steve Descano said Thursday's indictments of two U.S. Park Police officers for manslaughter and reckless use of a firearm fit the crimes in the Twin sisters seek charges in brother's 2002 Montgomery County killing 10/14/2020 10:50pm • Twin sisters have gone to Montgomery County, Maryland, District Court to seek murder charges against three people they believe are responsible for the death of their brother 18 years ago. The family of Tylandis Cortez Washington is frustrated that years of police investigations have failed to pro