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'Insight into a twisted mind': Why Alexandria's serial killer chose his victims, their neighborhood 10/15/2019 04:22am • Charles Severance is escorted out of a courtroom for a lunch break during his trial at the Fairfax County Circuit County in Fairfax, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015. Severance is accused of three murders over the course of a decade in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, Pool) Years after serial ki Column: Throw a flag on these NFL refs 10/15/2019 03:36am • Roughly a third of the way through the NFL schedule, it's been a pretty rough go of it for the league's officials — whether or not they chose to recognize it. There's not only been an uptick in penalties from last season's all-time record — excluding the Monday night game in Green Bay, there Catalan independence leaders given lengthy prison sentences by Spanish court 10/14/2019 05:17am • Nine Catalan independence leaders have received lengthy prison sentences of between nine and 13 years for their part in a failed 2017 attempt to split from Spain, but were acquitted of the most serious charge against them. Three other defendants were found guilty of disobedience, fined and banned Former Montgomery Co. school counselor gets 20 years for sexually assaulting 2 women 10/11/2019 10:50pm • A former Montgomery County, Maryland, high school guidance counselor has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually assaulting two women he met online using the popular dating app Tinder. An investigation started after the women came forward and told police they were raped by Colin Sime Bl Drunk driver convicted in Waldorf crash where baby died; prosecutor disappointed in possible sentence 10/08/2019 07:12am • A Charles County, Maryland, jury convicted a driver who was drunk of multiple offenses in a 2018 Waldorf crash that killed a 3-month-old baby. While satisfied that the jury found Michael Maurice Ford, 50, of Columbia guilty of grossly negligent manslaughter with a vehicle and negligent homicide b DC sex abuse victims are encouraged to file civil suits 10/07/2019 06:30pm • D.C. Councilman David Grosso makes an announcement on the Statute of Limitations Amendment Act of 2018. With him are Jeffrey Dion, CEO of the Zero Abuse Project; former NFL player Al Chesley, a survivor of sexual abuse; D.C. Councilwoman Mary Cheh; Renee Williams of the National Crime Victim Bar As DC Council considers bill to stop cooperation with ICE 10/05/2019 01:18pm • A D.C. Council member is proposing emergency legislation to prohibit the District from cooperating with federal immigration agencies. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has declared the District a sanctuary city, and a law passed in 2012 set restrictions on when the Department of Corrections can hold indiv Case Closed: Objections to the new uses of DNA evidence 10/04/2019 05:00am • This is Part 3 of a three-part series on WTOP.com about DNA evidence, its evolution and how it's being used in the D.C. area and beyond. READ PART 1: A Reston company that helps police crack DNA evidence READ PART 2: How police use DNA evidence to work backward, and then forward Anne Md. Coast Guard lieutenant pleads guilty to gun and drug crimes 10/03/2019 12:59pm • GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A Coast Guard lieutenant from Silver Spring, Maryland, accused of stockpiling weapons and targeting prominent Democrats and TV journalists, pleaded guilty Thursday to gun and drug charges. Christopher Hasson, 50, signed the plea agreement moments after stepping into the co New laws that take effect in Md. on Oct. 1 09/30/2019 11:18am • A general view of the front of the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) Hundreds of Maryland laws are going into effect Tuesday, spanning subjects from criminal justice reform to election law to the state’s medical cannabis commission. A generous number of the Hopeful and disappointed: 2 groups differ on nominee for Montgomery County police chief 09/25/2019 07:00pm • The county executive's proposal to give Montgomery County, Maryland's acting police chief the top job officially is receiving mixed responses from two community groups. The Silver Spring Justice Coalition is "very disappointed," according to steering committee member Katie Stauss. Citing Marcu Prince George's Co. police officer charged in domestic-related assault faces suspension 09/25/2019 05:30pm • A Prince George's County police officer accused of assaulting his girlfriend while he was off duty Tuesday night in Laurel, Maryland, has been charged, and the department will suspend him without pay. Cpl. Steven Davis, who has been with the department for seven years, faces multiple charges, inc 'Violence in the Home' panel in Montgomery Co. spreads awareness about signs of abuse 09/21/2019 03:40pm • Community members, advocates and law enforcement officials gathered in Montgomery Village, Maryland, on Saturday to discuss the many signs of abuse during a panel at the Covenant United Methodist Church. Sen. Nancy King (District 39) moderated the panel discussion: "Violence in the Home." "The Supreme Court DC sniper case examines teen murderers' sentences 09/21/2019 10:20am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Lee Boyd Malvo, who terrorized the Washington region in 2002 as one-half of a sniper team, is at the center of a case the Supreme Court will hear this fall. But the justices' eventual ruling probably will mean less for him than for a dozen other inmates who, like the now-34-year- Former director of military charity sentenced to 1 year in prison for fraud, tax evasion 09/15/2019 03:21pm • FILE — Armed Forces Foundation President Patricia Driscoll is shown during an interview at the Venetian hotel-casino Sunday, May 25, 2008, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/ Ronda Churchill) The former director of a major military charity was sentenced to a year and a day in prison on Friday for stealin