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DC man charged with 2nd-degree murder in fatal shooting of 13-year-old Karon Blake 01/31/2023 06:30pm • A D.C. man, who fatally shot a 13-year-old who was reportedly breaking into cars, has been charged with second-degree murder after police say video evidence turned up discrepancies in the man's account of what happened. Jason Lewis, 41, of Northeast D.C. turned himself into police about 8 a.m. Tu Stafford Co. deputies arrest man for DUI, allegedly staggering around Target while drunk 01/29/2023 09:09pm • A man is facing several charges after allegedly driving drunk and staggering around a Target store while intoxicated, according to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office. In a news release, deputies said they responded to the Target on Stafford Market Place in Virginia on Jan. 26 after getting a ca North Carolina man pleads guilty for 2021 bomb threat near Library of Congress 01/28/2023 09:39am • On Friday, a North Carolina man pleaded guilty for calling in a bomb threat to the Library of Congress in D.C. in August of 2021. Floyd Ray Roseberry, 52, of Grover, North Carolina, pleaded guilty to one charge of threats to use explosives during a standoff with police that lasted four hours near Auto thefts, carjackings in major U.S. cities spike, new report finds 01/26/2023 05:01am • Motor vehicle thefts across 30 major cities have increased by 59% from 2019 to 2022, spiking amid the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new analysis of crime trends released Thursday by the Council on Criminal Justice (CCJ). The data also showed motor vehicle theft more than doubled DC leaders seek statehood, defend criminal code against Congressional Republicans 01/24/2023 03:51pm • Before passing a controversial crime bill, D.C.'s council members and criminal justice experts worked for 16 years to craft it. Now, it's getting pushback from Congressional Republicans, who could block it. D.C. leaders point to their involvement as yet another reason why the city deserves stateh What to say to support Asian American friends after Lunar New Year shooting 01/23/2023 09:47pm • It can be tough to know what to say in wanting to support the D.C.-area Asian American and Pacific Islander community following the deadly mass shooting Saturday in Monterey Park, California. But one member of the community said it can be as easy as a simple greeting. The shooting at a Lunar New Falls Church man convicted of illegally owning gun silencers 01/21/2023 05:19pm • A man from Falls Church, Virginia, was convicted Friday for illegally possessing unregistered firearm silencers, according to prosecutors. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia said that a jury convicted Hatchet Speed, 41, on charges related to his purchase of three sile Moore talks crime and public safety on first full day as Maryland governor 01/20/2023 11:14am • Wes Moore, Maryland's new governor, spent his first full day in office Thursday announcing millions of dollars in funding for various programs, holding his first cabinet meeting, and meeting with Maryland's top two prosecutors to discuss crime and public safety. During his meeting with new Maryla Alexandria woman accused of stealing car with child inside 01/19/2023 04:50pm • An Alexandria, Virginia, woman faces abduction and grand larceny charges after police say she stole an SUV on Sunday — while a 6-year-old girl was sitting in the back seat. The Fairfax County Police Department said 40-year-old Tanisha Hall was arrested Wednesday evening after officers tracked d DC Council defiantly overrides mayor's veto to pass crime bill overhaul 01/17/2023 05:38pm • The D.C. Council rejected Mayor Muriel Bowser's veto and is moving forward with legislation to update the city's criminal code, which hasn't been updated for more than a century. In a 12-1 vote — with Ward 8 Council member Trayon White voting in opposition — the council moved to override Bows What's the DC attorney general's role in helping to curb violence in the city? 01/16/2023 06:05pm • As D.C. residents call for local officials to do more to curb gun violence, the District's new attorney general is clarifying the role his office plays in prosecuting violent crimes. As he settles into his new role, D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb spoke to WTOP about the city's crime situatio Maryland's new governor Wes Moore on the power of second chances 01/15/2023 11:26am • ▶ Watch Video: Maryland Gov.-elect Wes Moore on the power of second chances "Politics is a very humbling business," said Wes Moore. "When we were first got into this race, I was polling at 1%!" Moore is a bestselling author, former Army captain, and now, as a first-time's-the-charm pol Eight DC area residents charged in drug conspiracy 01/14/2023 07:59pm • Eight D.C. area residents have been charged in a drug conspiracy involving cocaine, heroin, fentanyl and PCP, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. Seven of those suspects were arrested on Wednesday. All eight men were charged with conspiracy to distribute and DC council member Pinto requests police bodycam footage from fatal teen shooting 01/14/2023 04:45pm • D.C. Council member Brooke Pinto has requested police body-worn camera footage captured when officers responded to the fatal shooting of 13-year-old Karon Blake on Jan. 7. Pinto told WTOP that she requested the video to make sure D.C. police followed all of the right procedures when they responde Loudoun Co. prosecutors will stop trying some misdemeanors 01/13/2023 12:46pm • Loudoun County, Virginia's top prosecutor says her office is "inundated" and will not participate in some misdemeanor cases, choosing to focus on violent and felony crimes. In a Dec. 30 memo to Loudoun County General District Court judges, Commonweath's Attorney Buta Biberaj said that as of Jan.