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Md. Democrats spar over education funding and ethics in first TV debate 06/07/2022 05:07am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Several of the Democrats running for governor used the first televised debate of the campaign to introduce new attacks on various rivals, cl McLean man offering fake computer tech support gets federal jail time 06/06/2022 05:11pm • When a computer locks up and a pop-up notification on the screen says to seek assistance to remove malware, people might not feel they have an option other than to comply. That is one of the scams Bruhaspaty Prasad, 33, of McLean, Virginia, pulled off while conspiring with several other people †Loudoun Co. special grand jury in schools case may yield report, not indictments 06/06/2022 05:03am • The special grand jury impaneled by Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares to investigate Loudoun County Public Schools is not the first time county residents have been summoned by the circuit court to determine whether criminal indictments are warranted. Former County Supervisor Eugene Delg Manassas woman sentenced for role in fraud ring, ordered to pay over $4 million 06/04/2022 04:30pm • A woman from Manassas, Virginia, was sentenced to over four years in federal prison for her role in a fraud ring that involved impersonating U.S. Navy contractors to defraud companies. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland said that Janet Sturmer, 66, will spend 54 months behind Former Walt Whitman rowing coach pleads guilty to sexually abusing student 06/03/2022 01:55pm • A 48-year-old D.C. man who coached rowing at Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland, pleaded guilty Friday to sexually abusing a high school student and possessing sexually explicit material of a 17-year-old. Kirkland Shipley pleaded guilty in D.C. Superior Court to first-degree sexual ab Capitol Police officer charged in 2020 Georgetown hit-and-run 06/03/2022 12:35pm • A Capitol Police officer has been indicted on federal charges in an alleged hit-and-run in D.C.'s Georgetown area. Thomas Smith, 44, has been charged with violating a man’s civil rights, obstructing justice and falsifying records in connection with a crash on Wisconsin Avenue in June 2020. T DC lawmakers introduce bill to overhaul crime lab 06/02/2022 11:32pm • The D.C. Council introduced a bill to overhaul the city's crime lab, more than a year after the facility lost accreditation and with it, the ability to process firearms, DNA and fingerprint evidence from crime scenes. The Restoring Trust and Credibility to Forensic Sciences Amendment Act of 2022 Teen arrested, charged with murder in Alexandria stabbing that left fellow student dead 06/01/2022 05:33pm • A 16-year-old Alexandria High School student has been arrested and charged following a stabbing last week that left a fellow student dead, police said Wednesday. The Alexandria, Virginia, teen is charged with murder, police said in an update. The boy is being held in the Northern Virginia Juve Fairfax Co.'s Descano: 'I will never prosecute a woman for having an abortion' 05/31/2022 12:15pm • If the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade and Virginia outlaws abortion, Fairfax County Commonwealth's Attorney Steve Descano said Tuesday that he will never "prosecute women for having an abortion or being suspected of inducing one." Talking to WTOP after a Tuesday op-ed in the New York Times, More than 20 arrested for illegal narcotics activity in Northwest DC 05/26/2022 05:59pm • A still image from a May 26, 2022 police news briefing shows firearms and magazines, confiscated in joint local and federal operation against illegal narcotics activity. (Courtesy DCN) More than 20 people are now in custody following a yearlong investigation into illegal narcotics activity and f Annapolis MS-13 gang member gets life for role in grisly murders, racketeering 05/26/2022 10:06am • A 24-year-old MS-13 gang member convicted of murder in a series of grisly dismemberment killings has been sentenced to life in federal prison. In addition to the murders, Juan Carlos Sandoval-Rodriguez was sentenced for a laundry list of crimes committed over the years, including a racketeering c Lorton man gets 22 years for distributing fentanyl that led to woman's overdose death 05/25/2022 11:26am • A man from Lorton, Virginia, was sentenced Tuesday to 22 years in prison for distributing fentanyl, which led to the overdose death of a young woman visiting him from California in 2020. According to court documents, Julian Velasquez, 36, gave counterfeit Xanax containing fentanyl to the woman, i Hogan, Jones, Hrabowski tout controversial lease of state psychiatric hospital as a win for higher ed. 05/18/2022 05:12pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Top state, local and university officials gathered on the University of Maryland Baltimore County campus on Wednesday to celebrate the recen At bill signing, top leaders celebrate capital budget, new health care and public safety laws 05/16/2022 05:26pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R), House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones (D-Baltimore County) and Senate President Bill Ferguson (D-Baltimore City)  5 years after murder of Lt. Richard Collins III, plaza is ‘permanent reminder’ 05/16/2022 03:27pm • The Lt. Richard Collins III Plaza includes two walls, one featuring an engraved plaque honoring Collins, a fountain, and another wall displaying a unity mural created by UMD and Bowie State students. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein) Five years after Lt. Richard Collins III was stabbed to death on the Univ