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Youngkin assembles Va. task force on violent crime 05/16/2022 01:46pm • With homicides up in the commonwealth, Virginia’s governor is taking steps to curb violent crime.   In 2020, the most recent year with data available, homicides jumped in the state by about 23%. Around D.C., Fairfax County saw 21 homicides last year, another increase from 16 in 2020.   New roadmap outlines 16 strategies to reduce violent crime in DC 05/15/2022 10:17am • A data-driven report published by D.C.'s independent Criminal Justice Coordinating Council outlines 16 short- and long-term strategies for reducing violent crime. It includes setting up a "Peace Room" which would have dedicated full-time data and crime analysts, violence reduction managers and as Miyares adds voice in call to enforce federal law to protect Supreme Court justices 05/13/2022 12:02pm • Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares and 24 other state attorneys general are demanding that the Justice Department enforce a federal law that forbids picketing at the homes of federal judges. In the letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, Miyares and the other AGs say "judges must be able From WTOP's Election Desk: DC mayoral hopefuls debate 05/13/2022 05:02am • Welcome back to WTOP’s weekly election update! WTOP's team of reporters will keep you informed on the latest through November as primary and election races heat up in the District, Maryland, Virginia and nationwide. You can get this information in your inbox by signing up for the email newslett Family, friends call on police to restart landfill search for Fairfax Co. man 05/12/2022 09:40pm • Family and friends of a Fairfax County, Virginia, man believed to have been killed during a robbery in January, are pleading with police to restart the search for his remains at a landfill in King George County. “We believe that search was obviously insufficient because his body was not found,� FBI sounds alarm about scams targeting older Americans 05/11/2022 06:23pm • America as a country is growing older, and as more Americans get ready to put their life savings to work in retirement, more scam artists are trying to make sure there's no savings left to live on. Last year alone, Americans over the age of 60 were scammed out of almost $1.7 billion. It's a probl Criminal justice institute offers suggestions for curbing gun violence in DC 05/09/2022 08:53pm • Gun violence in the nation’s capital continues to be a serious problem: Last year, D.C. surpassed 200 homicides for the first time in 17 years. And this year could be a repeat, with 65 homicides reported as of Monday, compared with 64 this time last year. As the District tries to turn the tide Silver Spring dentist pleads guilty to mail and health care fraud, DOJ says 05/08/2022 10:36am • A dentist from Silver Spring, Maryland, pleaded guilty Wednesday for conspiracy to commit mail fraud and health care fraud — he'll pay back more than $1.2 million as part of the plea deal, according to the Department of Justice. Edward T. Buford III, 70, is accused of devising and executing a p 3 teens remain held in adult jails after Germantown killing 05/06/2022 03:57pm • Three teenagers facing murder charges after the shooting death of a Frederick, Maryland, man last month will remain held in a section of the Montgomery County Correctional Facility set aside for juveniles — for now, at least. The three teens, a 14-year-old from Germantown, and 15 and 16-year-ol Man who stormed Capitol in caveman costume gets prison 05/06/2022 12:59pm • A New York City judge's son who stormed the U.S. Capitol wearing a furry “caveman" costume was sentenced on Friday to eight months in prison. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg told Aaron Mostofsky that he was "literally on the front lines” of the mob's attack on Jan. 6, 2021. “What 'You don't do that': New evidence prompts request to have DOJ revisit Bijan Ghaisar case 05/05/2022 10:54am • Capitol Hill lawmakers are calling on the Justice Department to revisit the Bijan Ghaisar case, citing, in part, new evidence. In the weeks after unarmed motorist Bijan Ghaisar was fatally shot by U.S. Park Police in November 2017, a Fairfax County police officer told the FBI he didn't see a Park Oxon Hill man faces up to 128 years in prison for 2 Prince George's Co. shooting deaths 05/05/2022 08:23am • A man from Prince George’s County, Maryland, faces up to 128 years in prison after a jury found him guilty in the shooting deaths of two men inside an idling car in District Heights in 2019. Kyeem King, 32, of Oxon Hill, was found guilty on two counts of second-degree murder. More Pr 7 members of Congress ask Justice Department to revisit Bijan Ghaisar case 05/04/2022 06:31pm • Seven members of Congress, including six from the D.C. area, are asking the Justice Department to revisit the case of Bijan Ghaisar, the Virginia motorist who was shot and killed by the U.S. Park Police in 2017. “Nearly five years after the fatal shooting of Bijan, it remains unclear to the Gha Fairfax Co. chief on police reform and the crime that ‘scares me the most’ 05/04/2022 04:45pm • When Kevin Davis was a rookie cop 30 years ago, every work day began the same way. “My sergeant would end roll call by telling us not to let any other police officer beat us to a call for service in our patrol beat," he told WTOP. More Fairfax County News More Local News Former Germantown FEMA employee prepped false tax returns 05/04/2022 09:38am • A former Federal Emergency Management Agency employee in Germantown, Maryland, pleaded guilty Monday to preparing false tax returns. Shanta Johnson, 44, filed fake returns from January 2013 through at least April 2016, while on the job at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, according to a Ju