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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 School board scuffle conviction dismissed for father of Loudoun Co. high school rape victim 05/02/2022 06:11pm • A Loudoun County, Virginia, father whose daughter was raped at Stone Bridge High School -- leading to the father's arrest at a contentious June 22 school board meeting -- has had one of two convictions dismissed. The man, whom WTOP is not naming to avoid indirectly identifying the teenage victim Review: 'The Offer' miniseries chronicles making-of 'The Godfather' on Paramount+ 04/29/2022 04:37am • If you're not already a subscriber, Paramount+ is hoping to make an offer you can't refuse. The first three episodes of the 10-episode miniseries "The Offer" premiere on Friday, chronicling the "making of" arguably Hollywood's greatest film: "The Godfather" (1972). It's hard to pass judg Md. mom guilty of murder after newborn in plastic bag found hidden in closet 04/28/2022 07:55am • A Howard County, Maryland, woman could face up to life in prison after she was found guilty in the 2018 death of her newborn son. Moira Akers, 41, of Columbia, was found guilty of second-degree murder and first-degree child abuse by a Howard County Circuit Court jury on Wednesday. More New Va. law, digital map funding aims to improve school emergency response 04/26/2022 08:58am • Keeping children safe at school is at the top of most parents' priority lists — Virginia is taking steps to help first responders quickly defuse a major emergency at a school. A newly signed Virginia law, House Bill 741, introduced by Del. Robert Bell, a Republican, requires school boards to cr MS-13 leader gets life sentence for ordering, taking part in killings 04/25/2022 08:09pm • An MS-13 gang leader has been sentenced to life in prison for his role in orchestrating, directing and participating in several killings in Maryland and Virginia. Junior Noe Alvarado-Requeno, 24, of El Salvador, helped lead a local MS-13 clique based in Langley Park, Maryland. In a news release AP-NORC poll: Many support Jackson court confirmation 04/25/2022 10:50am • WASHINGTON (AP) — More Americans approve than disapprove of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to the Supreme Court as its first Black female justice, a new poll finds, but that support is politically lopsided. And a majority of Black Americans — but fewer white and Hispanic Americans — ap Alexandria school board OKs school police advisory group 04/22/2022 11:28am • The Alexandria City School Board has approved the formation of a community-based advisory group that will review and offer changes regarding the school system's relationship with police. After months of collaboration in developing a framework, the School Law Enforcement Partnership Advisory Group Hogan signs public safety bills and tax credit for jobs 04/21/2022 12:50pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has signed into law measures to increase transparency in the criminal justice system and to create a statewide firearms enforcement center to better track gun crimes. The governor also signed a bill Thursday to extend tax incentives for manufactur DC program focuses on those most at risk for gun violence 04/18/2022 06:26pm • As crime rates rise, D.C. leaders and police are struggling to find ways to turn the tide. Mayor Muriel Bowser hopes to make a difference with a new initiative that is aimed at helping people at the highest risk of being involved in gun violence to stay on the right side of the law. “We know Federal judge rejects Mosby’s motion to dismiss charges against her 04/15/2022 06:55am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. The attorney representing Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby argued in federal court on Thursday that high-profile fraud charges a DC men plead guilty to kidnapping, assaulting victim from Maryland casino 04/14/2022 10:46pm • Two D.C. men have admitted to the and assault of a victim from a Maryland hotel and casino in February last year. Anthony Erik Hebron, age 23, and Darius Lawrence Young, age 29, pleaded guilty this week on kidnapping charges for collaborating with three others to lure a victim out of their hotel Laurel man arrested in DC, charged with armed carjacking in Rockville 04/14/2022 06:40am • A Prince George's County man faces charges following an armed carjacking earlier this month in Montgomery County, Maryland. Thomas Eugene Whiting, 23, of Laurel, was arrested and charged in connection with an armed carjacking in the 260 block of Congressional Lane in Rockville on April 6, accordi Winners and losers from the 2022 General Assembly session 04/13/2022 12:59pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. In a year of such abundance, in a year when everyone is trying to look good with the next election just around the corner, it’s hard to sc