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Virginia man gets life in 1991 rapes near East Falls Church Metro 02/16/2022 12:03pm • A Virginia man was sentenced to life in prison in Arlington County Circuit Court for a series of 1991 cold-case rapes. The four attacks on women near the East Falls Church Metro station in January, February and March 1991. Michael F. Thomson, 65, of Montross, got life in prison on one count of 'Career offender' gets 17 years in DC-area robbery spree 02/15/2022 03:47pm • A 62-year-old from Upper Marlboro, Maryland, has been sentenced to 17 years in a federal prison for a string of armed robberies last year around the D.C. area. Jon Karl Mcree Fleet pleaded guilty as part of a deal back in October. He was accused of robbing a Macy’s in Springfield, Virginia; a M Frontline's 'American Reckoning' tackles unsolved murder of '60s NAACP leader 02/15/2022 01:24am • In 2008, the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act was signed into law, shedding light on the stories of 150 victims who still haven't received justice in race-related cases. One of those cases involves the murder of NAACP leader Wharlest Jackson in Natchez, Mississippi, chronicled in  Flight headed for DC diverted after passenger attempts to open plane doors 02/14/2022 08:20pm • EDITOR'S NOTE: This story has been changed to reflect that the plane headed to Ronald Reagan National Airport before diverting to Kansas City.  An American Airlines flight headed for Ronald Reagan National Airport was diverted to Kansas City, Missouri, Sunday night after a passenger allegedly tr Valentine's Day is here, and so are romance scams — WTOP asks experts about dodging red flags 02/13/2022 12:20pm • Valentine's Day may be a time for chocolates and sweethearts to some, but scammers are looking for much more than dates with a significant other this year. For years — no, really — reporters at WTOP and organizations such as the FBI have spent the hours before Valentine's Day warning listener She Also Served: A woman veteran spotlight with Cassie Wells 02/11/2022 09:36am • This content is sponsored by American Military University. Cassie Wells, who grew up in a small town in Oregon, had big ambitions early in life, deciding right after high school that she “needed to do something more.” "I was working two or three jobs and I really wasn't happy,” Wells sa 2 DC Fire and EMS employees accepted Maryland contractor's bribes for years, DOJ says 02/10/2022 05:50pm • The FBI arrested two employees from the D.C. Fire and EMS Department Thursday for accepting bribes to benefit a Maryland contractor over several years, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. Louis "Joey" Mitchell, 50, of Capitol Heights, Maryland, and Charity Keys Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes returns to court next week 02/10/2022 05:30am • Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes will return to court next week, seeking to avoid a transfer to the Washington D.C. jail in his January 6 seditious conspiracy case. Rhodes' defense attorney said Wednesday he expects to file a formal motion to challenge a U.S. Marshals' transfer of Rhodes to D Stray bullet kills woman in Northeast DC 02/09/2022 06:13pm • A stray bullet struck and killed a woman in Northeast D.C. on Wednesday afternoon. D.C. police Chief Robert Contee said officers were in the 600 block of Division Avenue across from Marvin Gaye Park just after 3 p.m., when they heard gunshots followed by screaming coming from a car. When they app Md. man pleads guilty in Jan. 6 attack on Capitol 02/09/2022 02:46pm • A Maryland man has pleaded guilty to his role in the attack on the Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump on Jan. 6, 2021, and faces up to 28 years in prison. Matthew Ryan Miller, 23, of Cooksville, pleaded guilty to obstruction of an official proceeding and assaulting, resisting Va. Senate panel votes down bill reinstating death penalty for cop killers 02/08/2022 09:59am • It has been less than a year since Virginia abolished the death penalty, and the General Assembly has already debated about whether it should be reinstated in certain cases. On a 9-6 party-line vote, the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday voted down Republican State Sen. Bill DeSteph's bill tha Man accused of killing woman along DC 295 was awaiting grand jury decision 02/07/2022 09:21pm • The man charged with second-degree murder in the killing of a woman who was found along D.C. 295 this past weekend is awaiting a grand jury's decision in an unrelated domestic violence case. Four witnesses told police after they pulled off Interstate 295 near the Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast exi Va. couple pleads guilty in Md. auto body shop tax case 02/04/2022 08:46pm • An Alexandria, Virginia, couple plead guilty to conspiracy charges related to tax fraud in taxes filed for their Maryland auto body shop. The Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office statement said that Ercin Kalender, 60, and his wife Lizette, 44, cheated the IRS out of $2.2 million. More Cr Accused killer on FBI's 'Ten Most Wanted Fugitives' list captured in Mexico 02/04/2022 07:46pm • One of the people on the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" list has been apprehended in Mexico after 16 years on the run, the FBI announced Friday. Octaviano Juarez-Corro is accused of killing two people and wounding three others after allegedly opening fire at a Memorial Day picnic in Milwaukee in Former Fairfax Co. pastor charged with multiple sexual offenses 02/04/2022 04:48pm • Fairfax County police said Friday that a former pastor of the Pilgrim Community Church in Burke, Virginia, has been charged with multiple counts of aggravated sexual battery against minors. The department said in a statement that 37-year-old Sung Woo Hong, known as "Pastor Sam" to the community,