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DC grant program aims to stop gun violence at the grassroots level 07/21/2021 07:13pm • D.C. leaders are encouraging residents to take advantage of the Building Blocks DC grant program, which is aimed at curbing gun violence in the district and it's putting the resources needed to help transform communities into the hands of residents. "Crime has never been down, crime has always be Amid juvenile justice reform push, commission examines Maryland's high rate of trying young people as adults 07/21/2021 12:29pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Before he spoke at the Juvenile Justice Reform Council Tuesday afternoon, Dwayne Betts was told he had three minutes of their time. The Former Fairfax Co. cop indicted on sex crimes 07/20/2021 08:50pm • A former officer with the Fairfax County, Virginia, police department has been indicted on charges of sexual misconduct with a minor. During a Tuesday news briefing, Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano said John Grimes is accused of engaging in sexual misconduct with a minor in Off-duty DEA agent charged with carrying badge and gun at Capitol riot 07/20/2021 06:10pm • ▶ Watch Video: Marking 6 months since deadly assault on U.S. Capitol An off-duty special agent for the Drug Enforcement Agency carried his government-issued firearm while attending the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, according to court documents unsealed Tuesday. Prosecutors say he DC 911 interim head orders mandatory overtime to halt staffing shortages 07/19/2021 08:49pm • The interim director of D.C.'s 911 system has ordered mandatory overtime amid concerns that not enough call-takers are on-hand to deal with emergency calls. "They don't have enough people," said safety advocate Dave Statter, paraphrasing a staff email sent Friday by Office of Unified Communicatio Car connected to DC 6-year-old's killing found burned 07/19/2021 12:07pm • D.C. police said Monday they've found the car used in the drive-by shooting that killed a 6-year-old girl and wounded five others, including her mother. Nyiah Courtney was set to start first grade at Ingenuity Prep School in Southeast, where she attended kindergarten. The school shared a photo o After shooting near Nats Park, Bowser details efforts to combat gun violence 07/19/2021 09:44am • Following a shooting near Nationals Park on Saturday that left three people wounded, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser outlined efforts to combat gun violence in the District. Bowser told WTOP on Monday the city is focused on the "full spectrum of services, from prevention efforts, like we have with our B Drug trafficker pleads guilty to role in 2011 Reston murder 07/19/2021 09:06am • A Maryland man the U.S. Department of Justice describes as a longtime fugitive pleaded guilty last week to aiding and abetting a drug-related murder in 2011 in Fairfax County, Virginia. Fifty-five-year-old Saul Pacheco Mejia of Beltsville arranged to sell cocaine in Reston on Dec. 12, 2011, accor Conflict of interest? Company hired to review troubled DC crime lab wins new contract with same lab 07/19/2021 07:27am • The Firearms Examination Unit of the D.C. Department of Forensic Sciences analyzes ballistics evidence. (WTOP/Megan Cloherty) In late May, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced she was bringing in a forensic consulting firm to perform an independent review of the city’s troubled crime lab, which In Trump's Jan. 6 recast, attackers become martyrs, heroes 07/18/2021 11:38am • WASHINGTON (AP) — A cocktail of propaganda, conspiracy theory and disinformation — of the kind intoxicating to the masses in the darkest turns of history — is fueling delusion over the agonies of Jan. 6. Hate is “love.” Violence is “peace.” The pro-Donald Trump attackers are patriot DC police ask for help to ID vehicle used in shooting death of 6-year-old 07/17/2021 08:44pm • D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee, flanked by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser at a Saturday afternoon news conference, asked for the public’s help to identify a silver sedan used in a Friday night drive-by shooting that left six-year-old Nyiah Courtney dead. The vehicle of interest D.C. police are aski DC police identify 6-year-old killed by gun violence, release video of suspect vehicle 07/17/2021 04:50am • A young girl is dead, and five adults were sent to hospitals after a shooting in Southeast D.C. Friday night. The incident happened just after 11 p.m. at the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X avenues in Congress Heights. D.C. police Executive Assistant Chief Ashan Benedict s Past, present members of Capital Gazette staff react to Ramos verdict 07/15/2021 05:14pm • With the verdict finding Capital Gazette shooter Jarrod Ramos criminally responsible for killing five members of the newspaper's staff, members of the Capital Gazette are reacting with a sigh of relief that justice has been done. Joshua McKerrow, a photojournalist who was with the Gazette, reflec Spotsylvania County deputy indicted in shooting of unarmed Black man 07/15/2021 04:51pm • A Virginia deputy who shot and wounded an unarmed Black man after responding to a 911 call about a domestic disturbance in Spotsylvania County has been indicted on a felony charge. A special grand jury found that David Matthew Turbyfill did "unlawfully and feloniously handle any firearm in a mann Hard numbers: Fairfax Co. prosecutor seeks to quantify disparities in justice system 07/15/2021 07:51am • With the national discussion on criminal justice reform, Fairfax County Commonwealth's Attorney Steve Descano said he wants to see some hard numbers. Descano's office is taking part in a three-year data collection and analysis program: "To help us root out disparities, whether it be racial, econo