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Woman, 41, shot to death in Springfield 01/02/2014 08:55am • WASHINGTON - A 41-year-old Springfield woman is dead of an apparent gunshot wound, and Fairfax County police are investigating her death as suspicious. Police say they responded around 6 p.m. New Year's Day to a report of shots fired at a home in the 7100 block of Healy Drive in Springfield. Pol Crime Report: Armed Robbery in Hotel Room 12/12/2013 10:00am • Last Wednesday, an armed man robbed a woman at gunpoint in her room at the Sheraton hotel on Columbia Pike. From this week’s crime report: ROBBERY, 900 block of S. Orme Street. At 10:17 am on December 4, an unknown suspect allegedly robbed a female at gunpoint in her hotel room. The suspect is Md. woman sentenced for hair weave theft, altercation (Video) 12/03/2013 01:07am • WASHINGTON - A Maryland woman who got into an altercation when she tried to steal hair weaves from a Montgomery County store will spend five years in jail, NBC 4 reports. Yvonne Williams, 19, tried to rob Gaithersburg's Town Beauty Supply store of about $850 in hair weaves in September 2012 and g Man sentenced to life in prison in Va. activist's death Man sentenced to life in prison in Va. activist's death 11/01/2013 12:04pm • UPPER MARLBORO, Md. - A man convicted of killing a northern Virginia activist and throwing his body in a Fort Washington well has been sentenced to life in prison without parole, plus 120 years. Tyrone Lewis, 28, was convicted in September of murder and other charges in the death of Lenwood Ha Justice delayed 40 years but not denied at Kloman sentencing Justice delayed 40 years but not denied at Kloman sentencing 10/19/2013 03:19am • WASHINGTON -- Christopher Kloman got away with his crimes for more than 40 years but was sentenced late Friday afternoon to 43 years in prison when the 74-year-old McLean man faced five of his victims in Fairfax County Circuit Court. The women, now in their 50s, spoke out about how Kloman moleste Human trafficking task force receives $1 million for battle Human trafficking task force receives $1 million for battle 10/12/2013 04:56am • WASHINGTON -- The reality is that sex trafficking of teens is taking place in the D.C. area. But the Northern Virginia Task Force, which battles human trafficking. has received a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to tackle it. "One of the biggest problems we see here in Norther Va. boy to serve 1 yr probation for animal cruelty conviction 10/10/2013 04:05pm • WASHINGTON - A 13-year-old Loudoun County boy will serve a year on supervised probation for an animal cruelty conviction. The boy was charged with the crime for kicking his family's pet dog to death. He was sentenced Wednesday. Loudoun County Animal Services says the boy and his younger brother k Shutdown impact: Veterans regional offices close Shutdown impact: Veterans regional offices close 10/08/2013 12:12am • By The Associated Press A government shutdown is having far-reaching consequences for some, but minimal impact on others. Mail is being delivered. Social Security and Medicare benefits continue to flow. But vacationers are being turned away from national parks and Smithsonian museums, and that's Police release video of possible Ten Commandments vandals 10/02/2013 07:17pm • WASHINGTON - D.C. police are trying to identify the two men believed to have toppled a stone tablet of the Ten Commandments on private property behind the U.S. Supreme Court. Police released a video Wednesday showing two men walking in several surveillance camera shots. Police are asking for the p WTOP Answer Desk: How a shutdown could affect you WTOP Answer Desk: How a shutdown could affect you 09/30/2013 04:33pm • WASHINGTON - How does the federal shutdown affect you? The WTOP Answer Desk is getting answers to your questions. Have a question? Submit it using this form. How is the crisis hurting contractors differently than federal employees? What about back pay and unemployment benefits? Some federal c Springfield man pleaded guilty to child porn charges 09/06/2013 03:44pm • WASHINGTON - A Springfield man pleaded guilty Friday to two counts of child pornography production, the US State Attorney's Eastern Virginia District office says. Andrew Choi, 35, faces anywhere between 15 to 30 years in prison at his sentencing. Court documents say Choi video chatted with at l Police Arrest Suspect in 21-Year-Old Rape 09/06/2013 10:30am • Arlington County police have arrested an Alexandria man in connection with the 21-year-old rape of a college student. Stevie Brinson, 50, of Alexandria was arrested Thursday after police say they “got a hit on DNA evidence” from the 1992 rape at gunpoint of a 25-year-old woman. The crime Bartender gets payout 15 months after taking knife for patron Bartender gets payout 15 months after taking knife for patron 09/04/2013 01:42am • WASHINGTON - A local bartender who was hailed as a hero for protecting a customer from a criminal is now getting big financial help. It's still hard for Mike Boone to talk about the day in May 2012 when, for safety's sake, he walked a woman patron home from Trusty's Bar in D.C.'s Hill East ne Crime Report: Jewelry Stolen 08/28/2013 02:30pm • Someone broke into an apartment in the Long Branch Creek neighborhood over the weekend and stole a “variety of expensive jewelry.” From this week’s Arlington County crime report: BURGLARY, 08/24/13, 2600 block of S. Veitch Street. Between 7:45 pm on August 23 and 11:45 pm  Police Arrest Man for Crystal City Bike Thefts 08/26/2013 04:15pm • Police arrested a man last week for stealing bicycles in Crystal City. Howard Montgomery, 47, of no fixed address, was spotted just before 3:00 a.m. last Thursday riding a bicycle and carrying another alongside him, Arlington County Police said. When an officer questioned Montgomery, he tried to fle
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