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University of Maryland alumni, students disagree with police beating ruling 10/20/2012 05:44pm • Jamie Forzato, wtop.com COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Students and alumni on campus for homecoming weekend say justice was not served for the University of Maryland student who was beaten by two Prince George's County police officers more than two years ago. On Friday, a jury found Cpl. James Harrison gui Man sentenced to life for gunning down mom in front of son 10/19/2012 01:12pm • Melvin "Roc" Smith faced justice Thursday, but he would not face the victims of his crime.Smith, 28, refused to be present for his sentencing hearing in the shooting death of former girlfriend Tranice Richardson, 33. In front of her 8-year-old son, Richardson, a mother of four, was gunned down in ATF director: 'Mistakes were made' 09/21/2012 01:15pm • J.J. Green, wtop.com WASHINGTON - Seated at a table with a 471-page report in front of him and congressional lawmakers on TV screens nearby reviewing the document that excoriated his agency, B. Todd Jones prepares to move ahead with the next chapter in ATF history. In an exclusive interview Crime Report: Sexual Assault Near Rosslyn Metro 09/20/2012 08:30am • A deaf and mute woman was sexually assaulted and robbed near the Rosslyn Metro station early Saturday morning. The woman was had walked out of the Metro station and was looking for a taxi when a man, possibly homeless, touched her inappropriately and took her money, according to police. Officers h Md. teen killed in her bed had big dreams 08/23/2012 04:41am • KETTERING, Md. - A 17-year-old girl is dead after she was shot multiple times in her own bed, according to Prince George's County police. Investigators are trying to find out who kicked in the door of Amber Deanna Stanley's home and murdered the teenager in her room, says Sgt. Sonya Rorls of Fairfax Man Convicted in Ballston Hit and Run Case 07/27/2012 04:45pm • A Fairfax County man has been convicted and sentenced to more than four years in prison for a hit and run pedestrian accident that left a young woman seriously injured. John Reynolds was 24 at the time of his arrest in March 2011. He was accused of hitting a 22-year-old woman with his car while dr Police Start Enforcing Hour-Limit On Food Trucks 07/27/2012 03:45pm • Seoul Food truck co-owner J.P. Goree got a citation and a court date from Arlington County Police on Wednesday. His crime: Keeping his Korean cuisine food truck in one Clarendon Courthouse parking spot for longer than the county’s 60-minute limit for mobile food vendors. “We feel like Nolan's final Batman 'rises' to the occasion 07/18/2012 10:07pm • Jason Fraley, WTOP film critic NOTE: I have now seen "The Dark Knight Rises" twice. The first viewing was during a pre-screening at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, which inspired the following review, posted prior to the horrific movie theater massacre that killed 12 and wounded dozens m Phoenix House Lauded for Rehab, Job Training Work 06/19/2012 11:05am • Rep. Jim Moran (D) visited the Phoenix House at 521 N. Quincy Street last week to highlight the nonprofit’s addiction recovery and job training work. The Ballston-area facility is one of numerous Phoenix House-branded treatment centers in 10 states across the country. It offers intensive res Guilty verdicts in South Capitol Street massacre 05/07/2012 01:37pm • WASHINGTON - Five people have been found guilty for one of the deadliest attacks in D.C. history. Brothers Orlando and Sanquan Carter, Robert Bost and Jeffrey Best were found guilty of first-degree murder in the so-called 2010 South Capitol Street massacre, which left five dead and eight others Former D.C. councilman sentenced for $350K theft 05/03/2012 10:13am • WASHINGTON - D.C. Councilmember Harry Thomas Jr. has been sentenced to 38 months in prison for crimes his mother says brought "shame" to his family and "society as a whole." Federal Judge John Bates sentenced Thomas to 38 months for the first count and 36 months for the second, to be served concur ACPD Members Awarded for Fighting Crimes Against the Elderly 05/03/2012 09:45am • Two members of the Arlington County Police Department were recognized for their investigative prowess at a luncheon hosted by Arlington County Crime Solvers yesterday. Officer James O’Daniel and Detective Christine Everest both received the Detective of the Year Award for their eff Prosecutors want Supreme Court to review Md. DNA ruling 05/01/2012 01:43am • UPPER MARLBORO, Md. - Support among Maryland prosecutors is growing for the Supreme Court to review a ruling by Maryland's highest court, one that found it unconstitutional for police to collect cheek swabs of people arrested for violent crimes and burglaries. Prince George's County State's Attorne Prostitution case claims more Secret Service jobs 04/20/2012 07:48pm • By KEN THOMAS and ALICIA A. CALDWELL Associated Press WASHINGTON - A twelfth Secret Service employee has been implicated in the agency's prostitution scandal, a government official told The Associated Press on Friday. Two agents were resigning Friday and another has been fired, said the officia Fox45 interviews wanted fugitive, fails to notify police 04/14/2012 05:12am • Heather Brady, wtop.com WASHINGTON - By interviewing a wanted fugitive in the St. Patrick's Day beating of a Baltimore tourist, Baltimore's Fox affiliate station lost a program that partnered them with city police. Fox45 interviewed Aaron Parsons Friday night about the beating of a tourist on S