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Newly released 911 tape gives chilling look at 2010 murder 03/30/2012 02:17pm • WASHINGTON - A newly released 911 call gives a chilling look at the 2010 murder of Angelo Jones in Northeast D.C. The call was used as evidence last month at the trial of Rickey Pharr. Pharr was convicted of first-degree murder and other charges, and faces a minimum of 35 years in prison. It take D.C. residents rally for justice in teen shooting 03/23/2012 10:41pm • Max Smith, wtop.com WASHINGTON - The killing of Trayvon Martin hits close to home for many in the DC area, and it sparked more than one hundred people to gather Friday in Anacostia at The Big Chair on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE. "This is very important. A young child was lost. A 17-year-old Silent march decries violence against LGBT community 03/20/2012 09:22pm • WASHINGTON - On the same day the federal government held talks aimed at promoting safe schools and communities for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, area residents silently marched through D.C. for victims of hate crimes. Hundreds of people attended the rally, which kicked off outsi Arson behind weekend fire that injured 7 02/29/2012 04:43pm • Andrew Mollenbeck, wtop.com WASHINGTON - The fire that injured seven firefighters in Riverdale on Friday was caused by arson, investigators say. "This cowardly crime is unconscionable to me," says Marc Bashoor, Prince George's County fire chief. "I have assured the nearly 3,000 men and women of Police double up on cameras to catch speeding drivers 02/22/2012 12:03pm • (Live Blog below) WASHINGTON - Police in Maryland are keeping up with speeding drivers with a new maneuver to catch leadfoots in the act, and potentially issue twice the number of tickets. Would-be speeders slow down in areas where they know there are fixed cameras, and speed up again after passi Crime Report: Witness Punched, Drug Suspect Tased 02/08/2012 02:15pm • This week’s Arlington County crime report contained a number of notable items. Among them: On Tuesday, Feb. 7, a suspect tried to flee after police found 32 grams of crack cocaine during a traffic stop on S. Glebe Road. Police used a Taser to help stop the suspect, identified by police as 41 Crime Report: Crimes Against Women 02/01/2012 05:43pm • This week’s Arlington County crime report contained several incidents of frightening crimes against women. Among them: RAPE, 01/25/12, 3000 block of Columbia Pike. Between 2 and 3 pm on January 25, a female victim was raped by a known suspect in a hotel room. The suspect is in custody. ROBBE O'Malley proposes tying gas to sales tax, to alter traffic woes 01/30/2012 12:03pm • (Live Blog below) WASHINGTON - Many of Maryland's traffic woes would be alleviated by allowing a percentage tax on gasoline, the state's governor said Monday. While speaking on WTOP's "Ask the Governor," Martin O'Malley said he would like to "phase out" the sales tax exemption on gas, which would Mental health groups fear Md. will slash funding 01/17/2012 08:11pm • Darci Marchese, wtop.com WASHINGTON - It's budget-slashing time and among the most fearful of budget cuts are groups that look after the mentally ill. "After so many years of budget cuts, we're all in a very fearful mode," says Katherine Slye-Griffin, executive director of the National Alliance o DHS launches hot line for jailed immigrants 12/29/2011 09:09pm • WASHINGTON - The Homeland Security Department is launching a hot line for people jailed on immigration charges who believe they are victims of crime or may be U.S. citizens. The toll free hot line - 855-448-6903 - will be staffed 24 hours a day and run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement to answ Morning Notes 12/23/2011 08:00am • Rosslyn Exxon Robbed at Gunpoint — The Exxon at 1824 Wilson Boulevard, in the Rosslyn area, was robbed early Wednesday morning. Police say two men robbed the gas station at gunpoint around 2:50 a.m. “The suspects were both African American men in their 30’s, around 5’10,&# Holder: 'Lone wolves worry me the most' 12/12/2011 08:05pm • J.J. Green, wtop.com WASHINGTON - Peppered by rapid-fire questions from House Judiciary Committee members during a marathon session last week probing the "Fast and Furious" debacle, U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder calmly rolled his pen in his fingers, waiting for a chance to respond. Interrup Interim ATF director: Recovering from 'Fast and Furious' 12/04/2011 05:40pm • J.J. Green, wtop.com WASHINGTON - Seated at a large conference room table, B. Todd Jones, interim director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, is multi-tasking. He stares intently at an iPad and taps lightly on the glowing screen while describing his troubled agency. But t Crime Report: Parking Lot Rage Edition 11/25/2011 01:13pm • In this week’s Arlington County crime report, there were two separate cases of men being arrested and accused of assaulting someone during an argument over a parking space. ASSAULT AND BATTERY-ARREST, 11/19/11, 400 block of N. Thomas Street. On November 19 at 7:30 pm, a man brandished a knif Va. lawmaker, film revisit state's mixed-marriage past 11/10/2011 01:49pm • Alicia Lozano, wtop.com WASHINGTON -- Just five weeks after being wed, a young Virginia couple was taken from their bed at 2 a.m. and arrested for getting married. The year was 1958 and the crime was miscegenation: Richard Loving was white and his wife, Mildred, was black. Their story is the sub