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Loudoun Co. man charged in yearslong $20 million investment scam 07/07/2024 11:12am • Prosecutors announced the indictment of an Aldie, Virginia, man for his alleged part in a multiyear lending scam that defrauded dozens of investors in Maryland, Virginia and other jurisdictions. A federal grand jury indicted 46-year-old Babu Ramaraj on charges of wire fraud and unlawful monetary Arlington Co. police ID, charge Rosslyn carjacking suspect 07/06/2024 10:14pm • A 30-year-old man has been charged in the series of vehicle-related offenses that led to his being pursued and shot by a Metro Transit Police officer in Rosslyn, Virginia, on Friday, according to the Arlington County Police Department. Police said Mark Anthony Johnson-Crestwell faces charges of u Fairfax Co. gets $25K for witness protection program 07/03/2024 05:01pm • Fairfax County is getting a $25,000 grant that the top prosecutor in the Virginia suburb said will be used to offer security and support to victims and witnesses in criminal trials. The funding is from a $1 million grant program from Virginia's Department of Criminal Justice Services. Lawmaker Does the Supreme Court ruling make the president a king? Not quite, says this Virginia law professor 07/02/2024 02:48pm • The Supreme Court ruled Monday that former presidents are immune from prosecution for what's described as "official acts" while in office, but not for "unofficial acts." The justices did not distinguish whether the crimes former President Donald Trump is accused of in his upcoming criminal trials DC corrections officer sentenced to more than 3 years behind bars for assaulting inmate 06/29/2024 04:22am • A former D.C. corrections officer was sentenced to more than three years behind bars Friday for assaulting a handcuffed inmate by ramming the inmate's head into a metal door frame in 2019. Marcus Bias, 28, was handed down a sentence of 42 months in prison followed by 24 months of supervised relea DC barbershop owner prosecutors call a 'dangerous predator' takes plea deal in rape case 06/28/2024 09:30am • A D.C. barbershop owner accused of drugging and raping multiple teenage girls has pleaded guilty to four of the sexual assaults in a plea deal with prosecutors. “We are pleased with the plea agreement, because this will take a dangerous predator off the streets,” said Prince George’s County Vice president holds College Park abortion rights rally with all the trappings of a campaign event 06/25/2024 09:40am • Vice President Kamala Harris (D)  stood in Ritchie Coliseum at the University of Maryland, College Park underneath a blue banner that said “Trust WOMEN” in large white text. Just underneath, in significantly smaller text, was a disclaimer: “Paid for by Biden for President.” At the Mon Prince George’s Co. sued by family of man stabbed to death in correctional facility 06/24/2024 01:28pm • The family of a man stabbed to death while awaiting trial in a correctional facility is suing Prince George’s County, arguing the county was negligent and indifferent to the needs of 27-year-old Domonique Thurston in the months preceding his killing. Thurston’s father, Douglas Lloyd, says his Former Md. police officer found guilty of excessive force during traffic stop 06/18/2024 08:57am • A former Maryland police officer has been found guilty by a federal jury in D.C. of violating the civil rights of a driver when he used excessive force during a traffic stop. On Aug. 4, 2019, 40-year-old Philip Dupree, who was working for the Fairmount Heights Police Department, pulled over a spe What Md. Gov. Moore's sweeping marijuana pardon means, and what's next for those affected 06/17/2024 07:00pm • Thousands of people have been pardoned of their marijuana convictions in Maryland, in a historic move from Gov. Wes Moore that he said is the “most sweeping state-level pardon in any state." Heather Warnken is the executive director of the Center for Criminal Justice Reform at the Universit Suspect in 2023 murder of Maryland mother of 5 arrested, county sheriff says 06/15/2024 09:55pm • ▶ Watch Video: Police arrest man in murder of Maryland mom Rachel Morin BALTIMORE -- A suspect in Maryland mom Rachel Morin's murder was arrested in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the Harford County Sheriff's office said on Saturday during a news conference. Victor Antonio Martinez Hernandez, a In Prince George's visit, Harris endorses Alsobrooks' US Senate bid 06/08/2024 09:50pm • She was there to speak to a crowd about gun violence on National Gun Violence Awareness Day, but the crowd at a Landover, Maryland, community center really lit up when Vice President Kamala Harris revealed her other reason for Friday’s visit. “Today, I proudly endorse Angela Alsobrooks for th Md. man charged with leaving unsecured gun within reach of 4-year-old girl was on home release for boxer's killing 06/04/2024 02:29pm • The 20-year-old Cheverly, Maryland, man arrested Monday on gun charges after a 4-year-old relative found a weapon and accidentally shot herself, was on home confinement and due to stand trial in D.C. for the 2023 death of boxer Anwar “The Silent Assassin” Wingate. Jayvon Thomas has been order Gov. Moore to fly flags half-staff after arrest of suspect in murder of Maryland parole agent 06/02/2024 10:17am • The man suspected of killing a Maryland parole agent in a Chevy Chase apartment Friday night is in custody, officials said Saturday. Montgomery County police said 54-year-old Emanuel Edward Sewell was found shortly after 5 p.m. while traveling on Interstate 64 near Hurricane, West Virginia. He'll DC isn’t tracking youth in both child welfare and juvenile justice systems, report says 05/29/2024 06:20am • D.C. isn’t monitoring young people involved with both the child welfare and juvenile justice systems, leaving some of the District's most vulnerable youth without access to essential services, according to a report from the city’s auditor. The report, produced with help from the Council for C