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DC, Md. teens charged in connection to 2 murders, drive-by shooting 02/04/2024 10:45am • D.C. police and the District's U.S. Attorney have announced charges for three teenagers who are allegedly connected to two murders and a drive-by shooting over the past two years. The 26-count federal indictment charged Derrico Johnson, 19, and Daveon Robinson, 17, both of D.C., and Ronald Hender 3 operators of high-end brothels, including Virginia, indicted in Boston 02/03/2024 10:47pm • Three people arrested and charged in November 2023 in connection to brothels operating in Boston and Northern Virginia have been indicted by a federal grand jury. Han “Hana” Lee, 41, of Cambridge, Massachusetts; James Lee, 68, of Torrance, California; and Junmyung Lee, 30, of Dedham, Massachu 3 sentenced in murder cases that exposed DC crime lab errors 02/03/2024 04:03am • Three people were sentenced in D.C. court Friday in connection to murder cases that exposed errors at the District's crime lab. Joseph Brown, 34, and Rondell McLeod, 30, both of D.C., were sentenced for their roles in the shooting death of 21-year-old Amari Jenkins in 2015. Brown was sentenced Washington Co. sheriff's office sued again in bizarre catfish, murder, kidnapping case involving one of its deputies 02/02/2024 10:43pm • A lawsuit for $50 million is being filed against the Washington County, Virginia, Sheriff's Office as part of the continuing fallout from a bizarre and horrific 2022 case involving a triple murder, kidnapping, abduction, suicide and arson. The lawsuit was filed through the Virginia law firm Breit 1-year prison sentence for ex-Metro transit officer in beating of unarmed rider 02/02/2024 12:59pm • A former D.C. Metro Transit Police Department officer has been sentenced to a year in prison for beating an unarmed rider with a metal baton in 2018. Andra Vance, 48, was sentenced Wednesday to one year and one day in prison, plus a year of supervised release, according to a news release from the DC property management company failed to protect Black women from harassment, lawsuit alleges 02/01/2024 09:00pm • The D.C. Attorney General is suing a property management company, accusing the company of violating the city's Human Rights Act by failing to protect two Black women who say they were harassed by a man who also lived in the apartment building. In a news release, Attorney General Brian Schwalb sai Montgomery County Police Chief Marcus Jones reflects on his 38 years on the job 01/31/2024 06:50pm • Montgomery County Police Chief Marcus Jones said his decision to announce that he'll retire, effective July 1, isn't a decision he came to suddenly. Jones told WTOP that not long after he was named chief of the Maryland county's police department in 2019, he considered the long-term plan, "a Maryland leaders promise more accountability regarding juvenile crime 01/31/2024 02:46pm • Maryland leaders, including Gov. Wes Moore, unveiled legislation Wednesday that they said would help to crack down on juvenile crime across the state. It would require police officers to write a report each time they arrest someone who is under 18, something that doesn't currently happen in e Music videos, social media play major role in DC shootings, report finds 01/30/2024 02:25pm • Music videos and inflammatory social media posts have been a driver of shootings in the nation's capital in recent years, according to a report released this week by the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, an independent agency in D.C. that identifies local public safety challenges. Researcher 'How can I not do this?': DC organizers work to steer young people away from crime and violence 01/30/2024 07:00am • Concern about crime in D.C. has prompted a number of actions on the local and federal level. The latest crime data from D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department shows a number of categories of crime are down when compared to the same time last year: homicide is down 38% while assault with a dangerou Justice Department to add more federal resources to fight crime in DC 01/26/2024 05:21pm • Federal officials said they’re adding new resources to target violent crime and carjackings in D.C. The Justice Department said Friday that additional prosecutors from its criminal division will work on cases involving violent crime. The U.S. Attorney's Office for D.C. will also move additio Life in prison for woman who murdered her mother and sister inside McLean family home 01/26/2024 03:37pm • The woman who was found guilty of the 2017 murder of her mother and sister inside a McLean, Virginia, home received two consecutive life in prison sentences Friday. The Office of the Fairfax County Commonwealth's Attorney announced the punishment for now 41-year-old Megan Hargan, who prosecutors Nearly 50-year sentence for man who killed Md. woman he was seeing after learning she was transgender 01/24/2024 08:10pm • A Prince George's County, Maryland, man learned Wednesday he'll serve nearly 50 years behind bars for murdering a transgender woman. Prosecutors said now-29-year-old DeAllen Price was in an intimate relationship with 20-year-old Taya Ashton when she was killed in July of 2021. Prosecutors said Pr Virginia Democrats press major new gun control measures despite GOP opposition 01/23/2024 07:16am • Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s assertion this month that the state’s gun laws are already strong enough for his liking isn’t deterring Democrats from moving forward with major proposals limiting access to firearms. Policymaking committees in both chambers of the General Assembly have starte Virginia man arrested on charges connected to Jan. 6 Capitol riot 01/20/2024 11:40pm • A man from Chesterfield County, Virginia, has been indicted on charges related to his alleged involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021 siege of the U.S. Capitol, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. FBI agents arrested 51-year-old John Michael Livings