Search

'This is a crisis': Montgomery Co. panel explores juvenile crime, possible actions 10/31/2023 08:05am • Bomb threats, carjackings, gun offenses. While juvenile crime on the whole in Maryland is below pre-pandemic levels, the numbers for particular offenses are "off the charts," according to Montgomery County State's Attorney John McCarthy. Montgomery County Council members on the Public Safety Comm Killing of Hagerstown judge renews push to protect Md. judges from ‘disgruntled litigants’ 10/26/2023 07:25pm • Maryland State Sen. William Smith told WTOP that he'll bring back a bill designed to protect judges in the upcoming legislative session. Smith chairs the Senate's Judicial Proceedings Committee and said he expects the bill, which would shield the home addresses of the state's judges from being po DC murder suspect on the run for 7 weeks after hospital escape has been captured, police say 10/26/2023 05:12pm • A murder suspect who escaped police custody at The George Washington University Hospital more than seven weeks ago, sparking an extensive manhunt, has been captured, D.C. police announced Thursday. Christopher Haynes, 30, was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service's Capital Area Regional Fugitive Person of interest sought in death of woman pushed in front of vehicle on U Street 10/26/2023 09:52am • D.C. police have released surveillance footage showing a person of interest in the death of a woman in Northwest earlier this month. Early on the morning of Oct. 14 around 4:20 a.m., the victim, identified as 30-year-old A'nee Roberson, was assaulted and allegedly intentionally pushed in front of Former Va. Army doctor serving lifetime for rape, found guilty in second trial 10/26/2023 12:01am • A former Army doctor from Springfield, Virginia, who's already serving a 10-year prison sentence for rape, is now facing up to life in prison for abducting and attempting to sexually assault his wife inside the couple’s home. Drew Steiner, 60, was convicted by a jury in a second trial in Fairfa Md. attorney general, public defender announce partnership to address mass incarceration 10/25/2023 06:19pm • Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown (D) and Maryland Public Defender Natasha Dartigue said some people view their offices as adversarial because of their different missions in the criminal justice system. But on Wednesday at Bowie State University, they stood side-by-side to launch the Maryla Montgomery Co. police say 12-year-old responsible for multiple school bomb threats — but cannot be charged 10/25/2023 12:30pm • The person responsible for making repeated email bomb threats against three Montgomery County Public Schools this month is a 12-year-old who cannot be charged under Maryland law, according to a statement from police Chief Marcus Jones. All told, the child is responsible for seven total bomb threa DC Mayor Bowser proposes new tough-on-crime legislation 10/23/2023 04:29pm • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser joins District officials Monday in unveiling new policies that focus on violent crime. (WTOP/Luke Lukert) With crime on the rise in staggering numbers in D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser unveiled new legislation on Monday that she said would give law enforcement additional tool Md. judge murder suspect still at large as search concludes in Williamsport 10/22/2023 12:55pm • As the search for the man suspected of shooting and killing a Maryland judge continues, his vehicle was found Saturday morning as he remains at large. The Washington County Sheriff's Office said that a resident found a silver Mercedes SUV, believed to be driven by 49-year-old Pedro Argote, in a w 'Fully justified': Decades in prison for 4 men convicted in shooting death of 10-year-old Makiyah Wilson 10/20/2023 05:40pm • Four men convicted in the shooting death of Makiyah Wilson, who was gunned down in a spray of bullets five years ago, have been sentenced to lengthy, decadeslong prison terms — bringing to an end a five-year legal effort to bring justice in the 10-year-old girl's killing. Qujuan Thomas, 24, and US Marshals seek public's help finding 2nd Morgan State shooting suspect, offer $19K reward 10/16/2023 05:20pm • The U.S. Marshals Service is asking for the public's help in locating the second suspect in the Oct. 3 shooting at Morgan State University in Baltimore. The Marshals are offering up to $10,000 as a reward for information that leads to the arrest of 18-year-old Jovon Terrell Williams, according to Prince George's Co. man sentenced to 6 years in prison for role in fentanyl distribution ring 10/16/2023 01:12pm • A Prince George's County, Maryland, man was sentenced to six years in prison in connection to a fentanyl distribution ring he took part in, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia. Prosecutors said 33-year-old Garnell Lucas, of Upper Marlboro, pleaded guilty in May to 'I’m not a victim anymore': Va. domestic violence survivor celebrates justice, wants to help others 10/13/2023 05:22pm • It wasn't the first time that domestic violence was happening to Jessica, of Richmond, Virginia, but after a relationship that spanned 13 abusive years, it would be the last. She called police fearing for her and her 6-year-old son's life after another night of abuse inside a National Harbor hote Teen suspect in Morgan State homecoming mass shooting arrested in DC 10/13/2023 02:51pm • A 17-year-old boy has been arrested in D.C. in connection with a shooting at Morgan State University that wounded five people Oct. 3, the Baltimore Police Department announced Friday. He's been charged with multiple counts of attempted murder and appeared in a D.C. courtroom Friday, where he waiv No credible threats, but stepped-up security in DC area amid tensions from Israel-Hamas war 10/13/2023 12:25pm • As the Israel-Hamas War intensifies, authorities in the D.C. area are ramping up some security measures — although they stress there are no credible threats at this time. D.C. police said they are increasing their visibility around the city and at places of worship. "The Metropolitan Pol