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Montgomery Co. police release video of deadly shooting inside Metrobus 02/23/2023 10:11pm • Police in Montgomery County have released dramatic footage of a man walking into a Metrobus in the White Oak neighborhood, opening fire on a teenager, and running away. The Feb. 17 shooting happened on the Z6 bus near the busy White Oak Shopping Center and left 19-year-old Justice T’Ziyan E Montgomery Co. council leader plans to create 'anti-hate' task force to combat rise in antisemitic acts 02/23/2023 04:16am • Following recent reports of vandalism, including in multiple schools, the president of the Montgomery County, Maryland, council wants to form a task force to tackle the incidents that he described as "disturbing and frightening." Council President Evan Glass said in a letter to County Executive M 'I don't think the mayor fully understands the bill': DC council chairman defends criminal code rewrite 02/22/2023 04:39am • The District's revised criminal code faces its final hurdle before becoming law in the U.S. Congress, where even D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson — who has long championed the revision — has admitted it's an uphill battle. After the House voted to block the revised criminal code in a Montgomery Co. police looking for info on who shot, killed teenager on Metrobus 02/20/2023 05:15pm • A teenager is dead and Montgomery County, Maryland, police want help finding the man who shot him on a Metrobus Friday evening. When officers arrived just before 7:45 p.m. Friday to investigate why a Metrobus was pulled over and passengers were getting off on Lockwood Drive in the White Oak area, Md. lawmakers announce $5.1 million grant for gun violence prevention programs 02/18/2023 09:05pm • A group of Democratic leaders and lawmakers in Maryland announced Friday that the state would receive $5.1 million in federal funding for its gun violence prevention programs. A press release from Sen. Chris Van Hollen said the money would come from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Byrne Memori Amid rise in carjackings, 7 teens charged with auto theft in Montgomery Co. 02/17/2023 02:35pm • Seven teenagers between the ages of 14 and 17 have been charged with auto theft in Montgomery County, Maryland, according to police. Officers were called to Livingston Street in the Glenmont Forest neighborhood around 7:30 a.m. Wednesday for the report of suspicious activity. Police said detectiv Homeless encampment cleared a block from White House; dozens relocated 02/16/2023 05:31am • The National Park Service cleared a D.C. park just a block from the White House, where dozens of people had been living in tents in the small green space. Park Service employees wore white hazmat coveralls as they combed McPherson Square Park on Wednesday morning, filling garbage trucks with tent Lawmakers consider expanding authority of Md. attorney general’s independent investigations division 02/15/2023 09:43am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown (D) testified Tuesday in favor of legislation that would give his office’s Independent Investigati Loudoun Co. school spokesman seeks venue change, claims Youngkin, Miyares tainted jury pool 02/15/2023 09:30am • The attorney for Loudoun County Public Schools spokesman Wayde Byard is asking his felony perjury trial be transferred, claiming Virginia's governor and attorney general have infected the entire jury pool, WTOP has learned. The charges against Byard came after a special grand jury report accused Defense attorney Ed Nuttall seeks to unseat Fairfax Co. prosecutor Descano 02/14/2023 08:20am • Defense attorney Ed Nuttall, who has represented more than 20 officers in police-involved shootings, has launched a Democratic primary campaign to replace Steve Descano, who was elected Fairfax County Commonwealth's Attorney in 2019 on a platform of social justice reform. Nuttall tells WTOP that Georgetown students work to exonerate Baltimore man freed after 27 years in prison 02/13/2023 09:08pm • At 16 years old, he was convicted of murder. Last week, Kenneth Bond, now 43, walked out of prison. The Baltimore man plans to clear his name next. Striding across the parking lot toward a waiting crowd and away from the Jessup Correctional Institute, Kenneth Bond stood tall with a wide smile — Loudoun Co.'s Biberaj shrugs off 'noise' from Youngkin, Miyares, set to announce reelection bid 02/13/2023 08:21am • In 2020, when Buta Biberaj was sworn in as Loudoun County, Virginia's first elected female Commonwealth's Attorney, on a platform of judicial reform, she knew she would face challenges — now, she wants four more years of challenges. Biberaj, a Democrat, will announce her bid for reelection Mond 2 Stafford residents face multiple charges after fleeing traffic stop, car chase 02/11/2023 08:09pm • A vehicle pursuit stemming from a traffic stop in Fredericksburg, Virginia, Friday afternoon ended in deputies using intentional vehicle contact to end the chase and arrest both the driver and passenger, according to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office. On Friday at 2:30 p.m., a deputy stopped a Federal jury convicts Va. man for $1M prescription drug fraud 02/11/2023 03:31pm • A man from Portsmouth, Virginia, was convicted Thursday for his role in a scheme that defrauded Medicare of more than $1 million in prescription drug benefits, according to federal prosecutors. The Department of Justice said that 33-year-old Ronald A. Beasley II was convicted for conspiracy to co Former Montgomery Co. school bus driver faces up to 40 years in prison for sexually abusing students 02/10/2023 01:00pm • A former Montgomery County, Maryland, school bus driver is facing up to 40 years in prison for sexually abusing four special needs students, according to the county state's attorney's office. A jury found 67-year-old Etienne Kabongo criminally responsible Thursday for the abuse. He argued he shou