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DOJ establishes COVID-19 Strike Force teams to combat fraud 09/15/2022 12:28am • The Justice Department has created three Strike Force teams to improve its efforts to fight and prevent COVID-19 fraud. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland said in a statement Wednesday that the department confiscated over $1.2 billion in relief funds that people were trying to steal and charged Prosecutors say 'Serial' conviction should be tossed 09/14/2022 03:58pm • Prosecutors in Baltimore are asking a judge to throw out the conviction of a man found guilty as a teen of killing his girlfriend more than 20 years ago, whose case was the subject of the popular 2014 podcast "Serial." Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby filed a motion Wednesday seeking to v Greenbelt, Md. police charge 13-year-old with attempted murder 09/10/2022 09:18pm • Prince George’s County and Greenbelt police have confirmed the arrest of a 13-year-old for an alleged noncontact shooting. They will be charged with second-degree attempted murder and additional firearm-related charges. Police said the shooting happened in the area of Springhill Lane and Spring Judge orders special prosecutor in school board appeal for father of Loudoun Co. high school rape victim 09/09/2022 09:39pm • Circuit Court Judge James Plowman has appointed a special prosecutor to replace Loudoun County prosecutors in the appeal of a father whose daughter was raped at Stone Bridge High School in Ashburn, Virginia, last year by a teen who later groped another student at another school. The man, who WTOP 'Not dealing in theory': Prince George's Co. executive responds to curfew criticisms 09/07/2022 06:49pm • What can those under 17 years old expect when they are caught out after curfew in Prince George's County, Maryland? County Executive Angela Alsobrooks said that the first thing officers will do is "educate youth on the curfew and tell them to go home." She's also hoping that parents will take DC man sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for armed robbery, two carjackings 09/06/2022 10:19pm • A D.C. man has been sentenced to prison for his role in multiple Maryland crimes last year. Rashaun Onley, 23, pleaded guilty to armed commercial robbery, carjacking and gun charges, according to a U.S. Attorney's Office District of Maryland news release Tuesday. He was sentenced to serve 14 How effective are curfews in reducing crime? A criminologist weighs in 09/06/2022 07:40pm • The frustration over violent crime in Prince George’s County is understandable. But Charles Adams, Bowie State University professor and chair of the Maryland school's Department of Criminal Justice, doesn't see curfews as the answer to juvenile crime. “What we know as criminologists is that c Prince George's Co. to enforce teen curfew to combat crime: 'These kids don't just need a hug' 09/05/2022 05:04pm • Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks says police in the Maryland county will begin stepping up enforcement of an already on-the-books curfew to keep teens off the streets at night, amid a rise in carjackings and other violent crime. The announcement Monday of a get-tough approach on Guilty verdict in 2016 Fairfax Co. killing 09/01/2022 03:21pm • A man who had to be extradited from Ethiopia to stand trial was found guilty Wednesday of first-degree murder in a 2016 Fairfax County, Virginia, killing. Yohannes Nessibu, 28, was convicted in the shooting death of Kedest Simeneh, 22, who was found in a backyard in Burke the morning of Dec. 22, 'It's not about fighting': Former Stafford Co. prosecutor switches sides in quest for justice 09/01/2022 07:07am • Stafford County, Virginia, prosecutor Ryan Fitzgerald told the convicted murderer's lawyer what the deal was —  he had the evidence to find her client guilty of first-degree murder for killing his estranged wife 32 years ago and would seek life in prison. In April 2021, Jose Rodriguez-Cruz ple Supreme Ct. appeal weighed by Md. for Beltway sniper resentencing 08/31/2022 09:17am • Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh is considering asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review the order from the state's highest court that convicted Beltway sniper Lee Boyd Malvo must be resentenced for his six Montgomery County murders. Raquel Guillory Coombs, director of communications for the Md. gang member pleads guilty to extorting business owners 08/30/2022 09:18pm • A Maryland man pleaded guilty to extorting business owners in Langley Park. The U.S. Attorney's Office District of Maryland said Jilmer Hernandez-Alvarado, 27, of Hyattsville is a member of MS-13, "an international criminal enterprise that is active throughout the United States." More 'We've seen a disturbing trend': DC leaders stress accountability in wake of football player's shooting 08/30/2022 04:47am • D.C. leaders spoke Monday following a shooting Sunday that wounded a Washington Commanders player. Running back Brian Robinson Jr. was shot in an attempted carjacking Sunday afternoon in Northeast D.C. More Crime News Commanders rookie shot in hip and leg during attempted carjacking 13 current Prince George’s Co. officers and 1 retired officer accused of double-dipping 08/26/2022 06:32pm • Thirteen Prince George’s County, Maryland, police officers and a recently retired officer were indicted Thursday on charges of theft and misconduct in office. The Prince George’s County Police Department said in a statement Thursday that the officers have been accused of working for a private 'This is terrorism' — Howard Univ. responds to second bomb threat in 48 hours 08/26/2022 02:02pm • Less than 48 hours after a bomb threat pulled students from a residence hall at Howard University, the historically Black university saw yet another threat of explosive violence. In a letter to the community, President Wayne A.I. Frederick said that the threat against resident halls East and West