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Study examines whether Loudoun Co. should convert its sheriff's office into a police department 04/02/2022 09:08am • A new study addressed what Loudoun County, Virginia, could expect if it were to convert its sheriff's office into a police department. The study carried out by the International Association of Chiefs of Police focused on the costs and service changes that would come if the sheriff's office, which DC Attorney General Racine adds Oath Keepers' leader and more to Capitol insurrection lawsuit 04/01/2022 10:53am • D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine added a slew of defendants — including the leader of the far-right Oath Keepers — to his lawsuit over the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by violent protesters loyal to then-President Donald Trump. In an announcement Friday, Racine's office said the goal of Md. man guilty in DC woman's 2014 murder where she was stabbed 47 times at home 04/01/2022 09:12am • A Prince George’s County man has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the 2014 death of a D.C. woman inside her home where she was stabbed 47 times, authorities said Thursday. A jury found Mark Bowser, 42, of Capitol Heights, Maryland, guilty in the stabbing death of 39-year-old Tracy Wo With DC crime lab still sidelined, prosecutors say DEA to test drugs in local cases 03/29/2022 10:58am • Federal prosecutors say the Drug Enforcement Administration has agreed to perform drug testing in criminal cases in D.C. Superior Court, aiming to clear a backlog created after the D.C. Department of Forensic Sciences lost its accreditation last year and was forced to halt forensic casework. The Rift deepens between state Sen. Smith and ACLU of Maryland 03/24/2022 09:33am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. A blog post published earlier this month by the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland has widened a growing rift between the venerabl Prince William County police will use federal grant to examine use of force 03/21/2022 03:07pm • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. The Prince William County Police Department will use $250,000 in federal funding to examine officer’s use of force. The money is par DC mayoral hopefuls share plans for the city during Sunday town hall 03/21/2022 07:31am • D.C. candidates for mayor came face to face on Sunday to share their plans to address some of the city's top priorities. The town hall, hosted by the Washington Interfaith Network, gave mayoral hopefuls the chance to discuss everything from gun violence and housing to education and their plans fo Some Alexandria parents criticize lack of communication about reported Va. high school sexual assault 03/20/2022 09:28am • Alexandria City and school officials say they followed their policies and the law in not broadly informing parents of a sexual assault case on a Virginia high school campus last fall. But some parents have criticized the move. More Virginia News  More Local News The handli Virginia man pleads guilty to bankruptcy fraud 03/18/2022 09:15am • ABINGDON, Va. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice says a Virginia man who hid his ownership interest in a waste management company and didn’t report his employment and income from that business on a bankruptcy filing has pleaded guilty to bankruptcy fraud. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for t Bowser on crime prevention and recreation boosts in 2023 budget 03/17/2022 04:01pm • How do you lower crime in D.C.? Mayor Muriel Bowser thinks the answer is, in part, stopping criminals before they start, and giving young people more positive outlets for their time and energy. “Our position and philosophy, and what we have learned, is that a small group of people are responsib DC man sentenced to 42 months in prison after 2019 crash kills 2 sisters 03/15/2022 04:07am • A D.C. man who crashed his car while under the influence of the hallucinogenic drug PCP, killing two passengers, has been sentenced to 42 months in federal prison. The U.S. Justice Department said Monday that Tervell Ham, 46, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter for the incident that took p DC police, NYPD, ATF investigating string of shootings, homicides targeting men who are homeless 03/14/2022 11:00am • Five men who are homeless were shot, two of which were killed, in a string of attacks in D.C. and New York that police say were committed by the same suspect. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and New York City Mayor Eric Adams have released a joint statement on Sunday encouraging people without housing t Romance fraud gets Woodbridge man 21 months in prison 03/13/2022 01:12am • The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia announced that a Woodbridge man's romance fraud scheme landed him a 21-month prison sentence. The statement said that the man, 41-year-old Abdul Rasak Garuba, preyed mostly on elderly people and garnered roughly $2.9 million since hi More police in Va. are decertified after recent reforms 03/11/2022 01:40pm • Police reforms passed in Virginia after the 2020 murder of George Floyd have led to a huge increase in the number of police officers being decertified, meaning they can no longer work in law enforcement anywhere in the state. According to a report from the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice DC Metro employee charged in connection with Jan. 6 attack on Capitol 03/07/2022 03:15pm • A D.C. Metro employee has been arrested and charged in connection with the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Iraj George Javid was arrested last Wednesday and faces charges of: entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds;