DC fire captain arrested on gun, drug charges

WASHINGTON — A D.C. Fire Department captain has been arrested on gun and drug charges in Fairfax County.

Brian Grace, of Centerville, Maryland, was arrested on Wednesday and charged by the Fairfax County police with possession with intent to manufacture, sell and distribute drugs and possession of two firearms with a Schedule I or II drug, The Washington Post reports.

The D.C. Fire Department says Grace has been in the department since 2000 and has been placed on administrative leave, The Post says.

Rick Massimo

Rick Massimo came to WTOP, and to Washington, in 2013 after having lived in Providence, R.I., since he was a child. He's the author of "A Walking Tour of the Georgetown Set" and "I Got a Song: A History of the Newport Folk Festival."

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