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Has a 'scofflaw' driver figured out how to avoid getting towed? 06/12/2024 10:10pm • WTOP is continuing its exclusive coverage on D.C.’s efforts to go after what it calls "scofflaw drivers" — drivers who don’t pay the automated traffic enforcement cameras and parking tickets they rack up. But one city resident is wondering whether his neighbor found a loophole. Records Police seeking car in investigation of man found dead outside Inova Alexandria Hospital 06/12/2024 08:01pm • The Alexandria Police Department is investigating the death of a man who was apparently dumped outside a Virginia hospital early Wednesday morning. Police responded to the Inova Alexandria Hospital at 3:03 a.m. following a report of a man found on the ground outside of one of the hospital’s ent DC police cracking down on illegal mopeds 06/12/2024 03:40pm • There are more and more mopeds weaving their way in and out of traffic on D.C. streets, prompting authorities to get tough on those who operate them unsafely. Mopeds are seen as a faster and cheaper way to make deliveries, but they aren't always operated in the safest manner. The crackdown beg Fairfax Co. police cracking down on illegal street takeovers 06/11/2024 04:03pm • Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, are cracking down on street takeovers as part of a summer crime prevention initiative aimed at being proactive and keeping communities safe. The first wave of the program, which started earlier this month, is focused on street takeovers and bars and restaurants Gaggle of geese escorted along 395 Express Lanes in Virginia 06/11/2024 02:17pm • There was plenty of honking on the northbound 395 Express Lanes Tuesday morning in Northern Virginia, but it wasn't just drivers stuck in traffic — it was also due to six geese on the roadway. A gaggle of geese got its own police and Virginia Department of Transportation escort toward Edsal Body of Md. parole agent found under bed wrapped in plastic bags, charging documents say 06/10/2024 09:21pm • The body of a Maryland parole agent who was allegedly killed while conducting a routine visit last month was found wrapped in plastic and left underneath a bed. That's according to charging documents filed against Emanuel Edward Sewell, 54, who is being charged with first-degree murder in the kil When a DC monument was struck in a vehicle crash, one Virginia man took the lead to save it 06/09/2024 05:35pm • You might not even notice the small mangled square metal fence located at the intersection of South Capitol Street and Southern Avenue Southeast on the border of D.C. and Maryland. But Chairman of the Nation's Capital Boundary Stones Committee Stephen Powers said it's actually a pretty big deal. Carjacking charge remains for DC woman accused of stealing running SUV with passenger inside 06/08/2024 04:00am • There’s probable cause for an unarmed carjacking charge against a D.C. woman accused of stealing an SUV with an ill patient in the passenger seat earlier this week, a D.C. Superior Court judge ruled Friday. During the hourslong preliminary hearing, Judge Renee Raymond ordered that 22-year-old K 'The two were a fixture in downtown Bethesda': Popular dog who rides on the back of owner’s bike dies 06/07/2024 11:03pm • When Richard Hoye rode his bike around downtown Bethesda, Maryland, his black Labrador retriever, Rudder, would be right behind him in a pedicab. Hoye, 68, and Rudder were the best of buddies for 14 years until Rudder passed away on Wednesday, leaving not only Hoye, but many in the downtown Bethe 2 suspects charged in murder at District Heights car meetup held without bond 06/07/2024 10:00pm • Two men charged with murder at an illegal car meetup last month in the District Heights area of Maryland were ordered to be held without bond Friday. The killing of 26-year-old John Phipps happened shortly before 2 a.m. on Sunday, May 19. The shooting followed several reports of drag racing and g Honks of hope: How a Northern Virginia community is supporting a brave car enthusiast 06/07/2024 03:11pm • "His normal day looks like sitting near the window thumbing through a car magazine and watching the world go by." Samantha Tunador wrote this in a June 5 post on Facebook. The post was about her 52-year-old brother Alex Scott. Scott is living with cerebral palsy and currently battling live DC Pride parade and festival this weekend: Road closures you need to know 06/07/2024 02:17pm • The biggest weekend in all of D.C. Pride Month brings a few traffic closures throughout Saturday and Sunday, as celebrations take over downtown D.C. and the Dupont Circle neighborhood. The Capital Pride Alliance is putting on festivities throughout the entire month to celebrate Pride and this yea Virginia woman suspected of 'heinous' killing of 3 roommates arrested after high-speed chase in New York 06/06/2024 10:10pm • A 23-year-old woman suspected of killing her three older roommates in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, earlier this week was taken into custody following a high-speed chase and cash on a New York highway Thursday. Alyssa Jane Venable, of Spotsylvania, is charged with three counts of second-degree m Gov. Glenn Youngkin on ditching Calif. emissions standards: 'Virginians should be able to decide what car they buy' 06/06/2024 11:17am • In a potential blow to the push to get more people to buy electric cars, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin says the Commonwealth's strict auto emission standards — based on California legislation — will be lifted by the end of the year. The governor says Virginians deserve to choose which vehicles 1 dead, 6 hurt after crash on Capital Beltway, causing delays for morning commute 06/05/2024 02:04pm • Listen to WTOP for traffic updates on the 8s. A man is dead and six others hurt after a three-vehicle crash on the inner loop of the Capital Beltway near Georgia Avenue in Montgomery County, Maryland, early Wednesday. The overnight crash investigation prompted hourslong closures on the interst