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Home title theft: How to prevent it 08/10/2025 08:00pm • Homeowners need to be aware of house title theft, a type of fraud that threatens an individual's ownership of their home. Property fraud in general is a costly problem. The FBI reports that in 2024, it received 9,359 complaints of real estate crime, a category that includes home title theft. Real Curfew for teenagers now in effect at Navy Yard 08/10/2025 04:50pm • D.C. Police Chief Pamela Smith placed a curfew for the District's Navy Yard area that started Sunday night. The Juvenile Curfew Emergency Amendment Act of 2025 gives the police chief the authority to order a Juvenile Curfew Zone in an area where large groups of youths are gathering or intending t Trump may move closer toward a DC takeover during Monday news conference 08/10/2025 01:55pm • President Donald Trump has teased a news conference on Monday that, in his words, "will stop violent crime in Washington, D.C." It comes as the Trump administration continues a weeklong effort to bolster a federal law enforcement presence in the city. Many extra federal police personnel have Man riding a motorcycle dead after crash in Montgomery Co. 08/10/2025 10:50am • A man riding a motorcycle died following a crash in Montgomery County, Maryland, Saturday night. Montgomery County police said officers and fire personnel went to the 22000 block of New Hampshire Avenue, near Sapling Ridge Lane in Brookeville, shortly after 6:15 p.m. for a report of a two-vehicle 1 dead, 5 injured in Baltimore mass shooting 08/10/2025 10:17am • A man has died following a mass shooting in Baltimore on Saturday night, where five others were injured.  Police said officers were called just after 8:45 p.m. to the intersection of Spaulding and Queensbury avenues in Northwest Baltimore where the shooting took place. When they arrived at the sc Teens allegedly trash store at Hechinger Mall in Northeast DC 08/09/2025 06:45pm • A store employee is hurt and clean ups are underway after a group of teenagers allegedly trashed and stole from a store in the Hechinger Mall in Northeast D.C. Friday night. Police told WTOP before 11:45 p.m., a large group entered a store on Benning Road near Maryland Avenue and stole multiple Man charged in connection with shooting death of mother's boyfriend in Accokeek 08/09/2025 04:59pm • A man was arrested in connection with the shooting death of his mother's boyfriend in Prince George's County, Maryland, Friday. Authorities charged Clarence Green Jr., 24, with first-degree murder in the death of Gene Garrett Jr., 38. Police said around midnight they went to the 16000 block o Trump administration slashes DC’s security funding by 44% 08/09/2025 04:30pm • While President Donald Trump said crime in the District is "totally out of control," his administration said it will cut security funding for the D.C. area. It was only days ago that White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced the Making D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force’s Law Enfo Man jumps to death after officers enter his apartment in Alexandria 08/08/2025 01:05pm • Authorities in Alexandria, Virginia, confirm that an unidentified man died Friday morning moments after law enforcement officials tried to arrest him at his King Street high-rise apartment building. Authorities say the man eluded police as they entered the apartment and jumped to his death from h More federal law enforcement will be patrolling DC streets at the request of Trump 08/08/2025 06:13am • More federal law enforcement officers will be patrolling D.C. streets over the next coming days to combat crime and, in the words of President Donald Trump's administration, make the city safe again. District residents can expect to see the increased presence starting Friday at midnight, accordin Prince George's County police release video of shooting suspect who took off on bicycle 08/07/2025 01:25pm • Prince George's County police are asking for help identifying a suspect who rode his bicycle to the scene of a fatal shooting where a 33-year-old man was shot and killed, before the suspect pedaled away. The suspect is wanted in the killing of William Denard Askew, of Greenbelt, Maryland. On July 'Just pay for the damage': Virginia man seeks woman who allegedly vandalized Tesla Cybertruck 08/07/2025 08:36am • What began as a festive Fourth of July celebration on the water at the Columbia Island Marina ended in shock for Michael Sobhi. By the morning, his Tesla Cybertruck had been vandalized. When he went to the parking lot the next day, he noticed both side view mirrors had been ripped off his vehicle DC police arrest 2 in connection with scam of older woman 08/07/2025 05:16am • D.C. police have made two arrests in connection with a big financial scam that cost an older woman an estimated $640,000. Authorities told reporters Wednesday about the apparent scam and how it may be part of a larger effort to defraud area residents, especially older adults. In February, an u 'I always knew': DC police officer's friends waited decades for break in her 1995 killing 08/07/2025 04:25am • For nearly three decades, Montgomery County police have worked to solve the murder of D.C. police officer Denna Campbell. This week, Campbell’s friends and family moved one step closer to seeing justice. Police on Tuesday in Laurel, Maryland, arrested 62-year-old Amir Jalil Ali, Campbell's boyf Confederate memorial to be returned to Arlington National Cemetery 08/06/2025 08:18pm • U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced Tuesday that a Confederate memorial will be returned to Arlington National Cemetery, following its removal in 2023. The controversial sculpture, also called the "Reconciliation Monument," is being returned as part of President Donald Trump's admini