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Chinatown Walgreens manager who facilitated inside-job robberies sentenced to 12 years 07/23/2025 07:19pm • A former manager at the Chinatown Walgreens in D.C. was sentenced Wednesday to more than 12 years in prison for facilitating a series of seven inside-job robberies at the store that took place from 2023 to early 2024 and culminated in a shooting inside. Michael Robinson, 35, pleaded guilty in Ma DC police chief blocked firing of officers convicted in Karon Hylton-Brown's death, report finds 07/23/2025 05:54pm • A new report criticized the actions D.C. police took before and after the death of Karon Hylton-Brown, who died after a police chase in 2020, and found that the settlements for the convicted officers who later received a presidential pardon were "extremely lenient." The report by the Office of th Army spent about $30 million on 250th anniversary parade 07/23/2025 06:00am • The Army spent about $30 million on its 250th anniversary parade last month that coincided with President Donald Trump���s birthday, The Associated Press reported. The price tag falls within the Army���s initial estimated cost of between $25 million and $45 million. The June 14��parade consist New and old challenges greet familiar face's return to top of Prince George's Co. police force 07/22/2025 05:03pm • He���s a familiar face to the veterans of the Prince George���s County Police Department, but new police Chief George Nader said his time away from the county, where he spent over two decades working, will be an asset now that he���s made his return. Calling the department an organization he know Video shows Florida deputies punching and dragging a Black man from his car 07/22/2025 04:26pm • A video showing Florida deputies punching and dragging a Black man from his car during a traffic stop has sparked nationwide outrage, with civil rights lawyers accusing authorities of fabricating their arrest report. The footage shows that William McNeil Jr., 22, was sitting in the driver's seat, As immigration arrests surge, so does number of Maryland sheriffs agreeing to work with ICE 07/22/2025 03:13pm • Every person getting booked in jail in Frederick County is asked two questions: ���Where were you born?��� and ���What country are you a citizen of?��� If the answer to either question is anything other than the U.S., said Sheriff Chuck Jenkins (R), officers will take the individual to the facili Lower patrol staff, higher OT costs: Report from Montgomery Co. police details department trends 07/21/2025 06:59pm • Montgomery County police are trying to get a clearer picture of how the public feels about the job the department is doing. In its 2024 Police Statistical Data Report, discussed before the county council's public safety committee meeting Monday, the department included the findings of a survey co FBI agent convicted of raping 3 young women faces 122 years in prison 07/21/2025 03:21pm • An FBI agent who had previously been acquitted in a 2020 shooting on a moving Metro Red Line train was found guilty Friday��of raping three young women. Prosecutors confirmed with WTOP that 41-year-old Eduardo Valdivia was convicted on six counts of second-degree rape and two counts of fourth-deg DC's inspector general finds 'critical gaps' in efforts to combat gun violence in public schools 07/21/2025 02:38pm • A new report from D.C.'s inspector general found "critical gaps" in the school system's strategy, coordination and infrastructure, which leaves the District's public schools "vulnerable to gun violence." Among the findings in the report from Inspector General Daniel Lucas was that 50% of needed s Maryland county fields more than 100 rescue calls in two-hour period 07/20/2025 07:19pm • ��� Watch Video: Flash flooding hits Washington, D.C. A Maryland county reported more than 100 rescue calls Saturday in a two-hour period during intense rainfall and flash floods ��� numbers normally seen in a 24-hour period. Significant rainfall from storms caused flash flooding in parts Maryland, Virginia state police recognized in national 'best looking cruiser' competition 07/20/2025 04:31pm • State troopers in Maryland and Virginia have some new bragging rights for a unique reason. The two states have ranked in the top 10 in ���America���s Best Looking Cruiser��� competition held by the American Association of State Troopers. Maryland came in fourth and Virginia came in ninth. Flor Maryland State Police investigate inmate's death at Allegany Co. prison 07/20/2025 02:44pm • Officials with the Maryland State Police are investigating the death of an inmate at the North Branch Correctional Institution in Cumberland, Maryland. Maryland State Police confirmed��in a news release that the death occurred Friday and identified the individual as 30-year-old inmate Elias Alvar Ex-robber turned Georgetown law professor convicted of domestic violence 07/19/2025 12:11pm • A Georgetown University law professor who spent 11 years in prison for bank robbery before becoming a lawyer was convicted Friday of criminal charges stemming from a September 2023 domestic violence incident that followed years of abuse. Shon Hopwood, 50, was found guilty by a District of Colum What to know about the 'juvenile curfew zone' in DC's U Street corridor this weekend 07/19/2025 10:02am • D.C. police are turning the U Street corridor into an expanded juvenile curfew zone this weekend ��� a new authority granted to the department under emergency legislation signed by the mayor earlier this month. The District's expanded citywide curfew begins nightly at 11 p.m., thanks to the legis Montgomery County Fire and Rescue apologizes after baseball field was swamped with water 07/19/2025 05:52am • The Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service issued an apology Friday after an incident on Thursday night resulted in the Silver Spring-Takoma Thunderbolts baseball team having to cancel their game. In a social media post Friday, the team, which is part of the collegiate Cal Ripken League, showe