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Community organizations donate $7K reward to help solve 3 antisemitic graffiti cases in Montgomery Co. 11/15/2024 10:12am • Three cases of antisemitic graffiti spray painted around Bethesda, Maryland, remain unsolved, and now, police in Montgomery County are offering a reward for information that leads to an arrest. The incidents occurred in the summer in locations relatively close to each other. The first happened on Woman arrested for impersonating nurses at several LA hospitals 11/15/2024 01:09am • (BURBANK, Calif.) -- A woman is facing felony charges after she allegedly was hired as a nurse at several California hospitals using "a variety of false identities" despite not having a nursing license, according to the Burbank Police Department. Amanda Leeann Porter, 44, allegedly impersonated a Montgomery Co. man arrested on multiple counts of rape, sex abuse of three girls 11/14/2024 04:28pm • Montgomery County, Maryland, police have arrested a man in connection with the rape and sexual abuse of three young girls and are encouraging any other potential victims to come forward. Irvin Ariel Portillo, 28, of Damascus, was arrested Friday and faces multiple charges including second-degree Fauquier Co. man arrested in deadly hit-and-run 11/14/2024 09:54am • A Catlett man has been arrested in the fatal Nov. 8 hit-and-run in Fauquier County. On Wednesday, Virginia State Police located and arrested Dennis D. Dunning, 54, at his residence in the 8000 block of Burwell Road, according to a police news release. He was taken into custody without incident an Cockfighting ring shut down in Northern Virginia 11/13/2024 10:04pm • An cockfighting operation involving 80 chickens has been discovered and dismantled by authorities in Stafford County, Virginia. Deputies with the Stafford County Sheriff's Office served a stolen property warrant Nov. 7 at a residence on Norman Road, where they had received reports that cockfights US Capitol Police chief: Jan. 6 security at the Capitol will be 'night and day' difference 11/13/2024 06:22pm • The violence that broke out when rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol Building four years ago on Jan. 6 is still fresh in peoples' minds around the D.C. region, and law enforcement has been getting ready as that date quickly approaches after another divisive election. It is also when Congress meets t Inspector general finds US Park Police officers justified in 2017 shooting of unarmed driver Bijan Ghaisar 11/13/2024 09:45am • Two U.S. Park Police officers were justified in pursuing and eventually shooting unarmed motorist Bijan Ghaisar in November 2017, according to a newly-released Department of the Interior inspector general's report. Ghaisar's mother told WTOP the release of the report, a few days before the sevent Man charged with exposing himself in Montgomery Co. Ledo, Safeway, may have other victims, police say 11/13/2024 09:22am • A 31-year-old man has been charged in Montgomery County, Maryland, with indecent exposure at a pizza restaurant and grocery store, and police are asking anyone who may have been a victim to come forward. And, WTOP has learned that at the time of his arrest, the man was on probation after serving Trump Impact: Could incoming Republican administration, Congress eliminate DC home rule? 11/12/2024 09:20pm • This story is part of WTOP’s ongoing series, Trump Impact, which looks at how the new administration could change the D.C. region. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Tuesday congratulated President-elect Donald Trump on his victory while signaling there could be tension on the horizon between Republi 2 years later, license plate readers are helping Fairfax Co. police solve hundreds of cases 11/12/2024 04:14pm • Since launching a program to use automatic license plate readers in 2022, the technology has helped Fairfax County, Virginia, police in more than 800 cases, the department said. The technology, which the county is getting from Flock Safety and Axon, scans license plates as cars drive by. Once off Howard Co. police: +10,000 stolen construction tools recovered in theft scheme to be auctioned off 11/12/2024 10:52am • More than 10,000 of pieces of construction equipment and tools are up for auction in Howard County, Maryland, this weekend after what police have called "one of the largest and most expansive theft cases in the region in recent years." Jose Aceves, 52, of Jessup, Maryland, faces one count of felo Police identify man killed in 3-vehicle crash in Hillcrest Heights area 11/11/2024 07:33pm • Prince George's County police have identified the man killed in a three-vehicle crash in Hillcrest Heights, Maryland, Saturday night. According to police, 30-year-old Darius Robinson, of Oxon Hill, was driving eastbound on Wheeler Road near Southern Avenue around 9:30 p.m. when his vehicle collid Vets visit monuments and memorials built in their honor 11/11/2024 04:06am • D.C. is filled with memorials, monuments and museums dedicated to the efforts of the men and women that served in the U.S. military. So it makes sense that so many active and former service members would choose to spend Veterans Day weekend in the nation's capital. Bill Wright and his family Man dead following shooting at DC’s Rock Creek Cemetery 11/10/2024 06:03pm • A man is dead after a shooting at Rock Creek Cemetery in Northwest D.C. on Saturday, police said. D.C. police said officers responded to the sound of gunfire in an area of the cemetery to the rear of the 5000 block of First Street, just after 4:45 p.m. Officers found 22-year-old Brandon Ward, 1 dead, 1 injured in single-vehicle crash in Reston 11/10/2024 12:22pm • One man is dead and a woman is in critical condition after a single-vehicle crash in Reston, Virginia, Sunday morning, police said. Fairfax County police responded to North Shore Drive and Charter Oak Court, not far from Reston Town Center, before 4 a.m. about the crash. Two people were taken