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One dead, five Va. communities under voluntary evacuation order from Helene 09/27/2024 05:51pm • One person is reported dead in Virginia and five localities in the southwest region of the state are under a voluntary evacuation order as a result of Tropical Depression Helene, Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin said in a Facebook live update around 4 p.m. Friday afternoon. The one fatality in Crai Prince William Co. police officer charged with assault and sexual battery 09/27/2024 09:24am • A Prince William County, Virginia, police officer is facing serious charges for allegedly abducting and inappropriately touching a woman. James Thomas Clinton, 28, is accused of assaulting the same woman twice between June and September. In June, Clinton allegedly handcuffed the woman at Potomac Why these oysters going in a Chesapeake Bay tributary won't be destined for your dinner plate 09/26/2024 08:20pm • Improving the water quality of the Chesapeake Bay is often tied to efforts to boost the population of crabs, oysters and other native species that also help the region’s seafood industry stay afloat. More oysters and crabs in the water mean more can be harvested by watermen and the seafood hous Former Fairfax Co. sheriff's deputy assaults handcuffed man in video 09/26/2024 11:56am • A former Fairfax County Sheriff’s deputy is facing assault charges after video shows he punched a handcuffed man who was being arrested on Sept. 11. Sgt. Joshua Silver can been seen punching a handcuffed man four times in the face in the video released by the sheriff’s department Wednesday, a Love and lust that makes your bank account go bust 09/26/2024 05:17am • Police in Prince George's County say that potential date you're talking to online might want you for your money. So far this year, police say there have been 19 reported cases of what are commonly known as "crimes of sextortion," but the Maryland county also believes the true number is more than Mother accused of shooting teenage daughter following argument inside Maryland home 09/25/2024 02:10pm • An argument between a mother and a daughter ended with the 13-year-old girl being shot inside a Maryland house, police said. The mother was held without bond Wednesday following charges of attempted murder. Talecka Brown, 32, was arrested on a charge of attempted first-degree murder after police Police video shows first interaction with husband after disappearance of Mamta Kafle Bhatt 09/24/2024 02:53pm • Days after Mamta Kafle Bhatt was last seen, police conducted a welfare check on the mother from Manassas Park, Virginia. Body camera footage from the officers' visit is one focus of the case against her husband. Naresh Bhatt is charged with concealing her body, although police and prosecutor 'The cars were just like leaning to the left': Some 20 vehicles had tires slashed in this Fairfax County town 09/24/2024 02:15pm • It has been a frustrating experience for drivers in Northern Virginia who have walked up to their parked vehicles in the morning only to find that they are not drivable. They had their tires slashed. Something that's been happening more and more lately, according to police. "We have 22 vehicle Prince George's Co. teen faces charges after bringing gun to his middle school, police say 09/24/2024 12:53pm • A teenage student is facing charges after police said he brought a gun to his Landover Hills, Maryland, middle school on Monday. Prince George County Public Schools security personnel confiscated an unloaded gun from the 13-year-old student at Ellen Ochoa Middle School, police said. The studen Teen girl in critical condition after being shot in Seat Pleasant 09/23/2024 09:58pm • A teenage girl was shot in Seat Pleasant, Maryland, Monday afternoon and is in critical condition, police say. Police said they found the girl near the corner off Seat Pleasant Drive on 69th Place with gunshot wounds to her upper body. She was rushed to the hospital. A spokesperson for the 24-year-old man struck and killed in Springfield 09/22/2024 06:36pm • A Woodbridge, Virginia, man is dead after police say he was struck on the roadway in Springfield. According to Fairfax County police, Oscar Daniel Martinez Granados, 24, walked into the eastbound lanes of Old Keene Mill Road in the 8100 block on Thursday night. When officers responded shortly Man dead after officer shooting in Silver Spring, police say 09/22/2024 06:23am • A man was killed after an officer shot him in Montgomery County, Maryland, Saturday night. Police received a call about an "assault in progress" just before 7:49 p.m. on Janet Road in Silver Spring. When the first officer arrived at the scene, a man was found armed with an unidentified object Arborist dead after being electrocuted working in Alexandria 09/21/2024 10:34pm • An arborist is dead after being electrocuted while trimming a tree in Alexandria, Virginia, Saturday morning. Alexandria fire and police responded shortly after 10 a.m. to the unit block of West Mount Ida Avenue in the Del Ray neighborhood. When crews arrived at the scene, they found the arbor A girl was sexually assaulted in the 80s. Police have now made an arrest 09/21/2024 08:45am • A Fredericksburg, Virginia, man has been arrested for a sexual assault case over four decades old. On June 7, a woman told Fairfax County police that she was sexually assaulted numerous times as a child between 1980 and 1983 on a horse farm in Great Falls. After investigating the report, detec Naresh Bhatt denied bond due to 'overwhelming,' 'horrific' testimony 09/20/2024 11:23pm • Naresh Bhatt was denied bond Friday in Prince William County Circuit Court after prosecutors revealed incriminating new evidence and an updated timeline in the disappearance of Mamta Kafle Bhatt. Judge Kimberly A. Irving presided over the lengthy hearing, which lasted approximately two and a half