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Hit and run: Dump truck damaged highway sign, showering debris across I-95 in Fairfax Co. 07/11/2024 03:38pm • The dump truck sought by police was caught on traffic cameras. (Courtesy Virginia State Police) A dump truck with its truck bed raised slammed into an overhead road sign on Interstate 95 in Fairfax County on Thursday afternoon, sending a shower of debris onto the roadway before fleeing the scene Carjackings are down, violent crime is up in Prince George's Co., police chief says 07/11/2024 06:30am • Stepped up enforcement and community engagement are how police say they'll be fighting crime this summer in Prince George's County, Maryland. Police plan to focus their efforts in small, concise areas around the county where crime tends to proliferate, and if criminal activity shifts, police asse Some road closures lifted around White House as NATO summit wraps 07/11/2024 06:30am • As closures change to deal with delays, listen live to WTOP for the latest traffic updates on the 8s. As the 75th anniversary of the 2024 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit wraps up Thursday, some road closures from earlier this week have been lifted. Closures around the White House More police are dying on duty in 2024, report finds 07/10/2024 05:12pm • More police are being killed while on duty in 2024 compared to the same time span last year, according to a new report released by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. “The conditions for the men and women out there protecting us are increasingly dangerous and every single year, 3 men charged in shooting outside Manassas Mall 07/10/2024 04:07pm • Three men have been charged after allegedly firing shots outside of a Northern Virginia shopping mall on Tuesday, where a bystander was wounded, police said. A fight between two groups escalated into a shooting in the parking lot of Manassas Mall at around 2 p.m., according to Prince William Coun Police: Suspect sought in Southeast DC dognapping 07/10/2024 12:01pm • A 9-month-old female American Bully with black and white fur was taken in a robbery in Southeast D.C. on July 8. (Courtesy D.C. police) Police are asking for assistance to find a puppy stolen from its owner during an attempted sale in Southeast D.C. on Monday. At approximately 9:30 p.m., poli DC police chief asks small business owners to help stop crime 07/10/2024 05:12am • On Tuesday, D.C. Police Chief Pamela Smith joined Peter Kilpatrick, president of Catholic University, at the 2024 Potomac Conference on Public Safety. As Kilpatrick was wrapping up his thoughts, Smith looked over at the panel moderator, Elliott Ferguson, president and CEO of Destination DC. H 2 people were injured in shooting outside a Virginia mall. They are expected to survive 07/09/2024 11:47pm • MANASSAS, Va. (AP) — Two people were injured in a shooting outside a northern Virginia shopping mall Tuesday but were expected to survive, authorities said. Police in Prince William County said the shooting occurred in a parking lot at the Manassas Mall around 2 p.m. *UPDATE: #PWCPD has rele Man's thumb cut off by suspects who used it to steal money off his phone, court docs say 07/09/2024 06:45pm • A man was stabbed and killed inside his apartment in April and the suspects cut off his thumb in order to steal money off his cellphone, according to D.C. court documents. Two women have been arrested and charged this month in the killing of Fasil Teklemariam, 53, who was found dead inside his ap US Marshals who fired on carjacking suspect were part of security detail for Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor 07/09/2024 06:36pm • Two deputy U.S. Marshals who shot and wounded a man they said tried to carjack one of the officers early Friday morning in Northwest D.C. were assigned to the protective detail for Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. The shooting happened around 1:15 a.m. on July 5 outside Sotomayor's residenc Police: 2 taken to hospital for mental evaluation after man fires gun in Prince George's Co. neighborhood 07/09/2024 05:28pm • A man having what police described as a mental health episode fired a gun from his home several times in his suburban Prince George's County, Maryland, neighborhood, striking a nearby residence and triggering a brief shelter-in-place, police said Tuesday. The man was taken into custody and sent t 2 men charged following shooting at Silver Spring Taco Bell 07/09/2024 11:45am • A pair of men are being held without bond at Montgomery County, Maryland's detention center in Rockville following a shooting at a Taco Bell Cantina in Silver Spring last month. Montgomery County police said Souleymane Traore, 18, faces charges of attempted first-degree murder and first-degree as 'Customers should be aware': Pepco customers are being urged to watch out for scammers 07/09/2024 04:13am • Pepco is reminding customers to watch out for potential scams, which could even involve a phone call from a customer service number. "There's a lot of common schemes that involve scammers' use of technology to replicate a company's phone number through caller ID," said Pepco spokesman Frank Tedes Police release image of suspect vehicle involved in Southeast DC quadruple shooting 07/08/2024 11:42pm • Four people were injured in a shooting Monday evening in Southeast D.C. The Metropolitan Police Department confirmed to WTOP that around 8 p.m. Monday night, four people — two men and two women — were injured in a shooting in the 1000 block of 12th Street SE. The four people were taken to After yearslong surge, carjackings fall 46% in DC 07/08/2024 09:21pm • The numbers of carjackings in the District is going down after a yearslong surge. U.S. Attorney for D.C. Matthew Graves said that in June of this year compared to June of 2023, carjackings fell 78%, from 140 to 31. Year to date, Graves said there has been a 46% drop, with over 200 fewer carjackin