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'Hours count, minutes count': Advice from the Secret Service on avoiding cyberscams 05/09/2024 08:00pm • When most people think of the U.S. Secret Service, they think about presidential protection. But the Secret Service also investigates financial crimes and is currently involved in the investigation of the theft of $220,000 from the Rockville Volunteer Fire Department. Stavros Nikolakakos, assi Ambulance purchase interrupted by scammers leaves Rockville Volunteer Fire Department out $220K 05/09/2024 04:38am • Who would steal from volunteers who dedicate their time to saving lives? That's what Eric Bernard, president of the Rockville Fire Department, would like to know. So would the Montgomery County Police, the FBI and the United States Secret Service. The Rockville Volunteer Fire Department was re Suspect in custody after shooting inside Suitland Metro station, no injuries reported 05/08/2024 10:59pm • A suspect is in custody after firing a weapon inside the Suitland Metro station Wednesday night. The shooting happened shortly before 9 p.m., a spokesperson for the Metro Transit Police Department told WTOP. MTPD is investigating a non-contact officer-involved shooting at Suitland Station. The 'I hate you!': Md. residents, kids react to 'devastating' Potomac playground arson 05/08/2024 10:32pm • A cherished playground in Potomac, Maryland, is normally a spot where smiling children climb its rope ladders and cheer as they glide down its many slides. But on Tuesday night, arsonists brought an end to the fun. “Who burns down a kid's playground? Like why would someone do that? It just does Safety concerns generate community discussion at Montgomery County's Kennedy High School 05/08/2024 06:00pm • Concerns about safety and reports of drug use on campus at Kennedy High School in Montgomery County caused the Parent Teacher Student Association to call for a community meeting to discuss ways the school system and county officials can do more to keep the Maryland school safe. Last month, Kenned Ahead of Md. Senate primary, former Gov. Hogan speaks with WTOP on abortion, campus protests and being called a 'RINO' 05/08/2024 12:43pm • Former Maryland Republican Gov. Larry Hogan has often referred to "dysfunction in Washington" as he talks about political gridlock on Capitol Hill. When asked why Hogan, who is now running for the U.S. Senate, would want to be a part of that, he responded by saying, "I really don't want to." " Man dead after car hits pedestrian in Rockville 05/08/2024 11:58am • A man is dead after being struck and killed by a vehicle in Montgomery County, Maryland, on Wednesday morning, police said. Around 5:30 a.m., Montgomery County Fire Rescue personnel and Montgomery County police officers responded to reports of a pedestrian struck on the westbound side of Norbeck PHOTOS: See the GW University pro-Palestinian protest evolve 05/08/2024 11:37am • Police cleared the the pro-Palestinian encampment on George Washington University’s campus in D.C. on May 8, arresting 33 protesters.  As final exams neared and the war in Gaza raged on, the protests on the D.C. campus lasted for two weeks. Universities nationwide are contending with encamp DC police clear out GWU pro-Palestinian encampment, 33 protesters arrested 05/08/2024 11:30am • Listen live for the latest updates on The George Washington University protests.  D.C. police took down a pro-Palestinian encampment at The George Washington University early Wednesday morning and arrested 33 protesters, D.C. police Chief Pamela Smith announced during a news conference Wednesday Prince George's Co. off-duty police officer arrested at his home after striking deputy, officials say 05/08/2024 11:29am • A Prince George's County police officer is suspended with pay after officials say he called authorities for help and then struck a responding sheriff's deputy at his home in Charles County, Maryland. The officer, Charles Williams Jr., was arrested and charged with second-degree assault after stri Police: 1 woman dead after 4-vehicle collision in Prince George's Co. 05/08/2024 11:12am • A woman is dead after a crash involving four vehicles on Monday in Laurel, Maryland, according to the Prince George's County Police Department. The collision happened on Laurel Bowie Road near Powder Mill Road around 12:30 p.m. The preliminary investigation showed that one vehicle collided wit U.Va. president, police chief explain why 27 were arrested in campus Gaza protest 05/08/2024 10:10am • The University of Virginia's president and police chief have explained why they decided to break up an encampment on campus Saturday, which led police to arrest 27 people protesting against the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. While protesters have maintained the law enforcement response was heavy-hande Man arrested in fatal dispensary shooting of DC rapper; police release video of possible suspect 05/08/2024 07:02am • A man has been charged in the fatal shooting of local rapper Phil Da Phuture during a robbery at a Northwest D.C. dispensary where the rapper worked, D.C. police said. On Monday, 21-year-old Trenton Collins was arrested and charged with first degree murder while armed. Police said Collins had Montgomery Co. law enforcement comes together to remember fallen officers 05/07/2024 10:45pm • At a vigil on Tuesday night, past and present public safety employees from Montgomery County, Maryland, came together, holding blue candle lights in remembrance of the county’s fallen officers. The event honors close to two dozen officers and one K9 officer from the Montgomery County Police Dep During Southeast prayer walk, DC's police chief calls for healing, end to gun violence 05/07/2024 10:18pm • As religious leaders prayed in front of D.C. Police’s Seventh District station along Alabama Avenue in Southeast on Tuesday night, Chief Pamela Smith watched closely. She closed her eyes, lowered her head and at times clapped as community members prayed for safety in their neighborhood, for