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DC-area officers finish New Year weekend with increased police presence 01/01/2024 03:20am • Maryland, Virginia and District police agencies have spent New Year's Eve — a night of drinks and celebration — responding to several incidents across the region. WTOP's Traffic Center and producer's desk reached out to several agencies about their plans to increase patrols over the holiday w Woman, child seriously injured in crash on I-95 in Fairfax Co. 12/31/2023 12:45pm • A woman and a child were seriously injured in a crash on Interstate 95 in Fairfax County, Virginia, early Sunday morning. A spokesperson with Virginia State Police told WTOP that officers went to the northbound lanes of I-95 at the 165-mile marker where the crash occurred at 1:50 a.m. Upon arr Westmoreland man sought in Stafford homicide 12/30/2023 05:44pm • Deputies in Stafford County, Virginia, are looking for a Westmoreland County man in connection with an early Saturday morning shooting. According to authorities, a 33-year-old man from King George was found suffering multiple gunshot wounds shortly after midnight in the 100 block of Deacon Road. Police arrest DC man accused of carjacking Prince George's Co. officer 12/30/2023 03:24pm • Officials in Prince George's County, Maryland, said Saturday they've taken a suspect into custody after an officer was carjacked in Oxon Hill. Anthony Stewart, 19, of D.C., was cuffed in connection to the carjacking. He's charged with carjacking, robbery, theft and additional charges. Authorit Man fatally shot near Northeast DC high school 12/30/2023 12:14pm • A D.C. man is dead after being shot near Eastern Senior High School Thursday night, according to police. D.C. police said officers responded to a report of a shooting in the 300 block of 17th Street Northeast at about 11:43 p.m. Thursday. Freddie Lee Crawford, 51, of Northeast, was found insid DC man killed in Prince George's Co. shooting, police say 12/30/2023 12:01pm • Prince George's County, Maryland, police have identified the D.C. resident killed during a shooting in the unincorporated section of Bowie on Thursday. Officers said Timothy Jones, 37, was in the 900 block of Saint Michaels Drive just after 3 p.m. when the shooting happened. When police arrive U. of Md. student, Howard Co. resident dies after College Park car crash 12/30/2023 10:16am • Prince George's County, Maryland, police said a Clarksville resident involved in a collision at the University of Maryland, College Park campus earlier this month has died. Erik Mechtel, 22, was in the area of Campus Drive and Mowatt Lane at around 5:40 p.m. on Dec. 16 when the crash happened, ac DC man arrested, charged in fatal Southeast shooting 12/30/2023 06:06am • A D.C. man has been arrested and charged in a shooting that claimed the life of a 22-year-old man last month. Tremon Jackson, 20, of Southeast D.C., was arrested Thursday and charged with second degree murder while armed, according to a release from D.C. police. Around 3:45 p.m. on Nov. 4, off French bulldog stolen at gunpoint in DC found safe, police say 12/29/2023 06:49pm • A French bulldog that was stolen at gunpoint from her owner earlier this month in Southeast D.C. has been found safe, according to District police. Police said Mocha, a 1-year-old beige Frenchie, was stolen on December 22 in the 3300 block of 14th Place SE. The victim told police that she had Trump doesn't have immunity from U.S. Capitol officers' civil suit, court says 12/29/2023 04:26pm • ▶ Watch Video: Supreme Court declines to fast-track Trump immunity dispute Washington — A federal appeals court on Friday allowed a lawsuit brought by a group of U.S. Capitol Police officers against former President Donald Trump to move forward, ruling that Trump is not entitled to a Prince William Co. police seek suspect in Woodbridge shooting death 12/29/2023 12:39pm • Police are searching for a murder suspect after a woman was found shot dead in Prince William County, Virginia. Prince William County Police said officers responded to a wooded area behind businesses in the 1200 block of Easy Street, near Route 1 in Woodbridge just before 8 a.m. Thursday. A wave of cryptocurrency scams has Fairfax Co. Police on alert 12/29/2023 11:49am • Fairfax County Police are warning the community about a growing trend of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency scams. "In almost a dozen reported cases since the end of October, our investigators have observed a trend in scams involving cryptocurrency," the department stated in a press release. "Criminals a Over 300 businesses, residential buildings lose power after Falls Church car crash 12/29/2023 09:45am • Listen to WTOP Traffic on 8s for the latest details.  A car crash in Falls Church, Virginia, Friday morning caused multiple street closures and a major power outage, affecting over 300 businesses, residences and government buildings. Falls Church police said the outage was caused by a car cra Prince George's Co. officer fires shots during carjacking in Oxon Hill, police say 12/29/2023 06:40am • Police in Prince George's County are searching for two suspects who carjacked an off-duty police officer near the Tanger Outlets National Harbor shopping center in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on Thursday evening. The incident occurred on the 6700 block of Tanger Boulevard in the parking lot of a busines Top 10 most popular videos on WTOP in 2023 12/29/2023 04:27am • In 2023, everyone could get their 15 minutes of fame — whether they wanted it or not. Only in the case of viral videos on WTOP's social media platforms, those 15 minutes last roughly 90 seconds or so. To cap off the year, we compiled a list of our 10 most-played videos on Instagram, from fun an