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House explodes in Virginia as police try to execute search warrant for suspect setting off flare gun 12/04/2023 11:34pm • A house in Arlington, Virginia, exploded Monday night only minutes after police posted on social media about a suspect setting off a flare gun inside a home. Around 4:45 p.m., Arlington County police responded to the 800 block of North Burlington Street for reports of shots heard. In their initia There's no Breathalyzer for pot. Police in Maryland struggle with determining impairment 12/04/2023 10:37pm • Changes to Maryland's marijuana laws continue to raise questions — and challenges — for police trying to enforce laws against driving under the influence. During a meeting with members of the Montgomery County Council's Public Safety Committee, Montgomery County police officer Jayme Derbyshir Takoma Park man arrested weeks after shooting death at a Montgomery Co. restaurant 12/04/2023 06:10pm • A man has been arrested in the shooting death of a Maryland man at a restaurant last month. U.S. Marshals arrested 33-year-old Markus Tyrell Dowdy in Takoma Park on Saturday. He is accused of shooting and killing Marvin Jefferson, 34, of Silver Spring, at the America's Best Wings restaurant on Ne Man receives maximum sentence for random stabbing attacks in Montgomery Co. 12/04/2023 05:34pm • A man who fatally stabbed a man and wounded another last year in Montgomery County, Maryland, was sentenced to 65 years in prison Friday. Two separate juries convicted 33-year-old Scorpio Alexander Stanfield in May on charges of second-degree murder and first-degree assault connected to the stabb With a month left, crash deaths on Md. roads surpass 5-year average 12/04/2023 05:05pm • So far this year, 554 people have died in car crashes in Maryland, including 135 pedestrians and 15 people who were on bikes. According to preliminary data on the state's dashboard, 38 people were killed in November alone. The data, provided by Maryland's Department of Transportation, show Prince George's Co. officer charged with murder in 2020 cruiser shooting testifies in his own defense 12/04/2023 03:25pm • The first Prince George's County, Maryland, police officer ever charged with murder while in the line of duty took the stand Monday in his own defense. After nearly four years, this was the first time that Cpl. Michael Owen had ever put his version of what happened on the record. He is charged wi 62-year-old man identified as pilot killed in Fauquier County plane crash 12/04/2023 03:01pm • A pilot who died in a plane crash over the weekend in Fauquier County, Virginia, was identified by state police on Monday. Simmie Adams, 62, of Bealeton was trying to land a 1975 Beechcraft plane at Warrenton-Fauquier Airport just before 4 p.m. when the aircraft hit several trees, Virginia State Man arrested and charged in fatal shooting of DC man inside social services building 12/04/2023 09:41am • D.C. court documents have shed more light on a deadly shooting inside a private social services building in Northeast on Friday. Brandon Lewis, 23, was at DC Doors in the 900 block of Rhode Island Avenue, Northeast, just before 6:40 p.m. when the shooting took place. Clarence McKnight, 22, was 6 Prince George's Co. firefighters hospitalized after truck overturns 12/04/2023 04:18am • Prince George's County, Maryland, fire and rescue officials say six first responders have been hospitalized after an incident late Sunday night. The department said firefighters were on the scene of a structure fire near Good Luck Road and Kenilworth Avenue just before 11 p.m. when a "fire appar 10 hospitalized after multivehicle crash in Howard Co., officials say 12/03/2023 10:05pm • Howard County, Maryland officials say 10 people have been hospitalized following a multivehicle crash in Columbia, Maryland, on Sunday afternoon. Officers responded to reports of a three-vehicle collision on Route 29 at Route 108 at around 3 p.m., according to a statement from Howard County polic Lighting up the night with a fire pit? Here's how to stay safe 12/03/2023 12:05pm • As the fall weather temperatures continue to drop, many people are looking to light up their fire pits and enjoy the dancing flames. But before owners ignite their gas pits or load a log onto their wood-burning pits, the Takoma Park Police Department is warning them of the safety risks. “Thi Alabama man sentenced to more than 3 years for assaulting officers during Jan. 6 riot 12/03/2023 09:12am • An Alabama man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for assaulting officers during the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Dillion Colby Herrington, 31, of Madison, Alabama, was sentenced to 37 months in prison and 36 months of supervised release after pleading guilty to one count o Single-vehicle crash in Frederick leaves 1 in critical condition 12/03/2023 12:17am • A single-vehicle crash in Frederick, Maryland, Thursday night left a driver in critical condition. Police said they responded to the crash at around 11:30 p.m. in the area of Monocacy Boulevard and Laurel Wood Way. According to their investigation, the driver of a 2022 Toyota Supra drove off the DC man sentenced to 16 years for armed carjacking at Southeast gas station 12/02/2023 09:47pm • A D.C. man was sentenced to 16 years in prison for his role in an armed carjacking at a gas station in Southeast last year. Prosecutors said that 38-year-old Andrew Patrick was found guilty last September of an armed carjacking offense that carries a 15-year mandatory-minimum sentence. On Sept Prince William Co. man dies after driving off of road, striking tree in Woodbridge 12/02/2023 04:03pm • A man died Thursday after losing control of his vehicle and driving off of a road in Woodbridge, Virginia, before crashing last Saturday. Prince William County police said that on Nov. 25 at 7:50 p.m., 35-year-old Edward Wayne Mudd, Jr., of Nokesville, was driving a 1994 Honda Civic at a high rat