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How DC police hope to make it easier for some crime victims to stay in the loop 11/17/2023 10:12pm • When you become the victim of a crime, a lot of the time you're left to rely on a business card for the responding officer, and later a case number to jot down on a sheet of paper you then have to keep track of. But now, at least for the victims of some crimes, D.C. Police will be taking advantag Protest calling for cease-fire in Gaza disrupts service at DC's Union Station 11/17/2023 08:00pm • Hundreds of protesters calling for a cease-fire in Gaza gathered at Union Station in D.C. on Friday night, drawing a massive police presence and disrupting Metro service to the train station. WTOP's Scott Gelman reported Union Station was completely blocked off around 6:30 p.m. and that the d 3 shot in van leaving Landover funeral; suspects at large 11/17/2023 05:07pm • Three people were shot in a van leaving a Landover, Maryland, funeral Friday afternoon. All three victims are expected to survive. WTOP's Nick Iannelli reported Prince George's County police have shut down a section of Sheriff Road near National Harmony Memorial Park cemetery. He said helic Woman hospitalized after Mercedes crashes into Amazon Fresh in Chevy Chase 11/17/2023 02:53pm • A woman was taken to the hospital after crashing into an Amazon Fresh grocery store in Chevy Chase, Maryland, on Friday afternoon. The incident started in a gated parking lot of "The Collection," a group of shops and restaurants that includes the Amazon Fresh. A woman who was in the lot told WTOP How changing a word on a sign could help Alexandria keep pedestrians safer 11/17/2023 05:23am • Alexandria is considering a change to the city's code that would help keep pedestrians safe and help police identify drivers who don't stop for them while they're trying to cross the street. Christopher Ziemann, the Virginia city's transportation planning division chief, said the change would alt Prince George’s Co. Council passes flurry of bills as 2023 winds down 11/16/2023 11:11pm • A new council that began the year with ambition and promises to do big things started winding down 2023 by passing a flurry of legislation this week in Prince George’s County, Maryland. Much of the legislation passed unanimously, as the county council spent months amending and improving bills b Man fatally shot in the head in Northeast; DC police search for dark van 11/16/2023 10:58pm • A man has died after being shot in the head on Thursday evening in Northeast and D.C. police are looking for a van believed to be connected to the homicide. The man was critically injured when police arrived to the scene in the 2200 block of New York Avenue NE just after 5:15 p.m., a police spoke 6-year-old boy struck by FedEx driver in Montgomery Co. 11/16/2023 09:22pm • A child was injured when a FedEx truck struck him Wednesday afternoon in Silver Spring, Maryland, according to Montgomery County police. Officials told WTOP it happened at approximately 4 p.m. in the area of Manchester Road and Schuyler Road. Police responded to the report of a struck pedestrian Man arrested in suspected carjacking and shopping spree with UDC police cruiser 11/16/2023 04:09pm • A man was arrested Wednesday and accused of stealing a University of the District of Columbia police vehicle last week, according to D.C. police. Officials said in a news release that 50-year-old Donald Gladden was arrested and charged with stealing a vehicle and theft from a motor vehicle. Po 6 police officers, 90 protesters reported injured at cease-fire protest outside DNC in DC 11/16/2023 02:14pm • Violence broke out at a protest outside the Democratic National Committee headquarters in D.C. on Wednesday night with demonstrators calling for a cease-fire in Gaza. U.S. Capitol Police said six of their officers were hurt and their injuries ranged from minor cuts to being pepper-sprayed to Ex-Pentagon police officer gets 25 years for fatally shooting 2 men in parking lot in 2021 11/16/2023 01:24pm • The former off-duty Pentagon police officer who fatally shot two men in the parking lot of his Takoma Park condo building in April 2021 has been sentenced to 25 years in prison on two counts of second-degree murder. David Hall Dixon, 42, opened fire on a car in the parking lot of the Takoma Park MARC, Amtrak trains experience delays Thursday after train hits car in Prince George's Co. 11/16/2023 08:17am • Travelers using MARC and Amtrak train services will experience delays on Thursday after a train struck a car in Prince George's County, Maryland. According to the Maryland Transit Administration, a Penn Line Train train struck a car driven onto the tracks just before 8:35 p.m. Wednesday. MTA p Americans are about to spend billions shopping online. Are those packages protected? 11/15/2023 10:11pm • Between now and Christmas, Americans will spend billions of dollars on online shopping. Last year just on Black Friday, more than $9 billion was spent online. In all, CNET says about $74 billion worth of packages are going to end up on doorsteps the rest of this year. It's enough to keep porch pi 13 teens arrested in 1 day in Montgomery Co. in connection with carjackings, stolen cars 11/15/2023 06:34pm • Thirteen teens between the ages of 14 and 18 were arrested Monday in Montgomery County, Maryland, and each arrest involves a stolen or carjacked vehicle, according to police. The flurry of arrests comes at a time when county police leaders are concerned about the rising number of young people inv How you can get paid for installing security cameras in Montgomery Co. 11/15/2023 06:33pm • Soon, up to 1,000 new security cameras could be put to work to spot crime at homes and businesses across Montgomery County, Maryland. Montgomery County police Lt. Dan Helton joined council members and County Executive Marc Elrich at his weekly briefing to announce the plan that allows residents a