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Police investigate after thieves ransack string of ATMs in Fairfax Co. 11/09/2023 10:30am • Police are investigating a string of ATM thefts in Fairfax County, Virginia. Around 3:08 a.m. Tuesday morning, police responded to a report about three suspects trying to forcibly access an ATM inside the TD Bank on 6566 Little River Turnpike. When police arrived, they discovered the would-be thi Woman killed in crash involving tractor-trailer on I-495 11/09/2023 08:04am • A woman is dead after a Thursday morning crash involving a tractor-trailer which occurred on Interstate 495 in Virginia, causing road closures. Virginia State Police said that the crash happened around 12:30 a.m. when a tractor-trailer and a Honda sedan crashed into each other on the Inner Loop o DC Council members divided on bill allowing warrantless searches 11/08/2023 12:04pm • A bill that would allow D.C. police to randomly search individuals who are charged with violent crimes led to passionate debate on both sides of the issue Wednesday, as the measure was reviewed by the D.C. Council's public safety committee. Under the legislation, people on pretrial release ch DC's acting police chief approved by council to serve on permanent basis 11/07/2023 05:29pm • D.C. Acting Police Chief Pamela Smith has been approved by the D.C. Council to lead the city's police department on a permanent basis. Smith's unanimous confirmation Tuesday comes as homicide and violent crime levels in the District reach levels not seen since the 1990s. Smith took over as act Man with gun arrested near US Capitol 11/07/2023 04:20pm • A man was arrested in a park near the U.S. Capitol in D.C. Tuesday after police said he had a gun. U.S. Capitol Police said the man will be charged with having a firearm on Capitol grounds, which is a violation. Police are working to determine whether the gun was legal and whether it was register Former Montgomery Co. teacher charged with sexually abusing a student 11/07/2023 03:22pm • A former middle school teacher in Montgomery County, Maryland, has been charged with sexually abusing a student. Police said they conducted an investigation last month into allegations of sexual abuse made by a former student at Montgomery Village Middle School against 31-year-old Melissa Curtis, Bail denied for Prince George's Co. man accused of stabbing, carjacking 75-year-old woman 11/07/2023 03:30am • The man who police said stabbed and carjacked an elderly woman in Prince George's County, Maryland, last Wednesday has been denied bail after Monday's arraignment hearing, a spokesperson for the county's State's Attorney's Office confirmed to WTOP. James Minor, 30, of Clinton, Maryland, faces cha Israeli defense firm's Arlington office targeted by activists 11/06/2023 08:55pm • An Arlington, Virginia, building was vandalized with messages scrawled in red paint early Monday morning, and it appears the building was targeted because one of its tenants is an Israel-based defense firm. The Arlington Tower office building had red paint splattered on the glass doors and on the Teens share their experiences with gun violence at Kennedy Center 11/06/2023 04:50pm • Everyone remembers Columbine. But how many school shootings do you remember afterward? Odds are, they've started to run together. Issues like that, coupled with a spike in youth crime, makes Monday night's showing of "Enough!" at the Kennedy Center all the more poignant. "Enough!" is a collection DC mayor says top aide entitled to 'due process' as he remains on leave after domestic assault arrest 11/06/2023 04:01pm • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Assistant City Administrator Chris Rodriguez remains on administrative leave while an "internal process" is underway. Rodriguez, who also serves as the District's acting chief technology officer, was arrested last week on allegations of misdemeanor domestic assault c A battle brewing in Shaw over a popular nightlife area 11/06/2023 02:00pm • One specific city block in D.C.���s Shaw neighborhood is home to nearly two dozen nightlife establishments ��� a total of 23 liquor licenses have been issued for the 1900 block of 9th Street Northwest near the U Street corridor. ���That���s just too many,��� said Leola Smith, who lives just a blo DC official on administrative leave after domestic assault arrest 11/06/2023 10:55am • A top D.C. official is on administrative leave after he was arrested on a charge of domestic assault this week. Chris Rodriguez, assistant city administrator and acting chief technology officer under Mayor Muriel Bowser, was arrested Wednesday and charged with simple assault domestic violence, ac Off-duty US Park Police officer charged in deadly shooting of another officer in Fairfax Co. 11/06/2023 08:47am • An off-duty U.S. Park Police officer is facing charges in the shooting death of another officer in McLean, Virginia, early Sunday. After receiving a phone report of an "unintentional shooting," officers responded to the 1700 block of Old Meadow Road around 12:20 a.m., according to a news release DC police: Rocky Apollo, a pit bull terrier, is being held for ransom 11/05/2023 11:20pm • Have you seen Rocky Apollo? Police in D.C. are looking for this dog and the man allegedly holding him for ransom. (Courtesy D.C. Police) In the District, police say they are looking for a suspect who is allegedly holding a Southeast woman's pit bull terrier for ransom. Police in the District 22-year-old man fatally shot in Southeast 11/05/2023 01:29pm • A man is dead following a shooting in Southeast D.C. on Saturday afternoon. Officers responded to the 1400 block of L Street in Southeast for a report of a shooting around 3:45 p.m., D.C. police said in a news release. Charles Towles, 22, of Southeast, was found suffering from gunshot wounds.