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84-year-old Montgomery Co. woman scammed out of over $100k 10/24/2023 08:21pm • Joy Boone can't believe what happened to her 84-year-old mother. Boone said scammers convinced her mom who lives in Montgomery County, Maryland, to give them $120,000. Montgomery County police confirmed to WTOP that the incident was reported, and said detectives are investigating. "I just f Off-duty DC Housing Authority officer shot in Ivy City; roads reopen 10/24/2023 07:55pm • An off-duty D.C. Housing Authority officer was shot in Northeast, with the ensuing police investigation temporarily closing a stretch of New York Avenue. Police said it happened around 5:30 p.m. in the 2200 block of New York Avenue near the intersection with Montana Avenue. A "secondary scene" in 2 teachers walking with preschool kids in DC attacked by man who then exposed himself 10/24/2023 05:15pm • A 38-year-old man has been arrested after police say he attacked two teachers who were walking with a group of young children in D.C.'s Bloomingdale neighborhood Monday afternoon. According to D.C. police, Russell Fred Dunkley III, was arrested on charges of two counts of simple assault. Addition 'Are you Max's mom?' 14-year-old dog stolen at gunpoint in DC reunited with owner 10/24/2023 04:22pm • A 14-year-old dog, Max, is enjoying ice cream treats and naps at home Tuesday after being stolen at gunpoint in Northeast, D.C., last weekend. Max is recuperating at home after being stolen at gunpoint last weekend in D.C. (Courtesy Zaleena Ahmed) Zaleena Ahmed, 38, of Northeast D.C. told WTO Woman killed in Montgomery Co. crash that closed Columbia Pike for hours 10/24/2023 02:00pm • Police in Montgomery County, Maryland, say one of the three people involved in a car crash Monday afternoon on the Columbia Pike has died. Bridget Corcoran-Martin, 70, of New York, was a passenger in one of the vehicles in a crash that happened at the intersection of southbound Columbia Pike and Triple shooting in Montgomery Co. leaves 1 dead, 2 injured 10/24/2023 07:05am • One person is dead and another person is in police custody following a triple shooting late Monday night near an elementary school in Fairland, Maryland. Montgomery County police said officers, along with Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service personnel, responded just before 11 p.m. to the 14 Get ready for the 17th Street High Heel Race with 'Queer Eye' star Karamo, street closures 10/24/2023 06:33am • Hear our full chat on my podcast ���Beyond the Fame with Jason Fraley.��� You've seen him heal minds, bodies and souls as the mental-health makeover expert on the Netflix reality series "Queer Eye." On Tuesday, Karamo Brown will participate in the 36th annual 17th Street High Heel Race, wh DC woman's dog, who survived the car crash that killed her mom, stolen at gunpoint 10/24/2023 03:43am • A D.C. woman whose dog was stolen at gunpoint last weekend said an area animal shelter has agreed to pick up her dog ��� a 14-year-old West Highland Terrier named Max, who suffers from health issues ��� if the thieves find it in their hearts to surrender him. Zaleena Ahmed of Northeast D.C. said 'Extremely disturbing': Prince George's Co. looking for driver in fatal hit-and-run who went 2 miles with man's body lodged in windshield 10/23/2023 05:59pm • Prince George's County police are asking for the public's help finding a driver they say hit a man in Lanham, Maryland, over the weekend who kept driving for 2 miles with the man's body "lodged" in the car's windshield. Police are also asking auto body shops to be on the lookout for any vehicles How a service dog in training is supporting Leesburg police 10/23/2023 05:53pm • The Leesburg Police Department in Virginia had long toyed with the idea of a wellness program involving a dog for officers, so when Officer Kristine Rzewnicki came across the nonprofit Thin Line Service Dogs over the summer, she was sold. Rzewnicki filled out an application to become a volunteer DC Mayor Bowser proposes new tough-on-crime legislation 10/23/2023 04:29pm • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser joins District officials Monday in unveiling new policies that focus on violent crime. (WTOP/Luke Lukert) With crime on the rise in staggering numbers in D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser unveiled new legislation on Monday that she said would give law enforcement additional tool 1 dead, 1 injured in Fairfax Co. wrong-way crash 10/23/2023 09:57am • A woman is dead and another was injured after a wrong-way crash in Fairfax County, Virginia, early Saturday morning. Virginia State Police said the crash happened after 2 a.m. in the northbound Interstate 495 Express Lanes at the 51-mile marker near Gallows Road. Annette M. Ozaltin, 44, of McL Dale City man pleads guilty for attempted robbery of detective that led to deadly shooting 10/22/2023 08:31pm • A man who attempted to rob an undercover detective in Dale City, Virginia, which resulted in the shooting death of one of his accomplices, has pled guilty to drug, robbery and attempted murder charges related to the theft gone bad. On Friday, 19-year-old-Jalil Michael Turner of Dale City pled gui Police release photo of suspect who stabbed a man on Metro bus in Georgetown 10/22/2023 11:53am • A man was rushed to a hospital after being stabbed on a Metrobus Saturday night. At about 5:45 p.m., Metro Transit Police said officers responded to a bus on 34th Street and Wisconsin Avenue NW in the Glover Park neighborhood of D.C., where they found a man suffering from multiple stab wounds. Victim in deadly Prince George's Co. shooting identified 10/22/2023 05:07am • Police in Prince George's County, Maryland, have identified the victim shot dead near the Bladensburg neighborhood of unincorporated Hyattsville. Kevin Jason Paul, 44, of Silver Spring, was found dead in a parking lot along the 3400 block of 52nd Avenue on Thursday just after 10 p.m. Police sa