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Maryland judge shot and killed at Hagerstown home 10/20/2023 09:45am • A Maryland Circuit Court judge died Thursday night after being found shot at his Washington County home. Authorities are now looking for a person of interest as they investigate his death. Judge Andrew Wilkinson was found with multiple gunshot wounds in the driveway of his Hagerstown home. He wa 3 officers injured, armed suspect killed in Southeast DC shooting, police say 10/20/2023 05:00am • D.C. police say a police officer is recovering in the hospital after shooting and killing an armed man on Thursday afternoon in Southeast. Acting police Chief Pamela Smith said nearby officers responded to a call in the 2800 block of Gainesville Street near the D.C.-Maryland border just before 5 'Danger to the community': Judge orders Maryland teen charged with mowing down officer held 10/19/2023 08:40pm • The 19-year-old Maryland man accused of intentionally striking a Montgomery County police officer on Interstate 270 early Wednesday has an extensive history of trying to "bait" officers into high-speed chases — and it appears he doesn't even have a license, prosecutors said. Raphael Mayorga, of Montgomery Co. officer who fatally shot knife-wielding teen indicted on Jan. 6 Capitol riot charges 10/19/2023 05:39pm • A Montgomery County, Maryland, police officer who shot and killed a teenager accused of stabbing several people in July has been indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot. Montgomery County police suspended officer Justin Lee after the department found out b Months after 2 killed in shooting-stabbing in Fairfax Co., family's au pair charged with murder in 1 of the slayings 10/19/2023 01:56pm • It was a puzzling double killing in Fairfax County: A man shot to death inside the same Herndon, Virginia, home where one of the residents, a 37-year-old mother, was found stabbed to death in her bedroom. At the time it happened in February, Fairfax County police said the husband of the stabbing PHOTOS: 300 arrested in Capitol Hill demonstration calling for cease-fire in Israel-Hamas war 10/19/2023 06:30am • (Video edited by WTOP’s Erron Franklin) Some 300 people were arrested during a large demonstration Wednesday on Capitol Hill calling for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war — with demonstrations moving outside the Israeli Embassy in Northwest D.C. later in the day. A Capitol Police spokesp WATCH: DC police search for suspects in armed robbery at the Wharf 10/19/2023 01:44am • D.C. police are asking for the public's help in locating four suspects and a vehicle that they believe are connected to an armed robbery in Southwest earlier this week. Surveillance video captured the suspects in the 600 block of Wharf Street SW shortly before 11 p.m. Monday, where they got o Montgomery Co. police say reported kidnapping of 13-year-old 'unfounded' 10/18/2023 02:20pm • Police in Montgomery County, Maryland, say the report of a kidnapping of a 13-year-old has turned out be "unfounded." According to police, the girl reported she was approached by two men in a dark grey car near the intersection of Waring Station Road and Stoney Bottom Road in Germantown at around Police search for man who sexually assaulted woman on Maryland trail 10/18/2023 10:06am • The Maryland-National Capital Park Police are asking for the public's help in finding a man who they say sexually assaulted a woman on the Sligo Creek Parkway in Silver Spring on Sunday. On Sunday, Oct. 15, around 4 p.m., a woman was walking near the intersection of Three Oaks Drive when an unkno Montgomery Co. officer loses use of legs after being 'intentionally' struck on I-270, police chief says 10/18/2023 02:50am • A Montgomery County police officer has lost the use of his legs after the police chief says he was "intentionally" stuck by a teen driver who was reportedly trying to "provoke" officers into a chase on Interstate 270 early Wednesday morning. The driver, 19-year-old Raphael Mayorga, of Frederick, 'We are dying': Neighbors look for crime solutions along the H Street corridor 10/17/2023 09:54pm • People who live along the H Street corridor in Northeast D.C. are looking for solutions as crime continues to worsen in their neighborhood. D.C. police Capt. Sherrelle Williams told several dozen people who gathered at the Atlas Performing Arts Center on Tuesday night that "we're all going to com Maryland highway agency cited for 'serious violation' connected to crash that killed 6 highway workers 10/17/2023 05:50pm • Traffic control signs to warn drivers and protect workers were not posted near a work zone where six highway workers were killed along Interstate 695 in Baltimore County, Maryland, in March. Maryland's Occupational Safety and Health Office cited the State Highway Administration with a "serious vi After air bag thefts, residents of Prince George's Co. complex say they 'don't feel safe anymore' 10/17/2023 05:45pm • Thieves break into a car to steal air bags in Prince George's County, Maryland. (WTOP/Sandra Jones) Residents living at the Jefferson Square Condominiums on Metzerott Road in Adelphi, Maryland, are being asked to be vigilant when it comes to their vehicles. There have been reported thefts of Man walking in Fairfax Co. struck by arrow from crossbow 10/17/2023 04:57pm • A man walking in Bailey's Crossroads earlier this week was struck by an arrow from an apparent crossbow, which penetrated his backpack and went into his back, police in Fairfax County, Virginia, said. It happened around 12:05 a.m. on Oct. 15 in the 3400 block of Carlin Springs Road. Police said t Fairfax Co. police make arrest in vehicle break-in, package theft cases 10/17/2023 08:25am • Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, have arrested a suspect believed to be connected to a series of burglaries in the area earlier this month. Ajohnny Jordan, 20, of Herndon, was arrested Friday and has been charged with two counts of petit larceny and two counts of possession of burglarious tool