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Report finds Montgomery Co. police compliant in sharing information, but use-of-force numbers are up 10/16/2023 04:12pm • Police in Montgomery County, Maryland, have been largely compliant with the 2020 law requiring the agency to share information related to whether law enforcement is being carried out equitably. That's according to an analysis carried out by Susan Farag, a legislative analyst who presented a repor DC police increase presence around Jackson-Reed High after Friday night melee at Tenleytown Wawa 10/16/2023 03:39pm • There will be an increased police presence during dismissal near Jackson-Reed High School in Northwest D.C. on Monday afternoon, after a fight broke out at the nearby Wawa on Friday night. A D.C. Public Schools spokeswoman said the extra presence is a precaution, and that Metro Transit Police are 'We want a safe campus for all students': Bowie State Univ. on new security measures following homecoming shooting 10/16/2023 05:47am • Bowie State University students are heading back to school on Monday after a shooting rocked the historically Black university during homecoming events. After the Oct. 7 shooting that injured two 19-year-olds, students were given a week off to take care of their mental health. The school is now taki Car rolls off Maryland parking garage with 2 people inside 10/15/2023 11:01am • Two people were inside of a car that rolled off a parking garage in Montgomery County, Maryland, on Saturday. Montgomery County police told WTOP that officers responded with Montgomery County Fire and Rescue to reports of a "traffic collision" around 3:11 p.m. in the 10600 block of Nash Place in DC man sentenced to 7 years in escalator robbery, stabbing at Metro stations 10/14/2023 02:33pm • A D.C. man was sentenced to seven years in prison for a robbery and stabbing at the Eastern Market and Potomac Avenue Metro stations this summer. Prosecutors said 40-year-old Christopher Wade pleaded guilty to the charges in August. Officials said Wade saw a woman alone in the Eastern Market Prince George's Co. police charge DC teen in domestic killing of relative 10/14/2023 09:22am • Prince George's County, Maryland, police have arrested a teenager they believe murdered a family member earlier this month. Police said Jammi Cooper, 36, was killed in a shooting on Oct. 5, at around 10:50 p.m. while in the unincorporated portion of Capitol Heights. Both he and the teen are resid Prince George's Co. police arrest 3 for deadly Hyattsville-area shooting 10/14/2023 07:47am • Prince George's County, Maryland, police have arrested three local men allegedly involved in the murder of a D.C. resident earlier this year. Officers arrested three Prince George's County residents — 27-year-old Josue Vasques, 30-year-old Kenneth Gails and 33-year-old Marcus Chapman — and ch Increased security at Bowie State University after homecoming shooting 10/14/2023 05:51am • Bowie State University is tightening security after a shooting during homecoming events this past weekend. In an online message posted by University President Dr. Aminta Breaux on Friday, she outlined the security measures students can expect to see when they return to the Prince George's County, Brothers arrested outside Maryland State House take case to Supreme Court 10/14/2023 02:12am • An appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court by Second Amendment activists in Maryland could affect protections for police officers and the public's right to document the activities of law enforcement. The case, which began as the arrest of two protesters outside the State House in February 2018, could h Colleges and universities work to balance safety with community connection 10/13/2023 11:33pm • After a mass shooting at Baltimore's Morgan State University that injured five people on Oct. 3, university president David Wilson said the school's proposing security upgrades, including a $6.4 million "security barrier" to protect the campus. This week, American University sent out a letter to Prince George's Co. police see increase in construction thefts targeting Latinos 10/13/2023 11:10pm • A disturbing trend in Prince George's County, Maryland, is now on the police department's radar after Latino construction workers have been robbed at gunpoint of their tools and money on job sites. "These are individuals out here making a living. They're out there working in the sun and in the co Police: Teens suspected of Tysons mall carjacking threw liquid candy on driver, told him it was 'acid' 10/13/2023 06:03pm • A 14-year-old Maryland boy has been arrested after police say he and another young person carjacked a man's BMW from Tysons Corner Center by threatening to throw "acid" on him that later turned out to be liquid sour candy. It happened shortly before 6:30 p.m. Thursday in a parking garage near the 'I’m not a victim anymore': Va. domestic violence survivor celebrates justice, wants to help others 10/13/2023 05:22pm • It wasn't the first time that domestic violence was happening to Jessica, of Richmond, Virginia, but after a relationship that spanned 13 abusive years, it would be the last. She called police fearing for her and her 6-year-old son's life after another night of abuse inside a National Harbor hote Antisemitic graffiti drawn with apparent chocolate sauce found in Fairfax Co. school parking lot 10/13/2023 05:14pm • Fairfax County police said they are investigating after discovering what appeared to be an antisemitic symbol drawn with chocolate sauce in the Chantilly High School student parking lot. School resources officers took a graffiti report Tuesday around 1 p.m., police said. In an initial message Va. Dept. of Corrections officers were asleep when inmate escaped hospital 10/13/2023 04:57pm • Virginia Department of Corrections officers admitted being asleep when an inmate escaped a hospital in Henrico County in August, according to the department's investigation. Naseem "Lil Nas" Roulack, 21, has been on the run since escaping Bon Secours St. Mary's Hospital on Aug. 12. Police said he