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Fairfax Co. man arrested after stabbing mother, fleeing to Florida 10/07/2023 07:58pm • A Lorton, Virginia, man was arrested in Florida on Friday night after stabbing his mother and fleeing the area by vehicle, according to police. Fairfax County police said 27-year-old Jorge Andres Esquivel Rivera was arrested by Florida Highway Patrol on the same day he stabbed his mother. Police Police release surveillance images of multiple burglaries at Silver Spring streetwear store 10/07/2023 06:35pm • Montgomery County police have released surveillance video images to help in identifying suspects involved in three burglaries at the Home Court store in Silver Spring, Maryland. The three burglaries happened at the popular streetwear store in the 900 block of Philadelphia Avenue in the overnight Montgomery Co. man convicted of manslaughter, DUI in 2022 crash after 'bottomless mimosas' 10/07/2023 03:29pm • A Maryland man who drank almost a dozen mimosas at a brunch has been convicted of manslaughter and driving under the influence in a 2022 crash that killed a man in Rockville, according to the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office. A jury reached a verdict in the Circuit Court for Montgomery Though postponed, Prince George's Co. bike ride still pushes for domestic violence awareness 10/07/2023 03:07pm • The fourth annual Purple Bike Ride for Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention was postponed Saturday morning due to rain. The event was set to happen in Bowie, Maryland. Even though the event was postponed, Prince George's County is still adamant that victims know how they can come forward fo Off-duty Loudoun Co. sheriff's deputy arrested for domestic assault 10/07/2023 10:26am • An off-duty Loudoun County sheriff's office deputy has been arrested and charged with domestic assault and preventing a family member from summoning law enforcement. Rajesh Kumar, was processed at the Loudoun County Detention Center and a protective order was issued against him, according to the Following fatal shooting of teen, some Prince George's Co. residents will get free home security cameras 10/07/2023 05:34am • Earlier this year, the Prince George's County Council passed a new law called the "Jayz Law," in honor of 13-year-old Jayz Agnew, who was shot and killed while raking leaves in the front yard of his Temple Hills, Maryland, home almost a year ago. No one on his street had any home security cameras Prince George’s Co. schools lifts Suitland High's football team suspension 10/06/2023 11:01pm • School officials from Prince George's County, Maryland, have lifted its suspension on Suitland High School's varsity football team following an incident between players and a coach from Bladensburg High School. In a letter obtained by WTOP to school Principal Ronald Hollis, Coordinating Superviso Woodbridge man turns himself in for hit-and-run scooter crash in DC 10/06/2023 10:40pm • A Virginia man turned himself in after striking a D.C. man on a scooter and fleeing the scene last month. On Thursday, 25-year-old Danny Vasquez, of Woodbridge, turned himself to D.C. police for striking and critically injuring 29-year-old Stephen Grasty on Sunday, Sept. 3, according to police. Armed security heading to St. Mary's College of Maryland 10/06/2023 10:25pm • Armed security officers will soon be starting their jobs on campus at St. Mary's College of Maryland as part of a previously planned increase in security there, and it comes at a time when there is more attention on the potential for violence at Maryland schools due to a shooting at Morgan State Uni What’s being done to keep Alexandria students away from local shopping plaza during school day 10/06/2023 07:41pm • Fewer major incidents involving students have occurred since Alexandria, Virginia, police and school leaders increased their presence in a local shopping center where a student was stabbed last May, some business leaders said. An Alexandria City High School student was stabbed in a fight at the B University Park man indicted in gruesome killing of Greenbelt teacher 10/06/2023 01:55pm • The University Park, Maryland, man accused of killing a beloved Greenbelt teacher was indicted Thursday. Harold Landon III, 33, was charged with murder in September in the gruesome slaying of 59-year-old Mariame Toure Sylla. In her Friday announcement, State's Attorney Aisha Braveboy said Syll Dale City woman charged with murder in cutting death 10/06/2023 01:39pm • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner, InsideNoVa.com, and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. Police have charged a Dale City woman with murder in the cutting death of a man inside an apartment early Friday morning. The suspec Fairfax County basketball coach charged with embezzling from school event 10/06/2023 12:48pm • A Fairfax County, Virginia, basketball coach has been charged with felony embezzlement after police say he misappropriated funds from a school event. Drew Smerdzinksi, 33, of Herndon, has been suspended from his position at James Madison High School in Vienna, according to a news release from Fai Call for faith leaders to heal police-community relations 10/06/2023 11:38am • A national effort to heal the relationship between communities and police kicked off Friday morning in downtown D.C. The prayer breakfast at the National Law Enforcement Museum is one of thousands of events planned this weekend across the country as part of the National Faith & Blue Weeke Md. community leaders push for housing, health care reform before Legislative Black Caucus 10/06/2023 11:10am • More housing options should be available for formerly incarcerated citizens who are returning to communities, Qiana Johnson, who founded and runs Life After Release in Prince George’s County, told members of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland. That’s why she advocates for state lawmaker