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Olney, Md. substation named for officer killed by drunk driver 05/22/2023 11:21am • The Montgomery County Police Department has dedicated the Olney, Maryland, substation to an officer killed in the line of duty. Olney's Chamber of Commerce opened the Officer Noah A. Leotta police department substation in honor of Leotta, who was struck and killed by Luis Reluzco on Dec. 10, 2015 Montgomery Co. man dead in pedestrian crash along I-270 05/21/2023 07:30pm • Montgomery County police said that the main lanes of southbound I-270 between Route 28 and Montrose Road have been closed off due to the collision. (WTOP/Mike Murillo) A man is dead after getting struck by cars after running onto Interstate 270 in Montgomery County, Maryland, Sunday morning. Montgomery Co. police chief discusses new late night safety plan to combat crime 05/21/2023 03:15pm • On Tuesday, the council in Montgomery County, Maryland, voted 9-2 to pass legislation requiring safety plans from businesses that stay open late. The bill applies to businesses open between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. that allow, or provide "on-site consumption of tobacco, alcohol, food or cannabis." The n Police: Prince George's Co. man shot, killed in Southeast DC 05/21/2023 08:34am • A Prince George's County, Maryland, man was found dead after being shot in Southeast D.C. Saturday morning. Police said Little Price Jr., 36, of Bladensburg, was found with gunshot wounds just after 8 a.m. in the 3400 block of Stanton Road in the Congress Heights neighborhood. D.C. Fire and EMS o Prince George's Co. MS-13 member sentenced to 28 years in prison for role in 2 murders, racketeering conspiracy 05/21/2023 08:05am • A Prince George's County, Maryland, man, who was a member of La Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), was sentenced to 28 years in prison for his part in two murders and a broad racketeering conspiracy. Officials said 25-year-old Franklyn Edgardo Sanchez was a member of a local segment of MS-13  — Weedam 17-year-old charged as adult for 2 armed carjackings in DC 05/20/2023 10:44pm • The U.S. Attorney's Office announced on Friday that a 17-year-old has been arrested and charged as an adult for two armed carjackings and other felony related offenses. The Metropolitan Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Washington field office conducted an investigation Fairfax Co. officers searching for suspect in daytime burglary, attempted sexual assault 05/20/2023 09:12pm • Detectives from the Fairfax County Police Department's Major Crimes Bureau are investigating a daytime burglary and attempted sexual assault after a man entered a woman's home in Chantilly, Virginia. Just after 12 p.m. Thursday, officers responded to the 14500 block of Iberia Circle after a woman Charles Co. patrol officers recover 3 stolen cars from group of juveniles, adults 05/20/2023 05:38pm • Patrol officers with the Charles County Sheriff's Office recovered three stolen cars on Tuesday during a series of events involving a woman who arrived in a stolen car to pick up four juveniles who had been arrested in connection to the theft of two other cars. Just after 1 p.m. Tuesday, Charles This Va. nature preserve is 'not the place' for swimming or alcohol, Fairfax Co. Park Authority says 05/20/2023 04:50pm • There is no beer or swimming when you visit Scott's Run Nature Preserve in McLean, Virginia. With Memorial Day weekend approaching, the Fairfax County Park Authority is reminding visitors of a few important rules. "If you are seeking a place to drink alcohol, swim or wade in the water, or climb r 1 dead after police chase ends in Rockville crash, lane closures on I-270 05/20/2023 12:24pm • A man is dead after a police chase led to a crash Saturday morning between Falls Road and Route 28 in Rockville, Maryland, leading to standstill traffic and lane closures on Interstate 270. Montgomery County police said that around 5 a.m. they were called to do a welfare check on a man inside a c Montgomery County school bus crash sends 2 to hospital 05/19/2023 05:30pm • One adult and one child have been hospitalized with life-threatening injuries following a Friday morning crash involving a school bus in Gaithersburg, Maryland. RT @mcfrsPIO7 East Village at Plum Creek, serious collision. Road closure, motorists should avoid the area. @MCFRSNews @mcfrsPIO @DavidP Mayor Bowser names interim DC police chief to replace Contee 05/19/2023 03:39pm • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has named Ashan M. Benedict as interim D.C. police chief Friday, replacing the departing Robert Contee. Benedict will serve as interim chief while Bowser will conduct a search for someone to fill the position permanently. "I know that he is going to do a fine job in ma $10K reward for info leading to arrest in Wheaton Metro platform shooting 05/19/2023 03:10pm • A $10,000 reward is being offered for any information that leads to an arrest in connection with a deadly shooting at the Wheaton Metro station on Thursday night, Montgomery County police said. Police have identified the victim as Tenneson Vaughn Leslie Jr., 18, of Greenbelt. The incident occu 2 teens facing charges in Prince George's Co. school bus attack appear in court 05/19/2023 02:36pm • Prince George's County State's Attorney Aisha Braveboy spoke at a press conference Friday about the attack on the school bus. (WTOP/John Domen) It was jarring video captured by cameras mounted on a Prince George's County school bus: three boys wearing masks climbed onboard and attacked an 8th gr Pedestrian dead following multivehicle crash on I-95 in Spotsylvania County 05/19/2023 08:47am • A multivehicle crash along Interstate 95 in Spotsylvania County has left a pedestrian dead, according to Virginia State Police. Police say the crash happened in the northbound lanes on I-95 at the 124 mile-marker at around 3 a.m. The pedestrian, whose identity has not been revealed, died on si