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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 Police investigate multiple shootings across Maryland 05/19/2023 07:24am • Police in two Maryland counties have started multiple shooting investigations. First, in Prince George's County, Maryland, police say a teenage girl was hospitalized after a shooting in Riverdale, Maryland. The shooting happened at around 5:40 p.m. in the 6800 block of Riverdale Road. Accordin Man dead after shooting inside Wheaton Metro station 05/19/2023 06:30am • A man is dead after a Thursday night shooting inside the Wheaton Metro station in Montgomery County, Maryland. Montgomery County police said the 18-year-old man was shot inside the station just before 6 p.m. "There was a confrontation between some individuals on the escalator, which led down t In preliminary budget vote, Montgomery Co. Council OKs nearly 5-cent property tax hike 05/19/2023 06:06am • Residents in Montgomery County, Maryland, can expect their property taxes to rise nearly five cents under a budget agreement arrived at by the county council Thursday. The preliminary vote by the 11-member council approves a $6.7 billion operating budget. Instead of approving a 10-cent property t Prince William Co. teenager served murder charge while in court for other case 05/19/2023 05:04am • A now-18-year-old man has been charged with murder in a deadly November shooting that happened in Dumfries, Virginia, according to police in Prince William County. The Dumfries teenager was 17 years old at the time of the Nov. 12 shooting. Prince William County police said it happened in the area DC police identify man killed in April shooting 05/19/2023 04:40am • D.C. police have identified a man killed in a late-April shooting in Southeast. On Thursday, police announced 60-year-old Anthony Petty was confirmed as the victim of a homicide that occurred on April 27 at around 9:45 p.m. in the 2600 block of 12th Place, Southeast. When officers got to the s Teenager injured in Riverdale, Md., shooting, police say 05/18/2023 10:04pm • Prince George's County, Maryland, police said a teenage girl is in the hospital after she was shot in Riverdale. Police told WTOP the shooting happened Thursday at around 5:40 p.m. in the 6800 block of Riverdale Road. Officers said they found the girl shot outside an apartment complex in a nea After 8 police shootings in 15 months, group urges changes for Fairfax Co. police 05/18/2023 06:39pm • Over the past 15 months, officers in the Fairfax County, Virginia, Police Department have been involved in eight shootings, several of which have proved deadly. The county only saw one or two police-involved shootings in an average year before 2022. The shootings and other department policies hav Ex-Prince George's Co. police lieutenant sentenced to 16 months in prison for tax evasion 05/18/2023 05:26pm • A former Prince George's County, Maryland, police lieutenant was sentenced Thursday to 16 months in federal prison on a federal tax evasion charge. Authorities said 48-year-old Edward Scott Finn, who owned and operated a private security company called Edward Finn Inc., pleaded guilty in June 202