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Snake flips switch, stops traffic at Virginia intersection 05/03/2023 04:47pm • A snake caused a power outage at a Prince William County intersection. (Courtesy Prince William County police) A large snake brought traffic to a stop at an intersection in Prince William County, Virginia. The snake was in an electrical panel at the intersection of Prince William Parkway and 2 men from Oxon Hill killed hours apart in separate Prince George's Co. crashes 05/03/2023 07:38am • Two men from Oxon Hill died hours apart after separate crashes in Prince George's County, Maryland, on Tuesday, police say. Several others, including children, were also injured in the crashes and taken to area hospitals, according to Maryland State Police -- the agency leading both investigation Wild car crash caught on Fairfax police dash cam video; officer barely escapes 05/03/2023 06:01am • Being a police officer is a dangerous job, and a crash during a traffic stop Monday in Fairfax County, Virginia, demonstrated just how dangerous the job can be. It began shortly before noon on Monday when a Fairfax County Police Officer pulled a driver over on the Fairfax County Parkway. Accor 'We just want a fair shake': Rallygoers demand justice for man killed in police shooting near Tysons Corner Center 05/03/2023 04:00am • Attendees at the rally where Melissa Johnson spoke about seeking justice for her son, Timothy Johnson, accused of stealing a pair of designer sunglasses and killed by a county police officer near Tysons Corner Center in February. (WTOP/Dick Uliano) The mother of Timothy Johnson, flanked by North Police stick to upped presence in downtown Silver Spring following a father's death 05/02/2023 09:16pm • The act of senseless violence that took the life of a Silver Spring father last year has led to changes police agree have made the victim's community safer. After someone attacked and killed 62-year-old Joe Reynolds in a Silver Spring, Maryland, parking garage just days before Christmas, Montgome 'At our wit's end': Police don't have leads in deadly December Silver Spring parking garage shooting 05/02/2023 05:16pm • Joe Reynolds (Courtesy Montgomery County police) Four months after a father of three was shot and killed in a downtown Silver Spring, Maryland, parking garage, Montgomery County police say they have no idea who did it. Now, Joe Reynolds' widow is joining investigators in asking for the public Prince George's Co. officer convicted of assaulting handcuffed teen after traffic stop 05/02/2023 03:41pm • A longtime Prince George's County, Maryland, police officer was convicted Tuesday of assaulting a handcuffed teen after a 2020 traffic stop. Prince George's County police Cpl. Darryl Wormuth, 46, was found guilty of second-degree assault and misconduct in office following a bench trial before Cir 1 dead after car falls off ramp at Springfield Interchange onto railroad tracks 05/02/2023 09:56am • Listen to WTOP every 10 minutes on the 8s to get the latest traffic updates. A person is dead after a car crashed off a ramp at the Springfield Interchange and fell onto the railroad tracks below in Fairfax County, Virginia, early Tuesday. The car was driving westbound on Interstate 495 toward 125 names etched in remembrance at renovated DC police memorial 05/02/2023 09:25am • Thirteen years ago, a D.C. couple walked by a dilapidated memorial for local police officers. On Monday, their passion project turned into a reality when the newly renovated D.C. Police Memorial was unveiled. D.C. officials laid a brightly colored wreath at the new wall and renovated fountain of After fleeing Annapolis stabbing, suspect killed walking into traffic in Prince George's Co. 05/02/2023 02:23am • A man wanted for an Annapolis stabbing is now dead after he was hit by a tractor-trailer in Prince George's County, Maryland, Monday afternoon. Maurice Logan Mitchell, 42, of Annapolis, died after walking on the highway where he was hit around 4:15 p.m., Maryland State Police said in a statement. Man shot intervening in attempted DC scooter robbery 05/02/2023 01:47am • A man was shot after D.C. police said he tried to stop a group of teenagers from stealing someone's motor scooter in Northwest Monday night. D.C. police said it happened near the busy intersection of 14th and S Street at around 7:30 p.m. Three teenagers tried to take another person's scooter. Group of shoplifters empty shelves at 2 CVS stores in Northwest DC 05/01/2023 11:39pm • It was a scary moment for shoppers in two CVS pharmacies in upper Northwest D.C. when a group of shoplifters brazenly emptied shelves before leaving in a stolen car on Sunday. The first happened at the CVS on Connecticut Avenue, near the intersection with Nebraska Avenue. The second occurred appr Prince George's Co. Public Schools celebrates 'Decision Day' for Class of 2023 05/01/2023 02:27pm • About 3,000 Prince George���s County, Maryland, Public School graduating seniors spent Monday morning at Prince George���s Stadium in Bowie celebrating what was called ���Decision Day,��� a first-time event held by the county to honor the class of 2023. It was part pep rally and part career fair. Virginia man struck and killed on I-295 in DC 05/01/2023 10:55am • An Alexandria, Virginia, man has been killed in a hit-and-run crash on Interstate 295 in Southeast D.C. It happened Monday just around 3:15 a.m. after Rhyes Patrick-James Harris, 30, parked a silver 2001 Toyota Corolla on the left shoulder on Interstate 295 South before exits 1B and 1C, with the Driver injured after tree fell on SUV Saturday night 05/01/2023 10:08am • Wise Road in Northwest D.C. reopened by Monday evening after a tree fell on an SUV Saturday night, leaving the driver injured. The road closed between Beach Drive and Oregon Avenue when tree fell at around 8 p.m. Saturday night, WTOP Traffic reports. The road remained closed through Monday mornin