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Suspect in Arlington burglary, sexual assault may be linked to another case, police say 04/16/2023 07:56am • A burglary and sexual assault in the Clarendon-Courthouse neighborhood appears to be related to a similar incident earlier this month, police in Arlington, Virginia, say. The most recent assault happened Wednesday at around 4:45 a.m. in the 2200 block of Clarendon Boulevard, Arlington County pol George Washington University board says some GWPD officers will begin carrying firearms 04/15/2023 10:08pm • Interim George Washington University President Mark Wrighton announced in a letter on Thursday that the Board of Trustees has directed the university to equip specially trained GW Police Department officers with firearms. Wrighton said the board has come to this decision "after more than a year o Man accidentally killed by dump truck in Southeast DC, police say 04/15/2023 08:15pm • A man was killed in Southeast D.C. when a dump truck accidentally backed over him early Friday morning. At approximately 5:41 a.m., a dump truck was dropping off an empty dumpster and picking up a full dumpster in an alley in the 1800 block of Q Street, according to D.C. police. When the truck Toddler revived with Narcan after overdose in Manassas Park 04/15/2023 02:05pm • A 2-year-old boy in Manassas Park, Virginia, was revived with Narcan by first responders Friday, according to authorities. Manassas Park police said that officers found the toddler unresponsive inside a home in the 9400 block of Blackhawk Court around 8:30 a.m. on Friday. First responders bega Driver strikes, kills DC man changing tire on I-495 shoulder 04/15/2023 10:35am • A man who pulled over to change his tire on the Capital Beltway in Maryland was struck and killed by a driver Friday afternoon, according to authorities. Maryland State Police said that 55-year-old Olumide Stephen, of D.C., was fatally struck around 2 p.m. while on the right shoulder of Interstat Fairfax County special education teacher jailed for indecent liberties with student 04/15/2023 08:50am • 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. A special education teacher for Fairfax County Public Schools has been charged with four counts of taking indecent liberties with a s Va. law aimed at telling schools about employee arrests to go into effect in July 04/15/2023 04:29am • A new law recently signed by Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin will require law enforcement officials to notify school systems whenever employees are arrested for certain offenses. The Virginia General Assembly passed the legislation, which was signed by Youngkin late last month. State Sen. Scott Suro Man accused of fleeing to Dubai after fatal 2021 shooting in Ashburn found guilty 04/14/2023 11:11pm • A Leesburg, Virginia, man who was accused of killing an Ashburn woman and then fleeing to Dubai in 2021 has been convicted. A Loudoun County jury found Furqan Syed, who was 40 at the time of his arrest in March 2022, guilty on Friday of first-degree murder, statutory burglary and a felony weapons Teen killed in Northwest DC shooting 04/14/2023 04:18pm • A teen is dead after a shooting Friday morning in the LeDroit Park neighborhood in Northwest D.C. D.C. police responded to a report of sounds of gunshots at the 200 block of V Street NW at around 2:45 a.m. When officers arrived, they found 16-year-old Mylaki Young inside a residence suffering Police: Valid explanation for 'suspicious buses' that tried to pick up kids in Fairfax Co. 04/14/2023 01:00pm • The day after police in Fairfax County, Virginia, warned of "suspicious buses" seen trying to pick up children, officials now say there may be a valid explanation. A Fairfax County police spokesman told WTOP that authorities are still investigating but that they  now think there was a plausible US Capitol Police find assault rifle in delivery truck at off-site facility 04/14/2023 11:03am • U.S. Capitol Police said they discovered an assault rifle with an extended magazine in a delivery vehicle headed to the Capitol Hill early Friday morning. The weapon was discovered by a screening team at an off-site delivery facility where police inspect delivery vehicles before they get to the C Man shot outside Capital One Arena 04/14/2023 08:31am • A man was shot outside of Capital One Arena in downtown D.C. on Thursday night, according to authorities. Around 7:30 p.m., D.C. police responded to the 600 block of H Street NW near the Gallery Place Metro station entrance on reports of a shooting and a suspect fleeing the scene on a bike. In Freshman Md. delegate denies claims in home invasion case 04/14/2023 06:32am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. A freshman delegate has been charged with felonies related to allegations that he entered a home and threatened a woman with a pipe. De NTSB releases initial report on Maryland crash that killed 6 highway workers 04/14/2023 12:27am • The National Transportation Safety Board has released an initial report regarding a crash that killed six highway construction workers in Maryland last month, and it states the two vehicles that collided before the fatal crash were reportedly going above the 55 mph speed limit "and greater than the Anne Arundel Co. libraries to offer something more lifesaving than a book — gun locks 04/13/2023 08:35pm • Politicians have made gun safety a major issue, and now, a county in Maryland is taking a novel approach to improve firearm safety inside the home. Anne Arundel County is giving away free gun locks inside its libraries, something that's never been done before in Maryland. The county's 4,5