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The struggle to fill police, 911 call taker positions in Montgomery County 02/13/2023 10:01pm • Along with fighting crime, D.C.-area area police departments are struggling to fill vacant positions and retain veteran police officers. In Montgomery County, Maryland, the problems are highlighted in a county council report prepared for the council's Public Safety Committee. On Monday, police Fairfax Co. police say THC-infused sports drinks being marketed to kids 02/13/2023 04:32pm • Along with pills laced with fentanyl and candy containing THC, police officers say they're now seeing THC-infused drinks marketed to kids. Drugs are now being marketed to kids in drink form, and concerningly, there is no telling how much THC or what else could be in the drinks, police said. "S Vermont ice fishing tournament canceled after 3 men die falling through ice 02/13/2023 12:10pm • An ice fishing tournament scheduled to take place in northern Vermont over the weekend was canceled after, in two separate incidents, three men fell through the ice and died while officials warned of "unsafe conditions" brought on by warmer weather. The 43rd Annual Islands Ice Fishing Derby calle DC police identify man wounded by officer in Anacostia shooting 02/12/2023 08:17pm • D.C. police have released the name of a suspect connected to an assault in Anacostia Friday morning, and another man who was shot by an officer investigating that assault. In a news release sent out on Sunday, police identified 38-year-old Steven Shaw of Northeast D.C. as the man who was shot Man charged with attacking Minnesota congresswoman has history of arrests 02/12/2023 12:06pm • The man accused of assaulting Democratic Rep. Angie Craig of Minnesota in the elevator of her Capitol Hill apartment complex has been accused of several menacing, sometimes violent, incidents in the Capitol Hill community since 2015. Kendrid Hamlin, 26, is due to appear in federal court in Wa 1 dead, 1 injured in separate DC vehicle crashes 02/12/2023 07:54am • Two separate accidents involving vehicles in D.C. Saturday morning left a man dead and a woman with serious injuries, according to D.C. police. Police said shortly after 2:30 a.m., officers responded to Georgia Avenue and Ingraham Street Northwest for a report of a vehicle accident. When offic Virginia police chiefs empowered to set curfews during unrest under bill 02/12/2023 07:26am • A bill that would allow police chiefs to declare temporary curfews during civil unrest passed in the Virginia House last week. Senate Minority Leader Tommy Norment sponsored the bill that would allow localities to authorize the police chief to set a curfew for 24 hours or less amid a "clear and p Calvert Co. man arrested as part of child pornography investigation 02/11/2023 02:28pm • A man from Calvert County, Maryland, was arrested by state police Thursday for possessing child pornography, according to authorities. Maryland State Police said that they charged 38-year-old Ernest Drew Phillips, of Saint Leonard, with three counts of possession of child pornography and related Dumfries bank robbed; third in just over a week 02/11/2023 12:02pm • A man in a construction vest robbed the United Bank on Richmond Highway in Dumfries on Saturday morning, the third bank robbery in the same area since Feb. 3. Police say the suspect in this morning's robbery handed the teller a note and got away with cash. Like the other two robberies, no weapon Suspect behind deadly Alexandria shooting in custody 02/11/2023 08:08am • Police in Fairfax County, Virginia arrested a man Friday who they said shot and killed another man in Alexandria late last year. Authorities charged Malik Johnson, 22, of Alexandria, with second-degree murder in the December killing of 26-year-old Jordan Summers of Lorton. Johnson was also charge Another instance of antisemitism found in Montgomery Co. school 02/11/2023 06:19am • A flyer containing antisemitic language was found just after dismissal Tuesday at Northwood High School in Silver Spring, Maryland. This is the second time a hate-filled flyer has been posted in the same place at the school, according to administrators, who removed the flyer. More Mont Police looking for suspects in series of Montgomery Co. food truck robberies 02/10/2023 03:13pm • Police in Montgomery County, Maryland, are looking for suspects in a series of food truck robberies. On at least five occasions, trucks that sell pupuserias and tacos in areas of the county with large Hispanic populations have been hit. One truck has been robbed twice in a two-week span. For n Officer investigating pipe assault shoots man in Southeast DC 02/10/2023 01:17pm • A D.C. police officer shot and wounded a man on Good Hope Road in Southeast on Friday morning, after officers responded to the area for the report of a woman struck with a pipe, according to D.C. police. It happened just before 10 a.m., near the intersection of Good Hope Road and 13th Street SE, Former Montgomery Co. school bus driver faces up to 40 years in prison for sexually abusing students 02/10/2023 01:00pm • A former Montgomery County, Maryland, school bus driver is facing up to 40 years in prison for sexually abusing four special needs students, according to the county state's attorney's office. A jury found 67-year-old Etienne Kabongo criminally responsible Thursday for the abuse. He argued he shou Fairfax Co. launches new speed camera program around schools 02/10/2023 09:19am • A new speed camera pilot program which aims to slow vehicles and improve traffic safety in and around schools is underway in Fairfax County, Virginia. The county began installing eight cameras in school zones on Friday, promising two additional school zones at a later date. The cameras come af