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Man dies in DC police custody 02/06/2023 03:00pm • Police have identified a man who died while detained in a D.C. police station holding cell in Northwest D.C. Marquez Parker, 44, was arrested at 6:45 a.m. on Thursday on armed kidnapping charges. Officers conducting a check of prisoners in the Second District cell block at about 10:30 a.m. Thu DC's mayor wants to make changes to controversial criminal code 02/06/2023 02:02pm • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser wants criminals to be held accountable, and she says the changes she's proposing to the District's new criminal code to increase penalties for certain crimes will send that message. The District's new Revised Criminal Code that passed last month generally keeps police, pr In response to SCOTUS opinion, Senate committee will consider bills this week to limit concealed firearms possession 02/06/2023 01:49pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Denise Reid has an unfortunate level of knowledge about gun violence, with 11 family members shot or killed. That includes her son, Tevon Te Pedestrian killed in car crash in Aspen Hill 02/06/2023 06:33am • A pedestrian has died after being struck by a car on Georgia Avenue in Aspen Hill, Maryland, Sunday night. According to Montgomery County police, a pedestrian was struck by a car on Maryland Route 97/ Georgia Avenue heading north near Hewitt Avenue around 7:30 p.m. The victim died at the scene George Santos accused of sexual misconduct by prospective staffer 02/05/2023 09:53pm • ▶ Watch Video: Rep. George Santos temporarily recuses himself from committee assignments Rep. George Santos, the embattled Republican Congressman from Long Island, has now been accused of sexual misconduct and an ethics violation by a prospective staffer, who detailed the allegations o 2 men, juvenile charged with drug offenses after foot chase in New Market 02/05/2023 08:54pm • After an on-foot chase in New Market, Maryland, two men and a juvenile have been arrested on multiple drug charges. In a news release, the Frederick County Sheriff's Office say that 23-year-old Xavier Kimel Mason and 19-year-old Jamari Elijah Smith, both of Annapolis, were arrested on charges rel Street vending to be legalized in DC? New bill could make it a possibility 02/05/2023 08:10pm • Council members in D.C. are considering a bill that would decriminalize street vending in the District. The Street Vendor Advancement Amendment Act of 2023 would not only decriminalize street vending, but also wave currently unpaid citations for vendors, making it easier for street vendors to get 3 dead, 4 injured in separate shootings in DC on Saturday 02/05/2023 10:49am • Three people were killed and four others injured during separate shootings in D.C. on Saturday, police said. The first shooting, which police described as domestic in nature, happened in the 1100 block of 21st Place in Northeast around 5 a.m. A 32-year-old man was found dead at the scene and a su DC sweets store targeted in back-to-back robberies 02/05/2023 08:54am • A chocolate store in Northwest D.C. did not have a sweet end to the week. Police are looking for a robber who held up the sweets store twice in two days. The suspect first came to 18th Street’s The Chocolate House on Thursday, Feb. 2 at around 1 a.m. More DC News More Local News Driver killed in fatal Prince George's Co. crash 02/05/2023 02:21am • Police in Prince George's County said a man died after a single car collision in Brandywine, Maryland, Saturday night. The crash happened in the 14000 block of Brandywine Road at around 10:10 p.m. More Local News Officers said a man was driving southbound when the vehicle left 1 killed in Prince George's Co. homicide 02/04/2023 11:08pm • A woman was found dead inside a Suitland, Maryland, apartment on Saturday night and Prince George's County police say they're investigating her death as a homicide. The police department said it responded to reports from first responders with the Prince George's County Fire Department at around 8 2 separate pedestrian crashes in Md. prove fatal 02/04/2023 10:32pm • During a period of roughly 24 hours, two pedestrians were killed in separate crashes in Maryland last week, according to police. Both of the pedestrians killed were men. More Local News More Maryland News Montgomery County police responded to reports of a pedestrian struck Man seriously injured in Arlington Co. shooting 02/04/2023 08:06pm • Arlington County police are investigating a shooting that left one man seriously injured early Saturday. Just before 1 a.m., police responded to a report of gunshots heard in the 2900 block of Columbia Pike in Arlington, Virginia. More Local News More Virginia News In a new Prince George's Co. council holds safety forum to hear public crime concerns 02/04/2023 05:18pm • Amid a rise in crime and gun violence, residents of Prince George's County in Maryland were able to voice their concerns about the community at a forum on Saturday. Prince George's County Council Vice Chair Wala Blegay told WTOP that the public safety forum presented an opportunity for dialogue b DC man killed in Capitol Heights shooting 02/04/2023 02:52pm • A D.C. man was shot and killed early Friday in Capitol Heights, Maryland, according to authorities. Prince George's County police said officers responded to a report of a shooting at a home in the 1000 block of Balboa Avenue just after 2 a.m. More Local News More D.C. News