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1 dead, 7 injured after van crashes into tree in Columbia 12/18/2022 05:27pm • One person died and seven others were injured after a van crashed into a tree in Columbia, Maryland, on Saturday night. In a news release, Howard County police said that around 10 p.m. Saturday, a 2003 Honda Odyssey traveling south on the Snowden River Parkway moved off the roadway as it approach Calvert Co. police release names of deputy, suspect wounded in Huntingtown shootout 12/18/2022 04:00pm • Police in Calvert County, Maryland, have released the names of the suspect and sheriff's deputy who were both wounded after a high-speed pursuit turned into a shootout in Huntingtown on Saturday night. In a news release, the Calvert County Sheriff's Office identified Brandon Alexander Turner, 21, Tips to keep thieves from stealing from your shed 12/18/2022 07:44am • Multiple burglaries from sheds in Takoma Park, Maryland, on Saturday have prompted the Takoma Park Police Department to release a list of tips to prevent this from happening in your backyard. Police in Takoma Park responded to four separate reports of burglaries from sheds on Dec. 17, all of whic Police: 2 shot, 1 killed in Northwest DC 12/17/2022 09:43pm • A man was shot and killed in Northwest, D.C., in the predawn hours of Saturday, authorities said in a statement. D.C. police said officers with the Third District responded to the 2400 block of 18th Street, Northwest, at around 1:20 a.m. after receiving reports of the sound of gunfire. There, pol Man traveling from New York suspected in 18 Potomac, Md., vehicle break-ins 12/17/2022 07:56pm • Police are searching for a man whom they suspect of breaking into vehicles across Potomac, Maryland. Authorities believe the man is driving from as far as New York to commit the vehicle break-ins. More Montgomery County News More Crime News The break-in suspect leaves crime Antisemitic graffiti found at Montgomery County's Whitman High 12/17/2022 04:41pm • School officials said they found antisemitic graffiti in front of a Bethesda, Maryland, high school just after 8 a.m. Saturday. Walt Whitman High School Principal Dr. Robert Dodd said in a letter to the community that the hateful words were seen on the Montgomery County school's sign. The vand Fredericksburg deputy, while donning Mrs. Claus costume, saves woman 12/17/2022 02:47pm • A deputy with the Fredericksburg, Virginia, sheriff's office — all while dressed as Mrs. Claus — helped rescue a woman who was attempting to jump from a bridge this week. Lt. Tabatha Merrell had attended Fredericksburg's Public Safety Santa Run on Tuesday, dressed as Mrs. Claus. While she was Prince William County plans pedestrian bridge near Battlefield High School; Supervisor Candland reflects on service 12/17/2022 12:05am • 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. Battlefield High School students will one day be able to walk over U.S. 15 rather than traversing the dangerous highway. At its meetin Student stabbed in fight outside Prince George's Co. school 12/16/2022 08:58pm • A Prince George's County, Maryland, student is recovering from a stab wound following a fight on Friday morning. Prince George's County police said it received word of a fight between two students in front of Accokeek Academy around 8:45 a.m. Friday. More Prince George's Co. News Mo Suspects attack person inside DC home, take property and puppy 12/16/2022 05:40pm • Suspects broke into an occupied Southwest D.C. home and assaulted the person inside before taking some property, including a puppy, the police said Friday. It happened around 7 p.m. Thursday on the 100 block of Irvington Street. Police said the suspects forced their way in and brandished a gun. Audit: Montgomery Co. schools transportation employees used P-cards for personal use 12/16/2022 03:27pm • A report found that transportation employees of Maryland's largest school system misused purchase cards, including buying personal items and merchandise that violated policy. In May 2022, the Montgomery County Office of the Inspector General started an investigation to find out whether there was 18 convicted of soliciting minors online 12/16/2022 03:22pm • Eighteen men, mostly from Virginia, have been convicted of more than 40 felony charges of online solicitation of minors, a Virginia-based task force announced Friday. The men, who lived in Virginia, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and West Virginia, were sentenced to 2-year-old boy rescued after being 'swallowed' by hippo, Uganda police say 12/16/2022 03:00pm • A 2-year-old was safely rescued after being partially swallowed by a hippopotamus in Uganda, authorities say. The toddler, who police identified as Iga Paul, was attacked by the hippopotamus on the afternoon of Dec. 12. Paul had been playing at his home in Uganda's Katwe-Kabatoro town, which is l Police arrest truck driver accused of sexually assaulting 13-year-old 12/16/2022 09:25am • Police in Prince William County, Virginia, say they have arrested the man suspected of sexually assaulting a girl after offering to give her a ride in the rain Thursday. Sender Juventino Linares Rivera, 35, of Manassas, has been charged with aggravated sexual battery, abduction, carnal knowledge Tractor-trailer that overturned on BW Parkway spills potatoes, onions 12/16/2022 08:38am • A tractor-trailer that overturned spilling potatoes and onions on the side of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway shut down the part of the southbound parkway in Cheverly, Maryland, early Friday not far from the split with U.S. 50. The closure disrupted the morning commute for thousands who take the