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Victims in fatal Gaithersburg crash identified 12/22/2022 01:38pm • Montgomery County, Maryland, police have identified the victims involved in a fatal collision Wednesday afternoon. Phillip Kwang Bon Uh, 78, was pronounced dead at the scene along Muddy Branch Road near King James Way. The second victim, his wife, was seriously injured and transported to a nearby TSA shares travel tips for smooth flights, warns against firearms at checkpoints 12/22/2022 01:37pm • The Transportation Security Administration has tips for fliers bringing food and gifts home this holiday season as it readies for passenger totals to reach pre-pandemic levels. Officials say passengers should be aware of travel conditions and arrive early for their flight, especially during the b Miller says she sought camaraderie when joining Prince George’s school board, but encountered ‘discourse’ 12/22/2022 01:23pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. On the final day of testimony in her eight-day disciplinary hearing, Prince George’s County Board of Education Chair Juanita Miller spoke 2 DC officers convicted in fatal chase of scooter driver 12/22/2022 11:00am • Two D.C. police officers were found guilty Wednesday in the death of a man who was hit and killed during a police chase in 2020. Officer Terence Sutton was found guilty of second-degree murder. conspiracy to obstruct justice and obstruction of justice in the death of Karon Hylton-Brown, 20; Lt. A Md. crossing guard honored at State House for nearly 50 years of service 12/22/2022 04:55am • Charles Jenkins, a longtime crossing guard in Talbot County, Maryland, was recognized by Gov. Larry Hogan for 48 years on the job Monday. Jenkins was presented a Governor’s Citation at the State House. He helps students get across the street safely in Easton during the school week, and in S Fairfax police chief talks about Tysons arrest, domestic crimes and dept.'s future 12/21/2022 11:39pm • A Virginia police chief credited the "good police work" of members of Fairfax and Arlington county police departments, which led to the arrest of two suspects at a busy Virginia shopping mall. Fairfax County police Chief Kevin Davis told WTOP's "DMV Download" podcast that an off-duty Arlingto 1 dead, 1 injured after car hits pedestrians in Montgomery Co. 12/21/2022 06:08pm • Authorities in Montgomery County, Maryland, said one man died and a woman was injured after a vehicle hit them in the road around 2 p.m. Wednesday. The driver, who stayed on scene, struck the two while he was traveling southbound on Muddy Branch Road near King James Way in Gaithersburg, a Montgom Va. bill would close loophole that allowed Fairfax Co. counselor to remain employed despite conviction 12/21/2022 03:11pm • Law enforcement and court officials would be required to notify Virginia school systems any time a school employee gets arrested under a bill introduced ahead of the 2023 General Assembly session. The proposed legislation, Sen. Scott Surovell said in a news release, would also require that the ag Fairfax grand jury indicts school bus driver suspected of being drunk 12/21/2022 07:43am • A Fairfax County, Virginia, grand jury has indicted a bus driver on charges related to driving a school bus full of kindergartners while suspected of being intoxicated. In October, Fairfax County police said Troy Reynolds was driving 44 students and four adults from D.C.'s Ben Murch Elementary Sc Man posing as cop shoots 2 people; DC police search for suspect 12/21/2022 05:40am • Police are investigating after a man impersonating an officer opened fire on two people at a Northeast D.C. residence on Tuesday. Detectives rushed to a residential building within the 6000 block of Clay Street just before 3 p.m. Tuesday, D.C. police said in a news release. There, they discove Oh the drama: Police apprehend stray llama in Fairfax Co. (video) 12/20/2022 07:57pm • Authorities caught a stray llama after a frenetic foot chase Sunday in Fairfax County, Virginia. It took a few officers, including animal protection police, to catch the much-larger, much-stronger and much-faster llama. The county's Police Department posted the video on social media. Llama Police investigate carjackings in Prince George's Co. 12/20/2022 05:17pm • Police in Prince George's County, Maryland, are investigating several reported carjackings, including one in which a man was killed. There is no indication at this time that the cases are connected, police said, adding that carjackings are a "concern for our agency and agencies across the region. First responders save driver from fiery crash in Anne Arundel Co. 12/20/2022 04:53pm • Three area first responders are being hailed as heroes after they worked together to save a driver from a fiery crash in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Monday afternoon. The Anne Arundel County Police Department said an officer responding to a crash at about 12:40 p.m. on eastbound Route DC man sentenced for school burglary, COVID spit threats 12/20/2022 03:40pm • A D.C. man has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison for burglarizing an elementary school in 2020 and then spitting on officers who arrested him, telling them he hoped their families got COVID. Jason Stroman, 37, was convicted in August of second-degree burglary and assault on a polic 2 arrested in Takoma Park restaurant shooting 12/19/2022 11:34pm • Two men have been arrested and charged in a shooting in Takoma Park, Maryland, on Sunday night. Luis Samuel Rios Rodriguez, 35, and Abed Jonathan Midence-Lopez, 39, were arrested following a shooting at Barriles Restaurant and Sports Bar on New Hampshire Avenue. More Local News More