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Judge tosses indictment of Fairfax Co. music teacher charged with sexual battery 09/22/2022 01:27pm • A Fairfax County, Virginia, circuit court judge has dismissed an indictment alleging aggravated sexual battery against a former music teacher who gave lessons to students out of his house. The dismissal came Monday, Sept. 12, in the midst of the jury trial of Roger McKay, according to court recor Prince George���s Co. teens say curfew isn't enough to curb crime 09/22/2022 10:37am • There���s debate about the effectiveness of the enforcement of the youth curfew in Prince George's County, Maryland, but even those who support it say that it alone will not be enough to reverse the uptick in youth crime. That includes a handful of teenagers who spoke with WTOP. More Prin Police arrest LA woman in connection with Rockville lottery ticket scam 09/22/2022 09:50am • A California woman has been arrested for her part in what police describe as a lottery ticket scam. Police in Maryland's Montgomery County say 54-year-old Daisy Castillo Badillo, of Los Angeles, California, worked with two others to steal nearly $14,000 from a local woman. In April, police sai DC grand jury indicts man in hate crimes where he allegedly stalked and killed homeless men 09/21/2022 10:51pm • A man accused of attacks on five homeless men in both D.C. and New York City has been indicted by a grand jury. In one of those attacks, a man inside a burning tent along New York Avenue was killed. The indictment includes 17 charges against Gerald Brevard III, 31, a resident of the District. Dumfries man convicted of causing 6 overdoses in Fairfax Co. 09/21/2022 07:53pm • A Dumfries, Virginia, man was convicted Wednesday on charges that he caused the overdoses of six people in Fairfax County. One year ago, Michael Vaughn, 28, distributed cocaine laced with fentanyl at a party inside an apartment in the Skyline area of Fairfax County, according to court documents a Metro plans to 'work differently' when it comes to keeping passengers safe 09/21/2022 06:52pm • Almost two months after taking control of Metro, the D.C. region mass transit system's new general manager, Randy Clarke, is announcing changes when it comes to how the system keeps customers safe and responds to people in mental distress. ���The fundamentals of transit have to be, someone has to Montgomery Co. Public Schools unveil security measures after football game brawl 09/21/2022 04:47pm • School officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, announced stronger security measures for the school system's athletic events after a brawl last weekend ended a football game early and resulted in charges against five people. The new security measures include limiting student spectators to studen Washington Monument 'largely clean' after vandalism; suspect identified 09/21/2022 03:41pm • There���s ���virtually no evidence��� of the vandalism to the Washington Monument less than 24 hours after it was splashed with red paint, park officials said Wednesday. ���Crews will hit it again tomorrow morning,��� Mike Litterst, of the National Park Service, told WTOP Wednesday afternoon, Lawsuit between Quantico town, former police chief proceeds 09/21/2022 03:21pm • 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. The town of Quantico claims its former police chief was fired for not following an improvement plan rather than for enforcing state-manda Northern Virginia teen charged with killing another teenager in sidewalk dispute 09/21/2022 02:59pm • A Fairfax County, Virginia, teenager is behind bars in connection with the killing of another teen in the Woodlawn area of Fairfax County over the weekend, the Fairfax County police said Wednesday. Kevin Alexander Lemus, 18, is being held without bond in the killing of Darlin Ariel Diaz Flores, 1 2nd teen charged with murder in Woodbridge double homicide 09/21/2022 02:12pm • Another teenager has been arrested in the May 15 shooting death of two men in a Woodbridge, Virginia, apartment. The Prince William County police said in a statement that they arrested a 16-year-old boy in the deaths of Malik Xavier Lamar Davis, 23, of Woodbridge, and Christian Jamar Roberts, 23, Fairfax Co. teaching assistant charged with assaulting special needs student 09/21/2022 10:42am • An instructional assistant at a Fairfax County, Virginia, elementary school has been charged with assaulting a special needs student, police said Wednesday. The alleged assault took place Sept. 16 at Dogwood Elementary School in Reston, Virginia. Fairfax County police said two teachers went in DC's AG says guns should remain banned on Metro 09/21/2022 08:15am • Months after the U.S. Supreme Court substantially changed the legal standards prohibiting guns in public, D.C.'s attorney general says handguns should continue to banned on the Metro transit system. Attorney General Karl Racine, in a pretrial motion in a federal suit filed by four people seeking MCPS superintendent to talk about security at sports events after brawl at high school game 09/21/2022 05:47am • Five days after a fight broke out at a high school football game ending the game and resulting in assault charges against five people, Montgomery County���s school superintendent will hold a briefing to talk about ���enhanced security measures��� at the Maryland school system���s athletic events. Man arrested after vandalizing Washington Monument with graffiti 09/20/2022 10:45pm • Police say a man is in custody after allegedly vandalizing the base of the Washington Monument with red paint early Tuesday night. U.S. Park Police said the suspect was taken into custody at around 8 p.m. and the base of the monument has been temporarily closed. In photos distributed on social