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Police continue to investigate Bailey's Crossroads shooting, shelter-in-place lifted 09/23/2022 07:20pm • An armored vehicle is seen behind police lines in Bailey's Crossroads as officers investigate a shooting on Sept. 23, 2022. (NBC4/Drew Wilder) A shelter-in-place has ended in the Bailey's Crossroads area of Fairfax County, Virginia, after gunfire struck two unoccupied vehicles in a parking lot o Man charged with lying to grand jury investigating killing of U.Md. coach Locksley's son 09/23/2022 04:01pm • A man has been indicted on obstruction of justice charges in connection with the unsolved 2017 killing of Meiko Locksley, the son of Maryland head football coach Mike Locksley. John Willie Kennedy Jr. is accused of lying under oath to a federal grand jury investigating Meiko Locksley's killing, a Police make arrest in connection with Orange Line train fire 09/23/2022 01:13pm • Metro said Friday that an arrest has been made in connection with an alleged arson on the Orange Line. At the Metro Board meeting Thursday, the agency said the Metro Transit Police worked with D.C. Fire and EMS arson investigators to identify Ryan Jones, 35, as the suspect. Metro officials sai DC woman identified as victim of deadly Oxon Hill hit-and-run 09/23/2022 11:01am • As police continue to search for the driver of an SUV that struck and killed a woman in Oxon Hill, Maryland, earlier this week, they have released the victim's identity. The Prince George's County police identified her as Brenda Hackett, 56, of D.C. More Crime News More Maryland New 1 dead in crash in Northeast 09/23/2022 08:59am • A man is dead after being found in an overturned car in Northeast early Friday, and D.C.'s chief medical examiner will determine how he died, D.C. police said. The single-car crash happened just after midnight in the southbound lane of D.C. 295 near Burroughs Avenue. More DC News First responders train with GM to handle EV emergencies 09/23/2022 08:45am • General Motors hosted two days of training exercises in Thornburg, Virginia, this week, teaching local first responders how to safely handle electric vehicle fires and crashes. ���We���re hoping to put to rest many of the fears and dispel some of the misconceptions about electrified vehicles��� a DC Council approves measure allowing bars to stay open 24 hours during World Cup 09/23/2022 05:06am • D.C. Council passed an emergency measure to allow bars, restaurants and breweries in the District to stay open 24 hours a day during the World Cup, which will take place from Nov. 20 to Dec. 18 in Qatar. Places that sell alcohol normally would close at 2 a.m. on weekdays and at 3 a.m. on weekends Parents call on MCPS to improve its crisis communications 09/23/2022 04:42am • Parents from two different Montgomery County Public Schools -- one that experienced a shooting inside a classroom and another that experienced a lockdown after a report of a student with a gun that turned out to be false -- told school board members in the Maryland county that communication with par Fairfax Co. police ask public to help locate jewelry store robbers 09/22/2022 08:09pm • Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, are asking for help in locating three men they believe were involved in robbing three local jewelry stores. The Fairfax County Police Department says three men went into Prince Jewelers in Tysons Corner Center on Sept. 8 at 2:45 p.m. where they smashed display 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