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Woman in Falls Church killed, set on fire in 'brutal case' 08/11/2022 05:20pm • A woman in Falls Church, Virginia, was found dead Wednesday, and investigators said the victim had been set on fire in what they describe as a "brutal case." The woman has been identified as Silvia Vaca Abacay, 40. Friends and family called her Kelly, Fairfax County Police Maj. Ed O'Carroll said Ex-police officer gets 7-plus years in prison in Jan. 6 case 08/11/2022 04:10pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — An off-duty Virginia police officer who stormed the U.S. Capitol with a fellow officer was sentenced Thursday to more than seven years in prison, matching the longest prison sentence so far among hundreds of Capitol riot cases. Former Rocky Mount Police Sgt. Thomas Robertson d Meet me at the mall: Police have a new space in Bethesda 08/11/2022 02:39pm • Police in Montgomery County, Maryland, have been working on ways to connect with the community in more relaxed settings, and the latest is with a community liaison room at Bethesda’s Westfield Montgomery mall. The room, on the same level as the food court, is a place where officers can work whi Who are Prince William County’s highest-paid employees? 08/11/2022 02:39pm • 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. More than 600 Prince William County employees make in excess of $100,000 a year. With the new fiscal year starting July 1, InsideNoVa Tips for driving during excessive rainfall 08/11/2022 11:00am • The National Weather Service's mantra "Turn Around Don't Drown," which strives to convey the seriousness of flash flooding and the action drivers should take when faced with a water-covered roadway, is a catchy slant rhyme and an important rule of thumb. In metro areas where traffic is often heav 3-month-old dies in Northwest DC 08/10/2022 06:56pm • A 3-month-old infant died Tuesday in Northwest D.C. D.C. police were called to the scene just after 6 p.m.; they said the 3-month-old boy was unconscious when they arrived in the 600 block of Park Road Northwest. Despite efforts by paramedics, the child was pronounced dead less than an hour later School buses in Anne Arundel Co. get cameras to record illegal passing 08/10/2022 04:05pm • Hundreds of school buses in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, are being outfitted with high-tech cameras that can automatically detect cars that illegally pass stopped buses — and snap pictures of their license plates. County officials Wednesday announced the effort to crack down on drivers who fa Woman killed in apparent 'targeted' shooting in Southeast DC 08/10/2022 12:32pm • A woman was shot and killed Wednesday morning in Southeast D.C. in what police said appears to be a "targeted assault." The woman was shot in the 200 block of Savannah Street, near the intersection with Second Street. Police said they were on the scene of the shooting shortly after 8:30 a.m. Wedn Suspects used slur, monkeypox reference in DC attack 08/09/2022 08:45pm • Police in D.C. are investigating an attack on two men as a suspected hate crime, after the assailants referenced monkeypox and called them an anti-gay slur. It happened on Sunday in the 1700 block of 7th Street Northwest in the Shaw neighborhood. The men were walking southbound on the east side o 6 men arrested in Fairfax Co. online sting operation 08/09/2022 04:44pm • Fairfax County police have arrested six men accused of soliciting officers posing online as minors as part of an online sting operation. The suspects, ages 26 to 43, have been charged with a combined 21 felonies. Raul Ramirez-Roja, 27, of Winchester was charged with two counts of proposing a National Faith & Blue Weekend aims to bridge trust gaps between police and community 08/09/2022 02:05pm • In 2020, relationships between police departments and many communities were at a low point. That prompted a one-time critic of police departments in his home state of Georgia to launch National Faith & Blue Weekend, a national effort to bridge trust gaps. October will mark the third National Driver in Baltimore shoots 1 medic with air pellet, hits another with car 08/09/2022 10:38am • BALTIMORE (AP) — Officials say two medics were injured while responding to a call in south Baltimore when a driver fired an air pellet gun at them, then struck one medic with the car. The Baltimore Sun reports that Fire Department spokesman Chief Roman Clark says a medic unit was responding to Police respond to 3 additional racist graffiti incidents in Montgomery Co. 08/09/2022 06:53am • Montgomery County police have responded to three additional racist graffiti incidents in the Maryland county. Police previously reported that racist and anti-Semitic graffiti was found on Sunday on the Bethesda Trolley Trail near Rossmore Drive and the bridge over Interstate 270. More Storms following heat, humidity lead to impassable roads in Prince George's Co. 08/08/2022 11:20pm • Between 1 to 4 inches of rain fell, and most of it in Prince George's County, Maryland, causing flooding on roadways just as the D.C. area was heading home. Here's what you need to know. There was flash flooding reported in the Riverdale area, with rapidly rising water making the roads impass 2 kids shot in Northeast DC 08/08/2022 10:55pm • Two children are in the hospital following a shooting in Northeast D.C. It happened around 9 p.m. Monday on the 700 block of 18th Street near Maryland Avenue. More Local News More DC News A boy, 13, and a girl, 3, were shot and taken to the hospital. Police said the girl ha