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DC man arrested for throwing Molotov cocktail at Capitol Police 07/07/2022 02:06am • Police at the U.S. Capitol arrested a D.C. man they said threw a Molotov cocktail at officers. Bernard L. McCutcheon, 26, of D.C., was charged with two counts of assault on a police officer, one count of possession of a Molotov cocktail and one count of assault with a deadly weapon. Mo Prince George's Co. Council votes to create police accountability board 07/06/2022 08:11pm • The Prince George's County Council voted Tuesday to establish an 11-member police accountability board, which will receive and review complaints of police misconduct. The board will replace the county's citizen complaint oversight panel, which the council voted to repeal on Tuesday. In additio AAA worker killed in Prince George's Co. crash 07/06/2022 05:44pm • A worker with AAA helping a driver on a road in Bowie, Maryland, was hit and killed Tuesday night, the Maryland State Police said. In a statement, police said Anthony Okozi, 69, of Upper Marlboro, was providing fuel to the driver of a van on westbound Route 50 near Collington Road at around 11:15 Leader of trucker convoy arrested on DC's National Mall 07/06/2022 05:30pm • The leader of the 1776 Restoration Movement trucker convoy was arrested Wednesday in D.C. on charges of impeding traffic and disobeying a police order on the Fourth of July. Fifty-seven-year-old David Riddell — known within the convoy as "Santa" — was taken into custody by D.C. police on a Ma Suspect in Tysons mall shooting held without bond 07/06/2022 04:02pm • The man charged with firing a gun in a Fairfax County, Virginia, mall last month will be held without bond. Noah Settles, 22, of D.C., has been charged with attempted malicious wounding, three counts of discharging a weapon into an occupied building, and use of firearm in the commission of a felo Water’s End Brewery opens third Virginia taproom, in Fredericksburg 07/06/2022 10:55am • Water’s End Brewery, started by a former Fairfax County police officer in 2016, has opened its third Virginia location, in Fredericksburg. The first Water’s End opened in Lake Ridge, Virginia. A second opened in 2020 in Woodbridge, at Potomac Festival Shopping Center. More Food and Gun policy expert: Hogan's new directive increases gun access, potential 'public safety impacts' 07/06/2022 09:57am • Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan issued a new directive for the Maryland State Police on Tuesday to immediately ignore a law restricting concealed carry in the state. "I'm honestly surprised he didn't do it sooner," Cassandra Crifasi, Deputy Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Preventi 2022 Maryland primary election: Races to watch in Montgomery Co. 07/06/2022 06:40am • Primary day in Montgomery County will narrow the field in the races for county executive and county council — and effectively pick the next state’s attorney for the county. In the race to be the Democratic nominee for county executive, incumbent Marc Elrich faces three challengers, including Opportunities and potential pitfalls abound for GOP in Anne Arundel Co. exec race 07/06/2022 06:23am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. At an airy catering hall overlooking the Severn River on a pleasant night late last month, the promise and peril for Anne Arundel County R Herndon police officer shoots suspect, arrests 2 in stolen car incident 07/06/2022 03:40am • Herndon, Virginia, police said an officer shot and wounded a suspect and arrested two others that attempted to steal a car Tuesday afternoon. It happened at around 12:30 p.m. on the corner of Elden Street and Alabama Drive, near the Dulles Park Shopping Center. More Virginia News Mo Md. county launches online form for police complaints 07/05/2022 08:32pm • In a move indicating it is serious about tamping down on police misconduct, Montgomery County, Maryland, has launched an online portal aimed at making it easier to file misconduct complaints against officers. The online form asks accusers to include the name of the police officer, a description o Hogan’s decision to lift gun restrictions roils state politics 07/05/2022 07:14pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr.’s decision Tuesday to lift restrictions on carrying concealed weapons in Maryland in the wake of a recent U.S. Search underway for boater involved in Anne Arundel Co. deadly hit-and-run 07/05/2022 05:36pm • Maryland Natural Resources Police are searching for the driver of a boat that they say struck another and killed a woman before leaving the scene in Anne Arundel County on Sunday night. Laura Slattery, 63, of Pasadena was killed when the 20-foot Wellcraft boat she was on was struck from behind in Anne Arundel Co. commits to Vision Zero goals to eliminate traffic deaths 07/05/2022 04:38pm • Driven by the philosophy that traffic-related deaths and injuries are not acceptable and can be prevented, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, has officially adopted a Vision Zero plan. Vision Zero is a global movement embraced by many area jurisdictions such as Montgomery County, Maryland, and D.C. Nearly 100 suspected drunken drivers arrested in Maryland over Fourth of July weekend 07/05/2022 02:45pm • Authorities in Maryland say state troopers nabbed almost 100 suspected drunken drivers over the July 4 weekend. In a news release Tuesday, state police said troopers arrested 95 impaired drivers between Friday, July 1, and Monday, July 4, through regular road patrols and special patrols focused o