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Former Charlottesville mayor's tips on preventing riots after Patriot Front arrests 06/13/2022 07:45am • Following the arrests of 31 Patriot Front members in Idaho, Michael Signer — the former mayor of Charlottesville, Virginia — tells WTOP the key to preventing violence is staying ahead. Signer was in office during the deadly "Unite the Right" rally in 2017. "You have to really creatively monit 1 dead, 1 injured in Southeast DC shooting 06/12/2022 11:38pm • One male is dead, and another in the hospital, after a shooting in Southeast D.C. Sunday afternoon. D.C. Police say it happened right after 6 p.m. in the 1300 block of Savannah Street — a block away from the Congress Heights Metro Station. More Crime News Both people were sh Something in the Water music festival shuts down DC roads, parking starting Monday 06/12/2022 11:25pm • Something in the Water is coming to D.C. for the first time but the festival isn't just bringing summer music — it's also shutting down roads, starting Monday. The beats won't drop until Friday, but parking restrictions and street closures to set up the festival will start Monday, according to DC's violence interrupters may not be helping to curb rising crime, audit says 06/12/2022 11:17pm • For years, violent crime has been on the rise in the District. The number of homicides so far this year already outpaces those last year by 10%, District crime data shows. More DC News More Local News The grim statistics put 2022 on track to become the most violent year in Maryland State Police: Pedestrian killed by impaired driver in Baltimore Co. 06/12/2022 06:47pm • Juan Rivera, 34, of Texas, was killed in Baltimore County, Maryland, after his car broke down on Interstate 70. He was standing outside his car when Jose Moto Chapol, 37, of Windsor Mill, Md. -- who police said was impaired -- stuck Rivera. Around 9:45 p.m. Saturday, troopers from Maryland Sta Man stabbed outside shopping center, 3 charged with murder 06/12/2022 05:36pm • HENRICO, Va. — Three men have been arrested and charged with murder in the death of a man who was stabbed in the parking lot of a Henrico shopping center. Henrico police identified the stabbing victim as 25-year-old Khalid Naseri of Henrico. WRIC-TV reports that police received a 911 call short Fugitive captured after he drops from ceiling into Stafford Co. church 06/12/2022 03:53pm • A Spotsylvania man was apprehended by deputies in Fredericksburg, Virginia, after he dropped from the ceiling into a church during services Saturday evening. The Stafford County Sheriff’s Office said that around 7:30 p.m. Saturday, it received a tip that 52-year-old Troy Longwell, who had activ 'Enough is enough': March for Our Lives demonstrators call for action against gun violence 06/11/2022 11:59pm • The March for Our Lives took to the streets of the nation's capital again Saturday afternoon, spurred by recent mass shootings the youth-led group sees as emblematic of a worsening gun violence epidemic — and insufficient action to address it. Saturday's rally on the National Mall, north of Motorcycle driver killed in Prince William Co. crash 06/11/2022 09:53pm • Prince William County Police say a 40-year-old man was killed after his motorcycle collided with another vehicle in Woodbridge, Virginia, Friday night. In a news release, police say the crash occurred around 9:30 p.m. near the intersection of Neabsco Mills Road and Smoke Court. Investigators b Police officer charged with sexually exploiting child 06/11/2022 06:33pm • NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A Virginia police officer has been arrested on federal charges that he sexually exploited a child. The Virginian-Pilot reports that Newport News Police Sgt. Michael Nicholas Covey was arrested Friday on one count of sexual exploitation of children. The charge against Cove At least 3 injured after car crash in Woodbridge 06/11/2022 04:25pm • Police say at least three people were injured after a vehicle collision on Telegraph Road in Woodbridge, Virginia, Saturday morning. A spokesperson from Prince William County police told WTOP that the collision of two vehicles occurred just after 11 a.m. on the 13000 block of Telegraph Road. A Joyful mood as the Capital Pride Parade returns to DC 06/11/2022 03:45pm • After a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19, clouds and the rainy weather did not deter crowds from joining the Capital Pride Parade as it returned to D.C. on Saturday afternoon. The parade started just after 3 p.m. at 14th and T Streets in Northwest. WTOP's Dick Uliano, who was at the event, said th Suspect photos from Iverson Mall shooting released by Prince George's Co. police 06/11/2022 02:43pm • Police in Prince George's County have released photos of two suspects wanted in connection with the shooting at a mall in Hillcrest Heights, Maryland, on Friday. In a news release Saturday, Prince George's County police released photos taken from surveillance footage at the The Shops at Iverson. Today in History: June 11, auto racing disaster at Le Mans 06/11/2022 12:01am • Today in History Today is Saturday, June 11, the 162nd day of 2022. There are 203 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 11, 1955, in motor racing’s worst disaster, more than 80 people were killed during the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France when two of the cars collid Driver involved in deadly Montgomery County drag race found guilty 06/10/2022 11:36pm • A Maryland man accused of taking part in a drag race that turned deadly in Montgomery County has been found guilty. Noe Daniel Suriel, 29, of Silver Spring, was convicted of driving a motor vehicle in a race or speed contest and gross negligent manslaughter by motor vehicle on Thursday.