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School Zone: Safety in the aftermath of Uvalde shooting 06/03/2022 06:07am • Welcome to the School Zone, WTOP's weekly feature about the latest topics and trends in education across the D.C. region. School systems detail safety measures after Texas shooting What it is: It���s been more than a week since a gunman entered an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, killing 19 chi Alexandria police make service changes after 10% decrease in force 06/02/2022 08:59pm • Alexandria, Virginia's police department says it will be making several service adjustments caused by a decrease of officers on staff. In a news release Thursday, the Alexandria Police Department said the changes include: Not responding to certain calls that could "fall under another age Police ID man found dead on Reston trail, open homicide investigation 06/02/2022 06:53pm • Police have identified a man found deceased on a wooded path in Reston, Virginia, early Tuesday and have opened a homicide investigation. In a news release, Fairfax County police identified the victim as 27-year-old Rene Alberto Pineda Sanchez of Reston. His death has been ruled a homicide after DC police cadet among 2 arrested in Montgomery Co. armed robbery 06/02/2022 05:09pm • A D.C. police cadet has been booted from the academy over armed robbery involving a pair of pricey sneakers. According to charging documents from the Montgomery County State Attorney's Office, the cadet, Christian Alexis Santos, 19, of D.C., is accused of taking part in an armed robbery in North Montgomery Co. teen identified in Bethesda bicycle crash 06/02/2022 04:36pm • Montgomery County police have identified an 18-year-old bicyclist killed in a crash along Old Georgetown Road in North Bethesda, Maryland. Police say that Enzo Marcel Alvarenga of Bethesda was killed after the driver of a white 2012 Ford F-250 Cargo van struck him. More Montgomery Instagram AMBER Alert program to help users report sightings of missing children 06/02/2022 03:02pm • Instagram is partnering with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to post AMBER alerts on user feeds. "We brought them to Facebook several years ago," said Lori Moylan, of Instagram's parent company Meta. More Social Media News More National News How the Man who died in Potomac River water rescue identified 06/02/2022 12:34pm • The Oxon Hill man who died after he jumped off a boat anchored in the Potomac River in Fort Washington, Maryland, on Monday evening has been identified. Jimmy Orlando Espinoza-Oviedo, 37, started having difficulty swimming after he jumped in and yelled for help, Maryland Natural Resources Police Democratic candidates for Maryland governor stake out positions at forum 06/02/2022 06:46am • Several candidates vying to be Maryland's next governor made their pitches to voters at a Democratic candidates��� forum in Ocean City on Wednesday night. ���COVID has thrown this whole place apart,��� said former Prince George���s County Executive Rushern Baker. ���We need somebody who on Day On Rising homicides remain central in race for DC mayor 06/02/2022 06:18am • The primary election in D.C. is less than three weeks away, and rising homicide numbers were a central issue as Democratic candidates running for mayor met to debate Wednesday. Mayor Muriel Bowser, who is seeking a third term in office, used the Fox 5 debate to continue her call for more police o Collision kills cyclist in North Bethesda 06/01/2022 11:09pm • A cyclist died Wednesday afternoon after he was struck by a vehicle in North Bethesda, Maryland. It happened on Old Georgetown Road, near Cheshire Drive, around 4 p.m. According to Montgomery County Police, the bicyclist was traveling south on the northbound sidewalk on Old Georgetown Road. Meanw Jury sides with Johnny Depp in libel case, awards him $10M 06/01/2022 10:28pm • FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) ��� A jury sided Wednesday with Johnny Depp in his libel lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard, awarding the ���Pirates of the Caribbean��� actor more than $10 million and vindicating his allegations that Heard lied about Depp abusing her before and during their brief marriage. Teen arrested, charged with murder in Alexandria stabbing that left fellow student dead 06/01/2022 05:33pm • A 16-year-old Alexandria High School student has been arrested and charged following a stabbing last week that left a fellow student dead, police said Wednesday. The Alexandria, Virginia, teen is charged with murder, police said in an update. The boy is being held in the Northern Virginia Juve ���Safe spaces���: Montgomery Co. officials talk school safety after Texas shooting 06/01/2022 05:18pm • After last week���s mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, a group of police, school and governmental leaders in Montgomery County, Maryland, held a briefing to outline the steps the county has in place to prevent such an incident. ���It is absolutely times like now in which we Ex-Rockville cop pleads guilty to child pornography charges 06/01/2022 11:33am • A former Rockville, Maryland, police officer pleaded guilty on Tuesday to possession of child pornography. Thirty-eight-year-old Daniel Morozewicz, of Frederick, Maryland, admitted receiving and distributing child pornography on a file-sharing network between September 2020 and January 2021, when Boy struck by vehicle in Southeast DC 06/01/2022 10:20am • A child is in the hospital Wednesday morning after he was struck by a vehicle in Southeast D.C. Police said it happened around 7:45 a.m. on Pennsylvania Avenue, close to Potomac Avenue. More D.C. News The boy was unconscious but breathing when officials arrived, according to a