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Construction barges break loose, float down Potomac River near Harpers Ferry 05/08/2022 07:16pm • Two construction barges carrying a Caterpillar excavator and other equipment broke loose and floated down the Potomac River on Sunday afternoon, heading toward Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office in Virginia said one of the barges got stuck just before Harpers Ferry, Northern Va. gang members convicted of murder, kidnapping and drug trafficking 05/08/2022 06:29pm • Three members of Fairfax County's "Reccless Tigers," which prosecutors call a violent gang and drug trafficking enterprise, have been convicted on a slew of charges including murder and kidnapping related to a 2019 revenge killing. According to court documents, gang members abducted Brandon White Dumfries man killed in early morning Gainesville shooting 05/08/2022 04:41pm • A young man was shot and killed early Sunday morning in the parking lot of a Gainesville, Virginia, apartment complex. Prince William County police said 18-year-old Dumfries resident Michael Arthur was found shot near Somerset Pointe Apartments at around 2 a.m. Police said Arthur was shot mult Md. Air Force lieutenant sentenced to 11 yrs in prison for child pornography charges 05/07/2022 09:48pm • Editor's Note: This article contains discussions of child pornography. The National Sexual Assault Hotline is 1-800-656-4673.�� A U.S. Air Force officer from Waldorf, Maryland, will be serving time in federal prison after pleading guilty to recording and producing child pornography, including vid Man charged with 1st-degree murder for shooting man carrying infant in Northeast 05/07/2022 05:43pm • The man who police say shot and killed a D.C. man who was holding an infant in March has been charged with first degree murder, according to police. D.C. police said that Jarrell David Harris, 27, of Southeast, was arrested by the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force on Friday for allegedly Baltimore seeks public input in redrawing of police districts 05/07/2022 11:21am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. Baltimore officials are seeking public feedback as they look to redraw longstanding police district lines for the first time in more than 50 Five men steal more than $20K of eyeglasses in Alexandria smash-and-grab 05/07/2022 08:52am • Fairfax County Police are looking for four men caught on camera stealing over $20,000 worth of eyeglass frames from a MyEyeDr. store in Alexandria, Virginia, plus their getaway driver. The smash-and-grab happened just around 6 p.m. on April 19 at the store located on Richmond Highway. Police rele 1 killed in Forestville shooting 05/07/2022 01:41am • A man was killed after a shooting in Prince George's County, Maryland, Friday night. The shooting happened after 8 p.m. on the 7100 block of Donnell Place in Forestville near Maryland Route 4. More Local News More Prince George's County News After receiving a call about a s Rain moves across DC region for a damp Mother's Day weekend 05/06/2022 11:55pm • Don't ask mom for a rain check ��� make Mother's Day plans indoors as the National Weather Service issued a flood watch for parts of the D.C. area. Here's what you need to know about the weekend's rainy weather. Key points: The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch through Saturd DC police officer arrested after fight in Prince George's Co. 05/06/2022 10:22pm • A D.C. police officer was arrested Friday morning after a fight inside a business in Prince George's County, Maryland. Prince George's County police said the incident occurred before 3 a.m. on the 10600 block of Baltimore Avenue in Beltsville. The preliminary investigation revealed that Dennis Video shows vehicles linked to Prince George's Co. shooting that injured 2 boys, killed dog 05/06/2022 08:57pm • Police in Prince George's County, Maryland, released a video showing what appears to be a shooting that took place in District Heights in which two boys were shot and a dog was killed. The video shows a dark van and a second dark vehicle stopping on the 6700 block of Alpine Street near a group of Prince George's Co. police seek suspect after man shot, killed at stoplight 05/06/2022 05:58pm • Prince George's County, Maryland, police are searching for a suspect in a shooting that killed a man who was in his car at a Bowie intersection on Thursday. Javon Washington, 33, of Glenn Dale, died in the shooting, according to a news release. Around 11 p.m. Thursday, Prince George's County p Alexandria School Board approves Narcan in all schools 05/06/2022 03:11pm • The Alexandria City School Board voted Thursday to make Narcan immediately available in city public schools. Narcan, or naloxone, is a prescription nasal spray that is designed to reverse opioid overdoses in minutes. A school official told WTOP Narcan will be available in all ACPS schools, whe Man who stormed Capitol in caveman costume gets prison 05/06/2022 12:59pm • A New York City judge's son who stormed the U.S. Capitol wearing a furry ���caveman" costume was sentenced on Friday to eight months in prison. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg told Aaron Mostofsky that he was "literally on the front lines��� of the mob's attack on Jan. 6, 2021. ���What 5-year-old boy dead after Maryland hit-and-run 05/06/2022 12:17pm • A child is dead following a hit-and-run crash Thursday night in Harford County, Maryland, state police said. Maryland State Police troopers responded to northbound Md. Route 24 at Edgewood Road shortly before 10:45 p.m. Thursday for a report of a man and child struck by a vehicle. More