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Report: Human activity likely cause of public housing fire
A report by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives says a fire that gutted a public housing complex for seniors in Washington, D.C., was likely caused by human activity.
1 week ago -
DC leans on FBI, ATF to curb city’s rising murder rate
A new initiative, which goes into effect this month, will make illegally possessing a firearm as a felon a federal crime. Previously, most cases were charged under local “felon-in-possession” laws.
2 weeks ago -
5 linked to violent gang plead guilty to federal charges
Five alleged members or associates of the Old York Money Gang have recently entered guilty pleas in a federal drug and racketeering investigation.
4 months ago -
ATF: Hundreds of guns stolen in Memphis seized near Chicago
Most of the roughly 400 guns that were stolen from a United Parcel Service facility in Tennessee have been recovered in the Chicago area, federal authorities say.
5 months ago -
ATF finds nearly half of guns in Maryland bought locally
Police in Maryland asked ATF to trace more than 8,600 firearms last year. Agents were able to determine where nearly 5,900 of the firearms were sold.
6 months ago -
‘Operation Tin Panda Takedown’ nets dozens involved with drugs, gangs
The coordinated federal-local crackdown in Northern Virginia last year has resulted in dozens of convictions. Firearms, cocaine, crystal meth, heroin, ecstasy, marijuana, cash and vehicles were also seized.
9 months ago -
ATF runs emergency trace on gun used in Md. school shooting
Federal agents are tracing the history of the gun investigators said was used in the shooting at Great Mills High School, in St. Mary’s County, Maryland.
11 months ago -
4 wanted for stealing 13 firearms from Md. gun store
Around 6:19 a.m. Sunday in an armory in Hanover, Maryland, four suspects stole firearms, including handguns and rifles, according to law enforcement officials.
1 year ago -
ATF locates disconnected vent pipe at scene of deadly Silver Spring explosion
Federal investigators have found that a safety vent pipe was disconnected in the room housing gas meters at the Flower Branch Apartments before a deadly explosion and fire killed seven people last summer.
2 years ago -
Police identify DC man killed in massive apartment fire
Edwin Romero, 34, a resident of the Rolling Terrace apartment building, was killed in the devastating weekend blaze. Eleven others were injured, including five firefighters.
2 years ago -
Investigators look into cause of fatal DC apt. fire
Federal agents from the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives joined DC Fire investigators looking for the origin and the cause of the weekend apartment building fire that killed a man and injured 11 people, including five firefighters.
2 years ago -
Woman turns to advocacy after losing 6 relatives in huge Md. fire
Nearly two years have passed since four young children and their grandparents died in a mansion fire in Annapolis, Maryland. Now, the homeowner’s sister has become a fire safety advocate.
2 years ago -
Natural gas explosion led to Silver Spring apt. fire, ATF says
A natural gas explosion in a basement meter room was the cause of a three-alarm fire that engulfed a Silver Spring apartment complex last week and killed seven people, officials confirmed Friday. Three of the victims have been identified by DNA testing, according to Montgomery County police.
3 years ago -
Investigation into DC mansion murders takes digital focus
Newly released court documents list a heap of digital evidence prosecutors plan to use at the trial of Daron Wint, 35, in the murders of three members of the Savopoulos family and their housekeeper Vera Figueroa.
3 years ago -
Study pushes for firearm training amid new gun sales plan
Residents who want to carry firearms should first be required to pass certified training programs, according to a new study from Mount St. Mary’s University in Maryland.
3 years ago
