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Mohammed Y. Ramadhan Killed By Ride On Bus In Silver Spring
Silver Spring resident Mohammd Ramadhan has been identified as the person killed on Saturday, April 20 at the intersection of Second Avenue and Colesville Road. According to a spokesperson from the Montgomery County Department of Police, shortly after 1 a.m. on the night of the fatal strike in Silver Spring, the Ride On bus struck Ramadhan, for reasons that remain under investigation.
Father and young daughter shot along DC's North Capitol Street
A man and his young daughter were shot late Tuesday in Northeast D.C., police say. Officers were called to a shooting in the 4800 block of North Capitol Street NE about 11:30 p.m., D.C. police said. The shooting occurred in the Fort Totten neighborhood. The child is about 4 years...
Laurel man killed in Prince George’s County hit-and-run
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — The Prince George’s County Police Department (PGPD) said a man from Laurel was killed in a hit-and-run on Sunday. PGPD said officers responded to the 9000 block of Contee Rd. for a crash involving a pedestrian at about 8:10 p.m. There, a man was in the roadway […]
Aubrey McLeod Killed In Mass Northeast DC Shooting
Largo resident Aubrey McLeod, 29, was shot and killed in the Carver-Langston neighborhood on Wednesday, April 11 in an incident that left five others - including two children - hospitalized with serious injuries. Officers were called at around 6:10 p.m. on the night of the shooting to the 1100 block...
Police officer hurt in crash that flipped vehicle on side in Prince George's County
LANHAM, Md. - A police officer was injured after a crash early Tuesday morning in Prince George's County. The crash happened around 4:30 a.m. on Annapolis Road at the I-495 off-ramp in Lanham. The vehicle flipped onto its side, trapping the officer inside temporarily. The cause of the crash is...
57-year-old Maryland man commits 7 armed robberies in 8 days: police
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. - A 57-year-old man has been arrested and charged after committing seven armed robberies in eight days in Prince George's County, Maryland. The suspect has been identified as 57-year-old Victor Glascoe of Oxon Hill. According to police, Glascoe has been linked to seven robberies in the...
North Carolina man sentenced to six years in prison for attacking police with pole at Capitol
WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who became a fugitive after a federal jury convicted him of assaulting police officers during the U.S. Capitol riot was sentenced on Tuesday to six years in prison. David Joseph Gietzen, 31, of Sanford, North Carolina, struck a police officer with a pole during a mob’s Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Gietzen told U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols that he didn’t intend to hurt anybody that day. But he didn’t express any regret or remorse for his actions on Jan. 6, when he joined a mob of Donald Trump supporters in interrupting the joint session of Congress for certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory. “I have to make it explicitly known that I believe I did the right thing,” he said before learning his sentence.
Two fires break out on the 19th floor of Silver Spring apt. within 24 hours: MCFRS
SILVER SPRING, Md. (7News) — Within 24 hours, Montgomery County fire crews responded to two fires on the 19th floor of a Silver Spring, Maryland, apartment building with a history of previous fires, according to the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS). Tuesday morning, MCFRS crews were called...
Police Investigating Armed Robbery At Royal Farms
SEVERN, Md. — Detectives from the Regional Crimes Unit of the Anne Arundel County Police Department are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at the Royal Farms store located at 1624 Annapolis Road in Severn on April 23, 2024. According to police, at approximately 1:00 a.m., a male suspect...
Home catches fire in Fairfax County
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — Crews with the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department were on the scene of a two-alarm fire at a home in Burke, Va. on Wednesday morning. In a post made on X, formerly Twitter, just before 9:15 a.m., officials said the fire happened at a home in the […]
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