CRIME & SAFETY
3 killed in DC shootings as violence erupts overnight
WASHINGTON - Three people, including a teenager, were killed, and several others were wounded when gun violence erupted overnight in the nation’s capital within the span of just a few hours. The deadly night began just after 10:45 p.m. Wednesday near Bruce Place and Ainger Place in southeast Washington....
‘Stay alive': Rideshare driver swerved across 495 as passenger was stabbing him
A rideshare driver may have saved his own life by swerving across lanes at high speed on the Capital Beltway, trying to shake off a passenger who was stabbing him with a steak knife. "I couldn’t believe this was happening," said the driver, whose name we are not sharing.
Ex-Connecticut city official is sentenced to 10 days behind bars for storming US Capitol
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Connecticut business owner who has served as an elected alderman in his hometown was sentenced Wednesday to 10 days behind bars for joining a mob’s assault on the U.S. Capitol over three years ago, court records show. Chief Judge James Boasberg also ordered Gene DiGiovanni Jr. to perform 50 hours of community service for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, according to a spokesman for federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C. DiGiovanni, of Derby, Connecticut, attended then-President Donald Trump’s “Stop the Steal” rally near the White House before marching to the Capitol and entering the building through the Upper West Terrace door. He remained inside the Capitol for roughly 22 minutes. “After exiting the building, DiGiovanni did not leave the grounds but remained on the East Front steps where he celebrated, raising his arm in the air,” prosecutors wrote in a court filing.
Alexandria police investigating person found dead
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (DC News Now) — The Alexandria Police Department (APD) said a person was found dead near a park Wednesday. A person was found dead near Four Mile Park in the 4100 block of Mount Vernon Ave. Someone reported that they saw a dead body in a river at around 1:30 p.m. When police […]
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