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Ashland woman, 70, will be sentenced in September for her role in Jan. 6 Capitol riots
A 70-year-old Ashland woman will be sentenced in September after pleading guilty Tuesday to several charges related to her behavior during the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riots. Jacquelyn Starer was most recently a per diem attending physician in the inpatient addiction recovery program at Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital...
Notes: MS-13 leader sentenced to life in prison for series of murders in 2019
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Waldorf mall has three violent crimes in one night
Last Saturday marked a violent evening on Mall Circle in Waldorf with an armed robbery, gunfire and a stabbing. On April 27 at 9:05 p.m., Charles sheriff’s officers were working at the Reithoffer Spring Festival in the parking lot at the St. Charles Towne Shopping Center when a 15-year-old male approached and said he had been shot, according to a release from the sheriff’s office. Diane Richardson, a spokesperson for...
6 adults, 3 children displaced after 3 homes damaged due to Northeast DC house fire
WASHINGTON (7News) — Six adults and three children were displaced after a large house fire in Northeast D.C. that left three homes damaged Wednesday evening, according to D.C. Fire and EMS officials. Crews responded to the fire at a two-story, wood-frame home in the 3700 block of 24th Street,...
Prince George's County wants to be involved in FBI headquarters relocation
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. — The Prince George's County Council wants a seat at the table as the FBI advances with plans to move their headquarters from D.C. to Maryland. Nearly six months, after Greenbelt was selected as the new proposed home for the FBI headquarters, the council's chair, Jolene Ivey, sent a letter to Maryland's Congressional Delegation asking to be included in the relocation process.
35-Year-Old Woman Succumbs To Injuries From Pedestrian Collision In Prince George’s County
BOWIE, Md. – The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a now fatal pedestrian collision that occurred in the unincorporated section of Bowie. The victim is 35-year-old Brittany Young of Washington, DC. On April 23, 2024, at approximately 9:15 pm, officers...
Bass cuts Washington trip short in response to violence at UCLA
LOS ANGELES — Responding to violent events that unfolded Tuesday night and through the early morning hours at UCLA, Mayor Karen Bass cut short her trip to Washington, D.C., Wednesday and returned to Los Angeles. Bass was originally expected to continue co-leading a group of mayors Wednesday, lobbying Biden...
Where's MPD? Police dodge questions about assisting GWU with anti-Israel protests
WASHINGTON (TND) — As protests against Israel continue at George Washington University, Washington, D.C. officials' lack of involvement in restoring order caught the attention of national lawmakers. During the final weeks of the spring semester, protesters have set up makeshift tent communities in busy areas of college campuses, similar...
DMV leaders present vision for unified regional public transit
WASHINGTON — Leaders across the D.C. region met Wednesday to discuss creating a unified vision for public transit in the District, Maryland and Virginia. The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) hosted its first-ever joint Board of Directors meeting. Both boards...
Man arrested for Culmore shooting
Police officers arrested a man for a shooting and attempted robbery that occurred April 12, at about 5 a.m., in the 3400 block of Lake Street in the Culmore area of Bailey’s Crossroads. Officers with the City of Alexandria Police Department arrested Abner Neftali Selen Barrera, 24, of Del...
Maryland approves more than $3M for a man wrongly imprisoned for murder for three decades
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland officials on Wednesday approved more than $3 million in compensation for a Baltimore man who spent 31 years in prison on a wrongful murder conviction. Gov. Wes Moore apologized to Gary Washington during a Board of Public Works meeting where the compensation was approved. “On the behalf of the entire state, I’m sorry for the failure of the justice system,” Moore said, adding that while no amount can make up for the injustice, he prayed the state could provide compensation “in a way that your family deserves.” Washington was a 25-year-old new father when he was convicted in 1987 of first-degree murder and a gun crime in the fatal shooting of Faheem Ali the year before.
DC Native Brittany Young Dies Week After Maryland Crash
Brittany Young, 35, has been identified as the pedestrian who was hospitalized with traumatic injuries on Tuesday, April 23 in the unincorporated section of Bowie, police say. According to the Prince George's County Police Department, at approximately 9:15 p.m. on the night of the strike, officers were called to the area of Pleasant Prospect Road and Bishops Content Road to investigate a crash.
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