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The Prince George’s County Council approved legislation that will help residents and businesses with the cost of surveillance cameras. A mother who lost her teenage son to gun violence was the driving force behind the bill. She believes if there had been footage of her son’s murder in November, the case could have been solved.

Tastee Diner in Silver Spring will close permanently on Wednesday. An employee at the iconic diner located at 8601 Cameron Street in Downtown Silver Spring told MyMCM that they were told of the closure Wednesday morning with no explanation given. The scheduled closing time is 2 p.m. on Wednesday. Source...

WASHINGTON - A teenage boy is dead, D.C. police reported, after a shooting in Southeast Tuesday night. Officers are still in the area investigating the incident. D.C. police said the call reporting the shooting came in at 9:05 p.m. The officers who responded to the scene in the 2200 block of Alabama Avenue SE said they found two teenage boys suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.

By John Domen A few years ago, the New Carrollton Metro Station was surrounded by nothing but parking lots, adjacent to more parking lots.... The post Metro celebrates completion of its Maryland headquarters in Prince George’s County appeared first on Maryland Matters.

A man conspiring with a convict inside a DC jail has admitted to bribing a public official to smuggle drugs inside the facility. Keywaune McLeod, 28, of Washington, DC, pleaded guilty this week to one count of bribery following a scheme he ran with a corrections officer and drug supplier to get contraband inside the District’s Central Detention Facility (CDF).

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. — Police have identified a man who was shot to death in District Heights early Monday morning. According to the Prince George's County Police Department (PGCPD), officers were called to the 6200 block of Atwood Street just before 2:15 a.m. for a welfare check. When...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — The Metropolitan Police Department had been looking for Yvette Spencer since March 18. According to a flier shared online, she was last seen in the 1600 block of 17th Pl. SE. Her body was found inside a trash can behind a building on the 1600 block of 27th St. SE, […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. –Three men were shot, killing one in Northeast D.C. on February 21st. Now the DC Metro Police Department has announced that an arrest was made. Shortly after 10:30 pm, a shooting report led officers to the 1400 Block of Saratoga Avenue. At the location, police found three adult men suffering from gunshot wounds. 21-year-old Jayvon Jones died later at a nearby hospital. The other two victims suffered from non-life-threatening injuries.  33-year-old Justin Borum, of Maryland, was arrested yesterday by members of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force and charged with second-degree murder while armed. This case still The post Arrest Made In D.C. Triple Shooting appeared first on Shore News Network.

Students intervened Monday morning when a 31-year-old man tried to kidnap one of their classmates at a school bus stop outside of Washington, D.C., officials said. The post ‘Very brave children’: Middle schoolers stop man from kidnapping classmate at bus stop first appeared on Law & Crime.

WASHINGTON, DC - The District of Columbia Housing Finance Agency (DCHFA) has financed the rehabilitation of 202 affordable apartments at scattered sites across Wards 7 and 8. DCHFA issued $43.1 million in tax exempt bonds for the acquisition and rehabilitation of this 16-building community formerly known as WDC 1 which spans Anacostia, Marshall Heights and Fort Dupont. The Agency also underwrote $33.4 million in federal Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) equity and $6.4 million in D.C. LIHTC equity to finance this redevelopment.

BALTIMORE, MD—A Maryland health care facility will pay more than $2 million to resolve a False Claims Act case regarding the billing of services to Medicare and Medicaid. Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Center, Inc., (“DCMC”), and Diagnostic Imaging Associates, LLC (“DIA”), both located in Lanham, have agreed to pay the United States $2,002,052.17 to resolve allegations that they violated the federal False Claims Act.

Two men are in custody for their alleged roles in the murder of a 20-year-old Takoma Park man in Montgomery County earlier this month. Silver Spring resident Javier Reyes, 21, and Brian Gaitan-Sanchez, 20, of Bladensburg, were both arrested this week following an investigation into the fatal shooting of Walter Woods, authorities announced on Tuesday, March 21.

DISTRICT HEIGHTS, Md. – The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Robbery Unit identified and arrested a man in connection with four recent armed robberies and attempted armed robberies at county businesses. He is 40-year-old James Kareen Day of Jessup, MD. Day is charged with four cases dating...

During trial on March 20, a family member hugged a grieving mother as she shed tears for her murdered son as prosecutors showed photos of the killing. Jean-Paul Kearney, 36, is charged with second-degree murder while armed for allegedly shooting 33-year-old Dontra Harris on April 4, 2021, on the 1800 block of 24th Street, NE.

ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) – A 33-year-old suspect out of Washington D.C. is accused of leading police agencies in two states on a high speed pursuit Tuesday night. The St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department says the pursuit started in White Pigeon just before 7:30 p.m. when police tried to stop a white SUV speeding through the village.

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. — A Prince George's County Council member recently introduced legislation aimed to creating a county-wide standard to address nurse-patient ratios. Gail Kingman, a registered nurse with decades of bedside experience, says her daily reality at he University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center in Largo,...

The driver who hopped a curb and struck a pedestrian walking on a sidewalk before speeding away and committing multiple carjackings has been apprehended, according to officials in Falls Church.Police say that a man arrested on Sunday, March 19 is the same person who was wanted for a stolen vehicle,…

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. — Construction at a new Prince George's County housing development has come to a standstill, leaving dozens of people who agreed to buy homes there, in emotional and financial limbo for years. Now, more people are coming forward after a WUSA9 investigation exposed the delays at...

WASHINGTON - With Spring now upon us, people around the D.C. region area without a doubt eager to enjoy all that spring has to offer around town. Perhaps nothing in our region stands as quite the symbol of the season as much as the cherry blossoms around the Tidal Basin downtown. It is estimated that nearly 1.5 million people visit the city's famous trees each year.

WASHINGTON - D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said 342 new automated traffic enforcement cameras will be placed in the District in the upcoming fiscal year. "In the last two years the Council has approved 342 new cameras related to vision zero initiatives," Bowser said during the Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Proposal meeting Wednesday. She said currently there are approximately 140 cameras in place.