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Greenbelt police arrest Hyattsville man for attempted murder
GREENBELT, Md. (DC News Now) — The Greenbelt Police Department said it arrested a Hyattsville man for his involvement in a shooting last week. Officers responded to the 5800 block of Cherrywood Terrace just after 9 p.m. on May 7. There, they found a woman suffering from gunshot wounds. She was taken to a hospital […]
14 fights, 8 arrests, 4 positive drug tests in recent days at DC's secure Youth Services Center
According to police reports, dispatch records and government sources familiar with the situation, it has been a violent and dangerous month inside D.C.'s juvenile detention center. D.C. police and paramedics have been called repeatedly to the long-troubled facility. Oversight reports show the start of this year showed improvement when it...
Wednesday morning showers and fog; drier afternoon with highs in the 60s
WASHINGTON - A damp start Wednesday with morning showers and fog across the Washington, D.C. region before most of the rain moves out leaving us with a drier afternoon. FOX 5’s Taylor Grenda says most of the heavier and steadier rain is falling east of the Chesapeake Bay along the Eastern Shore. Lighter showers are over the immediate D.C. region.
Police ID Kiara Cheeks In Fatal Briggs Chaney Road Crash
A bright smile has been lost forever after a 35-year-old mother of two was killed in a Montgomery County crash last week, according to her friends and family. Kiara Cheeks has been identified by investigators as the person who died following an early morning crash on Wednesday, May 8 on Briggs Chaney Road in Silver Spring, now her family is reeling.
5 men steal 5 PS5s from Bowie GameStop: police
BOWIE, Md. - Five men dressed in all black entered a GameStop and stole five PS5 game consoles in Bowie on Tuesday afternoon, police say. Bowie Police say the incident happened around 3:10 p.m. at the GameStop store on Emerald Way in Bowie. The suspects fled the scene in two...
Police investigating deadly hit-and-run crash in Prince George's County
GREATER LANDOVER, Md. — Police are searching for the driver involved in a hit-and-run crash that left a woman dead late Tuesday night in Greater Landover. Officers with the Prince George's County Police Department responded to Martin Luther King Jr. Highway and Columbia Park Drive around 10:30 p.m. after a report of a crash involving a pedestrian. Upon arrival, they found a woman injured in the roadway.
Police: Multiple gunshots heard in Greenbelt
GREENBELT, Md. (DC News Now) — The Greenbelt Police Department (GPD) said officers responded to a report of multiple gunshots Tuesday night. Multiple gunshots were heard in the area of Hillside and Crescent roads. GPD said in a post on the X platform that officers found evidence of the gunfire but did not know if […]
WINNER! Powerball Ticket Sold In Warren County Nets Big $$
It was a sensational Saturday for a lottery player in Warren County.A ticket sold in Washington matched four numbers and the red Powerball in the drawing held on Saturday, May 11, winning $50,000. The ticket was sold at Krauszer's Food Store.The winning numbers were 3, 6, 39, 49, 67 and the red Pow…
Man who set police cars on fire at the Supreme Court sentenced to 10 years in prison
WASHINGTON — A 26-year-old Maryland man was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Tuesday for pouring gasoline over several U.S. Supreme Court Police cars on Capitol Hill and lighting one on fire. On Jan. 9, Cody Michael Tarner pleaded guilty to a charge of arson. In addition to...
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