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Teens caught on camera ransacking Southeast DC CVS
WASHINGTON - Multiple teens are wanted after they were seen on camera robbing and ransacking a CVS in Southeast D.C. Police say around 8:45 p.m. Tuesday, the large group of juveniles went into the drug store in the 1100 block of New Jersey Avenue, Southeast, where they stole items and assaulted a security guard.
Crash leaves man hurt, lanes closed on I-270 in Montgomery County
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — A car crashed on southbound I-270, leaving a man hurt and causing lane closures early Thursday morning. The crash happened at about 5:20 a.m. between Germantown Rd. and Middlebrook Rd. There, Pete Piringer, a spokesman for Montgomery Fire and Rescue Service, said a car flipped over and off […]
School bus crashes into house in Prince George's County
PRINCE GEOREGE'S COUNTY, Md. - Officials continue to investigate after a school bus in Prince George's County crashed into a home. Prince George's County Fire and Rescue officials responded to the area of 10000 block Riggs Road in Adelphi around 8:51 a.m. for a school bus collision. Officials say no...
Montgomery County seeking undercover, underage shoppers to help prevent illegal alcohol sales
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) – Montgomery County Alcohol Beverage Services (ABS) is hiring people between the ages of 18 and 20 to go undercover in bars, restaurants and liquor stores to try to buy alcohol. “This is the Compliance Check Program that we do, and specifically when the County pairs up with a […]
Nelson Ballard III Accused Of Shooting Over Basketball Game
Nelson Ballard III, 24, has been identified and charged for his alleged role in a shooting that was reported at LA Fitness in the 9400 block of Ruby Lockhart Boulevard in Glenarden last week, resulting in one man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. According to the Prince George's County Police...
Man shoots at robber during break-in at Peppertree Apartments in Aspen Hill
ASPEN HILL, Md. (DC News Now) — A resident fired multiple gunshots during a burglary that took place early Thursday morning at the Peppertree Apartments in Aspen Hill. “I left the night before around eight or nine o’clock to go buy auto parts and then came back today just to see my home invaded,” resident […]
Investigation launched into officer at small Md. police department after police shooting
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. (7News) — In the aftermath of an officer-involved shooting on Monday, April 15 a spokesperson for the Forest Heights Police Department said only that one of their officers shot and injured a man wanted in a neighboring county as he approached police with a knife.
Police release identity of woman shot to death in Lorton; boyfriend charged with murder
LORTON, Va. - A man who shot his girlfriend in Lorton and brought her to a hospital where she later died has been charged, Fairfax County police say. The victim has been identified as 38-year-old Alison "Kate" LaPorta. Fairfax County police said LaPorta was brought to the Mount Vernon Hospital in Hybla Valley around 11:35 p.m. by her boyfriend, 47-year-old Huy Tien Nguyen.
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