CRIME & SAFETY
Police: 22-year-old man under arrest for shooting, killing man in Takoma Park
TAKOMA PARK, Md. — Police have arrested and charged a 22-year-old man with murder for his alleged involvement in the shooting death of another man. Detectives have yet to determine a motive. Wilmer Echenique-Navarro, of Capitol Heights, is charged with first and second-degree murder for his alleged involvement in...
Wilmer Echenique-Navarro Accused Of Murder In Takoma Park
Capitol Heights resident Wilmer Echenique-Navarro has been arrested and charged in connection to the fatal shooting of 40-year-old Derek Coleman, which he has already admitted to, according to investigators. At approximately 7:15 a.m. on March 3, officers were called to the 6700 block of New Hampshire Avenue in Takoma Park,...
Video shows Navy Yard CVS being ransacked; customers call for change
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — A new video has been spreading over social media of a CVS in Navy Yard being ransacked Tuesday night by what appears to be teenagers. Customers and nearby residents are calling for something to be done. Guy McDaniel is a frequent customer at the CVS on New Jersey Ave. SE. […]
Car runs over man lying in road in Montgomery County
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — Montgomery County Fire and Rescue System (MCFRS) said a man who was allegedly laying in the road was run over by a car in Gaithersburg Tuesday morning. Crews said it happened around 8 a.m. on E. Diamond Avenue, between Park Avenue and Russell Avenue which was shut down. […]
Several houses of worship hit by crime across DMV
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — A Buddhist temple in Silver Spring was recently targeted by Romanian crime group, Romas, earlier in April and lost nearly $20,000 in the attack. Wat Thai Washington, D.C.’s monks said they are now short of $20,000 that mainly stemmed from donations. “They walked like they came to join […]
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