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More evidence of violence inside DC's juvenile detention facility
Injuries from assault doubled at D.C.'s secure detention facility for kids between March and April of this year, a new report shows. Tuesday, the News4 I-Team reported on the three times this month that D.C. police had been called to calm fights at the Youth Services Center. The Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services called them “group disturbances.”
Search Underway For Driver And Vehicle Involved With Fatal Hit-And-Run In Prince George’s County
LANDOVER, Md. – The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal pedestrian hit-and-run that occurred in Landover Tuesday night. Investigators are working to identify the victim, an adult female, in order to notify her family. On May 14, 2024, at...
A Mansion in Dupont Circle Provided the Backdrop for This Ultra-Intimate White-and-Green Wedding
High school sweethearts Alice, a resident physician in Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Navon, a procurement specialist, dated for 12 years before Navon proposed at a dinner to celebrate their dating anniversary. Washingtonian Weddings inspo. For their December wedding, the pair wanted “an intimate ceremony filled with love.” They chose a...
Matthew Scott Banks Schlegel Accused Of Abusing Minors
Matthew Scott Banks Schlegel, 44, who has been the subject of an investigation since March by the Anne Arundel County Police Department's Criminal Investigation Division Child Abuse Unit was taken into custody on Thursday, officials say. According to police, Schlegel was identified by students and school administrators as the subject...
Suspects In Stolen Car At Large After Firing At Detective In Prince George's County: Police
Shortly after 7 p.m. on Wednesday night, police say that at least one person fired a weapon multiple time at a detective investigating a reported carjacking in Clinton. The detective was unharmed, but his vehicle was struck multiple times, officials say. He did not return fire. According to the initial...
Amtrak service delayed after person hit, killed by train in DC
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Officials said that one person died after being hit by a MARC train on Wednesday. Amtrak service out of D.C. was disrupted as a result. DC Fire and EMS said that crews were called to the 3600 block of New York Ave. NE after Amtrak said a train had hit […]
'Swatting' call prompts lockdown at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School
BETHESDA, Md. - Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School went on lockdown Thursday morning after school officials reported that a bomb threat was made towards the school. Montgomery County Police say they arrived at the campus and began investigating the validity of the threat. It was later determined that the call was not credible and police are beginning to clear from the scene.
Defendant Rejects Second Plea Deal Linked to Brutal Shooting Murder
Thank you for reading D.C. Witness. Help us continue our mission into 2024. A homicide defendant rejected a second plea deal and scheduled a trial date before DC Superior Court Judge Micheal O’Keefe. Jaykell Mason, 22, is charged with first-degree murder while armed and assault on a police officer...
1 dead, 2 hurt in shooting near DC's Fort Dupont Park
One man died and two people are hurt after a shooting on D Street in Southeast D.C. early Wednesday, authorities say. The name of the man who died was not immediately released, pending notification of his family. Officers responded to the 3300 block of D Street SE, in a residential...
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