Crime and Public Safety

40+ min ago   (448+ words) Friends of a missing D.C. woman gathered inside National Presbyterian Church on Saturday with flowers and candles in hand to pray for her safe return. Antoinette Forbes is a member of the church, and her son, Nathan, regularly participates in programs....

11+ hour, 56+ min ago   (200+ words) A former Bowie, Maryland, police sergeant was sentenced to 30 years in prison for a September 2024 shooting along Collington Road. Robert Warrington, 37, will serve all but 18 months of that sentence on home detention, followed by five years of supervised probation, Prince…...

15+ hour, 44+ min ago   (221+ words) A federal judge on Thursday ordered Montgomery County not to enforce its ban on guns in public spaces against Rabbi Menashe Shapiro or the Silver Spring Jewish Center at their houses of worship while their challenge to the law is…...

16+ hour, 36+ min ago   (1065+ words) All of the dozen cases that made it to trial, mostly in Los Angeles, ended in acquittal, mistrial or dismissal. Experts say that’s surprising for a department known for its ability to win at trial. The last three felony assault…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (384+ words) Three years after a 16-year-old was shot and killed outside of a Maryland gas station, another teen was sentenced for his death. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports. A teenager was sentenced Friday in the 2023 shooting death of another teen inside a…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (676+ words) Often times, it’s the police who praise and defend the use of Flock’s license plate reading cameras, but this time, the cops in D.C. are doing just the opposite. The head of the D.C. Police Union is raising…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (323+ words) News4’s Dominique Moody reports. It's been a full week since Antoinette Forbes was last seen near her home in Northwest D.C. Forbes' friends and family said she's a mother who has lived in the D.C. area for more than 30 years....

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (191+ words) A husband and wife were found fatally shot in Centreville while children were in the home, Fairfax County police said in initial information shared with reporters. “Something devastating has occurred in this neighborhood,” a spokeswoman said. A husband and wife…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (404+ words) Grief often requires faith in the midst of an unforgettable tragedy. St. Augustine Catholic Church parishioners would agree when they're reminded of the way Marlysha, Paul and Leilani Liddell left this world. “It would’ve been horrible however they died. It…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (135+ words) A missing 53-year-old woman was last seen in D.C. on Friday and police are searching for her. Police are searching for a Northwest D.C. woman who hasn't been seen since Friday. Antoinette Forbes, 53, was last seen about 3 p.m. Friday in the 3200 block of…...