Police

2+ hour, 9+ min ago   (121+ words) A man will spend more than three decades in prison after a football rivalry turned deadly. A judge sentenced 23-year-old Antonio Hawley to 32 years behind bars for first-degree murder. Hawley was 18 when investigators say he shot 26-year-old Aaron Wiggins. They…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (111+ words) A man died and a woman was injured when the electric scooters they were riding collided in a D.C. intersection on Friday, police said. Police went 8th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue SE at 6:47 p.m. after receiving reports of a crash involving two scooters....

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (188+ words) A Fairfax County police officer assigned to the department's School Resource Officer Unit is facing shoplifting charges after stealing from two Target stores, authorities say. Scott Abram, 44, was in uniform and on duty when he concealed the barcode of an…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (645+ words) After 25-year-old Melanie Diaz, of Silver Spring, died of smoke inhalation in a high-rise fire at the Arrive apartment complex in 2023, her family members raised money to provide firefighters with fire hoods, a safety device they say could save lives....

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (368+ words) Four boys, one 13 years old and three 14 years old, have been arrested in connection with a series of burglaries in D.C. that police say escalated from break-ins at empty homes to armed burglaries and an attempted sexual assault. “It’s always concerning…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (314+ words) The Coolidge High School community is mourning the loss of a student athlete who was shot and killed in D.C.'s Petworth neighborhood Saturday night. The Coolidge High School community is mourning the loss of a student athlete who was shot…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (28+ words) The man accused of killing 36-year-old Charles Talley outside an Alexandria apartment complex in July is back in Virginia after he was arrested in August in North Carolina....

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (88+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. The 3-year-old D.C. girl named Honesty was fatally shot months before she was…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (26+ words) The driver of a garbage truck has been arrested on a charge of careless driving following a crash that killed a young teenager on a bicycle....

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (33+ words) A Montgomery County Circuit Court judge sentenced a Derwood man to 120 years in prison on Monday for a double murder in Rockville last year, according to a statement from the county prosecutor....