6 Jailed In Metro Farecard Scheme
Metro Transit Police have arrested six people in an elaborate fare card scam that has so far netted the agency $16,000 worth of stolen Farecards, officials said yesterday. The investigation is ongoing, and officials do not know how much the counterfeit operation has cost the agency.
Publication date: Saturday, 19 July, 2008 (0:00:00)
VIRGINIA BRIEFING
The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office said yesterday that it has received clearance from federal authorities to begin checking the immigration status of people arrested in the county if deputies suspect they are in the United States illegally.
Publication date: Saturday, 19 July, 2008 (0:00:00)
Woman Charged in PTA Theft Sentenced to One Year
A woman who stole more than $180,000 from a Fairfax County elementary school's parent-teacher association was sentenced to a year in jail yesterday, though she will ultimately spend the time on home detention because of her poor health.
Publication date: Saturday, 19 July, 2008 (0:00:00)
Six Area Men Indicted in Counterfeit Check Ring
Six Washington area men have been indicted on federal charges of running a counterfeit check ring that siphoned more than $1.6 million from banks and other financial institutions, authorities said yesterday.
Publication date: Saturday, 19 July, 2008 (0:00:00)
VIRGINIA BRIEFING
A Las Vegas woman was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury in Alexandria for allegedly trying to recruit a 14-year-old girl into prostitution after meeting her at Tysons Corner Center and luring her to a nearby hotel room.
Publication date: Friday, 18 July, 2008 (0:00:00)
DISTRICT BRIEFING
One of the two Metro employees arrested last month in a prostitution sting is scheduled to stand trial Aug. 19.
Publication date: Friday, 18 July, 2008 (0:00:00)
Theories About Inmate's Death Put to the Test
Nearly three weeks into the investigation of Ronnie L. White's death in a Prince George's County jail cell, major assumptions about the case have begun to erode.
Publication date: Friday, 18 July, 2008 (0:00:00)
7 Guilty Pleas in Ongoing Investigation
Seven people have pleaded guilty to charges in the D.C. tax scandal. Five more, incl uding former D.C. tax office manager Harriette Walters, are awaiting trial on charges stemming from a nearly 20-year scam that authorities say generated as much as $50 million in fraudulent property tax refunds.
Publication date: Thursday, 17 July, 2008 (0:00:00)
Judge Jails Participant In Scandal After Plea
A former hair salon owner and close friend of the woman at the center of the D.C. tax scandal admitted in federal court yesterday that he collected almost $1.6 million for his role in the largest embezzlement scheme uncovered in District government history.
Publication date: Thursday, 17 July, 2008 (0:00:00)
Ex-Ranger Gets 35 Years In '06 Killing of Roommate
A former U.S. Army Ranger was sentenced to 35 years in prison yesterday in the 2006 slaying of a fellow ranger at their Gaithersburg apartment, a killing that prompted the sentencing judge to bemoan what he called the lack of programs for war veterans.
Publication date: Thursday, 17 July, 2008 (0:00:00)
Case Goes to Jury in Ex-Schools Chief's Retrial
The witness list was virtually unchanged. The judge and lawyers were the same. So, too, was much of the evidence, as former Prince George's County schools chief Andre J. Hornsby, whose last trial ended in a hung jury, was tried again on public corruption charges.
Publication date: Wednesday, 16 July, 2008 (0:00:00)
MARYLAND BRIEFING
A pedestrian who was killed last week while crossing a street in the Forest Heights area of Prince George's County was identified yesterday as Marquan Andrews, 18, a graduate of Central High School, where he was a member of the football team.
Publication date: Tuesday, 15 July, 2008 (0:00:00)
District Cites Gains in Jail's Treatment of Youths
A year after being criticized for the poor conditions under which minors were being held at the D.C. Jail, the city has improved the educational offerings, beefed up training of corrections officers and hired additional case managers and counselors.
Publication date: Monday, 14 July, 2008 (0:00:00)
DISTRICT BRIEFING
A D.C. police detective assigned to the department's sex crimes squad was arrested Thursday for trying to pick up an undercover officer posing as a prostitute, police said.
Publication date: Saturday, 12 July, 2008 (0:00:00)
Making Up for Lost 'Street Time'
Napoleon Graves's path back to prison started with a familiar apartment-dweller annoyance: complaints to an upstairs neighbor about loud music.
Publication date: Saturday, 12 July, 2008 (0:00:00)
Johnson Approves Review Of Jail's Policies, Procedures
Prince George's County has arranged for independent experts to review policies and procedures at its troubled jail, county officials announced yesterday, as state and federal authorities continued to investigate the strangulation last month of a 19-year-old inmate.
Publication date: Saturday, 12 July, 2008 (0:00:00)
2 Va. Gang Members Indicted in Federal Case
Two alleged gang members have been indicted by a grand jury in Alexandria in the shooting death of a man in the Springfield area, in the second gang-related case from Fairfax County in 2007 to be handled by federal prosecutors.
Publication date: Friday, 11 July, 2008 (10:18:05)
VIRGINIA BRIEFING
Two alleged Fairfax County gang members were indicted by a federal grand jury in Alexandria yesterday in the May 2007 shooting death of a man in the Springfield area.
Publication date: Friday, 11 July, 2008 (0:00:00)
'Who All Has a Part?'
A Laurel minister told mourners for Ronnie L. White yesterday that they all bore some responsibility for the destructive road his life took and urged his friends to turn their lives around so they would not follow him to an early death.
Publication date: Friday, 11 July, 2008 (0:00:00)
D.C. to Fund Cameras at High-Crime Metro Spots
Metro Transit Police plan to install outdoor security cameras at 10 high-crime Metrorail stations in the District over the next six months, officials said yesterday. The District is providing $225,000 for the cameras.
Publication date: Friday, 11 July, 2008 (0:00:00)
Parents Deny Neglect in Baby Son's Death
Morgan Herrera-El and Jesus Garcia want to tell their story, have their say.
Publication date: Friday, 11 July, 2008 (0:00:00)
Virginia Executes Convicted Killer
Convicted killer Kent Jermaine Jackson was executed by injection in Virginia's death chamber last night, eight years after he and a friend sexually assaulted and killed an elderly neighbor in Newport News.
Publication date: Friday, 11 July, 2008 (0:00:00)
Dogs' New Trick: Finding Cellphones
We could all use one from time to time: a dog that can find the darn cellphone.
Publication date: Thursday, 10 July, 2008 (0:00:00)
VIRGINIA BRIEFING
A teenage boy who pleaded guilty for his role in a series of shootings in March along Interstate 64 near Charlottesville will spend 180 days in a program at a juvenile center.
Publication date: Thursday, 10 July, 2008 (0:00:00)
State Police Notch The 1,000th 'Hit' In DNA Database
A Maryland State Police forensics specialist recently matched evidence from a slaying more than 15 years ago to a DNA sample in the state's swelling database of convicted felons, giving investigators a fresh lead in a case that had gone cold years ago.
Publication date: Thursday, 10 July, 2008 (0:00:00)
Spanish Skills Help Officer in Wheaton
This is one in an occasional series on Montgomery County's six police districts. Today's report looks at crime in the 4th District, which is bordered roughly by Silver Spring to the south, White Oak and Burtonsville to the east, Rockville to the west and Howard County to the north.
Publication date: Thursday, 10 July, 2008 (0:00:00)
Ex-Station Manager Is Sentenced
A former Metro station manager, arrested after she allegedly offered to arrange sex for an undercover police officer, agreed yesterday to attend a court-approved diversion program for prostitutes.
Publication date: Thursday, 10 July, 2008 (0:00:00)
Fairfax Bus Fare Boxes Emptied of Cash
Fares for the Fairfax Connector bus come in $1 at a time, and that's how they left, police said.
Publication date: Wednesday, 09 July, 2008 (0:00:00)
Captain Under Investigation After Accident
Metro Transit Police are investigating an accident involving a Transit Police captain who struck a pedestrian with a police car last month near the Anacostia Metro station in Southeast Washington, officials said yesterday.
Publication date: Wednesday, 09 July, 2008 (0:00:00)
Probe Continues in Death of Jail Inmate
Maryland State Police and federal agents were working to complete interviews with Prince George's County corrections officers yesterday as the investigation into the death of a 19-year-old inmate at the county jail entered its second week.
Publication date: Tuesday, 08 July, 2008 (0:00:00)
Slain Inmate's Family Struggles With Questions of Life, Death
Ronnie L. White lived a life typical of many troubled young men.
Publication date: Monday, 07 July, 2008 (0:00:00)
Man, 30, Is Charged In Woman's Slaying
The body of a 25-year-old woman was found on the sidewalk of a cul-de-sac in the Vienna area early yesterday, and Fairfax County police said they charged a man with abduction and murder in the case.
Publication date: Saturday, 05 July, 2008 (0:00:00)
Woman Accused in Tax Scam Is Aiding Probe
The woman at the center of the D.C. tax scandal has spoken extensively with authorities in recent months, providing them with a detailed outline of the largest embezzlement scheme in District government history, according to law enforcement sources and others familiar with the investigation.
Publication date: Saturday, 05 July, 2008 (0:00:00)
District Adding Gunfire Sensors
The D.C. police department is expanding its ShotSpotter network throughout the city in an effort to react faster to gunfire and has plans to link the technology to surveillance cameras in hopes of catching gun-toting criminals in the act.
Publication date: Saturday, 05 July, 2008 (0:00:00)
Delivery Driver Is Abducted In Ambush Behind Apartments
A 24-year-old deliveryman was violently abducted Thursday after he walked into an apparent ambush behind a vacant apartment building in Fredericksburg, Va., police said yesterday.
Publication date: Saturday, 05 July, 2008 (0:00:00)
Currie Gets Right to See Search Affidavit
A federal judge yesterday ordered prosecutors to release to an attorney for state Sen. Ulysses Currie an affidavit justifying a search of Currie's District Heights home in May.
Publication date: Friday, 04 July, 2008 (0:00:00)
VIRGINIA BRIEFING
Democrat Keith Hummel is abandoning his challenge of U.S. Rep. Rob Whittman (R) in Virginia's 1st Congressional District, which includes part of Prince William County.
Publication date: Friday, 04 July, 2008 (0:00:00)
DISTRICT BRIEFING
The D.C. Department of Transportation plans to partially test the city's evacuation plans tonight, as crowds stream home from the fireworks downtown, officials said.
Publication date: Friday, 04 July, 2008 (0:00:00)
Duo From Rescue Operation Faces Animal Cruelty Charges
Two women who ran an animal rescue operation in Manassas were charged with animal cruelty this week after investigators discovered dozens of diseased and malnourished dogs in their custody. Some of the animals were standing in their own waste without food or water, and three dogs, abused before they...
Publication date: Friday, 04 July, 2008 (0:00:00)
Ex-Girlfriend Adds to Evidence
When the oldest daughter of Andre J. Hornsby showed up in Florida in summer 2006, she was, according to testimony yesterday in federal court, carrying a secret code.
Publication date: Thursday, 03 July, 2008 (0:00:00)
Police Chief Honored for Outreach to Immigrants
When the District-based immigrant-rights group Ayuda honored Fairfax County Police Chief David M. Rohrer at its recent birthday gala, it marked something of a departure.
Publication date: Thursday, 03 July, 2008 (0:00:00)
Focus Is on Guards With Access to Inmate
Detectives investigating the killing of a 19-year-old inmate at the Prince George's County jail focused yesterday on corrections officers who had key-card access to the area where he was killed, and a senior county official instructed guards, some of whom had declined to participate in the probe, to...
Publication date: Thursday, 03 July, 2008 (0:00:00)
Priest Is Charged With Child Abuse
A priest accused of abusing an altar boy in 2001 has been charged with child abuse after turning himself in to police Tuesday.
Publication date: Thursday, 03 July, 2008 (0:00:00)
Pr. George's Jail Guards Are Mum in Death Probe
Several Prince George's County correctional officers who had access to a 19-year-old inmate found strangled in solitary confinement Sunday have initially declined to speak to investigators of the slaying, a source familiar with the interrogations said.
Publication date: Wednesday, 02 July, 2008 (0:00:00)
The Last Hours of Ronnie L. White's Life
Friday 11:57 a.m.: Dispatchers receive a report that Cpl. Richard S. Findley has been hit by a vehicle and has a possible severe head injury.
Publication date: Tuesday, 01 July, 2008 (0:00:00)
Record Says Suspect Sped Toward Officer
The man accused of killing a Prince George's County police officer "intentionally accelerated" a pickup truck toward the officer and "ran him over," and a passenger in the truck was shot, according to charging documents released yesterday.
Publication date: Tuesday, 01 July, 2008 (0:00:00)
VIRGINIA BRIEFING
Eight people were arrested in Sterling Park on Friday night and charged with buying alcohol for a teenager, authorities said yesterday. The 19-year-old was working undercover for the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office.
Publication date: Tuesday, 01 July, 2008 (0:00:00)
Suspect in Md. Officer's Death Was Strangled
A 19-year-old man suspected of killing a Prince George's County police officer was strangled in the county jail two days after his arrest, the state medical examiner's office concluded yesterday.
Publication date: Tuesday, 01 July, 2008 (0:00:00)
Man Accused Of Killing Pr. George's Officer Dies
A 19-year-old man accused of running down a Prince George's County police officer died yesterday in custody, less than 36 hours after he was charged in connection with the slaying.
Publication date: Monday, 30 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
Man, 19, Is Charged in Slaying of Md. Officer
A 19-year-old man who was recently released from jail was charged with first-degree murder yesterday in the slaying of a Prince George's County police officer.
Publication date: Sunday, 29 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
3 Arrested in Burglaries In Fairfax, Prince William
A police dog took a bite out of a burglary suspect yesterday in Fairfax County, and in a separate incident, two teenagers, both armed, have been arrested in connection with five burglaries in Prince William County, authorities said.
Publication date: Saturday, 28 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
Serious Problems Found in Recruits' Past
One was arrested as a teenager for armed robbery. Another was allegedly involved in an arson. A third admitted having sold marijuana.
Publication date: Saturday, 28 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
Against Backdrop of Gun Ruling, A Sad, Familiar Scene Plays Out
Walter Robinson was buried yesterday, a week after he died and a day after the Supreme Court ruled that the District's gun ban is unconstitutional.
Publication date: Saturday, 28 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
Police Officer Killed In Md.
A veteran Prince George's County police officer was fatally injured in Laurel yesterday when he was run down by two men in a pickup that was believed to be stolen, prompting scores of officers to swarm a nearby apartment complex where four people were detained.
Publication date: Saturday, 28 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
D.C. Government Faces a New Reality
Thirty-two years after enacting the nation's toughest restrictions on firearms ownership, the D.C. government suddenly faces a new reality, forced by the U.S. Supreme Court to draft regulations that will permit city residents to keep weapons, including handguns, readily available in their homes.
Publication date: Friday, 27 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
Former Professor Indicted In Muslim Charities Case
A former Florida professor who had pleaded guilty to aiding a terror organization was indicted yesterday on criminal charges that he refused to testify before a grand jury investigating whether Islamic charities in Northern Virginia were financing terrorists.
Publication date: Friday, 27 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
Jurors View Video Of Cash Transaction
The jury in the retrial of former Prince George's County schools chief Andre J. Hornsby yesterday watched an FBI video of Hornsby accepting what prosecutors say was a down payment on a $145,000 kickback.
Publication date: Friday, 27 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
Va. Inmate Executed For Killing Store Clerk
Convicted killer Robert Stacy Yarbrough was put to death last night for nearly beheading a convenience store clerk in 1997. He was the 100th inmate executed in Virginia since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated capital punishment in 1976.
Publication date: Thursday, 26 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
Woman Found Dead in Fire Was Slain, Officials Say
Authorities said yesterday that a woman whose body was found in a fire that destroyed an upscale Bowie house this week was killed before the blaze, an assertion that stunned friends and neighbors who said homicide seemed nearly unimaginable in one of Prince George's County's most insulated and...
Publication date: Thursday, 26 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
Pr. George's Jurors Say Defendant Lobbied Them
On Monday and Tuesday, Harry James sat at the defense table in a Prince George's County courtroom, acting as his own lawyer in a civil trial involving a disputed house sale.
Publication date: Thursday, 26 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
Woman Gets 8 Years in 5-Month-Old's Beating Death
A 62-year-old District woman was sentenced to eight years in prison yesterday for the 2006 beating death of her 5-month-old great-great-nephew.
Publication date: Thursday, 26 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
Loudoun Policy on Illegal Immigrants Questioned
The American Civil Liberties Union expressed concern Friday about plans by the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office to check the immigration status of anyone arrested in the county who is suspected of being in the United States illegally.
Publication date: Thursday, 26 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
Expelled Student Gets 2 Years in Gun Scheme
A student who was recently expelled from Albert Einstein High School in Montgomery County was sentenced this week to two years in prison for his role in an April gun-dealing scheme that went awry, putting 1,600 students on lockdown for nearly three hours.
Publication date: Wednesday, 25 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
Order Restored After Disturbance
A disturbance involving 35 inmates at the D.C. jail broke out Sunday night and ended early in the morning yesterday, but authorities said there were no escapes and no injuries.
Publication date: Tuesday, 24 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
Ruling Allows Inmate to Be Kept in Prison
A ruling by a state judge yesterday allows Maryland officials to keep in prison an inmate who was found guilty but not criminally responsible in the murder of a fellow prisoner, rather than commit him to the state's secure psychiatric hospital for the criminally insane.
Publication date: Tuesday, 24 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
Inmate Called Too Risky for Md. Facility
The Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center in Jessup is Maryland's only maximum-security psychiatric hospital. It houses 89 people charged with first-degree murder or attempted first-degree murder, most committed after being found not criminally responsible, or insane.
Publication date: Sunday, 22 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
Fairfax Crime Up 6 Percent In 2007
Fairfax County's crime rate has risen by 6 percent over the previous year, according to statistics for 2007 released last week by Fairfax police.
Publication date: Sunday, 22 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
To Serve and Protect, With an Eye to Culture
Hwanhee Kim, who helps crime victims and witnesses for the Fairfax County police, recalled one woman of Korean background who said she had been beaten regularly by her husband since their honeymoon. For many years, she never considered reporting the abuse to the police.
Publication date: Sunday, 22 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
No Connection Seen In 2 Recent Slayings
Investigators have no indication that two slayings this week in the District Heights area were connected, Prince George's County police said yesterday in one of several county crime developments.
Publication date: Saturday, 21 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
VIRGINIA BRIEFING
An Ashburn man was seriously injured in Sterling on Wednesday when his motorcycle crashed into a pickup truck driven by a Springfield woman, authorities said yesterday. The Honda sport motorcycle driven by Nicholas Noll, 31, struck a Ford F-150 driven by Deborah Kremer, 50, on Cascades Parkway, the...
Publication date: Saturday, 21 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
Man Is Charged in Death Of Woman Hit in Crossfire
D.C. police have charged an 18-year-old man in last summer's killing of a young mother who was caught in the crossfire of a gun battle between two warring crews in Southeast Washington.
Publication date: Saturday, 21 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
County's Plan to Check Immigration Status Under Scrutiny
The American Civil Liberties Union today asked the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office for documents related to its plans to check the immigration status of all people arrested in the county who are suspected of being in the United States illegally.
Publication date: Friday, 20 June, 2008 (16:44:58)
Teen Sent for Treatment Sues City After Being Raped
A teenager sent by District officials to a Pennsylvania treatment center is suing the city after she was attacked and raped by a center employee.
Publication date: Friday, 20 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
Ex-Schools Employee and Friend Admit ID Theft
A former D.C. public schools employee admitted in federal court yesterday that she and a friend stole the identities of 65 co-workers and job applicants as part of a scheme to open credit card accounts in their names.
Publication date: Friday, 20 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
MARYLAND BRIEFING
Some students from Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School were informed last week in a letter on school letterhead that they would have to take summer school.
Publication date: Thursday, 19 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
Police Unit Will Focus on Eliminating Repeat Offenses
Career criminals in Howard County: Be aware. The police will be watching you more closely.
Publication date: Thursday, 19 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
MARYLAND BRIEFING
A fourth teenager was indicted yesterday on murder and other charges in the fatal beating last month of a 56-year-old West African immigrant in Bladensburg, Prince George's County State's Attorney Glenn F. Ivey said.
Publication date: Wednesday, 18 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
Loudoun To Check Residency In Arrests
Loudoun County law enforcement officials said yesterday they will start routinely checking the immigration status of all people arrested in the county if deputies suspect they are in the United States illegally, implementing a policy similar to one that set off controversy in neighboring Prince W...
Publication date: Wednesday, 18 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
Offenders Seek Clean Slates
The men and women arrived by the hundreds at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, many with a single goal: to get their criminal records sealed or expunged.
Publication date: Wednesday, 18 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
D.C. Ruling Rejects Claim of Racial Disparity in Juries
A D.C. Superior Court judge yesterday upheld the legality of the District's jury system, rejecting arguments that blacks are much less likely to be called for service than whites even though the city is majority-African American.
Publication date: Wednesday, 18 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
Comptroller Launches Probe of Places With Liquor License
Maryland State Comptroller Peter Franchot announced yesterday that his agents will investigate all establishments that hold a liquor license and allow patrons to play any sort of gaming device that could be used for gambling.
Publication date: Wednesday, 18 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
Trooper Details How Man Aimed Gun at Him
A Virginia state trooper yesterday described a chaotic run-in with a man who he said repeatedly pointed a shotgun at him near Springfield Mall in February, leading to a shootout in which the man was seriously wounded.
Publication date: Wednesday, 18 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
Ex-Bush Aide Gets New Trial on Appeal
A federal appeals court yesterday ordered a new trial for a former White House aide convicted of obstructing justice and lying, a setback for prosecutors in their four-year-old investigation into the activities of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
Publication date: Wednesday, 18 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
Senator Seeks to Pay Legal Fees With Campaign Funds
Sen. Ulysses Currie, under federal investigation in connection with consulting work he performed for a grocery store chain, has asked the Maryland State Board of Elections whether he can use campaign funds to pay for his legal fees.
Publication date: Tuesday, 17 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
Father's Day Tragedy in Capitol Heights
For John Charles Crawford's two little girls, Father's Day will always be the day their dad was killed when he confronted a masked intruder at their home in Capitol Heights.
Publication date: Tuesday, 17 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
Council Grills Lanier, Nickles on Checkpoint
D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier and interim Attorney General Peter Nickles yesterday defended using checkpoints to prevent violence after a series of shootings left the District's Trinidad neighborhood shaken in recent months.
Publication date: Tuesday, 17 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
Confession In Slaying Challenged
First came the middle-of-the-night confession -- prompted, the Leesburg man said, by his fear that he could be electrocuted by a polygraph if he didn't tell Loudoun County detectives what they wanted to hear: that he was the killer.
Publication date: Sunday, 15 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
Putting Heat on a Cold Case
In 1974, at the end of her eighth-grade year at Parkland Junior High School in Montgomery County, Kathy Beatty signed a classmate's yearbook. "To a real sweet guy," she wrote. "Too bad we had to get stuck with Rodman for math. See ya' next year."
Publication date: Friday, 13 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
VIRGINIA BRIEFING
The man accused of killing Kevin Shifflett, 8, in Alexandria more than eight years ago has again been declared incompetent to stand trial and has been returned to a state mental hospital for further treatment.
Publication date: Friday, 13 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
3 Teens Indicted In Fatal Beating Of Immigrant
There was nothing secret about the Skull Crushers, a small gang of Prince George's County teens that authorities have linked to the fatal beating last month of a 56-year-old immigrant. For more than a year, the group kept a public MySpace page packed with photos and boasts of its rivalry with ano...
Publication date: Friday, 13 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
DISTRICT BRIEFING
Four alleged members of the violent street gang Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, were indicted yesterday on federal racketeering, murder and firearms charges, prosecutors said.
Publication date: Friday, 13 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
Md. Couple Indicted In Fraud Probe
Federal authorities charged a Prince George's County couple yesterday with running a $35 million foreclosure rescue operation that duped lenders and unsuspecting homeowners facing foreclosure in what prosecutors described as one of the largest mortgage fraud schemes in Maryland history.
Publication date: Friday, 13 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
Police Pledge Cooperation to Protect Latinos
Police in Montgomery and Prince George's counties say they are increasingly working together to combat crime in a community that straddles their shared border, an area where residents are urging greater coordination of law enforcement.
Publication date: Friday, 13 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
Police Suspend Trinidad Checkpoint Program
D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier yesterday suspended the checkpoint program that screened people driving into the troubled Trinidad neighborhood, acting after a night that left eight people shot at six locations elsewhere in the city.
Publication date: Friday, 13 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
Pr. George's Slaying Suspects May Be in Gang, Police Say
Authorities think four Prince George's County youths accused of fatally assaulting a 56-year-old man are members of a small gang that formed a few years ago "with the idea to run around, beat up people and rob them," a police investigator said yesterday.
Publication date: Thursday, 12 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
MARYLAND BRIEFING
Publication date: Thursday, 12 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
VIRGINIA BRIEFING
Fairfax City police have charged two people in heat-related incidents, including one in which an infant boy was left inside a locked car last week, police said yesterday.
Publication date: Thursday, 12 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
Man Convicted in 2002 Rape
A 66-year-old grandmother of 25 took the stand this week at a trial in Montgomery County and quietly told jurors how she had been sexually assaulted six years ago. "It's that man there," she said, pointing at the defendant. "Those are the same eyes."
Publication date: Thursday, 12 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
4 Pr. George's Teens Held in Fatal Beating
Four Prince George's County youths, ages 14 and 15, have been charged with first-degree murder after they "laid in wait" for a 56-year-old man, knocked him to the ground and kicked him so viciously that he died two days later, authorities said.
Publication date: Wednesday, 11 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
Va. Governor Commutes Death Sentence
Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine has stopped tonight's execution of triple murderer Percy L. Walton and commuted his sentence to life in prison without parole, saying that Walton is mentally incompetent and that putting him to death would be unconstitutional.
Publication date: Tuesday, 10 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
Inmate Guilty in Killing on Bus But Not Criminally Responsible
A judge yesterday found a Maryland state prison inmate guilty of first-degree murder but not criminally responsible in the 2005 slaying of an inmate on a prison bus, calling the death a preventable tragedy that resulted from a series of errors by corrections officials and guards.
Publication date: Tuesday, 10 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
Daughter Makes Plea for Witnesses To Come Forward
The 27-year-old daughter of a Salvadoran shopkeeper slain last month in Silver Spring pleaded yesterday for the public's help solving the case, stressing that potential witnesses shouldn't fear speaking to the police.
Publication date: Tuesday, 10 June, 2008 (0:00:00)
