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Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell says today has been declared “Virginia Tech Remembrance Day” to mark the 5th anniversary of the Virginia Tech shootings. An official moment of silence will be held at 9:43 a.m. After that will come the ringing of the Capitol Square Bell Tower once for each of the 32 victims in the […]
(District Heights, MD) — Three Prince George’s County police officers will receive awards today from the county’s fire department. Fire Chief Mark Bashoor will recognize the officers, who assisted in the rescue of two children and a wheelchair-bound man from a house fire. The officers, without hesitation and without protective equipment, assisted in the February […]
(Washington, DC) — A District man faces jail time for allegedly beating his roommate’s dog to death. Twenty-three-year-old Ishmaaiyl Mulheron was arrested April 8th one one count of felony animal cruelty. Humane Society Law Enforcement found the body of a six-year-old Yorkie inside Mulheron’s apartment. Necropsy reports show the dog died of blunt trauma and […]
(Potomac, MD) — Three people are under arrest in connection with a pair of February inside-job armed robberies at a CVS pharmacy in Potomac. Montgomery County Police say 35-year-old Fenton Graham of Silver Spring worked as a supervisor at the store in the 79-hundred block of Tuckerman Lane and was on the job February 6th […]
(Alexandria, VA) — Two gang members from Northern Virginia are pleading guilty to charges of playing a role in a sex ring which preyed on high school girls. In Alexandria federal court today, 21-year-old Michael Jeffries of Woodbridge and 23-year-old Christopher Sylvia of Springfield admitted they helped recruit girls by flattering them about their looks […]
The Washington Post is reporting that Angela Corey, the special prosecutor for the state of Florida is planning to announce charges to be filed against George Zimmerman later on today. Corey told reporters Tuesday night that she would hold a news conference about the case within 72 hours. A news release from her office said […]
(Lorton, VA) — A U.S. State Department employee faces multiple counts of possession of child pornography. Fifty-four-year-old Carl Carey was arrested at his home in Lorton. His arrest comes about a year-and-a-half afterFairfax County police executed a search warrant on his home in 2010. The State Department suspended Carey without pay at that time. Carey […]
(Prince George’s County, MD) — Prince George’s County police say a six-year-old boy was killed Monday in a shooting that appears to have been an accident. Police say the boy was handling a gun that he found in a backpack, when it went off inside a home on Arbutus Lane. County homicide detectives are considering […]
While the Trayvon Martin case in Florida has sparked a series of debates about race relations in America, a video of a violent attack that took place in Baltimore over St. Patrick’s Day weekend has now made its way to the national conversation. On March 30, an unknown person uploaded a camphone video taping of a group […]
Once again, Marion Barry is in the headlines for all of the wrong reasons. This time, the former four-time D.C. mayor was caught race-baiting on camera. The Washington Post reports that Barry told his supporters that Asian businesses should leave his ward during a celebration party for his landslide in the Democratic primary race for the D.C. Council […]