VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: The California man who calmly opened fire on two police officers at an entrance to the Pentagon Thursday appears to have acted alone and was not connected to any terrorist plot, Pentagon police chief Richard S. Keevill said. The shooter, identified as 36-year-old John Patrick Bedell, was dressed in a business […]
(Washington, DC) — The U.S. Justice Department is being asked to investigate the Hyattsville Police Department amid allegations of racial discrimination against black police officers on the force. The Montgomery and Prince George’s County chapters of the NAACP are backing six black officers who work for the Hyattsville department, claiming they’re held to a different […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: D.C. police are questioning a man who allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail Tuesday from atop his van on a busy downtown street as a form of government protest. Shortly after 2 p.m., the man abruptly stopped his van at 17th and K St NW, and climbed up on the roof, said […]
VIA WJLA: A former Prince George’s County police officer and another man have been indicted for conspiracy to commit bank larceny and attempted robbery. A federal grand jury indicted 41-year-old, former Prince George’s County police officer Eddie Lee Smith, Jr. of Fort Washington, Maryland, and 53-year-old Earl Blake of Capitol Heights, Maryland. According to court […]
VIA WJLA: VIA WJLA Fairfax County police shot and killed a man during a traffic stop along Richmond Highway Friday afternoon. Joe Williams was in his office building overlooking the highway when he heard gunshots. “I heard what I believe to be three {shots},” he said. Police say just after 12:30 p.m., an unidentified officer […]
VIA MYFOXDC: WASHINGTON, D.C. – This past summer, Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Jones received a call for a “disorderly” on Blaine Street, NE. “I said, ‘Dispatcher, this seems like a domestic,’” which under protocol would require a second unit Jones says. He says he told the dispatcher, “’You need to start me another unit that […]
VIA WJLA: Metropolitan Police Department officials say three people are in custody after a shootout led to a police chase in Northwest Washington early Monday morning. Police tell ABC 7 News, around 4: 30 a.m., officers witnessed multiple shots being exchanged between two cars in the 5800 block of East Capitol Street. When the suspects […]
VIA WASHINGTON POST: A woman was abducted at gunpoint yesterday at the Franconia-Springfield Metro station and then forced into the trunk of her car and driven around for about an hour before being released, Fairfax County police said. The woman, who was not injured, told police that she was dropped off in the Lorton area, […]
(Germantown, MD) — Montgomery County Police have identified the man shot and killed by police in Germantown early this morning. Police spokeswoman Lucille Baur says 39-year-old Eliodoro Hernandez was shot after police responded to a 911 hangup on Eagles Nest Court. Police say the fatal shot was fired by Officer Jesse Dickensheets, who has been […]
VIA SNAFU-ED: A man who was tased and threatened with tasering between his genital and anal regions plans to sue the Boise Police Department for excessive use of force. It all started on Feb. 14 of this year. Two Boise, ID police officers were called to a possible domestic disturbance between a man — the […]
