Brendan Banfield Trial LIVE UPDATES: Testimony continues Tuesday

The high‑profile murder trial of Brendan Banfield resumes Tuesday in Fairfax County, where prosecutors are down to their final witnesses.

Banfield murder trial: Former au pair testifies that ex lover plotted to kill wife

A former au pair testified Wednesday that she turned against her ex‑lover in what prosecutors describe as a sprawling double‑homicide plot because she "wanted the truth to come out."

Suspected National Guard shooter due back in court on two new charges

A deadly shooting case with ties to the National Guard and the White House is heading back to court, and prosecutors have now expanded the charges.

No charges for officer who shot, killed man armed with spear, AG says

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown says no charges will be filed against the officer who shot and killed a man who charged at him while armed with a spear.

Alexandria Police adopt new hate crime policy following suspected bias motivated grocery attack

The Alexandria Police Department has formally adopted a new hate‑crime and bias‑incident policy, finalized just weeks after a suspected bias‑motivated assault at a Giant grocery store drew public attention.

Husband charged in double homicide after alleged affair with au pair on trial in Virginia

A Virginia man who had a relationship with a Brazilian au pair goes on trial Monday in what prosecutors describe as an elaborate double‑murder plot to frame another man for stabbing his wife.

Renee Nicole Macklin Good, Old Dominion graduate, mourned by Virginia university community

The woman shot and killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis on Wednesday was identified as Renee Nicole Macklin Good, a 37‑year‑old mother of three who was also a graduate of Old Dominion University in Virginia.

'Do you want to die?': DC man sentenced to more than 4 years in prison for stabbing tourist

A Washington, D.C., man has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for stabbing a tourist in the chest during a visit to the nation’s capital, narrowly missing the victim’s heart.

Maryland man sentenced for stealing vehicles from BWI, Reagan National Airport

A Maryland man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison after he and an accomplice stole multiple vehicles from airport parking facilities in the Washington, D.C., region, officials say.

DC pipe bomb suspect hit with federal indictment

The suspected D.C. pipe bomber has been indicted in federal court on charges that he planted explosives on the eve of the Capitol riot.

2 rescued from ledge of Bethesda hotel after trying to escape armed gunman, police say

Two people were rescued from a ninth‑floor ledge of a Bethesda hotel after police say they climbed out while trying to escape an armed gunman attempting to rob them.

Jan. 6 DC pipe bomb suspect ordered detained pending trial, court documents say

The man accused of placing two pipe bombs in Washington, D.C., on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot has been ordered detained pending trial.

End-of-year crime data released for DC

New end of year crime data is in for the District, capping a year when Washington drew national attention from presidential intervention and National Guard deployments to allegations of crime data manipulation.