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.

Lowe’s worker convicted in deadly forklift attack in Maryland Home Depot parking lot

A Lowe’s employee accused in a deadly forklift attack in a Maryland Home Depot parking lot has been found guilty by a jury and now faces nearly 60 years in prison.

Brian Walshe sentenced to life in prison for murder of wife

Brian Walshe was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for the murder of his wife, who vanished nearly three years ago and whose body has never been found. The sentence carries no possibility of parole.

Fairfax County police arrest suspect accused of shooting, killing man in Reston home

A suspected shooter accused of murdering a man inside a Reston home is in custody just days after he reportedly faced felony malicious wounding charges and more.