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1 dead, 3 injured after crash in Seat Pleasant
An off-duty Seat Pleasant officer observed gun shots being fired and gave chase to a vehicle that then crashed into a pole, police say.
Tags: accident , Seat Pleasant , Prince George's County Police , James Farmer Way
Band rocks Alexandria detention center
"We think it's important to bring the community to the inmates since they can't go out to the community," says Jail Capt. Lucinda Buker of the Alexandria Sheriff's Department.
Tags: Janna Audey Band , Alexandria Detention Center , Lucinda Buker , Michelle Basch , Colleen Kelleher
Woman attacked while searching for roadside help
A 38-year-old Leesburg woman's car broke down while driving on Gleedsville Road and Woodside Place around 7 p.m. Wednesday. She left a relative in the car while she went looking for help.
Tags: Loudoun County , Assault , Gleedsville , Gleedsville Road , Loudoun County Sheriff's office , Darci Marchese ,
Baby okay after mom gets carjacked in D.C.
A child is OK after an apparent carjacking in the District Thursday morning.
Tags: carjacking , Metropolitan Police Department , D.C. police
Police: Road rage drivers tried to kill each other
"In that kind of traffic, to have somebody shoot upwards of 13 rounds at a moving vehicle, the fact that nobody was struck, no houses, no vehicles is somewhat miraculous," says Virginia State Police Lt. Danny Glick.
Tags: Gabriel Poventud , Woodbridge , James Bringham , road rage , traffic , aggressive driving , Interstate 95 , I-95 , Dale City , Colleen Kelleher
Thieves snatch copper downspouts
"Probably as a result of the economy and such, people are resorting to stealing copper downspouts and copper guttering and taking them to metal recyclers and exchanging them for cash," says Officer Bill Murray with Vienna Police.
Tags: copper thefts , Vienna , Vienna Police , downspouts
Md. fires Cheltenham staff members, suspends others
After a teacher was murdered at the state-run juvenile detention center, two staff members have been fired, an administrator demoted and two others suspended.
Tags: Cheltenham Youth Detention Center , Hannah Wheeling , Maryland's Department of Juvenile Services , Donald DeVore , juvenile crime , delinquents
Mom talks about coming execution of daughter's killer
Paul Warner Powell killed Stacie Reed, 16, and raped her younger sister in 1999 in the family's Manassas home. He's set to be executed Thursday night.
Tags: Paul Warner Powell , execution , courts , Manassas , Stacie Reed , Kristie Reed , Lorraine Whoberry , Darci Marchese , Colleen Kelleher
Couple charged in series of bank robberies
Police busted the duo right after they allegedly robbed a credit union in Chantilly. It was a credit union that police were staking out at the time of the robbery.
Tags: bank robbery , Vienna , Chantilly , Fairfax County Police , Shona Monique Jones , Joshua Lee Campbell , Rapidan , Hank Silverberg , Colleen Kelleher
D.C. home to most cyber-criminals
On a per capita basis, the District has the most cyber crooks. Maryland ranks 19th and Virginia 28th.
Tags: Internet Crime Complaint Center , cyber crime , Evan Haning , Colleen Kelleher , identity theft , computer crimes , FBI , cyber-crime , cyber crook
