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  • Fewer officers killed in line of duty in 2012

    Ben Giles

    Published: Wed, Dec 26, 2012

    The number of law enforcement officers who have died on the job in the District, Maryland and Virginia in 2012 declined for the third year in a row, echoing a national trend, according to a new report. As of Dec. 25, eight officers have died in the Washington region, down from the 10 officers...

  • Blotter

    Ben Giles

    Published: Sat, Dec 22, 2012

    One dead in Northeast D.C. shooting A double shooting in Northeast D.C. early Saturday morning left one man dead and another in critical condition, according to authorities. The deceased, District resident Raymond Harris, 44, was found shot and lying in the road on the 1100 block of...

  • One dead in Prince George's vehicle crash

    Ben Giles

    Published: Sat, Dec 22, 2012

    One person is dead and four others in serious condition after an automobile crash in Prince George's County Friday night. The single vehicle crash occurred around 11:30 p.m. on the 9300 block of Riggs Road in Adelphi, according to Prince George's County police spokesman Cpl. Clinton Copeland....

  • Two men shot, one dead overnight in the District

    Ben Giles

    Published: Sat, Dec 22, 2012

    A double shooting in Northeast D.C. early Saturday morning left one man dead and another in critical condition, according to authorities. District resident Raymond Harris, 44, was found shot and lying in the road on the 1100 block of Bladensburg Road NE at about 1:44 a.m., police said. Another...

  • Dog goes missing from Loudoun County Sheriff's Office

    Ben Giles

    Published: Sat, Dec 22, 2012

    A canine working for the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office is missing after the dog escaped during a trip to the groomers. Authorities are searching for the dog, a roughly 85 pound German Shepherd named Bronco, since he escaped Friday afternoon. The dog was last seen near the intersection of...

  • Winds whip up fire at Prince George's shopping mall

    Ben Giles

    Published: Sat, Dec 22, 2012

    Prince George's County firefighters spent part of Saturday morning battling a fire at a Hillcrest Heights shopping mall made worse by strong winds. Fire crews found heavy smoke pouring from the roof of a clothing store in the strip mall, located on the 3200 block of Branch Avenue, when they...

  • College Park man arrested in bomb investigations

    Ben Giles

    Published: Fri, Dec 21, 2012

    Authorities arrested a College Park man after an explosive device was neutralized in the city Friday morning, the second time a bomb was found in the city this week. John Frank Jenkins, 28, of the 9000 block of Rhode Island Avenue, was arrested and charged with two counts of manufacturing or...

  • Seat Pleasant man killed before he could testify

    Ben Giles

    Published: Thu, Dec 20, 2012

    A man shot to death while holding his 2-year-old son in his arms declined protective services offered by prosecutors when he agreed to appear as a witness in a double homicide trial slated for February, authorities said. Nicoh Mayhew, 25, who was gunned down in Seat Pleasant on Wednesday...

  • Man pinned under tractor trailer in Prince George's

    Ben Giles

    Published: Thu, Dec 20, 2012

    It took rescue crews about 40 minutes to free a man pinned under a rolled-over tractor trailer Thursday in Prince George's County. Prince George's Fire and EMS units found the overturned truck at a gravel pit in the 14700 block of Gibbons Church Road in Brandywine. The tractor trailer was...

  • Man arrested at Sandy Hook Elementary in Virginia

    Ben Giles

    Published: Wed, Dec 19, 2012

    A man who walked into the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Virginia's Shenandoah County holding a 4-foot-long board labeled with the words "high powered rifle" was arrested for disorderly conduct, according to authorities. Christopher Gerrit Johnson, 33, was arrested at the school in Strasburg,...


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