Ben Giles
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Reported rapes on rise in D.C. area
Ben Giles
Published: Tue, Dec 18, 2012
Reported cases of rape are up in many jurisdictions around the Washington area, some by as much as 59 percent, according to a year-to-year analysis of police crime data. Prince William County has experienced the most pronounced spike in rapes: In the first three quarters of 2012, there has...
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The Blotter: Barricaded man, home invasion, man shot in face
Naomi Jagoda and Ben Giles
Updated: Tue, Dec 18, 2012
Man shot in face at MontCo park A man was shot in the face at a park in Aspen Hill, according to authorities. Police responded to reports of a shooting at North Gate Park, located at 14100 Connecticut Ave., and found the victim at about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to Montgomery County police...
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Police search for 88-year-old District man
Ben Giles
Published: Tue, Dec 18, 2012
District police are looking for a missing 88-year-old man who suffers from dementia and might have gone without medication for more than a week. Family members last saw John Matthews when he went for a walk the evening of Dec. 10, according to Lt. Bobby Ladson, who heads the Metropolitan...
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Detectives search for bag-toting Silver Spring robber
Ben Giles
Published: Mon, Dec 17, 2012
Montgomery County detectives are searching for a man who robbed a Silver Spring bank on Wednesday. Surveillance photographs released by Montgomery County police show a man in line at the teller in the Capital One Bank branch located at 13301 New Hampshire Ave. At about 5:30 p.m., the man...
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Cheerleading coach must register as sex offender
Ben Giles
Published: Sun, Dec 16, 2012
A former supervisor for the District's summer jobs program must register as a sex offender for 10 years after she admitted to giving birth to a baby boy fathered by a high school student in the program. Bowie resident Loni Haggins, 30, who was also a teacher's aide and cheerleading coach at...
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