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The Blotter: New evidence unveiled in Chandra Levy case
Scott McCabe and Naomi Jagoda
Published: Tue, May 21, 2013
New evidence unveiled in Chandra Levy case Defense lawyers in the Chandra Levy murder case say they weren't made aware of evidence about a key witness that could help prove their client did not kill the former federal intern. In documents made public Tuesday, lawyers for Ingmar Guandique...
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D.C. woman pleads guilty to DUI crash that killed pedestrian
Naomi Jagoda
Updated: 6 hr ago
A District woman who had been drinking alcohol and smoking crack cocaine before she drove a car up onto a sidewalk and killed a pedestrian last month in Southwest D.C. has pleaded guilty. Maria N. Werts, 49, pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges of involuntary manslaughter and driving under the...
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Foul play suspected in 1995 disappearance of Maryland teen
Naomi Jagoda
Published: Tue, May 21, 2013
Tracie Lynn Mosley was 18 years old when she was last seen in Maryland nearly two decades ago. After visiting two nightclubs in Pikesville, Md., a friend dropped Mosley off in the early morning hours of April 17, 1995, at Highfalcon Road and Pittston Circle in Reisterstown, the Baltimore...
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The 3-Minute Interview: Robert Gebbia, organizer of all-night walk for suicide awareness
Naomi Jagoda
Published: Tue, May 21, 2013
Gebbia is executive director of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. The organization is holding its Out of the Darkness Overnight Walk in D.C. from the evening of June 1 to the morning of June 2. How did the idea for the walk come about? It started in 2002. ... [The] idea was to...
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Montgomery County police investigate report of shooting
Naomi Jagoda
Published: Tue, May 21, 2013
Montgomery County police are investigating whether a man being treated for a gunshot wound was shot Monday afternoon near an elementary school in the Montgomery Village area. Police received an anonymous report from someone who said they witnessed a shooting near Stedwick Elementary School at...
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Suspects indicted in Alexandria cop shooting, eldery man's slaying
Naomi Jagoda
Published: Tue, May 21, 2013
An Alexandria grand jury has indicted a man in the shooting of a police officer and a woman in the slaying of a 94-year-old man, officials said. Kashif Bashir, 27, was indicted for shooting Alexandria Police Officer Peter Laboy during a Feb. 27 traffic stop. Bashir is charged with attempted...
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The Blotter: Teen gets 4 years for armed robbery of dog; man dragged 4 miles, survives; Alexandria firefighter hospitalized
Scott McCabe and Naomi Jagoda
Yesterday
Teen gets 4 years for armed robbery of dog An 18-year-old D.C. man was sentenced to four years in prison for robbing a woman of her designer dog at gunpoint. According to prosecutors, Christopher Young approached the woman who was walking her Yorkshire Terrier in the area of 5th and Kennedy...
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Authorities believe female duo committed two bank robberies
Naomi Jagoda
Published: Mon, May 20, 2013
Authorities believe a pair of women is responsible for two bank robberies that occurred in the region this month. One of the robberies took place at about 4:30 p.m. on May 13 in the District. During that incident, the women entered the TD Bank located at 905 Rhode Island Ave. NE, approached...
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Police seek pair who robbed man with toddler in Fairfax County
Naomi Jagoda
Published: Mon, May 20, 2013
A man was robbed at gunpoint in the Annandale area when he was taking his toddler out of his vehicle, police officials said. The incident took place Friday at about 11:30 p.m. in a parking lot in the 4500 block of Commons Drive. Two men produced a gun and ordered the victim to hand over his...
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Firefighter hospitalized after Alexandria house fire
Naomi Jagoda
Published: Mon, May 20, 2013
A firefighter has been taken to a hospital after a two-alarm fire at a house in Alexandria, officials said.
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