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Off-duty deputy sheriff fatally shoots man in Alexandria

Naomi Jagoda

Updated: 2 hr ago

A 22-year-old man is dead after being shot by an off-duty Arlington County deputy sheriff in Alexandria, police officials said. Family and friends identified the victim as Julian Dawkins, who worked for the "PBS NewsHour" program. The deputy sheriff, 44-year-old Craig Patterson, was questioned...

Appeals court allows retrial in Virginia capital murder case

Naomi Jagoda

Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

A federal appeals court in Richmond will allow prosecutors to pursue a capital murder case against a man whose conviction in Prince William County had previously been overturned, the Associated Press reported. Justin Wolfe had previously been sent to death row for the 2001 murder of his...

Road closures could go into Thursday from downtown D.C. sinkhole

Naomi Jagoda

Published: Wed, May 22, 2013

Road closures due to a large sinkhole in downtown D.C. could last beyond Wednesday's evening commute, officials said. The sinkhole started developing Tuesday afternoon because a water line broke. F Street NW is closed between 13th and 15th streets, and 14th Street NW is closed between...

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...

D.C. woman pleads guilty to DUI crash that killed pedestrian

Naomi Jagoda

Yesterday

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...

Missing Person: 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...

The 3-Minute Interview: Robert Gebbia, organizer of all-night walk for suicide awareness

Naomi Jagoda

Published: Tue, May 21, 2013

Robert Gebbia is executive director of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, which 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 give...

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...

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...