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May 22, 2013 | 07:59 PM
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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...

  • 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...