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Prince George's County officer named department's youngest pilot-in-command
Naomi Jagoda
Published: Sat, May 18, 2013
Prince George's County police Cpl. Ben Conner started flying at a young age. He said he first began flying planes as a 16-year-old high school sophomore and then became a flight instructor during his senior year. On his 31st birthday, May 8, Conner became the youngest pilot-in-command in the...
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District man sentenced for killing ex-girlfriend's brother
Naomi Jagoda
Published: Sat, May 18, 2013
A District man convicted of the 2011 slaying of his ex-girlfriend's brother has been sentenced to nearly 40 years in prison, officials said. Brandon Andrews, 31, was sentenced to 39 1/2 years in prison in D.C. Superior Court. He was found guilty in February of second-degree murder for fatally...
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UPDATED: Interstate 95 southbound lanes reopened in Virginia's Stafford County
Naomi Jagoda
Updated: Fri, May 17, 2013
The southbound lanes of Interstate 95 have reopened in Stafford County after they were closed for several hours Friday morning due to a collision involving two tractor-trailers, police said. One of the tractor trailers rear-ended the other at about 5:10 a.m. Friday on I-95 south of Exit 133 in...
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The Blotter: Three injured in D.C. shootings; illegal arrested in child rape case; pedestrian struck in Montgomery County
Naomi Jagoda
Published: Thu, May 16, 2013
Three men injured in D.C. shootings Two separate shootings in the District overnight left a total of three men injured, police said. The first shooting took place shortly before midnight on the 800 block of Buchanan St. NW. A man told police that he was walking when the assailant emerged...
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Police use Taser on naked man, charge him with shooting friend
Naomi Jagoda
Published: Thu, May 16, 2013
A Montgomery County man was arrested in Prince George's County after he shot a childhood friend, took off his clothes, climbed onto a firetruck while naked and was shot with a Taser by police, authorities said. Mohamed S. Bah, 24, was charged with attempted murder, assault and other offenses....
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Estranged spouses dead in Prince George's murder-suicide
Naomi Jagoda
Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013
A 47-year-old man shot in his estranged wife and then took his own life in Prince George's County, police said. According to a preliminary investigation, Jason Taffe, of Silver Spring, went to the home of his 41-year-old estranged wife, Denise Taffe, in the 7700 block of Pinewood Drive in...
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D.C. overnight shootings injure 3 men
Naomi Jagoda
Published: Thu, May 16, 2013
Two separate shootings in the District overnight left a total of three men injured, police said. The first shooting took place shortly before midnight in the 800 block of Buchanan Street NW, which is near Sherman Circle. A man told police that he was walking when the assailant emerged from...
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'John Doe' arrested in child pornography case after manhunt
Naomi Jagoda
Published: Thu, May 16, 2013
A man charged in federal court in the District with producing child pornography was arrested Wednesday afternoon following what authorities called a "nationwide manhunt." The man, dubbed "John Doe" in court papers, was arrested after a tipster called U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement....
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