Scott McCabe
Staff Writer - Crime
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Cold Case: Murder of former House staffer remains unsolved
Scott McCabe
Published: Sun, May 12, 2013
Former congressional staffer Walter Graham was found strangled to death in his Mount Vernon-area apartment more than 20 years ago, and his killing remains a mystery. Graham's case is one of thousands of unsolved homicides in the D.C. area, and Fairfax County Police are still seeking any bit of...
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Crime History: Last NYC subway car scrubbed of graffiti
Scott McCabe
Published: Sat, May 11, 2013
On this day, May 12, in 1989, the last graffiti-covered New York City subway car was retired. The underground graffiti movement took form in the late '60s and early '70s. Norman Mailer heralded the drawings as a vibrant form of urban art. But by the 1980s, graffiti covered almost every car,...
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The 3-Minute Interview: Montgomery County Sheriff Darren Popkin
Scott McCabe
Published: Thu, May 9, 2013
Sheriff Popkin is asking gun owners who no longer want their guns to turn them in on Saturday, no questions asked. Montgomery County is one of 20 counties around the state collecting guns. Weapons and bullets can be turned in between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. at Public Safety Headquarters in...
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Crime History: Former slave becomes legendary Old West lawman
Scott McCabe
Published: Thu, May 9, 2013
On this day, May 10, in 1875, former slave Bass Reeves was sworn in as a deputy U.S. Marshal in Fort Smith, Ark., becoming one of the most feared and fearless lawmen in the Old West. Reeves was hired by "the Hanging Judge," Isaac Parker, to help bring justice to the vast Indian Territory, a...
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Most Wanted: All-conference lineman disappears in wake of gun, drug charges
Scott McCabe
Published: Wed, May 8, 2013
Kyle Catterton, a Virginia State University offensive tackle, was named to a all-conference football team in the fall. Now he's a Washington Examiner "Most Wanted" fugitive. The 21-year-old senior from Waldorf disappeared in January as law enforcement officials raided his home in Colonial...
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Crime history: Wife kills husband, stranger with cyanide-laced Excedrin
Scott McCabe
Published: Wed, May 8, 2013
On this day, May 9, in 1988, a Seattle woman was found guilty of killing her husband and another person by lacing Excedrin capsules with cyanide. Stella Nickell, 44, had plotted to kill her husband Bruce Nickell for years, checking out library books about poison and talking about hiring a hit...
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Suspected groper in the skies is indicted in Virginia
Scott McCabe
Published: Wed, May 8, 2013
A Sterling man was indicted Wednesday on a charge of sexual abuse of a fellow passenger on a flight to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Saurabh Agarwal, 40, faces a maximum sentence of two years imprisonment, if convicted. According to court documents filed in Alexandria's federal...
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