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  • Crime History: Congressman kills Willard waiter in breakfast brawl

    Scott McCabe

    Published: Tue, May 7, 2013

    On this day, May 8, in 1856, U.S. Rep. Philemon T. Herbert shot and killed a headwaiter who refused to serve him breakfast at the Willard Hotel in downtown Washington. Herbert arrived at D.C.'s most fashionable hotel after breakfast had closed, but he demanded that he be served anyway....

  • Virginia mom accused of embezzling from school group

    Scott McCabe

    Published: Tue, May 7, 2013

    A Prince William County woman is accused of stealing money from an elementary school parent-teacher organization. Sabrina Ann Corra-Reynolds, treasurer of the Glenkirk Elementary Parent Teacher Organization, was charged Monday with two counts of embezzlement. According to police,...

  • University of Maryland student found dead in dorm is identified

    Scott McCabe

    Published: Tue, May 7, 2013

    The University of Maryland student who was found dead inside her on-campus dormitory has been identified as 20-year-old Sarah Elizabeth Hancock. Hancock was found unresponsive inside her room in Kent Hall about 1:15 p.m. Monday. She was pronounced dead. Police said there is no indication of...

  • Aliens abducted from Virginia home

    Scott McCabe

    Published: Tue, May 7, 2013

    A Virginia family is seeking a return of their aliens. Roanoke police said someone snatched the green plastic aliens from the front yard of Robert and Dian Bolling, the parents of three special-needs boys. The Bollings told The Roanoke Times that the aliens helped their teenage sons connect...

  • Thieves with backhoe try to take ATM in Potomac

    Scott McCabe

    Updated: Tue, May 7, 2013

    Montgomery County police are looking for thieves who tried to remove an ATM machine with a backhoe. Around 2 a.m. Tuesday, police received a call from security officials saying that thieves in gloves and masks were trying to steal an ATM at the Bank of America at 10217 River Road in Potomac....

  • Owner of limo service charged in teen's overdose

    Scott McCabe

    Published: Mon, May 6, 2013

    The owner of a D.C.-area limousine service was arrested on charges of conspiring to distribute oxycodone that resulted in the 2010 death of a young Loudoun County man. George Washington Crane V, of Leesburg, faces at least 20 years in prison and a maximum penalty of life, if convicted....

  • The Blotter

    Scott McCabe and Naomi Jagoda

    Published: Mon, May 6, 2013

    Driver killed on ATV was not wearing helmet A 23-year-old Hyattsville man was killed when he was thrown from an all-terrain vehicle in Southeast Washington. According to D.C. police, at about 6 p.m. Sunday, Michael Allen Brown was riding on a 2005 Yamaha four-wheel off-road vehicle in a...

  • Air Force chief of sex assault prevention charged with sexual battery

    Scott McCabe

    Updated: Mon, May 6, 2013

    The head of the U.S. Air Force sexual assault prevention office was arrested in Crystal City over the weekend on charges of sexual battery. Lt. Col. Jeffrey Krusinski was accused of groping a woman in a Crystal City parking lot in the 500 block of S. 23rd Street early Sunday, according to an...

  • Crime History: Chicago's hotel killer executed by hanging

    Scott McCabe

    Published: Mon, May 6, 2013

    On this day, May 7, in 1896, Dr. H.H. Holmes, the mass murderer who tortured and killed dozens of guests inside his Chicago hotel, was executed by hanging. Holmes admitted to 27 murders, but the total count could be more than 100, many during the 1893 World's Fair. Holmes built a block-long...

  • Police investigate fatal pedestrian collision in Gaithersburg

    Scott McCabe

    Published: Mon, May 6, 2013

    Montgomery County Police are investigating a pedestrian collision death at the Lakeforest bus stop in Gaithersburg. On April 26, about 8:30 p.m., Silvano Celedonio Alvarado, 60, of Germantown, was crossing Lost Knife Road near Odendhal Avenue when he was struck by a black 2005 Lexus 300 that...