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...

Scott McCabe and Naomi Jagoda

Updated: Mon, May 20, 2013

Teen gets 4 years for armed robbery of dog An 18-year-old D.C. man was sentenced to four years in prison for robbing a woman of her designer dog at gunpoint. According to prosecutors, Christopher Young approached the woman who was walking her Yorkshire Terrier in the area of 5th and Kennedy...

Scott McCabe

Published: Mon, May 20, 2013

A Laurel man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for secretly videotaping a 13-year-old girl in a bathroom. Frank Alan Klukosky, 43, pleaded guilty in March to producing child pornography. After he finishes his prison sentence, he will have to register as a sex offender for the rest of his...

Scott McCabe

Published: Mon, May 20, 2013

An 18-year-old D.C. man was sentenced to four years in prison for robbing a woman of her dog at gunpoint. Christopher Young approached the woman who was walking her Yorkshire Terrier in the area of 5th and Kennedy streets in Northeast Washington on the morning of Jan. 5.

Scott McCabe

Published: Mon, May 20, 2013

On this day, May 21, in 1924, rich University of Chicago graduates Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14-year-old Bobby Franks in one of the most notorious "thrill killings" in American history. Leopold, 19, who graduated from college the year before, spoke several languages...

Naomi Jagoda

Published: Mon, May 20, 2013

Authorities believe a pair of women is responsible for two bank robberies that occurred in the region this month. One of the robberies took place at about 4:30 p.m. on May 13 in the District. During that incident, the women entered the TD Bank located at 905 Rhode Island Ave. NE, approached...

Naomi Jagoda

Published: Mon, May 20, 2013

A man was robbed at gunpoint in the Annandale area when he was taking his toddler out of his vehicle, police officials said. The incident took place Friday at about 11:30 p.m. in a parking lot in the 4500 block of Commons Drive. Two men produced a gun and ordered the victim to hand over his...

Scott McCabe

Published: Mon, May 20, 2013

A woman who robbed a RadioShack in Silver Spring was arrested after she tried to use a taxi cab as a getaway vehicle, Montgomery County police said. Around 9 p.m. Thursday, police responding to a report of an armed robbery at 8213 George Ave. and saw a woman who matched the description of the...

Naomi Jagoda

Published: Mon, May 20, 2013

A firefighter has been taken to a hospital after a two-alarm fire at a house in Alexandria, officials said.

Scott McCabe

Updated: Mon, May 20, 2013

A violent fugitive who had been on the run for seven months has been captured thanks to a tip from a reader of The Washington Examiner. Jericho Missouri was featured in the newspaper on Thursday, and was in handcuffs by Friday, according to the U.S. Marshals Service. Authorities frisked...