Kate Jacobson

Published: Sat, May 18, 2013

Three arrested in connection to P.G. county robberies Police in Prince George's County have arrested three men in connection with more than 50 burglaries in the county since December 2012. Anthony Nyrekie Edwards, 40, David Benjamin Neal, 24, and Jamal Cooke, 21, all from Oxon Hill, have...

Kate Jacobson

Published: Sat, May 18, 2013

A Loudoun County man was found shot to death Friday night in his home in Sterling, the victim of a domestic homicide. Police said Steven Spradling, 52, was shot around 9 p.m.,in his home, located in the 21700 block of Blossom Drive. His wife, Rosangela Spradling, 42, has been charged with...

Kate Jacobson

Published: Sat, May 18, 2013

A student at Ballou High School in the Southeast maced a group of other students after getting into an altercation at the school. Police said a group of at least 10 students got into a fight at the school -- located at 34014th Street SE -- then one student pulled out mace and began spraying....

Kate Jacobson

Published: Sat, May 18, 2013

Police in Prince George's County have arrested three men in connection with more than 50 burglaries in the county since December 2012. Anthony Nyrekie Edwards, 40, David Benjamin Neal, 24, and Jamal Cooke, 21, all from Oxon Hill, have been charged with burglary. Police said the three men...

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...

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...

Scott McCabe

Published: Sat, May 18, 2013

On this day, May 19, in 1987, an 11-year-old boy was killed by two polar bears after he and his friends sneaked into their enclosure at a Brooklyn zoo. Police found the bears, standing 8 feet tall and weighing 900 and 1,400 pounds, tugging at the body of the dead boy, Juan Perez. It took 20...