Scott McCabe

Published: Sun, May 12, 2013

On this day, May 13, in 1981, Pope John Paul II was shot and seriously wounded in St. Peter's Square by a Turkish assailant. Mehmet Ali Agca, who had escaped from a Turkish prison where he was awaiting trial on murder charges in the killing of prominent journalist in 1979, fired at the pope as...

Naomi Jagoda

Published: Sun, May 12, 2013

Prince George's County police are hoping to catch a break in their investigation into the slayings of a Laurel couple. Tina Lynn Fowler, 45, and James Vell Ferguson, 42, were found May 2 in their apartment in the 9600 block of Muirkirk Road, both suffering from trauma to the upper body. They...

Naomi Jagoda

Updated: Fri, May 10, 2013

A former U.S. Patent and Trademark Office employee has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for enticing a teenage boy to engage in sexual activity, prosecutors said. James Raymond Schimmel, 53, of Alexandria, had pleaded guilty in January in federal court in Alexandria. In April 2012,...

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...

Rachel Baye

Updated: Sat, May 11, 2013

Montgomery County residents handed over 111 guns, 11 BB guns, 10,000 rounds of ammunition and a grenade at Saturday's statewide gun turn-in day, according to county police spokeswoman Lucille Baur. Among the 111 guns were 68 hand guns, 27 rifles -- including at least one AK-47 -- 15 shot guns...

Rachel Baye

Updated: Sat, May 11, 2013

Maryland student robbed at gunpoint A University of Maryland student was robbed at gunpoint in College Park early Saturday morning, Prince George's County Police report. At around 3:45 a.m., the suspect approached the male student near Baltimore Avenue and Berwyn House Road. Showing the...

Rachel Baye

Published: Sat, May 11, 2013

A University of Maryland student was robbed at gunpoint in College Park early Saturday morning, Prince George's County Police report. At around 3:45 a.m., the suspect approached the male student near Baltimore Avenue and Berwyn House Road. Showing the student his gun, the suspect demanded...

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,...

Naomi Jagoda

Published: Sat, May 11, 2013

A Virginia doctor who allegedly over-prescribed pain medication has been indicted on 95 counts, including one of manslaughter, authorities said. Nibedita Mohanty, 54, of Stafford, was indicted on one count of involuntary manslaughter, 72 counts of felony narcotics distribution and 22 counts of...

Scott McCabe

Published: Sat, May 11, 2013

An illegal alien living in Prince George's County was sentenced to 11 years in prison for recruiting a pregnant teenage runaway into working as a prostitute for violent street gang MS-13. Twenty-eight-year-old Yanira Del Carmen Guerrero Andrade befriended the 15-year-old girl in a time of...