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Stupid Crimes: Killer caught after butt-dialing 911
Scott McCabe
Published: Thu, May 23, 2013
Butt-dial M for Murder A Florida man accidently called 911 and recorded his plans for murder before the victim was fatally shot. According to the Miami Herald, Scott Simon decided to shoot Nicholas Walker after arguing with him at a nearby Waffle House. Broward County Sheriff's Office...
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The Blotter: Carjacked Mercedes strikes D.C. school bus head-on
Scott McCabe and Naomi Jagoda
Published: Thu, May 23, 2013
Carjacked Mercedes hits school bus A carjacked vehicle that Prince George's County police were pursuing crashed into a school bus in Southeast D.C., police said. About 7:30 a.m. Thursday, police received a call about a carjacking of a Mercedes in District Heights by two men wearing ski masks...
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Prominent swim coach faces sentencing for child sex abuse
Scott McCabe
Updated: 5 hr ago
Rick Curl, whose Northern Virginia swim club has produced several Olympians, is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday for sexually abusing a child he coached more than 25 years ago. Curl, 63, faces up to 15 years in prison and will have to register as a sex offender, according to the Montgomery...
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Another arrest, suspect sought in D.C. drive-by that injured 13
Scott McCabe
Published: Thu, May 23, 2013
D.C. police have made another arrest and are looking for another suspect in the drive-by shooting that wounded 13 people in the resurgent NoMa neighborhood. Twenty-year-old Keith Deangelo Bobb of Northeast D.C. is wanted for assault with intent to kill and conspiracy to commit a crime of...
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Former nanny gets 8½ years for killing infant at Quantico
Scott McCabe
Published: Thu, May 23, 2013
A former nanny was sentenced to 8½ years in prison for the murder of an infant at her home on the U.S. Marine Corps base in Quantico. Amy Hunter, 27, pleaded guilty in federal court in Alexandria in January to second-degree murder in the death of the 9-month-old girl, identified in court...
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Basketball-playing teen stabbed near Silver Spring park
Scott McCabe
Updated: 9 hr ago
Montgomery County police are investigating a stabbing of a teenager who had been playing basketball at Silver Spring park. Around 6:40 p.m. Monday, two men approached a 17-year-old at Stonegate Park and tried to engage him in a conversation. The victim became scared and began to leave. The men...
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Carjacked Mercedes hits D.C. school bus
Naomi Jagoda
Published: Thu, May 23, 2013
A carjacked vehicle that Prince George's County police were pursuing crashed into a school bus in Southeast D.C., police said. About 7:30 a.m. Thursday, police received a call about a carjacking in the 2200 block of Seton Way in District Heights. Two men wearing ski masks demanded the victim's...
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Off-duty deputy sheriff fatally shoots man in Alexandria
Naomi Jagoda
Yesterday
A 22-year-old man is dead after being shot by an off-duty Arlington County deputy sheriff in Alexandria, police officials said. Family and friends identified the victim as Julian Dawkins, who worked for the "PBS NewsHour" program. The deputy sheriff, 44-year-old Craig Patterson, was questioned...
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'Armed and dangerous' fugitive eludes authorities
Scott McCabe
Published: Wed, May 22, 2013
U.S. Marshals are looking for a fugitive with a violent history who has disappeared after they say he violated his parole on a robbery charge. Kinshasa Reddock, 28, was serving out a sentence for beating up and robbing a customer outside a Chinese restaurantin the 1900 block of Third Street in...
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Appeals court allows retrial in Virginia capital murder case
Naomi Jagoda
Published: Wed, May 22, 2013
A federal appeals court in Richmond will allow prosecutors to pursue a capital murder case against a man whose conviction in Prince William County had previously been overturned, the Associated Press reported. Justin Wolfe had previously been sent to death row for the 2001 murder of his...

