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  • The Blotter for May 16

    Scott McCabe and Naomi Jagoda

    Published: Wed, May 15, 2013

    $8.6m awarded in deadly P.G. stabbing A Prince George's County jury has awarded $8.6 million to the family of a man who was fatally stabbed at a club in Forestville, but the verdict may be merely symbolic. The jury found that the CFE Event Center failed to provide adequate security the night...

  • The Blotter for May 15

    Scott McCabe and Naomi Jagoda

    Published: Tue, May 14, 2013

    5 D.C. firefighters take heat after Facebook posting Five D.C. firefighters have been placed on desk duty after one of them posted a picture of D.C. police officer on Facebook and questioned why emergency crews should respond to incidents as fast as possible. According to News4, a...

  • The Blotter: Student robbed, White House evacuated, stabbing suspect arrested

    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...

  • The Blotter for May 9

    Naomi Jagoda

    Published: Wed, May 8, 2013

    Baltimore cop charged with murder An off-duty Baltimore police officer who authorities said fatally shot his girlfriend and then was in a hours-long standoff with his police colleagues has been charged with first-degree murder. James Smith, a 20-year police veteran, shot Kendra Diggs on...

  • The Blotter for May 8

    Scott McCabe and Naomi Jagoda

    Updated: Tue, May 7, 2013

    D.C. cop accused of money laundering for drug dealer A District of Columbia police officer has been charged in a federal money laundering investigation in Pennsylvania. Jared Weinberg was arrested Monday at the Fourth District station on Georgia Avenue in upper Northwest D.C., where he...

  • 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...

  • The Blotter

    Eric P. Newcomer

    Published: Sun, May 5, 2013

    Would-be-robber killed with his own gun, Prince George's police say Prince George's County police believe that a would-be robber, who had his own gun used against him, was killed in a justifiable homicide. On Sunday at about 12:35 a.m., officers arrived at the scene of a shooting on the 4400...

  • The Blotter for May 3

    Scott McCabe and Naomi Jagoda

    Published: Thu, May 2, 2013

    Chevy Chase teen indicted in pipe bomb case A Chevy Chase teenager has been indicted on two counts of making and possessing pipe bombs, Montgomery County prosecutors said. Kyle G. Druckemiller, 19 was being held Thursday on a $500,000 bond. According to charging documents, the bombs, about...