Investigations

News4 I-Team Nov 21

As DC Water replaces lead pipes, some residents are left with bills for damage

A major effort to replace dangerous lead pipes is underway in D.C. But not all the replacement work has gone smoothly – and some residents tell the News4 I-Team they’ve been left with costly repair bi...

News4 I-Team Nov 21

DC judges say Senate must act within weeks to ease court system backlog
News4 I-Team Nov 14

Culpeper ex-sheriff's trial postponed after panic attacks, judge says

News4 I-Team Oct 21

Resources: How to find help in the DC area for youth fentanyl users

If you need help for a young person struggling with fentanyl use in the D.C. area, many resources are available, including for Spanish speakers.
News4 I-Team Sep 26

Protesters seek return near Blinken's home as police cost tops $340K

Using a Freedom of Information Act request, the I-Team found Virginia State Police spent $339,642 on the Chain Bridge Road Operation from July 26 – the day they removed protesters – until Septem...
News4 I-Team Sep 26

The taxpayer cost for policing outside the Secretary of State's home after protests

Earlier in 2024, protesters started camping outside Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s Arlington home. In July, Virginia State Police removed the protesters and kept up a round-the-clock presen...
News4 I-Team Sep 25

Maryland State Police and DOJ seek to settle discrimination case for $2.7M

Maryland State Police are hoping to settle a U.S. Justice Department investigation into alleged racial discrimination by paying more than $2.7 million to those affected.

Maryland Sep 18

Discrimination suit against Maryland State Police will go forward

A federal judge ruled that an employment discrimination lawsuit brought against Maryland State Police has merit and can move forward, after the police department tried to have the case dismissed.
Prince George's County Sep 16

Why the worst roads in Prince George's County aren't repaved first

Road conditions in Prince George’s County are improving overall, but it’s not a “worst first” system for fixes. Here’s how it works – and why some residents are frustrated.
Metropolitan Police Department (DC Police / MPD) Sep 17

ACLU: DC police conduct more searches of Black people

An ACLU report found Black people are overwhelmingly more likely to be searched by D.C. police.
politics Sep 16

Support for political violence in US at alarming level, experts say

Experts have told the News4 I-Team for months that support for politically motivated violence is at alarming levels in our country. It’s been 64 days since former President Trump was shot at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, and we don’t know the motive behind Sunday’s apparent attempted assassination – but we do know that the environment surr...
News4 I-Team Sep 10

DC Council member wants better oversight of DC inmates serving in federal prisons

When people in the District are sentenced to longer sentences, they can be held in federal prisons anywhere in the country. For more than a year, the News4 I-Team has investigated how some of those inmates say they’re often targeted. Since the I-Team started looking into the issue, the recent deaths of two D.C. men were listed as...
Washington DC Sep 10

DC 911 leaders to face monthly council questions amid push for answers

D.C. Council member Brooke Pinto Pinto pledged to hold monthly oversight hearings to figure out what needs fixing at the 911 center. She said she will conduct unannounced visits to the center every other week
News4 I-Team Sep 6

Ex-DC prosecutor facing ethics claims is removed from all cases, denies wrongdoing

In a court filing this week, one-time D.C. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer Kerkhoff Muyskens denied any wrongdoing while prosecuting hundreds of protesters arrested in D.C. during Donald Trump’s 2017 inauguration.
News4 I-Team Sep 5

2nd recent homicide of a DC inmate at same federal prison

For the past year, the News4 I-Team has investigated deaths of D.C. inmates serving time in federal prisons and the unanswered questions their families have. Now, a second death in recent months has been ruled a homicide.
News4 I-Team Aug 29

Internal DC review halts violence interruption contract renewals after Trayon White arrest

Following D.C. Council member Trayon White’s bribery arrest earlier this month, the D.C. government has launched a wide-ranging review of violence interruption work. An affidavit released after White’s arrest alleges the D.C. Council member took bribes to influence violence interruption contracts within D.C.’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Enga...
politics Aug 29

Act fast, be curious when a loved one moves toward political extremism, experts say

With weeks to go before the 2024 election, experts in extremism and political violence are issuing warnings to families who see loved ones gravitating toward extreme ideology.
News4 I-Team Aug 26

After calling News4 in leak probe, DC police issues hands-off order

Days after an Internal Affairs Division (IAD) agent called News4 asking for names of confidential sources, D.C. police issued a division order to all Internal Affairs investigators to back off the practice. In the order, IAD Commander John Knutsen told all members of the IAD: “The IAD member shall not contact nor attempt to interview the media repr...
Protests Aug 21

Netanyahu's DC visit cost MPD $8M, with 90K overtime hours

Nearly 2,700 MPD officers worked 33 extra hours each from July 21 to 27, costing about $8 million total, the department told News4 on Wednesday.
News4 I-Team Aug 20

DC 911 center depends on overtime, risking errors and doubling some salaries

An average of 202 people each day since July 1 hang up on D.C. 911 after waiting at least 15 seconds on hold, data obtained by the News4 I-Team shows.
Washington DC Aug 19

DC 911 system had 18 disruptions since December and computer system too old to handle volume, officials say

DC’s 911 computer system has experienced at least seven unplanned outages this year and a criminal probe has been opened into one of them.
News4 I-Team Aug 15

News4 reporting on DC 911 failures prompts DC police leak investigation

D.C.’s 911 problems are taking a turn tonight. The News4 I-Team found out D.C. police officers are now trying to figure who leaked key information to News4. Today a D.C. police Internal Affairs agent contacted News 4 reporter Ted Oberg trying to find out how we knew about a family’s unanswered 911 call for help. Last week News4 reported...
Maryland Aug 16

Maryland nursing home under historic oversight after state investigation

An investigation by the Maryland Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud and Vulnerable Victims Unit found evidence of substandard care at a nursing home in Ellicott City. Investigators said problems they found inside the facility showed the company was violating the law and defrauding taxpayers. The owner of the Ellicott City Healthcare Center...

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