Crime and Courts

U.S. Capitol Police named the Michigan man accused in a scare on Capitol Hill on Election Day.

A 53-year-old woman from Germantown, Maryland and a 40-year-old woman from Philidelphia were charged for an alleged murder-for-hire plot targeting the 53-year-old’s ex-boyfriend, according to police. On June 28, detectives were contacted by a case worker at the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office Family Justice Center, according to police. The worker received information that Zacarias Chacon, 53, had attempted to hire…

Two former Georgia election workers who were awarded the massive judgment reported to the court that they went to Giuliani’s Manhattan apartment last week to see what assets were there, but that it had been cleared out.

Skyler Philippi, 24, of Columbia, Tennessee, was arrested after the FBI found he planned to attach a bomb to a drone and fly it into an energy facility.

“When he heard that she’s afraid of flying, he took a bottle of alcohol out of [his] bag and said it would help her relax,” prosecutors wrote in a sentencing memorandum

A former police officer was convicted of murder in the 2020 shooting of Andre Hill, a Black man who was holding a cellphone and keys when he was killed.

YNW Melly is seeking immediate release from prison in a new lawsuit, in which he accuses the Broward Sheriff’s Office of cruel treatment and violating his constitutional rights.

The FBI is investigating the death of a Black man in Alabama who was found hanging in an abandoned house.

The Maryland National Capital Park Police have arrested 76-year old Steven Eisen of Silver Spring on multiple charges of indecent exposure and the possession of child pornography. The indecent exposure happened at Takoma-Piney Branch Park on Jan. 25. The park is a popular location, with families enjoying the playing fields and playgrounds. “I’ve come here for years with my kids…

A 76-year-old man has been charged with indecent exposure and possession of child pornography after allegedly exposing himself at Takoma-Piney Branch Park. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

The Maryland woman accused of killing her own mother before dismembering her remains with a chainsaw has been convicted of first-degree murder.

According to prosecutors, the woman killed her mother in 2023 after an argument over fraudulent credit card charges.

For the first time, police and prosecutors in Montgomery County secured a conviction in a violent criminal case thanks to evidence from a drone camera.

The family of a Northern Virginia woman charged with fatally shooting her husband says she fired in self-defense, and in court this week, the woman’s defense attorney presented messages her family says came from the husband threatening to burn down the house.

A federal jury on Friday convicted a former Kentucky police detective of using excessive force on Breonna Taylor during a botched 2020 drug raid that left her dead.

An 18-year-old accused of stealing a family’s puppy off a boat docked in Navy Yard was arrested Thursday, authorities say.

A 29-year-old man is dead after a shooting Thursday night in Landover, Maryland, not far from the home of the Washington Commanders. Prince George’s County police officers found Tresean Sparrow Bey outside suffering from gunshot wounds in the 900 block of Atlee Drive just before 11:30 p.m. He died at the scene. The shooting happened in a neighborhood that’s...

Surveillance video and bodycam footage captured the chaos unleashed during a mass shooting in downtown Orlando that left two dead and at least seven hurt while tens of thousands gathered for Halloween celebrations, according to the Orlando Police Department.

Three people were badly injured in a shooting on Halloween night in Arlington, Virginia, police said. Arlington County police responded to the 4300 block of Columbia Pike, near South Glebe Road, about 11 p.m. Thursday. They found two shooting victims in critical condition and a third with serious injuries that aren’t considered life-threatening, police said. The three victims were taken…

Three people were badly injured in a shooting on Halloween night in Arlington, Virginia, police said. News4’s Joseph Olmo reports.