Crime and Courts

Three teenagers were charged after multiple fights broke out at the Fashion Centre at Pentagon City on Saturday, according to Arlington County police. A 13-year-old girl, a 15-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy were arrested after police closed the mall early from the fights. At 7:06 p.m., police responded to the 1100 block of S. Hayes Street for the report…

Multiple fights broke out at Fashion Centre at Pentagon City mall, causing the mall to close early on Saturday, according to police.

One month after a Maryland mother was killed in a crash on East-West Highway, a close friend is demanding justice. Investigators say Esmeralda Montoya died after she was struck by a driver who was trying to get away from police. Loved ones say the 33 year old mother of two was on her way home and waiting for a bus…

License plate readers, artificial intelligence and new technology led police to the crew believed to be responsible for a series of robberies of Ulta cosmetics stores in Maryland and Virginia, Fairfax County police said. At least three people worked together smashing display cases at stores in Northern Virginia and Montgomery and Anne Arundel counties in Maryland, police believe. They got…

Virginia’s governor signed legislation last week to prevent rapists from claiming parental rights to children born of the sexual assault. Virginia is one of two states where rapists can still make such claims. A sexual assault survivor worked for years to get the measure approved after she was raped by an abusive partner and decided to have the baby....

Friends and family of a Maryland mother demand justice a month after she was killed by a driver trying to get away from police. News4’s Walter Morris has video from the tragic night.

Virginia is one of two states in which a rapist can try to claim parental rights to a child born of the sexual assault, but last week, Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed a law to change that. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey spoke to the sex assault survivor and mother who worked for years to get the measure approved.

A group of at least three thieves took almost a quarter million dollars in luxury brand items from Ulta stores in Maryland and Virginia since November. News4’s Paul Wagner reports how new technology helped law enforcement bust the crew.

Singer Sean Kingston and his mother were found guilty in a $1 million federal fraud trial in Broward County.

The U.S. Department of Justice says former NFL player LeShon Johnson has been indicted for allegedly operating a dogfighting venture in which authorities seized 190 dogs.

Days after an Atlanta man died in a scuba diving accident in Hawaii, authorities said they found the skeletal remains of his son who had gone missing four years prior in a tree house in his backyard, NBC News reported.

A suspected top leader of the MS-13 gang was arrested in Northern Virginia, state and federal law enforcement announced Thursday morning. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder and Telemundo 44 heard from the mother of the suspect.

The man tried to conceal 65 boxes of Cadbury Creme Eggs stolen from a grocery store in his coat and duffel bag.

Metro is considering banning people who have committed sex offenses within the transit system or assaulted its employees. “We need a tool beyond the tools we have today. I personally have run into people on the system, I get e-mails from women who have been victimized. It’s just a horrible experience, and it’s preventable if we can keep people...

A doctor accused of trying to push his wife off a hiking trail and hitting her with a rock has been charged with second-degree attempted murder.

A group of Northeast D.C. residents is taking a proactive approach to address an increase in crime in their neighborhood. They said violence is on the rise in Eckington, and now they’re organizing and calling on District leaders to step up. “terrifying, it’s terrifying because you don’t realize how close they are…” said one neighbor. “I mean, our children...

A Northeast D.C. community is using a group chat to try and reduce crime and are asking leaders to act. News4’s Walter Morris reports.

A Baltimore man will spend decades in prison for the fatal shooting of a woman who was visiting Prince George’s County from El Salvador to attend her grandson’s funeral. Lidia de Carrillo had no connection with the man who shot her, police said, and two years later, they are still trying to figure out why Troy Medley pulled the...

A Connecticut man is facing several charges for allegedly defrauding his former employer out of millions of dollars, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

A Maryland man will spend decades in prison for fatally shooting a woman from El Salvador who visited Prince George’s County to attend her grandson’s funeral two years ago. News4’s Darcy Spencer has newly released surveillance video from the crime scene.