Crime and Courts

Police arrested a man suspected of taking a Bethesda, Maryland, couple for $400,000 in a gold bar scam. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

A woman was killed in a hit-and-run in Oxon Hill, Maryland, Thursday night. Sandra Abarca Orellana had been shopping at a mall on Oxon Hill Road and was crossing the road, headed for a bus stop, when she was struck by a car after 9 p.m. The 52-year-old mother of three was pronounced dead at the scene. The initial lookout…

A jury found a 31-year-old man guilty of killing a woman he was in a relationship with and her unborn child – the first time a person has been convicted in Montgomery County, Maryland, of murdering someone who is unborn. In 2022, Torrey Moore, the father of 26-year-old Denise Middleton’s unborn child, shot Middleton inside the apartment they shared in…

A woman found shot to death in her car in Woodbridge in February may have been the victim of a murder-for-hire plot. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey spoke with the victim’s parents.

A jury found a 31-year-old man guilty of killing a woman he was in a relationship with and her unborn child. News4’s Paul Wagner reports it’s the first time a person has been convicted in Montgomery County of murdering someone who is unborn.

A woman was killed in a hit-and-run Thursday night in Oxon Hill. News4’s Derrick Ward reports on the victim and the search for the driver.

A civil jury in Ireland has found that mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor sexually assaulted a woman in a hotel penthouse in 2018.

The NBA and NFL is urging its players to take additional precautions to secure their homes following reports of recent high-profile burglaries of dwellings.

The victim reported being punched and kicked while the suspect allegedly screamed derogatory terms at her such as “you’re not a woman, you’re a man.”

Thursday’s short filing says “all claims against Defendant … are hereby dismissed with prejudice.”

A Maryland police officer was struck head on by a suspected drunken driver while on duty early Thursday morning. The Laurel officer’s SUV was struck by a dark-colored Kia about 2:30 a.m. on Van Dusen Road near Laurel Oaks Lane while he was responding to a call, police said. The officer was taken to a hospital and is home...

A Maryland police officer who was badly injured in a crash that totaled his cruiser is recovering. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports investigators blame a suspected drunken driver.

A Maryland task force created to stop illegal car rallies has made dozens of arrests and recovered multiple guns over the past several months. The rallies that can block roads or take over parking lots can draw hundreds of spectators to watch drivers do doughnuts, burn tires and squeal wheels have drawn noise complaints and even turned deadly. In Prince…

The FBI doubled a reward to $50,000 in the 1991 killing of a Wells Fargo armored car guard who was surprised by two men as he picked up cash at a popular D.C. restaurant. Henry Robinette worked three jobs to provide for his family. On the day he was killed, he volunteered to pick up someone else’s shift. “The messenger…

Leilani Simon was convicted of murder in the death of 20-month-old Quinton Simon. She will be eligible for parole.

A missing Kansas woman who disappeared this year and was found in a freezer buried in a cow pasture in the Oklahoma panhandle was killed in a stabbing attack that left her with dozens of wounds, according to a medical examiner’s report.

A former Kentucky sheriff was indicted Thursday in the slaying of a judge who was gunned down in his courthouse chambers two months ago, shocking a tiny Appalachian community.

Henry Robinette’s killing still haunts his family and the detectives who have been trying to solve the crime for 33 years. News4’s Paul Wagner reports.

Danny Masterson’s defense team is facing criticism and possible legal action for allegedly contacting jurors after his conviction in his rape trial.

D.C. police say a man assaulted a dozen women over the past thre-and-a-half years. News4’s Jessica Albert reports.