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Thick leather handbag may have saved woman stabbed in Friendship Heights
A woman who was the victim of a stabbing outside the Friendship Heights Metro may have been saved by her thick leather handbag. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.
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Colorado men tied up and tortured their housemate for 14 hours, police say
Colorado law enforcement say three men are accused of tying up their housemate and torturing him for 14 hours.
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Gunman who killed 10 at a Colorado supermarket is sentenced to life in prison
A mentally ill man who killed 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 was sentenced Monday to life in prison for murder after a jury rejected his attempt to avoid prison time by pleading not guilty by reason of insanity.
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Man stabbed 66-year-old woman in NW DC for ‘no apparent reason,' court docs say
A 66-year-old woman is seriously hurt after a man stabbed her while she sat on a bench outside the Friendship Heights Metro station in Chevy Chase, Maryland, Monday morning, police say. Marcus Dwayne Jackson, 39, was arrested and charged with attempted murder, assault and other charges. A witness saw Jackson run toward D.C. after the stabbing on Wisconsin Avenue just…
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Murder and other violent crime dropped across the U.S. last year, FBI data shows
Violent crime was down about 3% from 2022 to 2023 and property crime took a similar drop of 2.4%, the FBI reported in its annual “Summary of Crime in the Nation.” The most serious crimes went down significantly: Murder and non-negligent manslaughter were down an estimated 11.6% — the largest single year decline in two decades — while rape decreased by an estimated 9.4%, NBC News reports.
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Kamala Harris signs vandalized outside The Little Gay Pub in DC
The Little Gay Pub in Logan Circle has had its Kamala Harris signs vandalized multiple times, with the suspect caught in surveillance video. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.
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‘It may not be too late': Virginia man arrested for decades-old sexual assaults
A Fredericksburg man is facing charges for crimes allegedly committed over 40 years ago. Fairfax County Police say a victim came forward back in June and said she was sexually assaulted multiple times at a horse farm in Great Falls. News4 spoke with one of the victims, Stephanie, and she says all she’s asking for is accountability. “I just want…
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‘It may not be too late': Virginia man arrested for decades-old sexual assaults
A woman is sharing her story decades after being sexually assaulted on a horse farm in Great Falls to show others it’s not too late. News4’s Dominique Moody reports.
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1 man dead after police shooting in Wheaton
A man holding an object in his hand was shot dead by police in Wheaton. News4’s Dominique Moody reports.
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DC crime ‘hotspot' hotel agrees to increase security
The owner of a D.C. hotel agreed to increase security at a hotel where the attorney general says there has been a pattern of violent crime and drugs.
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Hotel agrees to increase security after string of crimes
The owner of a D.C. hotel agreed to increase security at a hotel where the attorney general says there have been multiple homicides, drug-related deaths and violent incidents. News4’s Walter Morris reports.
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Missing Manassas Park mom's husband denied bond
A judge denied bond for Mamta Kafle Bhatt’s husband after the prosecution presented its evidence against him in the case of the missing Manassas Park mom. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.
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Man killed in shooting near Largo Town Center
Prince George’s County police are searching for a suspect after a man was shot and killed near the shopping center. News4’s Dominique Moody reports.
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Man shot, killed near Prince George's shopping center
A man was shot to death near a shopping center in Largo, Maryland, Friday afternoon, police say.
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Ex-‘Jackass' star Bam Margera jailed in Pennsylvania over probation violation
Former “Jackass” star Bam Margera found himself back behind bars this week after allegedly violating his probation.
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2 men injured in Alexandria shooting
Two men were hospitalized after being shot in Alexandria Thursday evening. News4’s Walter Morris reports.
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Defense motions to suppress au pair's police testimony in double murder case
Attorneys for an au pair charged in a double homicide in Northern Virginia filed a motion to suppress testimony their client made to officers minutes and hours after they arrived at the crime scene. Prosecutors and police say Brendan Banfield plotted with Juliana Peres Magalhaes to kill his wife, Christine. The suspects were involved in an affair for months before…
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Justice Department opens probe on Mississippi sheriff's office after torture of 2 Black men
U.S. District Judge Tom Lee called the former officers’ actions “egregious and despicable” and imposed sentences near the top of federal guidelines for five of the six.
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Defense motions to suppress au pair's police testimony in double murder case
Attorneys for an au pair charged with a double homicide in Herndon filed a motion to suppress statements she made to police after they arrived at the scene. News4’s Dominique Moody reports.
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Kentucky officials say sheriff fatally shot judge in courthouse chambers
A sheriff in Kentucky is accused of fatally shooting a district judge at a courthouse on Thursday, authorities said.