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D.C. bank robbed steps from FBI HQ
3/29/13 12:11 PM
A Capital One bank branch just down the street from the headquarters of the FBI was robbed Friday morning, police say.
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Police: U.Md. freshman tried to meet 12-year-old for sex
3/28/13 5:30 PM
An 18-year-old University of Maryland student is accused of trying to set up a sexual encounter with a 12-year-old girl.
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Persons of interest sought in NW fatal shooting
3/28/13 4:40 PM
Police are searching for two persons of interest in connection with a shooting outside a downtown Washington night club on March 21 that left a man dead.
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Police: 68-year-old posted nude pictures outside apartment
3/28/13 12:32 PM
A 68-year-old Fredericksburg man was arrested Wednesday night after police say he taped pictures of nude women to his apartment door for everyone to see.
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Man smashes D.C. jewelry store window, steals diamond rings
3/27/13 9:56 PM
A man smashed into a display window of a D.C. jewelry store and stole three trays of white diamond rings Wednesday morning.

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Woman robbed at gunpoint at Tysons Corner ATM
3/27/13 5:36 PM
The holdup happened at about 8:45 p.m. Sunday, police say. The victim says that the suspect came up to her, displayed a shotgun and demanded money. He then fled in an older-model, dark-colored SUV.
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1980 cold case suspect extradited to Virginia
3/27/13 11:59 AM
The man accused of killing an estate manager in Fauquier County in 1980 has been extradited to Virginia this week.
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Police seeking cooking oil thieves
3/26/13 6:42 PM
A pair of suspects is being sought in the theft of cooking oil from an Oxon Hill restaurant, police say, which is an increasing crime based on the value the grease carries on the black market.
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'East Coast rapist' indicted on six rape charges in P.G. County
3/26/13 4:10 PM
Aaron Thomas has already been sentenced to five life terms plus 80 years in connection with a series of sexual assaults in Leesburg and Prince William County.
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Police: New Jersey man sped, on drugs, with kids in car
3/29/13 8:30 AM
A New Jersey man has been convicted of driving 95 miles per hour on a Virginia highway with six unrestrained kids while high on heroin.
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Suspect indicted for Marckel Ross murder
3/28/13 5:05 PM
A 20-year-old man accused of killing a Prince George’s County teen was indicted Thursday on a charge of murder.
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Harmon-Wright's mother pleads guilty to forgery
3/28/13 12:40 PM
A former secretary to Culpeper's police chief who is also the mother of an ex-Culpeper officer who was convicted of voluntary manslaughter pleaded guilty to forgery.
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Fugitive with Loudoun County ties eludes police
3/28/13 11:52 AM
A man with ties to Fairfax and Loudoun counties who got away from authorities during a Wednesday car chase in Mississippi is being sought in connection with multiple crimes, police say.
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Muth tells ABC News 'the Iranians' killed his 91-year-old wife
3/27/13 6:20 PM
Refusing to eat, weighing only about 100 pounds, Albrecht Muth, 48, the German man charged with killing his 91-year-old wife in Georgetown in 2011, did a television interview last week with ABC News reporter Martha Raddatz.
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Colorado shooting suspect offers to plead guilty
3/27/13 4:32 PM
Lawyers say Colorado theater shooting suspect James Holmes is offering to plead guilty to avoid the death penalty.
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Girl Scout troop's goal thwarted by attempted theft
3/26/13 11:45 PM
A Charles County Girl Scouts troop was just $400 shy of their $10,000 goal when a man allegedly attempted to rob them.
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Man charged with killing father of seven
3/26/13 5:25 PM
Police arrested 29-year-old Darryl Matthews in connection with the July slaying of 60-year-old Hayes Osei Dennis, who was killed outside the Gold Star Cab headquarters in the unit block of Q Street SW, a block from Nationals Park.
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Arlington man assaults roommate after he drew on his face
3/26/13 2:40 PM
A 31-year-old Arlington man is in jail after he was accused of assaulting his roommate when he realized he had drawn male genitalia on him.
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