Crime
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Joel Bromwell pleads guilty in D.C. pedestrian death
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Joel R. Bromwell, 32, pleaded guilty Wednesday to a fatal hit-and-run in Northeast Washington.
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Maria Werts arrested, accused of fatally striking Emmajean Gainey
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A Washington woman who is accused of fatally striking a pedestrian Sunday admitted to smoking crack cocaine and drinking alcohol before the crash, police say.
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Wolf Blitzer latest victim of 'swatting' prank
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CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer is the latest victim of a prank called "swatting," where people alert crews of a fake emergency at a home in hopes the SWAT team will show up.
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Jose Reyes Mejia-Varela sentenced to life
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The man who pleaded guilty in the murder of a Frederick Burger King employee was sentenced to life Thursday, The Frederick News Post reports.
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Cornelius German, 15, fatally shot near Obama's Chicago home
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Cornelius German of Chicago was found unresponsive around 9:40 p.m. Monday. He had been shot in the back and was pronounced dead at the scene on the city's South Side, police told The Associated Press.
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Suspect sought in Gaithersburg attempted abduction
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Gaithersburg City Police are investigating the attempted abduction of a 14-year-old boy.
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Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev motivated by religion, officials say
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Two U.S. officials say preliminary evidence from an interrogation suggests the suspects in the Boston Marathon attack were motivated by religion but were apparently not tied to any Islamic terrorist groups.
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Robin Pope's death: Investigators await autopsy results
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Investigators are still awaiting autopsy results on Robin Pope, who was found dead after going missing for three weeks in March, The Capital Gazette reports.
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Dennis Van Dusen, peeping Tom, faces 18 months
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Montgomery County attorney Dennis Van Dusen was accused of installing a secret camera in a smoke alarm of a room he rented to young women.
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Four Georgia firefighters taken hostage; gunman killed
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Authorities say a gunman holding four firefighters in suburban Atlanta has been shot dead by SWAT members and that all the hostages are slightly injured but should be OK.
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Matthew Garbamadhin accused in attempted Georgetown sex assault
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A 23-year-old Springfield man is accused of kidnapping a college student in Georgetown, forcing her into an area park and attempting to rape her in an effort to allegedly lose his own virginity.
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Kareem Jorif accused of throwing meat cleaver in maternity ward
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Kareem Jorif of Arlington is accused of throwing a meat cleaver in the maternity ward of Virginia Hospital Center Friday evening.
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Frederick Co. men face drug possession charges
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A complaint about cars being egged led to marijuana charges against four men and a minor, The Frederick News Post reports.
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Benjamin Siggers accused of giving pot to minors
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Benjamin Siggers, an Anne Arundel County substitute teacher and church group leader, is accused of giving marijuana to juveniles.
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MPD searches for SE shooting suspect
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Police are looking for the man who shot and killed a juvenile in the chest just after midnight Sunday. Police have now identified the deceased young man as 16-year-old Darius Cannon of Southeast D.C.
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Ballston stabbing: Man stabbed several times, 4 arrested
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Arlington County police say four men were arrested after another man was stabbed numerous times in the chest blocks from the Ballston Metro.
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Glen Burnie High student charged for bringing loaded gun to school
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A 15-year-old student at Glen Burnie High School was charged for bringing a loaded gun to school Tuesday.
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John Diehl pleads guilty to August 2011 hit-and-run
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John Diehl, a former D.C. police officer, pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges stemming from an August 2011 hit-and-run in Northeast Washington that injured a bicyclist.
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