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PRINCE FREDERICK, Md. — A Hyattsville man is facing theft, assault, and obstruction charges after deputies say he stole a cellphone from outside a Walmart and later resisted arrest while attempting to flee on foot. Lavonte Lewis Grimes, 30, of Hyattsville, was arrested on March 2, 2026, following an...

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. — A Fairfax County man who initiated a devastating crash that took the life of one teenager and severely injured three others was sentenced to six years in prison on Thursday. Jose Angel Zelaya, 45, of Burke was driving more than double the 40 mile-an-hour speed...

A couple public school systems in Northern Virginia plan to cancel classes April 21 to make way for a wave of voters casting ballots on a congressional redistricting amendment. So far, Fairfax County Public Schools and Stafford County Public Schools have announced they will call off classes while many of...

The driver of a stolen vehicle died after losing control following a police chase in Washington, D.C., crashing into a tree near Inlet Bridge on Thursday, police said.

WASHINGTON — Two men were taken to the hospital after being shot in Northeast DC on Thursday night. Police arrived at the 600 block of 19th Street, NE for a report of a shooting shortly after 9 p.m. Once police were at the scene, they found two men who...

Three children in Virginia are now facing the unthinkable — life without both of their parents after a deadly wrong-way crash. In Woodbridge, Amanda Chaloupka, 40, and Patrick Michael Chaloupka, 42, are being remembered not just for the tragedy that took them, but for the love they poured into their family every...

WASHINGTON — Police are investigating three carjackings that occurred in the span of just over an hour in the District Wednesday night. Investigators have not said whether the trio of crimes are connected, but are urging anyone with information to contact them. The first carjacking was reported just before...

A Navy lieutenant commander from Silver Spring has been sentenced to more than three years in federal prison after being convicted of cyberstalking his ex-wife and her boyfriend. U.S. District Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby sentenced Jason Michael Leidel, 45, to 41 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised...

The Metropolitan Police Department announces an arrest in a Columbia Heights homicide. On Monday, February 2, 2026, at approximately 3:07 a.m., Third District officers responded to a 911 hang-up in the 3100 block of 16th Street, Northwest. Officers located an adult female suffering from a gunshot wound inside of a...

The former Speedway gas station and convenience store at the corner of Little River Turnpike and John Marr Drive in Annandale is now operated by 7-Eleven. Seven & i Holdings Co. Ltd., the Japan-based parent company of 7-Eleven, acquired Speedway from Marathon Petroleum Corp. in 2021 for $2 billion. The...