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LUSBY, Md. — A District Heights man is being held without bond in Calvert County in connection with multiple crimes targeting Verizon Wireless stores in Lusby and Dunkirk, according to court records. Melsun Shamel Perry, 34, of District Heights, is charged with armed robbery, robbery, first- and second-degree...

WALDORF, Md. — A 37-year-old woman was extricated from an overturned vehicle Tuesday afternoon following a serious two-vehicle crash at a busy Waldorf intersection, emergency officials reported. The crash was dispatched at approximately 4:28 p.m. Feb. 17, 2026, at the intersection of Crain Highway and Mattawoman...

After more than 240 million gallons of sewage spilled into the Potomac River following a pipe bursting last month, politicians are both launching cleanups and playing the blame game. The pipe in question, known as the Potomac Interceptor, is a sewer line for DC Water, a water and wastewater utility that serves...

Sewer Pipe Failure Unleashes Massive Spill (Image Credits: Upload.wikimedia.org) Washington, D.C. – A ruptured sewer line dumped vast quantities of untreated wastewater into the Potomac River, exposing millions to heightened health risks after authorities dramatically understated bacterial contamination levels. Sewer...

Charles County Sheriff’s detectives have charged three suspects in connection with an October 2025 murder at the Westlake Dash-In in Waldorf, authorities announced on Tuesday. Officers responded at 12:14 a.m. on Oct. 29, 2025, to the Dash-In in the 2000 block of Smallwood Drive West in Waldorf for a...

WASHINGTON - Just over a year after 67 people were killed in a plane crash near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released its final report on what caused the fatal crash. DC plane crash final report. The backstory:. The crash happened just...

WASHINGTON (7News) — D.C. police identified the man killed in Friday's shooting as 22-year-old Nehemia Jamaane Williams. Officers were called to a gas station in the 2600 block of 14th Street NW around 2:15 p.m. Williams was found shot inside of a vehicle. He was taken to a hospital,...

A judge sentenced a 28-year-old man for two counts of producing child sex abuse material in an online "sextortion" scheme.

POTOMAC, Md. (7News) — A murder mystery is unfolding at a senior center this Valentine's Day. Right now, Montgomery County police are trying to figure out who killed a millionaire in his golden years. PREVIOUS | 87-year-old shot at Potomac assisted-living facility. 7News went looking for answers in Potomac,...

Police have made arrests in connection to two different Springfield-area shootings earlier this month. Suspects in both the Feb. 6 incident in the 7600 block of Cork Glen Way and a Feb. 13 incident at Springfield Town Center have been taken into custody, the Fairfax County Police Department recently announced.