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Former Alexandria Mayor Justin Wilson has been selected as the next executive director of NOVA Parks, the regional park authority announced Friday. Wilson, who served 14 years on the Alexandria City Council, including two terms as mayor, will assume the role of Executive Director in a full-time capacity beginning...

Thank you for reading D.C. Witness. Consider making a donation to help us continue our mission. DC Superior Court Judge Jason Park sentenced a man who stabbed his girlfriend in the neck and violated his no contact court order to 84 months on Aug. 13. Anthony Mason, 57, pleaded guilty...

WASHINGTON — A fare evasion arrest on the Metro has riled up some District leaders and community members after a video circulating online shows Metro Transit Police pinning a woman to the ground at the Navy Yard station. Afeni -- a D.C. activist with more than 60,000 followers on...

Washington, DC – A woman who was shot Wednesday morning in Northeast has died, and police are still searching for

Residents in some of the areas of D.C. with the highest amount of crime are saying they do see the extra patrols by federal police and the National Guard as a deterrent. But the reaction has been mixed. On one hand, some appreciate having the extra resources to fight crime;...

Last night around 10:30 PM a vehicle was reportedly speeding while chased by federal law enforcement, hit a speed bump and flipped over on Webster St NW between 2nd St NW and Rock Creek Church Rd NW. We could hear a lot of helicopters overhead and saw a lot of non MPD on the scene so I grabbed my dog and went to get...

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Maryland State Police arrested a Prince George’s County man following an alleged road rage incident involving a firearm on the Capital Beltway. The accused is identified as Stephen Eric Scroggins, 52, of Temple Hills, Maryland. Scroggins was arrested yesterday and criminally charged with first-...

32 people were rescued after being trapped on a ride Saturday, according to the Prince George's County Fire and EMS Department.

WASHINGTON — Marek Deca arrived here earlier this month for his first year of college at Howard University. "It's a new environment away from home, away from family. You're already going to feel some type of way," the 18-year-old said. Deca says he expected to feel nervous about normal...

According to the Metropolitan Police Department, “On Monday, May 12, 2025, at approximately 11:50 p.m., Fifth District offices responded to the 1900 block of Bennett Place, Northeast, for the sound of gunshots. Upon arrival, officers located the victims who stated, the suspect discharged a firearm at them after a...