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An operation into a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy across the U.S., including D.C., Virginia and Maryland, led to 24 arrests. The sentencing of one of the individuals involved was announced on Friday.

Thank you for reading D.C. Witness. Consider making a donation to help us continue our mission. A murder defendant waived his right to independently test DNA evidence before DC Superior Court Judge Michael Ryan in a hearing on July 11. Monteze Morton, 36, is charged with first-degree premeditated murder while...

BREAKING | Homicide detectives are investigating after a man was found stabbed in D.C. early Friday morning, according to police.

Eight children under the age of 5 have accidentally drowned in Virginia pools since Memorial Day. After two reports of near drownings in the past two weeks, Arlington County Public Health is urging parents and caregivers to be extra careful around water this summer. Eight children under the age of...

Thank you for reading D.C. Witness. Consider making a donation to help us continue our mission. A defense attorney requested that a carjacking defendant be moved from the Central Detention Facility (CDF) to the lower security Correctional Treatment Facility (CTF) before DC Superior Court Judge Jennifer Di Toro on...

Thank you for reading D.C. Witness. Consider making a donation to help us continue our mission. DC Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe sentenced a homicide defendant to 168 months, or 14 years, of incarceration on July 10. On Oct. 11, 2024, Chanos Monroe, 43, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter...

Chief Antonio DeVaul from the Takoma Park Police Department announced the arrest of Ronald John Dyson, 67, of no fixed address, for indecent exposure and disorderly conduct. Per Takoma Park Police: “On July 13 at approximately 6:00 pm in the 200 block of Ethan Allen Avenue (Takoma Park-Silver Spring.

WASHINGTON (7News) — An armed carjacking in Northeast D.C. was caught on camera, and Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officials have released the images in an attempt to find the man responsible. At approximately 3:45 a.m. on June 7, a group of men approached the driver of a parked van...

A D.C. police commander is under investigation for allegedly making changes to crime statistics in his district. The Metropolitan Police Department confirmed Michael Pulliam was placed on paid administrative leave in mid-May. That happened just a week after Pulliam filed an equal employment opportunity complaint...

As families find ways to beat high temperatures and uncomfortable humidity, one mother in Northwest DC says she and her children have spent the past week without air conditioning in their three-bedroom apartment.