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Chief Antonio DeVaul of the Takoma Park Police Department announced the arrest of Carlos Escamilla, 44, of no fixed address, in connection with a stolen vehicle investigation. According to police, officers conducted a traffic stop after receiving an alert for a stolen vehicle. Takoma Park Communications confirmed the vehicle had been reported stolen out of Montgomery County.

VIRGINIA — A Maryland man is facing multiple charges after police say he shoplifted from a store, assaulted an officer, and attempted to bring drugs into a jail, according to the Arlington County Police Department. Authorities identified the suspect as 24-year-old Victor Lopez Pastilla of Fort Washington, Maryland. Police said the incident began Monday night […] The post Maryland resident arrested after attempting to...

Warith Deen Muhammad lured more than a dozen investors with promises of 5% to 10% returns, then used new investors' money to pay earlier ones and finance luxury cars and designer shopping, prosecutors said

A Washington, D.C., man, Maurice Williams, claimed a $5 million top prize from the Maryland Lottery’s $5,000,000 LUXE scratch-off after purchasing a ticket at a 7-Eleven ion Hyattsville, MD. According to MD Lottery, the win came just days after his 59th birthday, with the matching number on the ticket...

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. — A Maryland historian is once again walking the path to freedom. Thirty years after first retracing an Underground Railroad route on foot, Anthony Cohen stepped off Monday, May 4, on a new 750-mile journey from Montgomery County, Maryland, to Canada, following the same roads, waterways and communities once traveled by freedom seekers escaping slavery.

Two Maryland men spent years in prison as prosecutors withheld evidence that could have cleared them, costing taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars. Eric Lynn spent 4,115 days behind bars for a Montgomery County murder he didn’t commit, costing about $679,000, before a jury acquitted him in 2007. Key’ Marion Ennals lost 631 days to a wrongful Dorchester County murder charge that cost roughly...

The man accused of acting as the getaway driver in three area bank robberies failed to appear in court today. Arrest warrants have been issued. Paul Peter Gerardi Jr. is charged with robbery and robbery with serious injury in connection with the armed bank robbery of the Truist Bank in Middleburg on March 24 and is facing robbery charges in Fairfax and Prince William...

Fairfax County leaders have joined their Fairfax City counterparts in backing an overhaul of their adjacent health and community facilities. The county’s Board of Supervisors ratified an agreement yesterday (Tuesday) with the Fairfax City Council to move forward with construction of a new $127.2 million Willard-Sherwood Health and Community Center in the 3700 block of Blenheim Road in the City of Fairfax.

Walter Johnson High School Athletic Director Larry Hurd Jr. has announced that he will retire from Montgomery County Public Schools effective October 1, 2026. Hurd shared the news in a letter to colleagues, students, and the Walter Johnson community, reflecting on a career that spanned multiple schools and decades in Montgomery County athletics.

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