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ARLINGTON, Va. (7News) — Bryan Betancur walked out of the Arlington County Courthouse on Monday for an initial hearing on his alleged assaults along the Metro, but was arrested just moments later. Betancur, 28, was re-arrested by Metro Transit Police Department officers to face a simple assault charge in...

A Gaithersburg High School student has been arrested after police say he brought a loaded handgun onto school property Tuesday morning. According to the Gaithersburg Police Department, officers responded to Gaithersburg High School around 9:15 am on March 10 after school staff received an anonymous tip from a...

Firefighters were called to the home on the 1600 block of Redhaven just before 9 p.m. Both residents were taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. Three of their pets are unaccounted for.

A Maryland woman wanted on a felony warrant was arrested March 6 at a residence on Gray Silver Road in Inwood, West Virginia following a coordinated law enforcement operation. According to the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office, deputies from the Criminal Investigation Division assisted detectives from the Baltimore...

Grocery store cashier wins $500K Maryland Lottery scratch-off in Worcester

Police are hunting for a black Infiniti after a shooting on the unit block of Webster Street NE in Northeast Washington that was reported around 1:08 p.m. on March 6, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. Officers described two juvenile suspects as Black males, roughly 5-foot-10 to 6 feet tall, both...

A Trusted Badge Turns Dark (Image Credits: Nypost.com) Alexandria, Virginia — A former Metropolitan Police Department officer stands accused of drugging and sexually assaulting multiple women he encountered on popular dating platforms across the Washington region.[1][2] A Trusted Badge Turns Dark Timothy Valentin,...

DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz denied the defense’s request on March 5 to transfer a shooting case from adult to juvenile court after the case was dismissed for lack of probable cause. A 17-year-old juvenile defendant was originally charged with assault with intent to murder while armed, assault...

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. — The family of one of the women stabbed in a chaotic Beltway road rage incident said she and her friends had pulled over to help after seeing a crash moments before they were brutally attacked. Four people were stabbed on the southbound lanes of I-495...

Permanent signage is now in place for Chicken Salad Chick at Olney Village Center. The fast-growing Southern-style restaurant is preparing to open at 18209 Village Center Drive, next to Hallmark, in the space formerly occupied by a karate studio. As previously reported, franchise owners initially hoped to open the...