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WALDORF, Md. — Two Washington, D.C. women are facing multiple charges, including armed robbery, after investigators say they worked together in a coordinated theft scheme that escalated when store employees were pepper-sprayed during an attempted shoplifting incident. Amonie Lashawn Anderson, 23, of Washington, D.C., and Diamond Markevia Shepard, 31,...

WASHINGTON — Three women have pleaded guilty to kidnapping and robbing two women in D.C. last year as part of a witness itimidation scheme. US Attorney for DC Jeanine Pirro announced the guilty pleas on Thursday. Cierra Charity Lee, 20 and Kayvon Edwards, 21, of the District of Columbia,...

BALTIMORE, MD (WBFF) — A Maryland man is facing a federal indictment stemming from an unauthorized computer access scheme involving a Maryland medical system. Matthew Bathula, 41, of Clarksville, is charged with two counts of unauthorized access to a protected computer, and one count of identity theft for crimes committed while he worked as a pharmacy clinical specialist at the University of Maryland hospital.

Research scientist J. Craig Venter, whose work helped define modern genomics and launched the field of synthetic biology, died in San Diego after recently being diagnosed with cancer. He was 79.

How strong and confident are Montgomery County criminals feeling these days, amidst their six-year crime wave? Confident enough to assault and rob someone in broad daylight outside of the Montgomery County Circuit Courthouse in Rockville. That's what Montgomery County police say happened yesterday afternoon at 3:21 PM. A suspect assaulted a victim, grabbed unspecified "personal property," and fled on foot. Police have...

EASTON, Md. – Detectives with the Easton Police Department arrested two men April 7 in connection with a February home invasion, authorities said. Fraine A. Rosendiz Vasquez, 29, of Hyattsville, and Yhonayker J. Torres Ascanio, 21, of Silver Spring, are charged with home invasion, first-degree burglary, armed robbery, use of a firearm in a violent crime, theft, first-degree assault and reckless endangerment.

Primark will open at the Mall at Prince George’s on Thursday, May 14. The Dublin-based clothing and home goods retailer is taking over the former location of J.C. Penney’s, which closed in 2020 amid a nationwide restructuring during Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The Hyattsville store is its second in...

WASHINGTON - D.C. police have arrested a man they say is connected to more than a dozen retail thefts committed throughout April in the District. Investigators say that between April 8 and April 29, Theodore Sadat Blandford, 41, of D.C., entered multiple retail establishments in the northwest and stole more than $23,000 worth of merchandise.

A Washington, D.C. resident brought measles to Maryland, marking the state's fourth confirmed case this month.

A 29-year-old man was killed after a fight near the Southwest Waterfront on Wednesday night, according to D.C. police. Members of the National Guard reported seeing a group of men fighting in the 400 block of I Street SW shortly before 9 p.m., and responding officers found the victim with an abdominal injury. DC Fire and EMS rushed him to a nearby...