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BALTIMORE, MD—A Baltimore County woman has been sentenced to 38 months in federal prison for orchestrating a four-year scheme in which she fraudulently posed as a licensed nurse at more than 40 healthcare facilities across Maryland, announced U.S. Attorney Kelly O. Hayes. Thomasina E. Amponsah, 51, of Baltimore...

Maryland Comptroller Brooke E. Lierman issued a statement supporting legislation to end local law enforcement collaboration with ICE, saying such partnerships create fear in immigrant communities and undermine public safety. She added that outdated federal immigration laws have left contributing residents vulnerable...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A dispute over how closely the Alexandria Sheriff's Office should work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is fueling tension between city leaders and law enforcement. The Alexandria City Council has asked the sheriff's office to stop cooperating with ICE, though both sides say the...

Richard Dyson, 57, pleaded guilty to the murder of Donnella Bryan, 62, who was reported missing and later found in a Hechinger Mall dumpster in Northeast DC earlier this year. Bryan was last seen around 12 p.m. on April 17 in the 300 block of N Street NE, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. She was the...

Restoration News has issued a call to end "no-go zones" in cities such as New Orleans, St. Louis, and Washington, D.C., asserting that National Guard deployments are essential for maintaining public safety and civility. This statement was made in a press release. According to Restoration News, cities like Washington,...

Montgomery County Councilmember Kristin Mink said after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents started patrolling her district and areas near it, she started her own patrolling.

A Florida man has been federally indicted for traveling to Maryland and killing his ex-wife and her boyfriend.

The Prince George’s County Police Department is mourning the death of Sergeant Benjamin Habershon, a 24-year veteran who served in some of the agency’s most critical units. Habershon joined the force in February 2001 with Session 95 and went on to serve in District III, the Forensic Science...

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (7News) — It’s been 4 years since Jerome Durant was shot and killed outside his apartment on November Circle in the White Oak section of Silver Spring. For his aunt Tina Littlejohn and cousin Kyesha Wheeler, not a day goes by that they don’t feel the sting of his death and the fact that his...

This article was written by WTOP’s news partner Bethesda Today and republished with permission. Sign up for Bethesda Today’s free email subscription today. Kensington resident Barbara Ruben says the yips, howls and barks of coyotes that she heard outside of her home on Nov. 4 were “unnerving.”