Germantown Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Fatal Park Shooting
A Germantown man was sentenced Wednesday, October 7, to 60 years in prison, with all but 25 years suspended, for the fatal shooting of 34-year-old Kendall Butler, Jr. in Germantown Square Urban Park. Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Louis Leibowitz also ordered Michael Aaron Lynn, 40, to serve five years...
Beloved Community Member Killed in Springfield Hit-and-Run
SPRINGFIELD, Va. — A 44-year-old man died after being struck by a hit-and-run driver Sunday night in Springfield,
‘Critically missing’ UMD student found after days-long search
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (7News) — A University of Maryland student whose disappearance sparked a campus- and community-wide search for days has been found alive, University of Maryland Police Department officials announce. Dilan Ashar, 22, was last seen at around 2:30 a.m. Oct. 2 on security cameras at the Terrapin...
DC Elections board tosses $16K fine levied against Janeese Lewis George
WASHINGTON (7News) — The D.C. Board of Elections (BOE) has vacated a $16,000 fine issued in June against Councilmember Janeese Lewis George's mayoral campaign after the Office of Campaign Finance (OCF) said it violated campaign law. A Board of Elections spokesperson confirmed the decision on Wednesday. The decision cam
7 States Where Aldi Has the Most Stores
Aldi has spent years turning its no-frills grocery model into one of the biggest expansion...
D.C. man gets 80 months in prison for multi-state pharmacy burglary spree
A Washington, D.C., man was sentenced to 80 months in federal prison for his role in a series of pharmacy burglaries at 20 locations across Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
Four teens arrested in connection with several Northeast DC burglaries, police say
Four teens have been arrested in connection with at least eight burglaries, according to D.C. police.
Fake Babysitting Job Became Bloody Kidnapping Plot To Silence DC Rape Accuser, Feds Say
The babysitting job never existed. It was bait, federal prosecutors say, used to lure two women into a DC basement where they were stabbed, bound with duct tape, and kidnapped in a plot designed to keep one of them from testifying in a rape case against Cierra Charity Lee's boyfriend. Now, the 21-yea…
Worker trapped underground in collapsed trench rescued in Montgomery County
First responders are working to rescue a utility worker who was trapped in dirt 13 feet underground in a collapsed trench in Montgomery County on Tuesday, according to officials.
Montgomery County apartment fire displaces family, several pets
Officials said the fire displaced one family along with their several pets.

















