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Alexandria police are searching for a 76-year-old woman who went missing Saturday afternoon in the North Old Town area. Bernise Simpkin was last seen around 2:45 p.m., according to the Alexandria Police Department. She is described as 4 feet, 8 inches tall, weighing approximately 130 pounds, with a black hair cover.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (7News) — The Montgomery County Police Department issued a Purple Alert for a man with autism who went missing on Saturday. Police said 27-year-old Brandon Lee Smith was last seen on McGrath Boulevard around 6:45 p.m. wearing a blue and white polo, black jeans and possibly high-top shoes with a...

A store employee is hurt and clean ups are underway after a group of teenagers allegedly trashed and stole from a store in the Hechinger Mall in Northeast D.C. Friday night. Police told WTOP before 11:45 p.m., a large group entered a store on Benning Road near Maryland Avenue and stole multiple items and also threw...

The Metropolitan Police Department is looking for a man they say brandished a rock at a tow truck driver and stole the vehicle in Northwest D.C. this week.

Washington, DC – A man was struck and killed by a speeding car on DC-295 near Pennsylvania Avenue early Saturday morning, and the vehicle’s occupants fled the scene on foot… The post Fatal DC-295 crash leaves man dead as car occupants flee on foot first appeared on Shore News Network .

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — A 20-year-old man was sentenced Friday to five years in prison for the armed robbery of an elderly man on a Metro train, according to the United States Attorney’s Office (USAO) for the District of Columbia. Kevin Freeman, of Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty...

Montgomery County police responded to a report of an assault at Westfield Montgomery Mall late Wednesday afternoon, August 6, 2025. The assault was reported at a clothing store in the mall at 4:58 PM. Police have not yet identified the name of the store. The assault occurred amid a shoplifting incident at the business.

WASHINGTON (7News) — A large group of minors stole, trashed a store and caused an injury of an employee in Northeast, D.C., on Friday night. While inside the store, items were stolen and thrown around inside and outside of the store in the 1500 block of Benning Road, Northeast. An employee tried to lock the door, but...

Trayon White is officially back in his Ward 8 seat following his swearing-in, which took place Friday afternoon in Southeast.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (7News) — A 26-year-old DC man pleaded guilty on Aug. 7, 2025, to two felony charges: abduction with the intent to defile and attempted rape in relation to a multi-day crime spree in Alexandria in February 2025. According to the Office of the Commonwealth's Attorney in the...