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1 dead, 2 wounded in Prince George's County
FORESTVILLE, Md. — Police are investigating a deadly triple shooting in Forestville Tuesday night. According to the Prince George's County Police Department, the shooting happened in the 3100 block of Lakehurst Avenue near the Penn Mar Shopping Center around 10 p.m. Officers were called to the area after receiving...
“Your Online Police Report Has Been Rejected”
My building had a break-in a few days ago that resulted in theft. The suspect opened the door with some kind of prying screwdriver and stole some items near the front door. I filed a police report online in order to attach the video of the suspect. We then called 911 to follow-up. An officer eventually arrived on scene and we provided him with the video and the online report number from MPD. He said he would follow-up on the existing online report number.
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DC voters inch toward defying mayor with huge shake-up for elections
A petition calling for ranked choice voting in Washington, D.C. elections has been turned in with over 40,000 signatures, none of which came from Mayor Muriel Bowser, who does not approve of the proposed ballot initiative. If approved, Initiative 83 will appear on the ballot this fall and voters will decide whether they want ranked […]
MPD Seeks Public's Help to Identify Suspect in Daylight Firework Assault in Northwest D.C.
The search is ongoing for a suspect involved in a recent aggravated assault in Northwest Washington, D.C. The Metropolitan Police Department has released a statement appealing to the public for any information that could help to promptly identify the individual responsible for a brazen daylight attack. Authorities report that on...
Former Republican presidential candidate keynote speaker at ‘Fairfax Resolves’ commemoration in Alexandria
The Fairfax Resolves were a series of radical resolutions drafted in Alexandria in 1774 that laid the foundation that helped steer Virginia toward revolution. An event later this month in Market Square celebrates the monumental 250th anniversary of the Fairfax Resolves with a marker dedication, music from the United States Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps, and reenactors portraying George Washington and George Mason.
‘I Am Scared About Him Dying,’ Attorney Says of Homicide Defendant
Thank you for reading D.C. Witness. Help us continue our mission into 2024. A discussion about a possible compassionate release for a mortally ill homicide defendant took place before DC Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo on July 1. Joseph Ballard, 60, is charged with first-degree murder while armed for his...
Finding Faith: Society founder was confined to bed, wheelchair
Mary Virginia Merrick, founder of the Christ Child Society, as a young woman. She died in 1955 at age 88. Photo provided. By the time she was 10, Mary Virginia Merrick of Washington, D.C., a devout Catholic, thought she would become a nun. But a fall from her playhouse severely injured her back and a couple of years later she was diagnosed with a musculoskeletal form of tuberculosis, meaning she was confined to bed or a recumbent wheelchair for the rest of her life.
M.M. LaFleur’s CEO on the brand’s evolution and relaunching a store fleet
“We wanted to put ourselves in front of more people.”. That’s what CEO Sarah LaFleur said of M.M. LaFleur’s opening in Union Station four years ago. It would turn out to be an incredibly ill-timed decision, with the concept opening inse a train station just weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic shattered physical retail plans across the globe. But the brand still wants to put itself in front of more people — and is doing so with a new store in Washington, D.C.’s Georgetown neighborhood that opened May 8, as well as a few more on the horizon.
Pair arrested for alleged Chesapeake Beach pharmacy break-in
A 34-year-old Montgomery County man and as 31-year-old Prince George’s County man are both behind bars for their alleged roles in the break-in at a Chesapeake Beach pharmacy on June 26. According to court records, Aaron David Dickerson of Germantown is charged with second-degree burglary and fourth-degree burglary in connection with the alleged break-in at CVS Pharmacy. The other suspect, identified as Tevin Denzel Smith of Suitland, has been charged with conspiracy. ...
Finding childcare in Maryland is hard. Finding good childcare is even harder
When Stephanie Jovine searched for child care for her nearly 4-year-old daughter LuzMarie in Prince George’s County in 2015, she found two options, both of them bad. Jovine couldn’t afford the first one, and the second denied the young girl snacks and then sheets for sleeping. “I was so upset, you know, it was so hard to trust anyone,” said Jovine, a teacher in the District of Columbia Public Schools...
Prince George’s County police officer injured after getting into car crash
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — A Prince George’s County police officer was taken to the hospital to be treated after a car crash Tuesday evening. The Prince George’s County Police Department (PGPD) said an officer was driving in the 2400 block of Chillum Rd. when he got into a car crash. That […]
Family say they only learned loved one died when they were sent his ashes
ARLINGTON, Va. — As they remembered the life of 33-year-old Tori Thompson on Tuesday, loved ones and the NAACP Arlington Branch called for more police training and better transparency. Tori Thompson died of a fentanyl overdose outside the Econolodge on Langston Boulevard on July 5, 2023, according to his...
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