The gun a 33-year-old man was wielding when officer shot him was a toy submachine gun. According to reports, Daniel Guy Newcomb, from Norfolk, Va.was a suspect in an armed robbery Saturday afternoon. Officers confronted him a bit later, but he sped away. Officers pursued him, but after a short pursuit, he crashed into another…
An English teacher is being investigated after allegedly instructing a student to read a poem “blacker.” According to reports, Marilyn Bart, a veteran teacher at George C. Marshall High School in Fairfax County, told Jordan Shumate, a14-year-old freshman, to read a Langston Hughes poem he was reading to his class “blacker.” The student said he…
A first-time DUI offender may have to use an ignition iterlock device if a bill that is moving forward in the General Assembly becomes a law. According to reports, the bill that was introduced by Delegate Sal Iaquinto (R) of Virginia Beach would require all those convicted of driving while intoxicated to have the device…
The man convicted of killing a nun in a 2010 drunk driving accident got a sentence of 20 years in prison on Friday. Carlos Martinelly-Montano, 24, was drunk and in the country illegally when he slammed his vehicle into one carrying three nuns. Martinelly-Montano killed Sister Denise Mosier, 66, and injured two other nuns. He…
A Supreme Court ruled Monday that police violated a suspect’s 4th Amendment Right when they attached a global positioning system tracker to his vehicle without a prior search warrant. In the unanimous decision, the justices said people in the United States should expect “to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches.” This…
A Maryland man faces child abuse charges after he left his two young children inside a car when he went into a Wal-Mart Tuesday. According to reports, Anisur Rahman, 41, of Point of Rocks, left his 4-year-old and 5-month-old inside a car for about 20 minutes. Temperatures were about 24 degrees, with wind chills making…
The Washington Regional Alcohol Program reported that they took more than 450 alcohol-impaired adults home over the Halloween weekend. The SoberRide program provided 465 free cab rides to passengers they refer to as “would-be drunk drivers.” The program began at 10 p.m. Saturday evening before Halloween and ended 6 a.m. Sunday morning. The program was…
A Virginia woman accused of not cleaning up after the dog she was walking was found not guilty Wednesday. According to reports, Kimberly Zakrzewski was walking a friend’s dog in April in Fairfax County when a neighbor called police, reporting Zakrzewski failed to clean up after the dog near her home. The criminal case examined…
A 22-year-old man was released after posting bond in a hit-and-run crash that killed another man. According to officials, Michael Charles Dalton, 22, hit a 30-year-old man riding a scooter in Rockville early Thursday morning. The accident occurred near Edmonston Road and Rockville Pike just before 1:30 a.m. Thursday. Police said he dragged the scooter…
Police arrested a 15-year-old in connection with the beating and stabbing death of an elderly neighbor who was described as like a grandmother to him. Officials said 92-year-old Thelma Steele was found in her home in Prince George’s County Monday evening after neighbors noticed her mail piling up. The longtime resident of the neighborhood had…