Man pleads guilty in Dupont gropings
The 31-year-old man who stoked fear around Dupont Circle this summer for groping women as he rode by them on his mountain bike pleaded guilty Thursday to four counts of misdemeanor sexual abuse.
Arson conviction for Md. man who burned ex-girlfriend’s house
A jury found 56-year-old Randall Martin Jr. guilty of arson and nine other charges.
Charges for Va. woman in trooper’s death
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- Robbery, chase leads to gunshots in downtown D.C.
- Guilty plea for Md. man in bank fraud, identity theft case
- Thursday shooting in Frederick leaves one hurt
- Man injured in Prince George’s County house fire
- D.C. police seek 5 teens in overnight shooting
- Wanted: men who robbed Alexandria 7-Eleven
- Cheryl Ann Alston of Fairfax identified in accidental death at Va. boat dock
- Police: Girl reports attack at Falls Church library
- New Baltimore police commissioner to be sworn in
- Community service for Va. woman after deadly hit-and-run
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- 2 men charged in string of Baltimore-area crimes
- Jury selection in Bowie State murder trial
- Body found by burning car in NE D.C.
- Man fatally shot in Prince George’s
- Body found in the Potomac
- 20 months for man in Amtrak bomb threat case
- Man arrested outside White House in scuffle
- Man pleads guilty to sex-trafficking teenage girl
- Knife-wielding man in wheelchair arrested after stealing items, police say
- Va. woman killed in Beltway crash
Coverage of the Gary Smith trial
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- Man who killed fellow Army Ranger to be sentenced
- Former Army Ranger guilty in shooting death of fellow ranger
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