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In an age of decreasing crime, homicide convictions can still be tough to come by.
Latest crime news
At least 1 person killed in Gaithersburg crash
Police said the crash occurred about 7 p.m. on Quince Orchard Road .
2 D.C. charter school teachers are robbed at gunpoint
Their school, Capital City Public Charter School, is burglarized days later.
Infant’s death is ruled a homicide, D.C. police say
Month-old Hakeen Brown was found unconscious on Sept. 1, but death was recently ruled a killing.
Elderly Georgetown man fatally stabbed; son is charged
The 56-year-old suspect lived with his father and his mother, who was hospitalized with stab wounds.
Police: Mother charged in deaths of 2 toddlers thought she was performing exorcism
Germantown residents Zakieya L. Avery, 28, and Monifa Sanford, 21, are both charged with murder.
Police investigating deaths of two children in Germantown
Their bodies were found in a townhouse on Cherry Bend Drive, and two siblings were badly injured.
Letter carrier is robbed in Alexandria
Three persons robbed a letter carrier while he was delivering mail in Alexandria.
Jury convicts man of murder in slaying of Howard student
Michael A. Jordan found guilty of shooting Alonzo Guyton to death during a 2011 robbery
Prosecutors: Throw out conviction in 1978 D.C. killing
D.C. man who spent 28 years in prison is cleared by DNA results that exonerated his co-defendant.
U-Md. student, fatally hit by car, had a sunny outlook, friends say
Police say U-Md. student, 22, from New York state was fatally struck in a hit-and-run accident.
Northwest man identified as victim in Thursday shooting
Kevin Lanard James, 48, was found shot dead in the 1500 block of Gallatin Place NE.
Body of man found in Herndon creek
Investigators say they have found no evidence that the death resulted from foul play.
Va. gun-rights advocate sentenced to probation
He had videotaped himself loading a shotgun in Freedom Plaza, near the White House.
Man found shot, unconscious in BMW in Northeast D.C.
Police thought they were going to the site of a traffic accident, but instead found a man who had been shot.
Icy pond where boy died was missing part of its safety fence
Why half of the fence had been removed is unclear, but the property developer has been cited.
Two charged in robbery of Old Town Alexandria Safeway
The men fired at a customer as they fled with cash, according to a federal indictment.
Firefighter who suffered heart attack on duty dies
The 62-year-old Prince George’s volunteer was stricken Jan. 6 and died in the hospital Wednesday.
Car crash on Suitland Parkway kills construction worker
D.C. police said a construction worker was killed in a car accident late Wednesday on Suitland Parkway.
Muth convicted of murder in death of socialite wife
Albrecht Muth, 49, was convicted in the death of his 91-year-old wife, Georgetown socialite Viola Drath.
Pr. George’s fire department warns of inspection scam
Flyers claim that fire inspections can be done for $25; police and fire officials are investigating.
Rockville apartment fire leaves one dead
Fire broke out around midnight. Almost 30 other apartment units impacted when utilities shut off.
Fumes at a house in SE D.C. send three to the hospital
Firefighters responded for a medical call at home and became casualties due to pesticide fumes
Man is fatally shot near rec center in Southeast D.C.
The victim was identified as Vincent Purvis, 20, of Southeast D.C.
Man faces manslaughter charge in crash that killed son, 4
Authorities say father was under the influence during fatal Prince George’s crash; he says he blacked out.
D.C. police arrest suspect in 1999 killing of teenager
Police say the case is linked to warring crews responsible for a series of slayings in the 1990s
‘Good Samaritans’ thwart armored-car robbery, police say
2 witnesses are shot at after they followed a group of four suspects in Prince George’s County.
Defense in Muth murder trial: No proof he killed his wife
Albrecht Muth, 49, is charged with first-degree murder in the 2011 beating death of Viola Drath, 91.
Police make arrests in two elementary school burglaries
One break-in occurred in Southeast Washington, another in Capitol Hill
Judge to allow phone recordings in murder trial
Md. prosecutors play calls they say show Prince George’s man ordered his uncle’s slaying from prison.
Boy who died after falling in icy Maryland pond is mourned
D’Angelo “DJ” McMullen was playing with his brother and a friend when he fell through the ice Monday.
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