Paul Wagner

A Fairfax County man charged in the rape of a woman in her Reston, Virginia, home Sunday night faced a judge twice just days before the alleged crime — once for a probation violation and for an unrelated crime. The victim was sleeping inside her apartment in the 2200 block of Lovedale Lane before mi…

Public school students in Alexandria, Virginia, will see more safety measures this fall when they head back to the classroom. Alexandria City Public Schools sent a list of the new protocols to parents and staff on Tuesday. Some of the changes for the upcoming school year include: Designated entrance…

The Army Corps of Engineers will hold a public meeting Tuesday night on a plan to prevent flooding in parts of Northern Virginia. Part of the plan includes building a floodwall along the George Washington Memorial Parkway at the Belle View Condominium complex south of Alexandria, a city all too fami…

Three girls have life-threatening injuries after they were hit by a speeding car while walking on Tuesday in Fairfax, Virginia, authorities say.

Firefighters rescued an infant who had to be dropped from a window during a fire in Southeast D.C. Sunday night. D.C. Fire and EMS said firefighters also helped two adults and a child escape the fire that broke out in the 700 block of Alabama Ave. SE Medics evaluated seven total residents. It’s not…

A father is pleading for help finding the gunman who killed his 18-year-old daughter in Northeast D.C. two years ago.

The D.C. Police Union has gone on the offensive, blaming the rise in crime and a shrinking police force squarely on two members of the D.C. Council.

Prince George’s County police say they have located two 13-year-old girls who were missing for 10 days. Jeniah Clayton-Bowman and Alaiya Maria Robinson were found safe, Prince George’s County Police announced early Friday. The girls were found after a citizen saw them walking around after midnight a…

Former D.C. Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe was found dead inside his Southeast D.C. home Sunday morning, say three sources familiar with the response.

A D.C. father’s instincts kicked in on Wednesday when he says he fought off a gunman demanding the keys to his car while his daughter was still inside.

Gov. Larry Hogan called crime in Maryland a “crisis” and announced a plan Monday to spend half-a-billion dollars on officer salaries and initiatives. Hogan said a three-year expansion of his Re-Fund The Police Initiative includes the following: • $220 million for officer salary increases and bonuses…

Police in Prince George’s County are asking for the public’s help solving the murder of professional boxer Danny Kelly, who was shot to death in front of his girlfriend and three young children on Christmas Eve.

A Washington, D.C., man charged last week in the murders of two women is a person of interest in an active missing persons case in the District, both Harrisonburg and Metropolitan police say.

Dave Wood’s bank returned the funds, but he will not be putting checks into the blue boxes anymore.

Malik Williams was charged with murder after witnesses say he shot and killed the driver of a Jeep after a crash — but court documents are laying out a different story, and the murder charge against him has been dropped.

A woman found dead near the entrance to Anacostia Park early Thursday morning in Southeast D.C. was assaulted and killed, police say. A D.C. police officer on patrol noticed a woman was unconscious on the sidewalk leading to the entrance of the park at 22nd Street and Fairlawn Avenue SE about 1:30 a…

A man was shot and killed and another man was hurt in two shootings hours apart in the same block of Northwest D.C. Sunday, police said.

A former clerk in Metro’s inventory office stole expensive bus parts and sold them on the internet, according to an indictment.

DNA analysis has been around for decades, and it’s a crucial tool for solving violent crimes, but until recently, it was nearly impossible to collect DNA evidence left at shooting scenes. That changed with a process developed by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The day after…

The drivers of two 18 wheelers were going too fast when they hit the big curve on the Beltway in Bethesda today.