Salvador Rizzo

A federal judge excoriated Trent J. Russell at sentencing for “truly despicable conduct” in gaining access to the Supreme Court justice’s hospital records.

The decision punctuated a high-prolife investigation that started with 10 defendants and ended with zero convictions.

A jury deadlocked earlier this year in the case of a military contractor accused of contributing to abuses at the Abu Ghraib Prison two decades ago.

A panel ruled in a 2-1 decision that the limit of 10 rounds of ammunition remains constitutional after Supreme Court rulings bolstering gun rights.

A leader of the violent MS-13 gang was convicted of killing six people from 2018 to 2022.

Police identified the victim as Nicholas Rados, 19. Online records show he graduated from Washington-Liberty High School this year.

Trial begins over spree of brutal slayings in Fairfax County. Seven co-defendants have pleaded guilty.

Alexandria Circuit Court Judge James C. Clark rejected prosecutors’ request to impose a life sentence without the possibility of parole.

The 60-year-old Maryland resident faces 16 felony counts. Three alleged co-conspirators have pleaded guilty.

Residents in the Bluemont area of Arlington complained of a series of loud noises to authorities, launching a probe that ended in the arrest of Charles Peters.