Andrea Noble

Man fatally shot near D.C. Metro station

A man was fatally shot a few blocks north of the Georgia Avenue-Petworth Metro Station in Northwest D.C. overnight, police said.

July 19, 2011

Granzow pleads guilty in corruption scandal

A retired Prince George's fire official has pleaded guilty in connection with the widespread corruption scandal that has taken down developers, public officials and police officers in the county in the last several months, according to federal court documents unsealed Monday.

July 18, 2011

Shootings close to firefighter patrols

At least three people were injured in four shootings in the District over a 24-hour period Sunday and Monday, according to fire and police officials.

July 18, 2011

Former fire official pleads guilty in P.G. corruption probe

The guilty plea of a retired Prince George's County fire official was unsealed Monday in federal court, linking him to the large-scale corruption probe that has taken down developers, public officials and police officers in the county over the last several months.

July 18, 2011

Fire at D.C. marina destroys four cabin boats

An early morning fire at a Southeast D.C. marina destroyed four cabin boats and a portion of the dock Monday, fire officials said.

July 18, 2011

Pleas for more police rise after D.C. crime wave

A violent crime wave in the District's upper Columbia Heights neighborhood has residents, a D.C. Council member and other civic leaders asking police for more street-level enforcement.

July 14, 2011

D.C. firefighters sent to protect youth workers

D.C. firefighters are being dispatched on late-night patrols to high-crime areas as deterrents and during the day to provide payday protection for residents enrolled in the city's youth-jobs program, raising safety concerns for the "unarmed" firefighters.

July 13, 2011

D.C. Council postpones bill to link city to handgun licensing

The D.C. Council decided Tuesday to postpone an attempt to get the city involved in handgun registration, instead deciding to first help businesses find suitable locations to do the work.

July 12, 2011

D.C. Council Chair Brown rearranges committees

D.C. Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown on Tuesday shuffled the leadership of key council committees, leaving one member "baffled" and raising questions about political payback.

July 12, 2011

Police say Hyattsville woman confesses to attack

A Hyattsville woman has been charged with murder in connection with the slaying of a Bladensburg shopkeeper after she confessed to attacking him with a box cutter, then beating him with a chainsaw before setting his store on fire, Prince George's County Police officials said Monday.

July 11, 2011

Woman arrested in killing of Bladensburg store owner

A Hyattsville woman has been charged with murder in the slaying of a Bladensburg shopkeeper after she confessed to attacking him with a box cutter, then beating him with a chainsaw before setting his store on fire, Prince George's County Police officials said Monday.

July 11, 2011

Police: Son, two others killed mother’s boyfriend on belief she was raped

Three Virginia men were arrested Thursday and charged with first-degree murder in what court papers describe as a brutal killing of a D.C. man motivated by a belief that the victim raped the mother of one of the men accused of killing him.

July 8, 2011

D.C. man fatally shot

A Southeast man was fatally shot early Thursday at the intersection of 18th Street and U Place Southeast, Metropolitan police officials said.

July 7, 2011

P.G. school system to pay $4.2 million to foreign workers

Prince George's County Public Schools have reached an agreement to pay $4.2 million in back wages to more than 1,000 foreign teachers and employees who were illegally required to pay fees the school system should have covered, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday.

July 7, 2011