Articles by Matthew Cella
The family of a Northeast Washington man who died of a heart attack hours after being told by a D.C. paramedic that he suffered from acid reflux filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the District on Tuesday.
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December 9, 2009
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Federal law-enforcement authorities Friday unsealed indictments against 39 D.C. taxicab drivers, charging them with conspiring to bribe the head of the city's taxicab commission in a widening criminal investigation into the industry.
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October 3, 2009
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Missing mental health records indicate that Virginia Tech shooter Seung hui-Cho told medical personnel at a campus clinic that statements he made indicating he wanted to kill himself were "a joke."
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August 19, 2009
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A federal appeals court Friday upheld the death sentence of John Allen Muhammad, bringing the convicted sniper closer to execution.
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August 8, 2009
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The man whose Supreme Court challenge secured the right of D.C. residents to keep guns in their homes is back in court, this time filing a lawsuit on behalf of a group seeking the right of registered gun owners to carry their guns in public.
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August 7, 2009
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A man was fatally shot within sight of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday afternoon after a traffic stop led to a brief chase that resulted in the driver reportedly pulling a weapon on police officers.
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July 16, 2009
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A man was fatally shot within sight of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday afternoon, after a traffic stop led to a brief chase that resulted in the driver pulling a weapon on police officers.
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July 16, 2009
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A man was fatally shot within sight of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday afternoon, after a traffic stop led to a brief chase that resulted in the driver pulling a weapon on police officers.
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July 16, 2009
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A federal appeals court Friday declared unconstitutional a controversial police checkpoint program used to cordon off a crime-ridden D.C. neighborhood last year.
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July 11, 2009
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A federal appeals court Friday ordered a lower court to reconsider its refusal to block a police checkpoint program that cordoned off a crime-plagued D.C. neighborhood last year.
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July 10, 2009
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The Maryland Republican Party's executive committee has asked its chairman to explain the forced resignation of the party's top staff member or step down himself.
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July 8, 2009
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D.C. fire officials promoted an internal candidate to lead their troubled emergency medical services division knowing that their choice to institute agency reforms was himself facing a multimillion-dollar lawsuit.
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May 21, 2009
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Metro has installed 20 outdoor surveillance cameras to address an uptick in crime around rail stations, but the stations with the highest number of crimes were not among those getting the cameras.
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May 17, 2009
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Six people were taken to area hospitals with minor injuries Friday morning after a carjacking that started in Prince George's County ended with a crash that involved a Navy police car in the District.
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May 9, 2009
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The Department of Transportation on Thursday awarded $77.5 million in federal stimulus money to the Dulles rail project - a move that will save the project millions of dollars in financing costs.
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May 8, 2009
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A man whose brother died of a heart attack hours after being told by a D.C. paramedic that he suffered from acid reflux says his family is outraged to learn that fire officials had prior warning that the paramedic needed retraining.
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April 27, 2009
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Scores of the District's paramedics failed to meet the minimum national standard on written exams or mishandled basic life-saving procedures during videotaped assessments, according to a Washington Times investigation.
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April 24, 2009
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Gov. Tim Kaine on Monday signed a bill that will allow Virginia motorists to obtain license plates with the message "Choose Life," joining 23 other states that issue plates with the pro-life slogan.
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March 31, 2009
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Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine on Friday vetoed bills that would have lifted restrictions on gun possession and increased the number of offenders eligible for the death penalty.
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March 28, 2009
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UPDATED: The parents of slain federal intern Chandra Levy say D.C. police told them Friday afternoon that an arrest is imminent in the eight-year-old investigation into their daughter's killing.
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February 21, 2009
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