A man has been sentenced to five years in prison for carjacking a woman who was in labor and on her way to the hospital in Annapolis. U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz sentenced 25-year-old Deverey Hasani-Jarod Kelley of Glen Burnie on Wednesday. The prison sentence will be followed by three years’ supervised release. Kelley […]
WASHINGTON — Metro’s interim general manager says the derailment of one of its trains near the Smithsonian Station last week could have been avoided and took the blame for the significant service disruptions that lasted most of a day. At a news conference Wednesday, Metro Interim General Manager Jack Requa said the cause was a […]
Court documents released Tuesday say a woman who was shot by a D.C. police officer last weekend had been using drugs and said she was “ready to die” before she was shot. Court documents say 22-year-old Renita Nettles’ mother pleaded with her to drop the knife as a D.C. police officer pointed his gun at her. Nettles yelled […]
A Prince George’s County Board of Education member who works for the federal government plus four of her co-workers have been indicted on charges of school lunch fraud uncovered by an audit conducted by their own agency. The Prince George’s County State’s Attorney’s Office and the Government Accountability Office announced the indictments of the five […]
Syndicated Radio Host and Gospel Recording artist Yolanda Adams is set to take the stage of “The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon” on Tuesday night, August 11th. This undoubtedly uplifting performance will be backed by legendary band The Roots and Hezekiah Walker’s choir! source: TheBelleReport.com
For the first time this year, mosquitoes in Maryland have tested positive for West Nile virus. The insects were discovered Aug. 5 in a residential section of Bowie, in Prince George’s County, the state Department of Agriculture says. After the mosquitoes were collected, spraying was conducted in that area to reduce the insect population. “We […]
WASHINGTON– A low-magnitude earthquake hit Anne Arundel County around 10 p.m. Saturday night. The U.S. Geological Survey reported a 2.2 magnitude quake at 10:07 p.m. The epicenter of the quake was located about one mile from Crownsville, Md. The U.S.G.S. estimates the quake could be felt as far as three miles from the […]
Summer is a hot time for car theft and break-ins. July and August are the top months for these crimes in Washington, D.C., according to AAA Mid-Atlantic. Since June 1, there have been 655 vehicles stolen in the District, with 287 of the thefts happening in July. That figure is down from last year, when […]
SILVER SPRING, Md. — A 6-month old is recovering in the hospital after the boy was rescued from a hot car in Silver Spring Wednesday morning. The baby’s father took a Red Line Metro train to work, leaving the baby behind in his car, which was parked at the Forest Glen Metro Station parking lot. […]
WASHINGTON – The morning commute for a lot of people in the D.C. area has turned into a mess on Thursday morning as Metro has suspended the Blue, Orange and Silver Lines between Federal Center SW and McPherson Square. The Federal Triangle and Smithsonian stations, and the lower levels at Metro Center and L’Enfant Plaza, […]