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16-Year-Old Arrested For Murder Of Teen At Brookland Metro Station In Northeast DC 16-Year-Old Arrested For Murder Of Teen At Brookland Metro Station In Northeast DC
16-Year-Old Arrested For Murder Of Teen At Brookland Metro Station In Northeast DC A 16-year-old has been arrested days after a teenager was gunned down when a fracas broke out inside a DC Metro platform, according to investigators. On Tuesday, the Metropolitan Police Department announced that a shooter has been arrested and charged as a juvenile with murder in connection to the fatal shooting of 14-year-old Avion Evans in the Brookland-Catholic University Metro Station in the 800 block Monroe Street NE. The shooting was reported shortly before 4 p.m. on April 4. Chief Smith announces an arrest in last Thursday’s fatal shooting at the Brookland Metro Station. A 1…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Grieving Mom Of Arlington Teen Pens Scathing Letter Bashing Prosecutor Grieving Mom Of Arlington Teen Pens Scathing Letter Bashing Prosecutor
Grieving Mom Of Arlington Teen Pens Scathing Letter Bashing Prosecutor An Arlington mom feels the DUI driver who killed her 17-year-old son should've faced harsher punishment. In a scathing letter to elected officials published by ARL Now, Rose Kehoe urges them to withdraw support for the Commonwealth’s Attorney, Parisa Dehghani-Tafti, who she says should've charged the young driver as an adult. Dehghani-Tafti is up for reelection as Commonwealth’s Attorney for Arlington County and Falls Church. The teen boy who struck Washington-Liberty High School senior Braylon Meade near the intersection of Old Dominion Drive and Williamsburg Boulevard, was found to have …

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by Cecilia Levine
Schools
Teen Accused Of Maliciously Wounding Student During Brawl In VA School Cafeteria, Police Say Teen Accused Of Maliciously Wounding Student During Brawl In VA School Cafeteria, Police Say
Teen Accused Of Maliciously Wounding Student During Brawl In VA School Cafeteria, Police Say A Virginia teenager may spend decades in prison after being charged with assault for his role in a fight at Heritage High School in Leesburg last year, police announced. Leesburg resident Pradeep Bagri, 18, has been charged with malicious wounding and is being held without bond at the Loudoun County Adult Detention Center for an altercation at the school on Nov. 9, 2022. The charge comes following a report from the Leesburg Police Department's School Resource Officer assigned to Heritage High School regarding the altercation between two students in the cafeteria of the building, prompting…

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by Zak Failla
News
Cash-For-Kids Ex-Judges Fined $200 Million In Pennsylvania: AP Cash-For-Kids Ex-Judges Fined $200 Million In Pennsylvania: AP
Cash-For-Kids Ex-Judges Fined $200 Million In Pennsylvania: AP A Harrisburg, PA judge has ordered two former judges to pay $200 million to the families of children sent to prison as part of their kickback scheme, the Associated Press reports.   Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan, both former judges in the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas, were found guilty in 2009 for charges in connection with a scheme that involved them using their positions to shutter county-run juvenile detention center, siphoning children from the juvenile court to PA Child Care and its sister facility, Western PA Child Care, according to court records.  Childr…

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by Jillian Pikora