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French Bulldog Taken In Stolen Car Reunited With Owner; Dognapper At Large In DC: Police French Bulldog Taken In Stolen Car Reunited With Owner; Dognapper At Large In DC: Police
French Bulldog Taken In Stolen Car Reunited With Owner; Dognapper At Large In DC: Police A French Bulldog who was sitting in a parked car that was stolen in Northwest DC has been reunited with his loved ones, though the dognapper remains at large. On Sunday morning, detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department were called in to investigate reports of a stolen vehicle and kidnapped dog that had been taken in the 1900 block of 14th Street NW.  The incident was reported shortly after 3 a.m. on Sunday, March 24. Police say that the victim parked the car, and when he returned, found that it had been taken with 4-year-old Recardito inside. The vehicle was recovered on Mo…

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by Zak Failla
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Felon Who Took Police On High-Speed Pursuit From Maryland To DC Busted With Glocks, Feds Say Felon Who Took Police On High-Speed Pursuit From Maryland To DC Busted With Glocks, Feds Say
Felon Who Took Police On High-Speed Pursuit From Maryland To DC Busted With Glocks, Feds Say A 20-year-old convicted felon from DC who took police on a chase from Maryland into the nation's capital is facing time behind bars, federal authorities announced. District resident Jordan Tyler Alexander pleaded guilty on Tuesday to weapons offenses after police found a Glock 27 in a stolen car that he crashed after taking officers on a high-speed pursuit topping 100 mph last summer. According to court documents, Prince George’s County police officer was on patrol at 2 a.m. on Aug. 9, 2023, when he watched a white Honda Accord pull into the parking lot of a convenience store in Suitla…

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by Zak Failla
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Heavily Armed District Men Busted Crashing Stolen Car Into Capitol Complex Barricade In DC Heavily Armed District Men Busted Crashing Stolen Car Into Capitol Complex Barricade In DC
Heavily Armed District Men Busted Crashing Stolen Car Into Capitol Complex Barricade In DC A pair of 20-year-old District men are facing a host of charges after being busted in DC on Sunday morning after they crashed a stolen into a Capitol Complex vehicle barricade. At around 2:15 a.m. on Sunday, US Capitol Police Department officers arrested Ricardo L. Glass and Onosetale Okojie who were caught with a pair of handguns after a brief pursuit that led to the recovery of a weapon with a "Giggle Switch," which turned it into a machine gun. While on patrol on Sunday morning, police say that an officer spotted a white Infiniti Q50 stopped at a green traffic light along Massachuse…

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by Zak Failla
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Mugshot Of Accused Arlington Ambulance Thief Released Mugshot Of Accused Arlington Ambulance Thief Released
Mugshot Of Accused Arlington Ambulance Thief Released Police have released the mugshot of a man who they say led a police pursuit in a stolen ambulance and hitting several cars in the process over the weekend in Arlington. Darell T. Caldwell, 30, of Brandywine, MD, is facing federal charges after switching from a pickup truck to an ambulance in leading a pursuit and crashing multiple times along I-395 in Arlington, authorities said. Trouble began for Caldwell around 3:40 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 12, when Virginia State Police responded to a two-vehicle crash in the eastbound lanes of I-66 near the 74 mile marker, State Police said.  T…

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by Zak Failla & Cecilia Levine
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U-Haul Driver Fatally Shot By Police After Assaulting Officer In Fairfax County ID'd U-Haul Driver Fatally Shot By Police After Assaulting Officer In Fairfax County ID'd
U-Haul Driver Fatally Shot By Police After Assaulting Officer In Fairfax County ID'd Dramatic footage of a Fairfax County officer being attacked in his own police cruiser before one of his colleagues fatally shoots the assailant is going viral on social media (scroll for video). The officer was called to Richmond Highway to investigate a stolen U-Haul truck on Thursday afternoon, May 11, where he found the driver, identified as 38-year-old Brandon Lemagne, of Newport News, outside of the vehicle, Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis said. Soon after, Lemagne shoved the officer into the open front driver's door of his patrol car and was violently assaulting the officer, …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Stolen Tractor-Trailer Ties Up Traffic Along Stretch Of I-495 In VA; Driver In Custody: Police Stolen Tractor-Trailer Ties Up Traffic Along Stretch Of I-495 In VA; Driver In Custody: Police
Stolen Tractor-Trailer Ties Up Traffic Along Stretch Of I-495 In VA; Driver In Custody: Police A strange scenario led to traffic getting tied up along a stretch of I-495 in Fairfax County when police tracked down a tractor-trailer that had been reported stolen. Shortly after 5 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 9, officers from the Fairfax County Police Department’s Auto Crimes Enforcement Unit conducted a traffic stop on a stolen tractor-trailer on the interstate near Braddock Road, officials said. The driver - whose name has not been released - was taken into custody without incident, though several lanes on I-495 were closed temporarily as detectives investigated at the scene. At approximatel…

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by Zak Failla