Darcy Spencer is a general assignment reporter for News4.
A Maryland native, Spencer’s journalism career started with community newspapers. She reported for Maryland’s Dundalk Eagle, the Martinsburg Journal in Martinsburg, WV, and The Northern Virginia Daily in Winchester, VA. Her commitment to telling the stories of people and events in the community crossed into television when she began working for Montgomery County Cable.
Spencer’s first on-air job was for NBC25 in Hagerstown, MD. While there, she reported on the Middle East Peace Talks in Shepherdstown, WV as well as issues relating to Y2K. Spencer also filed reports from Bosnia, Honduras, the Azore Islands, and Ramstein Air Base in Germany. Her traveling continued in Germany and Brussels when she was awarded a fellowship from the Radio and Television News Directors Foundation.
In 2000, Spencer joined C-TV, the Prince George’s County news station, as an anchor/reporter. She anchored the evening news and reported on stories from all over the County. On September 11th, Spencer was sent to Ground Zero in New York to report on the attack on the World Trade Center.
Spencer joined News4 in 2001 as the station’s first Chopper 4 reporter, filing stories from high above the Washington area. Since then, she has reported on major stories including the DC area sniper spree, the anthrax investigation, and Hurricane Isabel.
Spencer is a past board member for the American News Women’s Club and Community Crisis Services. She and her two children live in Maryland.
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Lawmakers call for the release of UMD student detained by ICE
Maria Flores Garcia was detained after going to an immigration check-in with her mom in Baltimore last week.
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‘Bring them home': Lawmakers call for release of UMD student, mom detained by ICE
Rep. Glenn Ivey said Trump vowed to go after “the worst of the worst” in his deportation crackdown, not law-abiding residents like Maria Flores Garcia.
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High school valedictorian from Maryland detained by ICE
Maria Flores Garcia, a University of Maryland student, was detained after going to an immigration check-in with her mom in Baltimore last week. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.
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Maryland high school valedictorian detained by immigration authorities
Maria Flores Garcia, a University of Maryland student, was detained after going to an immigration check-in with her mom in Baltimore last week.
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DC interim police chief was unaware of plans to boost military presence in city
“I too read about it in a news article on my phone, so it’s the first I’ve heard of it. I don’t know what that means for MPD,” Carroll said.
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Pinto pushes for National Guard withdrawal as Hegseth approves boat, military vehicle use
The D.C. councilmember is calling on newly elected Democratic governors who flipped red states blue to pull out their troops when they take office.
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7 people killed in Prince George's County in past week
“What we are seeing is impulse crimes, where people are solving disputes with weapons,” the police chief said.
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Teen sentenced to 7 years for crash that killed Prince George's County mother
Shaunte Canty was driving her autistic son to a therapy appointment when Michael Collins ran a red light and crashed.
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DOJ to send election monitors to Prince George's County on Election Day
While not unusual, the move comes at a time when many are discussing the integrity of elections and voter intimidation.
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National Harbor Sphere: Prince George's Co. Council gives final vote of approval
The Council’s decision to approve the Sphere project comes after months of community outreach, debate and concerns raised by labor unions.
