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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‘Still grieving': Inquiry begins of ‘hundreds' of graves at former juvenile detention site
A commission formed to study how hundreds of Black youth died at a former state-run juvenile detention facility in Prince George’s County held its first meeting this week. The Maryland General Assembly passed legislation this year creating the House of Reformation Commission to study how boys who were in state care died and were buried in unmarked graves at...
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Catherine Hoggle's attorneys offer explanation for insanity plea delay
Hoggle, of Montgomery County, Maryland, is charged with two counts of murder in the 2014 deaths of her children Sarah, 3, and Jacob, 2.
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Catherine Hoggle waited too long to use insanity defense, prosecutor argues
Catherine Hoggle, who is accused of killing her children, is trying to use an insanity defense and facing a challenge by prosecutors.
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How Prince George's schools are preparing to keep kids safe this year
The safety and security director spoke about prevention efforts, AI weapon detection, vape detection and parents’ role.
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Montgomery County passes 18-month pause on data center development
The Montgomery County Council voted Tuesday to ban new data center development for the next year and a half. The 18-month moratorium passed unanimously. “Nothing will happen until we answer all the questions our community deserves,” said Councilmember Evan Glass. “There are a lot of questions about what happens to the water in the Potomac River, what happens to our…
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Teachers show support of Smithsonian after Trump executive order
“Our history doesn’t need a government warning label.” “Black lives and Black history matters.” These messages were written on signs by local history teachers Dwayne Williams and Mark Ehlers as they protested outside the Smithsonian Museum of American History in reaction to the president’s executive order demanding signs outside the museum that correct what he called “inaccurate information,” without...
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Grieving mother says traffic light could have saved her daughter's life
A young woman killed in a triple-fatal crash in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, early Sunday morning was returning from the Chris Brown/Usher concert at Northwest Stadium, her mother said. Carletta Maxwell believes a traffic light at the Route 301 intersection where her daughter was killed could have saved her life. “She was a beautiful mom of an 18-month-old, and she still…
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3 killed in crash on stretch of 301 neighbors complained about for years
Three people died Sunday morning in Prince George’s County, Maryland, in a horrific crash involving a Tesla and a motorcycle at an intersection neighbors say they’ve complained about for years. The driver of the Tesla, operating as a ride share, turned onto Governors Park Lane from Crain Highway (Route 301) in Upper Marlboro but failed to yield right of...
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Catherine Hoggle's defense says she's ‘not criminally responsible' in deaths of her children
Here’s what “not criminally responsible” means under Maryland law and how it could impact Catherine Hoggle’s upcoming trial.
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Officers won't be charged in killing of Howard County man with autism
Some readers may find this story disturbing, as it describes suicidal ideation and a police shooting. The Maryland Attorney General’s Office declined to press charges in the fatal police shooting of a man with autism who was having a mental health crisis, saying the shooting was not a crime. The shooting happened outside the Alex Lamorie’s apartment building, which...
