Drew Wilder is a reporter in News4's Northern Virginia Bureau.
Wilder has covered Northern Virginia for NBC4 since 2019, reporting on a range of topics including politics, education and crime. His experience covering the commonwealth started in 2015 at WWBT-TV, the NBC affiliate in Richmond.
Wilder’s work has been recognized with 10 Capital Region Emmy Awards, including four for best daily news reporter.
A native of Bourbonnais, Illinois, Wilder graduated from Eastern Illinois University with a communications studies degree.
Right out of college, he began reporting for WCIA-TV in Champaign-Urbana. He anchored the morning news and hosted a lifestyle show there. Prior to NBC4, Wilder made brief stops at WJLA-TV and WNBC-TV.
Wilder lives in Fairfax County with his wife, their daughter, their son and their dog.
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Man found guilty of touching woman's hair on Metro
News4’s Drew Wilder reports.
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Man accused of touching women's hair on Metro convicted of assault
A man accused of touching women’s hair as he sat behind them on Metro trains — and posting video of the incidents to social media — was found guilty Wednesday of a single count of simple assault.
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Video shows ICE agent pull gun on Virginia woman who yelled at agents in parking lot
New video shows an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent pulling a gun on a Northern Virginia woman who was driving her car in Falls Church Monday afternoon. The agents accused the woman of trying to run them over. But the woman says she didn’t put them in danger. Molina said she had just witnessed the ICE agents arrest two...
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Former Virginia sheriff's officer accused of receiving child sex abuse material
A Virginia law enforcement officer was fired after the FBI arrested him and charged him with receiving child sex abuse material. In court Monday, Justin Forman — who had been with the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office for about a decade — asked for his release, but a U.S. District Court judge said the risk to the community is too great…
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‘These people are gonna drown': Heroic teen describes rescuing capsized kayakers
Three Virginia teenagers are hailed as heroes after helping save the lives of three people who capsized while kayaking last week. Gavin Cain was on the second green during his high school golf tryout last week when he and his friends heard it. “I had a birdie putt, and all of a sudden all I heard was this little kid…
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Virginia state senators call for data center moratorium
The calls to stop data center growth in the data center capital of the world are getting louder as lawmakers on both sides of the aisle get behind calls for a statewide moratorium. Some lawmakers said Virginia has to stop approving new data centers altogether until the impacts on water, electricity and other issues are figured out first. In July,…
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Loved ones gather two years after Mamta Bhatt's disappearance
Two years since a Virginia mother and pediatric nurse was last seen, loved ones gathered for a remembrance Friday as her husband awaits trial in October. Prosecutors allege Mamta Bhatt was killed by her husband, Naresh Bhatt. He maintains he’s innocent, but his wife’s friends don’t believe him. Mamta Bhatt seemingly vanished in 2024. As the days went by...
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Virginia's primary: What Dems could win and why Spanberger ‘needs to be more visible'
“The governor needs to be more visible. She needs to be out on the campaign trail – partly so that Democrats can win but partly so that she can reasonably take some credit when they do,” Larry Sabato said.
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Elijah Bieniemy to get competency evaluation after allegedly shooting mother
Motions filed by Elijah Bieniemy’s public defender in Northern Virginia say he suffers from “significant mental health issues.”
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Prince William summer meals program gives out over 100K meals
Prince William County Public Schools wrapped up a successful, first-of-its-kind summer meals program Wednesday that provided summer meal kits to families with kids under age 18. Andrea Early is the school district’s director of food and nutrition and helped load up families with fresh produce, milk and healthy food to bridge the gap between the end of last school year…
