Paul Wagner joined News4 as a general assignment reporter in 2021.
Wagner was raised with his seven siblings in Glen Rock, New Jersey. His proximity to Manhattan facilitated his introduction to radio broadcasting. His first job entailed reading the news and playing records at WYCR-FM.
After graduating from Mount Saint Mary’s College, Wagner reported on traffic conditions using binoculars and a two-way radio from the top of the Washington Monument. He moved to Houston for a few years to work at KIKK-FM and KPRC-TV before returning to Washington, D.C., to cover news for WXCR-FM and XTRA-104.
In 1988, Wagner joined WTOP Radio, where he spent 11 years breaking stories and contributing to award-winning coverage, including the 1991 Mount Pleasant riots, which won the station a National Edward R. Murrow Award.
Wagner moved to television news in 1999, covering major news including the 9/11 attacks, the Beltway sniper shootings, and hundreds of cold cases and homicides for WTTG-TV. Wagner won four Emmy Awards during his time there.
After leaving WTTG-TV in 2020, Wagner re-established his relationship with WTOP Radio, where he produced and hosted a podcast on a notable crime in the Washington, D.C., area.
Wagner and his family live in Montgomery County, Maryland.
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Man Assaulted Inside Montgomery County Giant Describes Attack
A man who was attacked inside a grocery store in Montgomery County, Maryland, says he suffered a concussion and a broken nose all while a group of young men hurled anti-Semitic remarks at him. The man, who did not want to be identified, told News4 he was shopping at the Giant on Flower Hill Way in Gaithersburg Wednesday afternoon, when…
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2 Men Who Posed as Federal Agents to Be Released From Jail
Arian Taherzadeh, 40, and Haider Ali, 35, were arrested last week. The FBI raided a luxury apartment building in Southeast Washington, where the men were staying and had been offering free apartments and other gifts to U.S. Secret Service agents and officers, prosecutors said.
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Changes to Freedom Plaza Could Reroute Traffic for More Green Space
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DC Police Chief Says Staffing Shortages Are Causing Emergency Response Delays
D.C.’s chief of police says staffing shortages are starting to cause delays in emergency responses.
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Prince George's 13-Year-Old Girls Found After Being Missing for 10 Days
Prince George’s County police say they have located two 13-year-old girls who were missing for 10 days. Jeniah Clayton-Bowman and Alaiya Maria Robinson were found safe, Prince George’s County Police announced early Friday. The girls were found after a citizen saw them walking around after midnight and called the parents and guardian, News4’s Paul Wagner has learned. They had...
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1989 Rape, Murder Case Closed in Prince George's
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Former DC Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe Dies at 61
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Panhandler Attacks Couple in Their 70s With Victim's Cane
An aggressive panhandler assaulted a couple in their 70s, beating them with a victim’s cane.
