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A bizarre car chase almost too hard to believe — except the whole thing was caught on camera — culminated in an armed robbery on the Upper East Side that earned thieves a hefty payday Saturday afternoon.

A D.C. firefighter already facing charges in Montgomery County, Maryland, now is charged in Fairfax County, Virginia, with armed robbery. News4’s Paul Wagner reports.

A D.C. firefighter already facing charges in Montgomery County, Maryland, now is charged in Fairfax County, Virginia, with armed robbery.

Another postal worker in the D.C. area has been robbed, marking the seventh such incident in little more than a week. Montgomery County police and U.S. Postal inspectors searched a neighborhood in Bethesda, Maryland, just off of Old Georgetown Road Thursday morning looking for an armed suspect who robbed a letter carrier. “USPS worker was robbed at gunpoint. Arrow...

A 13-year-old boy is under arrest for allegedly committing five armed robberies in two hours in Prince George County. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports D.C. police say the teenager was also wanted in at least eight serious crimes in the District that same day.

Many longtime customers of the Capitol Hill Cleaning Emporium have set up an online donation campaign to help as the family business struggles to recover after an armed robbery. The rally of community support came after an unidentified man walked into the dry cleaning business one afternoon and robbed its owner at gunpoint after asking for change for a dollar…

Many longtime customers of the Capitol Hill Cleaning Emporium have set up an online donation campaign to help as the family business struggles to recover after an armed robbery. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

Two men robbed a woman at knifepoint near downtown Silver Spring, Maryland, in a terrifying encounter caught on surveillance video last month.

Two men robbed a woman at knifepoint near downtown Silver Spring, Maryland, in an encounter caught on surveillance video last month. News4’s Shomari Stone reports.

The men claimed to know the victim’s friend, a person the homeowner trusted. But when she called the friend to confirm, things took a turn.

Houston police say an armed suspect stole an ambulance early Friday while a patient and a firefighter were inside

DNA analysis has been around for decades, and it’s a crucial tool for solving violent crimes, but until recently, it was nearly impossible to collect DNA evidence left at shooting scenes. That changed with a process developed by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The day after Christmas in 2019, two men walked into a Denny’s in...

DNA analysis has been around for decades, and it’s a crucial tool for solving violent crimes, but until recently it was nearly impossible to collect DNA from evidence left at shooting scenes. That’s changed with a process developed by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. News4’s Paul Wagner has the story you’ll only see on...

A manhunt was underway Friday for an armed robber who attacked an elderly Lyft driver in South El Monte Monday night.

Terrifying surveillance video shows a Maryland Papa John’s robbed by a group armed with an AR-15. News4’s Shomari Stone reports.

A man with an AR-15 rifle and two others robbed a Papa John’s in Maryland in what appears to have been part of an hours-long crime spree. Surveillance video from Sunday around 2:30 p.m. shows a man walk into the pizza shop on East West Highway in Silver Spring as a lookout. Then two other men walk in behind...

A family had just left an event at RFK Stadium when they were held up at gunpoint. When a woman failed to hand over her purse fast enough, a robber grabbed the arm of a 4-year-old child. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports it was one of two armed robberies that happened minutes apart.

The FBI is investigating a string of armed carjackings and robberies of FedEx and UPS trucks in D.C. and Prince George’s County, Maryland, over the past 10 days. The FBI is looking for two people believed responsible for two carjackings and three armed robberies between Nov. 10 and Nov. 17. D.C. police told News4 in one case the thieves told…

Federal authorities in New York City have brought charges in the armed robbery of a reality TV pal of Kim Kardashian

Several recent, violent crimes in D.C. have been tied to Sony’s new PlayStation 5. News4’s Darcy Spencer has more on how you can protect yourself if you’re looking to snag the big ticket video game console for the holiday season.