Crime and Courts

The body of Rebecca Bliefnick was found by a family member inside her home after she failed to pick up her children from school.

Crime is rising in the neighborhood around Capital One Area, and the city says it can’t add extra police patrols. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports on a new idea for keeping fans safe.

The owner of the Washington Wizards and Washington Capitals is considering hiring off-duty police officers to patrol the streets around Capital One Arena as crime in the neighborhood is rising.

A D.C. man convicted of killing a woman as her 7-year-old son slept nearby was sentenced to spend 27 years in prison. News4’s Paul Wagner reports.

Darnell Sterling, 57, was found guilty of second-degree murder in the death of 34-year-old Olga Ooro.

In a Texas case involving Irma Reyes’ daughter, prosecutors gave two men charged with sex trafficking a deal to walk free with probation.

D.C. launches community resource fairs as youth gun violence rises across the city.

A man shot his wife at a Fairfax County, Virginia, park before killing himself, police said. A passerby found the unconscious couple Wednesday along a trail around Stratton Woods Park in Reston. They had gunshot wounds to the upper body, Fairfax County police said. Patricia Garverick, 69, and Richard Garverick, 75, of Herndon, were pronounced dead on the scene after…

A wild police pursuit along major roads and highways in the Tysons area Thursday afternoon led to the arrest of two people, and the shocking discovery that they had a baby in the car. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

A former Maryland police officer convicted of sexually assaulting a fellow officer has been granted a new trial and was released from jail.

Fairfax County police pursued an armed robbery suspect through oncoming traffic near Tysons Thursday afternoon.

A former Prince George’s County officer convicted of sexually assauting a fellow officer was granted a new trial. News4’s Darcy Spencer spoke with the victim.

Jurors’ names will be kept secret at the upcoming civil trial in a writer’s rape lawsuit against former President Donald Trump, a judge ruled Thursday, citing “a very strong risk” they would otherwise face harassment and more.

D.C. launched a series of events to give young people and families in high-crime neighborhoods access to government resources. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.

Police said a woman met men at Miami nightclubs, enticed them back to their apartments, drugged them and then stole their Rolexes and other high-end belongings.

Police said a woman met men at Miami nightclubs, enticed them back to their apartments, drugged them and then stole their Rolexes and other high-end belongings. NBC 6’s Christian Colón reports

Fairfax County police pursued an armed robbery suspect through oncoming traffic near Tysons Thursday afternoon.

Carjackers that are causing fender benders in order to then hop in the driver seat of the target vehicle and take off. News4’s Walter Morris spoke to a victim.

A Virginia woman was found guilty of murder in the 2018 shootings of her two daughters.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg inherited the Trump grand jury investigation. Here’s more on his background as we await news out of Manhattan Criminal Court.