Maryland

A man and a child were found dead in a car in Prince George’s County on Sunday in what police preliminarily believe to be a murder-suicide. 

Four people, including an infant, were hurt when a horse and buggy and a truck crashed in St. Mary’s County on Sunday, the sheriff’s office said. 

The restaurant, Motorkat, in Takoma Park, Maryland, received bomb threats over a drag brunch and story time event.

Motorkat, a popular restaurant and bar in Takoma Park, Maryland, received bomb threats on Saturday morning over a drag brunch and story time event.

A Prince George’s County police officer acquitted of killing a man is free for the first time in almost four years. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports he now faces charges in an alleged ring of police officers accused of duping banks and insurance companies by claiming they were victims of crime.

Maryland’s governor defended some controversial cuts to transportation in the state’s budget. There’s a $3.3 billion shortfall in the state’s six-year transportation spending plan, and Gov. Wes Moore says major cuts are necessary. “This is going to be a time of discipline, a time of choices, but a time where Maryland is going to move fast and Maryland is...

Maryland’s governor defended some controversial cuts to transportation in the state’s budget. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

A letter sent home with students at Quince Orchard High School in Montgomery County, Maryland revealed that antisemitic graffiti was found inside a bathroom stall at the school on Tuesday.

Thursday night’s menorah lighting and parade in Bethesda, Maryland, took on a different feeling this year. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports the Israel-Hamas war coupled with a rise in antisemitic incidents weighed on the hearts of those who took part.

Greenbelt police say a series of car break-ins happened Wednesday night inside the parking garage of the Verde Apartments off Greenbelt Road. News4’s Walter Morris got reaction from residents.

In an emotional sendoff, Sgt. Patrick Kepp was released from a hospital in Baltimore and transferred to Walter Reed after having both legs amputated after getting hit by a teen driver. News4’s Aimee Cho reports. 

A police officer in Montgomery County, Maryland, was released from the hospital Thursday, more than seven weeks after police believe a speeding teen driver crashed into him intentionally on Interstate 270. Both of his legs were amputated. Sgt. Patrick Kepp wheeled himself out of The R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland surrounded by dozens of…

William Green was sitting in the passenger’s seat of Prince George’s County Police Officer Michael Owen’s police cruiser with his hands cuffed behind his back when Owen shot him six times. Owen was in the driver’s seat. Prosecutors claimed Owen committed murder when he shot and killed Green, who was under the influence of PCP. They did not believe...

After a jury acquitted Officer Michael Owen on Wednesday for the death of William Green, News4 has new reactions to the surprise verdict. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

A police officer in Montgomery County, Maryland, was released from the hospital more than seven weeks after police believe a speeding teen driver crashed into him intentionally on I-270. Both of his legs were amputated.

Park Police Chief Stanley Johnson served the people of Prince George’s and Montgomery counties for 37 years. News4 Community Reporter Molette Green has more on his career.

For the first time in three years, Officer Michael Owen is a free man. But the family of William Green, who was shot and killed by Owen, doesn’t believe he deserves a second chance. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

Police evacuated J.C. Penney at Westfield Wheaton Mall Wednesday morning when a shoplifting suspect armed with a knife barricaded himself inside a fitting room. A store employee saw a man trying to steal a watch about 10:30 a.m., Montgomery County police said. He allegedly was using a knife to cut open a box. The employee called 911, and the man…

Maryland’s attorney general is requesting a new hearing after a federal appeals court struck down the state’s handgun licensing law last month. A three-judge panel considered the law in light of a 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling and found it violates the Second Amendment by placing arduous requirements on would-be gun purchasers. Attorney General Anthony Brown filed a request Tuesday...

This holiday light display in North Potomac, Maryland, is a show-stopping labor of love.