A judge called the gang murder of a 14-year-old girl one of the most horrific crime scenes she’d ever seen and sentenced one of four teens accused to 50 years in prison. Ariana Funes-Diaz was found beaten and chopped into pieces last May. Bureau Chief Tracee Wilkins was in court Monday for the sentencing.

Four teens accused of an MS-13 gang-related slaying of teenage girl have been indicted by a Maryland county grand jury

A Montgomery County man allegedly swindled a Prince George’s County woman out of her home, which she wanted to pass on to her children. Patricia Ducket lived in the house for 20 years and said she thought it would be her home forever. When she lost one of her two jobs and wanted to slightly modify her mortgage, a friend…

A Montgomery County man is accused of swindling a Prince George’s County woman out of her home. The victim spoke with County Bureau Chief Tracee Wilkins about what’s next for her.

A judge dropped a first-degree rape charge against a former Maryland police officer accused of offering to release a woman from custody in exchange for sex. Prince George’s County Bureau Chief Tracee Wilkins reports.

The death of a grandmother shot inside her home in Prince George’s County, Maryland, on New Year’s Day was the result of a dispute over a car, police said. Filomena Vasquez, 56, was shot and killed about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday in the home in the 7400 block of Varnum Street in an unincorporated portion of Hyattsville, police said. She suffered…

Police believe the same man took a cellphone from a car at one cemetery in Prince George’s County and attempted another theft at another cemetery about 30 minutes later. Jackie Bensen reports.

Prince George’s County police believe the same man is responsible for a theft at one cemetery and an attempted theft at another Thursday. A woman had visited Cedar Hill Cemetery in Suitland, Maryland, to pay respects to a loved one when she got into a violent struggle with a man. She said she noticed another car parked near hers...

A man was struck and killed by a MARC train in Beltsville, Maryland, Friday evening, Prince George’s County police said. The southbound train was traveling from Munkirk Station to Greenbelt Station on MARC’s Camden Line when it struck the man about 5:15 p.m., police said. Police are investigating what the man was doing on the tracks. The investigation caused...

A grandmother was killed when bullets flew into her Maryland home. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

Workers found a woman’s body inside of a car parked in a warehouse parking lot in Capitol Heights. Prince George’s County Bureau Chief Tracee Wilkins spoke to the worker who discovered the woman.

A grandmother was found shot to death in her Maryland home. Cory Smith reports.

A Maryland man has been arrested after he sexually assaulted a woman he met on a dating app, police said.

Some local police decided to make this Christmas a whole lot merrier for one family. Up until tonight, the family was going to be homeless for the holidays. News4’s Mark Segraves was on hand when a secret Santa surprised them.

A Prince George’s County, Maryland, family that was going to be homeless for the holidays is a lot merrier after police stepped in to rescue Christmas. It’s been an incredibly hard year for Erica Green and her four children. “Especially since their dad died,” she said. “We just laid him to rest this past Saturday, so it’s been tough.”...

The mother of a man killed just days before Christmas in Capitol Heights, Maryland, said he was the second son she has lost. Ian Dawley, 22, was shot in the parking lot of a strip on Marlboro Pike Saturday afternoon. He grew up in that neighborhood but lived in Suitland. Shaun Dawley said her son was someone who cared about…

Ian Dawley was found shot to death over the weekend on Marlboro Pike in Capitol Heights. News4’s Derrick Ward reports his mother is calling for violence in the community to stop.

A man was shot and killed in the parking lot of a shopping center in Capitol Heights. Darcy Spencer reports.

A man was shot and killed in front of a convenience store in Capitol Heights, Maryland, Saturday afternoon, Prince George’s County police said. The shooting took place about 4:10 p.m. in the 5200 block of Marlboro Pike. Police do not believe the shooting was random but have not provided information about a shooter or a motive. The owner of a…

The state of Maryland was working to make a deadly intersection safer, but in the process, some drivers say, they made the problem much worse. Prince George’s County Bureau Chief Tracee Wilkins reports on the concerns of people who live along Route 3 in Bowie.