Scott MacFarlane

Police have charged a man after a loaded gun was discovered in an office building used by the U.S. House of Representatives. News4’s Scott MacFarlane reports.

A D.C. official says dozens of federal inmates have been sent to a prison complex in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, in the past 48 hours after a surprise inspection found health and safety issues. One inmate tells News4’s Scott MacFarlane the transfers also raise concerns.

A former mixed martial arts fighter who pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was sentenced Wednesday to 41 months in prison. Federal prosecutors had recommended a sentence of 44 months.

Arrests for driving under the influence remained at — or exceeded — pre-pandemic levels throughout 2020 and early 2021, the News4 I-Team found.

The News4 I-Team found that just because roads were less crowded during the pandemic doesn’t mean there were fewer incidents. News4’s Scott MacFarlane reports.

Nine months after the attack on the U.S. Capitol, one of the heroes who helped stop the mob remains off the job. A U.S. Capitol Police sergeant from Virginia is still grappling with serious injuries and told Scott MacFarlane and the News4 I-Team he’s increasingly frustrated, and not just with the physical pain.

The strain, stress and trauma of the vicious fighting at the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6 continues to impact the men and women of the police department, a sergeant told the News4 I-Team.

People accused of crimes at the Capitol on Jan. 6 may testify before the House, new court documents suggest. Thomas Vinson, a Kentucky man who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge, said the House select committee investigating the Capitol attack asked him to speak, a court filing Tuesday says.  “Mr. Vinson, through Counsel, has been approached by the House Select…

A federal judge found D.C. corrections officials in contempt of court Wednesday in connection to medical treatment of a Jan. 6 defendant. The judge said he’ll refer the matter to the Justice Department to determine whether the jail is violating the rights of Capitol insurrection suspects.

News4’s Scott MacFarlane has a conversation with Landon Copeland, a defendant in the Jan. 6 insurrection. The defendant says the Sep. 18 protest will be a dud, but is confident Donald Trump is coming back to office.

Investigative reporter Scott MacFarlane talks about pending Jan. 6 insurrection cases, to what he’s paying the closest attention and what it could mean for our country.

In a 12-minute video, Scott MacFarlane gave News4 a rundown of where the hundreds of pending Jan. 6 cases stand, what he’s paying the closest attention to and what it could mean for our country.

The founder and administrator of an obscure website about underground infrastructure in Washington, D.C., saw a sudden and suspicious spike in traffic in the days before the U.S. Capitol insurrection. Scott MacFarlane reports.

The founder and administrator of an obscure website about underground infrastructure in Washington, D.C., saw a sudden and suspicious spike in traffic in the days before the U.S. Capitol insurrection.

The incidents involved breaches near the Washington Monument, Joint Base Andrews and the CIA. Scott MacFarlane reports.

Disputes over face masks have disrupted thousands of U.S. commercial airline flights since January, according to an investigation by the News-4 I-Team.

Ten U.S. Capitol Police officers remain off the job after they were injured as they responded to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, multiple congressional sources and a union official told NBC Washington.

A February incident in the nuclear reactor at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg potentially emitted more radioactive material than initially thought, according to federal records reviewed by the News4 I-Team. Though well below safety limits, the agency said its further review of the mishap found samples of radioactive material at a level three times higher than…

News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

News4’s Capitol Hill reporter Scott MacFarlane has new details on arrests related to the Capitol riot, including information about people accused of assaulting police on the frontlines of the insurrection.