Ciara Wells

1 week ago | wtop.com | Ciara Wells

President Donald Trump pardoned a former Virginia sheriff sentenced to 10 years on federal bribery charges. Trump said he would pardon former Culpeper County Sheriff Scott Jenkins, who was sentenced in March for deputizing individuals in exchange for cash payments. “He will NOT be going to jail tomorrow, but instead will have a wonderful and productive life,” Trump said in a post of Truth Social Monday. Prosecutors said Jenkins accepted more than $75,000 in a “cash for badges” scheme in 2022.

1 week ago | wtop.com | Ciara Wells

A 19-year-old D.C. man was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Thursday for attempting to carjack a deputy U.S. marshal at gunpoint outside Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s home in July 2024. In a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for D.C., officials said Kentrell Flowers will also serve five years of supervised release in addition to the 10-year sentence.

1 week ago | wtop.com | Ciara Wells

A 14-year-old girl fatally shot herself by accident Wednesday inside a Northeast D.C. apartment while reportedly recording a video for social media, D.C. police said. In a news release, D.C. police said officers were called to the 1700 block of Benning Road for a report of a shooting around 5 p.m.There, they discovered the teenager suffering from a gunshot wound “in her upper body.”Police suspect the girl was handling the gun while filming a video when it discharged, striking her.

2 weeks ago | wtop.com | Ciara Wells

A few scattered showers or thunderstorms could move through the D.C. region on Thursday afternoon with a mostly-dry and cool Memorial Day weekend ahead. Thursday will be cool with temperatures in the mid-60s and northwest winds up to 10 mph. It’ll be mostly cloudy with the highest possibility for storms to roll through in the afternoon. Though the National Weather Service warned thunderstorms are possible through the early evening.

2 weeks ago | wtop.com | Ciara Wells

A man and a woman were killed in a shooting near the FBI Washington Field Office in Northwest D.C. on Wednesday night. D.C. Police were called to 3rd and F streets around 9:05 p.m. for reports of a shooting. Below is a map of where the shooting occurred:This story is breaking. Stay with WTOP for the latest. Get breaking news and daily headlines delivered to your email inbox by signing up here.