Jackie Bensen
Reporter at WRC-TV (Washington, DC)
NBC4 reporter since 1999. Taller than I look on TV. Likes and RTs are not endorsements. Folo me on Instagram @jackiebensen4 (she/her)
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3 weeks ago |
nbcwashington.com | Jackie Bensen
A local family is frantically searching for a 40 year old mother of two who disappeared Friday morning. D.C. police are referring to her as a "critical missing person."Ana Cecelia Escobar-Arevalo was last seen Friday around 7 a.m. in the 5800 block of 8th Street Northeast, not far from the Prince George's County line.
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3 weeks ago |
nbcwashington.com | Jackie Bensen
The D.C. Council has voted to pause further implementation of Initiative 82 until October. Back in 2022, nearly 74% of District voters cast their ballots to phase out the minimum wage for restaurant and hospitality workers whose wages also include tips. Back then, it was about $5 per hour. The Initiative has increased it, in steps, $10. The vote was eight to four to pause the next step of Initiative 82, which would raise the minimum tipped wage for service workers to $12 an hour.
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3 weeks ago |
nbcwashington.com | Jackie Bensen
Family at the bedside of a 9-year-old boy still recovering after being hit by a car on the way to school May 12 has heard the news they've been waiting for since that traumatic day. Police have arrested the driver accused of running the child down in the empty parking lot of a shopping center on Minnesota Avenue in Northeast D.C. and then driving.
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4 weeks ago |
telemundowashingtondc.com | Jackie Bensen
Un joven murió y un hombre resultó herido el jueves en balaceras separadas ocurridas en Washington DC, según la policía. La primera balacera ocurrió en Shaw alrededor de las 3 p. m. El adolescente recibió un disparo a pocos pasos de la Universidad Howard y de una residencia universitaria. No sobrevivió a las heridas. Noticias Noreste 24/7 en Telemundo 44. El adolescente de 17 años recibió un disparo en la Avenida Florida, entre la Avenida Sherman y Barry Place.
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4 weeks ago |
nbcwashington.com | Jackie Bensen
A 17-year-old boy died and residents of two busy D.C. neighborhoods are rattled after gunfire Thursday afternoon. The first shooting occurred in Shaw at about 3 p.m. The teen victim was shot steps from Howard University and a dormitory. He did not survive his injuries. Minutes later, gunfire erupted near the Waterfront Metro station in Southwest. The teen was shot on Florida Avenue between Sherman Avenue and Barry Place.
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Kind people please be on the lookout 🙏🏼
A good cautionary read. Happening in DMV too 👇🏼
1/ This morning my wife got a voicemail from the US Marshalls office asking her to call back on an urgent matter. She googled the phone number showing on her phone to verify it was from the US Marshall's Oregon brach.
Breaking: DC Police on scene 3000 Connecticut Ave NW. Earlier today there was 911 call for infant in cardiac arrest. Came while computer system that automatically dispatches DC fire engines/ambulances was down, resulting in confusion/possible delays. 11p @nbcwashington https://t.co/bfsoEFOApA
