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6 days ago | 
nbcwashington.com | Jordan Young |Joseph Olmo
A new Metro policy to ban violent and sexual offenders from the system goes into effect on Monday. Under the policy, anyone who commits a sex crime or a sex-related crime, violates Metro's Passenger Conduct Rule or a person who commits any assault on a Metro employee, contractor or customer will be unable to enter or use Metro systems and properties for more than 24 hours, according to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. This includes spaces like trains, buses and parking lots.
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2 weeks ago | 
nbcwashington.com | Jordan Young
A man was shot and killed Friday night on the 300-block of Elden Street in Herndon, Virginia, according to the Herndon Police Department. Eighteen-year-old Kianmehr Shirinipaziziba of McLean, Virginia was arrested and charged with second-degree murder, police said. On Friday at around 9:40 p.m., officers responded to reports of a disorderly male suspect. HPD said not long after, it got a call from Shirinipaziziba, who said he encountered the suspect and shot him.
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4 weeks ago | 
nbcwashington.com | Jordan Young
Montgomery County Police DepartmentThe Montgomery County Police Department is asking for the public's assistance in locating a missing man with autism. Twenty-seven-year-old Brandon Lee Smith was last seen Friday at around 7 p.m. on the 5400 block of McGrath Boulevard in Rockville, Maryland, according to police. He also could be somewhere in the Pike and Rose area of North Bethesda, police said. Smith is described by police as being 5 foot 3 inches tall, 120 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.
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4 weeks ago | 
autism.einnews.com | Jordan Young
The Montgomery County Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing man with autism. Twenty-seven-year-old Brandon Lee Smith was last seen Friday at around 7 p.m. on the 5400 block of McGrath Boulevard in Rockville, Maryland, according to police. He also could be somewhere in the Pike and Rose area of North Bethesda, police said. Smith is described by police as being 5 foot 3 inches tall, 120 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.
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1 month ago | 
nbcwashington.com | Jordan Young
The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) has confirmed the commonwealth's first measles case of 2025. The patient is a child aged zero through four in the Northwest region who had recently traveled internationally, according to VDH. Measles is considered highly contagious and can be spread through the air when an infected person breathes, sneezes or coughs.
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1 month ago | 
nbcwashington.com | Jordan Young
A Metro Transit Police Department officer was assaulted Tuesday afternoon with a "sharp metal object" at the Navy Yard Metro station and was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, MTPD said. The officer was stopping a fare evasion suspect, according to MTPD, when the suspect turned and assaulted the officer. The officer suffered sustained lacerations and puncture wounds to the face, and the suspect was detained by other nearby officers, MTPD said.
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1 month ago | 
nbcwashington.com | Jordan Young
DC Health is working to identify people who have been exposed to measles after officials were notified of a confirmed case in someone who visited the District. The case comes amid growing concerns over measles outbreaks in the United States. On Friday, t he United States surpassed 700 cases, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. The total number of U.S. cases in 2024 was 285.
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2 months ago | 
telemundowashingtondc.com | Jordan Young |Walter Morris
Tres personas murieron y otras tres fueron trasladadas a hospitales tras una balacera reportada el martes cerca de la zona residencial Olde Greenwich Circle, en el condado Spotsylvania, Virginia, informaron las autoridades. "Todos los sospechosos están bajo custodia y no existe ninguna amenaza para la seguridad pública", declaró el Alguacil de Spotsylvania, Roger L. Harris. No reveló los nombres ni las edades de los sospechosos, pero indicó que próximamente se proporcionará más información.
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2 months ago | 
nbcnewyork.com | Jordan Young |Walter Morris
Three people died and three others were taken to hospitals after a shooting near the Olde Greenwich Circle residential area in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. "All suspects are in custody and there is no threat to public safety," Spotsylvania Sheriff Roger L. Harris said. He didn't share the names or ages of the suspects but said more information is forthcoming. Officials did not immediately release the names of those who died. The public was asked to avoid the area of the shooting.
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2 months ago | 
nbcchicago.com | Jordan Young |Walter Morris
Three people died and three others were taken to hospitals after a shooting near the Olde Greenwich Circle residential area in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. "All suspects are in custody and there is no threat to public safety," Spotsylvania Sheriff Roger L. Harris said. He didn't share the names or ages of the suspects but said more information is forthcoming. Officials did not immediately release the names of those who died. The public was asked to avoid the area of the shooting.
