Paul Duggan

Washington, D.C.

Staff Writer at The Washington Post

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Former D.C. officer again charged with sex trafficking of teen girls

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Paul Duggan

Former D.C. officer again charged with sex trafficking of teen girls (washingtonpost.com) Former D.C. officer again charged with sex trafficking of teen girls By Paul Duggan 2025050621070500 A former D.C. police officer sentenced to prison in 2014 for prostituting teenage girls was ordered locked up again Tuesday after the U.S. attorney's office in the District said he "returned to the same criminal activities and escalated his conduct" following his release from federal custody five years...
Three juveniles, one adult charged in fatal shootings of three Virginia men

2 months ago | washingtonpost.com | Martin Weil |Paul Duggan

Three juveniles, one adult charged in fatal shootings of three Virginia men (washingtonpost.com) Three juveniles, one adult charged in fatal shootings of three Virginia men By Martin Weil; Paul Duggan 2025040900413200 An illegal gun sale that apparently devolved into a robbery Tuesday evening led to the fatal shootings of three men in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, and the arrests of four young people, authorities said.
Former Virginia sheriff sentenced in badges-for-dollars corruption case

Mar 22, 2025 | washingtonpost.com | Emma Uber |Paul Duggan

A former rural Virginia sheriff was sentenced to 10 years in federal prisonon Fridayfor accepting more than $75,000 in bribes in exchange for appointing several businessmen as auxiliary deputy sheriffs. Scott Jenkins, who served as the top law enforcement official in Culpeper County for 12 years before he was indicted and voted out of office, was convicted of federal bribery and fraud charges by a jury in December.
Stuff

Mar 21, 2025 | stuff.co.nz | Paul Duggan
Virginia man pleads guilty to removing top secret documents from workplace

Mar 21, 2025 | washingtonpost.com | Paul Duggan

A former electrical engineer for the Defense Department has pleaded guilty to illegally removing top-secret documents from his workplace after FBI agents said they found stacks of papers with classification markings in a search of his Northern Virginia home last summer. Gokhan Gun, a dual citizen of Turkey and the United States who lived in Falls Church, printed numerous records marked “top secret” beginning in May, prosecutors said.
U-Va. releases reports on 2022 shooting, but many details remain shielded

Mar 21, 2025 | washingtonpost.com | Paul Duggan

Two independent reports examining the on-campus fatal shootings of three University of Virginia football players in 2022 recommend an array of security improvements, while one saidthe “bravery and affirmative actions taken by law enforcement officials … should be commended.” Yet both reports, commissioned by the Virginia attorney general’s office and released Friday by U-Va., contain so many redactions that the documents totaling 200 pages offer no substantial new details about the incident...
Father believes missing Va. student drowned in the Dominican Republic

Mar 18, 2025 | spokesman.com | Paul Duggan

The father of a missing college student from Northern Virginia said Tuesday that he is “coming to terms with the fact” that his 20-year-old daughter drowned while vacationing in the Dominican Republic, where authorities have been searching for her on land and sea for nearly two weeks.
Father believes missing Va. student drowned in the Dominican Republic

Mar 18, 2025 | washingtonpost.com | Paul Duggan

The father of a missing college student from Northern Virginia said Tuesday that he is “coming to terms with the fact” that his 20-year-old daughter drowned while vacationing in the Dominican Republic, where authorities have been searching for her on land and sea for nearly two weeks.
What to know about the search for a U.S. student in the Dominican Republic

Mar 12, 2025 | washingtonpost.com | Victoria Bisset |Salvador Rizzo |Paul Duggan

Konanki, a student from Chantilly, Virginia, is an Indian citizen and U.S. permanent resident, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office. She was last seen on a beach in the popular resort town of Punta Cana in the early morning on Thursday. Authorities have identified a “person of interest” in the missing-person case, a U.S. citizen who was vacationing in Punta Cana but not part of Konanki’s group.
Authorities intensify search for missing Virginia woman in Dominican Republic

Mar 11, 2025 | washingtonpost.com | Salvador Rizzo |Paul Duggan

Authorities in the Dominican Republic said a “high-level task force” of police and forensic specialists has significantly expanded the search for a college student from Northern Virginia who disappeared last week while vacationing at a Caribbean resort during spring break.