Investigations

Injuries from assault doubled at D.C.’s secure detention facility for kids between March and April of this year, a new report shows. Tuesday, the News4 I-Team reported on the three times this month that D.C. police had been called to calm fights at the Youth Services Center. The Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services called them “group d...

A growing number of judicial vacancies has D.C. Superior Court at a “breaking point,” hindering the court’s ability to process thousands of residents’ cases, Chief Judge Anita Josey-Herring warned in an interview with News4. Vacancies have plagued the court for years but are now reaching what many are calling a crisis. Thirteen of the court’s 62 ju...

According to police reports, dispatch records and government sources familiar with the situation, it has been a violent and dangerous month inside D.C.’s juvenile detention center. D.C. police and paramedics have been called repeatedly to the long-troubled facility. Oversight reports show the start of this year showed improvement when it came...

In the first three months of 2024, hundreds of people were arrested in Virginia for trying to buy a gun they had no legal right to own. Virginia State Police admit it is “a staggering number” of arrests for violating laws that prohibit felons, domestic abusers, those committed to mental health institutions and others from owning weapons. The News4 ...

A Virginia family is fighting for tougher trucking safety laws after a woman nearly died when tires from an 18-wheeler broke off and crashed into her car. But the News4 I-Team found gaps in motor carrier laws that make holding the truck driver, who didn’t stop or report the incident, accountable for the damages. “I’ve lost everything,” said Sonja.....

A budget crunch is forcing the D.C. Public Defender Service to furlough all employees one day a week for the summer. Without a literal act of Congress, it won’t be fixed.

A newly released after-action report reveals D.C. call takers and supervisors didn’t make clear the severity of the disaster unfolding, didn’t have the codes they needed to do their job and didn’t act as fast as they could, wasting nearly 15 minutes before telling everyone involved that people and dogs were trapped and in danger inside the District...

A Maryland man is facing a federal conspiracy charge in an alleged scheme to sell fake nursing degrees. The U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland’s office recently announced the conspiracy charge against Ejike Asiegbunam, whom they say made more than $1.6 million in what they called a “scheme to defraud.” According to court d...

Evidence continues to mount in the case against former Culpeper County Sheriff Scott Jenkins. On Monday, Rick Rahim became the third former auxiliary sheriff’s deputy to plead guilty to bribing Jenkins. The indictment against Rahim and Jenkins alleges Rahim paid Jenkins $25,000. He handed Jenkins the cash in manila envelopes, prosecutors say. They ...

The News4 I-Team obtained a normally confidential law enforcement plan for a presidential visit to Culpeper County, Virginia, showing a convicted felon was assigned as part of the security detail. The White House executive visit to Germanna Community College on Feb. 10, 2022, was a chance for President Joe Biden to pitch a prescription drug price r...

Many communities offer cash rewards for tips from the public to solve difficult cases, but the News4 I-Team found there’s little scrutiny of how effective those programs are.

You can buy just about anything on platforms like Facebook Marketplace, Ebay and Craigslist — but how do you know you’re getting the whole truth from the seller before you hand over your money?

Archbishop William E. Lori sat quietly Monday as six men and women stood in court and spoke of surviving violent and sometimes years-long sexual abuse at the hands of priests and staff employed by the Archdiocese of Baltimore. One woman said her abuse began in first grade. Another said a priest routinely threatened her with a gun and once held&#823...