Associate Justice Stephen Breyer was robbed while on vacation in the Caribbean. Crime against the Supreme Court justices isn't without precedent, though. more ›

Prince of Petworth reports that a man was robbed and shot at while walking on the multi-use Metropolitan Branch Trial in Northeast yesterday. more ›

Joining a pair of big-city mayors and another high-ranking civic official yesterday, Metropolitan Police Department Chief Cathy Lanier swapped recent murder and youth crime prevention statistics at a panel during the U.S. Conference of Mayors' winter meeting. more ›

Two Metro workers were arrested last night and face charges of stealing over $150,000 from fare machines, a good chunk of which went towards buying lottery tickets. more ›

Many a movie start this way -- a newborn infant is left on someone's doorstep, most often a loving family that nurtures the child so that it can become a well-rounded adult. But the reality certainly isn't so happy. more ›

WUSA9 is reporting that three people were shot near Ballou High School in the Congress Heights section of Southeast D.C. this morning. more ›

Despite "flash robs" not being much of a problem in the District, Councilmember Phil Mendelson (D-At Large) doesn't want to take any chances. more ›

While the District may have hit its own 50-year low in term of homicides, so did Arlington County -- it had none for the entirety of 2011, writes WJLA. more ›

After two men were stabbed early this morning outside Mood Lounge on Ninth Street NW, Councilmember Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) is calling for the troubled establishment to close. more ›

With only a few days left in 2011, the District is likely to see fewer murders this year than at any point in the last five decades. more ›

Social networks were buzzing earlier today with supposed reports that a young man from the District was killed last night at a suburban mall while trying to buy a pair of Air Jordan Concords. Turns out it was all made up. more ›

They didn't get a rocket launcher or hand grenades, but officers from the Metropolitan Police Department and FBI did manage to seize 161 weapons and $7.2 million worth of drugs and make 70 arrests in a huge bust announced today. more ›

Nico Dauphine, the former National Zoo researcher who last month was convicted of animal cruelty for intentionally leaving out food laced with rat poison for feral cats who roamed her Meridian Hill Park neighborhood, was sentenced yesterday to 180 days, suspended, along with 120 hours of community service. more ›

Last September, 21-year-old Jamal Coates was killed during a brazen daylight drive-by shooting on U Street NW. This week, reports Homicide Watch, seven men have been charged for gang violence and retaliations that led to seven deaths since 2006 in Columbia Heights, Adams Morgan and U Street -- including Coates'. more ›

In today's crime roundup, Occupy D.C. protesters and police clash at McPherson Square, a local man is accused of taking advantage of people with physical and mental disabilities, a second man has died after being struck by a car in a Hyattsville Home Depot parking lot, and more. more ›

Five female students are suing Howard University for failing to appropriately respond to their reports of sexual assault and harassment by a school employee. more ›

UPDATE (4:30 p.m.): The AP reports now that the accused is a man, but that the U.S. Attorney’s office is not planning on filing charges against him at this time. more ›

D.C. police report that officers were able to apprehend an armed robber after he attempted to accost someone along the 1200 block of H Street NE this morning. more ›

Montgomery County police are currently investigating an incident where "about 50 teens and young adults" entered a 7-Eleven on the 12000 block of Tech Road in Silver Spring, stole food and drinks, then ran out. more ›

The man accused of firing a gun at the White House on November 11 and breaking at least one window on the presidential residence appeared for the first time inside a Washington courtroom this afternoon. more ›

So far in 2011, there have been 100 homicides in the District. That's 17 percent fewer killings than 2010. Of course, the number of murders alone don't fully define broader crime trends in the District. more ›

In today's crime roundup, violent robberies at the University of Maryland and George Washington University campuses may be connected, a man was stabbed in Adams Morgan, the trial date has been set for a Maryland delegate accused of spending $6,000 of campaign funds on her own wedding, and more. more ›

The intersection of 14th and R Streets NW is usually crowded at the 5 p.m. hour, but it can normally be chalked up to the foot traffic of people making their way to happy hour or back home from work, and not because of a daytime shooting. more ›

Oscar Ramiro ­Ortega-Hernandez, the 21-year-old who allegedly fired shots which hit the White House last Friday, has been charged with attempting to assassinate the President. more ›

In case you weren't sure, it is indeed very illegal to operate an unlicensed operation in which you inject silicone into the buttocks of women inside D.C. hotel rooms in exchange for cash. more ›

Oscar Ramiro ­Ortega-Hernandez, the 21-year-old who allegedly fired shots which hit the White House and was subsequently arrested at a Pennsylvania hotel yesterday, has told authorities that he "hates the president, he hates Washington, he hates society." more ›

Authorities have reportedly taken the man who hit the White House with a gunshot last Friday into custody. more ›

As the search for Oscar Ramiro Ortega -- the man suspected of firing a gun in the proximity of the White House and striking a window on the presidential residence -- continues, federal officials have announced that a task force has been established to bring him into custody. more ›

Look, if you haven't yet taken a couple of minutes to listen to the newly released recordings of former Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson and his wife, former county councilmember Leslie Johnson, talking on the phone in the minutes before federal agents busted down their door and took them into custody on bribery-related charges, we're going to go ahead and recommend that you do that now. more ›

In today's crime roundup, police are investigating a stabbing near the National Cathedral, a Greenbelt man who killed a 16-year-old girl over tattoo ink is sentenced to life in prison, a 65-year-old man was punched and knocked to the ground at the Suitland Metro station, and more. more ›