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D.C. to pay feds $600,000 over mercury cleanup
- The District has agreed to pay the federal government $600,000 after the U.S. Justice Department threatened to sue the city for failing to pay for the cleanup of mercury at two D.C. high schools.
Lanier to out-of-town cops: Behave
- D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier cautioned out-of-town officers visiting for National Police Week to act “with dignity and respect during their stay,” in a pre-emptive strike to prevent the debauched and disorderly behavior of past celebrations.
- D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier cautioned out-of-town officers visiting for National Police Week to act “with dignity and respect during their stay,” in a pre-emptive strike to prevent the debauched and disorderly behavior of past celebrations.
Three’s a crowd
- Let’s blow right by the obvious fact that Syesha absolutely needs to get the heave-ho this week so we can get to the main event: David vs. David. Instead, let’s touch on more meaningless but curious fare.
- Let’s blow right by the obvious fact that Syesha absolutely needs to get the heave-ho this week so we can get to the main event: David vs. David. Instead, let’s touch on more meaningless but curious fare.
Former Barry adviser sued for more than $1M in owed taxes
- A onetime adviser to former Mayor Marion Barry who once controlled huge city contracts was sued by federal prosecutors for allegedly failing to pay more than $1 million in taxes.
Fire investigators’ qualifications questioned
- The D.C. firefighters assigned as the lead investigators in probes of the most significant blazes in the past year had little experience in arson cases and were not certified as fire investigators, sources told The Examiner.
Raids, arrests target LeDroit Park gang
- Law enforcement officials "took down" a violent drug and crime organization in Northwest Washington in an early morning raid Friday, D.C. police said.
Homeless man seen leaving apartment complex before blaze
- Four minutes before a blaze was reported that would gut a Mount Pleasant apartment complex in March, security cameras recorded a homeless man who had been banned from the property leaving the scene, according to court records.
- Four minutes before a blaze was reported that would gut a Mount Pleasant apartment complex in March, security cameras recorded a homeless man who had been banned from the property leaving the scene, according to court records.
Beltway Sniper asks for end to appeals
- The man known as the Beltway Sniper has asked Virginia prosecutors to waive his rights to appeal his conviction and death sentence for the 2002 killing spree that left 10 people in the D.C. area dead.
Former judge from ‘pants suit’ sues for $1 million, old job back
- The former D.C. judge who was fired after becoming a symbol of runaway litigation for suing over lost pants has claimed he suffered “humiliation” and “physical illness” in a new lawsuit seeking reinstatement and at least $1 million in damages.
‘D.C. Madam’ notes say suicide was only way out
- The so-called D.C. Madam said in suicide notes that she would not go to prison for what she called “a modern day lynching,” and that she was at peace with her decision to end her life.
- The so-called D.C. Madam said in suicide notes that she would not go to prison for what she called “a modern day lynching,” and that she was at peace with her decision to end her life.
‘D.C. Madam’ hangs self at mom’s home, Fla. police say
- Deborah Jeane Palfrey, the escort service owner whose trial titillated the public and embarrassed Washington’s powerful, killed herself Thursday, according to police, two weeks after a D.C. jury convicted her of running a prostitution ring.
Gun jam prevented more casualties, police say
- The man accused of going on a shooting rampage at a trade school in Northeast Washington could have injured or killed more people, but his gun jammed on him, according to a D.C. police affidavit.
Bank employee charged with stealing $150,000
- A female Brinks employee was charged this week with theft related to a Christmas Eve caper in which someone walked out of the company’s Northwest Washington vault with a bag of cash containing $150,000, court documents said.