BY BILL BROWN, CONTRIBUTIONS BY MORGAN FECTO UPDATE, FEB 25: Takoma Park Police have released more information about the Feb. 24 murder/suicide on Flower Ave. The shooter was Takoma Park

TAKOMA PARK, JAN. 11: It happened this morning. It happened Monday morning, It happened Dec. 20. It happened Nov. 30 and Oct. 26. And 10 more times since

OCTOBER 26: Two men were arrested for the armed robbery of Maple Market last month, it was announced. Chief Alan M. Goldberg from the Takoma Park Police Department announced

TEENS: BY KELSEY MILLER, CNS Of the 279 female youth committed to residential treatment centers in Maryland in 2010, approximately 80 percent were accused of nothing more serious than

CRIME • BY KIRSTY GROFF A recent string of robberies in Shepherd Park, D.C., led to a community crime briefing that allowed area police departments, government officials and

MARYLAND — In the 14 years since the Maryland legislature approved red light cameras, about 200 of the ticket-issuing machines have been installed in the state, according

In less than 10 minutes, 78 teenagers and young adults cycled through a 7-Eleven and emptied the shelves of candy bars, snacks and drinks. Before police arrived, they

by Greg Kohn A man charged with burglarizing three Takoma Park homes, including that of former Mayor Kathy Porter, is scheduled to go to trial December 20 in Montgomery

Maryland is one of 23 states that has been lax in reporting mental health and substance abuse records to a national database used to run background checks on

A Takoma Park resident was sentenced last week to 12 years in prison by a federal circuit judge in Greenbelt after an FBI search found child pornography on

During the month of September, Takoma Park has seen a sharp rise in burglaries, thefts and robberies. According to a statement released by Catherine Plevy, Public Information Officer for

On Wednesday, September 14, Maryland Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., revived a bill to end racial profiling — an idea that won bipartisan support in 2001, but became

A bill that Montgomery County Police hope will maintain low juvenile crime rates and curb influxes of gang violence is come under attack by area residents who say

by Howard Kohn

It may never be known what drove Carlos Rudolfo Espinoza Arcia, at age 43, to a reckless robbery plan and an apparent wish to

(photo by Jay Keller)

After allegedly robbing a take-out restaurant at gunpoint in the middle of the afternoon of Sunday, October 3, three District teenagers crashed