WASHINGTON – A juvenile is in the hospital after being rescued from a fire in Southeast D.C., according to fire officials. D.C. Fire and EMS say crews responded to the fire at a three-story duplex in the 700 block of Mississippi Avenue Saturday afternoon. The fire has since been extinguished. Officials say a juvenile was … Read more
WASHINGTON – Authorities are investigating a multi-vehicle crash that happened Sunday morning in Southeast D.C. involving a police car, a Circulator Bus, and a Park Police vehicle. Metropolitan Police confirm to FOX 5 that the call came in around 8:15 a.m. Sunday for a crash near the intersection of Alabama Avenue and Stanton Road Southeast. … Read more
Inmate rearrested after escaping from custody An inmate who escaped custody in West Hollywood was captured hours later in Woodland Hills, LASD said. WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – An inmate, who managed to escape from custody outside the West Hollywood Sheriff’s Station Friday morning, has been rearrested, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said. LASD officials … Read more
WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) – DC Police are searching for a sexual abuse suspect in reference to multiple offenses that occurred Wednesday in Northwest. Police say the suspect approached a victim in the 2400 block of H Street NW around 12:15 p.m., engaged in unwanted sexual contact with the victim then fled the scene. READ … Read more
article WASHINGTON – A D.C. woman is warning rideshare passengers to be careful after what she described as a “terrifyingly close call” Sunday night. “I called the Uber, and it was four minutes away.” Lisa P. Cohen recalled, explaining that she’d just attended a play at Arena Stage in Southwest before things took a turn … Read more
Brooklyn marina fire A fire swept through two pleasure boats docked at a marina in Brooklyn on Tuesday afternoon. NEW YORK – A fire swept through two pleasure boats docked at a marina in Brooklyn on Tuesday afternoon. Several FDNY vessels responded to the Futura Marina, located on Knapp Street in Sheepshead Bay, just before … Read more
DC National Night Out: Assistant Chief Andre Wright talks event, crime update D.C. Police Assistant Chief Andre Wright discusses the National Night Out police community event and has a summer crime update. Communities across the country and the DMV will be celebrating National Night Out on Tuesday, an event that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood … Read more
WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) – Four long-tenured Black female firefighters are suing DC Fire and Emergency Services for $10 million for race and gender discrimination, according to a press release. The lawsuit says the discrimination came in the form of payment of wages, promotions, training and job opportunities and maintenance of a retaliatory and hostile … Read more
Brooklyn preacher robbed Armed bandits crashed a church service in Brooklyn and robbed Bishop Lamor Miller-Whitehead and his wife. The gunmen made off with $1 million in jewelry. NEW YORK – A Brooklyn preacher who uses the title bishop was robbed during his church service Sunday. The NYPD says it happened around 11:15 a.m. Sunday … Read more
article NEW YORK – A New York City Corrections Officer has been arrested and charged for allegedly fatally shooting an 18-year-old in the Bronx early Thursday morning. Dion Middleton, 45, is facing charges of murder, manslaughter, and criminal possession of a weapon. According to the NYPD, police responded to a 9-1-1 call of a man … Read more