According to the United States Attorney’s Office,  a federal jury convicted Brandon Russell, 29, of Orlando, Florida, of conspiring to attack electrical substations in Maryland as part of a racially motivated extremist plot, which aimed to cause widespread power outages and over $75 million in damages, with sentencing yet to be scheduled. (more…)


A Montgomery County judge sentenced Keith Delcid-Palacios to 45 years in prison for the 2021 shooting death of Martin Nolan and the attempted shooting of another victim in a Silver Spring school parking lot, while his brother, Jeffery Delcid-Palacios, received a 36-day sentence for obstruction of justice. (more…)


Two employees of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) were charged in connection with making an unauthorized copy of Airports Authority records that appeared to be surveillance video from the airport showing the American Airlines jet colliding with an Army helicopter last week.

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Back in October, Baltimore Police arrested 24-year-old John Callis of Baltimore following the brutal assault that was captured in a viral video of the man assaulting two Washington Commanders fans following this past season’s Ravens/Commanders game. The man was arrested, and today he was sentenced.

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Montgomery County Police 4th District (4D) officers and specialized teams recently made multiple arrests, recovered stolen vehicles, and closed robbery cases, including the January 30 arrest of a robbery suspect in Wheaton, the January 31 arrest of two suspects linked to a November 2024 robbery, and the recovery of two stolen vehicles near Veirs Mill & Randolph Rd, leading to four arrests and drug seizures. (more…)


On Friday, Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) officers arrested a suspect who left a Glenmont 7-11 with a suspicious bulge and entered a white Nissan Altima on Georgia Ave with a passenger holding a handgun, leading to the recovery of a Glock 27 and two loaded magazines. (more…)


Elmer Lopez-Cortez, 26, of Silver Spring, and Junior Del-Cid, 21, of Takoma Park, were each sentenced to life in prison without parole, plus three consecutive life sentences and 105 years, for the 2022 MS-13 gang-related murder of 19-year-old Willians Anderson Alberto Cruz and the attempted murder of three others in Montgomery County. (more…)


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