Loudoun Policy on Illegal Immigrants Questioned- June 26, 2008 The American Civil Liberties Union expressed concern Friday about plans by the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office to check the immigration status of anyone arrested in the county who is suspected of being in the United States illegally.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/crime/index_xml/~3/318834906/AR2008062... Woman Gets 8 Years in 5-Month-Old's Beating Death- June 26, 2008 A 62-year-old District woman was sentenced to eight years in prison yesterday for the 2006 beating death of her 5-month-old great-great-nephew.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/crime/index_xml/~3/320478378/AR2008062... Woman Found Dead in Fire Was Slain, Officials Say- June 26, 2008 Authorities said yesterday that a woman whose body was found in a fire that destroyed an upscale Bowie house this week was killed before the blaze, an assertion that stunned friends and neighbors who said homicide seemed nearly unimaginable in one of Prince George's County's most insulated and...http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/crime/index_xml/~3/320478376/AR2008062... Pr. George's Jurors Say Defendant Lobbied Them- June 26, 2008 On Monday and Tuesday, Harry James sat at the defense table in a Prince George's County courtroom, acting as his own lawyer in a civil trial involving a disputed house sale.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/crime/index_xml/~3/320478377/AR2008062... Expelled Student Gets 2 Years in Gun Scheme- June 25, 2008 A student who was recently expelled from Albert Einstein High School in Montgomery County was sentenced this week to two years in prison for his role in an April gun-dealing scheme that went awry, putting 1,600 students on lockdown for nearly three hours.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/crime/index_xml/~3/319798614/AR2008062... Ruling Allows Inmate to Be Kept in Prison- June 24, 2008 A ruling by a state judge yesterday allows Maryland officials to keep in prison an inmate who was found guilty but not criminally responsible in the murder of a fellow prisoner, rather than commit him to the state's secure psychiatric hospital for the criminally insane.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/crime/index_xml/~3/318834904/AR2008062... Order Restored After Disturbance- June 24, 2008 A disturbance involving 35 inmates at the D.C. jail broke out Sunday night and ended early in the morning yesterday, but authorities said there were no escapes and no injuries.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/crime/index_xml/~3/318834903/AR2008062... Inmate Called Too Risky for Md. Facility- June 22, 2008 The Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center in Jessup is Maryland's only maximum-security psychiatric hospital. It houses 89 people charged with first-degree murder or attempted first-degree murder, most committed after being found not criminally responsible, or insane.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/crime/index_xml/~3/318834905/AR2008062... Fairfax Crime Up 6 Percent In 2007- June 22, 2008 Fairfax County's crime rate has risen by 6 percent over the previous year, according to statistics for 2007 released last week by Fairfax police.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/crime/index_xml/~3/316564031/AR2008061... To Serve and Protect, With an Eye to Culture- June 22, 2008 Hwanhee Kim, who helps crime victims and witnesses for the Fairfax County police, recalled one woman of Korean background who said she had been beaten regularly by her husband since their honeymoon. For many years, she never considered reporting the abuse to the police.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/crime/index_xml/~3/316564032/AR2008061... |