Paul Duggan

• Local Crime & Public Safety

D.C. police charged Deandre Pettus with cruelty to a child while an investigation of the death continues, authorities said.

• Local Crime & Public Safety

Police responded to the home in Southeast Washington five times in five days.

• D.C.

For nearly two decades, Michael Berman’s small company operated the hugely popular DowntownDC Holiday Market. Now he’s setting up a competing event.

• Legal Issues

An appeals court ruled that Ahmed Abu Khatalla’s original sentence of 22 years was too lenient for an armed incursion that killed four Americans.

• Local Crime & Public Safety

Brendan Banfield, an IRS investigator, is accused of killing his wife and a man who authorities say was lured to their home and falsely described as an intruder.

• Local Crime & Public Safety

A woman in mental health crisis slashed the officer’s face after he visited her Reston apartment to check on her welfare, according to police.

• Local Crime & Public Safety

One of the officers was convicted of second-degree murder in 2022 in the illegal pursuit that killed Karon Hylton-Brown.

• Maryland

In Maryland’s Brentwood community, the hiring of a convicted rapist has left residents concerned and leadership divided.

• Local Crime & Public Safety

David Murray, 48, was arrested by Fairfax police and is awaiting extradition to Frederick County, Md., where he has been charged with five counts of sexual solicitation of a minor.