Dan Morse

Washington, D.C.

Reporter covering courts and crime in Montgomery County, Md.

Education: Vanderbilt University, BE in environmental engineering

Washington Post staff writer Dan Morse covers courts and crime in Montgomery County, Md. He arrived at the paper in 2005, after reporting stops at the Wall Street Journal, Baltimore Sun and Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser, where he was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. He is the author of "The Yoga Store Murder," published by Penguin.
Latest from Dan Morse

At a job fair 37 years ago, he saw a police table. Now he’s the chief.

Marc Yamada, Montgomery County’s new police chief, shares his views on policing, working undercover and officers in schools.

October 14, 2024
Montgomery County Police Chief Marc Yamada.

Former Montgomery College student suspected in school threats, police say

Montgomery College closed all its locations and suspended services Friday because of email threats from a former student.

October 11, 2024
A Montgomery College campus in Rockville in December 2020.

Montgomery elementary teacher accused of selling fentanyl indicted

Sarah Magid, 34, also suffered a drug overdose after her recent release from jail.

October 10, 2024
The Montgomery County Circuit Courthouse in Rockville.

A Maryland teen wasted away at home to 79 pounds. Was it murder?

The trial of Cynthia Moore, 41, is set to continue this week in Montgomery County Circuit Court.

October 7, 2024
The Montgomery County townhouse of Cynthia and Dominique Moore, who were charged in the 2022 death of their 17-year-old child. Cynthia Moore is currently on trial.

Woman gets 18 years for neo-Nazi plot to shoot up Md. power stations

Atomwaffen founder Brandon Russell and Sarah Clendaniel allegedly sought to attack substations around Baltimore.

September 25, 2024
Federal prosecutors found this picture of Sarah Clendaniel during an investigation into a plot to attack the power grid around Baltimore.

Fatal police shooting followed chaotic altercation among neighbors

Maryland officials are investigating a fatal shooting by a Montgomery County police officer outside a home in the Wheaton-Glenmont area.

September 24, 2024
Melvin Chavez was fatally shot Saturday evening in the Wheaton-Glenmont area of Montgomery County, where he was living with family.

Officer fatally shoots man in Montgomery during confrontation, police say

The man had an object and did not comply with commands after an alleged assault on the 3400 block of Janet Road, police said.

September 22, 2024

Teen acquitted of murder in shooting outside Prince George’s high school

The 2023 death of Jayda Medrano Moore, a 16-year-old who’d been walking home from DuVal High School, heightened concerns over teen violence.

September 14, 2024
Jayda Medrano Moore, center, with family members Glendon Reid, left, and Janine Reid.

Man accused of attacking SWAT team from abandoned Chevy Chase home

Man charges SWAT team in area of Chevy Chase, Md., after being coaxed from abandoned, boarded up home.

September 7, 2024
Montgomery County Park Police use a battering ram to try to get to a man armed with a knife in the Chevy Chase area of Maryland.

Woman charged in Bay Bridge crash was on probation for drunken driving

Gwendolyn Persina was with Maryland’s Department of Human Services until April.

August 30, 2024
The crash on the Bay Bridge in January put 13 people in the hospital.