<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Crime</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/metro/crime?nav=rss_metro/crime</link><description>Crime</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Manassas Police Officer Mourned]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11113-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11113-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/crime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Some knew him as J.K., others as Jimmy, and still others just called him Jim.]]></description><author> Tara Young</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[No Charges for Woman Who Fatally Shot Intruder]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11091-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11091-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/crime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  No criminal charges will be filed against a Bryans Road woman who fatally shot a man who broke into her home and attacked her boyfriend this month, Charles County authorities said.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Va. Expands Use of Sentencing Tool for Judges]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12605-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12605-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/crime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ RICHMOND  --  It used to be that Virginia justices went about sentencing nonviolent criminals the way judges across the country do: They scanned convicts' rap sheets and court files and took into account such general factors as age and history to decide how dangerous felons were to the public and whether they should go to prison.]]></description><author> Chris L. Jenkins</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sheriff Candidates Setting Out Early]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12601-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12601-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/crime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ One thing is certain about the sheriff's race in Alexandria: Come Election Day in November, incumbent James H. Dunning's name will not appear on the ballot, as it has every four years since 1985.]]></description><author> Jamie Stockwell</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despite Law, D.C. Jail Conditions Unimproved]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12259-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12259-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/crime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Mayor Anthony A. Williams and the Department of Corrections have failed to comply with a 14-month-old law negotiated with the D.C. Council to improve conditions and operations at the District's main jail after the stabbing deaths of two detainees and other inmate violence.]]></description><author> Serge F. Kovaleski</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appeals Court Upholds Verdict in Sword Killing]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11099-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11099-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/crime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ RICHMOND  --  The Virginia Court of Appeals on Tuesday affirmed the murder and conspiracy convictions of a woman who arranged the sword slaying of her father in Loudoun County.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crime Briefs]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11089-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11089-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/crime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Warning About Meth Labs <br>St. Mary's County Sheriff David D. Zylak (D) asked residents last week to be on the watch for signs of illegal activities connected to the methamphetamine trade.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[UPDATE: Fired Police Chief Working to Get Back Job]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12553-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12553-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/crime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Teresa C. Chambers, who was fired last year as U.S. Park Police chief after publicly calling for more funding and personnel, is still trying to get her old job back.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alexandria Man, Dog Killed Crossing Street]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10719-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_metro/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10719-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_metro/crime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Michael Finucan was a cautious man, his wife said, not one to try to cross a busy, dimly lighted street in the pouring rain. So it baffles her that he did just that early yesterday while walking the family's dog.]]></description><author> Jamie Stockwell</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Md. MVA Employee Charged in ID Card Sales]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10710-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_metro/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10710-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_metro/crime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration employee conspired with the owner of a driving school and a third person to sell state identification cards, many to illegal immigrants, for as much as $2,000 each, federal authorities alleged yesterday.]]></description><author> Eric Rich</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Va. Court Upholds Muhammad Sentences]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8824-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_metro/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8824-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_metro/crime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Virginia Supreme Court upheld the convictions and death sentences of sniper John Allen Muhammad, saying he had acted with "breathless cruelty."]]></description><author> Carol Morello</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boy in Prince William School Siege Is Released]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10765-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_metro/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10765-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_metro/crime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A former Bull Run Middle School student who smuggled guns and ammunition into the building and briefly held a group of people hostage last year was released by the Department of Juvenile Justice this week, the Prince William County commonwealth's attorney's office said yesterday.]]></description><author> Tara Young</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Mix of Ordinary, Drama at Courthouse]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10404-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_metro/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10404-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_metro/crime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Near the soaring figure of blind Justice, her arms reaching out toward rows of television vans and satellite dishes, a nuclear materials detector had been installed yesterday at the federal courthouse in Alexandria  --  a white arch fitted with a black box and wires.]]></description><author> Stephanie McCrummen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Landlords  Tout Security  Upgrades]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8012-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_metro/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8012-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_metro/crime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Men in white overalls coated apartment doors with fresh paint yesterday as Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson nodded his head in approval.]]></description><author> Sudarsan Raghavan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[District Man Admits Killing Mayor's Aide]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7219-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_metro/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7219-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_metro/crime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A neighbor charged with killing longtime civil rights activist Wanda R. Alston plead guilty to second-degree murder Thursday, admitting to an addiction to crack cocaine.]]></description><author> Henri E. Cauvin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ruling Saves Part of D.C. Gun Liability Law]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7981-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_metro/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7981-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_metro/crime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The D.C. Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that gunmakers can be sued for shootings in the District that are carried out with a broad range of automatic weapons.]]></description><author> Henri E. Cauvin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[15-Year-Old Charged in Charter School Arson]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7958-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_metro/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7958-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_metro/crime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A 15-year-old student was arrested yesterday and charged as a juvenile in the first of two arsons that badly damaged a Northeast Washington charter school in December, officials said.]]></description><author> Del Quentin Wilber</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Older Riders Add to Rise In Motorcycle Fatalities]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7460-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_metro/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7460-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_metro/crime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[More than 3,900 people died on motorcycles in the United States in 2004, up 7.3 percent from the year before, according to preliminary highway safety numbers released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.]]></description><author> Greg Schneider</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[CRIME &#38;  JUSTICE]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7959-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_metro/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7959-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_metro/crime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[     THE DISTRICT <br>   Murder Conviction  An aspiring model was convicted yesterday of first-degree premeditated murder while armed in connection with the 2002 slaying of the owner of a downtown modeling agency, authorities said.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[CRIME &#38;  JUSTICE]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6308-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_metro/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6308-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_metro/crime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:59:49 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[     MARYLAND <br>   Sentence in Slaying  A Montgomery County judge sentenced a Chevy Chase man yesterday to five years in prison for his role in the death last summer of a 71-year-old psychiatric social worker.]]></description><author></author></item></channel></rss>
