<?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/va/crime?nav=rss_metro/va/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[Nonprofit Eyes Net Gains in Public Safety]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11098-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/va/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11098-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/va/crime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  It has organizational flowcharts and 11 pages of bylaws. It has committees, brochures and a handful of board members.]]></description><author> Karin Brulliard</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Manassas Police Officer Mourned]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11113-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/va/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11113-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/va/crime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:36 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[Appeals Court Upholds Verdict in Sword Killing]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11099-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/va/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11099-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/va/crime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:36 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[Va. Expands Use of Sentencing Tool for Judges]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12605-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/va/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12605-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/va/crime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:36 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/va/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12601-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_metro/va/crime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:36 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[Boy in Prince William School Siege Is Released]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10765-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_metro/va/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10765-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_metro/va/crime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:36 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[Va. Court Upholds Muhammad Sentences]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8824-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_metro/va/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8824-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_metro/va/crime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:36 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[Man Pleads Guilty in Lawyer's Abduction]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10282-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_metro/va/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10282-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_metro/va/crime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A 38-year-old Alexandria man pleaded guilty yesterday for his role in the Dec. 7 abduction of a lawyer who was dragged from his home at gunpoint and taken to a freshly dug grave as part of a plot to force him to drop a lawsuit.]]></description><author> Jamie Stockwell</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moussaoui Scheduled to Offer Guilty Plea]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4642-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_metro/va/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4642-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_metro/va/crime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Zacarias Moussaoui is scheduled to stand before a judge Thursday and admit his alleged role in the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, federal court officials say.]]></description><author> Jerry Markon</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Va. Teacher Who Inspired With Art Dies in Crash]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2995-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_metro/va/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2995-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_metro/va/crime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  A 61-year-old Prince William County high school teacher who dedicated herself to helping young people express themselves through art and creative writing died yesterday from injuries she received in a hit-and-run accident, officials said.]]></description><author> Tara Young</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Springfield Man Charged With Killing Girlfriend]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57853-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_metro/va/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57853-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_metro/va/crime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A 35-year-old Springfield man has been charged with abducting and killing his girlfriend after a fight in the parking lot of a bar, authorities said yesterday in Stafford County, where the woman's body was found in a field.]]></description><author> Michelle Boorstein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[N.Va. Man Faces Federal Charge Over Money Transfer Business]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57855-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_metro/va/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57855-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_metro/va/crime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A Northern Virginia businessman has been charged with operating an illegal money transfer business that sent about $5 million to countries including Pakistan, Iran and the Taliban-controlled areas of Afghanistan over a two-year period, according to a federal indictment unsealed yesterday.]]></description><author> Allan Lengel</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[D.C. Calls for Doctor Oversight Hearing]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51179-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/va/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51179-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_metro/va/crime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Council member David A. Catania said the hearing is in response to a series of Washington Post articles that reported the medical board rarely disciplines troubled doctors.]]></description><author> Cheryl W. Thompson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosecutors Say Slaying Of Witness Was Planned]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45042-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_metro/va/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45042-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_metro/va/crime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[There was nothing spontaneous about the brutal, midmorning slaying of Brenda Paz, prosecutors said yesterday. Over several months, the stabbing death of the federal witness was meticulously plotted from an Alexandria jail cell, and when it came time to execute the plan, July 13, 2003, it was calculated and precise, they said.]]></description><author> Jamie Stockwell and Jerry Markon</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attorney General Hopefuls Spar]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44979-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_metro/va/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44979-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_metro/va/crime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[wo Republicans who want to be Virginia's next attorney general sparred yesterday over some of the hottest topics in law, including the Terri Schiavo case and the role of judges.]]></description><author> Rosalind S. Helderman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Substitute Teacher Facing Sex Charge]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45442-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_metro/va/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45442-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_metro/va/crime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A 24-year-old woman who worked as a substitute teacher in Fairfax County public schools has been accused of having a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old student, police said yesterday.]]></description><author> Maria Glod</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Formidable Foe on the Force]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38865-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_metro/va/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38865-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_metro/va/crime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  The Sterling man kept fighting, even as a half-dozen Loudoun County sheriff's deputies trying to arrest him used their strength  --  and pepper spray  --  to control him. He was assaulting one officer when Deputy Matt Powell stepped in and wrestled the suspect down using martial arts techniques he had been studying for just two months.]]></description><author> Karin Brulliard</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Va. Lawmakers Aim to Hook Cyberscammers]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40578-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_metro/va/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40578-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_metro/va/crime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Virginia General Assembly this year passed a handful of new bills aimed at cracking down on computer and online crimes, including a statute that observers say is the nation's first law that criminalizes "phishing" schemes.]]></description><author> Karin Brulliard</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loudoun Judge Gives Spammer 9-Year Prison Term]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38788-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_metro/va/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38788-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_metro/va/crime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A Loudoun County judge yesterday sentenced the first person convicted of felony spam charges in the nation to nine years in prison but allowed him to remain free on bond during his appeal.]]></description><author> Karin Brulliard</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suspect in Pentagon Officer's Death Faces New Capital Charges]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32801-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/va/crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32801-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_metro/va/crime</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 8:05:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ More serious charges that could carry the death penalty were levied yesterday against a man accused of fatally injuring Pentagon police officer James Feltis in January by slamming into him at a traffic booth with a carjacked vehicle, prosecutors said.]]></description><author> Jerry Markon</author></item></channel></rss>