Metro Weekly

All posts tagged "crime"

  • Slice of Strife

    There is no shortage of crime stories -- Wanda Alston, Marion Barry, David Rosenbaum -- in the nation's capital. But for every high-profile incident, there...

  • Killer Sentenced in Transgender Murder Case

    The killer of local transgender performer Bella Evangelista will serve 16 years and eight months for the crime, the Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit of...

  • A Life Remembered

    Bad news travels fast. And it shot across town like lightning last Wednesday, March 16, as news spread that Wanda Alston, 45, cabinet member and...

  • Police Story

    If you've been to even a handful of gay and lesbian community meetings in the D.C. metro area, chances are you've seen the jovial big...

  • Targeting Dupont

    Washingtonians have plenty of reasons to feel anxious, looking at the city through Code Orange-tinted lenses. An errant airplane causes the frenzied evacuation of Congress....

  • UPDATE: Arrest in R Street Murder

    Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police announced Thursday evening that Kurt Williams, 19, has been charged with one count of felony murder while armed, in conjunction with...

  • UPDATE: Violence Continues in Dupont

    WEDNESDAY, AUG. 25 -- As the emotional fallout from the murder of Adrien Alstad continues to grip Washington's gay community -- and all residents in...

  • Murder Shakes 17th Street

    A recent spike in robberies in the Dupont Circle-Logan Circle areas took a deadly turn in the early hours of Monday morning, when an unknown...

  • Buzz Cut

    In May of 1999, Elisabeth Leamy went to a party. She brought a producer from Fox 5 News and a teeny, tiny hidden camera. By...