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A newly released after-action report reveals D.C. call takers and supervisors didn’t make clear the severity of the disaster unfolding, didn’t have the codes they needed to do their job and didn’t act as fast as they could, wasting nearly 15 minutes before telling everyone involved that people and dogs were trapped and in danger inside the District Dogs...

An after-action report describes flaws in the emergency response to the flood in which 10 pets drowned at District Dogs. Investigative Reporter Ted Oberg has the details.

A Maryland man is facing a federal conspiracy charge in an alleged scheme to sell fake nursing degrees. The U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland’s office recently announced the conspiracy charge against Ejike Asiegbunam, whom they say made more than $1.6 million in what they called a “scheme to defraud.” According to court documents, Asiegbunam was the owner...

A Maryland man faces a federal conspiracy charge for allegedly selling fake nursing degrees in a scheme prosecutors say stretched from Maryland to Florida and New York. The News4 I-Team was the first to report concerns with the now defunct nursing school. Investigative Reporter Tracee Wilkins has the update.

Evidence continues to mount in the case against former Culpeper County Sheriff Scott Jenkins. On Monday, Rick Rahim became the third former auxiliary sheriff’s deputy to plead guilty to bribing Jenkins. The indictment against Rahim and Jenkins alleges Rahim paid Jenkins $25,000. He handed Jenkins the cash in manila envelopes, prosecutors say. They claim Rahim also paid for a campaign…

Evidence continues to mount in the case against former Culpeper County Sheriff Scott Jenkins. Investigative Reporter Ted Oberg and the News4 I-Team report Rick Rahim became the third former auxiliary sheriff’s deputy to plead guilty to bribing the sheriff.

The News4 I-Team obtained a normally confidential law enforcement plan for a presidential visit to Culpeper County, Virginia, showing a convicted felon was assigned as part of the security detail. The White House executive visit to Germanna Community College on Feb. 10, 2022, was a chance for President Joe Biden to pitch a prescription drug price relief plan. The 20-page…

The News 4 I-Team obtained a normally confidential law enforcement plan for a presidential visit to Culpeper County, Virginia, showing a convicted felon was assigned as part of the security detail. Investigative Reporter Ted Oberg and the News4 I-Team have the details.

Many communities offer cash rewards for tips from the public to solve difficult cases, but the News4 I-Team found there’s little scrutiny of how effective those programs are.

Many communities offer cash rewards for tips from the public to solve difficult cases, but the News4 I-Team found there’s little scrutiny of how effective those programs are. Investigative Reporter Ted Oberg also found questions about whether having D.C. police run its program hurts the cases they’re trying to solve.

You can buy just about anything on platforms like Facebook Marketplace, Ebay and Craigslist — but how do you know you’re getting the whole truth from the seller before you hand over your money?

Archbishop William E. Lori sat quietly Monday as six men and women stood in court and spoke of surviving violent and sometimes years-long sexual abuse at the hands of priests and staff employed by the Archdiocese of Baltimore. One woman said her abuse began in first grade. Another said a priest routinely threatened her with a gun and once held…

Some men and women abused at the hands of priests told their stories of survival in court Monday as part of the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s bankruptcy proceedings. The church filed for bankruptcy last fall just days before a Maryland law took effect that allows survivors to sue regardless of when their abuse happened. Investigative Reporter Tracee Wilkins and the News4...

Without a federal prison near the District, many D.C. inmates are shipped across the country to serve their sentences. The News4 I-Team reported about a family fighting to find out how their loved one died after he was sent to a California prison. Investigative Reporter Tracee Wilkins explains what one local legislator is doing to try and close that...

A D.C. family was hoping for their loved one to be released this month after serving 12 years in prison for armed carjacking and robbery – crimes he committed as a teen in 2012. Instead, 29-year-old Robert Jeter is dead, and his family is fighting to find out what led to his passing in federal custody last fall. “I have…

A D.C. family expected a loved one to be released this month after serving 12 years in prison for armed carjacking. Instead, Robert Jeter is dead, and his family is fighting for answers on what led to his death while in federal custody last fall. Investigative Reporter Tracee Wilkins picked up the story.

For at least seven months in 2020 and 2021, the D.C. area’s largest police department was the only legal gun dealer in the nation’s capital. It was the only place D.C. residents could legally get a handgun. That much was reported at the time, but now the News4 I-Team has the federal documents proving a concerning number of guns...

The D.C. area’s largest police force wound up being in the firearms business. Investigative Reporter Ted Oberg and the News4 I-Team explain.

D.C. taxpayers still don’t know the finer details of this deal. But D.C.’s elected leaders do, because they heard about them in a meeting the public had no idea about.

Aside from what we’ve already reported, the public still doesn’t know the finer details of the Capital One Arena deal. But D.C.’s elected leaders do, because they heard about them in a meeting the public had no idea about. News4 I-Team reporter Ted Oberg reports.