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United States Park Police

Lincoln Memorial shut down because of unattended packages

Jun 25, 2008

Shortly before 6 p.m. Tuesday, Park Police were summoned to the bus, which was parked on French Drive, just south of Memorial Circle. As a precaution, a Park Police spokesman says, the area was cleared and the packages were...

10 Children, 7 adults injured in Md. bus crash

Jun 21, 2008

LANDOVER, Md. -- Ten children and seven adults are being treated for minor injuries after the bus they were riding in veered off the road. The accident happened just before 4:30 p.m. Friday on Route 50 in the Landover area....

Bus Driver Arrested After BW Parkway Crash

posted 9:07 pm Fri June 20, 2008 - Cheverly, Md. The driver of a bus that crashed on the BW Parkway, injuring 17 people, was arrested Friday evening. Shortly after 4 p.m., the United States Park Police responded to a bus crash....

Police investigate Georgetown robbery, attempted assault

WASHINGTON - Police need your help finding a man suspected in a robbery and attempted sexual assault that occurred along the C&O Canal in Georgetown The U.S. Park Police says around 1:30 a.m. on June 14 a man robbed a woman and...

Google Street View Car Gets Pulled over by U.S. Park Police

The Presidio of San Francsico hasn’t seen this much action since they filmed The Presidio, starrring Sean Connery. It appears that a mounted member of the United States Park Police briefly detained a Google Maps camera car for...

Damaging storms hit Southern Md., D.C.

Five rescued from capsized boat Heavy wind and rain sent five people into the Patuxent River yesterday after the 16-foot boat they were in capsized during a series of thunderstorms that caused damage throughout Southern...

Wind, rain blow over tent on Mall in D.C.; 10 hurt

WASHINGTON - Rain and wind caused the partial collapse of a permanent tent on the Mall, injuring 10 people, authorities said. Sgt. Robert Lachance of the U.S. Park Police said an ll-year-old was rescued from under one of the...

Buried man's death ruled a homicide

SAN FRANCISCO - One piece of a puzzle surrounding a dead man found buried in the sand at Ocean Beach may have fallen into place — the death recently has been ruled a homicide by the Medical Examiner’s Office. In the early hours...

William T. Sampson III

SWOOPE — William Thomas Sampson III, 61, husband of Kathleen (Kostley) Sampson of High Meadow Farm at 5240 Morris Mill Road in Swoope, formerly of Nellysford and Northern Virginia, died Sunday, June 8, 2008, at his residence....

On the Potomac, Real Risks That Go With Real Fun

Summer is almost here, and people are looking for recreation. What would it be like to have challenging hiking trails and dangerous whitewater in your own back yard? Some may think you can find those opportunities only "out...