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D.C. police arrest suspect in fatal stabbing in Southeast D.C. police arrest suspect in fatal stabbing in Southeast
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D.C. police have arrested a suspect in connection with a fatal stabbing that occurred Saturday morning in Southeast Washington, according to a department statement.D.C. police have arrested a suspect in connection with a fatal stabbing that occurred Saturday morning in Southeast Washington, according to a department statement.
Tammy Lawrence, 41, of Southeast, was arrested several hours after the stabbing and was charged with first-degree murder while armed. Police identified the victim as Ricardo Dasilva, 30, of Southeast.Tammy Lawrence, 41, of Southeast, was arrested several hours after the stabbing and was charged with first-degree murder while armed. Police identified the victim as Ricardo Dasilva, 30, of Southeast.
D.C. police said the stabbing occurred about 8 a.m. Saturday inside a residence in the 2800 block of Douglass Place SE. The victim was pronounced dead on the scene. It was the District’s sixth homicide of 2016.D.C. police said the stabbing occurred about 8 a.m. Saturday inside a residence in the 2800 block of Douglass Place SE. The victim was pronounced dead on the scene. It was the District’s sixth homicide of 2016.
— Peter Hermann— Peter Hermann
A man was shot shortly before noon on Sunday near Sherman Circle Park in Northwest Washington, according to D.C. police.A man was shot shortly before noon on Sunday near Sherman Circle Park in Northwest Washington, according to D.C. police.
The victim was reported to be conscious and breathing and was taken to an area hospital, said Officer Sean Hickman, a police spokesman. The victim was reported to be conscious and breathing and was taken to a hospital, said Officer Sean Hickman, a police spokesman.
Police said the shooting occurred on the street about 11:45 a.m. in the 4700 block of Kansas Avenue NW, just south of the Brightwood neighborhood. Police said they do not yet know a motive.Police said the shooting occurred on the street about 11:45 a.m. in the 4700 block of Kansas Avenue NW, just south of the Brightwood neighborhood. Police said they do not yet know a motive.
A police official said investigators were looking for two suspects, both wearing ski masks. A police official said investigators were looking for two people, both wearing ski masks.
A group of 11 banks agreed to pay more than $63 million to settle allegations that they misled the commonwealth of Virginia and its retirement system about residential mortgage-backed securities, Attorney General Mark R. Herring said Friday.A group of 11 banks agreed to pay more than $63 million to settle allegations that they misled the commonwealth of Virginia and its retirement system about residential mortgage-backed securities, Attorney General Mark R. Herring said Friday.
The banks, which include two Bank of America units, Morgan Stanley and a unit of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, defrauded the state’s retirement fund by selling it shoddy mortgage bonds in the run-up to the financial crisis, Virginia’s attorney general said in a 2014 lawsuit.The banks, which include two Bank of America units, Morgan Stanley and a unit of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, defrauded the state’s retirement fund by selling it shoddy mortgage bonds in the run-up to the financial crisis, Virginia’s attorney general said in a 2014 lawsuit.
None of banks admitted liability in the settlement, Herring said.None of banks admitted liability in the settlement, Herring said.
The $63 million pact is the largest non-health-care-related sum obtained in a suit brought under a Virginia law aimed at curbing fraud against the commonwealth’s taxpayers, Herring said in a statement.The $63 million pact is the largest non-health-care-related sum obtained in a suit brought under a Virginia law aimed at curbing fraud against the commonwealth’s taxpayers, Herring said in a statement.
In the lawsuit, Herring said an analysis showed nearly 40 percent of the mortgages that backed 220 securities purchased by Virginia’s retirement fund were fraudulently represented as posing a lower risk of default than they actually did.In the lawsuit, Herring said an analysis showed nearly 40 percent of the mortgages that backed 220 securities purchased by Virginia’s retirement fund were fraudulently represented as posing a lower risk of default than they actually did.
— Associated Press— Associated Press
AAA Mid-Atlantic said Sunday in a statement that the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gas in the metro area is $1.87, down from $1.89 a week ago. The price is 4 cents above the national average of $1.83. The price is 27 cents lower than this time a year ago, when the price was $2.14. A large house on an unplowed road in Loudoun County was destroyed by fire Sunday, authorities said. No one was injured.
The 5,000-square-foot house was in the Waterford area in a rural subdivision not connected to a municipal water supply, said Laura Rinehart, a county fire department spokeswoman.
She said an automatic alarm alerted firefighters about noon to the fire in the 41000 block of Cotter Court. The first floor was in flames when they arrived and the blaze spread rapidly, Rinehart said.
She said the blaze presented a major challenge, a result of road conditions and a need to stretch hoses more than 800 feet to reach the house. The structure was about 10 miles north of Leesburg. The specific extent to which the snow contributed to the damage was not clear.
Two adults and two children were displaced by the blaze, Rinehart said.
She said the cause was determined to be accidental.
— Martin Weil
AAA Mid-Atlantic said Sunday in a statement that the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gas in the Washington area is $1.87, down from $1.89 a week ago. The price is 4 cents above the national average of $1.83. The price is 27 cents lower than this time a year ago, when the price was $2.14.
The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gas in the District of Columbia alone is $2.06, down a penny from a week ago.The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gas in the District of Columbia alone is $2.06, down a penny from a week ago.
— Associated Press— Associated Press