Jackie Bensen is a news reporter for NBC4 Washington, specializing in local news coverage in the District of Columbia. With over 20 years of experience, Jackie covers a wide range of stories, from crime and court cases to heartwarming human interest stories. She is dedicated to bringing the latest news and information to the viewers of NBC4 Washington.
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Jackie Bensen's reporting primarily focuses on local crime, breaking news, and evolving stories in the District of Columbia area. She covers a range of topics including crime, violence, family & relationships, animal welfare, and cold cases.
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By: Jackie Bensen
Four calls in four days to the same house on 23rd Street Southeast: a domestic fight, broken windows and small fires suspected of being deliberately set. One call came just two hours before the raging blaze that trapped and ultimately overcame the home’s three occupants as they slept early Sunday morning. At a press conference, questions emerged about how the…
Flowers and tears from friends and neighbors overwhelmed by the tragedy at the home on 23rd Street Southeast Sunday morning.
By: Jackie Bensen, Jennifer Igbonoba
The Montgomery County Police Department reported only 10 Hyundai thefts in October following efforts to combat a nationwide rise in auto thefts
A man was shot to death inside a Foot Locker store at a Maryland mall Thursday evening.
The search is on for a beloved family pet stolen from a boat moored near a restaurant in D.C.’s Navy Yard neighborhood last Friday evening. “Couldn’t believe that somebody would do that and that she was gone.” Edward Matthews is talking about Pepper, the nine-month-old female Cane Corso, a breed of Italian mastiff, stolen from his boat Friday night. He,…
By: Jordan Young, Jackie Bensen
A 3-month-old puppy named Pepper has been reunited with her family after she was stolen off of a boat docked in Navy Yard. The puppy is in good condition, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. On Saturday, a good Samaritan returned Pepper to the family after purchasing the Cane Corso puppy from an online ad before realizing she had been…
A grand jury indicted a Bowie, Maryland, police officer on a charge of attempted murder for firing his gun at a man on a busy road last month.
By: Jackie Bensen
A couple was all packed, getting ready to lock the front door one last time on moving day, when someone stole their car from right in front of the house. Inside that car was a carrier containing the three family cats.
D.C. police are investigating the assault as a hate crime A group of as many as 10 to 15 men and women assaulted a gay man at a McDonald's
By: Jackie Bensen
A Stafford, Virginia, man learned Thursday that his name has been purged from the state's voter rolls.
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