Jackie Bensen is a News Reporter at NBC4. With a focus on themes such as animal welfare, transportation, and health, she covers a wide range of topics including crime, traffic, and regional interests across North America. Jackie has been featured in NBC New York, Telemundo Fresno, Telemundo San Antonio, NBC4 Washington, and NBCLA.
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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
A group of students who have developmental and learning disabilities were denied service at a restaurant while taking part in a life-skills learning program with teachers, Charles County Public Schools said. In a community email, CCPS Superintendent Maria Navarro wrote 11 students and seven staff members visited a Cracker Barrel in Waldorf, Maryland, Tuesday after notifying the restaurant in advance of…
By: Jackie Bensen
A 14-year-old girl was jumped and beaten on her way to cheerleading practice last week at her Maryland high school, her mother told News4.
By: Jackie Bensen
A five-year-old girl in D.C. is in critical condition after her three-year-old brother somehow gained access to a gun, it went off and hit her in the chest, police say.
By: Jackie Bensen
A 66-year-old American citizen has been in the DC jail for almost 10 months awaiting extradition to the Philippines for a crime her attorneys say there’s no evidence she committed. Air Force veteran Grace Lourenco earned commendations for her service. In 1981, she was part of the flight crew aboard the Air Force plane that returned 53 U.S. diplomats and…
He’s a small dog out there in a big world. A 3-month-old puppy named Benji was stolen Friday, along with his family’s car, at a Wawa in Forestville, Maryland. “He’s tiny,” said KerryAnn Wiltshire, one of Benji’s owners. “He’s very, very tiny, very loving.” Wiltshire says she and her boyfriend were driving from New York to North Carolina Friday when…
By: Jackie Bensen
This cold Christmas Eve was even more uncomfortable for hundreds of residents of a condominium complex in Maryland. They say they have been without heat since mid-December.
A man was shot and killed leaving an anti-violence meeting in Southeast D.C. Friday afternoon.
By: Jackie Bensen
A contest to increase opioid overdose awareness in Montgomery County features videos that are a “gut punch” look into the lives of high school and middle school students. The theme running like a raw nerve through many of the 600 student videos submitted to the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office “Speak Up, Save A Life” contest is stress. The stress…
Neko Williams was walking his dog, King, near 19th and M Streets in the snow Monday evening when his pet suddenly collapsed.
“The dogs were just walking by, and the concierge is like, ‘Hey, they’re yelping and they’re screaming as they come through the door.’” Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Edward Daniels described the incidents constituents brought to his attention back in 2021. He said Pepco was asked to investigate after people reported their dogs received electric shocks as they walked into or near…
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