Rick Yarborough is a senior investigative platform manager for the News4 I-Team. His work primarily focuses on construction and real estate, as well as regional interest and world news, with a particular emphasis on the construction industry across North America and beyond. Rick's investigative reporting has earned him recognition in prestigious outlets such as NBC New York, NBC4 Washington, and NBC Los Angeles, among others.
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Rick Yarborough's coverage primarily focuses on crime, government and politics, as well as family and relationships in the local Washington D.C. area. His articles often cite data or provide expert commentary.
Given his focus on crime and law enforcement in particular, Rick may be responsive to pitches related to local law enforcement initiatives, community safety programs, or insights from experts with direct experience of working within these areas. Additionally, he might also be interested in stories that shed light on staffing challenges faced by law enforcement agencies.
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By: Ted Oberg, Rick Yarborough, Jeff Piper
The D.C. Council voted against a $25 million contract for 18 new fire engines, but the District had already spent nearly $900,000 to design and engineer the trucks it now may never buy, the News4 I-Team found.
By: Steve Jones, Tracee Wilkins, Rick Yarborough
Any renovations or retrofitting of a planned ICE detention center in Washington County, Maryland, remain on hold for now.
By: Tisha Thompson, Rick Yarborough
A heinous crime committed 40 years ago still haunts a Montgomery County community, and the whereabouts of the alleged perpetrator remain unknown.
By: Rick Yarborough, Tracee Wilkins, Steve Jones
A bar brawl that landed a man in the hospital for days is putting a spotlight on a candidate for Maryland state Senate. Kevin Ford Jr. is a first-time candidate running for state senator in Prince George’s County’s 24th District, but he’s not new to politics. Former Prince George’s County executive Rushern Baker is his godfather, and Ford managed two…
By: Ted Oberg, Rick Yarborough, Jeff Piper
On a recent morning, the News4 I-Team observed as D.C. firefighters trained in Southeast, raising their ladder against a three-story building under construction.
By: Tracee Wilkins, Rosbelis Quiñonez, Steve Jones, Rick Yarborough
A woman from Maryland detained by ICE last year told News4 conditions are challenging inside the detention center where she's been held since August.
By: Rick Yarborough, Steve Jones, Ted Oberg
Loudoun County Public Schools' superintendent will testify on Capitol Hill this week at a House hearing on “ ‘breaking Trust, attacks on parents' rights, inappropriate content and legal abuses in America's schools.”
By: Rick Yarborough, Derrick Cheston, Ted Oberg, Carlos Olazagasti
A Maryland woman said she spent more than a year trying to convince state agencies of what she believed toll camera photos clearly showed: The white Audi SUV repeatedly racking up toll tickets near Baltimore was not her black Toyota Corolla. Daiva Shetty, of Germantown, told the News4 I-Team she received 87 toll violations, almost all of them from the…
By: Ted Oberg, Rick Yarborough, Jeff Piper
Former Sheriff Scott Jenkins was convicted in 2024 of giving badges to three Northern Virginia businessmen in exchange for tens of thousands of dollars in bribes.
By: Ted Oberg, Carlos Olazagasti, Derrick Cheston, Rick Yarborough
Keeping National Guard troops in D.C. through early 2029 could push the cost of the deployment toward $4 billion, according to researchers who found the Guard had no measurable impact on violent crime, homicides or gun crimes.
