Thomas Robertson is a Broadcast/Web Writer for WTOP News, focusing on local news in the Washington, D.C. area. With his work also appearing in Rappahannock Media/InsideNoVa, Thomas covers a range of topics including crime, transportation, weather, and community events.
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Three people are dead after three separate overnight shootings that happened within the span of two hours across D.C., police said in a news conference Thursday.
By: Thomas Robertson
Listen now to WTOP News More than 20 senior members of D.C.'s police department are on the way out.
By: Thomas Robertson
Listen now to WTOP News A 20-year-old man who was driving more than double the speed limit when he crashed in June 2022, killing two Oakton High School students , was sentenced to four years in prison Friday.
A youth curfew is now in effect at National Harbor in Prince George's County, Maryland, after a surge in incidents involving young people.
By: Thomas Robertson
This weekend, 257 athletes lived out the dream of hearing their name called at the NFL Draft, and the D.C. area was well represented.
By: Thomas Robertson
Two teen boys have been arrested in connection with a shooting at a “senior skip day” gathering at a Greenbelt, Maryland, park that left five young people injured earlier this month.
By: Thomas Robertson
The police chief in Prince George's County, Maryland, now has the authority to create and enforce additional youth curfew zones under a resolution passed Tuesday by the county council.
By: Thomas Robertson
A new bill introduced before the D.C. Council would address the rise in moped use in the city by implementing point-of-sale regulations regarding registration.
A serious crash involving an overturned vehicle shut down all lanes of northbound traffic of the George Washington Parkway on Wednesday afternoon.
By: Thomas Robertson
Students held a rally at George Washington University in D.C. on Thursday “against campus antisemitism,” as a pro-Palestinian protest continued on the campus for an eighth day.
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