Van Brunn in N.C. for competency hearing
An 89-year-old white supremacist charged with killing a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum has arrived at a federal prison in North Carolina to be evaluated for competency to stand trial. James von Brunn is now at the Butner Federal Medical Center in Butner, N.C. A spokeswoman for the Federal Bureau of Prisons says he arrived Friday from the D.C. Jail.
Body found at church playground
Prince George’s County police are investigating the death of a man whose naked body was found behind a church Monday morning. Police said the body was found near the playground of the Ascension Lutheran Church around 7:30 a.m. The man appeared to have suffered trauma to this chest.
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Bethesda ‘ambassador’ charged with sex crime
A 23-year-old goodwill ambassador for downtown Bethesda was charged with having sex with a 14-year-old Friendship Heights girl, according to Montgomery County police. Police said Pedro Ernesto Herrera met the girl while he was working for the Bethesda Urban District and took the girl to a hotel where they had sex in a public bathroom. He was charged with third-degree sexual offense. Under Maryland law, an individual at least 21 years of age cannot engage in a sexual act with another person who is 14 or 15 years of age.
Scooter rider killed in hit-and-run
D.C. police are investigating a hit-and-run that killed a Northwest D.C. man Saturday night. Police said an man was riding a foot-pedaled standup scooter in the 4300 block of Georgia Avenue NW around 10:30 a.m. when he was struck from behind. The car, described only as dark-colored, fled the scene. The man on the scooter, 40-year-old Allen Parker, of the 400 block of Emerson Street NW, was pronounced dead at a hospital.
Compiled by Scott McCabe
