Md. man wanted on sex assault charges nabbed at Dulles
A Maryland martial arts instructor wanted on sexual assault charges was arrested at Washington Dulles International Airport.
Customs and Border Protection officials said 25-year-old Justin Dutcher was taken into custody after he arrived on a flight from Turkey on Monday.
Dutcher, of Chester, Md., is wanted in Queen’s Anne County on a sexual assault of a minor charge. He was accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old student at the martial arts studio where he worked, according to the Queen Anne’s County Sheriff’s Office.
Transgender man’s death ruled a homicide
The death of the man in women’s clothing in Columbia Heights has been ruled a homicide.
Thirty-five-year-old Gaurav Gopalan, of D.C., was killed by a blunt impact head trauma that caused internal bleeding around the brain, according to a medical examiner spokeswoman Beverly Fields. The ruling was first reported by the City Paper.
Gopalan was found on Sept. 10, in the 2600 block of 11th Street NW. Police said he was wearing women’s clothing, makeup and high heels.
Gopalan is the second transgender killed in D.C. since July. There have been at least three other shootings of transgender people in the past two months.
– Emily Babay and Scott McCabe
