Firearms charge for Pr. William cop A Prince William County police officer is now facing a firearms charge in connection with an assault allegation made last month.
Officer Charles Kinchloe, 25, was charged with domestic assault and battery in March after a 22-year-old Gainesville woman said she was assaulted during an argument with Kinchloe. The woman didn’t require medical treatment.
Prince William County police said investigators recently learned that Kinchloe also brandished a gun at the woman. He was charged with brandishing a firearm this week.
3 hurt, 1 critically, in crash
Three men were injured, one critically, in a head-on crash in Anne Arundel County early Saturday.
Anne Arundel County police said a Chevrolet Traverse collided with a Honda Civic shortly after 1 a.m. near Bay Front Road East and Solomon’s Island Road.
Police said Civic driver 37-year-old Adam Harman, of West River, Md., was taken to a hospital in critical condition. Traverse driver 63-year-old Marc Blumenfield, of Laurel, and his passenger, 73-year-old Bill Garrup, of D.C., suffered minor injuries.
Alcohol, but not speed, is believed to have been a factor in the crash, police said.
Woman killed in Columbia Heights fire
A woman was killed Friday evening in a fire at a Northwest D.C. apartment building.
D.C. fire officials said the blaze happened at 1309 Columbia Road NW in Columbia Heights at about 6:30 p.m. Firefighters found an adult woman unconscious and not breathing in a first-floor apartment.
The woman was suffering second- and third-degree burns to the “majority” of her body, fire department spokesman Pete Piringer said. He said the cause of the fire is still under investigation, but appears to be accidental and possibly caused by smoking.
– Emily Babay
