Woman killed by metro train
A woman was struck and killed by a Red Line metro train in the Brookland station Friday night, according to Metro.
The preliminary investigation indicated that the woman intentionally placed herself in the path of a train that was headed toward the Shady Grove Station.
She was hit by the train and died from her injuries. Police are continuing their investigation.
D.C. spying couple pleads guilty
A former State Department employee and his wife pleaded guilty to spending 30 years spying for Cuba in Washington’s U.S. District Court.
Walter Kendall Myers and his wife Gwendolyn, of Northwest, were caught in an undercover FBI operation and arrested in June. On Friday, Walter Myers admitted to conspiring to commit espionage and Gwendolyn admitted to plotting to gather and transmit national defense information.
Jogger raped in Takoma Park woods
Montgomery County police are searching for a man they say dragged a woman into the woods along the Silgo Creek Stream Valley Trail in Takoma Park and raped her.
The woman was jogging along the trail around 5 p.m. Thursday, when the suspect attacked.
Police described the suspect as a Hispanic man around 30 years old. He’s about 5 feet 8 inches tall with short black hair.
Anyone with information should call police at 240-773-8477.
Second arrest made in Rawlings murder
A second suspect has been arrested in connection with the Nov. 11 homicide of George Rawlings, who was killed while boarding a Metrobus in D.C.
DeAngelo Edwards,19, of Landover, Md., was charged with Murder One While Armed.
Rawlings was the older brother of DeOnte Rawlings, who was killed by an off-duty police officer two years ago.
Jeffrey Britt, 17, was arrested on Nov. 13 and charged with first degree murder in connection with George Rawlings’ murder.
Compiled by Freeman Klopott and David Sherfinski
