Twenty-five-year-old Robin Imani Varner was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and felony child neglect in the January 2011 suffocation death of her 5 1/2-month-old daughter, Josephina. Varner placed several pillows and a blanket over the baby last year to muffle her daughter’s crying.

When emergency crews arrived at her house about 9:30 a.m. on January 3, they found the child unresponsive and not breathing.

Varner pleaded guilty in February to both charges. She was sentenced to 20 years in prison with a 16 year suspended sentence.

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According to reports, 22-year-old Nathan Cedric Rogers has been charged with first-degree murder. Police found 23-year-old Jasmine Nichelle Moss’ body when they went to investigate a suspicious car report Friday night in District Heights.

Moss was pregnant, but it was unclear how far along she was. Officials said the stabbing allegedly stemmed from a domestic dispute between Moss and Rogers. It is believed Rogers was the father of the unborn baby.

Rogers was serving a home-detention sentence for a 2010 assault.

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According to reports, on April 4 at the William H. Neff Center, 60-year-old Manuael Ernest Dillow is accused of lining his 12 students up against the garage door, bringing out a blank firing handgun and shooting several blanks in his students’ directions. Officials said he fired between four and 10 blank shots as the students as they stood against the door.

None of the students were injured in the incident. Dillow was arrested and then released on a $20,000 unsecured bond. Each charge is a Class 6 felony and can be punished by at least one year and up to five years in prison and a $2,500 fine.

A hearing has been set for May 7.

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According to reports, Jubair Ahmad, 24, pleaded guilty in December to charges he created a propaganda video for a terrorists group known as Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, or LeT. The video featured the terrorist group’s leader and founder, Hafiz Mohammad Saeed and was produced by Ahmad.

The group has been accused of organizing the Mumbai attacks in 2008, which killed 166 people.

In addition to the 12 years of prison, Ahmad will also have five years of probation.

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Raymond A. Brown, 20, was charged with putting a loaded weapon within the reach of the boy who got a hold of it and shot and killed himself after receiving a self-inflicted gunshot to the chest. Brown allegedly stashed the gun in a Spiderman backpack, where the first-grader discovered it.

He was charged with reckless endangerment, allowing a child access to a firearm and possession of a firearm by a minor. Brown was initially held on a $45,000 bond.

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The equipment requires the driver to blow into a tube before starting up the vehicle. Any reading greater than .02 percent will disable the vehicle from starting.

Convicted drivers will have 30 days from being sentenced to show they have installed the device in their vehicles.

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According to reports, Daniel Guy Newcomb, from Norfolk, Va.was a suspect in an armed robbery Saturday afternoon. Officers confronted him a bit later, but he sped away.

Officers pursued him, but after a short pursuit, he crashed into another vehicle. He then pointed a gun at officers before hiding behind a truck. He again pointed the toy gun at officers once he was behind the truck and he was shot at least once in the torso.

He was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The officers involved have been placed on administrative leave, pending the outcome of the investigation.

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According to reports, Anthony Randolph, 41, hit and killed 23-year-old Pineda-Medrano of Arlington February 27, 2011. Pineda-Medrano was trying to start up his moped that had stalled when Randolph hit him with a SUV. Randolph stopped momentarily, then took off. Bystanders recorded the plates and police stopped him a short time later.

Randolph pleaded guilty in November to negligent homicide, operating while impaired and leaving the scene of a collision that caused personal injury.

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According to reports, Marilyn Bart, a veteran teacher at George C. Marshall High School in Fairfax County, told Jordan Shumate, a14-year-old freshman, to read a Langston Hughes poem he was reading to his class “blacker.” The student said he was singled out as the only African-American student in the class. According to the student, Shumate said Bart told him, “I thought you were black.”

The incident, which occurred last week, is being followed up by the school’s Office of Equity and Compliance. The school’s principal said the school met with Schumate’s parents last Friday to discuss the incident.

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According to reports, 45-year-old Sung Ok Jang was driving a Kia Sorento when she hit the officer’s Dodge Charger just before midnight on Route 40 at Route 29. The officer’s vehicle had its lights on because he had pulled over another motorist. The Charger then hit the BMW that was stopped in front of the vehicle.

The 23-year veteran of the force, Terrance Sheppard was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after the accident. The other motorist was uninjured in the incident.

Jang was also uninjured and was arrested at the scene. She has been charged with driving under the influence.

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