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Investigative Reporter at WJLA TV 7 News in DC. Awards: Multi-Emmy/Edward R. Murrow/Genesis/SPJ Dateline/AP/National Press Club TIPS: [email protected]

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BREAKING: While Washington D.C. residents were calling 911 last month, nearly 200 DC Police Department vehicles were out of service for maintenance and repairs. The 7News I-Team found rows and rows of cruisers parked behind fences at MPD's repair garage. Sources tell me some officers don't have vehilces to do their jobs. MPD says officers are reassigned to bike and foot patrols when patrol cars aren't available. Internal records show fleet availability has declined for three straight years, while maintenance & repairs costs continue to climb. Since 2024, the District has spent nearly $20 million on fleet maintenance and repairs, approximately $5,100 per vehicle. MPD says response times have not been impacted and the district is buying 184 new patrol vehicles this year. Here's a sneak peek at my next 7News DC I-Team investigation that drops Thursday at 5 pm.

BREAKING: While Washington D.C. residents were calling 911 last month, nearly 200 DC Police Department vehicles were out of service for maintenance and repairs. The 7News I-Team found rows and rows of cruisers parked behind fences at MPD's repair garage. Sources tell me some officers don't have vehilces to do their jobs. MPD says officers are reassigned to bike and foot patrols when patrol cars aren't available. Internal records show fleet availability has declined for three straight years, while maintenance & repairs costs continue to climb. Since 2024, the District has spent nearly $20 million on fleet maintenance and repairs, approximately $5,100 per vehicle. MPD says response times have not been impacted and the district is buying 184 new patrol vehicles this year. Here's a sneak peek at my next 7News DC I-Team investigation that drops Thursday at 5 pm.

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New Records Raise Questions About NIH's Kitten Research in Maryland Seven years ago, our 7News DC investigation helped expose and shut down a controversial Dept. of Agriculture program that bred, infected, and killed thousands of kittens for taxpayer-funded research. Many Americans believed it had ended. Now, newly obtained records obtained by White Coat Waste raise questions about whether similar NIH supported toxoplasmosis research involving cats has continued at the agency's Bethesda campus. Listen to Justin Goodman with White Coat Waste Project in the video below. Today, documents show the cats used in the research are being adopted out instead of euthanized but internal records are raising serious questions about the adoption process. Our investigation examines the records, the science behind the research, the Trump Administration's push for alternatives to animal testing, and why critics say taxpayers deserve answers. Despite repeated requests, NIH has neither confirmed nor denied whether the research is still ongoing, even though records show the animal-use protocol remains approved through the end of 2026. Watch the full 7News I-Team investigation today at 5 pm. #7News #ITeam #Investigation #NIH #AnimalResearch #Accountability #M

New Records Raise Questions About NIH's Kitten Research in Maryland Seven years ago, our 7News DC investigation helped expose and shut down a controversial Dept. of Agriculture program that bred, infected, and killed thousands of kittens for taxpayer-funded research. Many Americans believed it had ended. Now, newly obtained records obtained by White Coat Waste raise questions about whether similar NIH supported toxoplasmosis research involving cats has continued at the agency's Bethesda campus. Listen to Justin Goodman with White Coat Waste Project in the video below. Today, documents show the cats used in the research are being adopted out instead of euthanized but internal records are raising serious questions about the adoption process. Our investigation examines the records, the science behind the research, the Trump Administration's push for alternatives to animal testing, and why critics say taxpayers deserve answers. Despite repeated requests, NIH has neither confirmed nor denied whether the research is still ongoing, even though records show the animal-use protocol remains approved through the end of 2026. Watch the full 7News I-Team investigation today at 5 pm. #7News #ITeam #Investigation #NIH #AnimalResearch #Accountability #M

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EXCLUSIVE : A family in DC has their home raided by the U.S. Marshals Service who's looking for a man who use to rent the D.C. Housing Authority apartment more than a year ago. It's the 3rd time in the past year law enforcement has knocked on the front door looking for the guy. This time the Warrant Unit came with assault rifles and a riot shield. Here's a sneak peek at my next I-Team investigation that drops on Monday at 5 pm over on 7News DC .

EXCLUSIVE : A family in DC has their home raided by the U.S. Marshals Service who's looking for a man who use to rent the D.C. Housing Authority apartment more than a year ago. It's the 3rd time in the past year law enforcement has knocked on the front door looking for the guy. This time the Warrant Unit came with assault rifles and a riot shield. Here's a sneak peek at my next I-Team investigation that drops on Monday at 5 pm over on 7News DC .

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EXCLUSIVE: 7News DC has obtained video that leads to a lot of questions to Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapman on how his school resource officer handled a 2021 sex assault at Stone Bridge High School. It’s my next I-Team investigation Thursday at 6 pm.

EXCLUSIVE: 7News DC has obtained video that leads to a lot of questions to Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapman on how his school resource officer handled a 2021 sex assault at Stone Bridge High School. It’s my next I-Team investigation Thursday at 6 pm.

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Listen to the crowd at the Mosaic District in Fairfax, Virginia as U.S. Soccer Men's National Team score a 2nd goal against Bosnia-Herzegovina to take a 2-0 lead!!! 😎 FIFA World Cup
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Listen to the crowd at the Mosaic District in Fairfax, Virginia as U.S. Soccer Men's National Team score a 2nd goal against Bosnia-Herzegovina to take a 2-0 lead!!! 😎 FIFA World Cup

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24,697 views • 1 month ago

NEW: Washington, DC is spending taxpayer money producing talk shows for local celebrities covering crews, cameras, studio space and staff but cannot provide 7News DC with records showing exactly how much is being spent. A 7News I-Team investigation found D.C.’s Office of Cable Television, Film, Music, and Entertainment, which operated last year on a roughly $15 million budget, lacks detailed accounting records for productions including shows hosted by D.C. legend Donnie Simpson and veteran journalist Carol Joynt. Neither Simpson nor Joynt is accused of wrongdoing but D.C. Councilmember Matthew Frumin says he’s been pressing OCTFME officials to explain how much taxpayer money is being spent and what return the public is getting on that investment. Listen to DC Councilmember Frumin about the on-going issue tax payers might be hearing about for the very first time.
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NEW: Washington, DC is spending taxpayer money producing talk shows for local celebrities covering crews, cameras, studio space and staff but cannot provide 7News DC with records showing exactly how much is being spent. A 7News I-Team investigation found D.C.’s Office of Cable Television, Film, Music, and Entertainment, which operated last year on a roughly $15 million budget, lacks detailed accounting records for productions including shows hosted by D.C. legend Donnie Simpson and veteran journalist Carol Joynt. Neither Simpson nor Joynt is accused of wrongdoing but D.C. Councilmember Matthew Frumin says he’s been pressing OCTFME officials to explain how much taxpayer money is being spent and what return the public is getting on that investment. Listen to DC Councilmember Frumin about the on-going issue tax payers might be hearing about for the very first time.

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35,199 views • 2 months ago

I have huge respect for journalists who ask tough questions. Lianna Golden asked Mayor Muriel Bowser a question Ward 8 residents were asking... is the Mayor's neighborhood walks just for show? Take a look at how the Mayor of Washington DC responded.
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I have huge respect for journalists who ask tough questions. Lianna Golden asked Mayor Muriel Bowser a question Ward 8 residents were asking... is the Mayor's neighborhood walks just for show? Take a look at how the Mayor of Washington DC responded.

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37,789 views • 6 months ago

Listen to a recording of monkeys placed in a cargo crate over at Dulles Airport (IAD) this morning as PETA protests the shipping of monkeys by Ethiopian Airlines to the U.S. for experiments. 7News DC
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Listen to a recording of monkeys placed in a cargo crate over at Dulles Airport (IAD) this morning as PETA protests the shipping of monkeys by Ethiopian Airlines to the U.S. for experiments. 7News DC

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75,646 views • 1 year ago

WATCH: I got my hands on the 554-page Internal Affairs report by the DC Police Department exposing what investigators call a systemic breakdown in how crime was reported in Washington, DC. MPD investigators say serious crimes... robberies, assaults, even shootings were downgraded behind the scenes. Some officers changed dozens of reports while others downgraded crimes on hundreds of reports. In one district alone, 130+ cases were altered to make crime appear lower. Another officer changed nearly 300 reports. While some officers denied manipulating reports, others described pressure to downgrade crimes. One officer put it this way: “It was embedded in us… to always seek out the lower offense.” Watch my investigation that aired Friday on 7News DC
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WATCH: I got my hands on the 554-page Internal Affairs report by the DC Police Department exposing what investigators call a systemic breakdown in how crime was reported in Washington, DC. MPD investigators say serious crimes... robberies, assaults, even shootings were downgraded behind the scenes. Some officers changed dozens of reports while others downgraded crimes on hundreds of reports. In one district alone, 130+ cases were altered to make crime appear lower. Another officer changed nearly 300 reports. While some officers denied manipulating reports, others described pressure to downgrade crimes. One officer put it this way: “It was embedded in us… to always seek out the lower offense.” Watch my investigation that aired Friday on 7News DC

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15,141 views • 2 months ago

9 days ago I asked Mayor Muriel Bowser if she could explain why no district department has a copy of her travel expenses to Miami, Dubai or The Masters. Plus, why the Miami & Dubai trips are not listed on her annual finacial disclosure forms? Listen to the Mayor telling me her office will get back to me. We asked for months for a one-on-one interview and her Communications Director Susana Castillo told us she didn't think our questions rose to the level for the Mayor to do a one-on-one interview. Susana Castillo Director Castillo said we should attend a press conference and ask the Mayor our questions. We asked 9 days ago & I even emailed the Mayor's office again with the same two questions. So far... crickets. 🦗
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9 days ago I asked Mayor Muriel Bowser if she could explain why no district department has a copy of her travel expenses to Miami, Dubai or The Masters. Plus, why the Miami & Dubai trips are not listed on her annual finacial disclosure forms? Listen to the Mayor telling me her office will get back to me. We asked for months for a one-on-one interview and her Communications Director Susana Castillo told us she didn't think our questions rose to the level for the Mayor to do a one-on-one interview. Susana Castillo Director Castillo said we should attend a press conference and ask the Mayor our questions. We asked 9 days ago & I even emailed the Mayor's office again with the same two questions. So far... crickets. 🦗

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67,435 views • 1 year ago

WATCH: A U.S. Senate ethics complaint has been filed against Maryland U.S. Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks by the NLPC The complaint to the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics claims she failed to disclose certain liabilities on the three Financial Disclose Candidate Reports she filed & other reporting errors, irregularities, & omissions. NLPC, a conservative political watch-dog group, requests that the Committee conduct a preliminary investigation, including the issuance of subpoenas, and take appropriate disciplinary action against her. Under Section 13104. of the Ethics in Government Act (EIGA), knowing and willful reporting violations are subject to civil penalties up to $50,000.
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WATCH: A U.S. Senate ethics complaint has been filed against Maryland U.S. Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks by the NLPC The complaint to the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics claims she failed to disclose certain liabilities on the three Financial Disclose Candidate Reports she filed & other reporting errors, irregularities, & omissions. NLPC, a conservative political watch-dog group, requests that the Committee conduct a preliminary investigation, including the issuance of subpoenas, and take appropriate disciplinary action against her. Under Section 13104. of the Ethics in Government Act (EIGA), knowing and willful reporting violations are subject to civil penalties up to $50,000.

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34,627 views • 1 year ago

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