Virginia Soldier Killed in Afghanistan

(WASHINGTON) -- A Springfield, Va., soldier was killed in action Monday in Afghanistan, ABC News Washington D.C. affiliate WJLA-TV reports.

Chief Warrant Officer Five John C. Pratt, 51, was killed in a helicopter crash that went down in Kabul. Pratt was part of Operation Enduring Freedom, according to the Department of Defense.

Pratt was a member of the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade out of Ansbach-Katterbach, Germany.

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Brentsville High Coach Arrested for Indecent Liberties with Student

(PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va.) -- A high school coach in Prince William County has been arrested on charges that he was inappropriately communicating with a 17-year-old female student, ABC affiliate WJLA reports.

Police arrested 29-year-old Richard Earl Teller, the head baseball coach and long-term substitute at Brentsville High School. Authorities charged him with taking indecent liberties. Police said he never touched the student.

Teller had reportedly been communicating inappropriate messages with the student since February 2012, according to police.

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Culpeper Police Officer Indicted in February Fatal Shooting

(CULPEPER, Va.) -- Town of Culpeper police officer Daniel Harmon-Wright has been indicted on four charges stemming from the shooting death of Patricia Cook back in February.

On Tuesday Harmon-Wright, 32, was indicted on charges of murder, malicious shooting into an occupied vehicle, malicious shooting into an occupied vehicle resulting in a death, and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.

The charges are in connection with the February 9 incident in which Cook was fatally shot.

The officer's mother, Bethany Sullivan, was also charged in the case with uttering and forgery of public documents. Sullivan, who formerly worked as a secretary to the police chief, is accused of attempting to rid her son's police file of certain information.

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Hospital Tech Murder: Video of Person of Interest Released

(WASHINGTON) -- Metro Police have released surveillance video of a man who they say is a person of interest in the death of MedStar Washington Hospital Center employee Dwayne Edward Brisbon, according to ABC affiliate WJLA-TV.

Brisbon, a 33-year-old hospital tech from Upper Marlboro, was stabbed to death on the 400 block of Florida Avenue in the early morning of May 1.  He was found inside a crashed car and had stab wounds on his neck.

Police say Brisbon had been arguing with his attacker before the stabbing, according to the report.

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Metro Worker Gets Trapped Under Train at Shady Grove Metro Yard

(WASHINGTON) -- A Metro worker was trapped under a train Tuesday afternoon at the Shady Grove Metro Yard, ABC News Washington D.C. affiliate WJLA-TV reports.

The incident occurred shortly before 1 p.m. when the worker was struck in the train wash area. No passengers were aboard the train at the time.

The unidentified worker reportedly stepped in front of a moving train prior to being hit, fire officials said.

The condition of the worker was not known, though reportedly the worker was conscious and alert, Metro officials said.

Service on the Red Line was not affected.

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