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Andrea Noble

Andrea Noble was a crime and public safety reporter for The Washington Times.

Articles by Andrea Noble

D.C. City Council council member, Jack Evans speaks during the first whole city council meeting after the summer recess. Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, in Washington, DC. (Craig Bisacre/The Washington Times)

D.C. Council votes to lower sales tax

The D.C. Council voted Wednesday to roll back the city's sales tax to the lowest rate in the region and signaled a willingness to negotiate other taxes as members considered the best uses for a budget surplus projected to total $600 million in the next five years. Published June 26, 2013

Tony Cheng (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

Prominent D.C. restaurant owner, son charged with bribery

A prominent Chinatown restaurant owner and his son were accused by prosecutors Tuesday of passing a bribe to the head of the D.C. Taxicab Commission in a scheme to circumvent the city's moratorium on new cab companies. Published June 25, 2013

Stanley A. Straughter, left, leaves the United States District Court for the District of Columbia with his attorney Steven McCool, right, after pleading guilty to making straw donations as an investigation into a D.C. campaign finance scheme continues, Washington, D.C., Monday, June 24, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

D.C. campaign finance investigation yields another guilty plea

A Philadelphia business owner on Monday became the third associate of prolific political donor Jeffrey E. Thompson to plead guilty to charges related to a widespread campaign finance investigation, admitting in federal court to funneling more than $132,000 in straw donations to various races. Published June 24, 2013

The D.C. Board of Ethics and Government Accountability is pursuing a violation notice against Michael A. Brown after he "respectfully declined" to file his 2012 financial disclosure statement, according to minutes from the board's meeting. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Late campaign finance forms add to Michael Brown’s woes in D.C.

Sure he may have bigger fish to fry, but former D.C. Council member Michael A. Brown is now facing possible discipline from two D.C. agencies for failure to file campaign finance and financial disclosure forms, according to officials. Published June 23, 2013

Lee Calhoun, a Maryland businessman, leaves the United States District Court for the District of Columbia after pleading guilty to making straw contributions in 2011 to Delegate Donna Christensen, Washington, D.C., Thursday, June 20, 2013. Calhoun was involved in the D.C. election scandal surrounding Jeffery Thompson and the election of District Mayor Vincent Gray. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Maryland man admits role in D.C. campaign finance scheme

A Maryland man admitted in federal court to giving more than $160,000 in straw political donations at the direction of his former boss — the prolific political donor at the center of a D.C. campaign finance investigation that again appears to be accelerating after another person was charged Thursday. Published June 20, 2013

D.C. police seek man in women’s stabbings

D.C. police are investigating four seemingly related late-night attacks in Northwest neighborhoods in which a man approached women from behind and stabbed them. Published June 19, 2013

Police ID victims of Fairfax County murder-suicide

Fairfax County police on Tuesday identified two people killed in Monday's murder-suicide — revealing that a 36-year-old man fatally shot his mother-in-law and then himself. Published June 18, 2013

P.G. police seeking driver in crash that killed child

Police on Thursday identified a 7-year-old girl killed in a two-vehicle crash in Temple Hills but were still searching for the driver of the other vehicle, who fled the scene of the crash on foot. Published June 13, 2013

P.G. Revenue Authority official denies quota for parking tickets

The director of the agency that oversees parking enforcement in Prince George’s County says a parking officer indicted Tuesday for issuing false tickets might have been trying to cover up a lack of work — not attempting to meet quotas. Published June 12, 2013

Man fatally shot in Northeast D.C.

A 45-year-old man was fatally shot on the sidewalk Tuesday night in the Northeast D.C. Kingman Park neighborhood, police said Wednesday. Published June 12, 2013