Matthew Cella
Articles by Matthew Cella
D.C. police seek robbery suspect ‘6-7 years of age’
D.C. police put out a lookout Sunday night for an unusual robbery suspect: a black male roughly 6 or 7 years old. Published September 16, 2012
IN OTHER WORDS: DYRS aims low, brags about it in tweet
The District's Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services took to Twitter last week with an announcement. Published September 16, 2012
IN OTHER WORDS: Libertarian Gary Johnson still trying
Libertarian Gary E. Johnson, who is on the presidential ballot in more than 40 states, successfully got onto Virginia's last week as well despite a challenge from the state Republican Party. Published September 9, 2012
D.C. man sentenced for golf club assault
A D.C. man was sentenced Friday for attacking another man with a golf club during a dispute over a car blocking an exit to a parking lot, the office of the U.S. Attorney for the District said. Published September 8, 2012
WORDS: Date for MLK memorial words speeding up
We pointed out in a story by Tom Howell Jr. last week that the controversial "drum major" quote inscribed on the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial had not been changed despite pledges from the National Park Service six months ago to fix it. Published September 3, 2012
D.C. man pleads guilty to bomb threat against Amtrak
A D.C. man pleaded guilty Tuesday to phoning in bomb threats to Amtrak that resulted in train delays in November and January. Published August 21, 2012
IN OTHER WORDS: A not-so-distinguished honor
D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray and other city hall types have nothing but praise for Brian Hanlon. Published August 12, 2012
IN OTHER WORDS: O’Malley rids taint of Thompson cash
Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley last week wiped his hands clean of donations made to his 2010 campaign by businessman Jeffrey E. Thompson. Published July 22, 2012
IN OTHER WORDS: Game of ‘gotcha’ on Medicaid provision
The seemingly ever-escalating war of words between friendly rivals Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley and Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell continued last week -- just in time to coincide with Mr. McDonnell's hosting of the National Governors Association's annual meeting held in Williamsburg, Va. Published July 15, 2012
IN OTHER WORDS: Lanier’s close-up — glossy or glossed over?
D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier's urban crime-fighting tactics became the centerpiece of a glowing article published this month in the national Governing magazine. Published July 8, 2012
Metro: Heat likely the cause of train derailment
Metro officials on Saturday said excessive heat was the probable cause for a train derailment Friday in Prince George's County. Published July 7, 2012
IN OTHER WORDS: Allen has sporting response on UVa.
It's no secret that U.S. Senate candidate George Allen likes to sprinkle in sports metaphors while on the stump. One can hardly blame him: His father and namesake never had a losing season when he coached the then-Los Angeles Rams and Washington Redskins, and his brother Bruce Allen is the Redskins' general manager. Published July 1, 2012
Power may be out for a week for some customers
Outages numbered in the hundreds of thousands for a second day, as officials warned residents across Maryland, the District and Virginia that power might not be restored until late in the week and crews worked in temperatures nearing triple digits to make repairs from a devastating storm that claimed more than a dozen lives. Published July 1, 2012
IN OTHER WORDS: Democratic adviser says ‘Rove is right’
A top adviser to Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine said last week that Karl Rove, the powerful Republican admonger and former adviser to President George W. Bush, was right. Published June 24, 2012
IN OTHER WORDS: Turnover on D.C. Council not driven by voters
With the bow tied neatly on the political career of former D.C. Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. now has taken down two members of the 13-member legislative body in a scant few months. That's as many council members as D.C. voters have thrown out of office in total since the elections of 2004. Published June 10, 2012
IN OTHER WORDS: A sporting chance for a P.G. casino
No matter the topic in Annapolis, it seems as if sports are never far from the minds of officials. Published June 3, 2012
IN OTHER WORDS: Mr. Kaine on Mr. Smith in Washington
U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine kept things clean in discussing Social Security and Medicare, as well as a range of other issues, last week at a forum at the Greenspring retirement community in Springfield. Published May 28, 2012
IN OTHER WORDS: Va.’s Marshall says gay nominee not MLK
Virginia state Delegate Robert G. Marshall surely knew he wouldn't exactly get a friendly reception when he appeared on CNN on Thursday in the wake of the Virginia House of Delegates' Tuesday vote against the nomination of Richmond's chief deputy prosecutor Tracy-Thorne Begland, who is gay, for a judgeship in the city. Published May 20, 2012
IN OTHER WORDS: Cuccinelli makes a case for accuracy
Virginia Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II will be the first to tell you he isn't afraid to stick his neck out and criticize fellow Republicans or those of similar political persuasions. Published May 13, 2012
IN OTHER WORDS: Everybody’s laughing at retirement party
The Maryland Board of Public Works paid tribute last week to outgoing state Transportation Secretary Beverley K. Swaim-Staley, but it was perhaps a little too uniform in its praise for the retiring Cabinet member. Published May 6, 2012