Dan Morse

Washington, D.C.

Reporter covering courts and crime in Montgomery County, Md.

Education: Vanderbilt University, BE in environmental engineering

Washington Post staff writer Dan Morse covers courts and crime in Montgomery County, Md. He arrived at the paper in 2005, after reporting stops at the Wall Street Journal, Baltimore Sun and Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser, where he was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. He is the author of "The Yoga Store Murder," published by Penguin.
Latest from Dan Morse

Damascus High ‘brooming’ sex assault lawsuit can go to trial, judge rules

The federal litigation stemmed from locker-room sex assaults by junior varsity football players in Maryland.

May 13, 2023

Prosecutor alleges Md. parents watched teen daughter ‘slowly die’

The parents were charged with murder, and authorities put six other children into foster care.

May 4, 2023

New hearings granted after Md. judge negotiated job with prosecutors

Two criminal defendants will get new sentencing hearings in Montgomery County, and another will get a chance to have his charges dismissed.

May 3, 2023

On day filled with hope, Bethesda man killed inside the home he built

Geoff Biddle was killed by his ex-employee Billy Phillips, who was sentenced to life in prison on Monday.

May 1, 2023

Md. judge quietly negotiated job with prosecutors while hearing cases

Defense lawyers challenge rulings by former Montgomery County Circuit Judge David Boynton

April 15, 2023

Md. gun range owner pleads not guilty in alleged machine gun scheme

Md. gun range owner pleads not guilty in alleged machine gun scheme that also includes charges against Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins.

April 14, 2023

Frederick County sheriff takes leave of absence after indictment

Charles Jenkins is accused of conspiring with a gun shop owner to illegally obtain weapons that were later rented out at a range

April 12, 2023

Montgomery County police probe killing of 20-year-old man

Carlos Rashard Carter was found in Silver Spring with trauma to the body early Sunday, police said.

April 11, 2023

Man fatally stabbed after exiting Metrobus in Maryland, police say

Witnesses told police that the stabbing in Montgomery County was preceded by two men arguing on the bus.

April 11, 2023

Md. sheriff illegally got machine guns that shop later rented out, U.S. says

A federal indictment accuses Frederick County Sheriff Charles Austin Jenkins of requesting the machine guns and then funneling them to a private business.

April 5, 2023