Drew Wilder is a reporter in NBC4’s Northern Virginia Bureau.
Wilder has covered Northern Virginia for NBC4 since 2019, reporting on a range of topics including politics, education, and crime. His experience covering the Commonwealth started in 2015 at WWBT-TV, the NBC affiliate in Richmond.
Wilder’s work has been recognized with six Capitol Region EMMY awards, twice honored with the EMMY for Best Daily News Reporter.
A native of Bourbonnais, IL, Wilder graduated from Eastern Illinois University with a Communications Studies degree.
Right out of college, he began reporting for WCIA-TV in Champaign-Urbana. He anchored the morning news and hosted a lifestyle show there. Prior to NBC4, Wilder made brief stops at WJLA-TV and WNBC-TV.
Wilder lives in Fairfax County with his wife, their daughter and dog.
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Timeline unveiled in PetSmart boarding facility death
New details have emerged regarding the investigation into three dogs who died shortly after staying at a PetSmart animal boarding facility in Alexandria. News4 has previously reported that prosecutors are not filing any criminal charges against PetSmart employees, but an attorney for the pet owners argued that while the employees may not have been responsible for the deaths, the attorneys…
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Contract worker accused of unlawfully filming children in Fairfax County elementary schools
A man who worked for a contractor that provided afterschool programming at Fairfax County elementary schools faces 24 felonies related to unlawfully filming girls inside two schools. The suspect, 25-year-old Arturo Elmore-Adon, is already in custody for alleged crimes against a minor. Now, he’s charged with several more felonies. “Holding a really disturbing and sick man accountable for his actions…
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Missing Virginia woman's husband accused of concealing body; search ongoing
The husband of a Northern Virginia woman who has been missing more than three weeks was taken out of their home in handcuffs on Thursday morning, News4 video shows.
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Stafford County families say they're waiting up to 2 hours for school bus
Problems with the software that generates school bus routes in Stafford County, Virginia, and a shortage of drivers has some families waiting up to two hours for their kids to be picked up. Stafford County Public Schools acknowledged the problem last week — the first week of school — and made improvements over the weekend. But Tameka Franklin, who told…
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Young man shot by Prince William police struggled with mental health, friends say
Video from a neighbor early Thursday morning shows Ramirez’s father at the scene as weapons specialists and crisis negotiators surrounded the 22-year-old, with rifles perched on stands to protect the neighborhood.
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Police shoot, kill 22-year-old man in Woodbridge
Friends of the victim said they were hung out with him just a day earlier and everything had seemed fine, but they said they knew he struggled with his mental health and had recently refused to seek professional help. News4’s Drew Wilder reports.
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Virginia ABC sees 50% increase in theft from liquor stores
Thieves increasingly are targeting Virginia’s liquor stores this year, according to the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (ABC). Through June, about $800,000 worth of merchandise has been swiped from ABC store shelves — almost a 50% increase over the same time last year, according to ABC data. Deputies in Stafford County responded to a report of a theft at an…
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Firefighter burned during controlled fire using Stafford County equipment unauthorized for personal use
A Virginia volunteer firefighter suffered severe injuries during a controlled fire in which he and two other firefighters — his brother and father — used department equipment without authorization. Alex Byers, a volunteer with the White Oak Volunteer Fire Department, almost died in late May while attempting a controlled burn of yard waste in the backyard of a rural Stafford…
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Manassas Mall shooting suspect was awaiting trial in another shooting case
A Prince William County supervisor called out the criminal justice system because one of the suspects in a shooting at a mall earlier this month was already awaiting trial for another violent crime but wasn’t being held in jail. Two groups got into a fight at Manassas Mall July 9 and several shots were fired, injuring at least one person….
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A look back at Biden's five decades of public service
President Joe Biden’s political career is coming to an end. Here’s a look back.
