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Maryland Car Rally Task Force Dismantles Over Six Unlawful Exhibition Events in PG and Anne Arundel, Two Arrests Made and Stolen Corvette Recovered

Maryland Car Rally Task Force Dismantles Over Six Unlawful Exhibition Events in PG and Anne Arundel, Two Arrests Made and Stolen Corvette Recovered

Members from the Maryland Car Rally Task Force working in collaboration with the Maryland State Police Special Operations Division and allied police agencies disrupted six unlawful exhibition driving events throughout Prince George’s and Anne Arundel counties Saturday night. Police responded to several locations where up to 350 participants gathered in parking lots attempting to...
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UPDATE: Leonardtown Woman Charged with Vehicular Homicide After Killing One of Her Children and Seriously Injuring Two Others

UPDATE: Leonardtown Woman Charged with Vehicular Homicide After Killing One of Her Children and Seriously Injuring Two Others

UPDATE 10/29/2024: Ashley Nicole Nolan, 28, of Lexington Park, was arrested on Tuesday, October 29, 2024, following an 18-count indictment by the Circuit Court charging her with negligent manslaughter and other offenses related to a fatal March car crash in which a juvenile passenger died. The indictment lists the following charges: • one charge...
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24-Year-Old Motorcyclist Killed, Second Injured After Crash Involving Cow

24-Year-Old Motorcyclist Killed, Second Injured After Crash Involving Cow

The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal collision early Sunday morning. The deceased rider is 24-year-old Justin Crosby of Catonsville. On October 27, 2024, at approximately 12:30 am, officers responded to the 3400 block of Ritchie Marlboro Road for an incident involving two motorcycles and a...
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PGPD Investigating Incident Involving County School Bus

PGPD Investigating Incident Involving County School Bus

PGPD patrol officers and detectives are on scene in the 4100 block of Suitland Road investigating an evolving situation involving a county school bus. At approximately 2:05 pm today, a citizen called 911 after seeing a man board the bus which was carrying three elementary school students. Officers were immediately dispatched and at 2:09...
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UPDATE: Two of Four Waldorf Men Convicted After Trial for Murder, Armed Robbery, Carjacking, After Violent Crime Spree Across Maryland and Virginia

UPDATE: Two of Four Waldorf Men Convicted After Trial for Murder, Armed Robbery, Carjacking, After Violent Crime Spree Across Maryland and Virginia

After a 9-day trial, a federal jury returned verdicts against Thaddeus Lamont Wills, age 51, and Keionta Shawn Hagens, age 44, both of Waldorf, Maryland, of interference with interstate commerce by robbery, conspiracy to interfere with interstate commerce by robbery, using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, carjacking, and of...
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Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Charge of Traveling to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct

Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Charge of Traveling to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct

Nathaniel Lamar Nelson Scott, 36, of Bowie, Maryland, pleaded guilty to a federal charge of traveling with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves, FBI Acting Special Agent in Charge David Geist of the Washington Field Office Criminal and Cyber Division, and Chief Pamela Smith of the Metropolitan...
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Two Suspects in Custody for Murder at Tire Shop After Dispute Over Payment

Two Suspects in Custody for Murder at Tire Shop After Dispute Over Payment

Thanks in part to a tip provided to Prince George’s County Crime Solvers, the Homicide Unit has now identified and charged two suspects in connection with a fatal shooting at a tire shop in September. The suspects are 43-year-old Ronnell Hardy of Capitol Heights and 42-year-old Avery Eccles of Upper Marlboro. They are charged...
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Prince George’s County Police Investigating Fatal Crash, Two Passengers Flee Scene from At-Fault Vehicle

Prince George’s County Police Investigating Fatal Crash, Two Passengers Flee Scene from At-Fault Vehicle

The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal crash that occurred Wednesday evening in Upper Marlboro. The deceased driver is 57-year-old Monica Wilson of Springdale, MD. On October 23, 2024, at approximately 5:10 pm, officers responded to the 500 block of Largo Center Drive for a crash...
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Man Sentenced to 68 Years for Shooting and Killing His Child’s Mother and Grandmother, Attempted Murder of His Infant Daughter

Man Sentenced to 68 Years for Shooting and Killing His Child’s Mother and Grandmother, Attempted Murder of His Infant Daughter

Keanan Turner, 35, of Clinton, Maryland, was sentenced for the 2021 murders of Wanda Wright and Ebony Wright, the shooting of a third victim, the attempted murder of an infant, and setting fire to their apartment, announced by U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Chief Pamela A. Smith, of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD)....
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Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Employee Pleads Guilty to Leaking Confidential Information

Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Employee Pleads Guilty to Leaking Confidential Information

Dameshia Cooper, 35, of Waldorf, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to one count of disclosing confidential information held by the D.C. Pretrial Services Agency (PSA), which is an independent federal entity within the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia (CSOSA), announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and FBI Acting Special...
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Former Prince George’s County Elementary School Teacher Indicted For Coercion And Enticement Of A Child And For Possession Of Child Pornography

Former Prince George’s County Elementary School Teacher Indicted For Coercion And Enticement Of A Child And For Possession Of Child Pornography

A federal grand jury returned an indictment on September 26, 2024, charging Mark Edward Cobb, age 44, of Bowie, Maryland, for coercion and enticement of a child and for possession of child pornography. The indictment was announced by Erek L. Barron, U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland; Special Agent in Charge Michael McCarthy...
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Five Suspects Arrested for Dozens of ATM Robberies, Auto Thefts in DMV Area

Five Suspects Arrested for Dozens of ATM Robberies, Auto Thefts in DMV Area

October 15th, 2024: Federal law enforcement arrested the fourth and fifth defendants charged in connection with a series of burglaries and robberies of commercial businesses, ATMs, and vehicles in the D.C. and Maryland area. Jonathan Winston, 35, of Hagerstown, Maryland Jeffery Felder, 37, of Bowie, Maryland Winston and Felder were arrested early in the...
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Charles County Crime Solvers Offering Cash Reward in Destruction of Property Cases at 925 Park and Ride

Charles County Crime Solvers Offering Cash Reward in Destruction of Property Cases at 925 Park and Ride

On Friday, October 18, 2024, at 10:00 a.m., officers responded to the Park and Ride on Route 925 in Waldorf, after being alerted there was a car in the lot with a window that had been broken out. Officers arrived and found seven cars with windows that were damaged or destroyed. Officers are continuing...
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Police Seeking Any Information in 29-Year-Old Cold Case Murder of 14-Year-Old Teen

Police Seeking Any Information in 29-Year-Old Cold Case Murder of 14-Year-Old Teen

October 13 marked the anniversary of the homicide of Sterling Settle, a resident of Oxon Hill, Maryland. His case remains unsolved. Your assistance can help us bring justice to Sterling and his family. On October 13, 1995, at approximately 4:00 p.m., officers with the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to a logging road off...
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AUDIO: Child Flown to Trauma Center After Being Struck by Vehicle on Route 5 in Charles County, Police Searching for Vehicle

AUDIO: Child Flown to Trauma Center After Being Struck by Vehicle on Route 5 in Charles County, Police Searching for Vehicle

UPDATE 10/13/2024: Additional audio of Charles County Sheriff’s Office arrival, and involved vehicle information along with Maryland State Police Vehicle BOLO Broadcast added below. 10/12/2024: On Saturday, October 12, 2024, at approximately 7:13 p.m., police, firefighters, and emergency medical services responded to the area of Leonardtown Road and Roosevelt Place in Bryantown for a...
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Waldorf Teen and Washington D.C. Man Arrested for Murder at Foot Locker, Police Searching for Third Suspect

Waldorf Teen and Washington D.C. Man Arrested for Murder at Foot Locker, Police Searching for Third Suspect

The Prince George’s County Police Department arrested and charged two suspects in connection with a fatal shooting inside of a Foot Locker store on Thursday in Hillcrest Heights. The suspects are 19-year-old Andres Rodriguez-Corona of Waldorf and 22-year-old Carl Sanders of Washington, DC. They are charged in connection with the murder of 24-year-old Dominique...
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UPDATE: 14-Year-Old and 16-Year-Old Charged in Stabbing of 15-Year-Old in White Plains, Victim Flown to Trauma Center

UPDATE: 14-Year-Old and 16-Year-Old Charged in Stabbing of 15-Year-Old in White Plains, Victim Flown to Trauma Center

UPDATE 10/11/2024: On Wednesday, October 9, 2024, at 2:35 p.m., officers responded to the 11200 block of St. Christopher Drive in White Plains for the report of a stabbing. A preliminary investigation showed three teens were walking home after being dropped off by a school bus when they were approached by a group of other...
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Police Seeking Any Information in 27-Year-Old Cold Case Murder of 33-Year-Old Elizabeth Sloane

Police Seeking Any Information in 27-Year-Old Cold Case Murder of 33-Year-Old Elizabeth Sloane

On October 6, 1997, at approximately 6 p.m., officers with the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to a field near the Charles County Fairgrounds. Upon arrival, officers located a deceased female wrapped in a blanket. The female was identified as Elizabeth Sloane, a 33-year-old resident of Capitol Heights, Maryland. Sloane was transported to the...
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Prince George’s County Police Investigating Fatal Crash Involving Motorcycle

Prince George’s County Police Investigating Fatal Crash Involving Motorcycle

The Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal crash involving a motorcycle. The deceased rider is 50-year-old Anthony Williams of Capitol Heights. On October 5, 2024, at approximately 5:55 pm, officers responded to the 7400 block of Walker Mill Road for the report of a crash involving a motorcycle and another vehicle....
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FBI Baltimore Makes 14 Arrests, Seizes Guns and Drugs in Multi-Jurisdictional Takedown

FBI Baltimore Makes 14 Arrests, Seizes Guns and Drugs in Multi-Jurisdictional Takedown

Fourteen people were arrested in a large-scale drug and gun bust throughout Annapolis, Anne Arundel County and Baltimore City. During the operation – which involved over 500 officers, agents and personnel from federal, state and local agencies – law enforcement seized distribution levels of narcotics including cocaine, heroin, fentanyl and oxycodone, one shotgun, three...
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Waldorf Man Convicted of 5 Counts of Sexual Abuse of A Minor Involving Three Young Children

Waldorf Man Convicted of 5 Counts of Sexual Abuse of A Minor Involving Three Young Children

UPDATE 10/3/2024: Tony Covington, State’s Attorney for Charles County, announced that on Wednesday, September 25, 2024, a Charles County jury, after a 3-day trial, convicted Katravien Tyrieus Vercher, 25, of Waldorf, of five counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor and one count of Third-Degree Sexual Offense. On March 22, 2023, officers with the...
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Maryland Car Rally Task Force Dismantles Over Twelve Unlawful Exhibition Driving Events In Maryland Counties Saturday Night

Maryland Car Rally Task Force Dismantles Over Twelve Unlawful Exhibition Driving Events In Maryland Counties Saturday Night

Members from the Maryland Car Rally Task Force, working in collaboration with the Maryland State Police Special Operations Division, and allied police agencies disrupted twelve unlawful exhibition driving events throughout multiple Maryland counties, including Prince George’s, Anne Arundel, Howard and Baltimore, Saturday night. Police responded to several locations where up to 500 participants gathered...
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Second Suspect at Large After Lexington Park Vehicle Break-In, Public Asked for Help

Second Suspect at Large After Lexington Park Vehicle Break-In, Public Asked for Help

On Wednesday, September 25, 2024, deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office responded to an attempted vehicle theft in the 21000 block of South Essex Drive in Lexington Park. The incident occurred around 10:44 a.m., when an adult female victim left her vehicle running and locked while she entered a nearby business. Moments...
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Young Child Nearly Struck and Puppy Killed by Suspect in Stolen Vehicle in Lexington Park

Young Child Nearly Struck and Puppy Killed by Suspect in Stolen Vehicle in Lexington Park

On Sunday, September 22, 2024, a red 2018 Toyota Highlander SUV with Maryland registration plates was stolen from the 45000 block of Morgallion Way in California. The 911 caller reported that the vehicle was stolen between 11:45 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. that day. On Monday, September 23, 2024, a black male wearing a blue...
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UPDATE: 16-Year-Old Waldorf Teen Identified As Operator in Fatal Motorcycle Crash

UPDATE: 16-Year-Old Waldorf Teen Identified As Operator in Fatal Motorcycle Crash

UPDATE 9/24/2024: The operator of a motorcycle involved in a fatal collision on Old Washington Road has been identified as Jesel Edolen Rodriguez Amaya, age 16, of Waldorf. On September 22 at 12:11 a.m., patrol officers responded to the 2400 block of Old Washington Road in Waldorf for the report of a motorcycle collision....
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