Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown, in response to Hyundai and Kia’s continued failure to take adequate steps to address the alarming rate of theft of their vehicles, joined a coalition of 18 states calling for a federal recall of certain Hyundai and Kia vehicles. The letter, sent to the National Highway Traffic Safety...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Carjacking Interdiction Unit charged a suspect in connection with a recent carjacking in College Park. The suspect is 20-year-old Juwon Anderson of Washington, DC. On April 19, 2023, at approximately 2:30 pm, officers with the PGPD’s Washington Area Vehicle Enforcement team observed a recently carjacked car in the...
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On April 10, 2023, at 2:00 p.m., a patrol officer was entering a gas station on Smallwood Drive in Waldorf when he noticed a man running after a vehicle leaving the parking lot, yelling that his car had just been stolen. The officer observed the vehicle enter a nearby neighborhood. The officer, with the...
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On Tuesday, April 18, 2023, at 12:08 p.m., two students at Mathew Henson Middle School were involved in a scuffle at which time one of the students involved activated a stun gun in the school hallway. School staff separated the students and recovered the stun gun. No injuries were reported. The school resource officer...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit identified and arrested a man in connection with a recent fatal shooting in the unincorporated section of Hyattsville. The suspect is 28-year-old Alex Quinteros of Takoma Park. He’s charged with the murder of 24-year-old Rudy Perez Gutierrez of Hyattsville. On April 14, 2023, at approximately 5:15...
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On April 19, 2023, at 1:45 p.m., a student at St. Charles High School ingested an oil-like substance from a vape cartridge and became lethargic. Fire and emergency medical services responded to the school, and the student was transported to a hospital where they are being treated. A school resource officer has initiated an...
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On Sunday, April 16, 2023, at 9:13 a.m., officers responded to a church in the 5100 block of Leonardtown Road in Waldorf for the report of a man armed with a machete threatening parishioners and using racial epithets as parishioners were setting up for a service. The victims, who were familiar with the man,...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Carjacking Interdiction Unit is working to identify the suspects who attempted to carjack a man at gunpoint early this morning in Oxon Hill. The victim was not injured during the incident. On April 18, 2023, at approximately 3:00 a.m., officers responded to the parking garage at the MGM...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Carjacking Interdiction Unit charged two men in connection with a recent armed carjacking in District Heights. The suspects are 21-year-old Terrell Talley and 18-year-old Marquette Staton. Both suspects are from Alexandria, VA. On Sunday, April 16, 2023, at approximately 5:50 p.m., Prince George’s County Police patrol officers responded...
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Homicide Unit detectives released video of a fatal shooting at a nightclub in late March. Three people were shot in the incident, one of the victims died. A reward of up to $25,000 is being offered for information leading to an arrest and indictment in this case. On March 28, 2023, at approximately 12:40...
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On April 15, 2023, at approximately 7:00 a.m., officers responded to Crew Boats To Go, located at 6211 Old Pennington Avenue in Baltimore, for a carjacking complaint that occurred in Anne Arundel County. The adult female victim reported that at approximately 2:30 a.m., she was dropping off a friend in the 300 block of...
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UPDATE 4/16/2023: Maryland State Prosecutor Charlton T. Howard, III, announced April 13th, 2023, that a Calvert County Sherriff’s Office Deputy, Corporal James L. Wahlgren, pleaded guilty in the Circuit Court for Calvert County to misconduct in office for engaging in sexual intercourse with a person requesting police assistance. According to the Statement of Facts...
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On Saturday, April 15, 2023, at approximately 4:11 a.m., officers responded to the area of East Hawthorne Drive near Washington Avenue for the report of a carjacking. Investigation found two individuals had carjacked the victim’s vehicle outside a building in the 700 block of Washington Avenue. Officers were informed one of the suspects entered...
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On Friday, April 7, 2023, at 8:02 a.m., officers responded to the 2500 block of Charter Oak Drive in Waldorf for the report of a man at the address who was violating a final protective order. When officers arrived, the suspect, Bryant Michael Thompson, 42, of Waldorf, was on the scene. As officers attempted...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit identified and charged a man for a fatal shooting in Adelphi in 2020. The suspect is 34-year-old Jose Linares of Alexandria, VA. He’s charged with murdering 21-year-old Payton Marshall of Woodbridge, Virginia. On September 7, 2020, patrol officers responded to the 1800 block of Metzerott Road....
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Charles County Sheriff Troy D. Berry announced that Charles County Sheriff’s detectives assigned to the Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Enforcement Section / United States Postal Inspection Task Force, along with members from the United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) Washington, D.C. Division, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Washington Division, and the United States Marshals Office...
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Campus Advisory Status: All clear given: Lockdown at CSM Regional Hughesville Campus is lifted Thursday, April 13, 2023 3:54:09 p.m. Message #4: CSM Regional Hughesville Campus lockdown has been lifted and faculty, staff, and students no longer need to shelter in place. CSM Public Safety is onsite to escort people to their transportation, if...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit identified and charged a suspect in connection with a recent fatal shooting in the town of Capitol Heights. The suspect is 36-year-old Troy Medley of Baltimore. He’s charged with murdering 62-year-old Lidia Chinchilla De Carrillo of El Salvador. On March 28, 2023, at approximately 9:10 pm,...
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On April 11, 2023, at approximately 7:25 p.m., officers responded for a shooting that occurred on Laurel Fort Meade Road near Brock Bridge Road in Laurel. The victims, two 34-year-old males, and one 25-year-old male, were traveling in their vehicle when they inadvertently cut off a motorcyclist, who then fired at them with a...
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Governor Wes Moore swore in Lieutenant Colonel Roland L. Butler, Jr. as the Superintendent of the Maryland Department of State Police. Governor Moore was joined by Lieutenant Governor Aruna Miller, Secretary of State Susan Lee, House Speaker Adrienne Jones and Senate President Bill Ferguson for the ceremony. “Superintendent Butler is the best person to...
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Jaden Kemetrius Crowner, from Brooklyn, Maryland entered an Alford plea Friday to First-Degree Murder and Use of a Firearm in the Commission of a Felony in the March 2022 killing of 19-year-old Devin Scott Freeman behind Gonce Funeral Service, State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess announced. Crowner, 19, faces life in prison at sentencing, scheduled...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Child and Vulnerable Adult Abuse Unit arrested and charged an employee for abusing children in her care at a daycare center in Oxon Hill. The suspect is Kayla Shevon Greenwell age 23 of Oxon Hill, Maryland. On April 7, 2023, the PGPD received multiple videos showing the suspect...
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On April 5, 2023 at approximately 10:00 p.m., officers responded for an unknown disturbance in the 7300 block of Red Pond Court in Glen Burnie. As officers approached the residence they heard gunshots and multiple people began rushing out of the residence. As officers made their way into the residence they located two male...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Carjacking Interdiction Unit charged three juveniles and an 18-year-old male in connection with an armed carjacking on Wednesday. The 18-year-old suspect is Zaquan Graham of Landover. Three 15-year-old males are also charged in the case. One of those juveniles is from Washington, DC, and the two others are...
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U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III sentenced Daniel Ongele, age 33, of Bowie, Maryland to 33 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for a $1.2 million bank fraud scheme. The sentence was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek L. Barron and Special Agent...
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