The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Carjacking Interdiction Unit charged five suspects in connection with a recent armed carjacking in Suitland. The two adult suspects are 18-year-old Qamar Comfort and 18-year-old Iriae Williams. Both are from Washington, DC. A third suspect, a 16-year-old male from Temple Hills, is also charged as an adult. The...
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U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett today sentenced Justin Kuchta, age 40, of Annapolis, Maryland, to four months in federal prison, followed by one year of supervised release, for threatening to murder a United States Member of Congress. The sentence was announced by Erek L. Barron, United States Attorney for the District of Maryland;...
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On April 28, 2023, at 12:19 a.m., patrol officers from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 800 block of Stone Avenue in Waldorf for the report of an intrusion alarm at a school. When officers arrived, they observed a vehicle in the parking lot. Upon making contact with the driver, the odor...
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A Leonardtown man and woman have been arrested and charged by the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office on several charges of Sex Abuse of a Minor, Neglect of a Minor and Second-Degree Rape. Following an investigation by the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office’s Criminal Investigations Division, Brian Joseph Wiegman, age 45 of Leonardtown, has...
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UPDATE 4/26/2023: Over the last two weeks, homicide detectives worked tirelessly on this investigation. Through investigative means, they identified and charged Dominic Taylor with the murder of Brandon Williams. Even though charges have been filed, anyone with any information is asked to contact the Homicide Unit at 410-222-4731 or the TipLine at 410-222-4700. The suspect...
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UPDATE 4/27/2023: On Wednesday, April 26, 2023, at 10:08 pm, two masked men entered the Birdies convenience store at the 24600 block of Three Notch Road in Hollywood. The two suspects pointed a handgun at store employees, demanding money from the registers. The suspects removed currency from the registers and fled on foot. St....
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On Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at 9:38 a.m., a school administrator at North Point High School became aware a student was possibly in possession of cannabis in their book bag and notified a school resource officer. The bag was recovered at which time over 2.5 ounces of suspected cannabis and a replica semi-automatic firearm,...
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The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit identified and charged a man for a fatal shooting in February. The suspect is 27-year-old Charles Edwards of Hyattsville. He’s charged with murdering 17-year-old Daiwo Flomo of Riverdale. On February 11, 2023, at approximately 12:40 am, officers responded to the 7200 block of Parkwood Street in...
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Prince George’s County Police investigators are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the individuals who took gaming chips at the MGM National Harbor. On April 22, 2023, at approximately 1:40 pm, the PGPD’s National Harbor Unit was notified of a theft that occurred at the MGM National Harbor in the 100 block of MGM...
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On April 21, 2023, at approximately 2:00 p.m., officers responded for a report of a stabbing that just occurred at the Hardee’s, 718 Nursery Road in Linthicum. Officers learned that an employee became upset with a co-worker and stabbed them in the back with a large knife. The suspect was taken into custody without...
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UPDATE 4/24/2023: The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Fugitive Squad arrested a man for reckless endangerment at a restaurant. He is 24-year-old Josyah Brown of Washington, DC. On April 4, 2023, at approximately 1:25am, officers responded to a restaurant in the 2900 block of Colebrooke Drive in Hillcrest Heights for a vehicle crash. The...
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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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