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Laurel, MD
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Officer Indicted For Unauthorized Pursuit That Left Russian Linguist From Laurel Dead: AG
A Maryland police officer is facing serious criminal charges after allegedly causing a fatal crash during an unauthorized high-speed pursuit, then fleeing the scene without reporting it, according to state prosecutors. On Wednesday, April 2, Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced the indictment of Officer Alexander Rodriguez, 30, of the Anne Arundel County Police Department, in connection to the August 2024 death of 21-year-old Joshua VanderZiel in Howard County. At the time of his death, Vanderziel was a Russian linguist for the US Navy, according to Brown. The crash happene…
Rockville, MD
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Wrong Car Hit During Road Rage Shooting On Route 4 In Prince George's County, State Police Say
A Philadelphia man is facing serious charges after allegedly opening fire during a road rage encounter in Prince George’s County — and hitting the wrong car, according to Maryland State Police. Andre Howard, 34, was arrested this week in connection with a March 28 shooting on the ramp from southbound Route 4 to Woodyard Road, state police announced Wednesday, April 2 in Forestville. Investigators say Howard was aiming at someone he was feuding with on the road but hit an unrelated car instead. The victim was not injured, police said. Troopers from the Maryland State Police Forestville Barr…
Landover, MD
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School Bus Catches Fire With Students On Board In Landover (
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A school bus carrying 15 elementary school students went up in flames Tuesday afternoon in Prince George’s County — but, no one was hurt, fire officials said. Firefighters with the Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Department responded to Twilight Drive and Covenant Gardens Court in Landover around 4:39 p.m. on April 1 for a reported school bus fire, according to officials. The fire was extinguished quickly, and no injuries were reported. The bus was identified as Bus #6041 from Thomas G. Pullen Elementary School, and all 15 students on board were safely evacuated. A new bus was dispatched …
Laurel, MD
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Suspicious Death In Laurel Prompts Police Investigation (
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A quiet neighborhood in Prince George's County turned into a crime scene before sunrise after police discovered a man dead under suspicious circumstances, authorities said. Officers with the Laurel Police Department responded to the 1000 block of Marton Street around 4:18 a.m. on Tuesday, April 1, and found the body of a man, who has not been identified, according to a statement from the department. Detectives are treating the case as a suspicious death, officials said. The exact cause and manner of death will be determined by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. “The circumstances of…
Capitol Heights-District Heights, MD
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Triple Shooting Leaves District Heights Man Dead Inside Maryland Business: Police
Two men are dead and a third is recovering after gunfire broke out late Friday night in Prince George’s County, sparking a double homicide investigation and a reward offer from police. Officers were called to the 4000 block of Silver Hill Road in Suitland around 10:30 p.m. on March 28, where they found 32-year-old Antonio Magruder shot inside a business, according to the Prince George’s County Police Department. He was pronounced dead at the scene. A second victim, 56-year-old Darrell Mason of Suitland, was found inside a vehicle nearby with a gunshot wound. He was rushed to a hospit…
Capitol Heights-District Heights, MD
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Driver Killed Crashing Into District Heights Building Identified By Police
A District man was killed in a single-vehicle crash after slamming into a building in Prince George’s County, police said. Officers with the Prince George’s County Police Department responded around 2 a.m. Saturday, March 29, to the 5800 block of Silver Hill Road in District Heights, according to investigators. There, they found the driver—62-year-old Tyrone Eugene Perry—dead at the scene. Police said Perry had been heading north on Marlboro Pike when, for reasons still under investigation, he veered off the road and struck a building. He was pronounced dead at the scene by first responde…
Clinton, MD
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$25K Reward Offered After Man Found Shot Dead In Clinton: Police (
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Police in Prince George’s County are offering a $25,000 reward as they search for answers in a fatal shooting that left a Clinton man dead on a residential street early Friday morning. Donald Logan Coleman, 33, was found shot outside on the 4900 block of Plata Street around 7 a.m. on March 28, according to the Prince George’s County Police Department. Officers responded to a report of an unresponsive person and found Coleman suffering from gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene, officials said. Homicide detectives are now working to identify a suspect and determine a mo…
Capitol Heights-District Heights, MD
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Grandmother Visiting From El Salvador For Funeral Killed In Maryland — Shooter Learns Fate
A grandmother visiting Maryland to mourn the loss of her grandson was gunned down in broad daylight in what prosecutors called a “cowardly act” — and now, her killer is going away for a long time. Troy Medley, 38, of Prince George’s County, has been sentenced to 85 years in prison for randomly shooting and killing 62-year-old Lidia Chinchilla DeCarrillo in Capitol Heights, according to State’s Attorney Aisha Braveboy. “This was our worst nightmare,” Braveboy said in a news conference announcing the sentencing. “To have someone shooting randomly with no regard is dangerous and jeopardized th…
Hyattsville, MD
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Bodycam Released After Fugitive Kills Woman During Police Chase In Hyattsville
New video has been released showing the final moments leading up to a deadly crash that killed a Riverdale woman during a police pursuit in Prince George’s County, authorities said. On Thursday, March 27, the Maryland Attorney General’s Office released body-worn camera footage from a Hyattsville City Police officer involved in the fatal crash that took the life of 33-year-old Esmeralda Montoya-Perez. Montoya-Perez was walking along East-West Highway in Chillum around 10:15 p.m. on Friday, February 28, when she was struck and killed by a fugitive fleeing police, the AG’s Independent Investig…
Laurel, MD
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Laurel Teen Charged As Adult After Fatal Gas Station Shooting: Police
A 16-year-old in Maryland will be charged as an adult after allegedly murdering a man during an argument at a Prince George's County gas station. Leo Addison, 39, of Largo, was shot and killed around 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 25, in the 7600 block of Marlboro Pike, according to the Prince George’s County Police Department. A sergeant with the Special Operations Division’s K9 Section was in the area of Marlboro Pike and Forestville Road when he heard a gunshot, police said. Moments later, he saw the teen from Laurel fire a handgun at Addison in the gas station parking lot and try t…
Landover, MD
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Woman Killed In Prince George’s County Police Pursuit Crash ID’d By Attorney General
New details have been released after a police pursuit in Prince George’s County ended in tragedy when a fleeing driver slammed into a mother and her son in Landover, killing the woman and sending the child to the hospital, officials say. It all went down just after 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 21, when a Seat Pleasant Police officer tried to pull over a Genesis sedan on Martin Luther King Jr. Highway, according to the Maryland Attorney General’s Office. The driver stopped at first—but then took off. The officer issued a BOLO for the car, and minutes later, Prince George’s County Police spott…
Waldorf, MD
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Serial Sex Offender Who Lured Women Into Cars In Maryland, DC Still Unidentified: Police
Detectives in Southern Maryland are trying to put a name to a violent predator who terrorized women across the DMV for years — and they’re asking the public for help. Between 1996 and 2003, an unidentified man sexually assaulted multiple women after luring them into his car under false pretenses in Prince George’s County and Washington, DC, then driving them to remote areas of Charles County to attack them, according to investigators. Officials from the Charles County Sheriff's Office said the man used the name “Jerry”, along with Jimmy, George, and James, to gain trust. Once the vic…
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