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17-year-old boy stabbed in Hyattsville, police say
HYATTSVILLE, Md. (DC News Now) — The City of Hyattsville Police Department said a 17-year-old boy was stabbed Thursday afternoon. Officers responded to the 3500 block of Carnaby St. at around 3:30 p.m. There, they found the boy who had been stabbed. He was taken to the hospital for treatment.
Raham Barnes ID'd As Fire Extinguisher Armed Robber In DC
Raham Barnes, 42, of Upper Marlboro, was been identified as the suspect who has been terrorizing several convenience stores in Northwest and Northeast DC over the past month, authorities announced. Barnes has been linked to at least four armed robberies over the course of a week when he used a...
Christopher Love Accused Of Attempted Rape, Assault In MD
Christopher Love, 27, who has no fixed address, was taken into custody this week after allegedly entering the home of a Silver Spring woman, assaulting her, and attempting to rape her. Shortly before 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 23, a woman was entering her home in the 9200 block of...
‘Why y'all killed my little brother?': Family pleas for justice a year after deadly Hyattsville nightclub shooting
A family shared a desperate plea for justice more than a year after a shooting killed a man outside a nightclub in Hyattsville, Maryland. 28-year-old Alex Lynch was working as a security guard at Area Code on Chillum Road last March when three suspects fatally shot him and injured two others. Prince George's County Police and the grieving family held a press conference Wednesday to ask for the public to help identify the suspects in the case.
WATCH: Handcuffed suspect slips away from DC police officer, runs into Metro station
WASHINGTON - Video being circulated on social media shows a D.C. police officer chasing a handcuffed suspect running into a Metro station in Southeast. According to MPD, the incident happened around 2 p.m. on April 30. A police report states that the suspect was being detained after allegedly stealing $20...
College student from Maryland killed in North Carolina days before graduation
A college student from Upper Marlboro, Maryland, was shot and killed in North Carolina just days before his graduation. Police found North Carolina Central University student Myles Gresham shot to death in his car several miles away from campus at an apartment complex near where he lived in Durham Thursday.
Maryland officials release timeline, cost estimate, for rebuilding bridge
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland plans to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge in just over four years at an estimated cost between $1.7 billion and $1.9 billion, a state transportation official said Thursday. The state plans to build a new span by fall of 2028, said David Broughton, a spokesperson for the Maryland Department of Transportation. He said the cost estimate is preliminary, and detailed engineering specifics have not been confirmed. As salvage efforts continue, authorities also announced late Wednesday they had recovered the body of a fifth person who was missing after the bridge’s March 26 collapse, which shut down the port of Baltimore, one of the busiest ports in the country. Six members of a roadwork crew plunged to their deaths when a container ship lost power and crashed into one of the bridge’s supporting columns. The Key Bridge Response Unified Command announced that the victim found Wednesday was identified as Miguel Angel Luna Gonzalez, 49, of Glen Burnie, Maryland. All of the victims were Latino immigrants who came to the United States from Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.
35-Year-Old Woman Succumbs To Injuries From Pedestrian Collision In Prince George’s County
BOWIE, Md. – The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit is investigating a now fatal pedestrian collision that occurred in the unincorporated section of Bowie. The victim is 35-year-old Brittany Young of Washington, DC. On April 23, 2024, at approximately 9:15 pm, officers...
Restaurant group to take over recently closed Greene Turtle spot
Titan Hospitality Group plans to open a second location of its rustic dining concept as the group continues its Greater Baltimore expansion. The Anne Arundel County group will open The Lodge at 20 Magothy Beach Road in Pasadena this fall, Titan Hospitality announced Wednesday. It will replace a Greene Turtle franchise restaurant that closed over the weekend, a Titan spokesperson said.
Prince George’s County animal shelter accepting owner surrenders again; fee-free adoption period ends
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — The Prince George’s County Animal Services and Adoption Facility (ASFAC) started accepting pet surrenders again on Wednesday, nearly one month after it paused intake. ASFAC had stopped accepting any pets from owners who could no longer care for them starting on April 10. The closure would last […]
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