Crime Scene: Ruben Castaneda


Posted at 06:13 PM ET, 10/05/2011

Report: Staff errors allowed two to escape Md. juvenile facility
By Ruben Castaneda
Workers at the Cheltenham Youth Facility failed to follow basic security and supervisory protocols before and after two detainees escaped from the facility on July 15, according to a report released Wednesday.

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Posted at 12:01 PM ET, 08/03/2011

Local law enforcement officers honored for work on gun cases
By Ruben Castaneda
Thirty-three federal and local law enforcement officers were honored Tuesday for their efforts in putting together cases that helped put gun offenders, armed robbers, and other criminals behind bars at a ceremony led by Maryland U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein.

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Posted at 08:57 AM ET, 06/10/2011

Foreign officials visit Md. federal courthouse
By Ruben Castaneda
Michael S. Donovan sat at the defense table in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt on Thursday preparing to plead guilty to driving under the influence on a federal highway in the kind of case that unfolds dozens of times every day in the courthouse. Suddenly, his case had an audience.

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Posted at 01:14 PM ET, 06/03/2011

Women told to remove bras at jail, $1M civil suit says
By Ruben Castaneda
But two women were both ordered to remove their bras before they went through the metal detector at the Prince George’s County jail on Wednesday, according to a civil lawsuit filed in Circuit Court in Upper Marlboro on Thursday.

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Posted at 09:21 PM ET, 06/02/2011

In a letter to Post reporter, woman told of fears she would be murdered
By Ruben Castaneda
In a letter received by Post reporter Ruben Castaneda in May 2010, Terasa Evans said she was worried that her husband would kill her. She was killed, and he is to be sentenced for assaulting her in a separate incident. But nobody has been charged with her murder.

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Posted at 09:35 AM ET, 05/26/2011

30 years for man who killed mother-in-law
By Ruben Castaneda
A man who fatally stabbed his mother-in-law, then told police they were attacked by intruders, was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday by a Prince George’s County Circuit Court judge, State’s Attorney Angela D. Alsobrooks said.

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Posted at 09:05 AM ET, 04/12/2011

Pr. George’s judge sentences killer to 70 years
By Ruben Castaneda
A Circuit Court judge in Prince George’s County has sentenced a Suitland man to 70 years in prison for killing a woman outside a bar, State’s Attorney Angela D. Alsobrooks said

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Posted at 09:25 AM ET, 03/18/2011

Appeals could delay, alter big Md. civil award
By Ruben Castaneda
Though a Prince George’s civil jury on Wednesday awarded a little more than $11.5 million for the wrongful death of a man fatally shot by a county police officer, the relatives of the victim and their attorneys may not see any large checks from the county any time soon.

By Ruben Castaneda  |  09:25 AM ET, 03/18/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 11:05 AM ET, 03/02/2011

Traffic stop questions for shooting case officer
By Ruben Castaneda
A police video of the incident

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Categories:  From the Courthouse, Ruben Castaneda, Updates | Tags:  Prince George's County police brutality, police misconduct

Posted at 08:01 AM ET, 03/01/2011

Son testifies in father's shooting
By Ruben Castaneda
The trial is expected to last at least another week.

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Posted at 08:10 AM ET, 02/03/2011

Throat slashing at Pr. George's Jail
By Ruben Castaneda
Fenstermacher was not released.

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Posted at 04:06 PM ET, 02/02/2011

Guilty plea in 2005 slaying of Bowie girl
By Ruben Castaneda
Tyler, 25, waived extradition

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Posted at 02:00 PM ET, 02/02/2011

Md. man convicted in bar fight killing
By Ruben Castaneda
Lewis pulled the gun from his waistband,

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Posted at 04:40 PM ET, 01/31/2011

Suspect in 2005 slaying arrested
By Ruben Castaneda
Authorities believe her murder was not motivated by her pregnancy.

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Posted at 01:02 PM ET, 01/24/2011

Settlement in Md. town mayor's lawsuit
By Ruben Castaneda
Attorneys for Prince George's County on Monday settled a lawsuit brought by Berwyn Heights Mayor Cheye Calvo that accused deputies from a county sheriff's SWAT unit of storming into his home without a proper warrant the day they shot his...

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Posted at 11:55 AM ET, 01/07/2011

Pr. George's man convicted on murder charge
By Ruben Castaneda
Brooks, who is already in prison for armed carjacking,

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Posted at 02:00 PM ET, 01/05/2011

Pr. George's: Alsobrooks sworn in
By Ruben Castaneda
During a ceremony that lasted an hour and 45 minutes,

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Posted at 12:04 PM ET, 01/01/2011

Homicide at Suburban Hospital
By Ruben Castaneda
Update, 2:45 p.m.: The lockdown has been lifted, after police said they didn't believe the suspect was inside. Police said the homicide victim is a 40 year old male employee who was slain in an area of the hospital that...

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Posted at 02:14 PM ET, 12/20/2010

Man gets life in double murder
By Ruben Castaneda
A man who participated in the murders of a man and his pregnant girlfriend inside their home in an upscale neighborhood near Upper Marlboro was sentenced Monday to two life terms in prison without parole. Circuit Court Judge Melanie M....

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Posted at 12:30 PM ET, 12/14/2010

Man gets 140 years in music producer killing
By Ruben Castaneda
A Prince George's County judge on Tuesday sentenced a Landover man to 140 years in prison for murdering a well-known music producer more than four years ago and for targeting a prosecution witness. Circuit Court Judge C. Philip Nichols Jr....

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Posted at 02:00 PM ET, 11/30/2010

Mortgage loan scheme charges for Va. man
By Ruben Castaneda
A Prince George's County grand jury has charged a Virginia Beach man with swindling 10 people out of about $40,000 in a loan modification scheme. Howard Shmuckler, 67, is charged with 10 counts of theft over $500, conspiracy to commit...

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Posted at 02:41 PM ET, 11/16/2010

Feds: More bribes in Prince George's
By Ruben Castaneda
The owners of a Langley Park liquor store and restaurant who were arrested in a broad corruption probe in Prince George's County talked about paying bribes to county officials in conversations captured by FBI wiretaps, a federal prosecutor said Tuesday....

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Posted at 08:43 AM ET, 11/11/2010

Off-duty Md. officer in gunfight
By Ruben Castaneda
An off-duty Prince George's County police officer narrowly escaped injury early Thursday morning when he exchanged gunfire at close range with a man who was trying to rob him in Greenbelt, authorities said. A shot fired by the would-be robber...

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Posted at 08:05 AM ET, 11/11/2010

Guilty plea in quadruple D.C. shooting
By Ruben Castaneda
A District man pleaded guilty Wednesday to second-degree murder while armed in connection with a rampage in which four people were shot, one fatally, said Ronald C. Machen Jr., U.S. Attorney for the District. Seneca Benjamin, 33, entered the guilty...

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Posted at 10:57 AM ET, 11/09/2010

Infant victim of alleged assault dies
By Ruben Castaneda
UPDATE, 10:57 a.m.: Commonwealth's Attorney Paul Ebert said he plans on seeking a grand jury indictment for felony murder against Henry Morales in early December ORIGINAL POST: A Prince William County man charged with assaulting his 2-month-old son may face...

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Posted at 08:31 AM ET, 11/09/2010

Man shot dead in Landover
By Ruben Castaneda
Prince George's County police are investigating the homicide of a man who was shot to death early Tuesday morning in Landover. At about 3:45 a.m., patrol officers were summoned to an apartment building in the 7500 block of Buchanan Street,...

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Posted at 01:53 PM ET, 11/04/2010

Ex-Pr. George's prosecutor goes federal
By Ruben Castaneda
Smoot officially left her Prince George's post on Monday,

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Posted at 08:10 AM ET, 10/28/2010

Md. man denies 3 killings in testimony
By Ruben Castaneda
During the trial, at the request of the state

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Posted at 03:40 PM ET, 10/26/2010

2nd guilty plea in Md. firefighter arson
By Ruben Castaneda
Martinez is scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 3.

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Posted at 03:21 PM ET, 10/08/2010

Man guilty of killing over 'disrespect'
By Ruben Castaneda
Osorio died of his wounds four days later.

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Posted at 03:42 PM ET, 09/22/2010

Man held in Md. trooper slaying
By Washington Post editors
A man charged with fatally shooting an off-duty Maryland State trooper outside a restaurant in Forestville in June was ordered held without bond Wednesday by a Prince George’s County judge following a preliminary hearing. There were no substantial revelations during...

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Posted at 02:59 PM ET, 09/03/2010

Suspects admit to killing 4, police say
By Ruben Castaneda
The man and woman charged with killing two women and two young children in a squalid Lanham home last month will continue to be held without bond, a Prince George's County judge ruled Friday. The ruling came after a police...

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Posted at 04:10 PM ET, 08/24/2010

D.C. man convicted of raping girlfriend
By Anne Bartlett
A Prince George’s County jury has convicted a District man of raping and beating his ex-girlfriend inside her Temple Hills apartment, State’s Attorney Glenn F. Ivey said. The jury on Thursday convicted Jeffrey L. Strickland, 45, of first- and second-degree...

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Posted at 05:10 PM ET, 08/20/2010

Youth charged in slaying was left alone
By Ruben Castaneda
Staff members at Cheltenham are not supposed to leave detainees unsupervised.

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Posted at 01:37 PM ET, 08/10/2010

40 years for Pr. George's robber
By Washington Post Editors
A District man who targeted Latino workers in Prince George’s County for armed robberies was sentenced Tuesday to 40 years in prison, State’s Attorney Glenn F. Ivey said. Circuit Court Judge Maureen Lamasney imposed the sentence on Eric M. Barnes,...

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Posted at 01:07 PM ET, 07/29/2010

Indictment in Md. trooper's killing
By Ruben Castaneda
A Prince George's County grand jury Thursday indicted a Seat Pleasant man on charges that he participated in last month's murder of an off-duty Maryland state trooper outside a Forestville restaurant. The grand jury indicted Anthony A. Milton, 28, on...

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Posted at 01:51 PM ET, 07/28/2010

Teen charged with murder in Md.
By Washington Post Editors
A boy who was 13 when he allegedly beat a teacher to death in a state juvenile detention facility in Prince George's County in February was formally charged Wednesday with first-degree murder and first-degree attempted rape. The charge initially was...

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Posted at 03:10 PM ET, 07/26/2010

New judge to Md. Special Appeals court
By Ruben Castaneda
Hotten has also worked in private practice

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Posted at 04:12 PM ET, 07/14/2010

Plea hearing for NBA's Delonte West
By Ruben Castaneda
Delonte West, the NBA player who was indicted last November by a Prince George's County grand jury on six weapons offenses, is scheduled to appear at a plea hearing in Circuit Court in Upper Marlboro Thursday morning, according to court records and officials.

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Posted at 05:27 PM ET, 06/23/2010

No new trial for Keith Washington
By Ruben Castaneda
The only recourse left for Washington would be to try to convince the Supreme Court to consider an appeal.

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Posted at 05:12 PM ET, 06/16/2010

Pr. George's man guilty in wife's slaying
By Ruben Castaneda
In October, 2007, Prince George’s County police arrested Spencer Ellsworth Chase on charges of assaulting his wife. The charges were dropped when Antoinette Renee Chase chose not to go forward with the case. Eight months later, she was dead...

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Posted at 04:03 PM ET, 06/04/2010

Guilty plea in murder case that created controversy for Pr. George's judge
By Ruben Castaneda
It is unusual for judges in Prince George's to release murder defendants without requiring them to post a bond.

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Posted at 08:46 AM ET, 05/26/2010

Man convicted of murder, robbery in Prince George's case
By Ruben Castaneda
A Prince George's County jury on Tuesday convicted a Landover man of fatally stabbing one man and trying to kill a young woman during a 2009 house robbery. After deliberating for about four hours, the jury convicted Lawrence T. Covington, 35, of first-degree murder, attempted murder, robbery and other offenses. The jury acquitted Covington of another murder he was accused of.

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Posted at 08:00 AM ET, 05/25/2010

Charges against motorist dropped when Pr. George's officer fails to appear in court
By Ruben Castaneda
Richard L. Sheffield went to Prince George's District Court in Upper Marlboro on Monday prepared to fight charges that he drove with an illegally tinted windshield, that he drove with a mutilated license, and that he was disorderly. Sheffield had...

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Posted at 05:52 PM ET, 05/10/2010

Pr. George's man convicted in slaying
By Ruben Castaneda
Proctor was convicted of fatally shooting Sean E. Smith, 25,

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Posted at 03:00 PM ET, 04/30/2010

10 year-sentence for culprit in robbery plot upsets Pr. George's victim
By Ruben Castaneda
A Clinton man who, with his family, was taken hostage at gunpoint in a bank robbery attempt was not pleased Friday when a Prince George's judge sentenced one of his attackers to 10 years in prison. "[Expletive] y'all!" James Spruill...

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Posted at 06:13 AM ET, 04/20/2010

Video evidence has spurred internal investigations in Pr. George's
By Ruben Castaneda
Prince George's County police officials responded quickly

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Posted at 05:23 PM ET, 03/26/2010

4 years in prison for culprit in Pr. George's bank robbery plot
By Ruben Castaneda
One of the men involved in a robbery scheme in which a bank manager who lived in Clinton, and her family, were held hostage overnight, was sentenced Friday to four years in prison. In the Upper Marlboro Courthouse, Circuit Court...

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Posted at 07:58 AM ET, 03/16/2010

Guilty plea in Pr. George's bank robbery plot that ended on Beltway
By Ruben Castaneda
A District man who who took a Clinton bank manager and her family hostage at gunpoint in a bank robbery attempt has pleaded guilty to kidnapping and other charges in Prince George's County Circuit Court.

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Posted at 06:25 AM ET, 02/18/2010

Pr. George's murder convict Coleman offers explanation in letter to reporter
By Ruben Castaneda
Before a Prince George's County jury convicted him in December of second-degree murder in the killing of his on-again, off-again girlfriend, Joseph N. Coleman spent more than 14 hours explaining his actions surrounding the death. He's still trying to explain...

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Posted at 05:44 PM ET, 02/16/2010

Former Morningside police chief Eichelberger pleads guilty in gun case
By Ruben Castaneda
David A. Eichelberger Jr., a former chief of police for the Prince George's County town of Morningside, pleaded guilty Friday to a gun and theft charge. Eichelberger, 30, of Accokeek, pleaded guilty to the illegal sale and transfer of a...

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Posted at 03:15 PM ET, 01/25/2010

Dead inmate Ronnie White should've been in medical unit: Attorneys
By Ruben Castaneda
Attorneys for the former Prince George's County prison guard who was the focus of an investigation into the death of an inmate have formally asked jail officials to investigate why the inmate wasn't placed in the jail's medical ward, instead of the maximum-security cellblock where he died.

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Posted at 02:21 PM ET, 01/12/2010

Prison protection-for-soup scheme broken up in Pr. George's: Source
By Ruben Castaneda
In its heyday, the Mob was known for running so-called protection schemes, in which small business owners were told to pay "protection" money, sometimes known as "rent" -- or else. It seems some inmates at the Prince George's County Jail...

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Posted at 12:48 PM ET, 01/08/2010

Murder closings vs. convictions in Pr. George's
By Ruben Castaneda
Prince George's County officials on Thursday crowed about a 79 percent case closure rate for homicide detectives -- a stunningly high number for a large department in a semi-urban area with high levels of violence -- during a press conference...

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Posted at 06:34 AM ET, 12/22/2009

Lawsuit against Pr. George's sheriff can proceed, judge rules
By Ruben Castaneda
Berwyn Heights Mayor Cheye Calvo's lawsuit against Prince George's County's sheriff, in which he accuses county sheriff's officers of storming into his home without a proper warrant, can proceed without waiting for federal review, a judge ruled Monday. A Circuit...

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Posted at 07:57 AM ET, 12/16/2009

Pr. George's double-murder trial ends with hung jury
By Ruben Castaneda
For more than two weeks, jurors in the Upper Marlboro courthouse heard testimony and arguments in the state's case against Lawrence T. Covington, who was accused of stabbing two men to death and trying to kill a young woman during...

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