Crime Scene: prince george's county


Posted at 04:02 PM ET, 02/24/2013

Lanham man shot dead after party, police say attack was gang-related
By Keith L. Alexander
Police say the man attended a party at a hotel, where a fight between groups erupted.

By Keith L. Alexander  |  04:02 PM ET, 02/24/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Prince George's County police, Hillcrest Heights, Baltimore Avenue, David Esequel Avelar, Crime Solvers, Keith L. Alexander, gangs, fatal shooting

Posted at 06:50 PM ET, 02/08/2013

Northwest man sentenced to 70 years in prison for the 2010 fatal shooting of teenage daughter
By Keith L. Alexander
Robert M. Carter shot his 13-year-old in the head and wounded two others.

By Keith L. Alexander  |  06:50 PM ET, 02/08/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Robert M. Carter, Judge Thomas J. Motley, Angel Morse, D.C. Superior Court, domestic dispute, Keith L. Alexander, first-degree murder, Metro Access, Prince George's County, kidnapping

Posted at 07:04 AM ET, 04/12/2012

Police-involved shooting investigated in Prince George’s County
By Maggie Fazeli Fard
An officer fired a gun after police responded to a domestic disturbance in Temple Hills.

By Maggie Fazeli Fard  |  07:04 AM ET, 04/12/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Prince George's County, Crime, Maryland, law enforcement

Posted at 01:12 PM ET, 02/29/2012

Fire leaves Cheverly church with $250,000 in damage
By Sylvia Carignan
Thirty firefighters were on the scene just before 4 a.m.

By Sylvia Carignan  |  01:12 PM ET, 02/29/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Prince George's County

Posted at 10:31 AM ET, 01/27/2012

Woman charged with using children in robbery arrested in N.Y.
By Katherine Driessen
U.S. Marshals Service arrested Linda McCorkle in Harlem on Thursday.

By Katherine Driessen  |  10:31 AM ET, 01/27/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  U.S. Marshals Service, Bank of America, Prince George's County Police,

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

By Ruben Castaneda  |  11:05 AM ET, 03/02/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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.

By Ruben Castaneda  |  08:01 AM ET, 03/01/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  From the Courthouse, Pr. George's, Ruben Castaneda, Updates | Tags:  Prince George's County police brutality, police misconduct

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

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

By Ruben Castaneda  |  08:10 AM ET, 02/03/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Ruben Castaneda, Ruben Castaneda | Tags:  Prince George's County crime, jail

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

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

By Ruben Castaneda  |  04:06 PM ET, 02/02/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Ruben Castaneda, Ruben Castaneda, Ruben Castaneda, Ruben Castaneda | Tags:  Prince George's County crime, homicide

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,

By Ruben Castaneda  |  02:00 PM ET, 02/02/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Ruben Castaneda, Ruben Castaneda, Ruben Castaneda, Ruben Castaneda | Tags:  Prince George's County crime

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...

By Ruben Castaneda  |  01:02 PM ET, 01/24/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Ruben Castaneda, Ruben Castaneda, Ruben Castaneda, Ruben Castaneda | Tags:  Prince George's County crime, excessive force

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,

By Ruben Castaneda  |  11:55 AM ET, 01/07/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Ruben Castaneda, Ruben Castaneda, Ruben Castaneda | Tags:  Prince George's County crime

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,

By Ruben Castaneda  |  02:00 PM ET, 01/05/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Ruben Castaneda, Ruben Castaneda | Tags:  Prince George's County crime

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,

By Ruben Castaneda  |  01:53 PM ET, 11/04/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Ruben Castaneda, Ruben Castaneda | Tags:  Prince George's County crime

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.

By Ruben Castaneda  |  03:21 PM ET, 10/08/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Ruben Castaneda, Ruben Castaneda, Ruben Castaneda | Tags:  Prince George's County crime

Posted at 04:10 PM ET, 09/07/2010

Off-duty officer charged with assault
By Ruben Castaneda
Daniels had been summoned

By Ruben Castaneda  |  04:10 PM ET, 09/07/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Anne Arundel | Tags:  Anne Arundel County police, Bill's Lounge, Prince George's County police

Posted at 02:38 PM ET, 08/18/2010

Life without parole for Md. murderer
By Ruben Castaneda
A Prince George's County judge Wednesday sentenced a Landover man to life without parole for fatally stabbing a man and trying to kill a young woman -- the murder victim's wife -- during a 2009 house robbery. Following a hearing of about 90 minutes, Circuit Court Judge Sheila R. Tillerson-Adams imposed the sentence on Lawrence T. Covington, 36, of Landover.

By Ruben Castaneda  |  02:38 PM ET, 08/18/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Updates, Updates, Updates, Updates, Updates | Tags:  Glenn F. Ivey, Prince George's County crime

Posted at 04:18 PM ET, 07/28/2010

Jury quickly acquits murder defendant
By Ruben Castaneda
It took the jury just 37 minutes

By Ruben Castaneda  |  04:18 PM ET, 07/28/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  From the Courthouse, From the Courthouse, From the Courthouse, From the Courthouse | Tags:  Prince George's County crime

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.

By Ruben Castaneda  |  04:12 PM ET, 07/14/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Ruben Castaneda, Ruben Castaneda, Ruben Castaneda, Ruben Castaneda | Tags:  Delonte West, Prince George's County grand jury

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.

By Ruben Castaneda  |  04:03 PM ET, 06/04/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Ruben Castaneda, Ruben Castaneda, Ruben Castaneda, Ruben Castaneda | Tags:  Prince George's County crime, courts

Posted at 02:42 PM ET, 05/28/2010

Body found inside burning vehicle in Prince George's County
By Ruben Castaneda
Prince George's County police homicide detectives are investigating the death of a man whose body was found Thursday night inside a burning vehicle in the Hillcrest Heights neighborhood. Shortly after 10 p.m. Thursday, patrol officers went to the 2100 block...

By Ruben Castaneda  |  02:42 PM ET, 05/28/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Pr. George's, Pr. George's | Tags:  Prince George's County police, homicide

Posted at 10:47 AM ET, 05/26/2010

U-Md. failure to produce police beating video an 'oversight', says state police
By Ruben Castaneda
The failure of University of Maryland officials to promptly comply with a subpoena for video footage from a university camera that may have shown the beating of a student by Prince George's County police was an "oversight," Maryland State Police have concluded.

By Ruben Castaneda  |  10:47 AM ET, 05/26/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Updates, Updates, Updates, Updates | Tags:  Prince George's County police, University of Maryland

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.

By Ruben Castaneda  |  08:46 AM ET, 05/26/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Ruben Castaneda, Ruben Castaneda, Ruben Castaneda, Ruben Castaneda, Ruben Castaneda | Tags:  Prince George's County state's attorney's office

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,

By Ruben Castaneda  |  05:52 PM ET, 05/10/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Ruben Castaneda, Ruben Castaneda, Ruben Castaneda | Tags:  Landover Hills, Prince George's County

Posted at 03:34 PM ET, 01/29/2010

Man pleads guilty in 8 street racing deaths
By Washington Post editors
A Waldorf man pleaded guilty Friday to causing the car crash in Accokeek nearly two years ago that killed eight people at a street race. Darren J. Bullock, 22, pleaded guilty in Prince George's County Circuit Court to eight counts...

By Washington Post editors  |  03:34 PM ET, 01/29/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  From the Courthouse, From the Courthouse, From the Courthouse | Tags:  bullock, darren jamar bullock, prince george's county, street racing

Posted at 08:24 AM ET, 01/28/2010

Appeals Court Upholds $6 million civil award for PG Police abuse
By Ruben Castaneda
The 51-page appellate decision upholds the civil verdict in favor of Keith Longtin, who is 54 now.

By Ruben Castaneda  |  08:24 AM ET, 01/28/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  From the Courthouse, From the Courthouse, From the Courthouse, From the Courthouse, From the Courthouse | Tags:  Keith Longtin, Prince George's County police, Ruben Castaneda, false confessions

Posted at 04:01 PM ET, 11/25/2009

Detective's error prompts judge to toss out confession
By Ruben Castaneda
A videotaped confession obtained by a Prince George's County homicide detective from a double-murder suspect has been tossed out by a judge, and an effort by prosecutors to have the state's highest court allow them to use the statement may delay the start of the trial.

By Ruben Castaneda  |  04:01 PM ET, 11/25/2009 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  From the Courthouse, From the Courthouse, From the Courthouse | Tags:  Prince George's County police, Prince George's prosecutors

Posted at 12:49 PM ET, 11/24/2009

Greetings from the Pr. George's courthouse, jail
By Ruben Castaneda
With this blog still less than a week old, I thought it made sense to introduce myself, my beat and some of the issues I'm covering. I cover the state court beat in Prince George's; I also write a lot...

By Ruben Castaneda  |  12:49 PM ET, 11/24/2009 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Pr. George's, Pr. George's, Pr. George's, Pr. George's | Tags:  Prince George's County courthouse, Prince George's County jail, Ronnie White