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Man who ordered hit on witness found in Md. dumpster gets prison
NEW YORK — A man who paid someone else to kill a government witness in an $800,000 bank fraud scheme has been sentenced to life in prison. U.S. Attorney Robert L. Capers in Brooklyn says Naquan Reyes was sentenced Thursday in the death of 24-year-old Nicole Thompson. Her body — duct taped and wrapped in […]
Jury convicts Md. woman of involuntary manslaughter in SUV death
UPPER MARLBORO — A Lanham woman who ran over her husband with a sport-utility vehicle has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter. Thirty-eight-year-old Araceli Alvarez-Mendoza had been charged with murder in the August 2015 death of her husband, Fernando Fragoso-Duana. But on Friday, a jury convicted Alvarez-Mendoza on the lesser manslaughter charge. She faces up to […]
Man stabbed to death outside Md. Metrorail station
WALKER MILL — Authorities say a man has been fatally stabbed and another arrested following an argument outside a Metro station in Prince George’s County. Metro spokesman Dan Stessel says the suspect stabbed the victim with a folding knife in the chest Wednesday night at the bus bay located outside of the Addison Road Metro […]
Md. court: Fauntroy must make good on $55,000 bad check
WASHINGTON — A judge has ordered civil rights leader and former congressional delegate Walter Fauntroy to make good on a bad check for $55,000 he wrote to an event planner. Johnny Barnes, Fauntroy’s lawyer, tells The Washington Post that a judge in Prince George’s County, Maryland, issued the order Wednesday. If the money is not […]
Man pleads guilty to dragging Md. police officer with car
UPPER MARLBORO — A Temple Hills man has pleaded guilty to dragging a Prince George’s County Police officer with his car. The county State’s Attorney’s Office said in an email that 27-year-old Danny Harvell pleaded guilty Tuesday to first-degree assault. Prosecutors say on July 15, 2015, an officer approached Harvell in a car in District […]
Bomb squad says Md. Six Flags park safe after threat
UPPER MARLBORO — Authorities say no threats have been found at Six Flags America in Prince George’s County after the amusement park was closed because of a bomb threat. County Fire Department spokesman Mark Brady tweeted that county fire and police were at the amusement park in Upper Marlboro on Wednesday while the bomb squad […]
Film production company staging plane crash in Bowie
BOWIE — Fire officials in Prince George’s County are alerting the public that a film production company is working in the Bowie area this week and recreating a plane crash. Fire officials say production is set to start on Wednesday and end Friday. Fire officials say the production will involve a thick column of black […]
New Lane Bryant store coming to Capitol Heights
New Jersey-based Ascena Retail Group Inc. plans to open a new Lane Bryant store in Capitol Heights this week. The new plus-size clothing and lingerie store, in the Ritchie Station Marketplace, will hold a grand opening event, with gift card giveaways and other offers, from Friday to Sunday.
Leidos gets contract worth up to $900M; some work set in Bowie
Leidos Holdings Inc., a technology firm based in Reston, Virginia, has been awarded a prime contract by the Office of Naval Research to support the Electromagnetic Maneuver Warfare Command and Control program. Leidos is one of 12 contractors who can compete for work under the contract. The contract has a five-year base period, and a two-year option period. […]
Ex-janitor gets year in jail for stealing Md. school’s laptops
UPPER MARLBORO— A former elementary school janitor has pleaded guilty to stealing 30 laptop computers from the school and selling them online. The Prince George’s County State’s Attorney’s Office said in an email that 34-year-old Kenneth Foster of Charlotte, North Carolina, was sentenced to a year in prison Thursday in Circuit Court. Foster was also […]
Md. school volunteer indicted on 270 counts of child pornography
GLENARDEN — A grand jury has indicted a former elementary school volunteer in Prince George’s County on 270 counts of child pornography and related charges. The Prince George’s County State’s Attorney’s Office announced the indictment against 22-year-old Deonte Carraway on Wednesday. Prosecutors say Carraway abused or recorded children performing sexual acts at Judge Sylv[...]
College Park Metro stop attracts new development
Development in and around College Park continues to thrive as plans for transit-oriented development near a metro station take shape. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s Board of Directors is scheduled for a final vote on a development proposal from Providence, Rhode Island-based Gilbane Development Co. next month near the College Park-University of Maryland Metro […]
