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  • Prince George's County police identify suspected car thief

    By Rachel Baye | 05/25/13 07:10 PM

    Prince George's County Police on Saturday have identified the second of two suspects in an armed carjacking that occured earlier this week. Police believe 20-year-old Christopher DeWayne Barnes, of the 1500 block of Alabama Avenue in Southeast Washington, collaborated with 17-year-old Malik...

  • Audit: Prince George's County schools used stimulus funds for principals' watches, microwave ovens

    By Andy Brownfield | 05/23/13 08:30 PM

    A federal audit shows that Prince George's County schools misused nearly $167,000 in stimulus money on things like a microwave oven and minifridge for a school administrator, engraved watches for principals and a legal book on the firing of school employees. The audit by the U.S. Department of...

  • Carjacked Mercedes hits D.C. school bus

    By Naomi Jagoda | 05/23/13 11:35 AM

    A carjacked vehicle that Prince George's County police were pursuing crashed into a school bus in Southeast D.C., police said. About 7:30 a.m. Thursday, police received a call about a carjacking in the 2200 block of Seton Way in District Heights. Two men wearing ski masks demanded the victim's...

  • Dead man found at Anne Arundel County marina

    By Naomi Jagoda | 05/23/13 10:25 AM

    A 70-year-old Hyattsville man was found dead at an Anne Arundel County marina, police said. About 9 p.m. Wednesday,William Eckert was found in the water near his boat at Holiday Hill Marina in the Edgewater area when a family friend went to check on him. Emergency Medical Services workers came...

  • Officials: Only handful of Capital Bikeshare bikes stolen

    By Kytja Weir | 05/22/13 04:20 PM

    Capital Bikeshare has shiny red bikes on street corners all over the region, with plans to expand. But surprisingly, those cherry red numbers haven't been stolen very often. Only 15 bikes have gone missing out of the 1,900 bikes ordered for the bikesharing service since it began in fall 2010,...

  • Beretta to stay in Maryland, at least for now

    By Andy Brownfield | 05/21/13 05:45 PM

    Gun-maker Beretta has decided to stay in Maryland for now despite tough new restrictions on firearms signed into law by Gov. Martin O'Malley, but the manufacturer says it will continue to look into moving to other states. Officials in Texas, West Virginia and Illinois have written to Beretta...

  • Prince George's plan would increase demolitions of blighted foreclosures

    By Matt Connolly | 05/19/13 04:15 PM

    Prince George's County officials unveiled a new foreclosure action plan aimed at speeding up the demolition process after knocking down nearly 50 houses and apartment complexes so far this fiscal year. No county in Maryland was hit harder by the foreclosure crisis than Prince George's. The...

  • Three arrested in connection to Prince Georges County county robberies

    By Kate Jacobson | 05/18/13 03:30 PM

    Police in Prince George's County have arrested three men in connection with more than 50 burglaries in the county since December 2012. Anthony Nyrekie Edwards, 40, David Benjamin Neal, 24, and Jamal Cooke, 21, all from Oxon Hill, have been charged with burglary. Police said the three men...

  • Prince George's County officer named department's youngest pilot-in-command

    By Naomi Jagoda | 05/17/13 03:30 PM

    Prince George's County police Cpl. Ben Conner started flying at a young age. He said he first began flying planes as a 16-year-old high school sophomore and then became a flight instructor during his senior year. On his 31st birthday, May 8, Conner became the youngest pilot-in-command in the...

  • Gov. Martin O'Malley announces $1.2 billion in transportation projects

    By Andy Brownfield | 05/16/13 06:55 PM

    Governor signs gas tax bill to fund them ANNAPOLIS -- Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley on Thursday announced $1.2 billion in transportation projects as he signed into law a new gas tax to fund them. The projects include the proposed Purple and Red light rail lines in Montgomery and Prince...


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