Category: Prince George’s County News

Omar Anthony Smith, 22, of the 7100 block of Marbury Court in District Heights, has been arrested in the slaying of a District Heights man on Dec. 28. According to police, Lyndell Lorenzo Sowells, 32, of the 7000 block of Marbury Court in District Heights was shot multiple times just before 9:30 p.m. in the 6700 […]

The Prince George’s County Police Department are asking the public’s assistance to identify a woman who, for the second time in a month, has held up a bank while dressed all in pink, according to the department’s blog. On Dec. 27, 2013, at about 5:30 pm, the woman entered the Capital One Bank branch in the […]

A Jan. 6 preliminary hearing date has been set for a woman accused of torching a building in Prince George’s County. According to authorities, Louise Blount is a fire starter. That is unusual because the overwhelming majority of people who start fires are men, experts said. Blount, 59, was arrested Dec.13. She is charged with […]

BALTIMORE (AP) — MGM Resorts International on Friday won a license for a large casino and resort in Maryland near the nation’s capital. A state commission voted 5-2 in favor of Las Vegas-based MGM’s proposal to build a $925 million resort near the Potomac River at National Harbor with a 300-suite hotel, casino and seven […]

Emerito Chicas-Savala, 33, of Silver Spring, has been charged with two separate sexual assaults committed in October near Northwestern High School in Adelphi, Prince George’s County police officials announced recently. Chicas-Savala is from the 8700 block of Arliss Street in Silver Spring. One assault occurred on Oct. 29 when two women were approached at about […]

The wife of a military officer has been charged with second degree murder for allegedly stabbing him to death in their Laurel home. Police believe the incident occurred as the couple’s toddler was inside the home. The child was not injured. Anne Arundel County police were called to the 8300 block of Frostwood Road in […]

Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III Dec. 17 signed a bill to raise the minimum wage in the county to $11.50 an hour by 2017. The bill cleared the council Nov. 27 without opposition. “Enacting a minimum wage here in Prince George’s County and throughout the region, really is just our responsibility as […]

The order of the day was “Hands Out,” instead of “Hands Up” Dec. 14 as the Glenarden Police Department partnered with The Centre at Forestville to host its third annual “Operation Santa with a Badge.” The “Operation Santa with a Badge” is a nationally recognized program that helps less fortunate children and families during the […]

The Prince George’s County, Md. Police Department is searching for suspects in the shooting death of a 17-year-old Suitland, Md. high school student. According to police on Dec. 7 at about 3:15 a.m., patrol officers were called to the 4900 block of Suitland Road to check on the well being of an individual. When patrol […]

Maryland health regulators have begun their review of a plan to create a new acute care hospital in Prince George’s County, the latest development in the county’s long-running attempt to replace the beleaguered Prince George’s Health Center. On Oct. 4, Dimensions Healthcare System, which runs PGHC, along with the University of Maryland Medical System filed […]

It may not be as flashy as the just-opened Tanger Outlets, but miles away from the glittering National Harbor another major commercial step for economic rebirth in Prince George’s County opened its doors Nov. 21. After lying vacant for more than a decade, the Forestville Plaza Shopping Center is on the verge of economic revival […]

The newest members of the Prince George’s Police Department are being celebrated, but hold the cake and punch—these recruits prefer bones and biscuits. The department’s Special Operations Division hosted a graduation ceremony Nov. 15 for its newest K-9 trainees. Each of the graduates completed a tough training program during which they learned and perfected techniques […]