Friday, August 31, 2012
Among the eight deaths, a 17-year-old girl slain in her bedroom and an 18-year-old found in the street.
At least eight people were slain in a spate of gun violence in Prince George's County in August, but the county's overall murder rate appears to be slowing this year. Killings, detailed on the Prince George's County Police Department's blog, total 34 for the year. That's a little more than a rate of four per month. County police reported 90 slayings in 2011, a rate of more than seven per month. Police have charged five suspects in the eight deaths in August and are still searching for others. Beginning Aug. 6, police responded to five killings in the span of a week. First, in the early morning hours of Aug. 6, county police responded to a scene in Temple Hills in which they discovered 18-year-old Anthony Boatwright lying in the …
Monday, December 19, 2011
Crime is decreasing, but police still urge people to take caution during the holiday season.
Crime is dropping in Hyattsville, just as it is in other parts of Prince George’s County, but shoplifting remains the city’s most significant crime problem, police say. Shoplifting reports are back up however, according to police reports. Ward 4, which has the highest crime rate in Hyattsville, saw 34 cases of shoplifting last November. That’s compared to 24 in November 2010 and 35 in November 2009. Even so, with the holiday season here, police are urging residents to take caution in shopping centers. Sgt. Chris Purvis, of the Hyattsville Police Department, said the city will begin random patrols through Christmas. “We really try to educate the shopper to not leave items in plain view in their car," Purvis said. "We try to make sure people…
While reports show that crime rates are decreasing throughout the county, some residents say they still perceive the area as unsafe.
Despite public perception that Prince George’s County’s crime rate is high, it’s actually dropping dramatically, particularly violent crime. Police say crime in Prince George’s County is at its lowest in 35 years and continues to drop. So far in 2011, reports show violent crime is down 13 percent compared to this time last year. The county’s Assistant Police Chief Kevin Davis called the decrease a “significant stride” for a county that started out the year with a reported 11 homicides in 11 days. In 2005, the county investigated 164 murders and 784 automobile thefts, two of the most common types of crimes in Prince George’s, and in 2011, those numbers decreased to 90 murders and 119 auto thefts, police report. Property crime has also …
Josh Wilson
9:19 pm on Sunday, September 16, 2012
I see I can flag Marcus' comment as inappropriate, but unfortunately I can't flag it as ignorant. Really Marcus, "Prince George's has become a joke?" Ever been to the National Harbor, our great County park system or Bladensburg's 1812 Museum? Of course not. Where do you live anyway? Somewhere obviously where there is no crime..... And its spelled "through and through." more ›