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 …
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
An anonymous tip to the Prince George's County Crime Solvers last year led to an arrest of a man accused of being the East Coast Rapist.
A man accused of being the East Coast Rapist will go on trial in Prince William County Circuit Court, thanks, in part, to an anonymous tip last year to Prince George’s County Crime Solvers. Aaron Thomas, 40, was apprehended in March 2011 and allegedly is linked to attacks on 17 women in Maryland, Virginia and Connecticut dating back to 1997, the Gazette reported. Zel Windsor, who has led the county’s Crime Solvers for the past five years, was named the region’s “Coordinator of the Year” during an annual Crime Solvers conference. “I really like working with detectives and multiple jurisdictions,” Windsor told the Gazette. “You’re closing cases, meeting new people and meeting with family members who may have lost someone in a crime." The…
Friday, December 2, 2011
Kenneth Wayne Watford was extradited to Prince George's County jail on warrants for theft and forgery from December 2010.
Police have captured fugitive Kenneth Wayne Watford of Upper Marlboro in North Carolina and extradited him to Prince George’s County. More information is listed on the Prince George's County Crime Solvers' Facebook page. To report information about this case or any case online visit the Crime Solvers website. You also can send your tips, securely and anonymously, via text message by typing "PGPD" plus your message and sending it to "CRIMES” (274637).
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Help Patch find bad guys.
Suspects are wanted by Prince George's County Police for a 2009 Seat Pleasant death. More information is listed on the Prince George's County Crime Solvers' Facebook page. To report information about this case or any fugitive case online visit the Crime Solvers website. You also can send your tips, securely and anonymously, via text message by typing "PGPD" plus your message and sending it to "CRIMES” (274637).
Friday, September 23, 2011
Police are looking for those responsible for the shooting death of a Sultan Avenue man.
Suspects are wanted by Prince George's County Police for a Capitol Heights shooting death. More information is listed on the Prince George's County Crime Solvers' Facebook page. To report information about this case or any fugitive case online visit the Crime Solvers website. You also can send your tips, securely and anonymously, via text message by typing "PGPD" plus your message and sending it to "CRIMES” (274637).
Friday, September 9, 2011
Ahamefula Ojimugo Onyewu was last known to live on Eastern Avenue.
Ahamefula Ojimugo Onyewu is wanted by Prince George's County Police for first-degree assault, armed robbery and hand gun violence. His last known address is 7500 Eastern Ave., Washington, D.C. Onyewu was put on the Prince George's County Crime Solvers' most wanted list on Oct. 5, 2010. To report information about Onyewu or any fugitive online visit the Crime Solvers website. Or you can call 1-866-411-TIPS (8477), or send your tips, securely and anonymously, via text message by typing "PGPD" plus your message and sending it to "CRIMES” (274637).
Friday, August 12, 2011
Each week, Patch will run a report about a county fugitive. Let Crime Solvers know if you have any information about the criminals mentioned here. They're counting on you!
Most of us have heard of America’s Most Wanted, the TV show dedicated to rooting out the nation’s most vicious criminals on the lam. The show, which recently came to an end, was created and hosted by John Walsh, whose son Adam was kidnapped and killed when he was a child. The FBI also has a top 10 most wanted list. And if you ever read a local police blotter, you are probably aware of Crime Solvers, a national law enforcement program that offers cash rewards to people with tips that help them close cases. Prince George’s County has its own Crime Solvers program, complete with a “most wanted” list of criminals associated with local cases. It is a nonprofit organization begun in 1979 that is governed by a volunteer board of business and …
Saturday, October 16, 2010
The Homicide Unit remains adamant in fighting crime and cracking cases.
Here's a rundown of the unsolved homicide cases in Hyattsville: Case #1 - March 26, 2008 - Three people were shot around 8:30 p.m. Two of them died. The victims were walking toward their car on Manorwood Drive. There were three unknown suspects. Case not closed. Case #2 - October 22, 2008 – Twenty-year-old Pedro Luis Hernandez, a graduate of Archbishop Carroll High School, was shot outside his home at the corner of Gallatin Street and 42nd Place. A vigil was held at Robert King Memorial Park eight days later to remember the young man and a park bench was later dedicated to him. Case still open. Case #3 - September 16, 2010 - Northwestern High School student Erlin Alexis Ronero-Ramirez was killed on Nicholson Street in the afternoon. He was…
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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 ›