Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Derrell Emmanuel Mason, 17, who is charged with the June 30 murder of a Bladensburg man at Hyattsville’s University Town Center, will be tried as an adult.
Derrell Emmanuel Mason, who is charged with the June 30 murder of a Bladensburg man at Hyattsville’s University Town Center, will be tried as an adult after a county Circuit Court judge denied the defense attorney’s motion to move Mason’s trial to juvenile court. Prosecutors have charged the 17-year-old with six counts: At a preliminary hearing in August Prince George’s County Police Det. Thomas Hollowell, lead investigator in the case, took the stand and recounted the investigation. According to his account, Mason stabbed to death Leonard Raynod Smith-Matthews. Three others were also stabbed during the incident. More than 20 people were engaged in a fight during which Smith-Matthews and the others were stabbed, Hollowell said. Mason was …
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Friday, August 26, 2011
Derrell Emmanuel Mason, 17, is charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder and first-degree assault in the stabbing death of Leonard Raynod Smith-Matthews.
District Court Judge Tiffany H. Anderson Thursday ruled that there is probable cause to prosecute Derrell Emmanuel Mason for the June 30 murder of a Bladensburg man at University Town Center. At a preliminary hearing Prince George’s County Police Det. Thomas Hollowell, lead investigator in the case, took the stand and recounted the investigation. Mason, 17, is charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder and first-degree assault in the stabbing death of Leonard Raynod Smith-Matthews where three others were also stabbed. Hollowell said when he arrived to 6400 America Boulevard he met with officers from the Hyattsville Police Department, who were the first law enforcement presence on the scene. More than 20 people were engaged in a…
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Thursday, August 11, 2011
Derrell Emmanuel Mason is charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder and first-degree assault in the stabbing death of Leonard Raynod Smith-Matthews.
A preliminary hearing for a man charged with the June 30 murder of a 21-year-old man at University Town Center has been postponed until Aug. 25. Derrell Emmanuel Mason, 17, of Washington, D.C., Thursday morning was brought before Prince George’s County District Court Judge G. Richard Collins in prison orange and handcuffs for a scheduled preliminary hearing. Mason is charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder and first-degree assault in the stabbing death of Leonard Raynod Smith-Matthews. Dorothy Engel, an attorney in the Prince George’s County State’s Attorney’s Homicide Unit, is prosecuting the case. She asked Collins for a continuance of the preliminary hearing because the state needed more time to present an appropriate …
Monday, August 1, 2011
Documents from the District Court of Maryland show that Mason has been charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder and first-degree assault in Smith-Matthews' stabbing death.
Court information about the case of Derrell Emmanuel Mason, 17, of Washington, D.C. indicates that the youth is charged with three counts in the June 30 homicide of Leonard Raynod Smith-Matthews. Documents from the District Court of Maryland show that Mason has been charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder and first-degree assault in Smith-Matthews' stabbing death. The victim, of Bladensburg, was killed in an alleged fight at Hyattsville's University Town Center. Police arrested Mason late last month and he is being held pending a preliminary hearing, which is scheduled for Aug. 11 at 8:45 a.m., court documents say.
