Monday, January 7, 2013
Woman robbed as she walks to West Hyattsville Metro Station.
Hyattsville city police are looking for suspects involved in a robbery which occurred over the weekend. On Saturday, Jan. 5, a woman was walking towards the West Hyattsville Metro Station through the field next to Kirkwood Apartments on Ager Road. As she was walking, an older model tan or gold colored SUV approached the woman from behind and stopped. A passenger exited the vehicle, brandished a black handgun and demanded the woman's purse. The victim complied with the demands made by the robber, at which point the suspect re-entered the car and drove away on Ager Road toward 23rd Avenue. Police describe the suspect as a black male, between 25-30 years of age, with short hair, standing about 6 feet tall, and wearing dark clothing. …
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Kirkwood Market
2721 Nicholson St, Hyattsville, MD
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Wednesday, January 2, 2013
City's insurer to pay more than $55,000 in damages, legal costs in lawsuit resulting from 2009 arrest.
Correction: This post has been corrected after several inaccuracies were brought to the editor's attention. We miscalculated the amount of damages paid out by the city's insurer. We also did not identify that the insurer would pay out the damages. Finally,the article also inaccurately said that the Davis was found guilty for using excessive force against Jackson. As a civil case, guilt or innocence is not at stake. Rather, the jury merely found that "a preponderance of evidence that the officer used excessive force during the course of an arrest," according to Police Chief Doug Holland. "His guilt or innocence was not in issue as he was never charged with a crime, nor should he have been," said Holland. We regret these errors and …
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Rochelle Metzger interviews some residents of the complex along Ager Road and Nicholson Street.
Patch soon will update you on this string of crimes. So stay tuned!
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Kirkwood Market
2721 Nicholson St, Hyattsville, MD
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011
A woman was beaten in her Nicholson Street apartment early Tuesday morning.
A woman was beaten in her Nicholson Street apartment early Tuesday morning by an unknown man who allegedly entered her home through an unlocked kitchen window, according to a Safe City Alert issued by the Hyattsville Police Department within the last hour. At 3:30 a.m. officers responded to an apartment in the 2600 block of Nicholson Street (Kirkwood Apartments) for a home invasion robbery. The victim said that she woke up to find a masked man in her bedroom, who demanded money and began to beat her when she tried to fight him off. The victim allegedly was hit in the face multiple times and choked. The suspect fled with the victim’s cell phone. The suspect is described as an 18-30-year-old black male with a slim build and a dark …
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2600 Nicholson St, Hyattsville, MD
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BigDan
10:38 am on Friday, February 8, 2013
Hyattsville Police: To intimidate and terrorize. Seriously: the police force of Hyattsville (much like the town itself) is a joke to the rest of the region. more ›