Hyattsville: Year in Photos
A lot of interesting things happened in Hyattsville in 2011. Here are some photos to commemorate some of the major ones. Do you remember them?
Leonard Raynod Smith Matthews
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Friday, August 26, 2011
Judge Finds Probable Cause For Prosecution Of Man Charged In UTC Stabbing Murder
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
Man Charged In Hyattsville Murder Appeared In Court Today
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 …
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Thursday, August 4, 2011
Friends Hold Vigil For Man Killed At Hyattsville's UTC
Friends of Leonard Raynod Smith-Matthews held a vigil Saturday.
Friends of the man who was fatally stabbed at University Town Center on June 30 held a vigil for him Saturday evening behind Northwestern High School. They posted pictures from the vigil on a Facebook page created in honor of Leonard Raynod Smith-Matthews, who was stabbed when a fight broke out between 25 to 30 people at the restaurant and retail hub in Hyattsville that evening. Prince George's County Police have since arrested a man in connection with the stabbing but Smith-Matthews' friends remain vigilant about keeping his memory alive.
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Monday, August 1, 2011
Man Charged With Murder Scheduled For Aug. 11 Court Appearance
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.
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Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Police Make Arrest In UTC Stabbing
County police have arrested a Washington, D.C. man in the homicide case of Leonard Raynod Smith-Matthews.
The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit has arrested Derrell Emmanuel Mason, 17, of the 3600 block of 13th Street N.W. in Washington, D.C. in connection with the June 30 homicide of Leonard R. Smith-Matthews at University Town Center. Through their investigation, detectives identified Derrell Mason as a suspect in this case and got a warrant for his arrest. Mason was arrested on Monday at his home on a warrant charging first-degree murder. He is being held in the District and is awaiting extradition to Prince George’s County. Four other males were injured during the fight and were treated and released. Witnesses at the scene said that several groups of teens and young people were in the area. According to Sgt. Chris …
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Sunday, July 10, 2011
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Friday, July 8, 2011
Young Rapper, Friend Laid to Rest
Leonard Raynod Smith-Matthews, 21, of Edmonston was fatally stabbed on June 30 at Hyattsville's University Town Center. His funeral was Friday morning.
Not much has been said publicly about the quiet, young rapper from Edmonston, but if his funeral Friday morning was any indication, Leonard Raynod Smith-Matthews was a catalyst among those who knew and loved him. A few hundred people came out to First Baptist Church of North Brentwood to remember the 21-year-old whose life was snuffed out in a stabbing on June 30 at Hyattsville’s University Town Center. “The one thing that I found was that he was a young man like any young man who was really just trying to find himself,” said the Rev. Quintin D. Borders of North Brentwood AME Zion Church, where Smith-Matthews attended church. “He never stopped trying and finding a way to touch somebody. He would want each of us here today to sing a new …
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Mourners Gather to Remember Hyattsville Stabbing Victim
Friends and family filled a North Brentwood church to honor Leonard Raynod Smith-Matthews.
Five Things You Need To Know Today (The Hy-Five)
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Ahhhh, Friday in Hyattsville! Here are five things you need to know today: 1. Tonight’s the July Summer Jam at 6:30 at City Hall. This outdoor concert and barbecue promises to be a great time. Patch will be there with some giveaways and possibly a yellow Labrador. Come on over and say hi. 2. Speaking of Summer Jam, you can pick up your I Am Hyattsville t-shirt for just $10 at tonight’s event. The city sold out of size XL and XXL but they’re all stocked up now. Patch is considering buying one for editor Sarah Nemeth, and perhaps also one for a yellow Labrador. 3. The funeral for Leonard Raynod Smith-Matthews, who was slain June 30 at University Town Center, will be at 10 a.m. at First Baptist Church in North Brentwood. Patch will be there…
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Kirsten Jensen
7:35 pm on Sunday, July 31, 2011
With all due respect Sherry, people should not be afraid to discuss complicated issues regardless of the circumstance. Would youths be driven to violence if they lived in a society full of economic and educational promise - possibly not. And unfortunately disentangling this situation to say it has nothing to do with anything other than tragedy is disingenuous to the memory of the fallen victim … more ›