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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Friday, July 8, 2011
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 …
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Witnesses to Thursday's stabbing death of 21-year-old Leonard Raynod Smith-Matthews told ABC7 News that they believe the fight that preceded the stabbing was over a pair of sneakers.
Witnesses to Thursday's stabbing death of 21-year-old Leonard Raynod Smith-Matthews told ABC7 News that they believe the fight that preceded the stabbing was over a pair of sneakers. “It’s pretty scary, it’s pretty sad stuff,” said Hyattsville resident Billy Shulman in the ABC7 video. “I mean kids do crazy things, um, but, it’s just unbelievable.” At midnight, some stores at the Mall at Prince George’s, which is just west of University Town Center — Smith-Matthews was stabbed at a plaza there — were set to sell the new electronic blue version of Nike Air Foamposites Pro. The shoe's release was big news for sneaker fans. Cpl. E. Johnson of the Prince George’s County Police said she has heard the rumors about shoes being the motive for the …
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Friday, July 1, 2011
County police have released the name of the victim in last night's fatal stabbing at UTC in Hyattsville.
Prince George's County Police said the victim in the June 30 fatal stabbing at University Town Center was 21-year-old Leonard R. Smith-Matthews of the 5100 block of Kenilworth Avenue. A Facebook page has been set up to memorialize and remember Smith-Matthews. As of this afternoon, police have no suspects in custody in this case, according to Sgt. Chris Purvis of the Hyattsville Police Department. Patch will update you as more information becomes available.
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Thursday's homicide took place only a month and a half after Marc Tartaro took office as mayor in mid-May.
Thursday's stabbing death of Leonard R. Smith-Matthews at Hyattsville’s University Town Center was the first homicide on record in the city this year and the 60th reported homicide in Prince George’s County for 2011. County police and Hyattsville police were on the scene minutes after receiving the first call about a fight on the plaza in front of the Royale 13 movie theater. In homicide situations, county police take the lead while Hyattsville police—the department has not had a homicide unit for several years—serves to assist the county in their investigation. Freshman Mayor Marc Tartaro, who took office in mid-May, said he was saddened by the death of Smith-Matthews. “It’s a concern when something like UTC happens [last night],” Tartaro…
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Jeimy Garcia, an employee at Old Dominion Brewhouse, was working when the incident erupted outside the bar’s windows.
Editor's Note: This story was updated at 6:05 p.m. Prince George's County Police have no new information on last night's murder at University Town Center, according to Cpl. E. Johnson. But some people who were working in the area around the plaza saw all they needed to. Jeimy Garcia, an employee at Old Dominion Brewhouse, was working when the incident erupted outside the bar’s windows. “I was the one who called the police,” she said, adding that someone she didn’t know came into the bar and told her about the fight. “I saw the guy who was stabbed.” Garcia, of Riverdale, has worked at Old Dominion for about nine months. She said she was somewhat nervous when the stabbing happened last night, but she is not anxious about it today. Anielka …
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Sonia Dasgupta
12:39 am on Sunday, July 3, 2011
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