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Police ID Children Struck, Killed Walking Near Maryland Elementary School Police ID Children Struck, Killed Walking Near Maryland Elementary School
Police ID Children Struck, Killed Walking Near Maryland Elementary School Two children were killed and a third man was injured on Monday morning when they were struck by a driver walking near a Prince George's County elementary school. Shalom Mbah, 10, and Sky Sosa, 5, both of Riverdale, have been identified by police investigators as the two children who died from their injuries as they walked to Riverdale Elementary School in Riverdale Park.  The students were struck near Riverdale Elementary School. Google Maps street view Police say that at around 8 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 20, Mbah and Sosa were walking with the man in the 5000 block of Riverdale Road when …

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Shooter Convicted For Killing MD Security Guard On The Job In Cold Blood: State's Attorney Shooter Convicted For Killing MD Security Guard On The Job In Cold Blood: State's Attorney
Shooter Convicted For Killing MD Security Guard On The Job In Cold Blood: State's Attorney Justice has been served for the family of a Maryland security guard who was gunned down in cold blood while on the job. Prince George's County State's Attorney Aisha Braveboy announced on Wednesday that Desmond Mbah, 26, has been found guilty of the premeditated killing 23-year-old Al Janabi during a targeted armed carjacking in Riverdale Park two years ago.  The Severn Road resident left his home and got on a bus that dropped him off at an apartment complex in the 5400 block of 54th Avenue on Feb. 11, 2021, where Al Janabi was sitting in a vehicle working as a security guard. Pr…

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Shooter Gets Time For Murdering Grandmother Reading Bible In MD Home: Prosecutors Shooter Gets Time For Murdering Grandmother Reading Bible In MD Home: Prosecutors
Shooter Gets Time For Murdering Grandmother Reading Bible In MD Home: Prosecutors Justice has been served for the family of a Maryland grandmother who was shot and killed in a bout of vengeance while she was reading the Bible in her home, Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Aisha Braveboy announced. Bowie resident Sammie Warren, 27, has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for killing 56-year-old Filomena Vasquez in Hyattsville on New Year’s Day while she was preparing to host a sermon on the radio in 2020. The murder was reported at approximately 11:30 p.m. on Jan. 1, 2020 in the 7400 block of Barnum Street in Hyattsville. Upon arrival, officers found Vasquez suffe…

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Former Mayor In Maryland Admits To 140 Child Porn Charges: State's Attorney Former Mayor In Maryland Admits To 140 Child Porn Charges: State's Attorney
Former Mayor In Maryland Admits To 140 Child Porn Charges: State's Attorney Disgraced former College Park Mayor Patrick Wojahn will spend decades in prison after being convicted of more than 100 counts stemming from his possession and distribution of child porn, the Prince George’s County State’s Attorney announced. Patrick Wojahn pleaded guilty in court this week and will be sentenced to 150 years in prison with all but 30 years suspended after he was busted earlier this year by the Prince George’s County Police Department’s Child and Vulnerable Adult Abuse Unit. “This is a horrific case,” State’s Attorney Aisha Braveboy said. “I am truly pleased that Wojahn has (…

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Brother Who Butchered Sleeping Young Sister, Cousins In Cold Blood In MD Gets Life Sentences Brother Who Butchered Sleeping Young Sister, Cousins In Cold Blood In MD Gets Life Sentences
Brother Who Butchered Sleeping Young Sister, Cousins In Cold Blood In MD Gets Life Sentences The Maryland man who violently killed three young girls, including his sister in Prince George's County while they were asleep, has been hit with several life sentences, the state's attorney's office announced. Clinton resident Antonio Shark Williams was sentenced to multiple life sentences on Friday, May 19, for the murders of his 6-year-old sister, and two visiting cousins who he was taking care of while his mother went to work.  In August 2017, Williams, then 25, was tasked by his mother with watching his 6-year-old sister, Nadira Withers, and New Jersey cousins Ajayah Decree, 6, and Ar…

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Former Mayor Indicted On 80 Child Porn Charges By Grand Jury In Maryland Former Mayor Indicted On 80 Child Porn Charges By Grand Jury In Maryland
Former Mayor Indicted On 80 Child Porn Charges By Grand Jury In Maryland Embattled College Park Mayor Patrick Wojahn is facing even more charges than originally expected after being indicted on a total of 80 child pornography charges by a grand jury, officials announced. In early March, Wojahn was arrested and resigned from his position in shame after he was charged with 56 counts of possession and distribution of child pornography by the Prince George's County Police Department's Child and Vulnerable Adult Abuse - Internet Crimes Against Child Unit. This week, a grand jury returned an indictment charging the former politician with 80 charges, 40 each …

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Child's Note To School Officials Leads To Sexual Abuse Conviction For Stepfather In Maryland Child's Note To School Officials Leads To Sexual Abuse Conviction For Stepfather In Maryland
Child's Note To School Officials Leads To Sexual Abuse Conviction For Stepfather In Maryland A teenager’s note to school staff in Maryland regarding sexual assault inside their family home led to a conviction for a stepfather for abusing a child, according to authorities. Luis Melgar Delgado, 38, of Hyattsville has been convicted by a Prince George's County jury for felony counts of sexual abuse of a minor and third-degree sexual offense and will now face prison time, the Prince George's County State's Attorney announced on Tuesday, Dec. 6. According to a spokesperson for the state's attorney's office, on Sept. 14, 2021, a patrol officer from the Prince George's County Police was n…

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