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Educator Remembered For 'Ability To Make Anyone Fall In Love With Her' After Fatal MD Crash Educator Remembered For 'Ability To Make Anyone Fall In Love With Her' After Fatal MD Crash
Educator Remembered For 'Ability To Make Anyone Fall In Love With Her' After Fatal MD Crash Support is swelling for the family of a beloved 54-year-old mother and grandmother who was struck and killed by a driver in Prince George's County. More than $10,000 has been raised on behalf of Adelphi resident Rosa Guzman, who was identified by police investigators as the woman killed last week at an area hospital after being struck by a minivan crossing the road. Shortly before 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 5, officers from the Prince George's County Police Department were called to the area of Riggs Road and Ruatan Street in Guzman's hometown, where there was a report of a pedestrian who h…

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by Zak Failla
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Murder-Suicide Involving Child Reported By Police In Maryland (DEVELOPING) Murder-Suicide Involving Child Reported By Police In Maryland (DEVELOPING)
Murder-Suicide Involving Child Reported By Police In Maryland (Developing) An investigation has been launched in Prince George's County after an apparent murder-suicide involving a child, police say. Officers from the Prince George's County Police Department were called at around 1 p.m. on Sunday afternoon to the 1200 block of Mercantile Lane in Upper Marlboro to conduct a welfare check, according to authorities. Upon arrival, they were met by a grisly scene. Police say that the officers found a man and child inside a car both suffering from gunshot wounds. Both were pronounced dead at the scene by first responders. According to investigators, detectives believe…

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Support Swells For Husband-Wife's Popular Maryland Doughnut Shop Damaged By Car Support Swells For Husband-Wife's Popular Maryland Doughnut Shop Damaged By Car
Support Swells For Husband-Wife's Popular Maryland Doughnut Shop Damaged By Car A son in Maryland is rallying the community to support his parents after a car crashed into their beloved doughnut shop in Prince George's County. One person suffered minor injuries shortly after 8 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 30 after crashing a Honda into the side of Laurel Tavern Donuts in the 100 block of Washington Boulevard in Laurel, leaving the building with substantial damage. The driver crashed into the side of the doughnut shop in Laurel. Prince George's County Fire/EMS In response, Sean Kwon has started a GoFundMe campaign on behalf of his parents, who have been in business servin…

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Police & Fire
New Video Shows Moments Before Fatal Shooting Outside Maryland Business New Video Shows Moments Before Fatal Shooting Outside Maryland Business
New Video Shows Moments Before Fatal Shooting Outside Maryland Business New video shows the moments leading up to the fateful fatal shooting of a man who was killed outside of a business in Prince George's County. In October, Kevin Jason Paul, 44, was murdered in the 3400 block of 52nd Avenue in Hyattsville, and on Wednesday, investigators released a video of the events that led up to the murder. The shooting was reported at around 10 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 19 when the Silver Spring resident was reportedly found outside Gee's Lounge with multiple gunshot wounds and was rushed to an area hospital, where he later died from his injuries. On the newly released vid…

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Police & Fire
Mother Kills Teen Son In Murder-Suicide Following Move To Maryland, Police Say Mother Kills Teen Son In Murder-Suicide Following Move To Maryland, Police Say
Mother Kills Teen Son In Murder-Suicide Following Move To Maryland, Police Say Police say that a mother shot and killed her 16-year-old son before turning the gun on herself in a grisly murder-suicide that is under investigation in Maryland. Dorian Jaeger was reportedly shot in the woods by his mother, Natalie Jaeger, who also killed herself following a recent move from Milwaukee to Lanham in Prince George's County. According to police, officers were called to a wooded area in the 10400 block of Greenbelt Road at around 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 25, where there was a report of two dead bodies that were located by passersby.  The initial investigation determined t…

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'John' Shoots At DC Prostitute After 'Golden Shower' At PA Days Inn: Police 'John' Shoots At DC Prostitute After 'Golden Shower' At PA Days Inn: Police
'John' Shoots At DC Prostitute After 'Golden Shower' At PA Days Inn: Police A man is in the hospital and a Washington, DC woman — who previously pleaded guilty to prostitution in Maryland — has been arrested in Pennsylvania after a bizarre situation at a Days Inn, authorities announced on Monday, Nov. 20.  Brittany Kemi Abosede, 34 originally from the US Capitol City of Washington, most recently of York, PA, was arrested on Sunday, Nov. 19, in what Northern York County Regional police Lt. Gregg Anderson called a "shots fired" incident.  Abosede was found by NYCRPD officers who were responding to the incident in the parking lot of the Days Inn located at 334 Arse…

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Former CO Who Fell For Inmate Sentenced For Smuggling Contraband For BF Into Maryland Facility Former CO Who Fell For Inmate Sentenced For Smuggling Contraband For BF Into Maryland Facility
Former CO Who Fell For Inmate Sentenced For Smuggling Contraband For BF Into Maryland Facility An ill-fated romance landed a former corrections officer in Maryland in hot water after conspiring with her inmate boyfriend to smuggle drugs into a Prince George's County facility. Waldorf resident Danielle Dominique Smith, 34, will spend time on the other side of the bars after being sentenced to four months in prison, followed by four months of home detention after she was in an intimate and sexual relationship with an inmate who smuggled contraband into the Prince George’s County Department of Corrections Detention Facility. According to her guilty plea, between November 2009 and A…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Driver Lodged In Windshield Dumped Miles From Maryland Crash Scene: Police Driver Lodged In Windshield Dumped Miles From Maryland Crash Scene: Police
Driver Lodged In Windshield Dumped Miles From Maryland Crash Scene: Police The search is on for a hit-and-run driver who struck and killed a beloved 28-year-old man in Prince George's County and dragged his body for miles.  New Carrollton's Franklin Membreno Mendez has been identified as the person struck and killed in a hit-and-run in Lanham on Saturday morning after he was involved in a separate crash and got out of his car to survey the damage, police say. Franklin Membreno Mendez GoFundMe Officers from the Prince George's County Police Department were called to the 7500 block of Ardwick Ardmore Road shortly after 4 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 21, where the…

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Maryland Rape Suspects Busted Attempting To Flee Country At Dulles Airport Maryland Rape Suspects Busted Attempting To Flee Country At Dulles Airport
Maryland Rape Suspects Busted Attempting To Flee Country At Dulles Airport Two rape suspects wanted in Maryland are in custody after being caught attempting to flee the country at Washington Dulles International Airport. US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers were busy this week, arresting two men hours apart as they both sought separate flights to El Salvador to evade their arrest. First, officers arrested Oscar Armando Hernandez Mata, a 53-year-old Salvadoran in the country illegally who was wanted in Montgomery County for rape and sexually abusing a minor on Thursday afternoon at the departure gate. Officials noted that Hernandez Mata is "an alien unl…

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Obituaries
DC Man Killed By Gunman In Maryland Shared Stories Of Hope After Turning Life Around DC Man Killed By Gunman In Maryland Shared Stories Of Hope After Turning Life Around
DC Man Killed By Gunman In Maryland Shared Stories Of Hope After Turning Life Around Friends and family are mourning the loss of Deangelo Moore, a father and entrepreneur who was gunned down in Prince George's County after making painstaking efforts to turn his life around after some trouble with the law.  Early on Wednesday, Oct. 3, police say that District resident Moore, 32, and Derrick Graham, 41, were shot in what his family described as "a senseless act of violence" in Oxon Hill. Graham was pronounced dead at the scene, while Moore was rushed to an area hospital with critical injuries, where he stayed for days until he was taken off of life support on Saturday, Oct. …

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by Zak Failla
Business
Two Winning $50K Powerball Tickets Sold At Maryland Stores Two Winning $50K Powerball Tickets Sold At Maryland Stores
Two Winning $50K Powerball Tickets Sold At Maryland Stores Check your tickets! Two winning Powerball tickets worth $50,000 were sold in Maryland for the most recent drawing. In Prince George's County, one of the tickets was sold at 7-Eleven on Edmonston Road in College Park, and a second winner was sold at Your Store on Old Ocean City Boulevard in Worcester County. The winning numbers for the drawing on Monday, Oct.9 were: 16-34-46-55-67 with a Powerball of 14. According to Lottery officials, there were more than 3.7 million Powerball winners on Monday, including more than 73,000 in Maryland. No one matched all five numbers and the Powerball, an…

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Two Hurt In Homecoming Weekend Shooting At Bowie State University: Police Two Hurt In Homecoming Weekend Shooting At Bowie State University: Police
Two Hurt In Homecoming Weekend Shooting At Bowie State University: Police Local and state police are investigating a shooting at Bowie State University that left two people with gunshot wounds on Homecoming Weekend, authorities announced. At around 11:30 p.m. on Saturday night, troopers from the Maryland State Police College Park Barrack were called to assist Bowie State University with security during celebratory events, when gunshots rang out near the school's Center for Business and Graduate Studies building. MCPD is investigating a domestic-related homicide in the 4500 block of Mount Olney Lane. The suspect is in custody. #MCPD #MCPNews pic.twitter.com/nH…

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