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Police ID District Man, Maryland Woman Killed In Apparent Murder-Suicide Police ID District Man, Maryland Woman Killed In Apparent Murder-Suicide
Police ID District Man, Maryland Woman Killed In Apparent Murder-Suicide Details have been released by the Prince George's County Police Department after a District man killed a woman in Maryland he had a previous relationship with before apparently turning the gun on himself. Investigators have identified Fairmount Heights resident Tequia Nails, 32, as the victim who was gunned down by 26-year-old Quindell Mercer overnight before being found with what is believed to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. According to a department spokesperson, at around 11 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 24, officers were called to investigate a shooting in the 500 block of 62nd Avenue in F…

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by Zak Failla
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Argument Leads To Deadly Stabbing At Prince George’s County Restaurant, 2 In Custody: Police Argument Leads To Deadly Stabbing At Prince George’s County Restaurant, 2 In Custody: Police
Argument Leads To Deadly Stabbing At Prince George’s County Restaurant, 2 In Custody: Police One man was killed and another is in critical condition after a dispute led to a stabbing at a restaurant in Prince George’s County Wednesday night, April 10, police said. Alexis Romero, 34, of Fairmount Heights, and Edward Mejia-Sandoval, 27, of Silver Spring, were charged with first- and second-degree murder, according to the PGPD. Officers were called to the stabbing at a business on the 6500 block of New Hampshire Avenue in Takoma Park around 10:50 p.m. There, they found Lusvin Espana Espana, 23, of Hyattsville, in a restaurant suffering from multiple stab wounds. He was taken to …

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by Valerie Musson
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Officer Who Exposed Suspect To HIV During In-Custody Sex Assault Gets Max Term Officer Who Exposed Suspect To HIV During In-Custody Sex Assault Gets Max Term
Officer Who Exposed Suspect To HIV During In-Custody Sex Assault Gets Max Term A former Fairmount Heights police officer who was positive for HIV got the maximum sentence for having ex with a suspect who was in his custody back in 2019, potentially exposing her to the virus, officials say Martique Vanderpool, 33, was sentenced to three years, with credit for time served, after being found guilty by a jury in January on a charge having sex with an individual who was in his custody, Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Aisha Braveboy announced. Braveboy said that while on duty on Sept. 6, 2019, Vanderpool took a woman into custody during a traffic stop and had s…

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by Zak Failla
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Images Released Of Suspect Running Away From Seat Pleasant Murder Scene, $25K Reward: VIDEO Images Released Of Suspect Running Away From Seat Pleasant Murder Scene, $25K Reward: VIDEO
Images Released Of Suspect Running Away From Seat Pleasant Murder Scene, $25K Reward: Video Detectives have released video of a murder suspect who fled the scene after killing a man in Seat Pleasant last month, authorities say. The suspect is pictured running from the 5700 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Highway around 1 a.m., on Sunday, Aug. 14 after the shooting that took the life of LaDainain McMillian, 20, according to Prince George’s County Police. The suspect was caught on video running north on Eastern Avenue, and walking down 62nd Avenue into Fairmount Heights. Detectives say that the shooting may have stemmed from a verbal dispute. A reward of up to $25,000 is bein…

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by Annie DeVoe