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Weapons, Drugs Seized Following Gang Unit Investigation In MD, Police Say
Three suspects are in custody after the Prince George's County Police Department completed a months-long investigation into gang activity throughout the region. Weapons, cash, and drugs were seized by members of the department's Strategic Investigations Division-Gang Unit who have been tracking purported members of the "GMF Crew," according to authorities. The investigation was launched months ago as the agency probed the trafficking of guns and drugs in Prince George's County. During a search and seizure at a home in the 4000 block of Windflower Way in Bowie, police say that they recover…
Schools
ATF Special Agents Join Search For Gunman Causing Bowie HS Lockdown (
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Bowie High School has been placed on a lockdown, and parents are being advised to avoid the area due to an investigation in the area, according to police. An alert was issued by the Bowie Police Department at 1:15 p.m. on Wednesday, June 7, cautioning that the school is on a lockdown for an undisclosed reason. June 7, 1:15PM: BOWIE HIGH SCHOOL ON LOCKDOWNTHE HIGH SCHOOL IS ON LOCKDOWN AT THIS TIME. FOR PICK UP, PLEASE STAY CLEAR OF THE SCHOOL FOR YOUR SAFETY, THE SAFETY OF THOSE INSIDE, AND THE POLICE OFFICERS OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOO. POLICE WILL ADVISE WHEN THE AREA IS SAFE — Bowie Police…
Lifestyle
Here's When New Maryland Area Code Will Arrive As 240 And 301 Phone Numbers Run Out
Officials in Maryland announced that the “227" area code will soon join the traditional “240” and “301" numbers, which are expected to run out sometime in the coming year. Once those numbers run out, all new businesses and residents will begin getting assigned the “227" area code. Anyone with a current "240" or “301” area code will not be impacted by the change. The change is set to be put into place beginning on Wednesday, June 14, according to the Maryland Public Service Commission, which approved the measure in September last year. Areas impacted by the "240/301/227 area code complex" i…
Traffic
Police ID Woman Killed In MD Head-On Crash That Hospitalized 1-Year-Old Boy
Police have identified the 30-year-old woman who was killed in an early morning head-on crash in Prince George's County that left an infant hospitalized. Bowie resident Angelica Cepero was driving a Nissan Altima that was involved in a crash shortly before 6 a.m. on Wednesday, May 31 that left her dead and three others injured, according to Maryland State Police. Investigators say that troopers from the Forestville Barrack were called to a stretch of Largo Road in Upper Marlboro on Wednesday morning, where there was a reported crash involving two vehicles that collided head-on. Cepero was…
News
Avalanche Kills DC Man Skiing At National Park Where He Worked
A 32-year-old Washington DC native was killed by an avalanche while skiing at the national park he was working at in Alaska. Eric Walter, who was alone, was believed to have triggered the avalanche on a southern slope of Jenny Creek, around 1 p.m. on May 4, the National Park Service confirmed. It is with a heavy heart that we share that Denali National Park and Preserve employee Eric Walter was killed in an... Posted by Denali National Park and Preserve on Wednesday, May 10, 2023 A park ranger used a spotting scope to look for survivors in the area where the avalanche occurred, when he…
Police & Fire
Teacher Inappropriately Touched Student In Anne Arundel County: Police
Authorities say that teacher working at a Maryland high school is facing charges for allegedly having inappropriate sexual contact with a student. Bowie resident Manuel Navarro-Montero, 43, is facing a host of charges following an investigation into his alleged actions with a female student at the school earlier this year. In late January, the Anne Arundel County Police Department was alerted to an alleged sex offense that occurred between the student and a teacher inside a classroom at the school. According to the victim, the suspect in that case "touched her private and intimate areas" o…
Police & Fire
Driver Returns To Scene Of Fatal Crash After Leaving Area: Maryland State Police
The driver who struck and killed a pedestrian in Prince George’s County on Monday night thought twice about fleeing in Bowie and returned to the scene of the crash, state police say. Shortly after 9:45 p.m. on Monday, April 10, troopers from the Maryland State Police Forestville Barrack were called to the southbound lanes of US Route 301 near Excalibur Road in Bowie, when a person was struck by a Honda Pilot. Police say that the driver of the Honda was traveling southbound in the left lane on Route 301 when the pedestrian was hit, and temporarily left the area before returning to assist wi…
News
Gun Runner From Maryland Sentenced For Supplying Nigerian Separatists Fighting Government: DOJ
A Maryland man will spend years behind bars for allegedly running illegal “ghost guns” and other weaponry from the US to Nigeria with several cohorts, federal officials announced. Fort Washington resident Eric Fru Nji, 42, has been sentenced to 63 months in federal prison, followed by two years of supervised release for his role in a scheme to illegally transport weapons with obliterated serial numbers and smuggling firearms to Africa. In addition to his prison term, Nji was also ordered to be a $25,000 fine. His co-conspirators Wilson Nuyila Tita, 47, of Owings Mills, and Bowie resident Wi…
Police & Fire
Pedestrian Killed Crossing Busy Maryland Intersection During Rush Hour, State Police Say
Police say that a pedestrian was killed crossing a major intersection in Prince George's County on Wednesday afternoon. Shortly before 5:50 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 28, troopers from the Maryland State Police Forestville Barrack were called to the intersection of Central Avenue and Enterprise Road in Bowie, where there was a report of a pedestrian that had been struck in the roadway by a passing Hyundai. The pedestrian - who has not been positively identified, according to police - was treated at the scene and transported by paramedics to the University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Cen…
Police & Fire
Man Dead, Woman Charged With Negligent Homicide Following Wrong-Way Crash In Maryland: Police
One man was killed in a five-car chain-reaction crash that played out on I-97 in Maryland over the weekend when an allegedly impaired woman kicked off a series of events that took the man’s life, state police say. Annapolis resident Brian Mahaney, 68, was the single fatality in a massive crash that led to the arrest of a Bowie woman who is facing a host of charges. The incident began shortly before 12:45 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 19, police said. Troopers from the Glen Burnie Barrack responded to the southbound lanes of I-97 near Route 32 on Saturday morning, where there was a reported five-v…
News
$1 Million Powerball Winner Sold At This Maryland Supermarket
A Powerball ticket from the Saturday, Oct. 29 drawing good for $1 million was sold in Maryland. Three Maryland tickets also won $50,000 third-tier prizes The numbers to match were 19, 31, 40, 46 and 57; the Powerball was 23 and the Power Play multiplier was x3. The $1 million winning ticket in Maryland was sold at Giant #310 located at 15520 Annapolis Road in Bowie (Prince George’s County). Three $50,000 winning tickets were also sold in Maryland for Saturday’s drawing, along with 84,260 others that won prizes ranging from $4 to $100. Check your tickets for a third-tier win if y…
Police & Fire
Two Men Busted With Child Porn In Two Days In Prince George's County: Maryland State Police
Another grown man in Prince George’s County is facing charges for possessing and distributing child porn in Maryland, state police announced. Joshua Ramsey, 25, of Bowie, has been charged with two counts of possession with the intent to distribute child pornography and three counts of possession of child pornography following an investigation by the Maryland State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. The arrest was announced on Thursday, Oct. 27. Beginning in July, the Maryland State Police Computer Crimes Unit launched an investigation into the distribution and possession o…
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