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Teen Rapper 'Baby K' Sentenced For Failed School Bus Attack In Maryland: State's Attorney Teen Rapper 'Baby K' Sentenced For Failed School Bus Attack In Maryland: State's Attorney
Teen Rapper 'Baby K' Sentenced For Failed School Bus Attack In Maryland: State's Attorney Kaedon Holland - also known as drill rapper "Baby K" - has received a harsh sentenced after he admitted to the premeditated school bus attack that took Prince George's County by storm, State's Attorney Aisha Braveboy announced on Thursday. The now 17-year-old pleaded guilty to murder and weapons offenses following the botched attack on another teenager when his gun malfunctioned on the bus as he sought to kill him. On Friday, Prince George's County State's Attorney Aisha Braveboy announced that Holland has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. "This sentence brings closure and account…

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DC Murder Suspect Wearing GPS Device Charged After Girl Shot Self In Maryland: Prosecutors DC Murder Suspect Wearing GPS Device Charged After Girl Shot Self In Maryland: Prosecutors
DC Murder Suspect Wearing GPS Device Charged After Girl Shot Self In Maryland: Prosecutors The 20-year-old man charged after a young girl in Prince George's County hurt herself with his unsecured gun is also facing felony murder charges in DC, according to the state's attorney's office. Cheverly resident Jayvon Thomas, a relative of a 4-year-old girl who suffered a gunshot wound to her arm over the weekend is facing new charges following an investigation into the shooting. Officers from the Prince George's County Police Department were called late on Sunday night to an apartment in the 6400 block of Landover Road in Cheverly to investigate after a child gained access to the gun a…

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Sheriff's Deputy Who Raped Woman With Infant Nearby Gets Enhanced Prison Term In Maryland Sheriff's Deputy Who Raped Woman With Infant Nearby Gets Enhanced Prison Term In Maryland
Sheriff's Deputy Who Raped Woman With Infant Nearby Gets Enhanced Prison Term In Maryland Former Prince George's County Sheriff's deputy Brandon Burroughs may spend more than a decade on the other side of the prison bars for raping a woman with a child in a nearby room, authorities announced. Burroughs was sentenced to 20 years in prison with all but 20 years suspended - above the state's sentencing guidelines - for abusing a woman with a 1-year-old child inside an area home, according to the state's attorney's office. The 37-year-old Upper Marlboro resident was found guilty of second-degree rape in February. According to prosecutors, on Oct. 22 and Oct. 23, 2022, Burroughs wen…

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Teen Rapper 'Baby K' Admits To Failed School Bus Attack In Maryland: State's Attorney Teen Rapper 'Baby K' Admits To Failed School Bus Attack In Maryland: State's Attorney
Teen Rapper 'Baby K' Admits To Failed School Bus Attack In Maryland: State's Attorney Kaedon Holland - also known as drill rapper "Baby K" - has admitted to the premeditated school bus attack that took Prince George's County by storm, State's Attorney Aisha Braveboy announced on Thursday. The 16-year-old pleaded guilty on March 14 to murder and weapons charges following the botched attack on another teenager when his gun malfunctioned on the bus as he sought to kill him. In May 2023, Holland and two other teens "stormed onto a school bus and attacked a student," prosecutors said.  Holland then pointed a gun at the teen and pulled the trigger three times, though it malf…

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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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Justice Served For Family Of Beloved DC Student-Athlete Gunned Down Outside MD Tattoo Shop Justice Served For Family Of Beloved DC Student-Athlete Gunned Down Outside MD Tattoo Shop
Justice Served For Family Of Beloved DC Student-Athlete Gunned Down Outside MD Tattoo Shop Tevin Ream has been found guilty on all counts for shooting and killing a promising student-athlete outside of a Prince George’s County tattoo shop in 2021. The 32-year-old Oxon Hill resident was convicted on all counts this week by a jury for his role in the murder of Dorian Hurd, 20, a popular basketball player at the University of the District of Columbia who was remembered for his wit and humor by family after the trial. Dorian HurdUDC Firebirds Prince George’s County District Attorney Aisha Braveboy announced that Ream was found guilty of first-degree murder, weapon, and other offe…

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Teen Speaks Out After Cop Sentenced For Choking, Striking Him In MD Teen Speaks Out After Cop Sentenced For Choking, Striking Him In MD
Teen Speaks Out After Cop Sentenced For Choking, Striking Him In MD A former top cop in Prince George’s County will spend time behind bars with some of the men he helped put away for assaulting a teen while he was handcuffs, State’s Attorney Aisha Braveboy announced this week. Former Prince George’s County Police Cpl. Darryl Wormuth, 45, was sentenced by a judge to five years with all but 45 days suspended after he was convicted in early May of second-degree assault and misconduct in office for an incident nearly three years ago. On Oct. 20, 2020, Wormuth grabbed then 17-year-old Kayvon Hines around his neck and struck him while he was in handcuffs, though…

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Teen Who Goes By 'Baby K' In Custody For Attempted School Bus Murder In MD, Police Say Teen Who Goes By 'Baby K' In Custody For Attempted School Bus Murder In MD, Police Say
Teen Who Goes By 'Baby K' In Custody For Attempted School Bus Murder In MD, Police Say An elusive teen who had been wanted by federal, state, and local law enforcement for attempting to shoot and kill a student on a Prince George’s County school bus has been apprehended after a weeks-long manhunt. On Tuesday, May 30, members of the US Marshals Service Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force (CARFTF) arrested a 15-year-old known as drill rapper “Baby K” who is being tried as an adult for the attempted murder of a student earlier this month, the Prince George’s County Police Department announced. “Baby K” is the latest minor to be arrested by members of the department for the…

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Daycare Worker Who Recorded Herself Abusing Children In MD While On The Job Held Without Bond Daycare Worker Who Recorded Herself Abusing Children In MD While On The Job Held Without Bond
Daycare Worker Who Recorded Herself Abusing Children In MD While On The Job Held Without Bond The Prince George's County State's Attorney's Office announced that a woman who allegedly abused children that were in her care will stay behind bars after her latest court appearance. Weeks into a job working at a Prince George’s County daycare center,  23-year-old Kayla Greenwell, of Oxon Hill, was arrested and fired after videos surfaced of her abusing children in her care, police announced. Prince George's County State's Attorney Aisha Braveboy said that Greenwell was arrested on Saturday, April 8, following an investigation by the Prince George’s County Police Department’s Ch…

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Teen Girl Who Masterminded Botched School Bus Assault Apprehended In MD Teen Girl Who Masterminded Botched School Bus Assault Apprehended In MD
Teen Girl Who Masterminded Botched School Bus Assault Apprehended In MD A teen girl was reportedly the mastermind behind a near tragic attack on a Prince George’s County school bus that nearly took a student’s life earlier this month, officials say. This week, police investigators in Prince George’s County apprehended a 14-year-old girl who was allegedly instrumental in a planned attempted murder attack aboard a school bus, though the plot was foiled by a malfunctioning gun. Shortly before 5 p.m. on Monday, May 1, as a bus stopped at Iverson Street and Sutler Drive to drop off students, three suspects - at least one of whom had a handgun - came on board and beg…

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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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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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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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Former Maryland Volunteer Firefighter Sentenced For Intentionally Setting Vacant House Blazes Former Maryland Volunteer Firefighter Sentenced For Intentionally Setting Vacant House Blazes
Former Maryland Volunteer Firefighter Sentenced For Intentionally Setting Vacant House Blazes A volunteer firefighter in Maryland who sparked, not fought several blazes at vacant homes in Prince George's County has been sentenced, the state's attorney announced. Jeremy Hawkins, a former West Lanham Hills Volunteer firefighter, has been sentenced to 15 years each on two counts of arson, with all but time served suspended, followed by three years supervised probation and a requirement to serve 120 hours of community service, according to Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Aisha Braveboy. Officials say that between Dec. 1, 2019, and Jan. 31, 2020, five West Lanham Hill Volunteer …

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Maryland Mourns Death Of Longtime Prince George's County Sheriff Melvin High, 78 Maryland Mourns Death Of Longtime Prince George's County Sheriff Melvin High, 78
Maryland Mourns Death Of Longtime Prince George's County Sheriff Melvin High, 78 Maryland is mourning the loss of longtime Prince George's County Sheriff Melvin High, who died at the age of 78. High, who has been the sheriff since December 2010, has a lengthy career in law enforcement that dates back to 1969 when he joined the Metropolitan Police Department before eventually making his way to Maryland. Officials said that High began feeling ill and checked himself into the hospital before unexpectedly dying. His cause of death has not been confirmed by the sheriff's office. Prince George's County State's Attorney Aisha Braveboy remembered High as “a supporter, an advi…

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