VIA WUSA: A pregnant woman was transported to a local hospital Thursday night after being struck by a marked police cruiser driven by an off-duty Prince George’s County officer. According to the police report, the woman stepped in front of the off-duty officers marked cruiser wearing dark clothing, and she was not in a crosswalk. […]

VIA WTOP: Prince George’s County Police suspended a second officer after a video showed police repeatedly striking a student with batons following a University of Maryland basketball game against Duke University. The tape has outraged people across the country. Police say they have identified all officers in the tape and will suspend at least two […]

VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: The group at Table 63 was so hyped about their discussion that they worked right through lunch. “I have 30 students in my class,” said a 16-year-old student who attends Parkdale High School in Riverdale. “Thirty students?” said Charles Collar, a county businessman. “That’s a college class.” Collar, who facilitated the […]

VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: A civil lawsuit alleging that a Prince George’s County police officer beat a young man outside a nightclub without provocation and then collaborated with another officer to falsely charge the man was settled Monday afternoon after attorneys for both sides delivered opening arguments in Circuit Court in Upper Marlboro. The civil […]

VIA MYFOXDC: UPPER MARLBORO, Md. – A Prince George’s County jury has deadlocked on the most serious charges against a man charged in the deaths of eight people at an illegal street race. The jury convicted 20-year-old Tavon Taylor on Monday of driving in an illegal street race and reckless driving. But after deliberating for […]

VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: An IHOP restaurant in the Colmar Manor section of Prince George’s County was ravaged by fire early Wednesday, but no one was injured, authorities said. The blaze largely destroyed the eatery in the 3700 block of Bladensburg Road, near the Fort Lincoln Cemetery and just a few blocks east of the […]

VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: Two unrelated fires in Prince George’s County over the holiday weekend — one caused by an unattended candle and the other by an electrical problem — displaced 24 families from their homes. A third fire in the county, involving a car, left a man dead. Firefighters think that a candle ignited […]

VIA WJLA: Montgomery and Prince George’s counties are offering free H1N1 vaccination clinics in upcoming days. The Prince George’s County Health Department is offering an evening walk-in flu clinic on December 15, 2009. The clinic targets vulnerable and elderly populations. It will be held Tuesday December 15, from 4 – 7 p.m. at the D. […]

VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: The Prince George’s County Council voted Tuesday to make it more difficult for check-cashing stores to open and adopted laws to encourage the establishment of wineries and bed-and-breakfast inns, the latest efforts by lawmakers to reshape the county and its image. Under the check-cashing bill, new stores would have to obtain […]

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VIA MYFOXDC: CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md. – Police are investigating a deadly shooting in Prince George’s County. It happened around 9:30 p.m. Thursday night on Walker Mill Road in Capitol Heights. Police say a man was found suffering from a gun shot wound and was pronounced dead at the hospital a short time later. Police do […]