Gory Prince George's: Murder on Indian Head Highway (20745) Friday, September 30, 2005

Darren Allen Mahoney, 25,
of the 500 block of Jay Street, NE, Washington, DC.

Found shot in the 5200 block of Indian Head Highway (20745), about 9:00 pm, September 30, 2005, about a block from the District 4 Police Station.

Council District 8 (Knotts)
Legislative District 26 (Lawlah, Kelley, Patterson, Turner)

Obituary: Post, October 9, 2005.

2005 homicide summary & news links, map (127)

Note: Apparently not reported by the Examiner.
(Updated October 9, 2005)

Gory Prince George's: Slurpee Suspect Gets 15-Year Sentence Friday, September 30, 2005

nbc4.com (Similar report at wjla.com).

Slurpee Suspect Gets 15-Year Sentence
Teen One Of Three Charged

POSTED: 4:09 pm EDT September 30, 2005
UPDATED: 4:12 pm EDT September 30, 2005

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. -- One of the suspects in what's become known as the Slurpee killing case received a 15-year prison sentence Friday.

James White, 17, . . .

A Prince George's County judge suspended an additional 15 years for White on a second-degree felony murder charge. A third young suspect is still awaiting trial.

[More]

Commentary: A couple of questions come to mind:

1. Since White has been convicted and sentenced, why would the media refer to him as just a "suspect"?

2. What is the name of the pro-criminal judge who suspended half the sentence. Why is the media covering up for him?

Prince George’s police staffing woes deepen Friday, September 30, 2005

Prince George’s police staffing woes deepen

Friday, Sept. 30, 2005
by Tiesha Higgins
Gazette Staff Writer

Two of the four top-ranking commanders in the Prince George’s County Police Department may be leaving, with a third rumored to be departing.

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Book shortage hits Bladensburg High Friday, September 30, 2005

Book shortage hits Bladensburg High
Thursday, Sept. 29, 2005
by Guy Leonard
GazetteStaff Writer

Parents of students attending the newly constructed Bladensburg High School said they are disappointed that their children are still without textbooks five weeks into the new academic year.

[More]

Pr. George's judge accused of gender discrimination Wednesday, September 28, 2005

Pr. George's judge accused of gender discrimination
By Karl B. Hille
Examiner Staff Writer
Published: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 11:40 PM EDT

The Maryland chapter of the National Organization for Women plans to file a complaint against Prince George's Circuit Court Judge Herman Dawson alleging he discriminated against at least one domestic violence victim in his courtroom.

[More] Note (October 19, 2005): This story is no longer online.

Gory Prince George's: Murder on Dallas Place (20748) Monday, September 26, 2005

Donnell Patrick Butler, 19,
of the 6200 block of Joe Klutsch Drive.

Found shot in the 4600 block of Dallas Place (20748), about 9:30 pm, September 26, 2005.

Council District 8 (Knotts)
Legislative District 26 (Lawlah, Kelley, Patterson, Turner)

2005 homicide summary & news links, map (126)

Note: Apparently not reported by the Gazette or the Examiner.

Gory Prince George's: Murder on Saint Mortiz Drive (20748) Monday, September 26, 2005

Wallace Gaymon, 29,
of the 5900 block of Saint Moritz Drive (20748).

Found shot near his residence in the 5900 block of Saint Moritz Drive (20748), about 1:40 pm, September 26, 2005, a block from Samuel Chase Elementary School, during school hours.

Council District 8 (Knotts)
Legislative District 26 (Lawlah, Kelley, Patterson, Turner)

Obituary: Post, October 4, 2005.

2005 homicide summary & news links, map (125)

Note: Apparently not reported by the Gazette or the Examiner, despite the proximity to an elementary school with classes in session.
(Updated October 6, 2005)

Gory Prince George's: Murder on Windom Road (20722) Wednesday, September 21, 2005

Eric Jenifer, 25,
of the 5100 block of Montell Avenue, NE, Washington, DC.

Found shot in the 3500 block of Windom Road (20722), about 10:45 pm, September 21, 2005.

Council District 2 (Campos)
Legislative District 47 (Britt, Niemann, Parker, Ramirez)

2005 homicide summary & news links, map (124)

Note: Victim's identity released by police, October 4, 2005.

Gory Prince George's: Murder on Curtis Drive (20746) Wednesday, September 21, 2005

Eno Worthy, 24,
of the 3300 block of Curtis Drive (20746)

Found stabbed in the 3300 block of Curtis Drive (20746), about 10:00 pm, September 21, 2005.

Patrick Imes, 25, of the 3300 block of Curtis Drive (20746), was arrested on September 22, 2005, and charged with First Degree Murder.

Council District 7 (Exum)
Legislative District 24 (Exum, Benson, Howard, Vaughn)

Obituary: Post, September 27, 2005.

2005 homicide summary & news links, map (123)

Gory Prince George's: Murder on Dawson Street (20748) Wednesday, September 21, 2005

Steven Bernard Mann, 21,
of the 2800 block of Sydney Avenue, District Heights.

Found shot in the 2400 block of Dawson Street (20748), about 5:00 am, September 21, 2005.

Council District 7 (Exum)
Legislative District 26 (Lawlah, Kelley, Patterson, Turner)

Obituary: Post, September 27, 2005.

2005 homicide summary & news links, map (122)

Gory Prince George's: Murder on Sargent Road (20782) Monday, September 19, 2005

Xian Juan Zheng, 18,
of the 3300 block of Chauncey Place.

Shot in the 5600 block of Sargent Road (20782), about 10:30 pm, September 19, 2005.

Council District 2 (Campos)
Legislative District 47 (Britt, Niemann, Parker, Ramirez)

2005 homicide summary & news links, map (121)

Gory Prince George's: Murder on University Boulevard (20783) Saturday, September 17, 2005

Wilbert Gonzalez, 33.

Found with trauma to the head in the 1800 block of University Boulevard (20783), about 8:00 pm on September 17, 2005. Died from stab wounds on September 24, 2005. Death ruled a homicide on October 6, 2005.

Margaret Johnson, 42, of no fixed address, has been arrested and charged with first degree murder.

Council District 2 (Campos)
Legislative District 47 (Britt, Niemann, Parker, Ramirez)

2005 homicide summary & news links, map (129)

Gory Prince Georges: Murder otn West Street in Laurel (20707) Thursday, September 15, 2005

Brian Aaron Moses, 20,
of Laurel.

Found stabbed in the 1000 block of West Street, Laurel (20707), about 11:00 pm, September 15, 2005. Died on October 9, 2005.

Obituary: Post, October 14, 2005.

Council District 1 (Dernoga)
Legislative District 21 (Giannetti, Frush, Menes, Moe)

2005 homicide summary & news links, map (L1)

Sources: Gazette, October 13, 2005; Laurel Leader, Oct 13, 2005.

Gory Prince George's: Murder on Boones Hill Road (20743) Wednesday, September 14, 2005

Jerome Anthony Proctor, 33,
of the 1200 block of Benning Road (police) or Oxon Hill (obituary).

Found shot in the 1200 block of Boones Hill Road (20743), about 10:45 pm, September 14, 2005.

Council District 7 (Exum)
Legislative District 24 (Exum, Benson, Howard, Vaughn)

Obituary: Post, September 14, 2005.

2005 homicide summary & news links, map (120)

Gory Prince George's: Plea in Coach's Death Friday, September 09, 2005

Plea in Coach's Death A Lanham man has pleaded guilty to the murder of Robert Lee Gail, a popular youth basketball coach.
Post, September 9, 2005.

"Prosecutors said Lawrence Green killed Gail on Feb. 14 in Riverdale as Gail, a coach at the New Carrollton Boys and Girls Club, was driving his 11-year-old son to a gym. Gail became involved in a traffic accident with Green and Byron Lee Israel, who police say were fleeing in a stolen vehicle after a home invasion. Green shot Gail after a confrontation, police say."

"Green also pleaded guilty Wednesday to assault in connection with the home invasion. He is to be sentenced Oct. 6. Israel pleaded guilty to murder Aug. 9 and is to be sentenced Sept. 22."

Is Prince George's County prepared for a total evacuation? Wednesday, September 07, 2005

The following is a message I sent to selected county officials. It has not been answered. It probably did not reach the offices responsible for an evacuation because:

1. The county's Office of Emergency Management does not appear to have an e-mail address posted on the county's website.
   
   
2. The e-mail address posted for the county's Office of Homeland Security does not work; messages to it are returned as undeliverable.

The copy of the message addressed to the county's customer service e-mail has gone unanswered, as has a note to one of the county's press contacts.

I can only conclude that, like the people of New Orleans, in the event of a major disaster, we're all on our own and can expect little, if any, help from our county government.

After giving some thought to the evacuation fiasco in New Orleans, I went and looked to see what plan Prince George's County has for evacuating school children, the elderly and infirm, and people without automobiles.

I could not find such a plan on your website.

The emergency plan you do have, which is not easy to find, and requires software that not all citiznes may have or be able to download and install in an emergency, does not address the issue.

Nor does it provide any guidance on where shelters might be found for those who cannot evacuate.

Is there a plan for a total evacuation? If so, where? If not, just what, if anything, would the county government do in a disaster on the scale of the New Orleans one?

Diane C. Russell
PG-Politics Blog
http://dcrussell.esmartweb.com

Gory Prince George's: Murder on Oxon Hill Road (20745) Monday, September 05, 2005

Isaac Young, Jr., 31,
of the 14000 block of Lee Highway.

Found shot in the 6200 block of Oxon Hill Road (20745), about 7:00 pm, September 5, 2005.

Council District 8 (Knotts)
Legislative District 26 (Lawlah, Kelley, Patterson, Turner)

2005 homicide summary & news links, map (120)

Gory Prince George's: Another murder near Suitland Elementary School (20746) Monday, September 05, 2005

Kenneth A. Stanford, 22,
of the 4700 block of Hudson Avenue (20746).

Shot in the 4600 block of Chelsea Way (20746), about 1:00 am, September 5, 2005. Stanford was found just around the corner from his home, and just a couple of blocks of the new Suitland Elementary School.

Council District 7 (Exum)
Legislative District 25 (Currie, Brown, D. Davis, Griffith)

2005 homicide summary & news links, map (118)
Note: Apparently not yet reported by the Gazette.

Five murders two days; Press and broadcast media generally indifferent Saturday, September 03, 2005

As of this posting (7:05 am, September 3, 2005), only the Post has bothered to post an online report of most of these murders, and the Post has only identified one of the five victims. There is a press release for that one murder of the five on the Police Department's website, but not for any of the others. None of the five murders appear to have been reported on the websites of the Examiner, Gazette, Times, WTOP, or any of the local television stations.

In my opinion, Prince George's County is not at all well served by these "news" services.

Five Fatally Shot in Two Days in Pr. George's


Saturday, September 3, 2005; Page B03

Five people were fatally shot in Prince George's County in the last two days -- four of them within a few hours yesterday. Four of the killings occurred during daylight hours, and two were near police headquarters.

The most recent shooting occurred about 10 p.m. last night in the 1500 block of Ray Road in the Hyattsville area. No information was available about the victim.


About five hours earlier, two men were killed within about 10 minutes. One was shot at 5 p.m. in the 1700 block of Kenilworth Avenue, near the District line, and the other about 5:10 p.m. in the 1800 block of Ray Leonard Road.

About 3:15 p.m., a man was killed in the 1500 block of Village Green Drive. That address and the Ray Leonard Road address are within a mile of county police headquarters in Palmer Park.

On Thursday, Charmaine L. Edwards, 21, of the 200 block of I Street SW, was found fatally shot in a car on Keystone Manor Drive in the Morningside area.

In addition, police said they were investigating the death of a man found about 7 p.m. yesterday in a creek in Northwest Branch Stream Valley Park in the Hyattsvile area. An autopsy was planned to determine the cause of death, authorities said.

Gory Prince George's: Murder on Ray Road (20782) Friday, September 02, 2005

Angelo Lorenzo Braddy, 21,
of the 5200 block of Kenilworth Avenue.

Shot in the 1500 block of Ray Road (20782), about 9:55 pm, September 2, 2005.

Council District 2 (Campos)
Legislative District 47 (Britt, Niemann, Parker, Ramirez)

Obituary: Post, September 15, 2005.

2005 homicide summary & news links, map (117)
Note: Apparently not reported by the Gazette.
(Updated September 30, 2005)

Gory Prince George's: Murder on Kenilworth Avenue (20743) Friday, September 02, 2005

James Douglas Lewis, Jr., 27,
of the 1200 block of Nalley Road.

Shot in the 1700 block of Kenilworth Avenue (20743), about 5:10 pm, September 2, 2005.

Council District 5 (Harrington)
Legislative District 47 (Britt, Niemann, Parker, Ramirez)

2005 homicide summary & news links, map (116)
Note: Apparently not reported by the Gazette.
(Updated September 6, 2005)

Gory Prince George's: Murder on Ray Leonard Road (20785) Friday, September 02, 2005

Abdul Gregory Leftwich, 18.

Shot in the 1800 block of Ray Leonard Road (20785), about 5:00 pm, September 2, 2005. (Less than one mile from police headquarters.)

Council District 5 (Harrington)
Legislative District 24 (Exum, Benson, Howard, Vaughn)

2005 homicide summary & news links, map (115)
Note: Apparently not reported by the Gazette.
(Updated September 6, 2005)

Gory Prince George's: Murder on Village Green Drive (20785) Friday, September 02, 2005

Dorsey Tyler, 42,
of Sheriff Road.

Shot in the 1500 block of Village Green Drive (20785), about 3:15 pm, September 2, 2005. (Less than one mile from police headquarters.)

Council District 5 (Harrington)
Legislative District 24 (Exum, Benson, Howard, Vaughn)

2005 homicide summary & news links, map (114)
Note: Apparently not reported by the Gazette.
(Updated September 6, 2005)

Gory Prince George's: Murder at Keystone Manor Drive and Keyhole Court (20747) Thursday, September 01, 2005

Charmaine Latoya Edwards, 21,
of the 200 block of I Street, SW, Washington, DC.

Found shot in a car at Keystone Manor Drive and Keyhole Court, Forestville (20747) about 2:45 pm, September 1, 2004.

Council District 6 (Dean)
Legislative District 25 (Currie, Brown, D. Davis, Griffith)

2005 homicide summary & news links, map (113)

Note: Apparently not yet reported by the Gazette or Post.